new year celebration: (when kat-tun decided a vacation on the most untimely season of the year)
Country: philippines
Custom: new year celebration
Author miyajima_juri
Genre: humor (I guess), bits of romance (it’s really invisible) and bits of crack (by any means, this is what crack means to me)
Pairing: akame, maruda, junki(?)
Disclaimer: I don't own the guys. And this is a hurried one. it might not come out as decently as it should. You’ve been warned.
Beta: me myself and i
Rating: pg
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“I wanna go somewhere we’ve never been before. Just here in asia. What do you think?” Kame spoke over lunch.
They are having their break after recording a new song for the next album to be released months away.
“sounds good,” koki spoke, eyes still focused on the script he was holding for the new drama he is in.
“then no work,” jin barged in, eyes dreamy.
Everyone else looked at him.
And then nodded.
“perfect,” maruda said in unison.
“so,where?” Kame asked, wondering where they should go.
“I know. How about we try Philippines? We’ve never been there. and it’s in asia,” tat-chan spoke, reaching for his phone. Looking for some background info about the said country.
“but, how about the countdown? Johnny would be furious,” maru spoke and everyone glared at him.
“do you know the thing they say about escaping like a palos? We’re gonna do that,” Kame answered with that scary sparkle in his eyes.
Maru is not sure about this after all.
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“guys, I’m really not sure about this,” maru spoke as they were inside the plane. They were able to disguise themselves from fans on the airport and they are thankful for that.
Like how suspicious can be six men together with face covered, right?
“just sit back, maru. This will be exciting,” jin spoke and seek agreement from kame beside him who gave it to him in an instant.
“and plus, you don’t have to worry about Johnny. He’ll get over it,” tat-chan assured the man and winked at him.
That is the reason why they left their phones at home, right?
To be able to get away from work for a while.
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Finally arriving, they headed to the booked hotel and went there for a rest.
Tomorrow, they will start a really fun day without them worrying about work.
They promised themselves that.
However, jin, on the other hand, had other plans.
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“thank you so much, tita. Yes. Tomorrow we will move from the hotel to your house. Yes. Thank you so much! You don’t know how much this means to me,” jin spoke over the phone. Kame caught the last part and wondered where jin got his phone.
Oh.
The hotel got a phone.
Right.
Idiot.
“jin? Who was on the phone?” he asked, still sleepy.
“ah. An acquaintance from before. The old guys promised me something before we parted and I thought we might be able to use that for the mean time,” jin smiled.
Kame has a bad intuition about this.
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“good morning!” jin greeted the old guys first thing in the morning.
They finally arrived at the tividad’s residence and kt-tun has no idea of what is happening.
Why do they have to check-out of the hotel and...
“we are so glad to be of help, finally. We owe you big time, jin,” the old man spoke as they greeted one another and jin made a gesture.
Something new to kt-tun.
He held the hand of the old woman and bended down to make the back of the hand touch his forehead.
“you better follow suit, guys,” jin told his companions and they indeed followed. And all heard a faint “bless you” from the old couple.
“that is the way you greet elders here in Philippines. It’s called ‘mano’. It’s giving them respect. Like how bowing in us goes.
This is just a bit different,” jin explained and they all went inside the house.
Well, to their surprise, two young girls went outside and helped them carry their bags.
“this is anne and tintin. Anne is my maid while tintin is the daughter of the woman who rents one of the rooms here,” the woman explained as they went.
And tintin bowed down.
A thing Kame was delighted in. Atleast he can see something familiar here.
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“bakit po sila nabisita bigla? Dito po ba sila magn-new year?” asked the tintin girl and took her fair share of the dish on her plate.
“are you going to spend new year here?” old man asked and jin nodded.
“we are. vacation,” he spoke and munched on the one they call “lumpiang sariwa”.
“we hope that we are not of disturbance or anything?” junno spoke and smiled his bright smile at the old couple.
“of course not! Jin’s friends are our pleasurable guests. No need to worry,” the old woman apoke and everyone sighed in relief.
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Follow suit!
The guys learned and ate many things.
And one particular favourite is sinigang.
“are we having sinigang on new year?” koki asked the old woman he was helping on the kitchen.
Junno smacked his head.
“baka! Let them decide what were having for new year! It’s not like they won’t include, right?” he spoke, turning to the woman who was smiling to herself.
“he was asking me if I’d include sinigang on the menu and then you came telling him to leave it to me then indirectly ask me the same thing he was asking,” the woman explained and juno and koki smiled sheepishly.
Meanwhile,
Maru and tat-chan found a playmate with tintin while the love birds went out for some shopping with the old man.
Video games.
Who would have thought that a 17 year-old girl plays well?
“nakamaru, I swear, if you lost the third time with this girl, I’ll break up with you,” tat-chan spoke as he watched maru and the little girl.
Well, tintin is a nice girl and allowed maru to win this time.
“you won’t break up with him now, right?” the girl asked in Japanese and tat-chan’s jaw just dropped.
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The awaited evening came and well,
Kat-tun is anticipating too much for the food and the things they would learn.
“dude? Why are you putting coins on your pockets?” koki asked, seeing junno grab a handful and shoved it into his pocket then shaked it.
“you see, in the Philippines, they put coins on their pockets before 12 and makes a noise with them as the new year enters. That way, they’ll attract money the whole year,” junno smiled and ran around the house shaking his pockets.
Annoying.
He is the definition of it.
“actually, almost all the Filipino traditions are inherited from the Chinese. Like the thing with scattering sweet things on the floor and the fruits,”
Yeah. Kame noticed that.
“so that was why we bought 13 round shaped fruits. And now to mention sticky things and candies,” he spoke. Jin appeared from behind and hugged Kame from there.
“the 13 round fruits are for money, and good luck. The ‘tikoy’ is for family bond and sweets to attract good vibes, right?” he asked the little girl who just nodded.
“STOP RUNNING AROUND LIKE AN IDIOT WITH COINS ON YOUR POCKETS! YOU ARE ANNOYING!” maru shouted from nowhere and began chasing junno who ran much faster, now heading outside the house.
“LOOK WHOS TALKING NOW!” tat-chan laughed as he threw some coins at maru and chased right after him.
Well, they are the noisy trio.
With pockets filled with coins.
“they tell taguchi not to run with pockets filled with coins when they themselves have pockets filled with coins!” koki laughed as he placed down the tray of lumpia on the table.
“kids,” Kame shook his head but smiled any ways.
This is why he loves his groupmates.
“tag! You’re in it!” tat-chan spoke as he poked koki who poked the none expectant jin hugging Kame who went running after him and the rest.
Kame stood there.
Dumb founded.
“like where the hell did they got all the coins?!” he exclaimed and began running after them too.
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One of the traditions of the Filipinos is making noise on new year’s eve.
And that’s what koki is gonna do.
Make some noise.
Like literal noise.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
“koki! What the hell are you doing?! Are you even allowed that?” maru asked the man who just covered his ears for the next batch.
“and where the hell did you get these?” he asked as koki.
“you know the thing they say about judas’s belt?” koki asked as he unrolled one.
“oh no koki. You are not going to do that,” maru spoke and went running while screaming upstairs.
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Jumping is one of the main traditions for kids.
It’s to help them be taller.
“like, why are you jumping, junno? You are tall enough. Allow the height matter to Kame, tat-chan and koki,” jin spoke and he received a really strong smack on the head.
“we’re done, akanishi,” Kame pouted at him.
Maru had to laugh at that making him receive a kick on the butt from koki. The same with junno.
“tall people,” he murmured and turned away.
Tat-chan made no reaction at all but just laughed.
“kazu~” jin cooed but it’s not effective at all.
“kazu~” he repeated but Kame just won’t respond to him.
Then he slid his hand on Kame’s inner thigh.
“akanishi! I’m freaking serious! Once we get back to Japan, I’m letting kitagawa know that you are sexually harassing me!” Kame screamed and walked away.
Koki tried holding his laugh.
He tried hard.
But it escaped.
And the rest followed suit.
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“itadakimasu~” kat-tun spoke over meal time at 1.
Kame sat far from jin and the rest are still laughing about it.
“dude! Imagine how kitagawa will react when Kame tells him that his favourite is being sexually harassed by his most hated,” maru snickered under his breath and the rest giggled.
Well, aside from jin and Kame.
“god I want to see that,” junno spoke and tat-chan lost it.
“I would definitely attend such!”
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“where the hell did you go?! Do you know how much you worried the whole company with your disappearance! You are the opening act of the countdown and you weren’t here!” kitagawa scolded the group.
They’ve been back after the vacation to Philippines.
And they took home so many souvenirs and yeah.
Food.
“we’re sorry,” Kame spoke, pulling his puppy eyes at him.
“sorry. As if that phrase would give me back the money I had to spend,” kitagawa answered, still angry.
“you see, I had to take a break since akanishi is sexually harassing me and -“
“akanishi is what?!” kitagawa exclaimed, glaring at jin who went pale as of the moment.
“OHMYGOSHHE SERIOULSLYTOLDHIM!” tat-chan exclaimed in one go and the rest followed with a laugh.
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a/n: I know. I could have down something better than this *hides from bricks and hammers*. I’m supposed to be on a hiatus right now but I thought that I should post this story here so the thing can make it before new year’s eve.
Because if ever, this would lose it’s sense.
Thanks for allowing me to post in this community! :D
Ja!