The Truth About Dogs

[lotusk]

Title: The Truth About Dogs
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Kai/Suho
Length: 9594 words
Summary: A handsome young man lets himself out of Jongin's house, pets his dog, greets Jongin by name and casually drives off. The problem is, Jongin's never laid eyes on him.
Notes: For noteholding in fulfillment of exorelieffund. I am so sorry this is abysmally late and thank you for your endless patience!

The stranger knew Jjangah's name and Jjangah knew him, so he wasn't technically a stranger, right? And Jongin's life wasn't technically over, right?

Comments

[niftyhosts.livejournal.com]

Thats interesting

[lotusk]

Thank you for reading!

[koshitsu-kamira.livejournal.com]

This story completed my ideal Saturday morning with a side of hot coffee. :)

I absolutely adored Joonmyun and Jongin's dynamic, their apparent inability to hold a completely normal, albeit meaningless conversation. :"D I loved how Joonmyun was randomly blurting out the most ridiculous things, or that he simply left Jongin hanging when they first bumped into each other. n_n The hideous lava lamp is the cherry on top. Also, this part which made me huff in laughter:

"I'm sorry. And I'm sorry I didn't tell you who I was. It's just. . .I was in a hurry and," Joonmyun scratched his forehead in a sheepish gesture, "you looked so cute with that look of outrage on your face that I wanted to remember you that way."

Your Jongin was lovely as always - I was glad to see a new side to him (AKA his troublemaker friends)! His coming out experience sounded morbidly funny, his sisters must have been a menace.

[And whoa, Joonmyun being a biochem major~ I have a sister who does research in that field, and I admittedly completely lost her to it. ;;;;]

Thank you for sharing the story! ♥

Have a nice weekend! /° ' 3'/°♥

*crawls back to uni work and KaiBaek project*

[lotusk]

Thank you for this wonderful comment! I wanted a slightly nerdy and quirky Joonmyun and an awks Jongin and I hope it came across okay ^^ and yes his sisters are menaces lol - but menaces who love their baby brother to bits haha.

I'm sorry about your sis orz! Good luck with KaiBaek and uni, bb! I'm sure you'll slay at both ♡

[exo-everlasting.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, so much precious!! I needed this on a cold Saturday with snow falling (SNOW! I'M NOT READY FOR THIS COMMITMENT!!) outside! So warm and fluffy and adorable! I loved your characterization of both of them, and you ended it so perfectly! LOVED IT!

[lotusk]

Omg snow! I'm so jealous! There's no snow where I live so I'm very very envious. I'm so glad you loved the fic /hugs

[exo-everlasting.livejournal.com]

Snow is beautiful though a window, but when you get out in it - not so much! It's cold, wet, and a pain to drive in!! So your warm, cozy fic was perfect on this snowy day! Thank you for posting it!! ^___^

[lotusk]

Snow IS lovelier through a window - i completely agree lol! I've seen snow a few times but sadly, had to leave the country to do it.

Thanks again for reading!

[u-lazy-duizhang.livejournal.com]

OMG THIS IS SO CUTE!!

[lotusk]

Thank you!

[bluedreaming]

I loved Jongin's shocked surprise and the way he felt betrayed by Jjangah lol and then texting his sister only to figure it out and be embarrassed. But I totally agree about the wedding party deal! That sounds torturous.

And the hikosen cara (or is it kara?) apron—we have so many at my house!

Jongin is so prickly from being caught at a disadvantage and it's so cute ♡

Jongdae sounds crazy! But also hilarious. I like how Jm's impression of Jongin is completely different from how Jongin first thinks of jm.

WAHHHHHHHHHH JM WAS SUPPOSED TO "BABYSIT" Jongin I'm laughing so hard. Jm you're such a tease.

I like how Jm classifies Sehun and Younha ^^

Awwww Jongin pining *pets*

Awwww poor jm I think we all know that feeling too well.

Jongin plus baby and dog!!!! That's adorable.

Lol Jongin cornering Jm into a compliment. I love their back and forth banter it flows so well. And then they fall and Jm's line!!!!!

I was a little confused about the trailer-were they watching on YouTube or something? But anyway it was really cute that Jongin didn't want to see the movie but ended up liking it ^^ so many things in life are like that. *cough first impression of Jm cough*

Ooooooh blunt honesty but I always liked that tbh

It got really serious in the bed, it's like the dark is conducive to telling truths that slip out of your mouth more easily when you're not looking at the other person.

WAHHHHH Jongin's sisters but seriously he has the bestest sisters.

Despite the fact that they were sharing the bed, the first kiss made me think of sleepovers? The innocence of children, mixed with the fact that they'd bonded over something that was so incredibly intrinsic to their identities. It was happy and yet wistful and yet innocent/lighthearted and yet bittersweet in the light of Jm's parents and I liked it a lot ♡

So there :p

Edit: I've been thinking about this more, and about the interesting juxtaposition of them meeting because of a wedding, about how jm missed because of his flights and Jongin had to stand in, of how Jongin is out to his family (I understood that correctly right? That his sisters told his parents/mom?) but Jm's family still hasn't accepted it (except his brother). There was a nice parallelism with the wedding situation—I really liked that ♡ as always, your stories hold so much beneath the surface ^^ so much to think about and explore

[lotusk]

Thanks so much for reading this silly bit of fluff, Ansabear! They were just watching a movie on TV hence ads. I should have explained it better and added a few Korean movies into the mix. The prompt wanted a horror movie trailer and jm freaking out. He wouldn't agree to watch an actual movie lol.

[bluedreaming]

it wasn't silly! the way you worked it around to the end - that was really touching and I love how to kind of - idk - hinted at that with the wedding? the themes went together so well!

that makes sense lol - he would NEVER. and I figured it out after a bit! I was just used to watching movies on putlocker or something where there aren't ads ^^ got it now!

[lotusk]

The way things worked out with the wedding was just serendipitous actually. I only decided on the coming out stories as i was writing the end. And jm has come out to his parents--they are just in denial about it and hoping he'll ungay himself. But they'll come round eventually--bc they love their son ♡

[karlaurdanetac.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD! I'm dead right now. This was beautiful, amazing, PERFECT! I haven't read a lot Kaiho, but this is THE BEST I've read. Congratulations for this beautiful story. It was flawless❤
PD: Does this have a sequel or something? I'm dying to know what happens with those two❤

[lotusk]

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it! I don't have any sequel planned bc so many other things to write for now--but maybe one day ^^ hope you'll check out my other kaiho fics in the meantime ♡

[karlaurdanetac.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course I will :)❤
By the way, I sent you a PM, please check it out ^^

[tiny-estrella.livejournal.com]

i feel like i've been getting worse and worse at commenting cuz i just never know what to say without sounding repetitive
hello SUKAI
YOUR SJUKAI
SO OFC MUCHO LOVE MUCH FROLICKING THRU CUTE
JJANGAH OBVIOUSLY FAVORING JUNMYEOIN HA THAT DOGGIE SHARES MY TATSE IN MEN HIGH 5
AND ALL THE CUTE LITTLE MOMENTS THE WALKING THE DOGS AND HAVING THE DIGD WALK THEM lol forever laughing at their misery but hey jongin got to land on an angel so
NAD THEN THE MOVIE NIGHT
JM COWERING AND CLUTCH9ING JONGINS CHEST AND LISTENIGN TO HIM BREATHE TO CAKM HIMSELF HEART BE STILL AT THUS PRESH
AND HTE GNITE KISSES EXCUSE ME AS A PUKE RAINBIWS IT WAS SO RPESCIOUS IK I EKEP SAYING IT BUT TEY ARE aaaaaaaah i just love how you describe it all sobs
im just so curious how that convo is gonna end once sissy and big bro come back home LOL
ty for this fluffy masterpiece annem jijiji <333333333333333

[lotusk]

Lol at you and Jjangah having the same taste in men! Thank you for reading this, Mija and your comments always make me smile ♡

[holycrapola01.livejournal.com]

OMG! That was sweet and so realistic. Attraction on the spot and then there's sexual tension and all...

It's love at first sight for both of them I'm pretty sure. I mean really, who wouldn't fall in love with SuKai tbhwy? The plot is simple but super candy floss sweet, but then again it's sukai we're talking about. I like that Junmyeon here is straightforward because hell, that made things a lot easier and Jongin isn't also afraid to hide his own attraction.

I had and have a lot of dreams, and ever since stanning EXO, I never thought I'd ever dream of becoming a dog [Jongin's and Junmyeon's dog]. Sleeping beside Junmyeon and Jongin, and sitting between them? Heaven!

I'm sorry I wasn't able to comment immediately but I read this the moment I knew it existed but had to fight the urge to SPOT so I can gather my wits and my thoughts first because sukai always makes me lose myself and you deserve a proper review. I wanted to make a proper comment and emphasize the parts that really tugged at my heartstrings.

I've already told you before how much I admire your ability to create a world fit for SuKai. The reason why I hesitate to read AUs before was because in my mind 'they're not the real SuKai, they're someone else with SuKai's name'. But when I stumbled into your fics and I 'forced' myself to read it, I got hooked. But only with your AUs. With each and every SuKai fic you make, I get sucked into another universe where SuKai is real even if they're not the idols that we know in our own universe.

I'm so happy. I hope SuKai will continue to inspire you to make more fics. I love you so much! But because I'm always greedy with SuKai, I want moooore~!

[lotusk]

Thank you for this beautiful comment and for reading this fic even if you're not into AU fics. I do try and stay as true to their characters as I perceive them and I hope I succeed at least some of the time. I hope you'll continue to let me know which moments you enjoy in my fics bc it means a lot to me ;-;

[noteholding.livejournal.com]

This was such a lovely read and it was sweet of you to fit in the bits I requested. Their first meeting was pretty amusing with Kai having a rather imaginative mind. And the way he tried haggling for desserts to be paid for was funny!
Aw Kai coming across Suho's foetal sleeping position.

Rahee and Kai are so adorable uwu
Oof that fall has got to hurt. But they got a film date with each other after! Sort of worth the pain endured.
Perfect ending with them kissing ❤

[lotusk]

I'm so glad you liked it! And thank you for being so patient ;;;; I made it a point to include suho sleeping in foetal position as requested lol. I'm sorry I couldn't include everything you wanted - I really wanted to but I couldn't make it all fit into a coherent whole so I had to leave out some things. Again, my sincerest apologies for taking forever to finish this and bless you for understanding ♡

[read0write.livejournal.com]

aww too cute and adorable
just met each other that day and already kissing each other
but aww so cute~

[lotusk]

Thanks for reading this, Tiffany!

[misszhangyixing.livejournal.com]

(This is long overdue but I've finally read this!)
Jongin's mini heart attack when Joonmyun came out of the house was just so adorable, and the instant attraction between them, I'm so kkaisjshbsb /sighs dreamily/

I really really loved the build up of their relationship here. Their interactions were so cute and yessss cheesy joonmyun ftw!

Also, I adore the way you ended this. There's something about just lying in bed together and talking about personal things and confessing eventually that's really sweet and intimate.

I know I've probably told you this a thousand times but I love how tender your sukai fics are, and I hope that quality never goes away. ❤️

[lotusk]

I know I've told you this a thousand times but I love the comments you leave on my fics - they give me so much heart ;-; and sukai are just always a tender pairing for me - I'm a sucker for my sukai feels I guess LOL. It's terrible orz