Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 14:28:02 +0800
From: "r(y)@n" <yr_ry_@hotmail.com>
Subject: What-I-See-24

 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
feedbacks.

Mail me at my NEW Addie at
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 What I See Chapter 24
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I stretched my sore back for the sixth time within the day. I spent my
whole day working on the JIVE Project. I was feeling cramped and sore
already because it was 4:30pm already and I didn't really take a break from
my work. Add to that the fact that I just flew in from California after
waking up at 5:00 in the morning. This has been really a very, very long
day.

After a small chat with Will, he left me alone to work. I didn't even
notice when he left the office. I only learned that when I stretched a
while ago and saw his things missing. My hunch was that he left the office
a few hours ago. So I was alone in the office, except for Matt who was
still in his own office. I stood up and walked just to stretch my cramped
body. "I need a break." I said to myself. I walked to the drinking station
and got myself a cup of water to appease my hunger. After that, I went back
to my cubicle and worked once again.

"Kyle?" I heard someone speak. I turned around and saw Matt standing that
startled me a little bit. "You're still here? It's 7:00pm already." He
said. I didn't know that it was that late already. I was just to engrossed
with finishing the project.

"Just doing some catching up." I told him with a smile.

"I thought you're gonna start working on it tomorrow?" He asked me
frowning.

"Yeah, but I didn't want to procrastinate it since I already had a working
idea per site so instead of postponing it for tomorrow, I did it now. It's
no biggie." I answered Matt.

"You are so indefatiguable." He said shaking his head. "Save everything now
and let's go. There's plenty of time to finish that. The deadline for the
project is still a few weeks away." Matt told me. I just sighed and did
what he said even if I didn't want to stop yet. But what could I do? He was
the boss and I was the employee anyway. I saved everything and just added a
few notes so I could remember what my ideas were the next day.

I closed my system and made sure that I had everything I needed was with
me. I might add on it later on. I walked to Matt's direction who was
standing by the door already. "I'm ready." I told him as I approached him.

"Great! Did you eat already?" He asked me.

"Er, not yet." I grinned sheepishly. My tummy then started to growl and I
really felt the hunger at the moment.

"Come on, let's eat. My treat." Matt told me. I nodded and we walked out of
the office after locking up. "Just follow me in your car." Matt said.

"Okay." I said and walked to my car. He drove first and I followed. "I'm
really hungry." I said to myself. I knew it was my fault because I totally
forgot about it while being immersed in my work. Good thing Matt was there
to remind me or I could have worked until the next day.

After a few more turns, Matt's car slowed down in front of a small diner. I
followed suit and parked my car near the place since the parking slots were
really scarce. Once I walked to the diner, Matt was already there standing
waiting. "Just parked my car there." I explained as I pointed at the edge
of the block.

"It's okay. It's dinner time and this place is really famous because of the
good food." Matt told me. We entered the diner and the place was nearly
filled even though it had a big floor space. It was really famous. A big
guy in his 50s approached us with a smile. "Al!" Matt said as he gave the
guy an embrace.

"Matt! It's always good to see you here." Al said. My guess was that they
were good friends.

"This is Kyle. He works with me in the office." Matt introduced me to
Al. He extended his hand and I shook it. He seemed like an okay guy to me.

"Good good. There's a table there." Al pointed to a corner in the
floor. Matt nodded and led the way to the direction that Al pointed to. I
looked around mesmerized by the number of people eating at the restaurant
and one more thing, they were very loud. I could hear their conversations
clearly. Maybe it was the air of casualness in the room.

The two of us sat and a waiter approached us. "Good evening sirs, what are
you having?" He asked us with a grin. The waiter was very cute with his
short brown hair and adoring smile. But by the looks of it, he was
young. Maybe around 18 and that's too young for me.

"I'll get the chicken barbeque." Matt answered.

"I'll take that too." I chimed in. The waiter jotted it down in his little
pad quickly. He had this frown that made him look cuter if that was even
possible.

"Drinks?" He inquired once again.

"Iced tea for me." I said.

"Heineken." Matt answered. The waiter left us. "How are you now?" He asked.

"I'm okay now." I said.

"That's good to hear. I was worried sick when Paul called me asking for a
few days off for you." Matt told me.

"I was surprised myself." I laughed. "Paul just barged in the house and
told me that I needed some time off and flew me to California. I couldn't
even say 'no' and the next thing I knew was I was in a plane to
California." I said.

"Well, I'm not surprise with that. I think Paul can do that especially with
you. You are just too nice!" Matt laughed. The waiter returned with our
food. The two of us ate heartily and I knew why all these people converge
in this place. The food was fantastic and since the place wasn't really
like the top restaurants in the town, it was casual.

Matt and I exchanged small talks while we ate. We talked about how work was
going and he learned more about Josh. He has been very supportive to me
from the start and he even fired one of my co-workers before because of his
frequent discrimination with my homosexuality. I respected him more after
that. He was the one who taught me that I should only listen to those whose
opinions mattered in my life and I should just block out the others because
I wouldn't learn anything from them.

"I'm gonna finish the basic framework of the JIVE project in the office but
once it's uploaded, I'm taking some off and work at home or whenever." I
informed him.

"Sure." He said to me. It was one of the perks working with Matt. He allows
his workers to work at home or anywhere as long as you meet deadlines and
what you have is good. It was my first time asking him this for the past 3
years I've been working with him.

My cell phone rang. "Excuse me." I told Matt as I looked at the caller ID
quickly and answered it. "Hey Josh." I said.

"Hey! I called at home but no one was answering your phone." He told me.

"Yeah. I worked til 7 in the office and Matt asked me to have dinner." I
said.

"Matt is your boss, right?" He inquired.

"Yeah." I answered.

"Well, call me when you reach home, okay?" He told me.

"Sure. Love you." I whispered so the other patrons wouldn't hear.

"Love you too. Bye." He said and hung up.

"Isn't that cute?" Matt cooed as I placed my cell phone in my pocket. I
just blushed a little bit. "Now, that's cuter?!" He chuckled.

"Stop picking on me." I retorted childishly and laughed afterwards. Once we
were composed, we resumed our conversation about our lives. "How's the
wife?" I asked.

"She's doing good. 6 months already." He said dreamily. Matt's wife,
Nadine, was pregnant and I knew that Matt was extremely happy. They were
just married a year ago and it was their first child together. Deep inside,
I was even envious because they were gonna have a child and I have always
wanted to have a child of my own. Maybe I could talk to Josh about that
someday.

"That's great. You call me when she is gonna give birth, okay? I wanna be
there." I told him.

"Sure." Matt answered. I was so full once we finished our meal. Matt called
for the bill and even if I protested that I wanna pay, he paid
everything. "Maybe next time." He said. Once everything was settled, we
stood up and left.

"Thanks for dinner, Matt." I told him as we reached the sidewalk.

"No problem. See you tomorrow." He said and we walked our separate ways. I
walked to my car and drove home with a contented look. Dinner was just so
good.

I reached my home quicker than usual because of the light traffic. I heard
Pookie already barking when I placed my key in the keyhole. "I forgot all
about you." I chuckled to myself because I forgot all about Pookie. She
must be extremely hungry. I opened the door and she was running between my
legs wagging her tail. "I'll fix your dinner now." I said as I picked her
up and walked to the kitchen.

I prepared her dog food and placed it in her dog bowl. She was really
hungry from the looks of it. She was practically devouring everything I
placed in her bowl. I left her in the kitchen and decided to call Josh. I
dialed JC's cell phone. It rang once. Twice. "Hey Kyle." Josh answered.

"Hi babe. I just reached home." I said as I plopped down on the couch and
turned to TV on but toned down the volume.

"Cool. I've wanted to hear your voice since the last time we talked. It has
been extremely boring here." He told me.

"I wish I can say the same but my mind was practically in my work. Dinner
with Matt was my only meal since breakfast with Ken." I said.

"Jesus Kyle! You know that you should not forgot the important things like
eating. What if you collapse or get sick because you're too hungry?" JC
said in his motherly tone.

"Yes mom." I teased.

"Don't mom me, mister. I'm serious here. You should not forget those
things, Kyle. I love you and I don't know what I'll do when something
happens to you." Josh said. He was dead serious about it.

"I'm sorry about it. I promise that I'll not forget my meals." I said a
little bit guilty for make Josh worry about it. Heck, it was the first time
a person worried about me because of skipping a meal. But I wouldn't
complain because it just made me feel loved by Josh more. "Enough with the
scolding. What are you doing now?" I asked.

"I'm just in my bunk tinkering with the laptop. We're travelling tonight by
bus." Josh sighed. I have seen their bus and it was not that comfortable
especially if it was gonna be a home for 5 people. It was really crowded
and cramped.

"Oh right. You have a concert tomorrow. Good luck on that." I told him.

"Yeah, I think we need that. Our concerts aren't really stellar these
days." Josh said.

"Oh come on, you guys give the best shows in the world." I complimented.

"I'm just a little off most of the times. I just have so many things in my
mind." Josh said.

"Well, I'll listen to them if you want. It's always good to talk it out." I
said.

JC took a deep breath and I laid on the couch in a more comfortable
position. "First, there's always you. I really really miss you to
death. It's like I'm addicted to you. If I don't get my Kyle fix, I just
don't function correctly for the day. I just zone out or something. And I
think Wade is losing his patience with me already because I'm the one who
commits the mistakes these days." JC said. We had talked about this before
and I have heard this from Paul as well but what could I do? I was in
Florida and he was always traveling. "The other guys are just forcing me to
be always happy. I mean they try almost everything that it gets tiring
already. And I have to add my parents as well who still don't know that I
am gay and I have the best boyfriend in the world. My mom just called me a
while ago and he wants me to meet a nice girl that she knows. I just, just
get so frustrated about everything like I'm gonna explode!" JC was really
exasperated from his tone.

"Your parents don't know?" I asked. I didn't know about that. Well, I
really didn't know Josh that well since we were only dating for weeks.

"I haven't talked to them yet. They're in DC and I want to tell it to them
face to face and not through the phone because this is really a big thing."
JC explained.

"I wish I can just appear there and comfort you. You sound so stressed out
there." I said.

"You mentioned it. I hate touring because I don't get to sleep that good
and we are always in the move and perform and then go to this place and
that place. I'm just human and they treat us like robots!" JC said. Josh
has a serious problem of repressed feelings. He couldn't express himself
right and it's causing him stress. It broke my heart hearing him this
way. It just makes me want to fly out to wherever they are.

"Don't worry. I know that you have a break or something like that." I told
him hoping that he did have a break.

"Yeah. Thank God we're having a few days off and I really need that right
now." Josh replied.

"Few days off? When?" I asked oblivious of what he informed me.

"Wait a minute." JC told me. "Lance! When is our break?" I heard him shout.

"Thursday til Sunday." I heard Lance shout back.

"Thursday til Sunday." Josh relayed what Lance said.

"Will you go home?" I asked hoping that he would go home. I also missed him
and I was dying to touch him once again.

"There? Of course! My flight arrangements are ready already. I was gonna
surprise you but I think it's out now." He answered with a chuckle. It made
my heart skip a beat because of the excitement and joy.

"Oh my God! For real!" I exclaimed.

"Yup. You'll see me at your doorstep on Thursday." Josh told me.

"I can't wait for Thursday to come. Are you coming morning, lunch or
dinner? Do you want me to fetch you? Then we can go have a date or
something and watch a film. This is gonna be so great." I babbled as
different ideas on how we could spend our time together entered my mind.

"Easy there Ky. I'll be there by lunch time. Is it okay if you fetch me? I
want my stay there to be low key if possible." Josh said.

"You know that you don't have to ask. I'll be there." I answered
excitedly. "This is gonna be so so great." I was so close in jumping on the
couch because of joy. Even Pookie entered the living room to see why I was
so ecstatic. When she saw me on the phone, she walked back to the kitchen
leaving me alone.

"Cool." Josh said.

"Cee! Tour manager wants a meeting here!" Justin shouted.

"Is it important?" Josh shouted. "I can't believe that we're gonna have
this shit now." Josh told me with a tinge of irritation.

"Yes!" Justin shouted once again.

I heard Josh sigh. "Just a minute." I heard JC shout back. "Kyle, I'll talk
to you later okay? We have a meeting about something." Josh told me.

"I'll just call you tomorrow. I'm kinda beat because of the long day but
I'm so excited of seeing you on Thursday." I told Josh.

"I'm excited too. You go rest now. I'll call you soon. Love you." JC said
and hung up. I placed the phone back to its cradle and walked to my room
with a grin plastered on my face. I was really happy.

I took a quick shower and laid on my bed for the first after a few days. "I
miss my bed!" Once my body touched the bed, I felt so heavy and sleepy. I
didn't really feel it earlier but maybe it has caught up with me. Mental
note, don't over-exert yourself once again. "This has been a long day." I
said to no one in particular. I closed my eyes and slept soundly.

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End of Chapter

This has been a very easy chapter to write for me. Maybe it's the
inspiration or maybe the boredom that I am feeling at the moment.
Nevertheless, that's chapter 24. It was light and JC is coming home to Kyle
soon so watch for that soon. I am just so happy because it's the start of a
new year and I really needed that. It just gives me a little hope that
something good is gonna happen next year. I can't wait. Oh yeah, please
vote for JC's single, Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love). It's a great track and
it deserves to be #1 anywhere.

Thanks to ALL of you who have taken the time and MAILED me! I truly
appreciate it very much. It's really nice to know if there are people who
are actually reading what I write. A big big shout out to Danny and Chris!

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