November 21th, Saturday

If I Ain't Got You
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10.00 AM   "Kimchi jjigae?", L.Joe stared at the breakfast that Niel just made. "Yeah... eat it hyung...", said Niel. L.Joe picked the bowl of rice and stared at the jjigae. He never doubt Niel's cooking skill, but jjigae is just such a new thing for them. Usually they just had some improvised pre-made meals like ramyeon or spaghetti. "Mwo~? you're not sure about it? yah, hyung, it might look ugly but it's tasty, I promise you~", said Niel. "No. It's just...", L.Joe chuckled. "Do you want me to feed you again?", asked Niel mischievously. "Nooo~ ah, okay, I'll taste it", L.Joe dove his spoon into the jjigae pot. It's too watery for a jjigae, but he sipped it anyway. "How was it?", said Niel as he took a spoonful for himself. "Whoa... how a watery broth like this could taste so rich? this is weird, Niel what were you doing?", said L.Joe amazed, took a spoon of rice to accompany the jjigae. "See? eat a lot, hyung", Niel petted his hyung's head. "Can you stop doing that? I'm your hyung~!", said L.Joe, upset for nothing as usual. Niel just giggled as he quite understood now that that's how L.Joe showed his love.   L.Joe stood up to sit on the couch, put him in higher position than Niel. He couldn't take his eyes off the contract papers on the round table, just beside the jjigae pot. The contract papers have been there since forever, but none of them have brought the subject yet. Isn't it much better to keep arguing about who should wash the dishes?, or how L.Joe is still mad about Niel slept on his bed. However between their noisy conversations, their eyes still sticked on the round table for no reason.   "Niel-ah...", L.Joe called his dongsaeng softly after their endless debate. "Um, hyung...", Niel sat beside L.Joe, ignoring all the dirty dishes lying around the table. L.Joe looked into Niel's eyes, searching what's behind those peaked eyes of his. He could see his own reflection looking back. Is that a person who will lost everything he's been hold on to all this time?. "What hyung~?", said Niel, nonchalantly drinking the water. "Nothing", L.Joe replied solemnly. Niel's eyes wondered to the table, as he hate what he saw on L.Joe's face. "Yah, Byunghun-ah... wash these dishes really~", said Niel, giving L.Joe an annoyed face. L.Joe couldn't help but laugh, what was he thinking when he was looking at Niel's eyes before... "What Byunghun-ah?! You're really unbearable!", L.Joe yelled and messed Niel's hair. "Aish~ I can't stand you either", Niel finally gave in, he stacked the dishes and washed them. It's not the first time L.Joe refused to do house work. Niel always be the one who did it in the end.   L.Joe watched Niel as he diligently washed the dishes one by one. "Yah, hyung...", said Niel from the kitchen. "What?" "Where can we find field of reeds around here?", asked Niel. "Ah... field of reeds... do you miss your childhood days again?", L.Joe replied. "Not quite... I miss watching the fireflies with you, though", said Niel. L.Joe started to smile with his trademark-deep sigh that always come along. "Ummm... how about the beach? we can take the train, it's only an hour journey", said L.Joe. "Beach?! that's nice too", Niel finished his last bowl and put it on the rack. "Let's go then", L.Joe put on his sweatshirt and coat, so does with Niel.   "Eh, hyung, how about... don't you need to go to work?, eh, but it's Saturday...", said Niel, suddenly remember L.Joe's routine. "Do you think they still want me after I've been missing for a week long?", said L.Joe. "But...", Niel looked at him quite concerned.   They both stopped right before the door, only looking at each other, realized after that morning when they had fight and parted ways, it’s not the same old life they had before.   "I'll find another job. Yah, let's just have fun today", said L.Joe. "Yeah, sure!, I just randomly remember your schedule...", Niel wrapped his arm around L.Joe and they walked to the train station closely warming each other.   1.00 PM   "Ahhh what's wrong with this wind?!", L.Joe whined as they run on the sea shore. The sky was clear but the stormy wind is no joke. The cold breeze stung every inch of their bones. "What's this, yah hyung, who's idea it is to go to the beach?!", said Niel with his cracking voice. "How could I know that it will be like this?!", L.Joe laughed at their current condition. There's no one on the beach at this time. Maybe they're smart enough not to go to the beach in this weather.   "Let's go to the pier", said L.Joe as he tried to pull on his ever came off-coat's hood. Niel's helping him to put it on and held L.Joe's head down. "There you go, this way your hood won't come off anymore", said Niel. "Yah.. let me goo", L.Joe jabbed Niel's rib. "Ouch~! that hurts", Niel ran to catch his hyung. L.Joe giggled endlessly as he ran for his life. It's not that hard for Niel to catch his hyung as L.Joe never was a good runner. "Got you, little prick!", Niel hold L.Joe's tiny body and start to lightly punched him here and there. "Ah ah... you're gonna pay for this!", L.Joe elbowed Niel, but this time Niel was so persistent, he didn't want to give in. "Yeah? you can do it now? but you can't do anything, huh? Try this, you always did this to me", Niel now started to pinch L.Joe's . "Nielie... Nielie... stop... yah, I'm tired", said L.Joe. Niel finally released him and L.Joe was sitting on the sand. "Atchoo!", L.Joe sneezed. Niel watched his hyung that still struggled with his hood. He then sat beside him and helped him to buttoned the collar part while L.Joe hold his hood up. "Why should I call you hyung if I need to help you to do simple task like this?", said Niel quite annoyed. "Yah I can do it myself!", yelled L.Joe, moving his head around. "Tsk... stay still!", said Niel as he held his hyung's face and buttoned the last one. "There you go", Niel smiled at his hyung that busy hiding his face from the harsh wind. "Nielie thank you", said L.Joe. "Hahaha... what's that, when the last time you said thank you to me?", said Niel. "Huh? am I that rude?", L.Joe chuckled. "You always are", said Niel. "Noo~ it's not that...", L.Joe wanted to reason. "It's okay it's okay, living together with you for a year, I totally understand", said Niel.   "Seems like I'm always the one who did the wrong thing, ain't I?. I feel really bad about that. Even when you didn't show up at our special dinner and had a fight in the next day, I kept blaming myself, why wasn't I feel happy about your audition? why didn't I act more mature to sort it out?", said L.Joe faintly. Niel pulled L.Joe closer and sighed heavily. "Didn't we both always do the wrong things to each other. But here we are still together", said Niel. "Yeah? it's funny how we always argue and yet feel so lost without each o
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philip-kun
#1
Chapter 16: This is the first story that has made me cry in months! It's so cute, and sad, and happy at the same time.
hyangsu #2
Chapter 16: Awesome story, perfect ending! I'm crying happy tears! Looking forward to any other fics you might grace us with :)
melidin
#3
Chapter 16: Wowwww...daebak!!!!!
alPhaFReak155
#4
Chapter 16: Oh my god..
Can't believe it's over..
I hope you write more NielJoe fic..
Please do.. Please~~~~
hinatac #5
Chapter 16: I loved this fic soooo much. I love angst. I'm not gonna ramble here 'cause I just can't find the words.
mamdalida #6
Chapter 16: thanks for the happy ending...:)
innocently_hot #7
Chapter 16: Best story everrrr!!! Ahh I just feel really glad that you choose ljoe and niel for this story and they happen to be my otp. Though I feel sad that it already end but I am also happy with the ending. I'll be sure to read your new fanfic because it must be as amAzing as this one. Thank you for not giving up and patiently writing this awesome fic to the end.
strafield #8
Chapter 16: HYAAAAA!!! LOVE U ♡ MOREEEEEEE!!! ^0^
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THISSSSS!!!! :")
kireigasora #9
Chapter 15: actually i tried to skip this fic so many times because reading it makes me feel a different kind of longing. i don't know. the feeling reminds of the one i got from watching cowboy bebop. because we know that some things are not meant to be but we still wish that they were. i'm still reading it anyway..hehehe.. thanks for the story!