Jahnnie Oneshots 3☆

☆Selective Hearing☆

Jake has been in his room all day, focused on a certain task. He is carefully organizing his shelf in his room as he's attention is on that.

He didn't even hear Johnnie call for him.

Johnnie walked over to Jake's room and knocked on the door."Jake? You in there?"

Once again, Jake didn't reply. He is too focused on the task at hand and not listening to any thing else around him.

Johnnie knocked again, a little louder this time."Jake! Are you okay in there?"
He opened the door and poked his head inside the room.

Jake was carefully stacking some stuff on his shelf, making it nice to his liking. He still doesn't notice Johnnie!

Johnnie watched Jake for a moment, amused by his intense focus on the shelf.
"What are you doing, man? You're so focused you didn't even hear me knocking."

Jake finally turned his head after processing in his head that Johnnie was talking to him. "Oh, hey" He said.

Johnnie chuckled.
"Hey, dude. I've been calling you for like five minutes. You were really zoned out."

"You mean locked in,-" Jake snickers. He turned around and started focusing on the task again. Adding his little things he's collected, such as those 'breakfast slugs'(ifykyk), his youtube plaque, etc.

Johnnie walked further into the room, his eyes scanning the shelves.
"Yeah, you looked like you were in a trance or something. But what's with all this stuff? Are you organizing your whole room or something?"

"Not really," Jake replied as he turned to face Johnnie again. "I don't really like to change much, but i got this new shelf and i wanted to like add the stuff here."

Johnnie raised an eyebrow and nodded.

"Ah, I see."
He chuckled and sat down on the bed, watching Jake continue to arrange the items.

Jake got into that trance once again. And that shelf is looking nice and neat in his bedroom, it added a nice touch to it.

Johnnie continued to watch Jake, amused by his attention to detail. After a few minutes, he spoke up again.
"You know, you're taking this a bit too seriously. It's just a shelf."

But to Jake, it wasn't 'just a shelf', to him, - it was a task and something that he felt like that he needed to do, also to make him less bored.

Johnnie chuckled again, understanding Jake's perspective.
"I get it, man. Sometimes you just need something to keep you occupied. But seriously, you've been at this for a while now. Don't you have anything better to do?"

Jake didn't reply, he heard Johnnie's voice but it was processing in his head since he's so focused on the task at hand.

Johnnie rolled his eyes playfully and got up from the bed. He walked over to Jake and poked him on the shoulder.

"Earth to Jake. Are you even listening to me?"

Jake turned his head, "Huh?" as he looked at Johnnie with big brown clueless eyes.

Johnnie chuckled again, amused by Jake's confused expression.
"You're really out of it, aren't you? I've been trying to talk to you for like five minutes, and you haven't even noticed."

"Oh." Jake replied, scratching his head. "Sorry, I'm almost done." He turned around again, putting the items on the last shelf in a way that makes him pleased.

Johnnie crossed his arms, watching Jake finish up."You know, you're extremely focused on things like - you're focused. You don't even hear anything else around you."

Then.... It clicks.

Johnnie's eyes widened in realization.
"Oh my god. You have selective hearing, don't you? That's why you didn't hear me calling your name earlier."

"I told you before," Jake's voice sounded a bit out of it since he's still focused on his task.

Johnnie facepalmed himself, feeling a bit dumb for not realizing it sooner.
"Right, you did. I guess I just didn't connect the dots. So, you can hear me now?"

"Uhh.. yeah? I can- dummy. Just, sometimes i uh..gimmie a sec." Jake carefully shifted the shelf, making sure the stuff doesn't fall.

Johnnie chuckled and shook his head.
"Take all the time you need, buddy. I'm not going anywhere."He waited patiently, still leaning against the wall.

Jake finished the shelf organizing. He stepped back and looked at it. "IT LOOKS COOL!" He beamed, jumping a bit.

Johnnie smiled and walked over to the shelf, examining it."Damn, you really did a good job. It looks way better now. And you're right, it does look cool."

"Now what were talking about before?" Jake asked as he sits on the bed. Grabbing a squish fidget toy as he is squeezing it and playing around with it.

Johnnie sat down next to Jake on the bed.
"Oh, we were talking about how you were ignoring me for like 20 minutes because you were so focused on organizing that shelf."

"I didn't mean tooooo," Jake whines a bit. "Sometimes - uh, like uh- my brain will uh- hear like you calling my name, but if im like super focused on something then uh- like.. fuck, how do i explain this?"

Johnnie chuckled at Jake's attempt to explain."You don't have to explain it. I get it. You just zone out when you're focused on something, and you don't hear anything else around you. Kinda like an autopilot mode."

"Yeah basically, you know i have selective hearing its that" Jake shrugged his shoulders.

Johnnie nodded.
"Yeah, I know. I just didn't realize how intense it was. You didn't even notice when I poked you on the shoulder."

"Oh really?" Jake laughed a bit. "Yeah uh, sometimes like i would get super focused on something and like not listen to anything around me"

Johnnie laughed along with him.
"I could tell. You were in your own little world, completely oblivious to everything else."

"I like my own little world, its fun" Jake snickers, as he hugs Johnnie. "But i like you better with you in it"

Johnnie smiles and hugs Jake back, ruffling his hair."I like being in your world too, buddy. It's way more interesting than my own world."

Jake snickers, "Why is that?" He looks at Johnnie with his brown eyes. They sparkled in curiosity.

Johnnie chuckled, looking into Jake's sparkling eyes."Well, for starters, your world is filled with all sorts of random stuff. You're always doing something new and exciting. And there's never a dull moment when I'm around you."

"Yo-You mean that, actually?" Jake's eyes soften as he heard these words. It made him feel.. understood.

Johnnie nods, his expression sincere.
"Of course I mean it. I wouldn't say it if I didn't. You're one of a kind, Jake. And I wouldn't want to be anywhere else but by your side."

Jake smiled widely, "Awh!" As he brought Johnnie into a hug. He squeezed the emo.

Johnnie chuckled and hugged Jake back, a bit surprised by the tight squeeze."Hey, easy there. You're gonna suffocate me."

"I like the pressure," Jake pouted as he is hugging Johnnie super close and tight.

Johnnie chuckled again, feeling Jake's grip on him."Alright, alright. You can squeeze me all you want. But don't blame me if I can't breathe."

Jake laughed and pulled back. "Or pop your emo eyes out."

Johnnie rolled his eyes.

"You're ridiculous." He replied, smiling.

The two reunited back into the embrace, happy with each other's company.

The end
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