Getting to know each other

Love Is Blind

Niel watched as L'joe began to drink his smoothie and smiled to himself. He enjoyed making new friends, and seeing L’joe smile like that made him happy. They sat there finishing their smoothies in a comfortable silence.

“Um” Niel said after a while trying to decide how to ask his question without insulting the other.

“Um what” L’joe asked putting his drink down and turning towards the sound of Niel’s voice.

“Well, h-h-how do you get around” Niel said nervously as he watched L’joe closely.

With a small smile L’joe said “When I’m outside in new places I use a walking stick. If I’m in places like the dorm room or my house I’ll repeatedly walk the areas until I memorize the spaces; witch takes a while because honestly I don’t memorize things easily.” Niel laughed in understanding. “And I have ways of navigation the dorm since it’s to many halls” he finished. Not many people were brave enough to ask him that.

“How do you manage that” Niel asked pushing his luck.

“I can’t explain that” L’joe said rubbing his eyes as if staving off a headache. Niel instantly felt bad for asking.

“My bad” Niel’s words were soft. L’joe hearing the drop in his voice playfully punched his arm.

“Hey, it’s just a pain in the to explain. Come on lets go back to the dorm. I’ll show you” he said standing up holding his arm out. After a few moments he felt nothing.

“Come on since you dragged me here you have to be my walking stick today” Niel laughed and hooked his arm with L’joe’s.

L’joe actually hated to ask for help it made him feel like he was burdening others. He got that feeling enough from his family he didn’t want it from others. With that being said he tended to keep to himself but Niel, Niel was different he seemed truly genuine and L’joe was determined to take him up on his offer and be friends.

After a few minutes they were at the steps of the dorm.

“Ok we’re here” Niel announced and let go of L’joe.

Niel watched silently as L’joe felt out the edge of the steps and walked up them without any hesitation. Niel’s follows close behind as they enter the building. L’joe found the nearest wall and began to walk running his hand against it. Niel continued to follow and saw a braille label at the end. He quickly looked around and saw them on the end of all the hallways. He turned back as his fingers came in contact with the label and turned left and continued down the next hall. Once they reached their door Niel smiled.

“Wow, that’s really cool” L’joe only smiled. He wasn’t used to being praised for doing anything really.

“Thanks”

They spent the next few hours getting to know each other. Little things like: favorite music, foods, subjects, the works. Niel stayed away from personal subjects. From the very beginning he could tell from his encounter earlier it was better if L’joe brought up anything to do with his blindness. Thankfully L’joe didn’t ask anything personal either. Most people just don’t understand why he wanted, no needed to leave.

“What major are you?” L’joe asked after a while.

“I’m a vocal performance major” Niel said shyly.

“Ah a singer, I’m music, and music composition major.” L’joe said and after a minuet added “Could you maybe sing something for me?” his question came out in a whisper.

“Um, me s-s-sing” he stuttered “I tend to get stage fright” he admitted.

“Well think of it this way, no one’s watching you no one’s judging you. So just let your voice describe you.” As L’joe’s words sunk in Niel felt calmed. He was sure L’joe would for wanting to be a singer but having stage fright. He was glad that wasn't the case.

“O-ok, I’ll sing” Niel agreed getting off his bed and into a standing position. L’joe waited in silence and then Niel started.

“She’s back

Oneuldo gidarinda
Geujeo shiganeul geonneoddwi-eo
Neo-ege
Bukkeureobjianhge nan
Time will tell to my love
Eodijjeume itni”

L’joe just listened and Niel sang. He started off low but soon gained confidence and sang louder. L’joe began to rock back and forth as Niel continued to sing enjoying the unique voice Niel possessed. For the first time in years he wished he could see.

Once Niel finished, L’joe gave a playful applause, and a sincere bright smile.

“You shouldn’t be afraid you have a great voice, be proud of it” Niel could feel his face turning red and for the second time today was thankful L’joe couldn’t see his face.

“Thanks you really helped” Niel said surprising L’joe with a small hug. L’joe stiffened not really used to being touched, but forced himself to relax.

“Friends, right” Niel only smiled.

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Sorry for the llllllaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttteeeeeeee chapter update.

as side notes the song niel sings is "She'sBack" by Infinite.

and don'tget used to the fluffyness angstly ness to come XD!

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strafield #1
Chapter 8: there are few parts that a bit confusing and i need to reread it few times to understand what you meant because of the grammatical error and misspellings, but its alright and i still get the plot line-
but asjfhsjs. pls don't kill me because honestly up until now i ship changjo with byunghun here eventhought its nieljoe to begin with. hngh. its just, changjo's character is really appealing here. otl.
good luck on the next chapters!
strafield #2
Chapter 6: o god. i really really ship changjo and ljoe by now. helpppp!! >.<
strafield #3
Chapter 5: . my heart sank for byunghun- but somehow i'm actually a bit happy- coughs.
lowkeyshipchangjowithbyungsincethefirsttimechangjomadeappearancetbh. heheheh.
strafield #4
Chapter 2: ahdgdhskahgs. /fangirls aggresively.
they are sho cuteeee *-*
strafield #5
Chapter 1: i. wow. byunghun's straight forward confession about him being blind caught me off guard xD
can't believe i just read this when i've subscribed for ages. god. where have i beennnn¿?
Amalya
#6
Chapter 8: Okay! I had to read a couple parts twice because I got a little lost with the whole sleepover part in the beginning and then the beach trip planned at the end. The alarm explanation confused me just a touch because L.Joe was talking about missing classes or other things and I was like, 'What?' haha But I get it now. It was cute seeing them interact together overall and how Ricky was able to help pull L.Joe into the conversation pretty much effortlessly. I think it's very relatable in regards to being unsure if one should just disappear or try to enter a convo without actually knowing what's going on. heh

And that was a neat idea with the whole learning sign language as well as Braille. I would not have thought of that myself, but it is intriguing and makes sense to a degree. ^_^ I'm curious now what the beach trip is going to be like though, and who we'll be seeing in the next update. You already know I'm a bit biased towards Changjo here so I was a little bummed he didn't make an appearance but that's alright. lol I'm sure things are going to get interesting all the same!

I would say be careful with your tense switches and some misspellings in the writing (I was a bit confused with the 'Changjo's incised teasing') but for the most part, everything is clear enough and easy to understand. We'll see what the characters do in the next bit (especially curious about Minsoo), and I'm just excited and happy for you that you updated! Woot! I'll go ahead and wish you luck with the next one too. :D
Vandjimin #7
Chapter 6: ahhh you know teen top and bap those are me new favorite groups i have others but those are the two i first saw when i got into kpop and i need nieljoe all the way
chunjixbyungie
#8
Chapter 7: Sighs...
Now what ?
Ah now I wait ..pouts.
So xD Ricky appeared after I asked lol.
Now only chanhee is left ~
chunjixbyungie
#9
Chapter 5: Pouts
Pouts
Pouts

Huhu
Sniffs
Sobs.
One sided feelings sobs
chunjixbyungie
#10
Chapter 4: After reading the last chapter , I now crave teenfinite here xD .
It's really intriguing how Niel could relax byunghun so easily .~~