The Closer You Get, The Harder I Fall

[lotusk]

Title:The Closer You Get, The Harder I Fall
Author: lattelotus
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jongin/Joonmyun (with bff!sekai)
Length: 8456 words
Warnings: age switch, pining, beer & general awkwardness
Summary: Joonmyun’s had a dead-end crush on his best friend’s older brother Jongin for years. Things get complicated when they end up as roommates.
Notes: A belated birthday fic for my baby bear, Kim Jongin.


It was going to great. Living with Jongin was going to be great. Just great.

Comments

[mutantbic.livejournal.com]

/swoon!
Your description of Jongin is perfection. I can imagine him as an architect, glasses and dark eyes and pretty, serious expressions. That is until he smiles and you think that you're dying because your heart does a thing where it goes too fast...

Joonmyun never had a chance!

[lotusk]

Lol at you think you're dying. Agree on Joonmyun never having a chance - Joonmyun and us orz

[bredbylight.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!
This is everything I need!! I'm so stressed out because of life and exam week, and now I'm not only mentally drained but physically too since I've been dancing all day... so I just need you to know that this is exactly what I need right now!! So much fluff and general amazingnes that it really made my evening ♡ *saves link to re-read it sometime*

[lotusk]

I'm so glad this helped you to de-stress /hugs/ and thank you for the kind words!

[eoryndal.livejournal.com]

How am I ever going to drink Sherry with my mum again without thinking of Jongin's eyes???? Take responsibility!!

Sobs even in this age swap fic, Jongin's staring habit doesn't change.

"The Ice Hotel in Finland." ME TOO JONGINNIE ME TOO /high-five between winter kids

I could really see Joonmyun lying in bed, grinning broadly, heart thumping too hard to fall asleep after his long conversation with Jongin on the balcony! <3

On the outset, Jongin really didn't seem to have that much going for him These blatant lies.

It was a three-page article on Santorini BECAUSE THIS IS A FIC IT MEANS HE LIKES YOU SO YOU SHOULD CONFESS RIGHT NOW (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

Jongin cooking. That's all

[lotusk]

I keep having mental images of you and your mom drinking sherry on the balcony now lol. I hope she's as pretty as Jongin, man!

Jongin stares. THIS IS WHAT HE DOES AND I LOVE IT!!!

Lol at blatant lies - Joonmyun's denial runs deep, yo! Also Jongin cooking is something I need so bad - he cooks for Joonmyun a lot in my fics bc JONGIN COOKING lol.

Thanks for reading and for catching those slips for me!!!

[ohplumbaby.livejournal.com]

OMG NOOOOOOO DONT DO THIS TO ME,
This is too good to be true,
I woke up into the cutest sukai, the rightest thing to do in the morning is open your twitter, yes I got it.

When I see the summary, it's kinda hard to imagine that Jonginie is older but as the story flows I kinda enjoy this a little too much for my own good. I mean, architect!Nini working with glasses ;;
And designer Joonie struggling with his design ;;
They will make a perfect pair
They can go to Santorini and build their own house. Jongin planning the structure and Joonie drawing the design and live happily ever after

Yaaaaaay for Sukai confession with kisses and cuddles,
I'm weak ;;
I couldnt get enough of your sukai :3
/cuddles you/

[lotusk]

Thank you so so much! And I'm glad you liked the story ♡

[snapbaeks.livejournal.com]

alksjf I LOVE THIS I LOVE YOUUUUUUU

i have so much love for this unrequited love being not so unrequited kind of fic and of course, as always, you have satisfied my sukai heart. please never stop writing sukai and i will never stop reading your wonderful perfect sukai

[lotusk]

This makes me so happy - thank you again for all kind words on here and on Twitter and Idt I could stop writing sukai if i tried ;;;;

[zyxisagod.livejournal.com]

ADELE ADELE ADELE!!! THIS WAS SO FUNNY AND CUTE AND ALSO A BIT ANGSTY BC MY HEART REALLY HURT FOR JM AWAWHAHW I REALLY LOVE AGE SWITCH SO THIS WAS <3 <3 <3 AND OMFG SEHUN IS /SUCH/ A GREAT BEST FRIEND LIKE HE WAS SO SO SUPPORTIVE OF JM'S FEELINGS FOR HIS OLDER BROTHER LMAO 'i dont think i could have done anything but maybe i couldve done SOMETHING'

and fjkfjkdgdj kaistal sobs platonic kaistal (altho ok maybe not platonic on soojung's part but we only have jongin's word for it and jongin is Dumb)

i love a bunch of words and lines you used but i love this one

"That acerbic wit and deep voice. It could only be Kyungsoo."

and this one the most

"“You’ll just have to convince me I want to keep you for longer,” Joonmyun said with a confidence he was still struggling to feel. "

ksdjasfhjaksf jongin confessed first well done nini!! this was a lovely read <3

[lotusk]

Jongin is most definitely dumb - but in a really hot way LOL. Thank you so much for reading and for gifting me with such a wonderful comment /cries. I think we first met bc of your comment on my chenpionships chenkai lol. You write best punya best comment /hugs

[holycrapola01.livejournal.com]

*sighs*

You know that feeling when every time you read some quality sukai and regardless of its length you don't want it to end because you're privy to the details of their everyday life if possible? That's how I feel every single time!

This AU is like so random but because it's sukai it becomes so special. Like, I the age switch is kinda difficult for me cos Jongin is always been Junma's baby for me but the way that Jongin spoke here makes it easier as I read.

Nursing an 8-year crush is difficult especially if the person is THAT close to you, you know? I mean, I can totally relate because my boyfriend right now was my highschool crush who happened to be my bestfriend's OLDER brother [is 7 years too old? well, who cares!] anyway, I'm so feeling the feels! That excitement of going to your friend's house cos you want to see the crush is just.. no words, and for it to finally be no longer a one-sided feeling is the best.

I'm so amazed you wrote this beautiful sweet sukai in what- 5 hours, you say? Two days ago I started a one-shot sukai for Jongin's bday too and now, I've only had 249 words. Hopeless.

But you! You made such perfectly heartbreaking [in a good way] sukai fic and the greedy me just can't get enough! I love you so much! Thank youuu! I'm just right here. As always.... waiting.... muwah! xoxoxoxo

[lotusk]

i'm so glad you connected with this in such a personal way. I've always had a weakness for BFF stories or brothers of BFFs stories - e.g. my firefly sukai fic where Jongin falls in love with his older brother's BFF lol.

That's so sweet that you ended up with your BFF's older bro ♡ and no age gap is too wide TBH if people are in love! As for the age switch, I'm the opposite of you where Jongin often seems the elder of the two lol. When Joonmyun unleashes the derp, he really seems like the younger. Have seen these gifs?

Thanks again for reading this and for sharing your story! (Ps: I finished this story in November and left it for ages bc I wasn't happy with it :/ it was 7k when I started editing it yesterday but it ended up being 8.5k by the time I was done OTL. Sukai gives me verbal diarrhea lol)

[xxhna.livejournal.com]

I'm absolutely in love with your descriptions of jongin!!!!! They were so vivid and just flowed so well with each other! I like the idea of older jongin and Sehun.

[lotusk]

Thank you! I thought it'd be nice to have Jongin as the hyung for a change and I hope it worked!

[sentfromheaven8.livejournal.com]

Everytime I read your works I feel a sense of tranquility and happiness. To me you are like a magician and I am under your spell until your very last written word. I think here you portrayed Jongin in a brilliant way, the communication problems, the bluntness and simplicity made him very charming.
Thank so much for writing and sharing this. Don't ever feel insecure about your capability of writing, you are great! I really really love you as a writer!

[lotusk]

Thank you so much! I was worried that readers wouldn't like Jongin here bc he's so unapproachable and sometimes brusque and just not the most likeable guy around so this means so much to me ;;;; and thank you for being wonderful ;;;;;

[sammylovesblue.livejournal.com]

Aaahhhh cuuuuttteeee

[lotusk]

Thank you!

[karlaurdanetac.livejournal.com]

OMG!
This was amazing! I love that since I started reading you fics, I've read stuff about couples I never thought I would read. Thank you so much for writing this great stories :)

[lotusk]

You're most welcome!

[jabarihinton93.livejournal.com]

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[jabarihinton93.livejournal.com]

golden days.
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[jabarihinton93.livejournal.com]

Inspiring.... Just do it.
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[read0write.livejournal.com]

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
finally got around to reading this and yes so super cutely adorable~
just so cute and everything and yes and yeah and i make no more sense because read this when i should be sleeping~

[lotusk]

Bless you, Tiffany! And pls sleep more! / hugs everywhere

[laughingvirus.livejournal.com]

IM SORRY IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO FINISH AND COMMENT ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
I got lost with other fics but I finally finished!!

Aaaaaaaaaaand ofc I'm in love. I mean, I love all of the fics I've read that you've written uvu

Junmyeon is so cuuute hehe and wow I love kyungsoo? Jongin is cute too!

Their confessions were so sweet I'm :')

[lotusk]

Thanks Julia lol! I'm always grateful for your comments! /hugs

[xiusass.livejournal.com]

this fic had me squealing into my pillow at 3 am it's so so beautiful and cute and the progression of the fic was smooth i just wOW :>
i don't read sukai and i'm glad this was the first sukai i read, thank you for writing this!! <3

( “I want to make out all night, but I have to be up in three hours and the project is due in two days’ time and ahhh, this is so frustrating,” Jongin groaned as his mouth trailed tired kisses on his neck. - the underlined sentence got me, it was a really loving gesture :> )

[lotusk]

Thank you for telling me all this ;;;;; and for sharing that sentence you liked. That's what I wanted to portray - that's Jongin has always cared for Joonmyun, even if most of it has been at a distance. And this is a promise as well of coming tenderness between the two. your comment gives me hope that I succeeded in showing this so THANK YOU!

I'm also honored that this is the first sukai fic you've ever read ;-; I hope you'll try out some others I've written - maybe try The Delinquent or Peace of Mind to start with ^^ (my personal favorite is back to you tho which is also on ao3)

[xiusass.livejournal.com]

omg i'm so sorry for the late reply ;;
i'm so !!!! happy that i was able to 'give you hope' heheheh ^v^ your writing is wonderful, please don't doubt it or anything like that! and thank YOU for writing <33

i'll definitely be checking your other sukai fics out, thank you for your recommendations! :>

[lotusk]

You're most welcome! And I hope you'll share your thoughts if you ever end up reading them ♡

[misszhangyixing.livejournal.com]

Adele, first of all I'm so sorry for reading this so late. RL has just been super stressful for the past months :(

Anyways, I love how you emphasized how opposite Joonmyun and Jongin are and also, architect Jongin!!!! There's something about how you write his character that's just so attractive and so...real. And what a nice change too that he's the older one in this fic and how different his personality is from all the other sukai fics you've written.

(Also, I could relate to Jongin's character because I'm a self proclaimed OC and I absolutely hate clutter)

But...but...the pining hurt me so bad. Ughhhh! My heart really ached for Joonmyun, and idk unrequited love always makes me so emotional because it's never a nice place to be and it just sucks big time. (I may have shed a tear or two 😢)

But of course happy ending!!! After all those heartbreaking scenes, all is well between them and they're together!! And cuddling!!! I love how tender and sweet and endearing Jongin's confession scene was! :D

“I know you hate the cold and you’d rather go to sunny Greece, but would you think about going to Finland with me? We could stay at the Ice Hotel, and maybe spend a night in a glass igloo? I know it’s a lot to ask but, yeah."
OMG swoon!!!!

See?? Why can't people just say what they feel and put other's out of their misery? Imagine all the cute dates and snuggles they could have had years back if they just confessed to each other back then. But oh well, I guess there's always reasons why people don't do that...there's always the fear of rejection for one.

I really loved this Adele! As always, your sukai fics are a wonderful read! ❤️

[lotusk]

Thank you so much for this, Isabel! I always look forward to your comments - you always say such insightful things ♡! I'm sorry if the pining was a little ouch - it really isn't a nice place to be and I feel kinda bad for putting Joonmyun through so much in this fic otl. The age switch was fun to write because I got to let them do different things and explore a different dynamic and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[(Anonymous)]

AHHHH cuddly fluffy KaiHo! I love this so much! Jongin with awkward social skills and pining Joonmyun... heart fluttering! The age switch is really cool too...

[lotusk]

So glad you enjoyed this! I just thought the age switch would work here and I'm glad most ppl seem to agree ;;;