In this chapter : Will Hwoarang be able to "survive" a week with a girl with him and Jin? Especially if that girl is Jin's best friend?
A/N : Heh.. of course he's gonna survive XD. Otherwise I wouldn't have anything to write about Jin and Hwo. So yeah. Am back from a trip to No-more-inspiration-Land, which sucked. I hope next chapter won't take as much time to write as this one x_x. I got something bigger, but I want to wait to write it ^_^;;. More suspense hehe, even for me ^_^;.
Reminiscence
Chapter 11 : "Love thy neighbour, thy lover's best friend and thy landlord"... Yeah, whatever.
And another day that has to start. THE day I've kinda never wanted to see coming. Mmm... Jin's awake already. Need a shower.
Don't care about my thoughts' order. I'm always messed up in the morning, it's normal. Now to get to the bathroom...
Dammit, I knew it ; she's in there. Am gonna kill her if she doesn't do fast... "Xiaoyu, you done yet? Need to take a shower and to use the toilet as well..."
"Shouldn't take me much time!"
Yeah, that's always what they say. Girls and their beauty products... well guys aren't better, we have to shave. Eeeh... girls shave too. Thing is that I'm not hairy... so nevermind me. I'm gonna get something to eat then. "Morning Jin."
"Good morning Hwoarang... slept well?" he asks as he wraps his arms around my waist. I take it as a chance to rest my head in his neck.
"Yeah... I guess so hehe. Except for the hmm-hmm, surprise... if you know what I mean."
"I swear she wasn't supposed to come yesterday..."
"I have the slight impression she doesn't like me much though."
"Well... as for her, you took her place. She was always with me, and since I've met you again I've been less there for her and such. Once she gets over it she'll say that we're the cutest couple on Earth, how we couldn't survive without each other and the rest that goes with it... but she really needs to get over it."
"So you never wanted her as a lover?" I need to get answers. I want to know why he doesn't love her depsite he's always around her. Have to say they're best pals... "Xiaoyu didn't seem to be satisfied by your answer."
"You worry about her?"
"Can't say I worry a lot, I just wonder. To me, during the last tournament, you were a couple. And a perfect one. So I never thought I'd end up with you and that she'd be the done pushed aside..."
God... is it possible that I might worry because I don't want to lose Jin or do I really care about Xiaoyu? It's true that sometimes I act of my own well-being... though right now a part of me thinks I'm fuckin' guilty for breaking Xiaoyu's expectations. The other part's most likely to say "shut the fuck up Hwoa, you're happy? Great, stay this way! Why meddling in the girl's love stuff? If she's in love with him, that's HER problem, not yours. So once again, shut up boy."
Thinking I'm crazy eh?
Maybe you're right.
Heard that speaking to ourselves was a sign of good mental health. In my case, not sure. I'd be somewhat tempted to think that I might have a double personnality. I know I don't, technically, that is. But sometimes I'm gonna argue with myself like that.
Well.. forget the double personnality disorder. I'm normal. Anyways... where was I? Oh yeah. Hunger. Need food. Then a long, warm shower. That is if she ever gets out of there... Gotta focus on food for now. Cereals...
I grabbed a bowl, cereals and milk then I sat down on a chair. As soon as I pour the milk, whom do I see? Xiaoyu. I swear something's against me somewhere in the world. I'm gonna eat my food though, else it'll become all moist and I can kiss that sweet crunchiness good-bye. And yeah, I'm not eating typical Asian stuff much more. Chinese food sometimes, I still like rice enough to eat it at least once a day, but it stops there. I've grown to "appreciate" pizza, hamburgers, spaghettis and much more.
Enough for my eating habits. I need a shower right now. "Jin, I'm gonna take a shower. I'll be right back!"
"Want me to come with you?"
"Hehe... nah, no worries, I'll do well" I said to him with a smile. "And in case I don't, I'll call on you."
"Sounds good enough to me. You know where everything is?"
"Yeah."
"Alright. I'm gonna pay the landlord, so I'll see you after your shower."
I nodded and then left for the bathroom. Can't believe people have THAT MUCH BIG BATHROOMS around here. Unusual for Japanese appartements. Was probably based on those American condominiums.... not that I mind. It's big, and 3 people could easily live here if it weren't for the single bedroom. Good thing the couch can be used as a bed as well. Xiaoyu didn't have to find another place to stay.
And when I say we were living four in an appartement about 2 times as small as that, I wonder HOW we did it. In Korea anyways. Imagine four guys living in a 4 ½, sometimes it was Hell. The neighbours must've thought we were crazy, especially when they heard the loud moans and such coming from Jang's and Seung's room, even though the latter had his own place to sleep. Me and Reiko even faked it from time to time just to annoy the fuck out of them. OK yeah it wasn't right... although, seriously, who cares? We had fun.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* FLASHBACK *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jang and Seung were the first ones up. Hwoarang had always wondered how in the world were those two be able to get up so early, after a night spent making love or drinking. It usually turned the neighbours crazy and that's why the gang got even louder. Hie and Ran had slept somewhere else, and their current whereabouts weren't known.
Reiko sat in the bed, looked at the sleeping figure beside him, then removed red strands of hair from the sleeping male's beautiful face. His lover was going to turn 19 in a few months and he hoped that nothing would happen to him until then. He remembered the night Baek Doo San had been killed, and the effects it had on Hwoarang. He touched the white and warm silky skin, looking from time to time if he breathed normally.
The alarm clock rung and Hwoarang didn't even move, though he groaned in his sleep. Reiko put it on sleep mode and slid back under the cover, nudging Hwoarang's body against his own. The redhead turned around, his eyes still closed, then instinctively wrapped his arms around the other man's waist.
The black-haired male wished every days were like that. Instead he kind of had to get up and do the laundry. "Stupid laundry" he said as he let out a sigh at the idea of doing that job. And since cleaning up weren't the guys most favorite activity – least, probably – someone had to do it anyway. He imagined mountains of dirty clothes waiting for him in the clothes basket.
He groaned again. The whole appartment was a mess. And the landlord was supposed to check in... he had no choice. He had to wake Hwoarang up.
"Come on Hwoa, let's get up..."
"Nah." The smaller man turned around once more, his head in the pillow. "Mnot mow" was the muffled answer.
"Yeah, right now... sorry."
Hwoarang opened his eyes only to close them right away, the light getting straight in his eyes. "Fuck, turn the lights off!"
"Come on!"
"Whyyyyyyyyy..."
"The appart deserves a cleaning."
"Whyyyyyyyyy......"
Long legs finally got out of the bed and feet settled on the cold floor. "Man... I need slippers, or at least socks." The teen got up and dragged himself to the drawers, where he got a pair of black cotton socks. Once he had put them, the two lovers left the bedroom in order to tidy up the place. Easier said than done...
Reiko had misjuged the work needed. Beer cans and bottles laid on the floor, pizza boxes in the sink, the wastebaskets were overflowing with diverse stuff, including needles and syringes.
"Hey, where are the others?" asked Hwoarang in his morning half-asleep voice.
"They probably spent the night at some random motel, or whatever place they found. Don't worry for them Hwoa, I bet they're fine."
"I don't bither much... I just WANT THEM TO HELP US!"
"You're right, it wouldn't hurt."
"JAAAAAAANG!!! OH YEAH!" Seung screams were heard from the bathroom. Which meant...
Hwoarang shuddered and Reiko chuckled. "GUYS! HOW ABOUT YOU STOP FUCKING EACH OTHER'S ASSES AND GET THEM OVER HERE?!"
"NO NEED FOR SCREAMING!" That was the neighbours. An old couple who didn't like them very much, mainly because they were either gay or bisexual. And the fact they were noisy people who often liked to drink.
Jang got out first, a towel around his waist. "Heh... no need to scream..."
"Yeah, tell that to Seung."
"I HEARD THAT, HWOA!" Seung followed his lover, trying to get dressed at the same time. "So, what ya want?"
"Help cleaning."
"Fuck... we don't have much choice do we?"
"Nope, Jang" said Hwoarang as he faced the taller man. "Just... grab the mop." he mocked while handing him the mop stick.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* END FLASHBACK *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Well well well... God that shower was nice! I'd take another one right away if I was given the choice.
"Hwoarang... come on! I need use the toilet too!" Xiaoyu again.
Unfotunately, it's either "get out" or "get out." For fuck's sake, she was in the damn bathroom for near an hour! "Alright... God... Let me dry myself a bit though."
"Okies, just be fast!"
I better shut up, else I'm going to regret it after. Yeah. Shut up Hwoa. Good boy.
"HWOARANG! Come ON!"
"Alright alright!!!" I get out half-naked. I'll dry myself in our room. "Happy?"
She eyes me and nods quickly... before taking her sweet time to get to the bathroom. "Jin, I need to speak to you. In private." I say through my teeth.
"What's going on?"
"She spent 5 minutes rambling on how much I'm taking my time in the shower 'cause she needs to get in there, while she spent an hour right before! Then SHE's the one to take all her time..."
Jin gave me a weird look that I didn't like very much.
"I'm not lying!"
"Never said that.... I agree she's acting pretty weird. She's not usually like that."
"Go figure why." I paused for a second and looked away. "It's... 'cause I'm here, right?"
"I'll talk to her."
"Thanks... I know it's not easy for you though..."
"I understand. But she's only been here for half of a day... just try to get along. Please..."
"I'm doing that because I love you, Jin."
"Well you DO love me hehe."
Gotta say I do.
~ To be continued... ~
A/N 2 : I'm TRYING not to be mean to Xiaoyu ^_^;;;. Don't want to turn this into a bashing fic and I'm trying to show both sides of the medal. Well... reviews are still extremely appreciated ^____^. Thanks to everyone who reviewed so far or are going to do it! ^___^. Again XD.
A/N : Heh.. of course he's gonna survive XD. Otherwise I wouldn't have anything to write about Jin and Hwo. So yeah. Am back from a trip to No-more-inspiration-Land, which sucked. I hope next chapter won't take as much time to write as this one x_x. I got something bigger, but I want to wait to write it ^_^;;. More suspense hehe, even for me ^_^;.
Chapter 11 : "Love thy neighbour, thy lover's best friend and thy landlord"... Yeah, whatever.
And another day that has to start. THE day I've kinda never wanted to see coming. Mmm... Jin's awake already. Need a shower.
Don't care about my thoughts' order. I'm always messed up in the morning, it's normal. Now to get to the bathroom...
Dammit, I knew it ; she's in there. Am gonna kill her if she doesn't do fast... "Xiaoyu, you done yet? Need to take a shower and to use the toilet as well..."
"Shouldn't take me much time!"
Yeah, that's always what they say. Girls and their beauty products... well guys aren't better, we have to shave. Eeeh... girls shave too. Thing is that I'm not hairy... so nevermind me. I'm gonna get something to eat then. "Morning Jin."
"Good morning Hwoarang... slept well?" he asks as he wraps his arms around my waist. I take it as a chance to rest my head in his neck.
"Yeah... I guess so hehe. Except for the hmm-hmm, surprise... if you know what I mean."
"I swear she wasn't supposed to come yesterday..."
"I have the slight impression she doesn't like me much though."
"Well... as for her, you took her place. She was always with me, and since I've met you again I've been less there for her and such. Once she gets over it she'll say that we're the cutest couple on Earth, how we couldn't survive without each other and the rest that goes with it... but she really needs to get over it."
"So you never wanted her as a lover?" I need to get answers. I want to know why he doesn't love her depsite he's always around her. Have to say they're best pals... "Xiaoyu didn't seem to be satisfied by your answer."
"You worry about her?"
"Can't say I worry a lot, I just wonder. To me, during the last tournament, you were a couple. And a perfect one. So I never thought I'd end up with you and that she'd be the done pushed aside..."
God... is it possible that I might worry because I don't want to lose Jin or do I really care about Xiaoyu? It's true that sometimes I act of my own well-being... though right now a part of me thinks I'm fuckin' guilty for breaking Xiaoyu's expectations. The other part's most likely to say "shut the fuck up Hwoa, you're happy? Great, stay this way! Why meddling in the girl's love stuff? If she's in love with him, that's HER problem, not yours. So once again, shut up boy."
Thinking I'm crazy eh?
Maybe you're right.
Heard that speaking to ourselves was a sign of good mental health. In my case, not sure. I'd be somewhat tempted to think that I might have a double personnality. I know I don't, technically, that is. But sometimes I'm gonna argue with myself like that.
Well.. forget the double personnality disorder. I'm normal. Anyways... where was I? Oh yeah. Hunger. Need food. Then a long, warm shower. That is if she ever gets out of there... Gotta focus on food for now. Cereals...
I grabbed a bowl, cereals and milk then I sat down on a chair. As soon as I pour the milk, whom do I see? Xiaoyu. I swear something's against me somewhere in the world. I'm gonna eat my food though, else it'll become all moist and I can kiss that sweet crunchiness good-bye. And yeah, I'm not eating typical Asian stuff much more. Chinese food sometimes, I still like rice enough to eat it at least once a day, but it stops there. I've grown to "appreciate" pizza, hamburgers, spaghettis and much more.
Enough for my eating habits. I need a shower right now. "Jin, I'm gonna take a shower. I'll be right back!"
"Want me to come with you?"
"Hehe... nah, no worries, I'll do well" I said to him with a smile. "And in case I don't, I'll call on you."
"Sounds good enough to me. You know where everything is?"
"Yeah."
"Alright. I'm gonna pay the landlord, so I'll see you after your shower."
I nodded and then left for the bathroom. Can't believe people have THAT MUCH BIG BATHROOMS around here. Unusual for Japanese appartements. Was probably based on those American condominiums.... not that I mind. It's big, and 3 people could easily live here if it weren't for the single bedroom. Good thing the couch can be used as a bed as well. Xiaoyu didn't have to find another place to stay.
And when I say we were living four in an appartement about 2 times as small as that, I wonder HOW we did it. In Korea anyways. Imagine four guys living in a 4 ½, sometimes it was Hell. The neighbours must've thought we were crazy, especially when they heard the loud moans and such coming from Jang's and Seung's room, even though the latter had his own place to sleep. Me and Reiko even faked it from time to time just to annoy the fuck out of them. OK yeah it wasn't right... although, seriously, who cares? We had fun.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* FLASHBACK *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jang and Seung were the first ones up. Hwoarang had always wondered how in the world were those two be able to get up so early, after a night spent making love or drinking. It usually turned the neighbours crazy and that's why the gang got even louder. Hie and Ran had slept somewhere else, and their current whereabouts weren't known.
Reiko sat in the bed, looked at the sleeping figure beside him, then removed red strands of hair from the sleeping male's beautiful face. His lover was going to turn 19 in a few months and he hoped that nothing would happen to him until then. He remembered the night Baek Doo San had been killed, and the effects it had on Hwoarang. He touched the white and warm silky skin, looking from time to time if he breathed normally.
The alarm clock rung and Hwoarang didn't even move, though he groaned in his sleep. Reiko put it on sleep mode and slid back under the cover, nudging Hwoarang's body against his own. The redhead turned around, his eyes still closed, then instinctively wrapped his arms around the other man's waist.
The black-haired male wished every days were like that. Instead he kind of had to get up and do the laundry. "Stupid laundry" he said as he let out a sigh at the idea of doing that job. And since cleaning up weren't the guys most favorite activity – least, probably – someone had to do it anyway. He imagined mountains of dirty clothes waiting for him in the clothes basket.
He groaned again. The whole appartment was a mess. And the landlord was supposed to check in... he had no choice. He had to wake Hwoarang up.
"Come on Hwoa, let's get up..."
"Nah." The smaller man turned around once more, his head in the pillow. "Mnot mow" was the muffled answer.
"Yeah, right now... sorry."
Hwoarang opened his eyes only to close them right away, the light getting straight in his eyes. "Fuck, turn the lights off!"
"Come on!"
"Whyyyyyyyyy..."
"The appart deserves a cleaning."
"Whyyyyyyyyy......"
Long legs finally got out of the bed and feet settled on the cold floor. "Man... I need slippers, or at least socks." The teen got up and dragged himself to the drawers, where he got a pair of black cotton socks. Once he had put them, the two lovers left the bedroom in order to tidy up the place. Easier said than done...
Reiko had misjuged the work needed. Beer cans and bottles laid on the floor, pizza boxes in the sink, the wastebaskets were overflowing with diverse stuff, including needles and syringes.
"Hey, where are the others?" asked Hwoarang in his morning half-asleep voice.
"They probably spent the night at some random motel, or whatever place they found. Don't worry for them Hwoa, I bet they're fine."
"I don't bither much... I just WANT THEM TO HELP US!"
"You're right, it wouldn't hurt."
"JAAAAAAANG!!! OH YEAH!" Seung screams were heard from the bathroom. Which meant...
Hwoarang shuddered and Reiko chuckled. "GUYS! HOW ABOUT YOU STOP FUCKING EACH OTHER'S ASSES AND GET THEM OVER HERE?!"
"NO NEED FOR SCREAMING!" That was the neighbours. An old couple who didn't like them very much, mainly because they were either gay or bisexual. And the fact they were noisy people who often liked to drink.
Jang got out first, a towel around his waist. "Heh... no need to scream..."
"Yeah, tell that to Seung."
"I HEARD THAT, HWOA!" Seung followed his lover, trying to get dressed at the same time. "So, what ya want?"
"Help cleaning."
"Fuck... we don't have much choice do we?"
"Nope, Jang" said Hwoarang as he faced the taller man. "Just... grab the mop." he mocked while handing him the mop stick.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* END FLASHBACK *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Well well well... God that shower was nice! I'd take another one right away if I was given the choice.
"Hwoarang... come on! I need use the toilet too!" Xiaoyu again.
Unfotunately, it's either "get out" or "get out." For fuck's sake, she was in the damn bathroom for near an hour! "Alright... God... Let me dry myself a bit though."
"Okies, just be fast!"
I better shut up, else I'm going to regret it after. Yeah. Shut up Hwoa. Good boy.
"HWOARANG! Come ON!"
"Alright alright!!!" I get out half-naked. I'll dry myself in our room. "Happy?"
She eyes me and nods quickly... before taking her sweet time to get to the bathroom. "Jin, I need to speak to you. In private." I say through my teeth.
"What's going on?"
"She spent 5 minutes rambling on how much I'm taking my time in the shower 'cause she needs to get in there, while she spent an hour right before! Then SHE's the one to take all her time..."
Jin gave me a weird look that I didn't like very much.
"I'm not lying!"
"Never said that.... I agree she's acting pretty weird. She's not usually like that."
"Go figure why." I paused for a second and looked away. "It's... 'cause I'm here, right?"
"I'll talk to her."
"Thanks... I know it's not easy for you though..."
"I understand. But she's only been here for half of a day... just try to get along. Please..."
"I'm doing that because I love you, Jin."
"Well you DO love me hehe."
Gotta say I do.
~ To be continued... ~
A/N 2 : I'm TRYING not to be mean to Xiaoyu ^_^;;;. Don't want to turn this into a bashing fic and I'm trying to show both sides of the medal. Well... reviews are still extremely appreciated ^____^. Thanks to everyone who reviewed so far or are going to do it! ^___^. Again XD.