Chapter 8: 9
"I heard that you had a run-in with the local authorities today after getting involved with a scuffle outside the CC" Gun speaks as Daniel was lying on the floor, grasping for his drink bottle as his body was perspiring. "You kicked their asses right?" He interrogates and Daniel can only give him a slimy side-eyed look before going back to gulping down water.
"Don't look at me like that, you're not allowed to lose. No student of mine is allowed to lose unless it's to me" Gun supplies but it doesn't make the younger boy feel any better.
"I didn't lose" Daniel decides to answer which makes Gun nod.
"Good, they were a bunch of weak bitches anyways. I'd be severely disappointed if you alongside that Zack guy and Tobasco lost" Gun mutters under his breath and this time Daniel looks up in amusement.
"You call Vasco, Tabasco?" He raises a brow and Gun shrugs.
"I misheard his name the first time I met him and now it's kind of stuck" He states before gesturing for Daniel to get up. "Alright Doc, get up your break's over"
Daniel lets out another groan.
"Come on Gun, I'm dying here" Daniel whines. "Every time we meet up it's always you beating my ass or beating your meat to my ass, why can we never do normal things like going to the movies, going shopping or going out to eat. Do you ever do anything fun? Or are you against everything fun?" He complains and the unimpressed look on Gun's face makes Daniel snort.
"I can have fun. Right now when I'm beating you to a pulp, this is how I have fun" Gun answers monotonously. "Besides when I'm not busy with the CC I'm busy with other things"
"Busy committing crimes?" Daniel asks curiously. Ever since Jichang had mentioned that the Founders might be committing heinous crimes it got Daniel thinking. The three men did have their own criminal records and were renowned in the underground world, who was to say that they weren't doing crimes under people's noses?
"What kind of person do you think I am?" Gun sneers.
"Oh come on, like you don't have accusations like that thrown at you all the time. So, are you dealing drugs? Trafficking human organs? Are you Batman?" Daniel jokes when Gun grabs his head and starts squishing it between the palms of his hands. "OW! OKAY, OKAY! I'LL SHUT UP!" the younger cries out as he taps at the elder's arms, attempting to kick him away to get him to stop.
Gun eventually lets go with a grunt.
"Keep talking bullshit like that and you'll end up getting yourself killed. Your mouth is a lot more trouble than it's worth sometimes, Doc" Gun states as he turns to grab his towel, wiping the sweat off his face and neck.
Daniel had only meant his words as a joke but now that he was seriously observing the elder's actions and emotions he could tell that Gun had truly disliked the insinuations. He had never seen the other man look so peeved and this was the guy that was hated on daily by basically the majority of the population.
"Alright, I believe you" Daniel hums out which causes Gun to turn back to him in confusion. "I believe you're not committing any crimes" He explains in further detail.
Gun might have been mean, sometimes even downright cruel when he wanted to be. He was intimidating and dangerous, Daniel would never take away the fact that the elder could kill anyone with his bare hands if he wanted to but he genuinely didn't seem to be committing any crimes in the down low. Someone who actively trains another person because they see potential in them, someone who carries a sick person to bed and gets them breakfast, someone who stays up late into the night and early mornings so you can go to sleep, a person like that couldn't be entirely horrible.
"What's with that look?" Gun grunts.
"What look?" Daniel replies.
"You had this soft, gooey look on your face when you were staring at me. Are you imagining something stupid?" Gun asks, a scowl appearing on his face. Daniel doesn't grace the Founder with the answer he's looking for, instead, he approaches the other and pokes the man between his brows.
Gun could have grabbed his wrist and stopped him, could have yanked it harshly in a way that Daniel had seen him do on multiple occasions when Goo got too close to his personal space. Daniel wasn't even moving particularly fast so Gun saw his hand coming but still, he did nothing.
"Don't frown, you'll get wrinkles on your handsome face" Daniel smiles gently.
There were times when Daniel thought that Gun was a genuinely nice person despite the rumours. Other times he's proven wrong when the older man acts like a jackass towards him without any other reason than the fact that he was irritated or wanted to annoy the other. His reactions and emotions were so polarising that Daniel didn't know which version of Gun was his true self. But in moments like this when Gun recoils backward slightly as if Daniel's touch burned his skin, as his eyes tract down from the still raised hands to the younger Doctor's eyes and then away. Daniel couldn't help but smile at the reaction.
"Are you trying to seduce me so you can get out of training?" Gun asks with an incredible amount of uncertainty for a man who was usually so sure of himself.
"Not everything is about sex and getting each other off, Gun. Not everyone thinks with their dick" Daniel snorts as he pulls back. "But I'm serious, don't frown too much, you look better when you smile" Truth be told he had only seen Gun smile at him when he was fighting like some crazy bastard but there were instances when the younger would catch him smiling faintly. Those small ones were the ones that made Daniel see the elder in a different light.
"Ugh, you're ruining the mood with this talk, where did the bitchy Doctor Park go? I think I much preferred that version of you" Gun grunts before turning away. "Training is over and there won't be any tomorrow either" He calls before storming away.
"Awe come on, did I offend you?" Daniel shouts but Gun doesn't turn back around, not even to head over to the showers. Once Gun is gone, Daniel fist pumps the air at being let out of training early that night.
"I should tease him more often if that's how he's going to react" Daniel huffs as he grabs his things and goes to shower.
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"Dude, what's got you looking like you just caught a whiff of shit?" Goo asks crudely over the loud music playing in the club. "It's worse than your normal face which sucks because your regular face is already ugly as fuck" The blonde crackles at his words.
Gun's glare sours even further as he reaches over the women who are stuck to their sides and swipes the back of the blonde head.
"Do you ever shut up?" Gun asks as Goo rubs the back of his head with a pout.
"Awe that kind of hurt, ladies that big thug over there is being so mean" He whines as the girls start to coo and fuss over the blonde idiot. Gun merely clicks his tongue and takes a swig of his bourbon. It burns the back of his throat but it feels much better than the thoughts that were spiralling in his mind.
"You know when you invited us out clubbing I thought it meant you wanted to have fun for once but now I realise I was only being delusional" Goo grunts.
"Are you alright, Mr Jong Gun?" The pretty girl that was wrapped around his arm asks. Her dark, ebony hair cascaded down her small frame, she flutters her eyelashes at Gun and squeezes her breasts against his arms even tighter. The skimpy clothes left little to the imagination.
"I'm fine sweetheart" Gun responds as he shifts his hands to grasp her milky white, exposed thighs, squeezing them lightly in reassurance. She giggles at the move, resting her head on his shoulder as she takes a sip of her drink.
"You do seem to have a lot on your mind, Gun" Vivi who sat opposite the two men and was conversing with James, provides her own two cents. "Is Club Vivi not to your liking? It can't be the girls that are putting you off, is it? I can have another attend to you if you want" She moves to order Xiaolong to act but Gun shakes his head.
"I'm fine, Lydia here is fine" He reassures. "Just stressed about work" He mumbles but James seems to catch onto it.
"Surely Charles hasn't been overworking you too much, or is it Crystal who seems to be putting you to work?" James asks in amusement.
"Don't worry about it, it's not the princess or Charles that are stressing me out" Gun attempts to wave off.
"Surely if it's stress Ms Lydia over there can help relieve you of some of it" Goo chuckles. "Isn't that right, Ms Lydia?" He adds and the dark-haired beauty flushes but nods.
"Anything for Mr Jong Gun" She answers, nosing into Gun's shoulder as she croons softly.
"You know the private rooms are open for you to use, don't make too much of a mess though" Vivi remarks and Gun takes up on the offer.
Gun moves quickly. One minute he was sitting and drinking and the next he was thrusting into the pretty woman who had offered herself to him. She was moaning and writhing under him, his entire length hadn't even been fully sheathed inside her yet but she was arching her back and gasping for more.
Gun obliged, pressing his lips against the woman's skin, leaving bruising kisses across her flushed face and neck as his hands wrapped around her warm body. Cupping her supple breasts before leaning down to nip at her baby pink, perky nipples.
"You're so wet for me, so good" He compliments the female as she whines, shifting her hips to meet with Gun's own, laborious thrusts.
"So big" She whimpers and Gun laughs airly.
"And you're taking me in so well" He muses and yet despite his words, despite his actions and how hard he was, something about this sex felt weird.
Gun had been fucking men and women for as long as he could remember. He was used to the change between soft skin and hardened muscles. He'd fucked plenty of guys who were petite and women who were rough and calloused. He didn't particularly care so long as they were interesting enough and right now the woman that was under him, Lydia, was beautiful.
Yet it wasn't enough.
Her doe eyes reminded him too much of a certain Doctor and because of that one singular characteristic, it made the thoughts that Gun had been trying to hold at bay break open and God did that make him feel pathetic. He hadn't even properly fucking Daniel yet and he was thinking about the guy when he was with someone else.
"Hey, can we try something different?" Gun asks as he presses his mouth against her ear and neck.
"What do you want to try?" She replies.
"Have you ever tried anal before?"
That gained Gun a sceptical look luckily for him she still turned around. Pulling out, Gun starts prepping her. It wasn't long before he was getting greedy and plunging himself into her heat. Yet now that her chest was facing towards the bed, ass in the air with her face in the mattress, it didn't feel like he was fucking a woman.
Her boobs weren't at the forefront of Gun's vision and her soaked pussy wasn't what he was delving into. Right now the only thought in Gun's mind was how alike this woman's waist and Daniel's waist would be. How tight Daniel's perky ass was going to be when he finally took the Doctor's virginity.
Letting out a guttural groan Gun increases his pace. Drowning out the desperate, high-pitched moans, Gun shuts his eyes.
'You look better when you smile'
Innocent smiles. Flushed, tear-stained faces.
He doesn't know how long he had been thrusting before he's blowing his load into the condom he's wearing. Coming down from his high he turns to the limp figure below him, exhausted in her own ecstasy, the entire area below their legs had been soaked through from her own slick and squirting.
Letting out a huff, Gun pulls out, takes off and ties the condom before throwing it in the bin before slumping back down on the bed.
"That was amazing, I don't prefer anal but you were really aggressive and hot" Lydia mumbles into the sheets as Gun grunts in return. "You must have had a lot on your mind" She hums and this time the other snorts.
"Yeah, I guess I did" He allows himself to shut his eyes for a moment and think about how screwed he was.
The soft breaths of Lydia's breathing and the thrum of club music in the background did little to drown out the thoughts that were blaring in his head.
"Let's go again" Gun grunts as he sits upright again and grasps the female by her waist, making her yelp before she starts giggling.
He was infatuated by the idea of fucking the doctor, once he achieved that he would go back to normal. That's what Gun told himself throughout the night. There was nothing more from Daniel Park that he wanted. Nothing at all.
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Daniel knew that throughout the week most of the fighters and their crews came into the facility to use the gym facilities to train. It wasn't a surprise, it was a benefit to being a member of the CC fight club and of course, since they were all big, burly men who were pushing their bodies to their limits there was bound to be the occasional injury.
A sprained wrist here or there, some bruising and even a couple of cuts here and there. This meant that Daniel was often visited by the fighters when this happened but in recent times he couldn't help but find that some individuals came into the medical bay more often than others.
"This is the second time today you've come in for something Samuel, at this point I think you're just here to see me" Daniel huffs as he takes note of the 'sore shoulder' the man had.
"Maybe I am, will you kick me out if it is?" Samuel asks, eying Daniel with a sultry look.
Daniel hit the male on the shoulder, making Samuel yelp in surprise and slight pain. Perhaps it wasn't a fake injury after all.
"What did you do to it?" Daniel asks.
"Lifting weights gone wrong, pushed myself a bit too hard and then of course some crazy doctor also punched the injury which didn't make it any better" Samuel grunts with a lazy grin.
"Oh please, I didn't hit you that hard" The doctor sniffs, rolling his eyes before wheeling away in his chair back to his desk. "Lay off your shoulders a while and when you do go back to training and working out be sure to warm up properly to loosen the muscles and joints, I'll write you up a prescription for some pain relief but if it is still getting worse I want you to come back" Daniel hums as he tears out the note and hands it to the Big Deal second in command.
"Thanks, Doc. You're real sweet on me" Samuel smiles making the other roll his eyes.
"I'm being serious, take better care of yourself or else you'll end up with a rotator cuff tear and that will be even more of a pain to deal with in the future. Furthermore, those are the types of injuries you get when you're older, getting it young just kinda sucks" He informs and at this point, Samuel did look slightly sheepish at being told off.
A knock on the door alerts the two, turning around they catch sight of Jake peering into the room, brows scrunched as he stares at the occupants in the room.
"Hey Doc, just coming by to make sure Samuel's behaving" Jake states evenly before walking in.
"Oh come on Jakey, do you not have faith that I'll act right?" Samuel replies, nudging the leader slightly as he comes to stand next to his second in command.
"From your past record, I have every reason to believe that you would be acting like a nuisance" Jake retorts as he ruffles Samuel's mullet. "Alright Doc, what's the verdict? Is there a cure to being an asshole?" That earns an elbow to the stomach from the injured patient.
"Unfortunately a dose of reality is hard to get these days" Daniel jokes back with a smile before shaking his head. "But in all honesty, he just needs to take his meds and go easy on his shoulder. He'll be okay, he's probably just overused the muscles and worked them too hard"
At Daniel's actual diagnosis, Jake's smiling face turns to one of worry.
"You're hurt for real? You're not joking about it this time? How come you didn't tell me?" Jake fires those questions relentlessly before surveying the shoulder, a hand reaching out to squeeze it lightly. Daniel chose to ignore the 'this time' part and focus on how much genuine care was on the crew leader's face.
It might have been too much warmth for Samuel to bear as he turned away from the gaze, looking to the floor instead as if the clean tiles were so much more interesting all of a sudden.
"I'm fine, it's not too bad"
"If you say so" Jake hums with a frown before turning back to Daniel. "You know Doctor Park, ever since you've gotten here you've been helping my crew nonstop. I don't know whether it's because my crew is more accident-prone than the others or if we're all like bugs that are attracted to you but honestly, I'm thankful that you're around" The leader muses, the kind words were sudden but nice to hear nonetheless.
"I'm just doing my job and I'm happy to help" He replies with a bright smile.
"Still, I feel like we should treat you or something" The gangleader hums in thought. "What do you think, Sammy?"
"I think that's a great Idea" Samuel responds, looking back up at the doctor with a smirk.
"You don't need to do that, besides Big Deal already has treated me to dinner. Moreover, if I was treated to food every time I did my job I think I wouldn't have to pay for a single meal ever again" Daniel reassures but Jake is firm on his stance.
"The meal will come from me and Samuel, we'll go to a nice, fancy restaurant and you'll get to eat whatever you want. I know we don't need to buy you a meal but we want to express our gratitude towards you, if that isn't too much trouble" Towards the end of his pitch, Jake seems to grow slightly shy with his words, pink dusting his cheeks as he rubs the back of his neck. Samuel also seemed to notice and was snickering behind his hand.
"Well if you put it so sweetly I'd feel bad turning you down" Daniel couldn't help but give in and accept.
"Great! Doc, when are you free?" Samuel asks as he hops up and out of his seat.
"Um, I guess I'm free any time on Monday-" "Great, we'll meet up with you here at 9:30 am" Samuel cuts off and Daniel's eyes grow wide.
"9:30?" Both Jake and Daniel seem to shout at the same time in disbelief.
"We might as well spend the whole day with you, it'll be fun. See you then Daniel, and make sure to dress super cute and not in your white coat. Although I will say that you in doctor mode is super sexy half the time" Grabbing Jake by the arm, Samuel was dragging his leader out before he could add or rebutt his words.
"It's a date!" Samuel shouts before they were both out of sight.
Flustered by the sudden words, Daniel couldn't help but run his hand through his hair before letting out a soft chuckle. Those two either gave him a headache some days or were just downright amusing at other times. Turning back around in his chair, Daniel gets back to work.
No one else showed up with injuries after Samuel and Jake came by but as it was getting later into the night and Daniel had finished the meal he had gotten from the nearby convenience store he was yet again visited by another person.
"I thought you said there wasn't any training tonight unless you lied to me and you've come here to force me into going to the gym. Newsflash, I'm not gonna go" The Doctor frowns and huffs those words the minute his door is open and in walks Gun who looked slightly worse for wear which was saying something since the man always looked professional, in the gym or not.
"Am I not allowed to come see you?" Gun retorts with a sneer as he takes a seat across from Daniel, in the chair that Jay usually sits on when they were working side by side during fight nights.
"Now that's even scarier, you never come to see me unless you want to train or do something else" Daniel hums, narrowing his eyes critically on the founder. Gun snorts, crossing his arms and leaning further back into the chair but making no further comments which continues to confuse Daniel even more. "Well you can sit there silently as long as you don't bother me"
Turning back around, Daniel was set on finishing his reports on the injuries he had treated. He only had a little bit left to do before he would turn in for the night, perhaps take a cold shower before going to bed. Maybe he would even indulge some free time on his phone and catch up on some shows he hadn't had time to watch ever since Gun started forcing him to train each night till he was exhausted. That thought alone made him giddy to finish his work.
"What's got you all excited?" Gun asks, his voice closer than before.
Daniel let out a very manly scream.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Don't sneak up on me like that" Daniel hisses, shoving Gun's body away but of course, since the other seemed to be made out of concrete he didn't move an inch.
"If I had been trying to kill you, you would have been dead" Gun muses, smirking at Daniel's shock.
"You sure that wasn't you trying to kill me because I do feel like I died a little inside" The younger muttered under his breath before glaring up at the man. "Now what do you actually want? Why are you here?" He demands and it takes a moment for Gun to answer.
The moment stretched out long enough for Daniel to notice how close the elder had gotten, barely enough for either man to have their bubble of space and of course, with how Gun was standing, he was practically looming over him with that stupidly boyish smirk on his lips that promised either pain or torment.
"Next weekend we have a returning fighter, I'm sure you've briefly read his file before whilst sorting the room but if you haven't I highly suggest studying up on it" Gun states evenly and for this reason, it catches Daniel off guard. So Gun was taking his words seriously after he went off at him before the tournament.
"You make him sound like a special fighter, does he have some medical history I should be worried about? Is that why you came to little ole me to report this rather than send me a message like James and Goo usually do?" He taunts slightly and if it weren't for the stupid sunglasses set out on the other man's face, Daniel was sure he would see the elder eye-rolling.
"His name is Olly Wang, the leader of Hostel A and he's returning to the CC after six months of suspension from fighting after he nearly killed his last opponent with how brutal he was" Gun answers, the seriousness of his tone brings Daniel back down from his amusement.
Daniel has already watched and seen brutal fights in the CC, fighters who were cruel and would taunt their opponents but not bad enough for the founders to ban them. It made the doctor wonder how horrible this returning fighter was.
"Olly Wang" Daniel hums, getting up from his chair, almost bumping his head into Gun's in the process before rushing to the storage room. He finds the file quickly enough and isn't surprised to see that it's one of the bulkier folders. The name was one that he had noted down from the start, having skimmed the extensive list of injuries the other had sustained in the past.
"This guy seems like he has no regard for his or anyone else's safety" Daniel frowns.
"He's chaotic and a real menace, his crew reflects that just as much although they have settled down slightly due to his absence in the CC but I'm sure they'll recover when he returns" The taller man describes. "He's a real good fighter too, unpredictable. Then again I may have had a hand in influencing that after he was tossed aside by Eli and his pack" That little note of history answered and opened up doors to more questions Daniel had regarding the Hostel A leader and Hostel B crew due to their titles.
"Bad history I'm assuming?" Daniel asks softly and Gun snorts.
"Sure, I can't tell you everything since even I don't know all the gritty details of what happened, not because I couldn't get the information but more because I couldn't care less about the melodramatic scenes that occur between the group members. All I can say is that there was a lot of anger, sadness, a shit lot full of exclusion with a pinch of craziness and bad circumstances with a dead person as the outcome and you've got the birth of Hostel A who was initiated into the CC first, Hostel B didn't follow until quite a while later" Gun summarises which doesn't help Daniel in the slightest.
"Yeah I have no idea what you just said but I'm going to assume that what happened was tragic and traumatic" Daniel closes the folder with a frown. "Is that the main reason for his lack of self-preservation? Are all the injuries because he wants to kill himself over what happened?" He continues to question but Gun snorts.
"It's one of the reasons but it's mainly because the idiot can't feel when he's hurt. It's on the first page Doc, stopping skimming and read the file" Gun reprimands and Daniel does as he's told.
'Congenital insensitivity to pain and anhydrosis (CIPA)'
Now that Gun had said the patient couldn't feel pain the name of the condition seemed to pop out against the page. Maybe he had his contacts in for too long and maybe he had been reading too much but he still felt ill for missing such a crucial point in the file. Daniel could only recall the basics of the condition but from what he knew he couldn't help but feel the pang of sympathy for the fighter.
CIPA otherwise known as congenital analgesia, is a rare condition that doesn't allow the individual to feel pain because their pre-sensing nerves weren't properly hardwired with the part of their brain that receives the pain messages. Such a condition interferes with almost all of the individual's life, from their constant mobility, sleep, thought, sexual activity, emotional well-being and even their self-actualisation. Olly Wang's life fulfilment was affected by this. Any time he got hurt he would either not notice at all or wouldn't register how dangerous it could potentially be. As a fighter it was even worse, the chances of sustaining a damaging injury were high, most would get winded by the sensations of it but Olly Wang wouldn't register the pain until it was too late. No wonder the list of injuries was so long.
He didn't get injured because he wanted to. He got injured because he didn't have a bodily limit and couldn't even tell when he got injured in the first place due to having no pain limit. Everything to this guy would have been a brush on the shoulder until it was too late.
"People with CIPA in most cases don't live past 25" Daniel hums, deep in thought. "The ones who do have to constantly check for unfelt injuries. It's a tough life to live and even tougher to monitor his condition whilst he fights. What did the previous doctors who treated him do?" Daniel questions and Gun shrugs.
"I don't know, but I presume they couldn't trust his word for everything. Probably a lot of X-rays and intensive check-ups" Gun hums before walking up to the male, taking the folder and tossing it onto the desk.
"Hey! I was reading that-" "That's enough talk about work for tonight, I gave you the heads up on something important so I reckon you should reward me now. You have the rest of the week to research and do whatever you do when you have new patients. Focus on me now" Gun urges and Daniel resists punching the other in the gut.
Not that Gun would react much to it.
"You're real needy aren't you" Daniel sneers lightly as Gun shoves the younger male backwards until he is sitting on his desk, he slots himself between the pair of long legs and wraps his hands around the Doctor's waist.
"Shut up" Gun grunts as he leans down to trace his mouth against Daniel's neck, the touches and kisses warm the younger man up. Daniel should have pushed the other away, they were getting too comfortable doing this sort of thing at any time and anywhere. He shouldn't get used to this.
His body does the complete opposite of what his brain wants. Lifting his arms to circle Gun's neck, he feels his chest arch up to meet Gun's touches and kisses.
"I'm not the only needy one" Gun huffs in amusement as he pulls away from sucking a hickey onto Daniel's neck to stare at the flushed face he had caused.
Rolling his eyes, Daniel reaches out to pull the glasses off Gun's face, waiting to feel blown away by the usual dark gaze that the elder had whenever he initiated this sort of lascivious act. Yet instead of the fluttering feelings in his gut, he was wrapped up in worry instead.
"Gun? Are you alright?" Daniel questions before he can stop himself.
Dark circles were located under the man's eyes and with his glasses gone the fatigue was even more evident on his face. Daniel knew that the other didn't appear to be normal when he first came in but now having the opportunity to have a closer look just seemed to reinforce everything.
"You look exhausted" Daniel hums as he traces his fingers from the corner of the man's eyes down to his sharp jawline. It clenched slightly before Gun smirks.
"I was just busy last night" Gun brushes off and Daniel frowns.
"Shouldn't you rest then?" Daniel replies when he catches sight of something. Reaching towards the man's collar he unbuttons the shirt and comes face to face with several red marks. Marks that Daniel definitely hadn't left. "Oh," He whispers before looking back up at Gun who ignores what Daniel had found, going back to kissing Daniel and letting his hands roam.
"You were that kind of 'busy' weren't you?" Daniel states softly.
"We're not dating or anything, it's not like we're exclusive" Gun replies curtly, his lips still pressed to Daniel's neck.
It was true. The two of them had never expressed that they were dating or that they would only limit this sort of activity to just each other. Still, Daniel couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.
"Hey, are we going to do this or what?" Gun growls, finally noticing when Daniel has stopped reciprocating and is merely sitting there.
"I'm not in the mood" Daniel replies, pushing the elder away as he stands up straighter, reaching up to adjust his clothes and hair. "You should go" Turning around he sorts his files until they're in their correct position.
"Is this about the hickeys? You're not pissed are you?" Gun questions, a huff of laughter in his voice. Daniel freezes before letting out a snort, shaking his head.
"Of course not, you're allowed to see whoever you want whenever you want. That's none of my concern or business" Daniel replies, turning back around to raise a brow at the other. "I just don't feel like doing anything today, not all of us can have such an intense sex drive like you" He retorts and Gun rolls his eyes.
"Fine, but we'll have to work on building your stamina. You'd lose every fight you get into if it's this shitty" Gun responds as he heads to the door, still looking slightly peeved that his advances were rejected but not responding negatively. He pauses for a second before turning back around to Daniel who was watching.
"Last time you said that all we did was train and that you wanted to do other normal things, there's this new horror movie that came out and I was going to go check it out with Goo but he's annoying to hang out with. Do you want to come with me? I'm working all other days except Monday since the princess I'm bodyguarding is staying home all day" Gun asks and it surprises Daniel.
"Oh," He says for the second time. "Um I'd love to go but I already promised some others to spend the day with them" Daniel replies slowly and Gun nods.
"Ah, who? Is it those Jae Won kids? Don't they have school on Monday? Surely I can steal you away in the morning" Gun justified but Daniel was already shaking his head.
"Samuel and Jake invited me out, and said something about repaying my kindness and I can't say no to them when they've asked me so earnestly. Perhaps we can go watch the movie another time" The Doctor explains and a look flashes across Gun's face before it returns to its neutral emotion of nothingness.
"I see, you're real popular aren't you, Doc?" He turns around. "Well I'll leave you to rest then" And with his quick escape, he was gone.
The door closed as swiftly as it was opened but Daniel couldn't help but feel that the end of their conversation had ended abruptly and not on the best of notes. Sighing, Daniel slumps back in his chair before noticing an item on his desk.
"He left them" He hums, picking up the shades and noting the brand as well as how expensive they must have been. Touching his neck, the Doctor couldn't help but feel himself shiver as he remembered the sensations and body heat from Gun. That feeling of thrill slowly transforms into a sourness as he remembers the hickeys that were left on the man by some other person.
"I need to sleep, I'm not thinking right" Daniel grunts as he makes his way to his assigned room, Versace glasses in hand.
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"Doc! Over here!" Jake calls once he notices Daniel exiting the CC building. A grin was on his lips as he nudged Samuel to turn around.
Both men were dressed rather nicely, their black suits gone and in their place was something slightly more casual but still proper. Daniel could hardly miss the sight of the two with how much they stood out, if it weren't for their tall and muscular builds it would be their striking looks and of course Samuel's mullet.
"Hello, sorry if I was late" Daniel greets the two with a smile once he reaches them.
"I knew you'd look real cute in casual clothes, Doc" Samuel murmurs as his eyes track down Daniel's lithe figure, an appreciative smirk on his lips as he stares without shame.
Raising an amused brow Daniel looks down at his clothes. They weren't anything extravagant, just a black yet loose turtleneck, dark, loose-lined pants and a patterned cardigan.
"I thought I already told you this, you don't have to call me Doctor whilst I'm not working" Daniel tells the two. "Today I'm just Daniel" He smiles and the two elder men look at each other before nodding.
"Sure thing Danny. Now, have you had breakfast yet?" Samuel asks, coming to stand by the shorter man's side.
"No, I haven't" He answers easily.
"Alright, quick breakfast and then we have to get going to the Zoo" Jake grins and Daniel feels his eyebrows shoot upwards.
"We're going to the zoo?"
"Hell yeah we're going to the zoo" Jake laughs, so much amusement and mirth in his voice that it causes both Daniel and Samuel to dissolve into fits of chuckles and giggles.
Their outing progresses well enough. Breakfast was a short enough affair and the time spent on the bus to the zoo was filled with excited chatter. Daniel had never been to the zoo before, he made that clear to the other two as he spoke in an exhilarated tone. Jake seemed thrilled enough to entertain Daniel whereas Samuel would add his own two cents in every so often. By the time they reached the zoo, they were quick to get started on their journey.
"We better go see the lions" Samuel comments off-handedly as he stares over Daniel's shoulder to look at the map that was on one of the pamphlets the zoo had provided.
"I'm more excited about the tigers," Jake mentions.
"You're not going to start prattling on about how tigers are better than lions, are you? Because you'd be wrong" Samuel turns his gaze to Jake who stares back in amusement.
"But they are, lions aren't that cool" Jake replies easily.
"They're kings of the jungle, the hell do you mean they aren't cool? They literally represent cool" Crossing his arms, Samuel doesn't back down from the staring contest that Jake probably didn't even know he initiated.
"And tigers represent South Korea. They're our national animal dude, you can't be saying lions are cooler" the gang leader scoffs.
The two continue to glare at each other before turning to Daniel who is still busy staring at the map.
"Daniel, what do you think?" They ask simultaneously.
"I think we should follow the map so that we can see all the animals since we have all day. Although if I had to choose what I'm most excited to see I'd say the marine pavilion. Seals are super chubby and adorable" He answers the two before pointing to the first enclosure. "Now let's go see the flamingo's" Daniel laughs before walking off.
Jake and Samuel take a moment to consider Daniel's words before shrugging.
"I guess he technically chose sea lions?" Samuel asks before Jake shoves an elbow into his stomach.
"Seals and sea lions are different animals you idiot" Jake grunts as he goes to follow Daniel.
"Are they?" Samuel squawks before rushing to catch up.
The trio ended up taking numerous photos both of themselves and of the animals. Furthermore, they did end up seeing all the animals they wanted before eventually finishing their rounds around the zoo which led to them resting on one of the park benches.
"As cool as those lions were I am slightly disappointed that all they did was just lay there" Samuel grunts.
"What, did you expect them to do a flip or something?" Jake rolled his eyes before noticing that Daniel had come back from one of the food stalls and was handing them some snacks and water. "Thank you, Daniel" He states, lighting up as he accepts the water.
"You're welcome, you should stay hydrated since we've been doing a lot of walking and it is pretty warm today" Daniel advises as he cracks open his bottle of water to take a couple of sips.
"I don't know if you're saying that because you're a doctor or because you care about us" Samuel chuckles and Daniel rolls his eyes as he swallows.
"Can't it be both?" He retorts when Samuel's hand shoots out to grab Daniel's bottle before he can close it.
"Let me have some, I am quite thirsty" Samuel grunts and without waiting for the go-ahead he starts gulping down the water.
"Hey! I brought you another water bottle for a reason" The doctor huffs, frowning as he notices that all his water is gone.
"What if I wanted to share water with you?" Samuel replies, licking his lips in such a debauched way that it holds Daniel's attention for a moment longer than he expected it to. Staring at the empty bottle before his gaze flickers back up to Samuel's lips, Daniel could only shake his head and his feelings away.
"Whatever" Daniel mumbled, looking down at his feet as he could feel his ears warm up.
"You can have some of my water instead, Daniel. I don't mind" Jake holds up the item as he glares at Samuel but Daniel shakes his head.
"I don't need it since I got us three bottles. Now enough swapping spit, what should we do now that we've finished the zoo?" Daniel asks as he starts unwrapping the food he had gotten, a burger, and starts eating his lunch.
"We could head back and go to this arcade I've been wanting to go to. We can waste a while there before heading to the dinner reservation we made" Jake answers and Samuel nods.
"Hey Doc, you're a pretty messy eater" Samuel laughs as he notices the sauce around Daniel's lips.
"Shut up" Daniel glares when a finger wipes against his cheek. Jake brings the finger up to his lips, his tongue darting out to clean the sauce off.
"There, it's all gone" Jake smiled and Daniel couldn't help but feel embarrassment flood through him.
"Thanks" He mumbles before the other two men start eating their own food.
The arcade was rather big with all its bright colours and neon signs. It would have been an odd sight for three fully grown men to enter if it weren't for the dozen other adolescents and young adults around the area. Once inside Samuel immediately challenged Jake to one of those racing games to which the leader accepted. The two played against each other with passion, Daniel choosing to sit out and cheer them on from the sidelines instead. Samuel won and boasted about it until Jake challenged him to a shooting contest on one of the basketball game machines. Jake won that game by a large margin.
Daniel was dragged along to play several other games. From air hockey to some zombie shooting game, where he unfortunately died rather quickly, to a couple of rhythm games. The Doctor had quite a laugh after watching the two large men attempt dance, dance revolution. Jake reached out to take Daniel's hand and pulled him to one of the claw machine games, nodding to the stuffed toys before asking the Doctor which one he wanted. It didn't take long before Daniel received the stuffed toy, nor did it take any longer for Samuel to come back from his bathroom break and notice what had transpired before making the grand announcement that he would also try and win a prize.
It took Samuel several tries but in the end, he did get a toy. Puffing his chest out in pride, he sends a leering grin at Jake's amused face and Daniel could only congratulate and thank him.
In their last couple of games, the two decided to test their strength. Samuel may or may not have dominated the hammer game when he swung the object down but Jake easily won the boxing machine.
"You two certainly worked up a sweat" Daniel laughs as the three exit the store and make their way to the restaurant.
"We also worked up an appetite, hopefully, you're hungry" Jake grins and Daniel nods.
"I feel like all we've done today is walk around, play games and eat" He muses.
"And what a great way to live and spend our off days doing, don't you agree?" Samuel nudges Daniel on his shoulder. The Doctor didn't want to openly disagree with the notion so he just nodded and smiled, that was until Jake came to stand right outside an extravagant-looking hotel.
"Are we…eating in there? Isn't this a hotel?" Daniel asks and Jake nods.
"Come on, our reservation was for 6 PM" He ushers and the three walk in. Daniel seemed unsure whereas Samuel didn't seem to change emotionally. Jake made quick work to talk to one of the staff members, somebody who looked delighted to see Jake.
"Jake's from a wealthy family, his dad used to be a gangster before changing his ways to become a politician. Even though he didn't succeed he still ran a couple of successful business endeavours so this is the kind of lifestyle he was used to when he was young. This was before he turned to Big Deal and its more humble approach in life" Samuel informs when he notices Daniel staring.
"I see" Daniel hums.
It wasn't like Daniel had been excluded from this sort of higher-end lifestyle. Sure when he was younger and still living with just his mother they would struggle to get by but once his uncle came to be he lived a finer life. He had maids and actual chefs and cooks to tend to his meals, even if his mother insisted on cooking most of the time. His uncle was always invited to dine out in these sorts of places and on the off occasion he would bring both Daniel and his mother along too. Although he can't say he enjoyed it, if anything it was too intimidating and often it was overwhelming.
Just like how it felt now as the three of them were led to the elevators to head to the restaurant that was on a different floor. Once in the quiet, moving box, Daniel reaches out and tugs Jake's coat gently, causing the taller man to look over at him.
"Isn't this all too expensive?" Daniel whispers to Jake who lets out an amused huff.
"It's alright, we're paying for all this so you don't have to worry about anything" Jake replies easily. "Besides, you deserve more than just a nice outing and fancy dinner after saving Lineman's life, I can't help but want to spoil you" Jake murmurs softly, reaching out to cup Daniel's face gently, his thumb fluttering over Daniel's cheek before he leans in to kiss the top of the shorter man's head.
The elevator door opens and Jake walks out, Daniel would have stood frozen and flustered by the treatment had it not been for Samuel who wrapped his arm around his waist and urged the younger man forward.
"Jake must be at the end of his wits if he's resorted to methods like that" Samuel mutters humorously under his breath, just soft enough for Daniel to make out. "Now don't be shy Danny, since Jake is paying and this is an expensive buffet I suggest you eat till your heart's content. Don't want to let the money go to waste, right?"
The three were seated near the window, the view of Seoul looked quite pretty from their height and the entire restaurant floor looked mesmerising. The range of food didn't seem to have a limit either, the plethora of styles of food, seafood and meats as well as how fancy everything looked put together.
As Samuel had suggested, Daniel made up the decision to eat as much as he could so that Jake's kind treatment wouldn't go to waste, even if he felt slightly nervous about being in such a nice place. Lucky for him, when he's nervous he tends to eat a whole lot more than usual.
Jake and Samuel took Daniel's eating with stride, sending him smiles and fond looks as Daniel ate. Every so often they would talk to Daniel to ask how the food was and if he needed anything, the younger would just shake his head. When they weren't talking to him they were conversing with each other, taking in the calm atmosphere and light music to discuss matters surrounding Big Deal and the CC. Daniel listened silently when they did but there wasn't all that much that caught his attention except for who they were planning to put into fights and who would participate. They even talked about using the earnings from those fights to support the Big Deal Street and invest in the businesses to help them draw in more customers.
At one point Samuel had opened a bottle of red wine and poured both himself and Jake a glass. The two looked quite professional as they talked and drank wine. All that was missing was their usual suits.
"Something catches your interest, Daniel?" Samuel inquires when he notices Daniel staring.
"Um," Daniel drags out as the elder sips his wine. "Can I have some too?" He redirects and Samuel's amusement increases as he grabs the bottle and pours the other a glass as well.
Daniel hadn't wanted to admit that he had been staring at the two but now he was saddled with the responsibility of finishing the drink when he knew that he couldn't hold his liquor. In fact, after his uncle had encouraged him to drink alcohol in the past and then underwent the experience of lightweight Daniel he deemed it a hazard for his nephew and prevented him from drinking ever since. Well, what he didn't know wouldn't kill him. Under both Samuel and Jake's watchful eyes he picks up the glass and takes a small sip. He cringes at the bitter taste but takes another gulp before putting it down.
"That was…great" He was at a loss with how to describe the taste.
"You can say you didn't like it," Jake laughs. "More people prefer white than red wine" he adds as he waves down a server and orders the wine before Daniel can get another word in.
Samuel wordlessly takes Daniel's glass and drinks the rest of the red wine before the white is brought out and he opens and pours the drink in. He slides the glass back to Daniel who accepts sheepishly.
It would be rude not to drink some now since the two had gotten the bottle for him. Lifting it to take a sip, Daniel was delighted to find that it wasn't as rich or bitter as red wine. If anything it was more fruity which he enjoyed.
"I like it" Daniel smiles at Jake.
"That's great, if you don't finish the wine today, which I'm sure you won't, you can take the bottle home. Don't worry about the money, I've got it" Jake states grandly which yet again leaves Daniel at a loss of words. So what did he do instead? He downed his glass.
He probably shouldn't have done that.
.
.
.
"Damn it Jake, you just had to go and be some sweet and loving potential boyfriend and buy him that bottle. Of course, It'd pressure the guy into drinking the alcohol when you spoke that way" Daniel could faintly make out Samuel berating Jake.
He was in a comfy and quite warm position, he didn't want to open his heavy eyes nor move but the words he was making out from the conversation occurring made it seem like he should say something.
"I didn't know I was pressuring him, besides you were the one who poured him his drinks" Jake hisses as a reply. "This was supposed to be a cute date, we were supposed to take him back to the compound after a nice walk by the Han River and he'd give us that stupidly cute smile before telling us he had a nice time. He's not supposed to be knocked out in a hotel" The gang leader seemed stressed.
"How was I supposed to know that he'd be knocked out after a glass and a half?" Samuel growls.
Stirring himself awake, Daniel blinks slowly as he takes in the room. It was late, that much he could tell from the lack of lights and the night sky that appeared through the windows. Samuel and Jake stood not too far away from the bed that Daniel must've been lying on, locked in a heated discussion.
"You should've asked for two beds" Samuel sighs.
"They didn't have rooms with two beds, we're lucky we even got the suite" Jake grunts.
"You can take the couch, I'll keep Daniel company in here"
"Like hell, I'd let someone like you stay in a room with Daniel all alone whilst he's defenceless" Jake snaps.
"What kind of person do you think I am, Jakey?" Daniel could make out the grin on Samuel's lips as he leaned in closer to Jake.
"A slimy no good heathen, that's what I think" Jake replies with a frown but his eyes don't leave the bigger man's lips.
At this point, Daniel probably thought it would be better if he pretended to fall asleep or tried and sneak out to take the couch so he could leave the two obvious love birds to their own devices but fate would not have it so. In the midst of him sitting up his worldview started to spin and he couldn't hold back the groan that escaped from his lips. In an instant, the two voices stopped and soon enough the bed was dipping under the weight of another person.
"Daniel? Are you alright?" Jake's voice was laced with concern, the moment Daniel looked up the elder was immediately cradling his face into his hands, gently looking him over for any signs of injury or distress.
"I'm okay, head hurts a little" Daniel's voice slurred a little, an indication that he was still drunk.
"You should go to sleep sweetheart, you'll feel better in the morning" Jake urges kindly and Daniel couldn't help but lean into the warm palms that held him upright. His eyes flutter shut as he hums at the words, registering them but not comprehending them.
The bed dips again and this time a hand was pressed to his back.
"He meant for you to sleep on the bed, not on him" Samuel chuckles fondly and Daniel's eyes open again, lifting himself from Jake's hand he turns to the other occupant in the room.
"Oh," He whispers before pouting. "What if I don't want to sleep yet?"
"Don't be a brat, you're probably exhausted and your body is begging for sleep. Besides there's not much else you could do with your drunk ass at this time of night" Samuel snorts, patting his back lightly.
The elder was right. He couldn't do much else in his state and he had ruined the end of their day by getting drunk. If anything he felt slightly horrible about it.
"What's with the look, what's got you so down all of a sudden?" Jake asks softly, hand reaching out to smooth out the creases that must've appeared on his forehead.
"Did I ruin everything?" He asks, his voice wavering.
A look of alarm shoots across both Samuel and Jake's faces.
"Of course not sweetheart, everything went perfectly today and this happening may have been unforeseen but it's not bad. Besides, I guess we get to keep you for the night as well" Jake reasons and Samuel nods.
Daniel falls silent for a moment but it must have been longer than he thought as worry appears on their faces when he doesn't say anything else.
"Daniel are you alright-" "It's too hot" He mumbles with a pout.
"Oh?" Samuel quirks a brow. "That's easily remedied" He smiled and soon enough his hands were helping Daniel slide out of his outer layer whereas Jake had moved to take off his shoes and socks before his hands hesitantly unbuckle Daniel's belt. The pure concentration on Jake's face as he proceeded with his task was nothing short of sweet, it made Daniel's heart race and as the elder stood up a single thought came to mind.
'I bet you could go ask a random person on the street and they'd say yes to your pretty face'
That's what Gun had said and if this didn't work then he'd punch the Founder the next day for lying to him.
Surging forward, Daniel reaches out to grasp the collar of Jake's shirt and pulls him in. It was more of Daniel smashing their lips together in a drunken fit of power than an actual kiss but the shock from Jake eventually wore off the longer they stayed in their position. Soon the elder was melting into the kiss and Daniel followed suit. Jake is tender, every movement he makes is filled with concerns of pleasure for the other and yet again this all felt too sweet for Daniel.
Parting away, Daniel blinks innocently at Jake's flushed face.
"Did that just fucking happen? After you told me I would be the one to pounce?" Samuel bites out.
"I…He..he was the one to pull me in" Jake defends as Samuel clicks his tongue.
"That was a weak kiss, Daniel turn over here" Samuel forces Daniel to turn and doesn't wait before he locks his lips with the younger man. Since he was in the middle of a gasp, Daniel's mouth had been open and it was all it took for Samuel to use it as his opportunity.
Dirty. Not the dirtiest kiss he had received, that crown was for Gun but the way Samuel did it was wet and lewd. As Samuel pulled away to allow Daniel to catch his breath a string of saliva followed.
"Now that is a kiss" Samuel grins and it must have been him issuing another challenge as Daniel barely caught his breath before Jake was turning his head again and pressing into his space.
The Doctor at this point had his back pressed flush against Samuel who held him around his waist tightly whereas Jake loomed over him, his lips moving gently against Daniel's, his tongue moving sensually which gets Daniel to spill out a soft moan. Samuel started pressing his mouth against the back of Daniel's neck, suckling softly as he let his hands roam.
Daniel could barely process it, having two incredibly handsome men give him so much attention. More attention than he had ever received. The heat from their presence, from their hands and mouths, it was too hot. It was too much.
Daniel promptly fell unconscious. Again.
A gasp of surprise falls from Jake's mouth as he pulls away to look at Daniel's red face before looking at Samuel who had felt the boy go limp. The two share a look before falling into a fit of laughter.
"The hell, this brat teased us and then fell asleep?" Samuel snorts and Jake shakes his head before taking Daniel and laying him back on the bed.
"We should catch some sleep too" He hums as he throws his jacket off and lays down next to Daniel. Samuel spent another minute grumbling to himself before complying.
"No alcohol next time we go on a date" He huffs.