Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 12:49:27 +0800
From: "r(y)@n" <yr_ry_@hotmail.com>
Subject: What I See 23

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 THIS STORY IS WRITTEN UNDER THE NIFTY BOY BANDS AUTHORS UNION
    Author: Ry
    Email: yr_ry_@hotmail.com
    Other Stories in this directory:
	* Crossed Paths
	* Help Me
	* Reformation
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* Disclaimer *

If you are under 18 or not of legal age in your country, please do not read
on. If you couldn't accept themes of homosexuality and the like, please
don't read on. This is a story concerning gay males having intimate
relationships and is considered FOR ADULTS ONLY due to its sexual theme and
contents. BUT if you really like this stuff, please don't tell others.

Everything in this story is purely FICTIONAL. Or in simpler terms, it's not
true!!! Even if this story involves NSYNC, a real, successful American
singing group, and a fictitious character, all that happens in here is
fictional... again, it's not true. If there are instances that it is
similar to what happened in the real world, it doesn't mean that it's
really true. I don't know anything about their sexuality, as far as the I
and the world know, they're straight as an arrow so I dunno if they're gay
(but I do have my speculations) or not but I wrote this out of freedom of
speech and my love for these guys and slash fiction. I don't own or know
NSYNC personally. AGAIN, it's NOT TRUE!!! but don't we all hope that it's
true... hehehehe...


* First Words *

Hi guys. This is my 3rd work here in the boyband section of the Nifty
Archives. I dunno why I called it "What I See" but I just ran out of ideas
for a title and thought of something simple. So the title, What I See was
born *giggle*. I dunno if I can manage my 3 stories at the same time but
Crossed Paths is in its "season break" and Reformation is still there. But
I'll really try my best to update all my stories. Remember, I love
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 What I See Chapter 23
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I stayed with Ken for another day.  We were practically tourists because we
went  to the famous landmarks  in  the area. I had  loads  of fun. Not just
because I was with    Ken but JC  and   I finally  fixed our  problem   and
everything was just perfect. We talked last night and when I woke up, there
was an SMS  from JC that read  'I love you.'  I was feeling tingly from the
overload of happiness in my life. "Kylie!" Ken snapped his fingers in front
of my face.

"What?" I asked a little lost.

"You  just  had a trip   in  your  little world,   hun."  Ken said  with  a
giggle. "You are so so in love!"  He teased. I  just blushed because it was
the  truth. I  was really head   over heels in  love  with Mr. Joshua Scott
Chasez. And I love the feeling.

Anyway,  along with going to  famous landmarks, Ken  has  to drag me to the
shopping mall  and made me buy  stuff but he was  the one who picked all of
the clothes and I was the one paying them. I felt like I was in E's Fashion
Emergency. I  was trying loads  of clothes and he would  critique it once I
got out of the dressing room. We ended  up with 8  bags of clothes, 3 pairs
of shoes and a lot of hair products. "You'll thank me after this." Ken said
to me for the nth time. Yeah right.

When we reached Ken's house,  I was tired  already. Who wouldn't? We toured
the city, I  was dragged to countless  of shops and I  also maxed my credit
card. Also, my  trip back home  was gonna be tomorrow  morning. I wanted  a
later time but it was the only  one available and  I realized that I needed
to go back to work. I've been delayed so much and I needed a lot of time to
catch up on  that. "You go rest now.  Tomorrow,  you're gonna back  to your
boring life." Ken noted.

"Hey!  I actually love my  boring life." I   laughed. "And when JC's there,
it's  not boring anymore."  I  added. He just  laughed  with me. "Okay, I'm
gonna call my man and call it a night." I said and gave each other a hug. I
walked to my room and dialed JC's number. Josh  had no concert so I assumed
that he was just lounging at home.

"JC's phone." Joey answered.

"Hey Joe! Can I talk to Josh?" I asked.

"Wait for a minute." Joey said. "JC! Phone!" He hollered.

"You don't have to shout."  JC  complained. I could   hear a few  shuffling
after that. "Hello?"

"Hey Josh." I said happily.

"Kyle! How's your day?" He asked.

"It was fun!  Kenny toured me  around here and dragged me  to the mall."  I
answered with a groan.

"Aaaw, did Ken tire you out?" JC cooed.

"He did." I said in a child's voice.

"Well,   that's nice to  hear.  You should relax  more."  He advised with a
chuckle.

"Hey! You're sounding like Ken already." I giggled. "Anyway, I'm going back
home tomorrow." I told him.

"For real?" JC said.

"Yeah, I took the 7am flight so I can go to work  too tomorrow. I have lots
of catching  up to do.   I've been doing  absolutely  nothing for the  past
weeks." I told him.

"Okay." He answered.

"How about you? How's your day?" I inquired.

"I just slept in and did a few writing. We only have a few breaks so I have
to catch up on some "me" time."  He told me that really  made sense. It was
just one of the similarities that Josh and I share. The two of us have "me"
time  where we have this  moment to center  ourselves because of our hectic
lives.  "But after Joey came barging  in my room, I  was  forced to watch a
movie with him." Josh added.

"Hey!" I heard Joey complain.

I just chuckled a bit. "That's nice to hear, dear." I  said while trying to
stifle a yawn.

"You  must be really tired.  You sleep now, okay?  You have an early flight
tomorrow and  you need all  the sleep that you can  get." JC said. Jeez, he
sounded like my mother.  But that was one of  the good points about him. He
is such a caring and loving person.

"I'm a little bit tired. I'm gonna phone you tomorrow, okay? I love you." I
said.

"I love you  too. Bye." JC  said and hung up  the  phone. I placed my  cell
phone on the counter and stripped down to my boxers. I  laid my body on the
bed  and thought how lucky I  was. I  was so  sure  that Josh and I finally
broke up but we didn't.  And that's great. I was  still brainstorming on my
surprise for JC. I  knew that he would  love it when  I finally enacted  my
surprise.

I wrapped my  hands on a pillow  and squeezed it closer  to my body. It was
going to be a good night sleep.

The alarm that I set  woke me up. It  was too damn early  but I couldn't do
anything. My flight was 7:00am so I have to be  earlier than that. I looked
at the clock and it was 5:00am.  It was enough for me  to prepare because I
already packed my  bag yesterday. It's  just cleaning  up myself. I  walked
lazily to Ken's room to wake him up.

I slowly   opened the  door of Ken's   room   and no light  came   out from
inside. It was still dark. I switched the lights on. Ken was still sleeping
with the sheets all bunched up near the foot of the bed. He has always been
a bad  company on bed. He moves  too much. I  walked to the bed. "Ken? Wake
up." I said as I nudged him. He just swatted my hand and buried his head in
his pillow.

Ken was a heavy sleeper and the only solution that  I knew was dragging him
off the bed. I  did that. "What?!" Ken said  confused when he found himself
on the floor.

"My  flight  leaves   at 7:00am. Come  on."   I  told him and   ruffled his
hair. Again, he swatted  my hand. "I'm  gonna prepare something to eat. You
get ready." I instructed  and he just grunted a  reply. I walked out of the
room  knowing  that  he would be    starting  because he was   off  the bed
already. I walked to the kitchen trying to decide on what  I would cook. It
has to be quick so I have to stick with frying. Eggs and bacon would do.

After a few minutes, Ken barged in the kitchen.  I was done cooking by that
time.  "You  start  eating;  I'll just  take a  bath."  I told  him  and he
nodded. I went back to my room and did my routine. After around 15 minutes,
I was done  already and just checked  on my stuff.  I didn't want to forget
anything because I have no idea  when I would  be back here. But hopefully,
it would be soon because I really had a  good time with  Ken. I knew that I
would miss Ken. I already felt that when he left for California. But at the
moment, I missed JC.

With my small luggage at hand plus all the other things we bought, I walked
down and  left my bags  by the stairs  and headed to   the kitchen. Ken was
still eating  heartily. "I'm back." I greeted  and sat beside him. I placed
some eggs and bacon on my plate and started eating as well.

"I'm gonna miss you." Ken told me.

"I'm gonna miss you too. It has been a blast with you." I said.

"But once you see that JC boy of yours.  I know that  all thoughts about me
are gonna fly out of the window." Ken teased.

"Hey! If I know, once you go back to one of the clubs you  go to, it's like
I didn't exist." I shot back with a grin. We remained silent after that but
after a few seconds, we  laughed. Gosh, the two  of us were really silly. I
looked at the watch and it read 6:00am. "Kenny, it's  6 already. I guess we
have to go now." I noted.

"I guess."   Ken answered. I  poured  myself a glass   of orange  juice and
hurriedly drank it  all. "Let's just place this  in the sink and I'll clean
this later on." Ken said as he cleared his mess. I did the same and brought
it to the sink. Ken lead the way out of the  kitchen and I followed him but
stopping by the flight of  stairs to pick  up my bags.  "You want a bag for
all of that?" Ken asked. I looked at the other bags that were scattered.

"Yes." I  said. He walked  upstairs and when he returned  he  was holding a
bag. The two of us placed the clothes and shoes in the bag. "Thanks for the
bag." I told him.

"I ain't giving you the  bag." Ken answered with  a raised eyebrow.  "Let's
just say it's  a reason for you   to return here." He   said with smile.  I
picked up a bag and he picked the other and we walked to his car. We placed
them in the compartment and we went in the car.  Finally settled inside, we
started our trip to the airport.

It  was a short trip. By  6:20am, we were already  in the airport. Since it
was very  early, the airport  wasn't that  busy.  Only a few  were standing
outside waiting for a cab and inside, the lines  weren't so long. I let Ken
carry  the bag carrying the  new things that  we bought while I carried the
things that  I brought in  the  trip. We found a  trolley  and we placed it
there as we sat for awhile waiting for the plane to start boarding.

"I'm really going to miss you, Kyle." Ken told me as he held my hand.

"I'm gonna miss you too. Maybe next time, you can go to  Florida and we can
go to a club or shopping." I offered.

"Yeah, next time." Ken  answered. We fell  into a comfortable silence. "You
know, I have always envied you." Ken said not looking at me.

"Envy me?" I chuckled a little bit not really  believing that it was coming
from Ken.

"Yeah. You  were always  the person in  control  while  I was the  reckless
one. My mom  once said to me  that I should  act like you because you  were
always in control.  That hurt  me and I   felt a  little revulsion  towards
you. But that only  lasted for a  short time  because  I found a nice  fuck
after that." Ken laughed softly.

"Don't. Like you said, I live a boring life and even I  can admit that it's
boring.  I'm the one   who  envies you. I mean   you  are so worriless  and
happy-go-lucky. I can only feel that when I'm with you or I'm with Josh." I
told him.

"I guess this Josh is taking my place." Ken said.

"You know    that he can  never   take your place.   You're  special  in my
heart. You were my first love." I told him  that made him blush. Whenever I
tell Ken that he was my first love, he would always blush.  I dunno why but
that's the effect on him.

My flight was  called. It was starting to  board already. "I  guess this is
it." Ken said as we stood up.

"Yeah.  I'll see you soon okay?"  I said trying my  best not to cry. I have
always hated to say goodbye.

"Don't start on me Kylie." Ken said as he grabbed me to a tight embrace. We
didn't let go of  each other  for a  few seconds  but  we have to  face the
inevitable. "I love you." I told him.

"I  love you too." Ken  said. I  pushed the trolley  away  and left Ken not
looking back  because I knew that  he was  tearing  up already and I  was a
little emotional at that moment as well.

"We'll see each other again." I said to no one in particular. After all the
inspection and procedures that I have  to undergo, I  was finally placed in
my cramped seat. Once I was settled and comfortable,  I just stared outside
and began to think of the new  adventures that I have in  life. I have left
it  for a few days but  I was going back  to  it. I have   to go back to my
confusing and boring life. Slowly, my eyes closed and I fell asleep.

Someone was nudging me. I  slowly opened my eyes.  "Sir, we have landed." A
smiling flight attendant told me. I looked around and it  seemed that I was
the only one in the plane. Mental note, no more early morning flights.

"Thank you."  I  told her and stood   up. I exited  the plane   (alone) and
grabbed  my luggage in  the  baggage place (I  have  no idea what the  name
is). No one knew that I was going home this early so no one was waiting for
me. I hailed a cab and gave the  address to my house. In  a few minutes, we
finally reached  my house.   I paid  the  fare  and   walked to  the  front
door. "Everything  seemed to be in place."  I commented as  I looked at how
everything was. I knew  that Paul would take care  of my house but  I could
not help not to check on it.

I  opened  the  front door  and  Pookie  was waiting  already.  She  barked
excitedly as I picked her up. "I missed you!" I cooed  her as she licked my
face. She was happy to see my as well. I placed  her down and again, looked
around. Everything was  in order but there was   no sign of  Paul anywhere?
"Where's  Paulie?" I asked  the dog hoping that  she would answer. She just
barked and ran away. "Thanks for nothing."

I carried my luggage upstairs  so I could arrange  my things already. I was
thinking of clearing some stuff away to make way to the  new clothes that I
bought.  I opened the door  to my room and Paul  was sleeping on  my bed. I
looked at my watch, it was close to 10am already and he was still sleeping?
I  wanted   to  play  a joke on    him  but there was     just  no time for
that. "Paul. I'm here." I said as I opened my bags. Paul moved a little bit
and slowly, his eyes opened. He looked at me with confusion in his eyes.

"Here already?" He asked sleepily as he snuggled with one of my pillows.

"Yup. I have to fix my things then I'm hopping to the office to catch up on
some work." I told him cheerfully.

"I  guess everything is  all  right now." Paul   stood up and scratched his
chest as he looked around the room.

"Yeah. JC and I are back together." I answered.

"Together again?" Paul exclaimed.

"Yeah, what's so  hard to believe with that?"   I chuckled a  little bit. I
walked to my closet and started to pick out  the clothes that I was putting
away.

"Are you sure with this? I don't wanna undergo that again." Paul said.

"Come on, Paul. You know that fights are  part of relationships. We settled
it and I'm really happy that we are together once again." I told him.

"Fine." Paul said rolling his eyes. "But don't cry to me when you two fight
again."

"If  I remembered correctly,  you were forcing  yourself to me and I didn't
cry to you." I pointed at him slowly losing my cool.

"Oh! I'm so sorry that I was concerned with your sorry depressed ass!" Paul
said sarcastically.

"Well,  this  sorry  depressed ass  didn't  need  any of your   concern." I
shouted.

"I'll remember that next time." He said as he dressed up.

"Fine!" I answered.

"Fine!" He shouted and walked out of the room. I just closed my eyes trying
to maintain  my composure. Maybe  it was the  fact that I didn't sleep that
much today. I just  dropped all the clothes  that I was holding and  walked
out of my room.

I heard the door close loudly. Pookie then came running to me. I picked her
up and walked to  the kitchen to prepare  her some food. I  fed my dog  and
left   the  house. I   hoped  that I was    calm enough  when   I reach the
office. Snapping at others was the last thing that  I wanted to do. My cell
phone began to ring. I read the caller's name on the screen. Josh.

"Hey Josh." I answered the phone.

"Hi there! You in Florida already?" He asked. His voice was a little hoarse
so he must have just wakened up.

"Yeah. I'm on my way to work actually." I told him.

"You know you shouldn't be  working today. You  just got home from an early
flight." JC noted.

"I know but  I have to  talk to Matt  and start on all   the things that  I
left. I wasn't that productive for the last weeks." I told him.

"Sorry about that." Josh said somberly.

"There's nothing for you to be sorry. Let's just keep that  in the past and
just move on, okay?" I told JC.

"Yeah." He answered.

"So, what are you upto today?" I asked as  I slowed down  to a stop because
of a red light.

"Relaxing a bit at the moment and then later, we would  be going to Texas."
Josh replied.

"Good  luck on that." I  said. "Hey, I'll talk to  you later. It's tough to
drive while talking on the phone."

"Okay. Talk to you later." Josh told me.

"I love you." I said.

"I love you  too. Bye."  Josh ended the   call. I placed  the  phone on the
passenger  seat and concentrated  on the road. After a  few more minutes, I
reached the office. Even if it was a Sunday, I knew that  Matt stays in the
office. I parked my car and walked inside. To my surprise, Will was there.

"Hey!" I called. Will spun around and grinned when he saw me.

"Finally! It has been boring and chaotic without you here." Will said as he
approached me and gave me an embrace.

"Yeah, I'm back in action." I said. "Matt here?"

"Of course! He's just in his office." Will answered.

"I'll see him first, okay?" I told Will who just nodded. I walked to Matt's
office and knocked.

"Come in." I heard Matt's voice. I opened the door and walked in. "What are
you doing here?" Matt asked with a smile when he saw me.

"I work here." I answered.

"Smart ass." He said with a chuckle. "You alright now?" He asked.

"Never been better." I told him. "I just wanna catch  up on work. I've been
lagging for a few weeks now." I said.

"You know  that it's okay. You  haven't had your break  for a few years now
and everyone can manage." Matt dismissed.

"So I don't have anything to do?" I asked scratching my head.

"Actually there is. Jive still  wants to work  with us." Matt told me. "The
past  deal was scrapped  but if  you want to   work with this project. It's
okay."

"I think I'll work on this one." I told him. "Who am  I gonna work with?" I
asked.

"The acts assigned to  you before. I  have given the others  their projects
before  all the issues came out,  remember? So you  can handle, um..." Matt
trailed  off  as  he  searched   for the papers.   "NSYNC,  Britney Spears,
Backstreet Boys and Aaron Carter." Matt said looking at me.

"Okay." I answered.

"Great. There's nothing big or special to add yet  so you have to just make
a framework and a theme for each." Matt told me. I nodded.

"That's all?" I asked.

"That's it for now." Matt told me.

"Okay, I'll just brainstorm a  little bit now and  start on it tomorrow." I
told him. He just nodded and I walked out of the room.


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End of Chapter

Hello everyone! It's chapter 23 already and Kyle is back to work. JC has
been absent for such a time so I'll think of something about that. I know
that this chapter is a little bit late now but school has been really one
big bitch for me. But I'm okay now and hopefully, I can bring out something
next week.

A merry christmas and a prosperous new year to you all.

Thanks to ALL of you who have taken the time and MAILED me! I truly
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