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Baekhyun sighed deeply before clicking the button and locking his car, again. He couldn't believe it. After all those hours of work, he totally forgot to pick up all the monthly reports to finally settle them down and review the expenses. He didn't want to do that because he hated it and probably it was also the reason why he forgot the papers on the table of his clinic in the first place but, still…Work had to be done and he couldn't postpone it anymore. Especially considering that he was the owner of his own clinic, being the boss of himself.
He went directly towards the back door and unlocked it. He knew that it was darker and slightly longer from there but at least he was sure that he wouldn’t wake up the dogs and kittens inside.
Byun Baekhyun, a veterinary doctor since a few years already, had his own place with a small shop as well as a clinic where he assisted and cured more or less all kinds of animals even though his heart has always been weak for puppies and small, adorable kittens. Running the place almost all by himself wasn't easy at all. He had a lot of expenses and bills and it wasn't easy but, one way or another, he was starting to make things work. Which was more than good actually.
He turned on the lights in the visiting room which was also his studio since the clinic wasn't big enough to have a private room of his own to work in. The place was small but he got all he needed, so Baekhyun couldn’t complain at all. He loved his work and the place he managed to rent and run.
He was now rustling between his papers on the desk, his auburn hair gently caressing his forehead as he bended over the furniture, and his glasses slipped from his nose when suddenly he felt something hard pressing against his back.
“Don't move,” a harsh voice ordered and Baekhyun stilled, possibly forgetting to breathe as well.
“The money is at the front cashier. There's not much but you can take them all, the keys are...” Baekhyun started saying, trying to process what was happening.
A robbery. There was an armed man who was pointing a gun at his back. So, a robbery for sure. The only possible conclusion. Be damned the end of the month reports and bills.
“I don't want your money, doctor. I need you to stitch someone up,” the voice replied coldly and Baekhyun wanted to chuckle despite the situation.
“Someone?” He echoed and when the voice behind him replied affirmatively, Baekhyun shook his head. “I don't know what kind of information you have about me but I'm not a doctor for humans. I treat animals,” he replied slowly, trying to turn around as to solve the situation in a peaceful manner.
The man pressed the gun harder at the back of his head, clicking his tongue. “Just a few stitches, doctor. Don't be stingy,” he concluded before signaling towards the back entrance with a whistle, and from there, -as much as Baekhyun could see considering that it was late at night and Baekhyun turned on only a few lights he needed to retrieve the documents- entered a tall man with a much taller one leaning on his shoulder, breathing with difficulty as he supported, a huge blood stain on his grey dress shirt.
Despite the dark color of the shirt, Baekhyun could see the stain clearly, looking much bigger than expected for a normal injury. What the hell was happening?
“That will be more than a few stitches,” Baekhyun said, but he felt the gun moving against his head once again, cold metal pressing hard on his scalp.
“Come on, doctor,” the voice stated, pressing harder and Baekhyun inhaled as he raised his hands.
“Fine, fine. Let me move and retrieve the things I need and I’ll look at him. It seems to be more severe than it looks,” Baekhyun replied, trying to take time to rationalize what was happening and the man near the bleeding one nodded towards the other one.
The one holding the gun took a few steps back but didn't lower the weapon. Baekhyun on the other hand, was way too afraid to even consider doing something stupid. And he was worried that this man could die in his visiting room. Not that he was worried about the man himself, but more about all the implications that could appear if something bad happened.
“Put him down here,” he instructed, pointing to the steel table and placing a blanket over it, before moving to the drawers and picking up gloves. “What happened to him?” Baekhyun asked them, looking at the men properly for the first time.
The one who pointed his gun to Baekhyun was tall, even though less than the injured guy, he was blond and striking, and he had a distressed frown on his forehead while glaring at Baekhyun. He probably wasn't the one who suggested this. The other one was slightly taller than him, but still not as much as the man on his table, and he had light brown hair, and a shirt stained with blood as well. Probably not his own, seeing his condition – Baekhyun thought, trying to be neutral despite the situation he was in. This must’ve been some kind of a dream or something. It couldn’t be happening to Baekhyun.
Before the first man could reply, the second one helped Baekhyun opening the injured man's shirt. It seemed like he had more power or maybe a higher rank compared to the shorter one. “Shot. Twice, here and here,” he replied dryly, showing the gunshot wounds to Baekhyun who frowned at the amount of blood and with how much difficulty the man was breathing.
“You need to get him to the ER, this is not...” Baekhyun started saying but the click of the gun was a more than a clear hint on what he had to do. “Fine,” he breathed, picking up his tools and all the necessary things to try and save that man. He had so little hope in doing it, actually. It looked like the man was barely breathing and he had already lost a lot of blood. And oh, hey a small detail, Baekhyun wasn't an ER personnel. “Press this here,” he instructed towards the man who wasn't holding the gun, giving him a thick, clean cloth he had under the table and the man obeyed immediately.
It probably wasn't the first time that this happened. Especially judging by all the scars presented on the man's torso. Baekhyun took a deep breath and started removing the bullet from one of the wounds. The other one was important too, but it seemed that that bullet grazed, so before stitching both up, Baekhyun focused on the other one.
The injured man groaned weakly and Baekhyun apologized briefly, almost without realizing.
“I know it hurts, I'm sorry. Hang in there?” He whispered while he removed the bullet, almost like he was talking to the animals he usually assisted to. He put the bullet on the blanket before proceeding with checking the wounds and momentarily pressing gauzes on those. The situation was really bad and for how much Baekhyun stitched small animals pretty often, he wasn’t a real surgeon and he wasn’t competent enough to handle this kind of situation. And he didn’t have equipment up to that task.
“You really should bring him to the ER. He lost too much blood and...” He started again but the man with the gun clicked his tongue, raising the weapon towards Baekhyun and pointing it at his head.
“Listen doctor, no time to waste. Do your fucking job and fix this shit,” the man stated, slightly raising his voice and making Baekhyun startle.
He bit his bottom lip, his stare moving to the man again. The man was right despite everything, and the clock was ticking. If Baekhyun wanted to have even just one chance as not to die, it was better to start thinking quickly about what to do. He took a deep breath and after checking the wounds once again, he sanitized his tools and the area, and started stitching him up.
It felt like years since last time he did something like that despite it being only that morning, with a small Welsh corgi, but his hands were slightly shaking, and he was extra focused on everything he was doing. Last time he did that for a human was during university probably, when he worked a volunteer job at the ER of a private hospital at the center Seoul. But it was so many years ago that Baekhyun wasn’t much confident about being able to do a good job here now.
The man groaned again, coughing a bit, and thank God there wasn't blood in his mouth. Maybe they had a chance. The injuries were not as deep as they seemed, and maybe with just a good stitching up and a lot of rest they would heal nevertheless. Or so Baekhyun hoped. He diligently sutured and stitched everything as best as he can, especially considering that he usually operated on puppies and not humans, but still he was trying his best here.
“It hurts,” the injured man groaned again and Baekhyun bit his bottom lip harder, considering things before moving his stare towards the man who wasn't holding the gun.
“Second drawer. There's anesthetic, take it for me,” he almost ordered but the man with the gun shook his head.
“No, no injections or anything like that,” he stated clearly but Baekhyun clicked his tongue, glaring at him.
“He's in too much pain. It can cause a shock and spasms. And I don't want to deal with neither of those. It's just animal anesthetic. It wouldn’t hurt humans, just make them sleep slightly longer. I won't poison him. I don't even know who you guys are and you're fucking threatening me with a gun. I'm just a vet. Nothing more, nothing less,” Baekhyun explained and the two looked at each other before nodding and retrieving what Baekhyun asked him.
“Hang in there, boss,” the man without the gun stated as he passed the anesthetic to Baekhyun who checked it before injecting it near the wounds.
Boss? Who was the man laying on Baekhyun's table?
The injured man hissed, contracting his toned abdomen but then he relaxed and his breath seemed to turn to slightly normal.
Baekhyun continued his work slowly but cautiously and with precision. He simply stitched everything back together and when the work was done, he even put gauzes on both places, fixing it with bandages.
“This is what I can do for now, but you really, really should bring him to the hospital. It's not the best way to close up wounds like these and I'm not a real doctor...” Baekhyun whispered, his head hinting towards the now passed out man on the table, even though his breath was completely stable and he wasn't bleeding anymore.
The man with the gun raised it at Baekhyun again, making him lower his head slightly.
“I won't say anything. I don't even know who you are. Please,” he breathed, raising his hands and the man without the gun clicked his tongue.
“If you spill anything, doctor, we’ll come and find you, and you’ll beg us to take your life because we’ll make it unbearable,” he stated, words cutting and cold, and then with a small gesture, he and the other man picked up the injured one and they all went out from the same place they came from.
Baekhyun sat on the floor, his breath finally turning to normal again. What just happened? What if Baekhyun wouldn’t have forgotten those goddamn end-of-the month reports? Did he really stitch the wounds of a stranger who almost died on his operation table? And did he manage to save his life after all, or Baekhyun's treatment won’t be enough? But moreover, whom did he just save? One of the men called the injured one boss. How dangerous was this whole matter? Could Baekhyun really consider his own life safe?
With unsure steps, he closed everything again and went to the parking lot, realizing that he forgot the reports again. Those fucking bills. This time though, Baekhyun didn't go back to retrieve the documents, he simply drove home.
For almost ten days, Baekhyun officially considered what happened that night nothing more than a dream. Because what else could it have been? Apart from the gauze, some dirty tools and some blood stains on the floor the following morning, it was almost like nothing happened in the room that night.
So Baekhyun simply proceeded with his life as usual. He didn't mention it to anybody, neither to the kind guy who tended the shop for him, nor his secretary.
That Autumn afternoon, it was slightly warmer than usual, which put him in a bright mood. He was just finished with a small Pomeranian dog, cute and fluffy, and so adorable that Baekhyun almost wanted to bring him home with him, especially because the owner was an old hag who was so rude which made Baekhyun want to slap her, when his secretary knocked on the door, opening it slightly.
Kim Jongdae, more or less as tall as Baekhyun, had hair almost black compared to Baekhyun's auburn one, smart eyes and a quick mind. He was also Baekhyun's friend, not just his secretary, and his aid in accounting.
“Doc, you waited for another visit?” Jongdae asked him, making Baekhyun frown shortly. His glasses slipped from his nose briefly while petting the small dog in front of him.
“No. Mrs. Lee was the last one for today. Is something the matter?” He inquired, glancing towards him and Jongdae pressed his lips in a thin line.
“Maybe a small emergency then. There's a, uhm, guy outside stating he has an appointment with you,” Jongdae replied distractedly, glancing back at the waiting room, and Baekhyun shrugged.
Whoever it was, he could wait. “Almost done with Mrs. Lee and Byul, no worries,” he reassured him with a smile, and Jongdae nodded closing the door again. Baekhyun explained to the old lady once more all the things she had to do to keep her dog healthy despite its age. And after ten minutes of an awfully long and detailed explanation, Mrs. Lee finally was satisfied with the information and decided to go and pay a visit to Jongdae as per usual. When she went out, Baekhyun followed her to check the guy Jongdae mentioned before and in front of him, standing in the middle of his clinic’s waiting room, stood the same guy who was there that night. Not the one who was holding the gun. The other one. The one who called the injured man boss.
Baekhyun stiffened at the sight but he tried his best not to alert both Jongdae and the guy who tended the shop for him. Do Kyungsoo. He was a silent guy with short dark hair but with a cute rounded face and plump lips. Despite his apparent cold behavior, he was very weak for puppies and small animals. It was easy for Baekhyun to get along with him, even though Kyungsoo usuall stated that doc is always way too loud. Only because Baekhyun, like Jongdae, liked to whine and express his feelings a lot.
Baekhyun tried to be a reasonable person and gestured the guy towards the visiting room and, once they were both inside and the door was closed, Baekhyun looked at him with a worried expression. “I didn't tell anybody about what happened. My secretary and the guy at the shop know nothing either,” Baekhyun stated with a frown, but the man in front of him chuckled softly, shaking his head.
“If boss or Kai would’ve suspected something, you wouldn't be here already, doctor,” he retorted almost immediately while shrugging and looking around the room, almost like he was interested in the medical poster hanging from Baekhyun’s visiting room walls. Kai probably was the other guy, the one who was holding the gun.
There was a small silence which felt like eternity to Baekhyun. “Then, uhm, what are you doing here?” Baekhyun managed to ask, gathering some courage, and the man in front of him chuckled again, bringing his stare back to Baekhyun.
Despite there was a smile on his lips, his expression didn’t look happy. Baekhyun had a fear that something bad was about to happen.
“Find an excuse to close earlier. Send them home and then be a good doctor and follow me without asking any questions,” the man stated quickly and it wasn't a question or a suggestion. It was an order. “I'll wait for you in a car parked here at the corner. It's a green Hyundai. Don't make me wait too much,” he concluded before opening the door and walking away.
Baekhyun breathed deeply, realizing that he was holding it in up to that moment without noticing, and then he carded his fingers through his hair. Hopefully that man wasn't there to kill him. Otherwise, Kai would have killed him already. Or so he said. So, what did he want from Baekhyun? Did he make a mistake with the stitches? Did something happen to the injured man? Baekhyun didn't know but he sure didn't want to make that man angry. Not at all.
He went out again to the common area where there were the reception and the shop counter. “I forgot I had some errands to run tonight, guys. We need to close up. Kyungsoo-ya, did you feed all the animals already?” Baekhyun asked them and Kyungsoo nodded shortly, starting to prepare for closing, obedient and diligent as usual, while Jongdae was frowning as he looked at Baekhyun.
“Baek? Everything’s alright?” He asked briefly and when Baekhyun nodded, Jongdae hummed but accepted his reply and started preparing to leave as well.
It took them more or less half an hour to leave everything clean, turn off all the lights and check on the animals once again, before they could leave the shop together. Baekhyun locked the doors behind him after that.
“See you tomorrow,” Baekhyun greeted, waving at them and both waved back, each going their own way, and Baekhyun waited for them both to be out of sight before looking for the green Hyundai. But he didn't need to look for it long. As soon as he turned around, he saw the car there, the passenger door open already.
“You took your sweet time, doctor,” the man stated and Baekhyun took a deep breath while getting inside and closing the door.
“Couldn't afford them being suspicious about something. I care about my employees,” Baekhyun replied immediately, fastening his seatbelt, making the man chuckle before he could speed up and drive to an unknown destination.
Baekhyun wasn't familiar with the roads since he transferred there only when he opened the clinic, and he had no idea where they were going. But when they stopped in front of the gates of a huge ass mansion, Baekhyun's jaw dropped, unable to contain his astonishment. “Where...” He started saying but some guards dressed all formally in black neared the car and the man driving the car rolled down the window.
“Boss is waiting for me,” he stated almost annoyed by the fact that they stopped him in the first place, and the guards nodded, opening the big gates for them to enter the fenced area around the mansion.
The man parked the car and made a gesture to Baekhyun for him to get out. And Baekhyun did as he was told, following him inside the mansion that was surveilled in every corner by armed guards.
The inside was as super luxurious as it could be seen from the outside, it was filled with so much opulence that Baekhyun didn't know where to look. Except when they arrived in a big hall, -that could probably resemble a living room but much larger, so big that it could contain two of Baekhyun’s small apartment- there on the immense couch, the injured man was sitting. This time though he was awake and more than vigil.
“Oh, you found him,” the man stated, and his voice was so deep and low that Baekhyun felt it dripping down his back, making him shiver. He didn't know why but that man was dangerous. And yet he fascinated Baekhyun. Maybe it was the voice. Or maybe the fact that he looked like one of those handsome yet dangerous characters from one of those mafia or crime movies that Baekhyun was a fan of on Netflix. He was tall, way taller than Baekhyun remembered, with styled black hair and a stare that could actually kill. He was handsome and so damn hot. And probably the most dangerous man in town, Baekhyun reminded himself trying not to let the fantasy fly too easily, bringing himself back to the present moment.
“It saddens me that you had doubts, boss” the man near Baekhyun replied chuckling, but boss didn't seem too bothered by it, gaze fixed on Baekhyun, literally scanning him.
Baekhyun never felt so naked in front of someone like in that moment. And that kind of scared him. He didn’t like that feeling.
“Well, well, well,” the man started, not sitting up or making another gesture, and Baekhyun simply stood there in front of him, waiting to know what was going to happen. Because admittedly, he was quite curious.
Baekhyun apparently saved that man's life since he was sitting right there, clearly awake and breathing. And now he was sitting on a couch in the living room of a huge ass villa in the middle of nowwhere and full of armed guards. If this was a movie of some sort, Baekhyun didn't want to star in it. And if it was a dream, he wanted to wake up.
“I didn't remember you this cute, doc,” the man stated chuckling, but Baekhyun almost deadpanned him, raising his eyebrow in confusion. It was smooth but not in the good way.
“You were rather unconscious actually, Mr.…?” He asked him, trying to find some courage despite the situation, trying to focus on normal aspects that could make him think straight instead of simply being frightened. Apart from the whole setting which screamed dangerous in capital letters, Baekhyun was also clearly underdressed for whatever the context was. Only in his black jeans and a beige turtleneck under the white doctor gown he had on for work. He felt weird. What the hell was he doing there? Supposedly he shouldn't have seen those men ever again.
“You can call me Loey, doc,” Loey replied from where he was sitting on the couch and Baekhyun hummed, nodding. And after another long moment of silence, when Baekhyun was about to ask him what he was doing there, Loey spoke again.
“Sehun, take the others out,” he ordered, voice low and clear, and the tall man who accompanied Baekhyun there nodded even though he was frowning. He didn't even think about refusing the order though, simply escorting everyone out, leaving Baekhyun alone with Loey.
“Check my injuries, doc,” Loey ordered coldly, sitting up with a short hiss and Baekhyun stiffened, shaking his head.
“As I told them before, I'm not a real doctor. I'm a vet, Mr. Loey. What I did was only a...” He started saying, trying once again to explain himself, but Loey glared at him, making him shut up immediately. There was something in that man that was frightening, oozing respect and convincing without needing words.
“I'm not asking you kindly, Mr. Vet. Check. My. Fucking. Wounds,” he repeated coldly and once again ordering more than asking and Baekhyun took a deep breath and took a few steps towards the man who was now standing in the middle of the room.
“Open your shirt,” Baekhyun said, his voice was stiff and when he realized that that sounded like an order also thanks to the glare Loey threw at him, he added a short please. Loey opened it, revealing his naked torso beneath it again and, well, hello. Baekhyun didn't check properly the previous time because with a gun pointed to his head and his hands covered in blood maybe he had other things to think about, but Loey was so toned and his abs were on point, so fit and perfectly sculpted. Almost like a Greek God. Pull yourself together, Byun! –He reminded himself trying to focus on what was happening and not on that perfect figure in front of him.
“You like them so much, doc?” Loey asked him amused and Baekhyun huffed shortly, shaking his head and leaning down to check where the gauzes were.
“You’re getting ahead of yourself, Mr. Loey. And you didn't change these frequently...” He started saying as his fingers moved on the naked skin, checking the hems of the gauzes. Loey's skin was almost hot compared to Baekhyun's cold fingers, and he was about to reply when Baekhyun removed the first gauze in one go, revealing the injury under it.
“Shit,” Loey let out shortly, hissing, and Baekhyun shook his head, hiding a short chuckle.
“You have one more to go,” he added and even before Loey could reply, he tore away the second one as well.
“You have no grace at all, doc,” Loey said jokingly, shaking his head but Baekhyun simply shrugged.
“Told you. I'm not used to humans. And with animals I don't really behave like this,” Baekhyun replied, checking the cuts on Loey's skin, as his fingers gently brushed on them. They didn’t look good. Probably Loey made some movements and they were opening again. Baekhyun clicked his tongue in annoyance. Even dogs weren’t this active and careless.
“Stitches are coming out but not in the right way. You probably moved wrongly and your injuries are opening again. You need to suture them better than before. And to not move for a few days,” Baekhyun stated, standing up again and raising his head to look at Loey in the eye. Despite their notable difference in height, Baekhyun could see them pretty well. They were big, brown and there were thousands of reflections inside, making them naturally sparkly. Baekhyun thought they were beautiful, even though he would never openly admit it.
“You mean that you need to suture them better. You’re here for this,” Loey replied, like it was the most obvious thing in the world, but Baekhyun was already shaking his head.
“I'm not...” He started saying, trying to explain himself once more, but Loey moved a hand to Baekhyun's cheeks, squeezing them hard enough to almost hurt.
“Don't make me repeat myself, doc. I know who you are and what you do. And I know that you’ll fucking stitch these motherfuckers back. Are we clear?” Loey asked him harshly, joking tone completely gone and stare not leaving his.
Baekhyun could only nod. There wasn't anything else he could do. Loey was indeed dangerous. His tone and his behavior didn’t leave any room to argument or disagreement. “I don't have any tools with me,” Baekhyun breathed and only in that moment Loey let his cheeks go to pick up a phone from his pocket and speed-dialed a number.
“Meet me downstairs and bring some equipment. Doctor Byun is willing to cooperate,” he said, and almost immediately closed the call without waiting for a reply. “Let's go,” he whispered towards Baekhyun, buttoning up his shirt, and he started moving towards a door at the back of the room and then through a maze of endless corridors that made Baekhyun lose his sense of navigation, not knowing where they were anymore.
That villa was huge. Baekhyun couldn't believe how big it was while making his way through all those corridors following Loey, until a sort of storage room appeared. Inside, there were some dubious looking equipment and a stainless-steel table similar to the one Baekhyun had in his visiting room, but less... clean. There were stains of possibly blood everywhere and the iron scent in the air was so strong to be almost nauseauting. Baekhyun didn't ask, he didn’t want to know. But he was so damn scared. Who in the world was Loey? And he was the boss of what exactly? Because Baekhyun had an awful hunch that all of that screamed organized crime in capital letters.
Sehun reached them there soon and Loey finally took off his shirt and put it on the table as he sat. Only in that moment Baekhyun realized that he had a gun in a holster behind his back and he removed it making a gesture towards Baekhyun to near him.
“Do you need anesthetic?” Baekhyun asked him, taking a look at what Sehun brought him, choosing how to operate. Loey shook his head.
“I'm not that weak, doc,” he replied quickly, smirking at him, and Baekhyun simply shrugged. He didn't impress him in the slightest. And he didn’t want to give him any satisfaction. So he wanted to suffer? Good for him. Not Baekhyun's problem. He just wanted to be out of there as soon as possible and go back to his usual life.
“Lie down,” he almost ordered and when Loey didn't move in the slightest, Baekhyun huffed, rolling his eyes and adding a short please.
Only then Loey nodded and lay down, hissing briefly when the stitches moved, pulling at his flesh.
“I have to remove these before,” Baekhyun started saying but Loey shook his head.
“I'm not one of your patients, doc. You don't have to tell me what you're going to do,” Loey stated, but he was clearly in pain and Baekhyun took a deep breath.
“No? I thought it was the same because all I can hear is barking, Mr. Loey. Stop moving around like a sardine and stay still. I can't stitch them back if you don't stay put,” Baekhyun retorted quickly, starting to lose his temper, even though he pushed his lips in a thin line because, what the fuck Byun. He was in a room with two armed men who could kill him potentially every second now, and there he was making his usual smartass comments? He could hear Jongdae cackling at his stupidity.
Loey instead looked at him interested, not commenting but simply stilling himself there, letting Baekhyun do what he could do to treat those injuries better. This time the tools were better so Baekhyun managed a better job. Or maybe because there wasn't anyone pointing a gun to his head like the previous time? His fingers moved on the skin, checking how red it was and if he did his work properly before applying the gauzes again.
“You really should go to the hospital or call a real doctor, Mr. Loey,” Baekhyun stated, moving his hands away from him and going to wash them in a basin that was stained, in a word. Baekhyun didn't ask himself. He recognized the color and the scent. He simply turned around drying his hand on a clean rag on the side.
That Sehun guy helped Loey sit up from his position and Loey's stare never left Baekhyun’s.
“Why should I? Come here again in a few days. I'll send Sehun to pick you up,” Loey stated easily but Baekhyun bit his lips, shaking his head.
“My work is not sufficient for this, Mr. Loey. You should call a doctor for humans, not for animals,” Baekhyun insisted again, stressing about the fact that he wasn’t able to help him at his best, but Loey was already nearing him, not bothering putting on his shirt. He was handsome and his body radiated warmth in an impressive way, making Baekhyun want to touch him. He wanted to slap himself at the realization. Get a grip on yourself, Byun – he reprimanded himself even though he was shocked. It wasn’t usual for Baekhyun to be that physically attracted to someone in such a short time. And for how much he was attracted to that man, he was really bad news.
He didn't move, a few inches between them with Loey literally towering over Baekhyun.
“I thought I was clear before, doc. I don't give a fuck about your usual patients. You’ll come here in a few days and check my stitches again. I can be quite persuasive if you don't plan to,” Loey stated, his voice getting deeper, making Baekhyun shiver and not exactly in fear. That man's voice was so deep, low and rich and Baekhyun didn't know why but he was aroused by it. Even while knowing that was just part of the game. One he wasn't willing to take a part in.
“Are you threatening me?” Baekhyun asked frowning, and making Loey tilt his head.
“Doc, I thought you were wiser than this. You don't really have a clue on who we are and why I want just a few people to know I'm injured? Really?” Loey asked him, arching his eyebrow in fake perplexity, and Baekhyun knew that already, because he wasn't stupid.
And when he didn't reply but simply looked at Loey's eyes as he was staring back at him, Loey chuckled softly, shaking his head.
“Don’t mess with us, doc. Sehun will pick you up in a few days,” he concluded, patting Baekhyun's cheek before moving to the table where he picked up his shirt and holster and put them on. “Show him the way out and call a taxi. Or drive him back to his clinic, you decide,” he said to Sehun who nodded moving towards Baekhyun and gently pushing his elbow.
“Let's go, doctor. It's better if I drive you back,” Sehun said briefly, guiding him towards the exit, and Baekhyun pressed his lips in a thin line, nodding.
The journey back was silent and Baekhyun tried not to think too much about what happened that evening.
“I don't think I have to remind it to you because you look clever enough, but you never met us last time or now. Boss was strict enough about not wanting to meddle with a real doctor and a hospital or any other shit,” Sehun started saying when they almost arrived at Baekhyun's clinic.
“I don't know who you guys are, but I care about my life and my work. Your boss was convincing enough about not to mention anything to anyone,” Baekhyun said as he stared outside the car window, looking at the evening profile of the city.
“That’s better. I knew you were a clever man,” Sehun concluded, bringing silence inside the car once again.
When he stopped in front of Baekhyun's clinic, Baekhyun inhaled deeply before putting his hand on the door handle and looking back at Sehun.
“Just one last question,” He said, and Sehun nodded shifting his stare towards him. “I know you’re like some mafia guys or something like that,” he started saying and Sehun was already frowning.
“You honestly don't know who the boss is?” He interrupted him and Baekhyun shook his head, shrugging and when Sehun was about to speak again, Baekhyun was faster than him.
“Just next time don't alarm my assistants. Wait for me outside? I'll leave you my contact info if you want. They can be way too suspicious and we both don't want them to worry about things that don't concerm them, right?” Baekhyun stated picking up his small business card and putting it on the dashboard of the car.
“See you,” he concluded walking out and closing the door behind him. It was strange. Everything felt strange. And when he went back home, after a shower and a take-away pizza, he decided to do some research about Loey. Internet was always a good source, and there he found several articles on him. On how perfectly he avoided all forms of allegations to crimes and robbery or illegal traffics, not a mention of his real name, because for sure Loey was just a nickname, how he managed his businesses and... Yeah. A mafia guy. Or better, the boss of them all. But why was Baekhyun not scared and afraid of having something to do with him? Why couldn't he be frightened as he was supposed to be? And why, when closing his eyes, the only thing he could imagine was the warmth that Loey was radiating and how sculpted he was? Baekhyun knew how wrong it was, there must have been something wrong with him.
Next time they saw each other, Loey was definitely looking better, enough to reveal a smartass attitude that Baekhyun wouldn't have expected but he could retort with his own.
“Nice to see you again, doc. You’re so willing to cooperate I'm starting to think you actually enjoy seeing me,” Loey let out smirking, when Baekhyun entered his underground room again but Baekhyun huffed, shaking his head.
“You wish, Mr. Loey,” he replied, his hands moving on the tools and making a gesture for Loey to remove his shirt. Loey took it off, putting it on the steel table where he was leaning on.
Baekhyun waited for him to lie down and when he didn't, Baekhyun deadpanned. “Should we wait here forever?” Baekhyun asked shrugging and looking around like they were waiting for someone to reach them, but Loey chuckled shortly.
“Thought you’d ask nicely like last time,” Loey said but Baekhyun rolled his eyes and almost clicked his tongue in annoyance.
“Aren't you, like, a busy man?” Baekhyun asked, clearly exasperated with his retort, and Loey hummed, glancing at him.
“Maybe I just like to hear you say please,” Loey answered, his voice getting lower and deeper, as his stare didn’t leave Baekhyun’s face.
Baekhyun felt a shiver running down his back.
Oh. Not good. Hold your horses, doc – he mentally slapped himself. “Lie down, Mr. Loey before I consider stabbing you with one of these,” Baekhyun replied, showing him one of the scalpels in the bag, and Loey lay down, pressing his hand on the injuries. Baekhyun removed it immediately, shaking his head. “You shouldn't press so hard on them. They won't ever heal otherwise," Baekhyun stated, still holding Loey's hand in his, feeling the difference between their warmth and noticing the difference in size as well.
Loey's hands were big, much more compared to Baekhyun's slender ones, and so warm to the point of being hot. Baekhyun let it go before things could become weird and he didn't meet Loey's stare again, despite feeling his on himself.
“Oh, so you worry about me now, doc?” Loey asked him, smirk not leaving his lips and Baekhyun huffed, shaking his head and literally tearing off the gauzes without any notice.
Loey hissed at the movement, hand gripping on his thigh as to try to hide his pain.
“You were braver last time Mr. Loey,” Baekhyun commented, making Loey glare at him but without being able to say anything because Baekhyun was already checking the injuries. They were definitely better than before, finally starting to heal and closing up properly.
“Oh, they look good,” Baekhyun let out, his fingers pressing gently on the skin around the area and checking if the stitches were keeping up good or not. Especially since he wasn't a great surgeon himself. Not with humans at least.
“It's getting better slowly, you just need to keep your hands off from it and try not to be careless in your movements,” he explained shortly, preparing a new gauze to put on it.
Loey hummed but didn’t say anything more.
Baekhyun was focused on the work he was doing, carefully applying the gauze, when from outside came a loud noise and Kai’s voice calling a short name Chai! and suddenly the door opened and a big Shiba Inu came in running and barking towards Sehun who was standing near Baekhyun, looking at how he was fixing Loey’s scars.
“Ah, Chai,” Sehun exclaimed happily, leaning down and caressing the dog who shut up immediately, letting Sehun pat him, and Baekhyun was surprised. The dog was a bit old but well kept, clearly healthier than many other old dogs. He quickly put the gauze on Loey and kneeled in front of the dog.
“Who’s this good boy?” He asked Sehun who was about to warn him about something when Chai snuggled against Baekhyun’s knee, wanting him to pat his head. “You’re so good, uh? Soft and cute. You like being scratched here? Yes? Yes, sure you do,” Baekhyun praised the dog, his fingers gently patting and scratching his head and behind his ears, making him close his eyes and wag his tail.
Sehun’s eyes went wider in surprise, lips parting in awe.
“Boss, Chai is cheating on you with the doctor,” Sehun stated, shaking his head still unbelieving. He sat up and looked at Loey who sat up too, frowning and looking at Baekhyun who was in adoration with the dog.
“Fluffy baby. You’re the best boy, right? Right? Sure you are,” Baekhyun praised him again and Chai started padding around him all happy and giddy, making Baekhyun smile fondly at him. He was seriously so in love with pets, and especially dogs.
“Chai, come here,” Loey called him, patting his lap and the dog barked, leaning on Loey who leant down, caressing his head and scratching his ears.
“It’s not good to like strangers,” Loey continued, his voice low yet affectionate towards the dog, and Baekhyun pressed his lips in a thin line, trying to wipe off that sweet smile from his lips.
“Dogs kind of… like me?” Baekhyun added in a whisper, suddenly remembering where he was and who was there with him. He shouldn’t forget it. Never. His life was still in danger. Loey was dangerous and the fact that for the moment Baekhyun was useful to him didn’t mean it would be like that forever. One day, after his injuries would be healed, Loey would probably order someone to shut him up forever. And… Baekhyun should never forget that. It was only a matter of time. His smile dimmed a bit, trying to force his usual self and not think about it despite everything.
“I… better go now. Please don’t do any wrong move and try to rest at least a bit,” Baekhyun stated, his voice completely lacking all the softness and cuteness there was a few moments before while he was speaking to Chai.
Loey nodded briefly, even though his stare went to Baekhyun’s face, studying him, trying to understand the sudden change in his tone. “Yeah. Sehun, go with him. See you in a week, doctor,” he concluded, gesturing towards the door and Sehun nodded, his fingers pressing at the back of Baekhyun’s elbow briefly.
But when Baekhyun was about to leave the room, Chai followed him, barking softly to attract his attention. Baekhyun smiled softly, as he kneeled in front of the dog. “Ah, wait I know what you want. It’s because I came directly from the clinic, right? And you smell some treats, huh?” Baekhyun asked him, putting his hand in his pocket and picking up the small plastic bag he always had with him for the dogs at work. “Can I give one to him?” He asked Sehun, who looked at Loey.
Loey stared at Baekhyun intensely before nodding, giving him his okay. There was something different in Loey while that dog was around. He seemed to care more about him than many other things. Almost like Baekhyun could catch a glimpse of Loey’s real self under the bossy façade he had on. But it wasn’t like Baekhyun wanted to know or to discover Loey’s true self. He only prayed that after all of that, Loey would decide to leave Baekhyun alone and alive.
Baekhyun picked up a small biscuit and gave it to Chai who took it happily. Baekhyun patted his head briefly. “See you next time, Chai,” Baekhyun breathed before moving his stare to Sehun, who nodded and escorted him outside and then back to the clinic.
And Baekhyun didn’t know why or how he forgot about that, but Loey, despite being charming and full of smartass replies as Baekhyun himself was, was also dangerous. The most dangerous person for Baekhyun. And he would probably kill him as soon as Baekhyun wasn’t needed anymore.
Their encounters happened twice, before something started to change. Baekhyun was glad that Loey was healing, though much less happy because that meant that his end was near. He even seriously considered writing down his last will or something like that. And at those times, as usual, Sehun came along and picked him up, but that particular day Loey himself showed up at his clinic.
It was the first hours of the afternoon, the day was too warm for November, and Baekhyun was playing with a small puppy over the counter of their shop and daycare center, being it Kyungsoo’s day-off and there weren’t many appointments. He was speaking with Jongdae, so he didn’t immediately notice Loey crossing the street after coming out from a lucid black Bentley. Baekhyun noticed it only when he pushed the door of his clinic open, removing his sunglasses, wearing all-black, from his jacket to the suit underneath it.
He looked stunning. Baekhyun’s stare was on him as his lips parted in awe, unable to process what was happening, and was Loey really inside his clinic? What was happening? Why wasn’t Sehun around? Would that mean this is the end?
“I want to get a dog,” Loey stated, his voice low and deep as usual, not even greeting him, and Baekhyun knew that he wasn’t really asking, he was actually ordering Baekhyun like that time before.
“Sure, sir. Follow me this way?” Baekhyun said, gesturing him to follow his lead towards the area of the daycare center where all the puppies were. And when they were alone, Baekhyun dropped the act, throwing a piercing glare towards him. “You said that if I went along with whatever was happening, you’d leave my assistants and the clinic out of this. I did all that you asked me to, and nobody knows about you,” Baekhyun hissed, not understanding what was really happening.
Loey moved his hand without Baekhyun noticing, and pressed it against his cheeks, squeezing them together not so gently. “I should remind you who you’re speaking to?” Loey asked him, arching his eyebrow, towering over Baekhyun, causing all the puppies to start barking.
Baekhyun was convinced that Loey was about to hurt him. But Loey let him go and gestured with his head towards the puppies and Baekhyun kneeled down, doting tone immediately slipping in. “Ah, no, no need to be this loud. It’s all okay,” Baekhyun reassured them as he picked the small bag of treats out from his pocket and gave them a few.
He didn’t have many puppies in that moment. A black poodle, a French bulldog and two Golden Retrievers. And a mixed husky who looked like a snowball. When the dogs quieted down, Baekhyun glared at Loey, waiting for him to speak. It couldn’t be that he was there only because he wanted to adopt a dog.
“What?” Loey asked him, hinting with his head towards Baekhyun, probably not appreciating his expression or his silence.
“What are you doing here, Mr. Loey? Treatment day should be the day after tomorrow and usually Mr. Sehun picks me up,” Baekhyun explained, shrugging, because was there really a need to explain?
Loey though showed him an unimpressed face and gestured at the dogs. “Told ya. I want one,” he stated briefly and Baekhyun frowned looking at him, then at the dogs and then back at him again.
“For real?” Baekhyun asked him, and when Loey nodded, he hummed shortly, glancing at the puppies.
“Did something happen to Chai?” Baekhyun inquired, suddenly worried seeing how old the dog was, but knowing that he was fine the last time they saw each other.
“No, no. Tchaikovsky is fine, fine,” Loey assured him, nodding and Baekhyun’s eyes went wider in surprise at the name. He thought that Chai stood for Chai latte, seeing the color of the fur. Not for Tchaikovsky. Like music composer Tchaikovsky.
“Tchaikovsky? Who would have thought that you were a fan of classical music, Mr. Loey?” Baekhyun asked, and even without realizing there was a small smile on his lips, finding it amusing yet interesting that Loey had named his dog after a classical music composer.
“Ah, because you never met Pin and Zart,” Loey mused shortly, his fingers touching his chin and Baekhyun’s stare immediately became curious.
“Pin and Zart?” He asked quickly, his eyes already sparkling at the idea of more dogs he didn’t know about.
“Yeah, our guard dogs. Shortened for Chopin and Mozart, they’re German shepherds,” Loey explained, nodding briefly.
Baekhyun almost wanted to coo in awe. He adored German Shepherds. They were so cute and so rare, especially the ones who were pedigreed breeds. And… wait. Was he really having a normal conversation with Loey about his dogs? Without any smart-ass reply, smug smirk and threat? Baekhyun mentally noted to ask Sehun next time he visited the mansion, because for sure asking Loey was no good. Sehun, as Baekhyun came to know, was Loey’s second in command despite his young age, and despite his cool and fierce attitude, he was still a baby inside. At least, that was the impression that Baekhyun got and he was almost never wrong with his judgment on people.
“I never saw them around,” Baekhyun noted turning his back to Loey and looking at the puppies, and Loey neared him, imitating his gesture and looking interested at the small dogs.
“They usually stay in the backyard while there are other people around. They tend to… bite?” Loey let out like he was almost speaking to himself.
“Are they trained or naturally like that?” Baekhyun asked, kneeling down and picking up the nearest puppy, a black poodle and showing him to Loey.
“Trained, obviously. I can’t have disobedient dogs. They have to obey my orders like all the others,” Loey stated briefly looking at the poodle in Baekhyun’s arms and moving his hand to touch him, but the poodle moved away, snuggling more under Baekhyun’s arm. Baekhyun chuckled softly, shaking his head and picking him up.
“You don’t like him?” He asked the poodle who almost glared at Loey, studying him, and Loey extended his hand cautiously towards the poodle who… bit him.
“What the!” Loey exclaimed surprised, and frowned at Baekhyun who was quite surprised himself, but he simply let out a pristine chuckle, like it didn’t happen in probably months. The small poodle’s teeth were thin and small so it probably wasn’t much more of a scratch for Loey, but Loey’s reaction was too cute.
“Oh God, it seems that he doesn’t like you at all, Mr. Loey,” Baekhyun stated, making a gesture of putting the small poodle down but Loey took his arm, stopping him.
“He doesn’t like me? Ah, I’ll make him like me for sure, no worries,” he replied, and when Baekhyun was a bit worried and perplexed because usually people looked for compatibility with their pets and not such hatred displays.
“Mr. Loey, are you sure? I mean…” Baekhyun started saying, but Loey pushed a finger to his lips, shutting him up immediately. Baekhyun felt so strange at the contact. He could even smell a whiff of his cologne, so near to his wrist. It was something strong, maybe mixed with citrus or pine?
“Stop it with this Mr. Loey, doctor. Just Loey is fine, and I like this guy here. I want him,” Loey declared, a smirk easily appearing on his lips and Baekhyun parted his lips in surprise, definitely not realizing how that situation was even more dangerous than before. Proximity. Something that Baekhyun didn’t want. But his whole being craved for it. He felt like it was right that he had it with Loey.
“I…” Baekhyun started to say but the door of the daycare center opened and Jongdae entered.
“Doc, we have an emergency!” He shouted, completely ignoring Loey, and Baekhyun frowned and turned around to face him.
“Mr. Lee brought his Pekinese, and it seems he ate something poisonous!” Jongdae stated worriedly and Baekhyun nodded, shifting his stare at Loey.
“You can take him now or I can bring him to you in two days when I come there,” he whispered, his voice barely loud enough for Loey to hear and he nodded briefly.
“Thanks, doc. I’ll be waiting then,” he replied, walking away.
Baekhyun took a deep breath as he caressed the small poodle before putting him down. What was happening? Loey was almost kind and gave him permission not to call him Mr.? What did that mean for Baekhyun? What did Loey expect from whichever relationship he was having with Baekhyun? Did that mean that Baekhyun had a chance of not dying after Loey was fully recovered? He shook his head, and chased those thoughts away, focusing only on Mr. Lee’s Pekinese. It was time to do his actual job.
Two days passed way too quickly. Baekhyun was feeling exhausted that day, way too tired because of a rushed all-nighter to make all the bills and the end of the month reports match, and dealing with more appointments than scheduled, only due to a few emergencies. He didn’t want to go and bring the small poodle to Loey. He didn’t want to meet him nor any other person. He simply wanted to go home and pass out on his bed after the longest bath ever. And maybe a few glasses of wine too. But he knew that it wasn’t possible. Sehun’s green car parked in front of his clinic was there exactly to remind it to him. After the nth painkillers that day, Baekhyun put the black puppy in a small dog carrier and sighed deeply, checking on him. “Hey buddy, you’ll be fine,” he said, and he didn’t know why, but he knew it. Loey would never hurt a dog. Despite being a mafia boss and everything. People’s lives meant nothing to him, but he was fond of puppies. Chai was the clearest example.
He checked again for the hundredth time that he closed up everything and then went out, closing the front door behind himself and sitting in Sehun’s car.
“What’s that?” Sehun asked him, frowning at the small carrier on Baekhyun’s lap and Baekhyun hummed briefly.
“Loey came last time for a puppy and chose him. I’m bringing him to him,” Baekhyun replied like it was the most obvious thing but Sehun frowned even deeper, driving off towards the mansion.
“Wait, what? Boss came here to get a puppy from you?” Sehun asked him and he was beyond confused. Unbelieving was the only possible description. And when Baekhyun nodded, puzzled by Sehun’s confusion, Sehun chuckled, shaking his head.
“Oh God. Who would have thought,” he simply stated, making Baekhyun frown even deeper than before. Sehun knew about all the decisions in Loey’s life, so he should have known about that too. And when he inquired about it, Sehun simply shrugged.
“Boss orders people to do things for him. He barely leaves the mansion nowadays. Things are not how they seem, doctor, and boss likes to be cautious,” he explained smiling softly, almost in apology for the small, barely-there explanation, but for Baekhyun, it was enough.
Enough to know that Loey did something he usually wouldn’t do. Was it because Baekhyun was involved? Or was Baekhyun only overthinking it and Loey simply wanted to choose the puppy himself? For sure it was only for the puppy. And Baekhyun should’ve really stopped overthinking about everything. It clearly meant nothing.
“You didn’t forget,” Loey stated as soon as Baekhyun set foot in the big living room where he always welcomed him, and Baekhyun shook his head, feeling a sharp pain piercing his temple. Damn headache. It was getting worse again. It really didn’t go away for a second that day.
“Yeah, you were clear enough about wanting him. And I hope you’ll treat him well. He’s still small and needs a lot of attention, not only education,” Baekhyun explained, putting the carrier down and freeing the small puppy who didn’t simply run off from it, but he actually almost fled.
He started running around the hall, sniffing everything, and then running away again. Loey frowned briefly, but he was clearly interested in the small animal.
“No worries, I care more about animals than humans,” Loey confirmed, looking at the small poodle running around his living room. Then he remembered something and looked at Sehun.
“Bring Pin and Zart inside,” he ordered, making Sehun frown deeply, surprised by the apparently strange request.
“With leashes?” Sehun asked and with Loey’s nod, he slightly bowed, leaving Baekhyun alone with Loey.
“They’re not exactly friendly, but you have a weird effect on animals, doc. Maybe they’ll find you interesting enough to spare your flesh from their teeth,” Loey let out briefly before sitting up and nearing Baekhyun.
Baekhyun, surprised, took a step back, wondering if he did something wrong, and he didn’t want Loey to squeeze his cheeks again like the previous time. He was totally not in the mood for physical contact with anyone, his headache was still pounding dully at the back of his skull, but his movement attracted a cautious glare from Loey who stopped in his tracks, standing in front of Baekhyun but at a safe distance.
“Check my injuries,” Loey stated coldly, and strangely enough it felt like a request more than a real order as per usual, and Baekhyun exhaled shortly, realizing that he almost forgot the real reason why he was there. And why he was still alive. He nodded briefly and started following Chanyeol to the room they usually used to check his injuries.
The bag was already there, probably gentle courtesy of Sehun, and Baekhyun waited for him to lie down as usual, after removing his shirt. And even though everything was as usual, there were things that felt different. The room stank way more than before of that iron-filled scent that could only be blood. There were more stains on the floor, and one didn’t need to be a genius to know what stained it. Loey’s stare was attentive on him, almost like he was studying him, differently compared to the other times in which he simply wanted to get over with Baekhyun’s examination.
“You look pale, doc,” Loey stated out of nothing while Baekhyun was putting on some gloves and moving to remove the previous gauzes. Baekhyun stopped his hand at the corner of one of them, looking at Loey with a frown.
Loey’s stare was so deep and focused on Baekhyun that he almost felt like he was reading inside Baekhyun’s mind.
“You don’t need to worry about me,” Baekhyun replied quickly, moving his stare away, back to Loey’s side and even before Loey could add something, Baekhyun peeled off both gauzes in one go.
Loey hissed briefly, glaring at him and things were back to usual, making Baekhyun feel less weird. But it was just for a second. He didn’t have the time to comment about how Loey’s injuries were completely healed and, strangely enough, not even scarred his skin too badly, despite Baekhyun’s not exactly perfect surgeon abilities, when Loey took his hand and gripped it.
“Don’t get me wrong. You’re the one that Sehun and Kai put in this position and now you have to behave like how you’re supposed to. I’d be disappointed if something would happen to you, I would have to find another trusted doctor and I don’t have time for that,” Loey stated, glaring at him.
Baekhyun’s lips parted, surprised by Loey’s affirmation. What did he mean by that? That he wanted to keep Baekhyun for other future tasks too? “You’re almost fully healed. I don’t think we’ll see each other much from now on,” Baekhyun replied, trying to free his hand from Loey’s grip, but the taller man didn’t let him go.
“I think you don’t get it, doc. Why should I look for someone else next time, when I know that despite your words, your work is flawless?” Loey asked him coldly, shaking his head, and Baekhyun clicked his tongue.
“I thought this would be a one-time thing,” he replied honestly, making Loey chuckle, dimples forming on his cheeks and for a second Baekhyun found them adorable. But it was just for an instant. Because then his stare became cold and decided.
“You’re almost cute, doc,” he huffed, a smug smirk appearing on his lips.
Baekhyun moved his stare away to the injuries again. He didn’t know what would be better. To continue his life while knowing that Loey could call him or appear injured at whatever moment, or to simply get himself killed stating that he didn’t want any of that. “I… don’t think I have any choice,” Baekhyun finally stated looking back at him, making Loey smirk again.
He moved his hand to Baekhyun’s cheek, gently patting it. Baekhyun didn’t have any choice at all. And at least like that, he would be alive for a while longer.
“I knew you’d understand, doc. Thank you for your collaboration,” Loey concluded almost sarcastically and Baekhyun hummed, moving his stare to Loey’s injuries again.
“I won’t put anything on these. They’re almost fully recovered. Please avoid any weird or sudden movements though,” Baekhyun stated, removing his gloves and going to wash his hands as usual, not without noticing more stains than before. Baekhyun didn’t need to ask what usually happened in that room to actually know it. He sighed deeply, biting his bottom lip. He only wanted to be a normal vet. With his small clinic, his patients, his love for dogs and animals in general. Nothing more, nothing less. What did he do to deserve ending up in that situation? How he would he come out of that?
“Hey, doc,” Loey called him from behind and just when Baekhyun turned around to face him, Loey threw something at him.
Baekhyun thanked his quick reflexes and years of hapkido, and caught the object in air, realizing it was a paper box and when he looked at it, it was one of those supplement boxes one could find easily at every Seven-Eleven.
“Take it tonight,” he ordered, his voice not showing any emotion, and Baekhyun parted his lips, unable to process what just happened.
Loey. The boss of one of the biggest and most dreadful mafia gangs. Dangerous and ruthless. Just threw him a package of supplements because he looked pale? Baekhyun was dumbfounded. And completely lost in what the actual fuck was happening.
Loey left the room making a gesture for Baekhyun to follow, and Baekhyun nodded, going after him and returning to the living room where Sehun was standing, looking perplexed at the scene in front of his eyes.
In the room, two big German shepherds were taking care of the newly arrived small black poodle. Baekhyun wanted to coo at the scene because it was oh so cute, but the two bigger dogs spotted him immediately, their ears standing up and their noses pointed at him.
Loey’s voice came before everything, low and imperious, calling their names. “Slowly,” he added and both dogs looked at him before slowly nearing Baekhyun who smiled and stretched his hands out to them.
They sniffed his hand, getting nearer and sniffing also his trousers and then sitting down near him, expecting something. Baekhyun kneeled down near them, his hand rustled inside the pocket of his gown and picked up the small bag of treats.
“Good noses also here,” he whispered, giving one to each dog who gulped it down more than eating it. As soon as he gave them the treats though, the small poodle came running looking at what was happening and literally tackled Baekhyun to the ground, causing him to sit on the floor. And in a second, he had not one or two, but four dogs lapping at his face and making Baekhyun whine, who was surprised by the sudden shower of affection he was receiving.
All the dogs at Loey’s mansion seemed to love him. Apart from Chai, who was for sure in love with Baekhyun from the previous times, and the small black poodle who was with Baekhyun until that afternoon, also Pin and Zart seemed to like him.
“Doctor sure is loved by them,” Sehun spoke at Loey who smirked, hinting towards Baekhyun.
“He would make a nice puppy too, so obedient. Maybe it’s for this reason?” He replied shrugging, and Baekhyun huffed, shifting his stare away, moment ruined by Loey’s comment clearly referring to their previous discourse and how Baekhyun didn’t even try to refuse Loey’s requests. Not that it would be a wise choice, obviously. But still. Obedient puppy.
“Beware that even the smallest puppy can bite you, boss,” Sehun stated, making Baekhyun frown, but Loey quickly dismissed it with a gesture of his hand before kneeling down in front of where Baekhyun was still sitting and looking at the small poodle in Baekhyun’s lap.
“This small one still doesn’t have a name. You like classical music, doc?” Loey asked him, and Baekhyun frowned pensively, his fingers distractingly caressing the poodle’s fur.
“Yeah, my grandmother used to listen to it a lot, I think I got that from her,” Baekhyun replied briefly, shrugging like the matter wasn’t important enough but Loey hummed and nodded before shifting his stare to Baekhyun’s face.
“Your favorite composer?” He asked and Baekhyun tilted his head, pondering on it and then he smiled briefly.
“Chopin and Beethoven. Or Debussy,” he replied and he knew that his choices were a bit banal, but Loey nodded briefly, moving his hand towards the small poodle too.
“Toben, then,” he concluded caressing him, and despite how cute the moment was, Toben turned around and tried to bite him again, though he was promptly stopped by Baekhyun who pulled the poodle back.
“Ah, no, you shouldn’t. You’re a good dog, not a bad one and Mr. Loey here is your new owner, so you have to behave,” Baekhyun scolded him, pointing his finger and pressing on his nose, but small Toben licked his finger, making Baekhyun chuckle softly.
“You’re such a little bugger. Mr. Loey will have a lot of work to do with you,” Baekhyun stated softly but Loey clicked his tongue, attracting their attention.
“You’ll see how disciplined he’ll be next time. And didn’t I tell you just Loey is fine?” He asked him, clearly annoyed and Baekhyun pressed his lips in a thin line.
“Yeah, sorry,” he breathed and Loey nodded sitting up from his position.
“Then you know what to do. Now, isn’t it getting late for you, doc? Sehun will escort you out but can’t drive you home tonight. He’ll give you money for the taxi though,” Loey stated and his words were definitive, they were only to be accepted. Like always.
Baekhyun didn’t want to know what they had to do that night and his headache was killing him so he simply took his hint to leave without discussing any further. He sat up putting Toben down and petted all the other dogs before looking at Sehun. “I know my way out and there’s no need to…” He started saying, but Loey nodded towards Sehun who pressed on Baekhyun’s forearm gently, accompanying him to the entrance.
“Go directly back home, doctor,” he stated, pushing some banknotes into his hand and Baekhyun looked at them wondering where those came from.
“Where would I go if not there? Your boss can be quite persuasive about not acting against him for any reason,” Baekhyun replied briefly, making Sehun chuckle.
“Would he be who he is, otherwise?” He simply replied and no, Baekhyun totally agreed with him so he simply took the money and made a gesture to get out of the mansion, when Sehun stopped him.
“I don’t know why, doctor, but you’re the only stranger allowed to come here. So, mind your actions if you care about your family and friends. Only one order from the boss is enough to destroy your everything,” he reminded him even when Baekhyun didn’t need to be told twice.
He knew it. He fucking knew it. And he was terrified by it. But if that wasn’t enough to remind to him, when he got back home, while he was almost going upstairs, someone pushed him against the hard wall of the building, pressing his face there, his glasses pressing on his temple and nose.
“We know who you are, Byun. Stop hanging around with the wrong people and meet our boss at this location tomorrow afternoon,” a male voice said, pressing harder on Baekhyun’s head, before putting a piece of paper in his hand and going away. Baekhyun didn’t turn around, didn’t look, didn’t do anything, he was way too worried for his life to react. He only wanted to be an honest and ordinary vet. Only that.
He ignored the warning, though, and the following day he didn’t go anywhere. Too bad that those people came back while he was closing the shop, again way too late than usual.
“I thought I was clear,” the low voice from the previous night stated, pressing something hard on his back and Baekhyun raised his hands.
“Listen, I don’t know who you are or what you want but I don’t know anything about any wrong people or any other thing you’re ranting about. Please, I just have this clinic and I want a normal life,” Baekhyun breathed, trying to steady his voice, even though he was afraid about what was happening but was still calculating if he could fight back somehow, picking up some of his past hapkido abilities.
However, the man behind him hit him on his shoulders, making him fall on his knees and then hit him again, this time on his cheek, sending Baekhyun’s glasses flying and crashing against the clinic door. It hurt a lot and probably there was also blood in his mouth, judging by the taste of his saliva.
“Don’t make us repeat ourselves, Byun. Show up the day after tomorrow. Same place, same location,” he stated before hitting him again, this time cutting his lower lip and going away.
Baekhyun was shaking and he was so temped to go and ask Loey for help, to ask for some kind of protection, but then he shrugged, aching and picking up his broken glasses. Luckily, he had an old pair at home. Loey would never help him out. Baekhyun was just a help when needed. Someone convenient at dangerous times. Especially now that Loey’s injuries were healed and he didn’t need Baekhyun anymore. He had to deal with that on his own.
Reason why, the day after tomorrow, early in the afternoon, he went to that place, leaving work with some commissions excuse, wearing something slightly more comfortable than his gown and suit trousers, hoping that his old trainings of hapkido were sufficient enough to make him come out from whatever situation that were to happen.
The boss that the shady man was talking about was completely different from Loey. Old, fat and sweaty despite the cold weather and with so much gold on himself that he was looking like a sparkling star. And not in the good sense of the word.
“Oh, look who decided to show up,” he stated looking at Baekhyun who hinted a small gesture towards him.
“Let me out of whatever you’re planning. I’m not dealing with anybody and I don’t want to deal with anybody. And I don’t want things to get more violent than they already are,” Baekhyun stated, trying to be civil and when the old man ordered some men to go against him, Baekhyun bit his bottom lip and cracked his knuckles. He was totally out of shape and not even close enough to handle armed men, but he’d do whatever in his power to not let that old man rule his life. Especially since he had bigger problems to think about. Namely Loey and his own gang. And Baekhyun didn’t want to deal with any rivalry shit. He had enough of everything already.
For someone being out of shape, he threw some good punches and kicks, but he also took more than a few, making him ache everywhere already. He didn’t want to imagine how it would be the following day. If he ever managed to make it alive until then, obviously. But then, suddenly, just as he pushed another one of those men down and tried to deal with the one who took a knife out of somewhere, a known voice resonated deeply and scaringly in the big empty area.
“Enough!” Loey stated, voice thundering, breaking the silence, and Baekhyun turned around wondering how or why he was there. How did he know about that place? Why was he there? According to Sehun’s words, Loey almost never left the mansion since the situation wasn’t as good as Baekhyun would think.
Loey was holding a gun in his hand and was pointing it at the man with the knife, while behind him Sehun and Kai were pointing theirs to the shiny old man.
“You’re so willing to try out how it would be to invade my territory and my sales, Mr. Nam?” Loey asked the other boss who didn’t look so cocky anymore, now that Loey and the others showed up.
“No, I… Mr. Park,” the man started saying but Loey’s movement was clear and sharp, pointing his gun at him and shooting, just right in the middle of his forehead.
One single shot. Baekhyun saw it happening almost in slow motion. The bullet passing through his skull, making it blow up in a pool of blood, his lifeless body falling to the floor. And as if that wasn’t enough, Loey also shot the man with the knife, before putting his gun away and looking towards Sehun and Kai.
“Clean up,” he ordered coldly and they both nodded disappearing, leaving Baekhyun alone with Loey.
“Didn’t think you could defend yourself this good, doc,” Loey stated, taking a few steps near Baekhyun who was still standing unbelieving of what just happened.
Loey just shot a man. And Loey was… also Mr. Park? Who exactly was Loey?
“How did you know I was here?” Baekhyun asked him, not replying to his comment. His stare wandered from Loey’s face to his hands, to his gun in the holster and then back to his face. Baekhyun realized once again how scary Loey could be.
“You’re right to be scared, puppy. This is what happens to people who don’t listen to my orders. And your kind assistant let us in in your studio when we knew that you weren’t around. Thank Toben for the intervention,” Loey explained quickly, stare inquiring Baekhyun’s face and the glasses that were almost slipping off his nose.
“Is Toben fine?” Baekhyun asked immediately, slightly worried about the small poodle, but Loey huffed, shaking his head.
“You should worry about yourself, doctor. Not about that hyper small pest,” Loey replied softly, making Baekhyun almost snort at the definition. And he was about to retort when Loey’s hand pressed his cheeks once again, squeezing way gentler than before, observing all his bruises, even the one from days before which were already getting brown and yellow, and then he clicked his tongue.
“They did this to you?” He asked, even though it wasn’t really a question.
He knew it was like that and Baekhyun nodded quickly, not even trying to wriggle out of Loey’s hold, feeling his eyes getting slightly glassy because he was so… fucking relieved that Loey came. That his life didn’t end there, otherwise his body probably would have been hidden somewhere and never be discovered again. For the first time in forever, Baekhyun felt relieved to see Loey. Happy that he was there. Even though he clearly didn’t come there especially for Baekhyun. And when Baekhyun nodded, Loey gently pressed his thumb on Baekhyun’s bottom lip.
“You should have called me,” he breathed shortly and there was some kind of… softness in his tone. However, Baekhyun shook his head.
“How? It’s you who always come and find me,” he replied, maybe a bit too bitterly, his voice slightly cracking along the way, and Loey’s eyes went wider in surprise, realizing the same thing that Baekhyun knew. They didn’t have any way to contact each other.
“I came this time too,” he stated nevertheless and Baekhyun inhaled sharply, in an instant feeling all the pain and ache that he didn’t feel until that moment, his knees finally giving up and if it wouldn’t be for Loey’s arms picking him up promptly, he would have fallen on the floor like an empty sack.
“Hey, doc, hang in there,” Loey stated, slapping his cheek softly, but Baekhyun’s mind numbed and suddenly everything was white and he didn’t feel anything anymore.
He woke up God knows how many hours later in an extra-large bed, super comfortable and surrounded by fluffy pillows that smelt like freshly washed laundry. He slowly sat up, trying to understand where he was and what happened when a small Toben came in barking and diving into the sea of fluffy blankets.
“Hey buddy! How are you?” Baekhyun greeted him softly, patting his head and noticing only in that moment the not-exactly-well-tied bandages around his hand and arm. Toben licked his face that hurt a lot, probably swollen and bruised.
“You’re up,” Sehun’s voice stated, attracting Baekhyun’s attention, and making him move to sit up but Sehun shook his head.
“Lie down a bit more. Boss will be back in half an hour and I don’t think he’ll be glad to find you wandering around,” Sehun said, a small knowing smile on his lips, but Baekhyun frowned, not understanding what was happening.
“I don’t want to stain these blankets. Whoever did this bandaging, well, they suck,” Baekhyun let out honestly, his voice easily leaving his lips as his head pounded numbly with pain. He felt beat. Every single place in his body was aching.
“Boss will be pleased to know that,” Sehun continued making Baekhyun huff shortly, shifting his stare outside and noticing how late it was, probably late afternoon, for sure after five. And his stomach noticed it too since it let out a loud rumble.
Sehun beamed at him, gesturing him to follow, and Baekhyun went with him, starting to check his bandages, fixing them, and Toben came along too. Sehun led him to the kitchen and there, he started looking for something to cook for Baekhyun even though he looked clearly lost, not knowing what to do.
“I’m sorry but usually there’s a chef and waiters, we almost never cook ourselves, apart from boss who has special abilities in that,” Sehun explained and Baekhyun hummed, pulling the bandages tighter and fixing them before he could reach near the counter.
“Let me do it, then,” Baekhyun replied, smiling softly and Sehun gestured him briefly towards the fridge and Baekhyun put up some fried rice with eggs and vegetables. It all felt so weird and so unbelievable, his head still trying to process whatever happened that afternoon. He felt once again like he was starring in a mafia fiction in which he didn’t want to take part. “I…” Baekhyun started saying, putting the rice in two bowls and giving one to Sehun, smiling shortly at him.
Sehun looked at him, frowning, and picked the dish, waiting for Baekhyun to continue.
“I didn’t thank you yet for coming to rescue me this afternoon,” Baekhyun breathed, sitting down at the big wooden table and Sehun sat down with him.
“And I didn’t think you’d be this strong, doctor. Hapkido?” Sehun asked, starting to eat and Baekhyun nodded shortly, picking up the chopsticks and eating too. It lacked a bit of salt but it turned out good enough.
“You’re such a wonder, doctor,” Sehun added marveled, and hummed while eating the rice, clearly pleased by the taste. Toben sat near Baekhyun looking at him, waiting for him to give a bit of whatever he was eating. Not that Baekhyun would ever, considering how Loey was strict with his dogs’ diet.
“And such an idiot, moreover,” Loey’s voice came, making both Sehun and Baekhyun sit up straight, looking at the entrance where Loey in all his height and handsomeness was standing. He was looking straight at Baekhyun’s face, probably checking the bruises on him.
Baekhyun moved his stare to his dish again, suddenly feeling not so hungry anymore. And he didn’t see his own face yet, but he knew that there were purple bruises blooming on his cheek and neck.
“Sehun,” Loey called the tall man, but just a small quick glance was enough, and Sehun understood it already, picking up the dish and going away, leaving them alone. Loey checked the almost empty pan and poured himself the leftover rice in a new bowl, sitting down with Baekhyun.
“I want you to have my contact number. And to call me if something like this ever happens again in whatever moment,” Loey stated, eating the rice slowly, stare not leaving Baekhyun’s.
“You don’t need to protect me,” Baekhyun replied quickly, shaking his head and making a gesture to sit up but the glare that Loey threw at him was enough to make him stop any movement.
“I’m not protecting you, doc, I’m protecting my territory and whoever is inside it. They wanted to steal important businesses from me and I can’t allow it,” Loey stated clicking his tongue and making Baekhyun press his lips in a thin line.
Obviously. What did he even expect? Baekhyun was indeed only a part of something bigger. And the only one who knew about Loey’s injuries. “Sure. Thanks for letting me stay here, I’ll go home now,” Baekhyun stated sitting up but Loey shook his head, quickly pressing Baekhyun’s shoulder, making him sit down again.
“Stay down,” he ordered, voice clear, cold and unmoving, and Baekhyun looked at him confused but Loey picked up a frozen bag from the freezer and put it on Baekhyun’s cheek, making him hiss at the cold sensation.
“Show me your cheek,” Loey continued and when Baekhyun didn’t obey him immediately, his fingers went to Baekhyun’s chin, tilting it up in order to look at him.
Baekhyun stared coldly at him, letting him observe his face, especially his cheek, and Loey pressed his thumb on Baekhyun’s cheek, making him shiver shortly. And not only from the dull pain he felt when he touched his bruises. But also because Loey’s fingers were warm yet rough on his skin, causing Baekhyun to have mixed feelings. He knew that he shouldn’t be thinking about it. That he wasn’t supposed to be that fucking attracted to someone as dangerous as Loey.
“Did you change your glasses?” Loey asked him and Baekhyun made a gesture to shift his stare away, trying to tell a quick lie, enough to not get Loey suspicious, but Loey was quicker, clearly getting that he was about to hide the truth.
“Don’t lie to me, doc. It’s not worth it and I’ll know it for sure,” he stated and even if his tone was stern and almost cold, his stare was worried?
Or so it seemed to Baekhyun. He inhaled deeply before biting his bottom lip and looking at Loey. “I, it was… three days ago. The same men from this afternoon. They came to my house and then outside the clinic. Didn’t see them coming. I’m not trained enough for this and it was years since my last hapkido tournament,” Baekhyun breathed, fingers carding through his hair, making Loey frown even deeper as he let Baekhyun’s chin go and stood up straight again, shaking his head.
“Give me your phone,” he ordered and Baekhyun picked it up from his pocket, unlocking it and then giving it to Loey. He tapped something quickly, probably saving his number to Baekhyun’s phone and then gave it back to him.
“Call me. Whatever happens. And I don’t want to hear any shit about it. If you’re suspicious of something, if you think that someone’s threatening you, call me,” he stated again, stare not leaving Baekhyun’s face, trying to be sure that for Baekhyun it was clear enough. And when Baekhyun nodded, Loey’s stare left his face, placing the frozen bag on his cheek again.
“Take your time to leave. I’ll tell Kai and Sehun to take turns and guard your house and the clinic, and don’t bother saying it’s not needed,” Loey continued as he picked up the dirty dishes and moving towards the sink and when he started washing them, Baekhyun sat up, nearing him.
“I’ll wash them, I used your kitchen without asking…” Baekhyun started saying but Loey shook his head, rolling the sleeves of his shirt up, revealing toned and scarred forearms.
“Go rest a bit more. You look like shit, doc,” Loey concluded, head gesturing towards the corridor and making a gesture to Baekhyun to leave.
Baekhyun inhaled deeply, nodding and moving away, followed by Toben and Tchai behind him. They both lay down near Baekhyun on the bed, over the blankets, and Baekhyun closed his eyes, as he inhaled deeply. “You’re such an idiot, Byun Baekhyun,” he breathed to himself, trying to push away all the events and feelings of those days, and he simply tried to rest a bit more.
He woke up again in several hours, probably so, so much later. Surely past dinner time. Maybe around ten. The mansion was silent and Baekhyun sat up sweating, totally not used to the darkness of a house that wasn’t his own. He slowly moved towards the kitchen, blindly opening doors and switching on the lights until he got to the bathroom. He pushed the door open, finding the lights already on and there stood Loey in his almost naked figure, only with his boxers on, just out of the shower, water droplets running down his neck and drippling from his hair. Baekhyun had already seen his torso, but seeing him that naked? Never. And there wasn’t any place where Loey wasn’t toned or sculpted, his honey-like skin sparkling under the bathroom lights, especially in all those places it was translucent due to the several scars he had all over his body. “I-I’m sorry,” he exclaimed feeling his cheeks catching fire, and moving his stare away immediately, making a gesture to close the door, but Loey shrugged.
“I’m almost done, you can stay,” Loey said and even if Baekhyun nodded, he kept his stare on the tiled floor of the bathroom, not daring to look at him again. Even though he saw enough of everything.
Loey’s back was really so broad and toned. Scars decorated all his body especially his back and arms and but also his abs and torso. The newest ones were also the more lucid ones, sparkling dimly under the bathroom lights.
“Are you feeling any better?” Loey asked him, picking up a white t-shirt, putting it on, followed by a black sweater and then a pair of dark jeans.
“I feel less shitty,” Baekhyun admitted shortly making Loey nod briefly.
“Wanna go out to eat something?” Loey proposed him, fixing his sweater in front of the big mirror before moving his stare towards Baekhyun who frowned shortly, surprised by the sudden proposal but he bit his lips and shook his head.
“I-I, no, I’m sweaty and these clothes are not…” He started saying but Loey shrugged.
“Take a shower. I’ll give you some clothes. I’m hungry and you’ll come with me,” Loey stated again, making Baekhyun’s eyes even wider, before he could nod. Loey disappeared without any other word and came back a second later with clean clothes. “I’ll wait for you in the kitchen,” he concluded, closing the door behind him and letting Baekhyun use the shower peacefully.
Baekhyun didn’t take too much time though, as he was way too worried about taking a shower in someone else’s house. How long since the last time he had a relationship with someone familiar enough to take a shower in their home? He half-dried his hair and put the clothes on, even though they were way too big, almost baggy on Baekhyun’s smaller figure compared to Loey’s. And when he opened the door, going towards the kitchen where the lights were on, he met Loey’s stare, and felt naked under it. Loey wasn’t simply looking at him. Baekhyun could feel how the taller was looking at him, how his fingers moved to his hair, pushing it back.
“Your… hair is still wet,” he breathed, his fingers gesturing at Baekhyun’s hair and Baekhyun picked a lock of his hair, observing it, pressing his lips in a thin line.
“It’s okay, I…” He started saying but Loey was already gesturing him towards the bathroom again where he forced him sit on the tall stool and… dried his hair? Baekhyun couldn’t believe it.
“I’m doing it just because your hand is injured,” Loey stated briefly, glaring at Baekhyun through the mirror.
Baekhyun nodded, obviously it was only for that reason but still he was surprised. It was so weird. What happened? Why was Loey being so kind? It was almost unsettling seeing him not that cold and smug as usual. A lukewarm kindness in that cruel world he showed him up to that moment. When Loey was content with the dryness of Baekhyun’s hair, he turned off the hairdryer and patted his shoulder.
“Let’s go,” he breathed and Baekhyun nodded, sitting up and following him.
They went somewhere new in Loey’s mansion, as he showed new rooms and stairs to Baekhyun, down until an underground parking place with several expensive cars. He was still amazed at how huge that place was. No wonder Loey didn’t actually need to leave his mansion if not necessary. Baekhyun was fascinated, reaching the garage, he knew the names of only a few of those cars, so colorful and lucid, making his eyes widen in surprise.
“Are these all yours?” Baekhyun asked bewildered, making Loey chuckle lowly, smirking towards him.
“And whose else?” He replied, nearing a black one so lucid and perfect.
Loey sat inside and Baekhyun followed him, pulling the seatbelt and his stare roamed inside of the car, so perfect and immaculate, before shifting it at Loey.
“Where are we going?” Baekhyun asked him, trying to sound normal even though he was curious, having like zero ideas about what was happening, and Loey scrunched his nose in thought, fingers caressing his chin.
“I thought Chinese dumplings. But I’m open to suggestions,” Loey replied, turning on the engine and clicking the automatic button to open the gates and leave the parking lot.
“There’s a really good Chinese restaurant near here. Lay’s. It’s one of the best in Seoul, actually, and the chef is a nice person too,” Baekhyun whispered softly, fingers interlacing each other and the place wasn’t exactly luxurious or expensive but for sure one of the best in town. Just not as famous as many others, even more expensive. Loey nodded, tapping the navigation button on the dashboard and gesturing Baekhyun to insert the address in it. Baekhyun did so, pressing gently, fingers almost shivering while tapping the final navigate icon, fearing that he did something wrong, and then he went quiet, not knowing what to say to continue the conversation. And after a few moments of silence, Loey spoke.
“Toben is really a pest,” he stated, making Baekhyun chuckle briefly and looking at him amused.
“Told you so. It’ll be hard to train him as you did with Pin and Zart,” Baekhyun commented, smiling, and Loey frowned deeply, glancing quickly at him before looking back at the street.
“How do you know how I trained Chopin and Mozart?” Loey asked him and his tone wasn’t cold, it was interested and curious.
Baekhyun started to explain how he understood it, telling Loey exactly what made him think that Loey trained his dogs and so on. And when the discourse went back to animals and puppies, Baekhyun could potentially speak forever. That’s exactly what happened over dinner too, Baekhyun said how he always wanted to have pets since he was young but never actually managed to have one because his mother didn’t want to, and how Baekhyun spent all his money on that clinic and how happy he was about how it was coming off and, for how hard it was, he still loved it to bits. Only when they were having dessert, he realized how much he babbled about animals and puppies, mainly his own things and the clinic, and he immediately shut himself up, stare moving to the rice pudding in front of him.
“S-Sorry, animals make me forget about everything else,” Baekhyun breathed, his voice small as he kept his stare on his dish, picking up the small spoon and starting to eat the dessert in silence.
“Don’t apologize. Your knowledge is pleasant, and I love dogs,” Loey stated, drinking a sip of his rice wine, voice totally avoid of that coldness that usually was there, and Baekhyun’s stare went to him immediately, surprise clearly showing on his face.
Loey really let him speak randomly about everything and he went on like that without even considering that his conversation was only based on that. And now, Loey was telling him not to apologize and that he liked listening to him talking about dogs? Baekhyun seriously couldn’t believe it. What happened to him? How come Loey, mafia boss, strong, cold and cocky Loey, was wasting his time with Baekhyun, talking about puppies?
“You, I…” Baekhyun started saying, worried and not knowing how to continue whatever he was about to say because he was confused. Puzzled about Loey’s behavior. Was he that nice because of what happened earlier in the evening? About how he saved him from those men from before? Or maybe Baekhyun was reading way too much into it again?
“Come on now. It’s almost one AM, I’ll drive you home,” Loey stated, gesturing at the rest of the dessert that remained on Baekhyun’s plate.
Baekhyun nodded and ate it quickly. When they were at the cashier and he was about to take out his credit card from his wallet, since he suggested the place, Loey was already swiping his.
“You shouldn’t have, sorry,” Baekhyun stated, pressing his lips in a thin line, when they were walking outside towards the parking place and Loey shrugged.
“I prefer when you speak about puppies, not when you apologize,” Loey stated, opening the passenger door for Baekhyun and looking at him, making Baekhyun’s cheeks take a warm shade of red.
He wasn’t used to that. Loey being so courteous and friendly that evening. Letting him borrow his clothes, offering him dinner, opening the car door for him. Baekhyun didn’t want to read too much into that, but something was happening for sure. “You’re… weirdly kind tonight, Loey,” Baekhyun whispered, fingers pushing his glasses better on his nose before sitting down in the car and putting on his seatbelt.
Loey was a bit startled by the affirmation, but then he huffed shortly, closing the door and sitting inside too. The journey back was strangely quick and Baekhyun really had to admit that he enjoyed that evening and that he didn’t want it to end. So when Loey stopped in front of Baekhyun’s apartment, Baekhyun was hesitant to leave the car, fingers fidgeting with the hem of the hoodie that Loey gave him. He knew that the very same moment he would leave Loey’s car, that weird mood that surrounded them for all the evening would vanish and Loey would be the cold-ruthless-mafia-boss-Loey again.
“I’ll wash the clothes, and give them back next time we see each other,” Baekhyun breathed smiling towards Loey, thanking him again, but he shrugged shortly.
“You can keep them,” he replied quickly, shifting his stare outside the window, but Baekhyun was already shaking his head frantically. He couldn’t keep those clothes. Firstly, because they weren’t his own. Secondly, because probably they were more valuable than Baekhyun’s clinic itself, being a well-known brand and all.
“No, they’re way too expensive. I can’t pay for them,” Baekhyun replied immediately.
Loey clicked his tongue, shaking his head. “Who said anything about paying? Just keep them,” he said, almost like it was the most obvious thing in the world, making Baekhyun frown shortly.
“Loey, I, why are you giving them to me?” Baekhyun asked again perplexed, not understanding why Loey didn't want them back in the end.
“Because you smell of strawberry and I don't like it,” was the short reply that made Baekhyun look at Loey in disbelief.
What the actual fuck? Did Loey just tell him that he stank? And moreover, he would’ve washed them before giving them back to him, so they would smell only of soap. As if this wasn’t enough, Loey could wash them again once Baekhyun gave them back. Baekhyun shook his head, not knowing how to reply to that. Because, seriously, how should he reply to that? He simply nodded, pushing the door open and he went out of the car.
“See you,” he whispered, still confused by Loey’s last affirmation, and Loey hinted a short nod and a wave before driving off. Baekhyun didn't understand that man at all. But he didn't need to. He didn’t have to. Loey was dangerous and not someone Baekhyun should be near or befriend. They weren't friends. Not in that moment, not ever. Loey only wanted his help when needed and to keep what happened in his territory under a strict watch.
Baekhyun inhaled deeply and went back home, trying not to think about it at all and simply sleeping it off.
Days started to pass again and if it wasn’t for checking on Toben a few times, or to help with some of Sehun’s injuries, for the rest they didn’t see each other at all. On the other hand though, Jongdae asked him several times what happened to his face and hands, and when Baekhyun remained vague about it, he simply reminded him that he was a respected doctor and those weren't good for his reputation. Baekhyun apologized and he knew Jongdae was right, but what was done was done.
As promised, Sehun's car was always outside Baekhyun's clinic or his house. Baekhyun knew that it would be only a matter of time before Jongdae or Kyungsoo started asking questions. And in the end, it was Kyungsoo.
“I know that Jongdae-hyung won't ask you directly, doc, because he's your friend before everything. But did something happen? That green car is always outside and it feels like he’s following you. Is someone threatening you?” Kyungsoo asked him one afternoon when it was Jongdae's day off, a light frown appearing on his forehead.
The afternoon was lazy, and Baekhyun was signing some papers on Jongdae's desk. There weren’t many visits, but there was a lot of paperwork to take care of, and he shifted his stare at Kyungsoo, frowning too.
“No one is threatening me, Soo. I think it's just the car of someone who lives around here or who works here in the area. Aren’t you watching too many detective dramas?” Baekhyun asked him, shaking his head as a small smile appeared on his lips and Kyungsoo frowned deeper than before.
“I don't know what’s happening, but you should be careful. And I'm sure there...” Kyungsoo started saying, trying to help Baekhyun but Baekhyun shook his head again.
“Nothing is happening. Really, you don't have to worry,” Baekhyun assured him, and even though Kyungsoo threw him a weird stare, he finally seemed convinced.
But Baekhyun knew better than that, so that evening, while closing the clinic he neared Sehun's car and knocked on the window. The glass rolled down and Sehun's confused face showed up.
“What's up, doctor? Something’s wrong?” He asked in a worried tone, but Baekhyun shook his head smiling.
“One of my assistants is asking questions about your car. You shouldn't park it here all the time. Or you should come with a different car. I don't want them to ask useless questions which can put them in any kind of danger,” Baekhyun explained, seeing the frown deepening on Sehun's face.
“You really are strange, doctor. You care so much about your assistants, but you don't care about your own situation. It's intriguing,” Sehun noted, a small smile appearing on his lips as he nodded towards the clinic.
Baekhyun shrugged and took a deep breath as he pressed his glasses better on his nose.
“I... don't like it when people I care about end up getting hurt. Especially not for something that I can prevent. And as for me, what happened that night was my fault. If I didn't forget those papers, we wouldn't be here,” Baekhyun explained, his voice getting lower towards the end of the sentence, almost like speaking to himself.
“Which papers?” Sehun asked him but Baekhyun was already shaking his head.
Sehun didn’t need to know about how those fucking end of the month reports which led to that situation Baekhyun was in now.
“Never mind. And please stop calling me doctor, it's getting on my nerves. Loey is already annoying enough with his doc this, doc that. Don't do the same,” he stated quickly, causing Sehun's lips to part in surprise, and he looked at him like he just said something incredible. But then he released a soft chuckle and shook his head.
“And how should I call you?” He asked, arching his eyebrow, making Baekhyun shrug.
“However you want. Byun, Baekhyun... Whatever,” he replied quickly, because he didn’t care much about what Sehun would come up with, and Sehun snorted at him.
“Hyung then? Since you're slightly older than me?” Sehun proposed, biting his bottom lip, his stare curious and Baekhyun smiled briefly, nodding.
Despite everything, Sehun was indeed a sort of baby-like presence in Loey’s mansion, revealing a way softer and gentler character than expected.
“Better than Doctor for sure,” Baekhyun concluded before waving at him and going to his car to drive home. It was strange how things came to this point, but Baekhyun started to get used to it all. Loey’s presence in his life, Sehun or Kai waiting outside his clinic or house most of the time, and everything. However, Baekhyun knew that it was only a matter of time before something would change again about that weird relationship that existed between him and Loey.
That evening, after Jongdae's long and painfully exhausting persistence, Baekhyun agreed to go out and have fun at some club with him.
“You’re still young, Baek! Stop pulling yourself away and come with me, we’ll have fun!” Jongdae assured him and Baekhyun wasn't so convinced about it, but he had refused Jongdae's invitations over and over again before, so he didn't want to turn him down this time as well.
So he left work earlier, went home and changed into something fancier, more fitting for the evening out. Jongdae was right about that Baekhyun almost never left the comfort of his house if not for going to work, but he still had some clothes he used to wear when he was younger, as Baekhyun always said much to Jongdae’s amusement since it wasn’t like Baekhyun was old now. Comfortable jeans left their place to tight black leather trousers, still caressing his shape perfectly, a blue satin shirt slightly opened and showing his collarbones, and a black leather jacket on top of it. Strangely enough, he felt almost good that night, so he decided to put on some make-up too, eyeliner and smoky eyeshadow making him look even better. Enough for Jongdae to whistle in appreciation when he saw him outside the club.
“I can’t believe it,” he stated, a smirk appearing on his lips as he patted Baekhyun’s shoulders.
The evening was pleasant and even though Jongdae had to insist about it before, Baekhyun had to admit that it was nice, after all. The music was loud but not too much, the drinks were nice and the bartender even nicer, flirting with Baekhyun smartly as the night went on. He got separated from Jongdae since the latter accepted a short guy’s invitation and disappeared into the dancing crowd, leaving Baekhyun at the counter with said bartender. Not that he disliked it, the man was pleasant and a smooth talker, especially on the complimenting side. And Baekhyun was tempted about it, way too much since it’s been a while that he got laid and managed to spend a night different from usual. He didn’t exactly miss the whole concept of being held or the warmth of a naked body beside his own, just there were some nights in which he wanted simply not to be alone like all the other nights.
The bartender was a nice guy, handsome and attractive, with black hair and a cute deep dimple in his cheeks. Surely a good lay for the night. But then, his phone rang in his pocket and Baekhyun extracted it and looked at the caller ID. Loey. Baekhyun never gave him his number, but he probably took it from Sehun who had it. He swiped his thumb on the screen, accepting the call, gesturing shortly at the bartender and using a back exit to leave the club momentarily. He knew that he couldn’t refuse the call because, well, no. So, he simply picked it up, pressing the phone against his ear.
“Doc, we have an emergency and you’re not home. From where can Sehun pick you up?” Loey stated quickly without even greeting him and Baekhyun pressed his fingers on the bridge of his nose, removing his glasses slightly.
“I-I’m… out, Loey. How urgent is this situation?” Baekhyun whispered, trying to remain vague about his location and in the meantime to understand what was happening and Loey clicked his tongue, clearly annoyed by Baekhyun’s attitude.
“Very urgent, it’s about Zart and Pin. Someone poisoned them,” Loey replied quickly and Baekhyun immediately sobered up, nodding.
“Tell Sehun to pick me up from the clinic. There are things I have to take with me before coming there,” Baekhyun stated immediately, as he walked towards the parking area and unlocked his car.
“I’ll tell him immediately. What the fuck are you doing out by the way and where’s Kai?” Loey asked him and Baekhyun frowned, entering the car and putting the phone on speaker before driving off.
“I don’t know. Was he around? I didn’t see any of your cars around today…” Baekhyun replied, thinking that maybe they had other errands to run, but Loey clicked his tongue.
“We’ll think about it later, now move and I’ll send Sehun to the clinic. See you later,” Loey concluded, closing the call without adding anything else.
Baekhyun sighed again but he was way too worried about Pin and Zart to be bothered with any other thoughts. He drove to the clinic and prepared everything he would need. He went out just in time to see Sehun stopping the car in front of the entrance. He pushed the door open and Baekhyun got in immediately.
“Let’s go?” Baekhyun breathed, but Sehun’s stare was on him, surprised and fascinated, not starting the car yet.
“Hyung, I’m surprised,” Sehun said, finally moving his stare back to the street and driving off, making Baekhyun frown, not understanding what he was hinting to.
“You look fine,” Sehun complimented him and Baekhyun huffed, shaking his head. He was way too worried to think about changing his clothes or removing his make-up, the only thought in his mind was to go to Pin and Zart as soon as possible.
“I told Loey I was out, and I don’t go out dressed like how I do as usual,” Baekhyun breathed, shrugging and gripping on the bag on his lap.
Sehun smirked at him, nodding. “Still, you look way too good,” Sehun whispered jokingly, making Baekhyun huff again.
“Stop flirting with me, it makes no sense,” Baekhyun chuckled, shaking his head and thanking that they finally arrived there and that he could go out. He almost ran towards the hall where they usually met with Loey.
“Doc!” Loey exclaimed looking at him, worried, and he was kneeling in front of Zart and Pin who were lying down on the floor whimpering.
Baekhyun kneeled down too, his fingers easily going to Pin’s head, caressing and pressing slightly to check his eyes. They were slightly watery and when he checked Zart, he looked slightly brighter so maybe he ate less of whatever poisoned them.
“Let’s start from here, help me bring them downstairs,” Baekhyun almost ordered, picking up Pin and nodding at Loey who simply went with it without saying anything, leading the way to the usual room where Baekhyun checked his injuries, and Baekhyun put Pin down on the steel table.
Baekhyun prepared all the necessary things, always checking how the dogs were doing and then finally started up with the inquiry.
“Do you know what they ate? Like if it was something specific?” Baekhyun started asking but Loey shook his head, looking at Sehun.
“Did you find something outside? Near where you found them?” Loey asked him, and Sehun hummed before shaking his head.
Baekhyun sighed, trying to think faster. He didn't want to proceed with a gastric lavage without being sure if it would be the best choice or not. Even though that would be the easiest way out, since it was one of the best ways to prevent them absorbing more of whatever they consumed. Baekhyun pressed his fingers on his glasses, pushing them up on his nose.
“Maybe the gardener stopped by today?” He tried again and Loey frowned before nodding, curious about how Baekhyun could know that. Baekhyun inhaled deeply, finally deciding for the lavage. He settled everything and with Loey's help, he proceeded to do it for both dogs. It took a lot time and Baekhyun really didn’t know how they managed it without making a disaster, the place being less equipped than his own clinic and everything.
“I don't know what they ate but, are you sure your gardener is trustworthy?” Baekhyun asked them, washing his hands and checking out his shirt, still marveled at how he managed not to stain his shirt or his trousers.
Loey looked worried sick, clearly distressed by the current situation. “He works for us for the past five years or so. Got him checked, nothing was suspicious,” he replied briefly, carding his fingers through his hair.
Baekhyun neared the two big dogs who were now sleeping on the steel table, fingers easily caressing Zart’s fur. “It doesn't matter for the moment. They’re stable now, even though I'm worried about Pin. He was the most affected. I'd like to stay for a few more hours, if that's okay with you, just to check on them. And maybe do another injection if necessary. Supplements are important at the moment,” Baekhyun explained, his fingers moving and gently brushing over Pin's fur and looking at them fondly.
“Doctor...” Sehun started saying and his tone was almost reprimanding, clearly not agreeing with Baekhyun staying there, but Loey nodded.
Baekhyun didn’t know why, but Sehun never called him hyung around Loey.
“Let's bring them upstairs. I wouldn't be able to sleep anyway. And Sehun has some errands to run for me. So, you’re stuck with me for a while more, doc,” Loey stated hinting towards the dogs and Baekhyun nodded, not giving much thought into it.
He was so worried about the two dogs that nothing else mattered to him now. Except when Loey showed him a part of the house that he never saw before. It was sort of an attic at the higher floor of the mansion and it had a nice balcony, seeing a view of Seoul that Baekhyun could’ve never imagined would be visible from there.
They placed the dogs on some kennels that made Baekhyun think that it wasn't the first time that the dogs slept up in that place. Especially not when also Toben and Chai came around too.
“You have to behave well, guys. Pin and Zart are not feeling good right now,” Baekhyun explained them and they simply whined softly, lying down near the other two, making Baekhyun smile gently.
Loey opened a cabinet near the balcony and pulled out two glasses and a bottle of whiskey. “Want some, doc?” He asked Baekhyun, even though he was already pouring it in both glasses and Baekhyun nodded.
He needed some, yes. He always hated operating on dogs that he was fond of or was familiar with. It was one of the most difficult things ever.
Loey gave him a glass and then opened the sliding door to the balcony and went outside. Baekhyun followed him, looking at him lightening himself a cigarette, out of nothing.
“I didn't know you smoked,” Baekhyun let out shortly, stare interested on Loey. He sipped his whiskey, finding it especially tasty. For sure it was an expensive brand or something like that.
“Only when I'm stressed out,” he replied briefly, scrunching his nose, smoking slowly near him, and even before Baekhyun could say something, Loey looked at him, puffing out some smoke. “And I didn't know you could look so fine, doc. Did I interrupt something with my call, earlier?” Loey added, looking at Baekhyun as if he could undress him with his eyes.
Baekhyun always felt naked under that stare, but he couldn't say that it didn't get him hot and bothered either. Almost like Loey could see him under those clothes, as if he was interested in whatever Baekhyun could be, apart from being a vet. “Yeah, actually yeah. The bartender was a fine man, and I don’t mind getting laid from time to time,” Baekhyun replied honestly, and, admittedly, also a bit teasingly. Just randomly joking to ease that heavy atmosphere from before. What he didn't expect though was that Loey would pick up the whole discourse.
“Nothing fixed? Only a one-night stand?” Loey asked him and… did he just come closer or was it only Baekhyun's impression? Baekhyun let out a soft chuckle, shaking his head.
“You know my schedule, Loey, don't play pretend. If I had someone in my life, I'm sure Sehun or Kai would surely tell you,” Baekhyun replied as he sipped from his glass again, making Loey huff a short laugh, mainly made of smoke.
“Touché,” he whispered softly, sipping from his glass too, and Baekhyun leant on the fence of the balcony looking outside, thinking that the discourse ended there. However, Loey surprised him even more.
“I wouldn't mind supplying for your lost chance tonight,” he stated pressing the finished cigarette on a ceramic ashtray behind him and emptying his glass, stare not leaving Baekhyun's face.
And Baekhyun parted his lips without even realizing, surprised at Loey's words. He must have misheard. “You’re joking right?” He managed to breathe out but when Loey neared him, his hand easy settling on Baekhyun's hip, gently pulling him nearer, Baekhyun knew that no, he wasn't joking. At all.
“I would treat you well, doc,” he whispered, leaning down and brushing his lips against Baekhyun's ear.
Baekhyun felt that tone echoing inside him, making him shiver and God, if he wanted that too. “You can't handle me, Loey,” he replied, shaking his head, but Loey's hand gripped his side harder and pulled him even nearer.
“Give me a chance to prove it?” Loey proposed him and once again, even before Baekhyun could reply, Loey leant in again, speaking to his ear.
“You think I didn't notice how you look at me, doc?” He whispered, his voice going lower and deeper, making Baekhyun shiver again.
He felt Loey's voice and his warmth creeping inside him, making him want to forget everything else. To pretend that he didn't know a single thing about Loey, that their relationship wasn't that, that Loey wasn't a mafia boss. That Baekhyun's life wasn’t in danger constantly. But he wasn't drunk enough for that. Too sober to consider accepting this possibility. He wanted to push him away slightly. To ask him to forget about all of that. That he was going home, and he would be back the day after to check on Pin and Zart. That he wanted that so much, but he was so damn scared of it.
However, Loey’s hand moved to Baekhyun's thigh, caressing it slowly.
“You plan to run from me, doc? Do I scare you this much?” Loey asked, looking at him, smirk not leaving his lips, and when Baekhyun didn't meet his stare, Loey pressed his fingers under his chin, pushing it up and forcing Baekhyun to look at him.
“You don't scare me,” Baekhyun whispered, trying to sound more convincing than how he felt, but Loey chuckled softly.
“I do. And you're afraid. Especially of the possibility of liking it too much,” Loey added making Baekhyun huff shortly, despite knowing how true that was. He knew how easy that would be. But how much would it be okay to simply let Loey prove himself?
“How can you be so sure?” Baekhyun breathed, for a second losing himself in Loey's sparkling eyes, shining so prettily under the night lights.
Loey smirked and took a step closer to the fence of the balcony, trapping Baekhyun between himself and the fence. “I'll prove it to you,” he repeated, and even without realizing, Baekhyun was finally lowering his defenses.
Baekhyun nodded briefly and bit his bottom lip as he glanced at him, making Loey lean down. Baekhyun could feel his breath on his own lips, wondering if it was possible. How did he end up in that mess? A hot mess indeed. But it was already so tempting and so alluring.
“Up here nobody will disturb us, so, wanna take a ride?” Loey breathed, making Baekhyun's eyes grow wider in surprise and… Was it really happening? Was Loey really proposing him sex? Again, Baekhyun was too sober for that, probably. But there was something in how Loey's hands never left his side and thighs, how his lips were temping and glossy near Baekhyun’s, with his expensive cologne and half opened shirt...
Baekhyun knew it was wrong. Very wrong. Probably as wrong as going back to retrieve some end of the month reports without locking the backdoor after him, on an Autumn night. But he nodded, moving the hand that wasn't still holding the glass towards Loey's hair, pulling him near, lips almost brushing his. If he had to go down, he would do it completely.
“Show me,” he simply breathed before finally crashing their lips together, tasting whiskey and smoke on Loey’s, hot and wanting.
Loey's hands moved to his side, gripping it harder, as his teeth bit his bottom lip softly, pulling it before almost forcing his tongue in, but Baekhyun didn't let himself go that easily, kissing him back and not only following but taking the lead too. Loey's lips were so pleasant against his own and the way his hands, his warmth and his height almost imposed on him, made Baekhyun feel aroused already.
Loey's mouth hungrily moved down to his neck, nibbling on it, pressing Baekhyun against the fence better, enough for him to feel how hard Loey was too, rubbing himself against his thigh.
Baekhyun carded his fingers in Loey's hair better as he pulled him nearer, wanting whatever was happening way more than he was ready to admit or simply expected. He exhaled deeply when Loey pressed against his thigh more and grinded their erections together, while licking his neck, and a soft curse escaped his lips.
“Fuck, doc. You're so arousing,” Loey breathed before sucking a hickey on his neck, making Baekhyun arch his back and tugging Loey's hair harder, wanting that contact way too much.
“Show me with actions, not with words,” Baekhyun groaned lowly, making Loey chuckle against his neck.
“You’re not up to a bit of dirty talking?” Loey asked him, fingers caressing his side and Baekhyun snorted, shaking his head, attracting Loey's interested stare.
“Only when it's properly done,” Baekhyun replied, his tongue licking his lips unconsciously, knowing how much of a turn on, or off, if poorly done, that could be.
Loey followed the movement with his eyes, a smirk easily appearing on his lips.
“Oh, wanna play hard to please, then?” Loey asked him absolutely interested, eyebrow raising higher, clearly amused by the whole situation and Baekhyun huffed and gently pushed Loey's chest to distance himself and finally emptying his glass.
“I am hard to please. Don't you underestimate me, because I like to play around sometimes,” Baekhyun replied while going back inside to put his empty glass on the small counter and Loey followed him in, leaning on the sliding door, stare interested and examining Baekhyun's figure.
“I wonder what are your preferences, what turns you on the most,” Loey observed making Baekhyun let out a soft chuckle, fingers carding through his hair and glancing at him, as coldness left his stare for something more sensual and charming.
If he had to play, Baekhyun knew how to do it properly. Even forgetting with whom he was about to spend the night. “Why don't we discover it together?” Baekhyun proposed him, fingers gingerly caressing his own neck, and Loey gestured with his head to follow him and Baekhyun simply went after him. It sounded absurd, but Baekhyun knew he could trust Loey. There was no reason at all to think that way, but he could feel it.
Loey opened a door near where the small couch was, revealing a small bedroom, mainly occupied by the king-sized bed.
“Ah, I see. You bring your adventures here?” Baekhyun asked him with a short laugh, interested in the fact that he had a secondary bedroom, making Loey chuckle softly at the term.
“What if I do? Do you mind not being the first one up here?” He asked, but Baekhyun was already shaking his head.
“It means that we’ll enjoy it better, hopefully,” Baekhyun replied and even before Loey could add something, Baekhyun's fingers reached his neck, caressing it.
“And I can't wait to know if you’re as good as you look,” Baekhyun breathed, biting his bottom lip, stare easily roaming on Loey’s slightly opened shirt and how broad he looked, and Loey chuckled again, his hands moving to Baekhyun's side.
“Hope you’re not vanilla, doc, because the vibes you’re giving me are...” He started saying but Baekhyun snorted, shaking his head.
“Make me beg for it?” He breathed, his preferences showing way too easily in his tone.
Loey groaned and pushed him not so gently on the bed. He hovered over him, fingers already going to unbutton his shirt, revealing his torso. “Were you good enough to deserve it, though? Or should I punish you first?” Loey asked him, leaning down and placing his lips on Baekhyun's collarbone, nibbling on it, making Baekhyun shiver shortly at the sensation.
“I behaved as you ordered for such a long time now, shouldn't I be praised, Loey? Or should I call you boss as Sehun and Kai do?” Baekhyun asked groaning, feeling Loey's teeth slightly biting his skin. He loved that sensation and it made him want to pull Loey's hair, but before that, he needed to know his answer.
“I'm no boss to you, doc. We’re just, cooperating?” Loey explained, a smirk appearing on his lips.
“Well, I think I cooperated obediently enough up to now, right?” Baekhyun replied because two could play the same game.
Loey let out a short chuckle, hot against Baekhyun's wet skin before glancing at him. “Yeah, so obedient, almost like a puppy,” he observed, making Baekhyun snort, but even before he could retort with something, Loey closed his lips around one of Baekhyun's exposed nipples, licking it briefly, making Baekhyun shiver and barely hiding a moan.
“And maybe after all, you are one, considering how perfectly in sync you are with dogs,” Loey continued lowly, tone almost doting, and Baekhyun didn't know if it was a compliment or something else. But he knew he would never surrender without fighting back. Even in sex.
He pressed Loey’s shoulders harder, rolling them over on the big bed and changed their positions. He was now towering over Loey, sitting on his lap as he pushed his own hair back and licked his lips. “Oh, you’d love that so much. An obedient puppy who follows your lead and your orders like all the others, right? Too bad I’m not like that,” Baekhyun started saying, teeth gently grazing over his bottom lip as he opened his shirt, revealing more of his naked chest, but without removing it completely.
And even before Loey could reply, or simply move, Baekhyun smirked at him. “You wish. I won’t let you do things your way. You asked me if I wanted a ride, right? Well, I’ll take it myself,” Baekhyun let out nodding at Loey whose hands moved quickly to Baekhyun’s hips. He seemed surprised yet pleased by Baekhyun’s straightforwardness. Like he totally didn’t expect that kind of behavior from him.
“You’re always full of surprises, doc. You’re something else, really. Show me how much you want it then, come and take what you want,” Loey groaned as he sat up straighter. He neared Baekhyun, making him sit on his lap better, literally on top of his groin, which caused them both to release a muffled moan.
Baekhyun carded his fingers through Loey’s hair, finding it surprisingly soft and silky. “Can I really behave as I please? You sure it won’t hurt your pride or…” Baekhyun started saying, smirk not leaving his lips and looking at him interested, but Loey was already chuckling and shaking his head.
“Doc, really? If I even remotely thought that you could hurt me somehow, I would have found a way to, uhm, escort you out of my life sooner,” Loey replied briefly and, despite the light choice of words, Baekhyun knew exactly what he was talking about. And even though that should have made Baekhyun worry even more, it actually turned him on.
“I still wonder why you’re keeping me around, but I don’t think it’s the right moment to talk about this,” Baekhyun noted, moving his hands to rest them on Loey’s shoulders. He leaned closer, his nose almost brushing with Loey’s, stare not leaving him for a second even though he could feel his glasses slipping from his nose.
Loey pulled him even closer, fixing his stare too, almost in a challenging way, even if both could see how aroused they were, wanting the physical contact way more than expected. He was about to speak again, but Baekhyun pressed his fingers to his lips, shaking his head.
“Use your mouth for something more pleasant,” Baekhyun stated lowly, tongue gently going to wet his bottom lip. He felt Loey’s fingers venturing up to his torso, around his nipples, making him shiver. He wanted that contact, those touches more than he would openly admit. There was something so magnetic and arousing about Loey’s whole being, the way he looked at Baekhyun, how he touched him which made Baekhyun go crazy already.
And Loey went along with Baekhyun’s suggestion as he parted his lips and started licking Baekhyun’s fingers, making him shiver again.
Baekhyun pushed his fingers inside Loey’s mouth slowly, trying to understand if he was okay with it, but one of Loey’s hand reached his own, easily circling his thin wrist and pulling it closer to himself, taking more of Baekhyun’s fingers inside his mouth, tongue wetly licking and sucking on them. Baekhyun rolled his hips slowly, moving his digits inside Loey’s mouth, playing back with Loey’s tongue, as he smirked despite how aroused he already was. “You like my fingers this much?” He breathed, feeling Loey’s fingers circling one of his nipples again, pleasure rolling down his spine, making him grind their erections more. He felt the muffled moan directly on his fingertips, echoing inside Loey’s mouth.
Loey licked his fingers again before pulling them out, glancing at Baekhyun, clearly pleased by what was happening. “Everything is important in this moment and I’m not a hasty lover. I want all my adventures to be more than satisfied when they leave my bed. And you don’t make any exception, doc,” Loey explained, sticking his tongue out and licking Baekhyun’s fingers again.
Baekhyun was surprised by the mention, imagening Loey having a one-night stand at the back street of a bar or in the restroom of a pub. Instead, he seemed more like the type to have one-night stands at luxurious hotel rooms, summer villas or other fancy places like those. Baekhyun didn’t expect that, but he didn’t dislike it at all. He went with both types of men and he had to admit that he had fun with both, so he wasn’t picky in that sense. “Oh, who would’ve thought, Mr. Loey, that you were such a passionate lover,” Baekhyun whispered, leaning closer to him, moving his fingers to Loey’s shirt too and unbuttoning it slowly, lips almost brushing with his.
Loey chuckled softly, letting Baekhyun’s wrist go, just to move his hand back to Baekhyun’s chest, as he played with his nipples, this time pinching and pulling them.
Baekhyun bit his bottom lip, feeling the pleasure building up, his swollen buds sending stabs of electricity down his back and making him arch it, trying to prolong the contact.
“Stop it with this Mr. Loey, as I’ve told you. And don’t bite your lips,” Loey groaned, squeezing and pulling them harder, making Baekhyun let out a whimper, lips parting softly in pleasure.
“Just Loey is so impersonal, though. Everybody calls you like that,” Baekhyun noted quickly, finally managing to push Loey’s shirt open, revealing that sculpted torso that became Baekhyun’s wet dream since day one. Or maybe day two, considering how they first met.
Loey chuckled but only briefly because Baekhyun’s fingers gently brushed his abs and caressed them, making him shiver as he didn’t expect Baekhyun’s cold and soft touches which made his skin erupt in goosebumps.
“I didn’t think you’d mind it, doc,” Loey replied, even though his tone was wavering, tinted with pleasure and made Baekhyun chuckle too before he could push him on the bed gently and making him lie down again.
“It was out of concern. Maybe you have some preferences on how your lovers call you during sex? Some kinky stuff you want to share with me?” Baekhyun breathed over his lips, fingers not leaving his side and torso, but Loey simply shook his head.
“Usually I’m the one doing everything, so this is already a pleasant surprise. Keep up the nice work, I want to know where we’re going,” Loey replied, fingers moving to Baekhyun’s hair, carding them through it and pulling it back gently, enough to fix their gaze.
And Baekhyun would’ve never thought that Loey was capable of such gentle movements too. As he didn’t usually get to see them.
“So boring. Let me entertain you a bit then,” Baekhyun breathed before he could finally press his lips over Loey’s, fingers reaching up his nipples and pulling them roughly.
Loey opened his lips, gasping, not expecting the sudden pull, letting Baekhyun’s tongue thrusting in his mouth, playing with Loey’s in a messy and wet sequence of movements.
Baekhyun felt Loey’s hands gripping his side hard. They moved down to his thighs, caressing and grabbing them, clearly appreciating what was happening. Baekhyun’s fingers didn’t leave Loey’s torso, neither when his mouth moved down to Loey’s chin and neck as his teeth joined his tongue to please the taller man, slowly but unrelentingly.
“Ah, fuck, doc,” Loey let out when Baekhyun’s lips finally met one of Loey’s nipples, as his tongue slowly licked it. He circled it before closing around, sucking it not so gently, making Loey arch his back as his fingers gripped Baekhyun’s hair harder.
Baekhyun was more than pleased by Loey’s reaction, so much that he repeated the gesture again. His fingers didn’t leave the other nipple, pulling and rolling it, as he felt Loey tense at the ministrations, shivering and massaging his thigh up and down. Baekhyun didn’t know whom Loey’s other sex-partners were, but he knew that nobody had ever complained about Baekhyun’s performance before. Even among his stable former partners, none of them was left unsatisfied. They eventually started appreciating sex with Baekhyun more than whatever else they had together. Which was… not so good in a case of a stable relationship and the main reason why Baekhyun was still single. The other reason being the incredible number of hours he spent at work, completely forgetting about whatever else, including feeding himself or showering, let alone taking care of another human being. Even though this was something not worth considering at that moment. Especially because firstly, Baekhyun was a lost cause, and secondly, not interested at all in a serious relationship with Loey.
He simply moved his hands down across Loey’s torso, caressing his abs and and he reached his belt, unbuckling it and opening Loey’s trousers, revealing the dark cotton of his underwear, probably boxer shorts. And Baekhyun was curious, a lot, about Loey’s physique even down there, especially considering his whole build. His hand roughly cupped Loey’s erection, while his tongue never left his nipple, making Loey pull his hair harder, and he muffled down another moan while thrusting not so gently into Baekhyun’s hand.
“Doc, you’re teasing now,” Loey let out in a low voice, trying to mask his pleasure, but without much success.
Baekhyun chuckled softly against Loey’s nipple, licking it slowly, as he looked at him. “Oh, really? Then tell me, what do you want? What do you prefer? Talk to me, I’m sure you’re good at it,” Baekhyun breathed hotly over his nipple, feeling goosebumps on his skin again, and Loey snorted and bit his bottom lip.
“How do you even…?” He started saying but Baekhyun took the small swollen bud between his teeth and pulled it, stare not leaving Loey who gripped Baekhyun’s hair and thigh harder at the movement.
“Fuck,” he breathed again and Baekhyun wanted to chuckle, but he simply smirked at Loey.
“Let’s put our cards on the table. Don’t you want this to be one of your best experiences? Or do you want it to be a random hook-up? If you prefer the second option, you just have to say it and I’ll finger myself open for you and ride your cock until we both come and that’s it,” Baekhyun started saying, voice getting lower, sultry and velvety. His tongue wetted his lips, as he saw Loey’s stare following the movement with interest. “Or…” Baekhyun whispered gripping Loey’s erection gently once again and feeling it twitch and thicken in his palm even more than before. “We could try and make this more pleasant and interesting for both of us?” Baekhyun continued, smirk not leaving his lips.
Loey groaned lowly, shaking his head, as he pulled Baekhyun down near himself, their lips almost brushing. “You don’t know what I would do to you, doc,” he breathed against Baekhyun’s lips but Baekhyun snorted, arching his eyebrow.
All the men he went out with said the very same thing. And most of them concluded in such mediocre results that that didn’t work on Baekhyun anymore. “You don’t know how many men told me the same thing, leaving me hanging or unsatisfied at the end of the night,” Baekhyun replied, clicking his tongue clearly in a challenging way to provoke him, but Loey chuckled too, his stare becoming defying again as his fingers gripped Baekhyun’s hair harder.
But even before he could speak again, Baekhyun pressed his fingers against Loey’s lips, stopping him.
“I hope you won’t be making any promise that you can’t keep,” Baekhyun whispered, and maybe he was setting his expectations way too high once again and Loey was… like all the others. A nice ride. A good way to spend the night. Like a new, unexplored ice-cream flavor one would try once, which would be pleasant but nothing addictive to become one’s favorite flavor. A relatively good experience that one would think of sometimes, but certainly not the best or an unforgettable one. Maybe, despite everything, Baekhyun let Loey’s build and his character mislead him, thinking that he would be different. He was about to straighten himself, a bit dejected by the sudden realization and ready to simply continue this as like any other one-night stand he had in the past, when Loey’s fingers once again went to his hair to pull him even nearer, as he felt the man’s breath on his lips.
“I never break my promises, doc. I proposed you a ride and I’ll give you the best you ever had,” he breathed, voice deeper than before and despite Baekhyun’s skeptical attitude, he could clearly feel that something changed in Loey’s behavior. “And you want to know something? Since the first time I saw you, I imagined how pretty your mouth would look stuffed with my cock, feeling your lips stretch around it. And your tongue pleasing my weakest spots, if you’re good enough to find them, that is,” Loey breathed as his thumb caressed his bottom lip.
Baekhyun’s eyes went wider in surprise by the sudden change of subject, even though he was aroused by it. He didn’t expect it, but he was interested in the sudden change. And he wanted to know more about it. About how far Loey wanted to push that. And what was real and what were just empty words. “Wanna try? Maybe I could surprise you,” Baekhyun replied, sticking his tongue out to lick Loey’s thumb on his lips, but unexpectedly Loey removed it, crashing their lips together once again.
This time it felt more like a battle, neither of them wanting to let the other win which made the kiss even wetter and sloppier but neither of them seemed to mind it.
Baekhyun was the first one to pull away, grinding his erection slowly against Loey’s, as he felt his cheeks getting warmer and the heat rising inside the small room.
“Show me, doc. Put that pretty mouth of yours to good use,” Loey stated lowly, his lips swollen as much as Baekhyun’s as he caressed Baekhyun’s thighs.
Baekhyun simply nodded because for the moment, that was enough to give him still a bit of hope that Loey wasn’t like many others. He pulled down both his trousers and boxer at the same time, revealing Loey’s cock. It wasn’t the longest Baekhyun ever saw, but it was remarkably long and… thick. It was a sight that made Baekhyun bit his bottom lip again, as he started imagining already how that would feel stretching him inside pleasantly.
“Too thick?” Loey asked him, smirk never leaving his lips, which made Baekhyun chuckle shortly, unsurprised at the reaction.
“You were almost redeeming yourself from normalcy. Keep your mouth shut if you don’t have anything good or unexpected to say,” Baekhyun replied immediately, making Loey frown.
“This is just the beginning,” he breathed and Baekhyun arched his eyebrow, but leant down nevertheless.
He pushed his hair back, as his tongue started to lick the base of Loey’s erection, feeling it twitch under his ministrations. Baekhyun’s hands moved to slowly massage his length, while his lips neared the tip and formed a bit of spit in his mouth before covering almost half of Loey’s cock properly in one go, making Loey shiver underneath him. And Baekhyun wasn’t one to ask permission for anything, so he simply went down on it, taking almost all of it in his mouth. His glasses slipped from his nose slightly, but he thanked heavens that he wasn’t too blind and even without them he could see enough to glance at Loey, and not missing his erotic expression when Baekhyun started to suck him off slowly. He felt Loey’s fingers gripping and pulling his hair slightly harder, and Baekhyun didn’t mind it in the least. Especially since he, himself was on the rougher side more than the vanilla one.
“Doc, fuck, your mouth should be illegal,” Loey let out, clearly pleased by the warm and wet sensation.
Not that it was something new to hear, but Baekhyun felt almost proud of himself, knowing that Loey liked it too. But he didn’t simply like it. Loey’s fingers went to Baekhyun’s cheek, caressing it where it was bulging because of Loey’s cock and he slightly sat up to look properly at how Baekhyun was sucking him off.
“You look so good right now. I bet you can take even this small missing part, right? I want to see these glasses of yours fog up better against my skin, to feel your nose at the very base of it. Can you do that?” Loey asked him even though it wasn’t a simple question, there was something in the way Loey was talking to him like he knew he could do it, and he wanted Baekhyun to give him the best of himself. To show all he got.
And the way Loey was speaking to Baekhyun was exciting. More than he was ready to admit out loud, because there was something different in Loey. So Baekhyun went with it, indulging in Loey’s request, moving his fingers to his balls, caressing them and taking all his cock in his mouth, feeling it stretch it even better. He started to suck him again, making Loey release a low, deep moan that echoed inside Baekhyun’s whole being. It was so pleasant especially with that deep voice of his. Baekhyun became aware of his sinful voice since the first day he heard it, and he always wondered how much deeper it would become when feeling good or moaning, and there it was now.
“I knew you could do it. You can take it if I start a faster pace, right? I want to see your cheeks swelling with my cock, I want to feel the back of your throat. You’ll take it all, hmm?” Loey continued, starting to thrust at his own pace inside Baekhyun’s mouth.
Baekhyun adapted to the new pace quickly, slacking his jaw a bit and taking all of it. His fingers squeezed his balls gently, as his tongue twirled around Loey’s cock, making it wetter. He kept sucking on it slowly, especially on the slit, near the tip where Loey seemed to enjoy it more.
Loey gripped his hair once again, pulling Baekhyun down, nearer to his groin, thrusting inside his mouth, as he was clearly enjoying it. “I wonder what your assistants would think, seeing you like this. If they knew that you could suck cock so well. And how your pretty lips stretched around my dick, or how your saliva dripped down from it enough to stain the duvet underneath us. Do they know?” Loey asked him even though it wasn’t like he wanted a reply.
But Baekhyun liked that kind of dirty talk. Not offensive, yet provocative. Enough to make Baekhyun want to show more of his abilities. He liked being talked to that way. The dirtier, the better.
Loey started an even faster pace, Baekhyun clearly felt him getting thicker and thicker inside his mouth and he went along with it, wondering what Loey had in his mind after that. And he liked the sensation of Loey’s thick erection in his mouth, staining his tongue, tasting spicy and salty but oh so arousing. So Baekhyun simply went with it, taking it all, setting an even faster pace on it. He felt Loey’s fingers tugging at his hair not to prevent his movements, but to follow them even better, urging that fast pace and wanting even more of it.
Loey’s lips were erotically parted, and low, lewd moans were leaving him. His breath started to became erratic, urgency tinting his breath and movements. “You’ll be good enough to take my cum too, doc? All of it. Not a single drop to be spilled. I promise you I’ll reward you properly if you do. Won’t you be good for me?” Loey asked him, glancing at him, his eyes full-blown, clearly getting closer to his release, pleasure easily enveloping his whole being.
And Baekhyun didn’t know if it was the tone, his stare, how pleasantly Loey’s cock was filling his mouth or maybe simply the idea of being rewarded by Loey that did it, but he simply hummed and squeezed Loey’s harder, giving him the green light.
Loey simply went with it, thrusting harder and faster inside Baekhyun’s mouth, coming after a few more movements in a hot, sticky mess that Baekhyun swallow down entirely without even thinking about it. And he tried to match his breath with his swallows so that he didn’t spill any drop. It was also thanks to his almost absent gag reflex, but that was another story. He pulled away afterwards, looking at Loey, as he fixed his glasses better on his nose with the back of his hand.
Baekhyun was about to ask if it was pleasant, when Loey’s fingers went to Baekhyun’s swollen lips, caressing them before he brought them back to his lips and licked them slowly, probably tasting both himself and Baekhyun’s saliva on his fingers. It was weirdly arousing, making Baekhyun stare at Loey’s fingers and lips in want.
“Stand up,” Loey breathed even though it was more an order than a request and when Baekhyun frowned but simply obeyed, Loey gestured him to remove his trousers and underwear too before making him sit on his lap.
Baekhyun bit his bottom lip but compiled, looking at Loey who stretched towards the small nightstand near the bed to pick up lube and a condom. He was surprised to know that Loey cared about safe sex but he wasn’t displeased. He kept his shirt on but moved to sit on Loey’s lap, making him smirk at Baekhyun.
“In the end you’re way more obedient than expected. I might consider buying you a collar or a choker as a reward. Especially since you’re so willing to follow orders when pleasure is on the line?” Loey noted, arching his eyebrow, fingers grazing on his neck and he was praising him?
Baekhyun was once again surprised and weirdly turned on. He usually didn’t like the whole follow orders idea or the obedient puppy thing, but on Loey’s lips and said in his voice, it was weirdly arousing, and it made Baekhyun appreciate such a thing probably for the first time ever. “I don’t mind if it’s for mutual pleasure. You didn’t seem to dislike what I just did,” Baekhyun replied as his fingers gently touched his own lips, the tip of his tongue peeking up just to lick them.
Loey’s eyes followed his movement in silence before biting his bottom lip. “God, doc. It’s been a while since last time I had this much fun. I’d love for you to make me enjoy it more. But let me entertain you a bit too?” Loey proposed, showing him the lube, but Baekhyun’s fingers quickly went to it, taking the bottle from Loey’s hand.
“Fun? This is nothing, Loey. And you sure you don’t want to see how I do it myself?” Baekhyun asked him briefly with a smile, but Loey shook his head.
“No, no. Give me. I’ll do it for you tonight, maybe next time if there’ll be a chance. Now let me see something good too. I let you in command for a while and it was fun, but now, I want to see you beg for this,” Loey stated, making a gesture at him to take the bottle back. If the start of the sentence was in his usual voice, almost in a casual and teasing way, the last part was in a much lower and deeper tone, so rich that Baekhyun gulped slowly, feeling the voice warming him up, it was pleasant like honey or melted chocolate.
“I never…” Baekhyun started saying but Loey was already chuckling softly.
“You will, doc. You’ll beg me to stop torturing you with my fingers and fuck you as hard as nobody else who ever took you,” Loey continued in a low voice, stare not leaving Baekhyun’s figure on his lap.
“Make me. Though I’m sure you won’t be able to. Nobody ever got me begging,” Baekhyun replied, making Loey hum, as his fingers gently brushed over Baekhyun’s now naked thighs.
“You’re provoking me now. So much that you make me want to do even better. I won’t go easy on you,” Loey stated licking his lips, almost like he wanted to devour Baekhyun.
Baekhyun shivered slightly because, despite the words were similar to those he already heard before, -all empty promises and threats-, this time he knew that Loey was serious about what he said. And that he would continue whatever he had in mind until Baekhyun would break down and beg for it for real. But what surprised Baekhyun more was that he, himself, wanted that too. He was about to reply when Loey poured a generous amount of lube on his fingers, smearing it over them before pulling Baekhyun even nearer and he started circling his entrance with his lubed fingers.
They were slow and pleasant feather-like touches, which made Baekhyun spread his legs wider as he pressed against Loey’s fingers more. Though it was without much success, since Loey’s other hand was quick to prevent him doing any movement, pressing on his thigh.
“Oh, so willing now?” Loey asked him in that low voice of his while leaning down enough to speak deeply near his ear. He then moved his lips to bite and lick his neck, making Baekhyun shiver as his cock got thicker between them, starting to form a bit of precum too. “Your skin is so fair and unblemished, doc, I wish I could taint it with red and purple hickeys, creating beautiful constellations on you,” Loey breathed against his neck, his teeth grazing over his collarbones and Baekhyun hummed softly.
“What’s stopping you?” He asked, and Loey, pleased to hear that, slightly bit his collarbone, but way too softer than Baekhyun expected.
“Ah, you’re not a fan of vanilla then?” Loey continued and Baekhyun shook his head.
“I’m not extremely kinky or anything, but I like spicing things up,” Baekhyun replied honestly, making Loey chuckle briefly before he changed their positions in an instant. He pressed Baekhyun under him, as his lips didn’t leave his neck while his fingers slowly started playing with his entrance, without inserting anything, just circling and massaging it.
“Oh, you want to spice things up?” Loey asked, and even before Baekhyun could reply, he felt Loey’s lips and teeth closing on his neck, sucking a hickey while his fingers moved to Baekhyun’s unattended nipple, playing with it.
Baekhyun arched his back, enjoying all those different sensations altogether.
Loey sucked on his neck harder before checking his work and nodding, pleased with the result and that was only the beginning because, as promised, he started to cover all of Baekhyun’s chest with small and big hickeys, particularly avoiding Baekhyun’s preferred places, including his nipples.
And Baekhyun was starting to get impatient. “Loey,” he groaned. His fingers carded through Loey’s hair and tugged at it shortly, making Loey hum before looking at him, tilting his head.
“Yeah?” He breathed in reply; his lips were swollen and red from all the hickeys he was leaving on Baekhyun’s body.
“Stop teasing,” Baekhyun started, but Loey was already shaking his head.
“You remember what I told you?” He asked, and God if he wasn’t infuriatingly hot, especially with how his hair fell messily on his handsome face and why did he have to turn Baekhyun on that much?
“I won’t…” Baekhyun tried again, but Loey pushed a finger inside Baekhyun, passing his rim so easily that Baekhyun was surprised of himself. Or better, of the low moan that broke free from his lips, as he arched his back, craving for that friction oh so damn much.
But Loey removed his finger immediately, going back to simply circling and massaging it, which made Baekhyun groan impatiently as he tried to press against it, but Loey’s other hand on his side was much stronger.
“Look at how needy you are, doc. Your body is so wanting, it’s speaking volumes on how much it wants me to touch you, to please you. Why are you resisting this much?” Loey asked, leaning down again, making Baekhyun shiver.
It felt almost like electricity just passed through Baekhyun’s spine, and he could feel his erection getting thicker, as his fingers gripped on the duvet under himself harder than before. “Just hurry up,” Baekhyun let out, biting his bottom lip again, but Loey chuckled softly once more, shaking his head as his nose briefly brushed against Baekhyun’s nipple, which sent more shivers down Baekhyun’s spine.
“This isn’t how you should ask properly when you want something, right? You don’t have to worry, you know? Guards don’t mind who comes up here with me, and both Sehun and Kai are out. So it’s only us. You can be as loud as you want, demanding as you please,” Loey continued, gently pressing his finger inside Baekhyun, just as much needed to breach his muscle ring, but without inserting more. It made Baekhyun groan lowly, eyes squeezing shut, as he continuously felt on the edge of something, his cock hard and leaking without any kind of release.
“That’s not…” Baekhyun tried to say, but Loey stuck his tongue out slowly, almost gently licking Baekhyun’s nipple, as he felt it hardened.
“Tell me. It’s easier than it may seem. Be honest with me, like the pretty, obedient puppy you are. Because I know how much you’re in control and how much you need someone to take that away from you, to make you beg and moan,” Loey continued slowly, tone getting deeper again, making Baekhyun shiver and fuck, he hated it when Loey could read him so well.
And it wasn’t even the first time. Even in other circumstances, Loey always managed to read Baekhyun’s jerky and smartass replies well, getting to know more of Baekhyun than he ever wanted to reveal. Like how he went and saved Baekhyun that time. Or like how he always knew if Baekhyun had a longer day at work just from the way Baekhyun replied when they met at Loey’s mansion. Baekhyun tried not to mind them too much, but he wasn’t oblivious either, and he knew that Loey was an exceptional listener and had a wider knowledge of the world. And of Baekhyun. “No, Loey, I…” Baekhyun started again but Loey finally closed his lips around Baekhyun’s nipple, sucking on it, making Baekhyun cry out loud, and pulling him nearer, wanting more of that.
“Ah, fuck, why you’re so…” Baekhyun groaned, and Loey sucked his nipple lightly before glancing at him.
“So?” He repeated and Baekhyun grunted, averting his gaze away, but Loey didn’t give him peace. He thrusted a finger inside, as he licked his nipple again, then roughly sucked on it, making Baekhyun moan and tug Loey’s hair in desperation.
“So fucking hot and arousing. I hate how you can say such things and hitting so close to home without even knowing a thing about me,” Baekhyun muttered again out of frustration more than anything else, but Loey was already shaking his head.
“I know about you more than you think, doc. Even though what matters now is you letting yourself go and being the good boy you are and show me what you want,” Loey breathed against his wet skin, making him quiver, and Baekhyun’s mind started to drown in all that pleasure and how come only Loey’s presence, his cologne, his lips and two fingers could push Baekhyun already so over the edge already?
“I’m n-not a good boy,” Baekhyun replied quickly, stuttering a bit, while Loey sucked on his nipple once again, starting a painfully slow pace inside him.
“Ah, sure, you’re not. Does this mean you want to be slapped and tied up? And being denied permission to come for hours?” Loey asked him, voice getting deeper with that pleasant tone that made Baekhyun shiver already, creeping deep inside him and making him lose his mind. Especially that near. In that situation.
“Not now, but maybe another time?” Baekhyun whispered, surprising Loey who chuckled and nodded.
“You’re surprising me more and more. You’d like that? And what else? I’m dying to know what you’d like me to do to you,” Loey almost growled, biting Baekhyun’s nipple and pulling it between his teeth.
Baekhyun arched his back again and felt Loey’s fingers pressing deeper inside him. “No, it’s not the right m-moment” Baekhyun breathed, trying to focus on that bit of insertion and friction, but Loey shook his head, moving his lips to the other nipple to bite and suck. Baekhyun moaned again, as his fingers pulled Loey’s hair roughly and he bit his own lips trying to muffle down his noises.
“Oh, on the contrary I think it’s the most perfect moment. I wasn’t joking earlier when I proposed to buy you a choker or something like that. Do you want me to buy one for you?” Loey continued, his lips still busy with Baekhyun’s nipple, while fingers moved inside Baekhyun so slowly that Baekhyun couldn’t take it anymore. It was too much yet never enough and he wanted more. That wasn’t even near to what he needed and wanted in that moment. He wanted Loey to wreck him, to fuck him so hard that Baekhyun couldn’t go home that night and maybe neither the morning after. He wanted to moan his name so loud that the entire mansion would know what was happening there. And fuck yes, he wanted Loey to praise him and treat him good, for once simply letting himself go without thinking too much about anything else, without being in control as he always was with everyone he was involved with.
“Ah, God, please…” Baekhyun breathed softly, eyes fluttering closed once again before he could glance toward Loey, fingers gripping harder in his hair.
Loey stopped all his movements on Baekhyun just to look at him. “Tell me, doc. Please, what?” Loey asked him, leaning down and speaking directly into his ear.
“Please let me come,” Baekhyun whispered while looking at him. He removed his glasses which started to fog more and more, making them completely useless, and threw them somewhere on the bed. He started caressing Loey’s neck, even before both could realize what just happened, Baekhyun looked at him, feeling his cheeks burn and his erection aching to be touched. “I was good, right? You said you’d reward me, so please, make me come?” Baekhyun whispered in the softest voice he ever produced, words leaving his lips without even thinking, lust speaking up for him. Needy, wanting, greedy. Baekhyun wanted more of whatever Loey was ready to give to him. And that reassuring sensation of being taken care of. Baekhyun never felt it before, but he liked the idea of it. Knowing that someone was there, ready to satisfy his desires, even the ones he didn’t know, or pretending not to know about.
“You’re so pretty. Such an amazing artwork, a masterpiece really. And I want to wreck you, to make you lose all your composure and beg to be fucked until morning,” Loey whispered against his nipples and when Baekhyun thought it wasn’t enough and that wasn’t what Loey expected him to say or do, Loey started to thrust his fingers inside Baekhyun faster. He inserted one more, making Baekhyun moan loudly and accommodating his fingers even deeper, as he could feel them stretching him and pressing against his walls and, oh how he missed that sensation.
“Do it. Don’t wait any longer,” Baekhyun breathed in between the moans as his fingers gripped Loey’s hair, this time with the clear intent of making him look at him.
And when Loey did, Baekhyun groaned lowly and bit his bottom lip, losing himself in Loey’s deep, aroused stare, his eyes sparkling so brightly under the bedroom lights. “Please, I don’t need your fingers, I need you. Fuck me and make me beg for more,” Baekhyun added and Loey leant down, lips almost brushing with Baekhyun’s.
“It will hurt, let me finger you a bit more,” he stated with a voice low but concerned.
Baekhyun shook his head, lips parting in another half moan. “Please,” he whispered softly again, spreading his legs slightly wider.
Loey groaned too, and leant down to bite Baekhyun’s neck, sucking another hickey. “You’re impossible,” he simply stated and even before Baekhyun could try to understand what he meant by that, Loey picked up the condom and ripped it open with his teeth, proficiently rolling it on his erection. He tugged it few times, as his fingers never stopped thrusting inside Baekhyun.
And when he was satisfied with whatever he was waiting for, Loey pulled out his fingers from Baekhyun and pulled him up, making him sit on his lap properly.
“Show me how much you want this ride, doc,” Loey whispered, his stare not leaving Baekhyun’s messy appearance.
Baekhyun nodded, feeling almost like he was drunk on Loey’s presence, as he blindly moved his hands on Loey’s erection and simply bottomed out. He felt it stretching him so good, feeling it deeper inside himself, as he cried out in arousal. His hands went to Loey’s back to hold on to him. “Fuck yes,” Baekhyun let out and Loey groaned again, as he sucked on Baekhyun’s neck. Baekhyun didn’t wait much more though, and started to move on Loey’s lap, setting a faster pace immediately.
Loey adapted quickly and followed him, his thrusts meeting Baekhyun’s movements and making him thrash his head back.
Baekhyun loved the stretch and how it filled him in all the right places.
“Doc, you look and feel so good,” Loey whispered in a half moan, his fingers moving to Baekhyun’s buttocks, gripping them harder as he started to thrust deeper and faster inside Baekhyun.
Baekhyun moaned again as he fixed his position to meet Loey’s thrusts better, and his fingers carded through his hair and pulled. Their lips almost met as they finally looked at each other again. “And you fill me up so well, I love it. Won’t you give me more? I’ll be even better for you,” Baekhyun whispered, moans making the sentence sound broken but Loey understood him nevertheless.
“Even better? You already feel so…” He started saying, clearly dubious about it, but Baekhyun started rolling his hips, making the whole movement slightly different. It was still fast as Loey set it, but he reached deeper inside himself and squeezed Loey better inside, making them both moan loudly.
Especially when Loey thrusted exactly against Baekhyun’s softest spot, making him see stars and peaks of pleasure with each coordinated movement between them.
“God, you feel amazing, don’t stop,” Loey groaned, his lips moving to Baekhyun’s his neck and marking him again, and Baekhyun didn’t need any other encouragement.
He pushed the pace even faster than that and Loey followed him promptly, and everything felt so good and so perfect that Baekhyun didn’t even need to think about it. He simply let himself go and finally felt his climax reaching, the pleasure pooling in his stomach and finally he exploded, painting both their torsos white. He threw his head back and squeezed Loey’s erection inside more.
Loey moaned and followed him a few more thrusts after, gripping harder on Baekhyun’s buttocks and sucking another hickey to his neck as he came.
It felt like an explosion in Baekhyun’s mind, flashes of white shining brightly as he came, so lost in how pleasant and perfect that moment felt. He felt like floating, almost weightless, and so damn good but exhausted.
They came to a stop, trying to regain their breaths, as the room suddenly became too silent apart from their panting. Baekhyun didn’t know what to say if not that that was one of the best orgasms he ever had in his whole life, but it didn’t seem appropriate at that moment. However, when he made a move to stand up, Loey took his wrist and stopped him, keeping him there near him.
“You okay?” He asked him softly, his voice was slightly hoarse.
Baekhyun’s eyes went wider in surprise, not expecting that question. “I-I… yeah. And you?” He asked back, not knowing exactly how to reply to that, and it was awkward but was also kind of sweet. Nobody ever asked him if he was okay after sex. Only ‘did you like it?’ Or ‘was I good?’ But never any questions about Baekhyun’s own welfare.
Loey clicked his tongue, gesturing at Baekhyun’s neck as his fingers gently caressed it. “I have some moisturizing cream for these. So they don’t bruise too much tomorrow and your assistant wouldn’t think that you met a vampire tonight,” Loey said, a small smirk appearing on his lips.
Baekhyun snorted. There was another silence and then Baekhyun pressed his lips in a thin line.
Loey spoke again. “I enjoyed it. I hope there will be other chances. It’s been a while since I had this much fun, doc,” Loey breathed and Baekhyun bit his lip, glancing at him as he considered his proposal. And he knew he should’ve refused, fleeing from the idea of having something continuous with someone, especially if that someone was Loey. He should’ve refused the proposal without even giving it a thought. Instead, he nodded.
“I had fun too,” he whispered back and Loey nodded too, content with the reply. He proposed Baekhyun another glass of whiskey and to check on Pin and Zart who were sleeping soundly in the other room, too tired about the whole day but clearly feeling better than before.
Baekhyun checked on them better and, after setting the alarm for a few hours later, he glanced at Loey.
“I… will be back in a few hours,” he said, while for a moment feeling the weight of reality slapping him back to life, but Loey shook his head, gesturing towards the bedroom.
“Take a shower while I change the bed sheets, and then sleep here. It’s an order, you can’t refuse it,” Loey stated, making Baekhyun’s eyes grew wider, but then he nodded as he thanked him. Baekhyun didn’t know what that would make them, but for sure something changed between them and Baekhyun didn’t know exactly what to do with that information.
Baekhyun woke up early as usual, feeling thoroughly fucked. He loved that pleasant stiffness that spread to the muscles of his thighs and the dull sensation at his back. It was early, maybe way too much since the light filtering from the window was barely existent, showing orange hues more than bright yellow as usual. Baekhyun turned around slowly, and saw Loey sleeping near him as he snored softly, his hair falling messily on his forehead and covering his eyes. He was so handsome, Baekhyun couldn’t stop looking at him. His features were so perfect and pleasant to look at, his face completely void of his usual frown and cold stare, looking relaxed in his slumber. Baekhyun bit his lips and decided to move away. There wasn’t any use in dwelling on Loey’s perfection any longer since it wasn’t for Baekhyun to admire. After checking on Pin and Zart, he planned to go away, hopefully undisturbed. He slowly moved to the other room where both Pin and Zart were already awake.
“Look at you both being so cute. How are you feeling?” Baekhyun softly cooed at them, keeping his voice low as not to wake Loey up. He checked on the dogs as his fingers brushed their fur to see if everything was fine, but decided that both, especially Pin, needed another supplementary injection. He took his things with him and patted them softly, while muttering praises and promises of treats when they both would get better. After finishing his work, he immediately provided them with fresh water too.
Baekhyun was putting down the water can and preparing himself to get dressed, when Loey's voice from behind startled him.
“Thought you left, doc,” he whispered, but his voice was so low and deep, probably even deeper due to being early in the morning, which made Baekhyun shiver easily, memories of the previous night arousing him again. He sat up and turned around to look at him.
“I was worried about Pin and Zart,” Baekhyun replied honestly, head gesturing at the two dogs who wagged their tails at Loey but without moving from their places, lying on the soft cloth.
Loey neared them and kneeled down, as his fingers carded through their fur to caress them. “How are they?” He asked Baekhyun, his stare was slightly worried but Baekhyun gave him a smile, with his head leaning to the side.
“No need to worry. They’re both warriors,” Baekhyun replied, making Loey release a sigh, as his stare fondly moved to the two dogs.
“They are. I... trained them myself after Chai started to grow older and not being enough to cover the gardens all by himself,” Loey started saying and Baekhyun listened, interested in something he didn't know about those dogs and their owner Loey.
He kneeled down near him, observing the two dogs and waiting for Loey to continue.
“They were so unbelievably unruly and totally unhearing of every command or order I gave them. They pissed me off so much,” Loey continued saying but, on his lips, there was an affectionate smile, clearly remembering those days with dearness.
“Something must’ve happened,” Baekhyun commented shortly, trying to be understanding and Loey nodded briefly as his fingers didn’t leave their fur, but his stare darkened.
“They saved my life,” he simply stated, his tone was low as his smile slowly disappeared. When Baekhyun tried to understand what actually happened, Loey clicked his tongue as he stood up again and shook his head.
“Have breakfast with us and then I'll tell Sehun to drive you home,” Loey ordered more than proposing, and Baekhyun came to learn what that tone meant. It appeared when Loey was marking his own boundaries again. Simply becoming the mafia boss Loey, while orders, not mere sentences, would leave his lips.
But still, Baekhyun tried not to simply follow all that Loey had said. “I think it's better if I'd go home now,” Baekhyun started saying but Loey's cold stare was immediately on him, as he shook his head.
“Wasn't I clear enough?” Loey asked him back, raising his eyebrow, and Baekhyun nodded, shifting his stare away. He was such a fool thinking that something might have changed between them after the previous night. They simply fucked. It was fun and all, but only a fuck. They weren't friends or anything similar.
Baekhyun made a gesture to lean down and retrieve his bag and go to pick up his jacket when Loey's hand gripped his elbow not so gently, stopping him.
“I know what you're thinking, doc. But don't let what happened last night mislead you. You and I are just cooperating, and I wouldn't mind spending a few hours like last night if there will be another chance, but that's it,” Loey stated clearly and coldly.
He knew it. He knew it already, so he didn’t need Loey to remind it to him. “I know. I share the same thoughts. You don't have to worry, feelings or commitment aren’t my thing, you’re telling it to the wrong guy,” Baekhyun assured him, as he started walking away and picking up his things before looking back at Loey.
“Are we waiting for something?” He asked, glancing around, wondering if there was something he forgot to pick up and when Loey shook his head, Baekhyun gestured towards the door. “Then let's go. I need time for my morning coffee and I don't want to be late for work,” he concluded and Loey nodded again, leading the way down to the kitchen.
After that day, Loey's existence in his life became more and more present. Sometimes it was Loey himself who came and picked him up, instead of Sehun or Kai. Other times, he proposed him dinner at fancy and weird places he wasn't keen on trying alone. Baekhyun didn't exactly know what was between them. They weren't acquaintances or friends, or partners and they didn’t fall into any other existing category. And then sometimes, they also fucked. Or in a better sense of the word, Loey found new ways of making Baekhyun lose his usual control and turned him into a pleading and moaning mess for his cock. Which was more than okay for Baekhyun, as he never felt as good as he was every time that Loey held him or took care of his pleasure.
Though it didn't take long before Jongdae realized that something was happening in Baekhyun's life. What Baekhyun didn't imagine though, was that Jongdae started following him, enough to know that the place Baekhyun disappeared to at times was Loey's mansion.
This brought them to the argument they were having at that moment. It was almost closing time and they were finally settling down for the end of the day.
“He's the most dangerous man ever, Baek. For fuck's sake! Would you please start reasoning with yourself instead of spouting nonsense?” Jongdae asked him in a slightly raised voice.
Baekhyun groaned and shook his head, thankful that everything was almost finished and that Kyungsoo was already gone. “I'm just treating his dogs, Dae. Can you please stop? It's nothing dangerous. I didn't even know that he’s part of something fishy or illegal until you told me!” Baekhyun replied immediately, as he tried to defend himself without any use.
Jongdae clicked his tongue and glared at him. “Quit joking around, Baek! It's impossible that you didn't know that the man you're seeing is Loey. That Loey,” Jongdae retorted immediately. He looked quite pissed off.
“Listen, it's not something you should meddle with. It's much more complicated than you think,” Baekhyun started saying, and when Jongdae tried to object, Baekhyun shook his head and glared at him. He was worried about what Jongdae could put himself into if he continued with that story. “Stay out of this. And don't talk about it to anyone. I don't need help, I don't need the police or any other shit you’re thinking about. Stop. Questioning. My. Decisions,” Baekhyun stated firmly, and his tone was definitive, leaving no room for a possible comeback.
“Baek, I'm just...” Jongdae tried, and Baekhyun took a deep breath as he tried to gain his composure once again. He knew that Jongdae was saying it for Baekhyun’s sake, because he was worried about him and the whole situation was not good to begin with. And Baekhyun was grateful for that, because he knew how lucky he was to have a friend like him. But he was even more concerned about Jongdae’s safety.
“Worried, I know. But you don't need to be. Just stay out of this. I don't want you to be in any danger or whatever other shit that could happen. Okay?” Baekhyun finished for him, and even though Jongdae wasn't much convinced about the whole thing, Baekhyun repeated okay?, making sure that he understood for sure.
The discourse died there, but Baekhyun felt incredibly tired and worn out, and he didn’t want to think about anything at the moment. “Let's have a drink tonight,” he proposed to him suddenly, and Jongdae smiled and nodded, probably in need of that himself too.
And maybe Baekhyun could simply enjoy a night out, freeing himself from the addictive presence and sensations Loey could bring him. Because Baekhyun knew that Loey was busy for the night and they wouldn't meet. So yes, it was also a good way to test if Baekhyun's preferences were still present, which would not continuously bring him back to the apparent addiction he developed towards Loey.
And that night he dressed up again, this time in simple tight black jeans and a red wine satin shirt. He even styled his hair and put on some make-up. The night was nice but it was lacking something. Despite the slightly higher quantity of alcohol he drank, all the people who neared him to dance with or offer him a drink were not enough. Not tall enough. Not well built enough. Their hands weren’t big and calloused enough. Their voices weren’t deep enough. The comparison was so damn obvious that Baekhyun wanted to slap himself. Couldn't he simply pick one and go with him? Despite him totally not being Loey?
Jongdae was already lost, speaking with a random guy and enjoying his night out when Baekhyun noticed some weird movement at the back of the room where some people raised their voices. Baekhyun clicked his tongue in annoyance, he was pissed off but didn’t want to meddle in other people’s businesses; but when one of the men pulled a short waitress to himself against her will, Baekhyun felt his blood boiling. He neared them, even if he was a bit more than tipsy, and he threw the remaining liquid in his glass to the man’s face who hissed at the cold sensation and turned around glaring at him.
“She doesn't like it, stop it,” Baekhyun stated as a greeting, looking back at him.
“What the fuck do you want? Move away, midget, and mind your own business,” the man spat out but Baekhyun moved closer to the girl, gesturing at him with his head.
“If you want to have some fun, come here. Or are you afraid that you could lose, and you would end up being fucked tonight?” Baekhyun continued smirking, making a gesture to the girl to go away, focusing only on the man in front of him.
“You... Little rascal! You don't know what you just did!” The man shouted again but Baekhyun shook his head, stepping in his personal space as to clearly provoke him.
“You just wanted to fuck around, right?” He asked, and the man's hand moved to him to slap him or punch him or whatever else, when from behind him, another hand stopped his movement, making him hiss in pain.
“You can't play with your boss' things,” Loey's deep voice stated, making Baekhyun frown at both for his presence there and for his sentence. He wasn't anybody's but his own.
“This rude guy is one of your men, Loey? Such a shame,” Baekhyun asked in annoyance, while not even sparing him a glance.
“Ah, hyung, what are you doing here?” Sehun asked him appearing from behind Loey’s taller figure, unable to hide his surprise, making both Baekhyun and Loey frown.
Baekhyun knew that when Loey was around, Sehun would call Baekhyun doctor despite everything. He only called him hyung when there wasn't anybody else.
“What are you two doing here? I was just having fun before this man started being rude with the cute waitress over there,” Baekhyun replied briefly, gesturing behind the counter where the girl went to.
The man shook his head, terrified by the revelation. “No, boss, that's not it. I didn't do anything of that sort. I would never. You know me, right? Why believe this stranger's words over mine?” The man stated, trying to convince Loey who shifted his stare to Baekhyun, then on Sehun, and finally to the man once again.
“Sehun, escort Hwang out,” Loey ordered quickly, gesturing to the back exit, and judging from the man's stare, he wasn't happy with the decision, but Loey nodded again towards the exit and Sehun took him away.
“Your men are scum,” Baekhyun stated, as he made a move to go back to the counter to check on the girl and to drink some more. But it wouldn’t be so easy, obviously.
“He's not one of my men. Just some rubbish we dragged along the way here,” Loey retorted, his fingers easily circling Baekhyun's wrist, pulling him near. They looked at each other in silence for a second and then Loey spoke again. “I didn't know Sehun called you hyung. Some extra familiarity here that I didn’t realize up to now I see...” Loey stated icily, his tone difficult to understand.
“Ask yourself why he didn't want you to know,” Baekhyun retorted, his tone was harsh, way more than he expected. Maybe because he was a bit tipsy or because he was pissed off about Loey’s previous mention of boss’ things, but he didn’t care about replying like that.
“You’re letting him fuck you too?” Loey asked, his voice colder than before as he glared at him. His fingers gripped his wrist harder and Baekhyun's eyes went wider in astonishment, not believing his own ears. How could he think that? Was that the idea Loey had of Baekhyun?
“Ah, so that's what you think? Let go of my hand. I have to go back to be a slut for tonight too,” Baekhyun objected, voice hard and stern, and without even caring about the fact that he was talking to Loey, of all the people. He didn’t think about whatever consequence that statement could bring him. If that was the consideration Loey had of him...Baekhyun couldn't believe it. Why did he even care that much? Baekhyun knew that he was more irritated by his own behavior and the fact that throughout the whole night, he refused men who weren't Loey. And he knew what that meant, even if he didn't like it. And it fucking hurt to think that Loey thought that poorly of him.
“You won't go anywhere without me,” Loey ordered him but Baekhyun pulled his wrist out of Loey's grip and shook his head.
“Because I'm only your plaything? Sorry to break it to you, mister, but I don't belong to you or anybody else. Just because we are, what was it, oh yes cooperating, you don't own me or anything,” Baekhyun hissed, glaring at him. This farce went on long enough. Baekhyun didn't care what would happen to him. He was just a vet, he didn't know anything about mafia or other things like that, not that he wanted to know anything about those.
However, Loey knew him better than expected. “No need to fret about it like the puppy you are. I know you don't fuck with anybody else but me. Because I know that nobody makes you feel like I do,” Loey breathed as he neared him again, and Baekhyun knew this as well, but he also hated it so damn much.
“I'm not a...” He started saying but Loey cut him again.
“I'll really buy you a choker, doc. Pretty like you are, when you try to refuse me,” Loey whispered, his voice getting lower and lower, as he leaned down, his breath brushing Baekhyun’s ear and making him shiver.
“Stop it. I'm not...” He wanted to say again but Loey pressed his lips under his ear so gently that Baekhyun felt it reverberating throughout his body.
“Won’t you please cut it off? Or should I call you hyung as well to make you shut up?” Loey asked him but Baekhyun grunted and shook his head, clearly annoyed about Loey’s behavior.
Even though he knew that what pissed him off more was his own behavior and how nobody managed to catch his interest that night, and then Loey with a few words and his annoyingly deep voice, his height and Greek-God like physique, managed to turn Baekhyun into a stuttering, hot and bothered mess.
“Anything would be better than doc. I have a name, you know? And I know that you have a lot of playthings, but at least you could learn my name,” Baekhyun replied coldly, and despite he thought it was a nice retort, it made Loey chuckle softly as he shook his head, an amused smile on his lips.
“Ah, doc, always a surprise. You really are something else...” He started saying, but even before Baekhyun could even think about replying or wriggling out of his hold, Loey pressed him against the wall behind him slightly, as he leaned down even further, his hot breath against his neck.
Baekhyun felt naked again, being so close to Loey.
“It's cute that you think I have other playthings as you say, dear doctor, but as I told you before, you keep me busy and entertained enough and I know for you it’s the same,” Loey breathed, as his hands easily moved to Baekhyun's side, making him shiver again.
How Baekhyun wished for that to happen. He dreamt about it for all the evening until that moment. And Loey was really there... not an imitation or someone vaguely like him.
“And I know I overreacted earlier, but don't you dare call yourself a slut in front of me again. Are we clear, Baekhyun?” Loey whispered in his ear.
His tone being low, deep and so gentle around his own name made Baekhyun gulp down slowly, feeling like it was the sexiest thing that ever happened to him. The way Loey pronounced his name, that deep voice and how it felt so ravishing on his lips. And on his mind now, there was only Loey and his voice, his hands on his side, and how much Baekhyun wanted Loey to wreck him, especially considering that the following day the clinic was closed and he didn’t need to wake up early.
“You suddenly lost your tongue, puppy? Was I too straightforward with you? Too pressing?” Loey asked him, a smirk easily appearing on his lips as he moved his stare again to meet Baekhyun's.
“You’re the worst, Loey. And I hate how you know how to make me waver and...” Baekhyun breathed but he shook his head briefly, realizing that he was babbling again and Loey didn’t need to know all those things. As long as he was willing to give it to him, Baekhyun would simply go for it. And when he wouldn’t do it anymore, Baekhyun would find a way to cope with it. “Bring me somewhere else?” He proposed, gently biting his bottom lip and looking back at him, and Loey caressed his side gently with his thumb, searching for a hesitation. Everything felt infinite that instant, they were simply looking in each other’s eyes as the poor lights illuminated their faces, making their stare even darker with want, and completely forgetting about the world evolving around them.
Baekhyun didn’t know why Loey was waiting, or if he was just basking in the same mental image that Baekhyun was living too, but he would have waited for him, looking at him like that forever.
“Sure. Mansion is not good for tonight though, let me call one of our affiliate hotels,” Loey finally agreed, moving his hand and he gripped Baekhyun's as he led him outside.
And Baekhyun simply went with him, blindly following him, intoxicated and way too addicted to Loey's whole being. He knew what that meant, he felt it echoing inside him, knowing how his body and soul ached only for that moment to happen. But for that night, he didn’t want to think about it.
“You don't need to text your assistant or something?” Loey asked him when they were sitting in Loey's car.
Baekhyun bit his lips briefly. “No, I don't think so. But I'll let him know nevertheless,” he replied as he quickly sent a message to Jongdae. He didn’t mention that he went away with Loey. He knew that Jongdae would have left everything just to follow Baekhyun if he ever mentioned Loey being around.
The drive was silent but not awkward, and Baekhyun simply looked outside and watched the city profile scrolling by. And when they arrived at the hotel, Baekhyun was speechless. It was huge, all sparkly with lights. A short man came to park Loey's car in their private parking. As soon as Loey stepped inside the hall, all the staff present there was standing and bowing to him.
“Hyuna, evening,” he greeted, nearing a tall girl at the reception desk.
She was pretty, with long black hair tied in a low ponytail, and her uniform impeccable. Baekhyun really wondered how many stars that hotel had.
“Your usual suite is ready, Mr. Loey. Do you need us to send something up?” She asked him, smiling as she gave Loey the magnetic card key for the door.
Baekhyun felt completely out of place while Loey seemed to be at ease. Loey looked at him quickly, waiting. And when Baekhyun realized that he was waiting for him to reply if he wanted something, he felt his cheeks getting warmer. “I-I no... As long there's water it’s okay,” Baekhyun breathed, totally not expecting it.
Loey hummed briefly before looking at Hyuna. “Your room service is open all night as per usual?” Loey asked her and Hyuna nodded briefly.
“So for the moment just a Chianti bottle will be fine, call you back if we need more,” Loey concluded finally as he took the card key and gently pressed Baekhyun's elbow, gesturing with his head to the elevator.
Baekhyun followed him and once inside, he looked at the rows of buttons in astonishment. “Which floor?” He asked still in surprise, but Loey quickly clicked the top one on the fortieth floor. And if Baekhyun was amazed up to that moment, when Loey pushed the door of the room open, Baekhyun was bewildered.
“Loey, what...” Baekhyun started saying as he wasn’t ready to see all that luxury and sparkling lights, and the view. In front of the big, no, huge, bed, there were panoramic windows that looked towards the city. From there, they could see all of Seoul’s lights, brightening the night panorama, looking so bright yet so small and distant on the ground. Baekhyun couldn’t even dream a place like that.
“Power brings other power, doc. And, you’re just missing a wagging tail and you’d be the perfect puppy,” Loey observed in amusement, as his stare didn’t leave Baekhyun’s figure near the windows, who was lost in awe with the beautiful panorama.
Baekhyun scrunched his nose, shifting his stare away. And he was about to apologize, moving away from it, when Loey caressed his back, making him turn against the window.
“The view is nice here. It's one of the hotels I like best. I'm glad I could show you up here,” Loey breathed softly, as his fingers gently caressed Baekhyun’s back, along his spine.
Suddenly Baekhyun felt warm inside. Because it was Loey's preferred place and he decided to bring Baekhyun. Apparently, taking Loey’s words, Baekhyun was the only one for him at the moment. And even though they were only words, and probably lies too, for that night, Baekhyun was okay with believing them. Even if only for that night. For a few hours he wanted to believe they were true and there was some kind of connection between them, Loey being attracted to him as much as Baekhyun was, as he found all the other people’s company annoying and not as entertaining enough as Loey’s.
There was a quick knock on the door and Loey went to open it to retrieve the bottle they brought up.
“Want a glass?” Loey asked him, picking up the two glasses and once again pouring the bright liquid in both, making Baekhyun chuckle softly.
“You really charm your way into people's lives, Loey,” he whispered, observing him as he picked the glass, making Loey smirk.
“So I charmed you too, doc?” Loey asked him, giving him one of the glasses and Baekhyun groaned as he took it, even though on his lips there was a soft smile.
“You know it already,” Baekhyun breathed in reply, sipping the wine and watching Loey do the same. He really was so handsome and those lights made him look even more charming. Baekhyun realized that he was really lost for how beautiful Loey was.
“Maybe I want to hear you say it, Baekhyun,” Loey whispered, imperceptibly nearing him, as he placed his hand to his side while his fingers brushed over the satin shirt.
Once again Baekhyun felt his own name tumbling deeply, pleasantly leaving Loey's lips, and a shiver went down his back and made him instinctively near Loey. “You’ll be the end of me,” Baekhyun muttered lowly, even if he was already aroused, wanting what he knew was about to happen.
Loey leant down as his lips brushed his ear. “You asked for it, doc. Being so sensual tonight, standing up for that girl you know nothing about, letting others getting closer to you than me...” Loey started saying, moving his lips to Baekhyun's neck softly, as they brushed his skin more than kissing it.
There was something in how Loey stood and behaved near him that made Baekhyun unable to think properly, as he was always so lost in his presence, his cologne, his voice, his hands...
“And you mentioned fucking someone. Do you sometimes top too?” Loey asked him interested, making Baekhyun chuckle briefly, nodding.
“Yeah, a pleasant change from time to time. I like being on the receiving end more, but I'm up to both,” Baekhyun replied honestly making Loey smirk. Baekhyun liked that smirk a lot too.
“Maybe one day...” Loey let out even though his voice trailed off as he leant in again, biting Baekhyun's neck, making him shiver again, as his fingers gripped Loey’s hair.
“Not tonight for sure,” Baekhyun stated quickly, trying to settle already what he wanted for that night, and Loey shook his head without even thinking about it.
“No, no. Tonight you’ll beg me to stop because you can't take it anymore. Especially because tomorrow you don't have to work, and I can take my sweet time with you. Nobody will hear or disturb us here,” Loey replied, pressing his lips against Baekhyun's neck before finishing the sparkling liquid in his glass under Baekhyun's amazed stare.
And even before he could reply, Loey clicked his tongue, briefly annoyed about something, like he suddenly remembered something that pissed him off. “I know what you thought back at the club. But when I scolded that scum for playing with my things, I didn't refer to you, doc. That shithead is the reason why I was busy today. He's trying to coerce the waitresses in my pubs to sell themselves for sexual affairs under my name,” Loey explained briefly, clarifying the matter that still itched weirdly under Baekhyun's skin. Even though it felt so strange, because Loey never gave him explanations for anything. He never made things understandable for Baekhyun, and always labelled things as not your business, work matters. He didn’t even think about giving any explanation to Baekhyun before.
Baekhyun parted his lips in surprise, but before he could comment, Loey shifted his stare out the window, as he moved to pour himself another glass of wine.
“So you’re not my plaything, doc. Not mine or anybody else’s. You should estimate yourself more and better than this,” Loey added, his stare not moving back to Baekhyun’s face, but still looking outside through the big windows.
Baekhyun parted his lips even more, rounded in a marveled o, unable to contain his surprise at Loey's words. But after all, yeah, Baekhyun knew what it was despite those words. He was simply being a hobby, a pastime, a discreet entertainment for Loey. That was Baekhyun. And he shouldn’t have forgotten it.
“You order, and all fall at your feet, Loey. It wouldn't be so strange if this would be just a game for you. If you consider me as something disposable. When you won't need me anymore or you’ll get tired of me, you’ll throw me away. That's what you do and what I know I signed up for when I told you that I was up to continue whatever this was,” Baekhyun let out honestly as his stare moved to the bottom of his glass. He was feeling slightly dejected but he knew that that was the reality and he couldn't do anything about it. He knew that he was ready to accept things as they came as long as Loey was willing to continue whatever they had. After that, he would think about it another time. And even before Loey could retort in any way to what Baekhyun was saying, Baekhyun finished the remaining content of his glass and put it down on the small counter where the bottle also stood.
“So, let's do this. I’ve waited for it all evening and you promised me a good fuck. Let's go down with it,” Baekhyun concluded, closing the distance between them. He brushed his fingers on Loey's neck, as he bit his bottom lip, knowing that Loey was already following his movements.
He finished his wine too and put the glass down near Baekhyun’s and moved his hands to Baekhyun's side once again. “Tell me when I didn't fuck you properly,” Loey breathed, leaning down and pressing his lips to Baekhyun's neck, under his ear and gently licking the area, making him shiver softly.
Baekhyun's fingers moved to Loey's hair, carding through it and making Loey close their distance even more. “Oh no, you always do and I'm so grateful for that. Knowing that you’ll push me to my limits, breaking them every time we see each other,” Baekhyun whispered, as he walked backwards and led Loey to the bed.
“Glad to hear that, doc. Because your pleas and moans are such a turn on. Especially when you play pretend, refusing how much you’re liking it,” Loey groaned against his neck, his fingers moving to unbutton Baekhyun's shirt.
“I don't...” Baekhyun started saying but Loey bit his neck, while pushing his shirt open and touching his naked skin, making him shiver again. Baekhyun hated yet loved how easily Loey managed to turn him on, only a few words and gestures necessary to make him quiver.
“You don't? Doc, your puppy side is showing again. I thought you wanted to be praised and rewarded tonight, not scolded and get spanked,” Loey replied, a smirk easily appearing on his lips and causing Baekhyun’s cheeks getting warmer.
He liked it when Loey spoke to him like that. Because he always managed to perceive all of Baekhyun's emotions and his horny side when sex was on the line, knowing which buttons it was better to press or which strings to pull. And he acted perfectly upon it, pressing him more.
“You want to reward me? And for what?” Baekhyun asked, slightly surprised about the mention, even if the only idea was more than pleasant in Baekhyun’s mind, and Loey hummed briefly before distancing himself from Baekhyun to look at him in the eye.
“Standing up for that girl, for instance,” Loey replied, gesturing to Baekhyun's trousers with his head. It was a clear, silent request for him to remove them.
Baekhyun obeyed, quickly removing them and, when he asked himself what next, Loey gestured towards the bed.
“On all fours,” Loey ordered quickly and Baekhyun bit his lips, glancing at Loey before obeying him again.
“Is this my reward?” Baekhyun asked him, opening his legs wider for Loey to see, but he only felt a slap sound and a stinging pain on his right ass cheek. Heavens if he missed that. He had to bite his lips to muffle down the moan that threatened to leave, but he missed and loved the sensation of Loey’s skin on his own, his thick, calloused hands on his ass, spanking him or simply carressing it.
“You have to earn it. Wanna see you getting over the edge before I would consider fingering you open just to prepare you properly and give it to you. Convince me that you were good,” Loey replied like it was the most obvious thing in the world, but he earned himself a confused stare from Baekhyun.
It was the first time Loey asked him to finger himself. Of all the things they did together, more or less vanilla depending on the night, Loey never even remotely hinted to watch Baekhyun fingering himself open for him. But it was worth trying, getting Baekhyun curious enough.
“Do we have lube?” Baekhyun asked, looking around the room and Loey picked it up from his trousers, two mono-doses.
“Will they suffice?” Loey asked him, throwing the small doses near him on the bed and Baekhyun hummed shortly while biting his lips, as he though about it but then he nodded and smiled at Loey.
“I'll make them suffice,” he replied, sitting better on his knees, as he picked the two packages from the duvet before looking at him.
“Do you plan to just stand there? It’ll take a while,” Baekhyun asked, inquiring on the fact that Loey was still standing near the windows.
Loey chuckled briefly as he shook his head. “Stop worrying about what I do or don't and get on with it, doc. Want to see how you play with yourself, how you’ll convince me to let you come,” Loey stated.
Baekhyun groaned while shaking his head as he removed his boxers too. It wouldn't take much long. Those few times people asked him to finger himself open for them, Baekhyun managed to get them done in less than ten minutes. But he also knew that Loey was a totally different league. That didn’t scare him though, it made him curious. He brought his fingers to his lips, slowly parting them and sticking out his tongue to lick them. His stare never left Loey's, making it purposely lewder, as his saliva dripped down on his fingers, and then his wrist too.
Loey didn't move from where he was standing but his eyes followed all Baekhyun's movements, clearly enthralled with Baekhyun’s whole being on that huge bed.
“You sure you don't want to come here?” Baekhyun let out softly, popping his fingers out of his mouth and spreading his legs wider as he faced Loey but he shook his head, not moving from where he was.
“Turn around. I want to properly see how you do it,” Loey ordered, gesturing him with his hand and Baekhyun pushed his bottom lip out, clearly not happy with the request but doing it nevertheless.
“You’re no fun, though. Like this I can't see you,” he complained, but Loey chuckled behind him, probably shaking his head too.
“You don't have to see me. Not yet at least. Show me something good and I'll let you come while looking at me,” Loey replied, his voice getting deeper and lower again, and making Baekhyun bit his bottom lip with want.
And Baekhyun was about to move again to start the small show when Loey's voice startled him, especially for how thick and definitive it was, pronouncing his name again in that perfect way.
“If I wasn't clear enough before, let me tell you again that you can't come as long as I say so, Baekhyun,” he ordered again, tone slipping even lower than before, and Baekhyun felt a shiver down his spine, making his erection thicken impossibly for being only a sentence even without any physical touch.
Thank heavens he turned around and Loey couldn't see the effects of that voice and Baekhyun's own name on himself. Not that he probably wasn’t already more than aware of those.
“I wouldn't want any different,” Baekhyun replied, finally moving his fingers underneath and starting to slowly circle his entrance, playing with the tight muscle ring, almost inserting one of his fingers but only shortly before starting again. He could feel Loey's hot stare on his back, and it turned him on even more. Baekhyun would have never thought that one day he would be turned on even simply from the fact that someone was looking at him. Or maybe it was the way that Loey looked at him to make him feel this hot and bothered. Or even simpler, the fact that he was, well, Loey.
“Your fingers are so pretty. As much as yourself. So slender and elegant. I like how you wrap them around my cock. Show me how beautiful they are also when they bring you pleasure,” Loey whispered behind him, but didn't make any gesture to come closer, nor to sit down near him on the bed.
Baekhyun pressed the first finger in, arching his back against the insertion, spreading his legs slightly wider. And it wasn't even near to whatever Baekhyun was used to do by himself, but the fact that Loey was looking at him and enjoying the show made him feel even better, pleasantly turning him on. Even though, he missed some kind of touches, even the smallest ones.
“Do you like that?” Baekhyun asked him briefly pushing two more fingers in and glancing over his shoulder, eyes hooded with lust and already a bit glassy, pleasure was clearly seeping in and stretching inside pleasantly. It made him feel warmer than before.
Loey poured himself another glass of wine, enjoying the sight. “You're doing a great job, doc. Way too silent, but I want you to work those fingers better for me. Are you even enjoying this?” Loey asked him, sipping on his wine and not shifting his stare away from Baekhyun, his eyes watching intently how Baekhyun’s fingers went in and out his ass.
Baekhyun bit his bottom lip as he started to move his fingers better inside himself, rolling his hips against the insertion. He felt his erection getting thicker, leaking precum, as milky beads formed at the top, glistening in the bright light of the room.
“I see some improvement here,” Loey commented, pleased by the difference in pace and in Baekhyun’s poorly hidden groans, and Baekhyun moaned softly at the half compliment, scissoring his fingers inside himself and moving his other hand to his erection, stroking it slightly slower.
“You like it, Loey? Am I doing a good job now?” Baekhyun let out, glancing towards Loey again who was still standing there, looking at him.
“Slightly better? Even though I doubt that that is sufficient to give you a satisfactory orgasm, doc. Or you really need only this?" Loey provoked him, chuckling softly, smirk not leaving his lips.
It made Baekhyun groan in annoyance as he scrunched his nose. Why he was so damn right and so infuriatingly hot while simply standing there, looking at Baekhyun while not doing anything?! It made him mad and wanting even more than before.
“Doing it by myself is not the same,” Baekhyun retorted, almost pouting, making Loey chuckle briefly again.
“You mean when Loey is looking at me instead of giving me a hand, right?” Loey let out, making Baekhyun huff and bite his lips, as he wanted to refute the sentence but eventually he nodded.
He knew it was like that and was there any reason to hide it? Loey knew it way too well already. “Usually, ah, at this step other people are already willing to participate, to touch me and make me feel better,” Baekhyun replied, fingering himself slightly faster, pressing his fingers in as deep as he could.
Loey huffed briefly and Baekhyun heard the sound of the glass against the counter, soft but clear enough.
And when he hoped that Loey would have finally joined him, nothing happened.
“You know what you have to do if you want me to join you, my dear doctor,” Loey breathed, his tone sultry and so damn attractive, getting deeper as if he could read Baekhyun's mind, almost stroking his skin, making it erupt in goosebumps.
Baekhyun knew it. To beg for it. But wasn't it too early for that? He glanced at Loey, biting his bottom lip. “Neither a small help?” Baekhyun asked him again, but Loey shook his head once more and smiled at him.
“Only after the magic words, doc. Ask like you mean it and I'll think about joining you,” Loey replied softly and Baekhyun had one last card before deciding to go and beg for touches.
He removed his glasses before leaning down better, pressing his forehead against the duvet and spreading his legs as wide as he could. He pressed his fingers inside better, so deep and pleasant, causing him to moan loudly against the duvet beneath. Baekhyun knew that from that position it was easier for him to simply come, but would it be enough to make Loey join him? Without the need to beg for it? Apparently, yes. But only partially. And it brought Baekhyun more problems than a real solution.
Loey sat on the bed, behind him, fingers brushing his spine and making him arch it back, almost like electricity went through it, a loud moan leaving his lips.
“Your flexibility is so pleasant. And I know that usually other guys you went with fell for it immediately. But you said it before. I'll push you to your limits, so don't try me because I'll reply with an equal provocation,” Loey breathed, and Baekhyun didn't have the time to wonder what Loey was hinting to, as he felt Loey’s fingers on his hair, tugging it, making him kneel properly instead of leaning down.
Loey's fingers didn’t leave his hair and despite the pull, it was more than pleasant.
“If you want me to touch you, you have to ask for it, Baekhyun,” he breathed in his ear, making Baekhyun groan as he pressed his fingers deeper inside himself, setting a faster pace.
His cock throbbed against his lower abdomen, hard and leaking. He felt like he was going to explode soon. It was too much yet not enough. It made Baekhyun shiver and moan but it was still way too far from his release. Loey’s deep voice was so tempting and already pushing him so fast to his own limits, that he felt his body starting to tense, warmth pooling in his abdomen but then Loey's hand went to his cock and gripped the base, preventing him from coming.
“Oh no, doc. You can't come, remember?” Loey breathed in his ear, nibbling it softly, his fingers not leaving his hair or his cock.
Baekhyun whined lowly, trying to roll his hips to find more friction from Loey's fingers, but he heard Loey growling lowly, teeth sinking into Baekhyun's neck. It was so damn arousing, making Baekhyun’s mind swim, as he was suddenly overwhelmed by the pleasure and how much he wanted whatever was destined to happen on that bed, that night.
“Baekhyun, let yourself go,” Loey breathed, and the tone was so soft, so low, so deep and so near himself that Baekhyun almost felt like coming only from that. His voice echoed inside him so strongly, calling him, pushing the right buttons, and making him feel already like drowning in pleasure.
“You're so damn unfair, Loey,” he groaned, thrashing his head back, closing his eyes and basking for a second in Loey's proximity. So warm but so cold at the same time. So close yet so far. Pushing Baekhyun over the edge so pleasantly, but still keeping him sane. But Baekhyun couldn't take it anymore. Not with Loey's fingers in his hair and his hand preventing him from coming, as he pressed almost painfully hard on the base of his cock.
“You are. Keeping all the fun for yourself. Don't you want to share it with me? To know how good I’ll make you feel when you finally let yourself go?” Loey asked him softly, tongue licking the side of his ear and slowly, barely moving his hand, stroking his cock, making him cry in pleasure.
And Baekhyun couldn’t take it anymore, pressing his fingers even deeper inside him, wanting more of whatever Loey was ready to give him. Because he knew what would happen after that he would give in, finally begging Loey to let him come, to take him and fuck him as he pleased. He knew it and wanted it oh so damn much.
“Ah, fuck, please, let me come. I want to feel your fingers inside me, making me moan and beg, totally lost in how good you’re treating me,” Baekhyun muttered, tongue licking his own lips, before biting the bottom one and Loey nodded near him, removing his hand from Baekhyun's cock.
“I think I didn't hear you well. What do you want?” Loey teased him but Baekhyun didn't even have the strength to counter it despite knowing that Loey heard him perfectly.
“Please, touch me. Make me come, I need it,” Baekhyun breathed again, this time slightly louder than before, making Loey caress his back gently, his fingertips brushed against his skin, making it erupt in goosebumps.
“Pick up the lube,” Loey instructed, making Baekhyun whine and move briefly to retrieve the two untouched packages, as he gave them to Loey. But Loey didn't take them. “Open them for me, will you?” He asked, even though it still felt like an order.
Baekhyun hummed, bringing the small, foiled packages to his lips and tearing them open using his teeth since one of his hand was still busy inside himself.
“So obedient, doc. I want to praise you even more when you are this willing,” Loey breathed, picking up the two packages and letting go of Baekhyun's hair.
“Pull your fingers out,” Loey ordered again and Baekhyun groaned lowly, almost hissing while taking them off, feeling suddenly empty. But the emptiness didn't last long.
Even before Baekhyun could realize, Loey was pouring the lube directly on his entrance, cold, sticky sensation stinging his reddened and warmed up skin and it made him moan lowly. He made a gesture to arch his back away from Loey, but he didn't let him go anywhere, as his hand gripped his hair once again, while his lips closed on his nape, biting him.
“Where do you think you're going? I haven’t even started with you,” Loey groaned against his skin, making Baekhyun whimper and wanting more of whatever Loey was about to give him. He loved how Loey managed to make him feel good, always knowing what Baekhyun needed more, what he wanted more. If he preferred something spicier, including some games, or if he just wanted to relieve some stress, preferring something closer to vanilla. And also Loey knew how to speak to him perfectly, knowing exactly when he could push something more or when it was better to recede, when it was okay to dirty-talk to him, or when he preferred praises and soft words more.
“Please,” he murmured again, feeling Loey's fingers gripping harder on his hair and his buttock, fondling it.
“Please what?” Loey asked him again and Baekhyun whimpered a small "make me come" which was enough of a reply this time.
Loey thrusted three fingers inside without asking anything more, making Baekhyun arch his back, as he moaned loudly while his fingers gripped his own thighs, spreading them impossibly wider.
“Ah, God... please,” Baekhyun whispered, feeling Loey thrusting his fingers deeper in, scissoring them and stretching wider inside. Baekhyun whimpered again, unable to keep that position anymore, leaning down, and using his hand as support.
“You feel already so stretched down here, doc. You’re getting used to my cock more than my fingers,” Loey breathed, shifting behind him and following Baekhyun’s movement, even though his fingers still remained both in his hair and inside him.
Baekhyun moaned again, feeling his control slipping so quickly, almost like water between his fingers, as his head was filled with nothing but pleasure and how much he wanted Loey to fuck him with his fingers so bad. “Ah, Loey, more. Give me more,” he breathed, squeezing Loey's fingers inside himself and thank heavens that Loey finally did it because Baekhyun felt like he was going crazy about it.
He started thrusting deeper inside, his pace getting faster, and the fingers in his hair were now tugging gently more than pulling roughly as before. He was whispering how good Baekhyun was, how stretched he was and how Loey liked it when Baekhyun was so obedient and pleading for him.
Baekhyun simply took everything as it came, his head starting to become numb from the raising heat and he felt pleasure pooling up in his abdomen again.
“You’re taking them so well, Baekhyun. Come for me?” Loey asked him as he bit his shoulder, and Baekhyun moaned as he gripped the blankets under him.
“Harder, do it harder please,” he muttered trying to muffle down his pleasure and how fucking good he was feeling.
Loey simply complied, giving him more, deeper, harder, faster. He turned Baekhyun into a moaning and whimpering mess, so much that he didn't even manage to kneel anymore, slowly sinking deeper on the bed almost spreading over it, feeling Loey's fingers thrusting inside unrelenting.
But when Loey leant down to breathe in his ear with a soft: "I can't wait to fuck you so hard that you won't be able to walk tomorrow", Baekhyun couldn't take it anymore. He came so suddenly, almost exploding in his release, milky white sticky cum splotching on the duvet and his torso, leaving him panting, unable to catch his breath, as he squeezed his eyes shut, trying not to pass out from how good he was feeling.
Behind his eyes thousands of small lights glistened, making him feel only pleasant aftershocks of his high as he shivered, his thighs spasming softly as he tried to realize how much he actually came. And once again he felt so light and weightless, like drifting into an immense sea of pleasure.
Loey waited patiently for him to make some move or speak, not moving his fingers inside him as he only caressed his back gently. “You did so well, doc. Need a few moments more to...?” Loey started saying, checking on him, probably seeing him more out of it than usual but Baekhyun was already shaking his head.
He felt almost drunk, his head spinning as he moved. "N-No, I want you. I need to feel you inside me. Please," Baekhyun muttered honestly and was there any reason to put up a scene about not wanting it? When Loey was ready to give him everything just from Baekhyun's words?
Loey hummed briefly behind him, removing his fingers from Baekhyun, slowly, so slowly just not to hurt him that in a different situation Baekhyun would’ve found it sweet.
“Lie down for me,” Loey breathed, his hand not leaving Baekhyun's side, checking that he managed on his own since his thighs weren't exactly working because he was in that position for too long.
But Baekhyun managed to lie down on his own, feeling his back relax against the cold sensation of the bed sheet. His fingers immediately went to his hair, pulling it away from his face. He was feeling pleasantly fucked but not enough. Baekhyun knew that the best was yet to come. Figuratively and literally. He glanced at Loey, waiting for him to order him something else, something that he wanted him to do but Loey sat up moving towards the minibar and picked up a bottle of water. He uncapped it and drank a bit from it before leaning down and pressing his lips on Baekhyun's, passing him the water like that.
Baekhyun couldn’t believe it, but it felt equally hot and sweet and he didn't know what to say or how to react other than asking for more. “Can I have a bit more?” He whispered when Loey’s lips left his own, making him nod briefly and making him drink more in the same way as before. It was so damn hot. They almost finished one small bottle of water and when Baekhyun was finally feeling better again, Loey hummed briefly moving towards the counter again to pour himself another glass of wine.
“You were so good tonight,” He said lowly, emptying his glass and Baekhyun's stare moved at him with a frown.
It was something that Loey said only at the end of their encounters or when he wanted Baekhyun to do something for him. And in that moment, it sounded so weird, making Baekhyun frown, as he suddenly wondered if Loey was thinking of leaving him like that, without finishing what they started.
“So? Something more I can do for you before you finally decide to fuck me?” Baekhyun asked back making Loey chuckle as he shook his head.
“Doc, don't be so edgy. I want to reward you, not to punish you. So, let me bring back the tension of earlier before I can hold you,” Loey breathed nearing him again as he took off his shirt and trousers, remaining only in black boxer.
Always such a perfect show, as handsomeness was radiating from his whole being.
“Reward me? How?” Baekhyun asked him, frowning, especially because there was no real reason for it and Loey hummed.
And wasn’t what they just did already enough as a reward?
“So impatient. For heaven's sake, relax,” Loey replied and even before Baekhyun could realize what was happening, he was sitting between Baekhyun's half-opened legs, pulling him closer gently and spreading them wider.
“Look at you. Already so wasted and so beautiful. I want to mess you up even more,” Loey breathed softly leaning down and placing his lips to Baekhyun's chest, slightly above his navel.
“Do it. I’m here for it,” Baekhyun replied, biting his bottom lip. And God yes how he wanted it.
Loey shook his head, his nose brushing Baekhyun's abdomen and licking the cum that sparkled there under the lights of the room and making Baekhyun shiver at the wet and hot sensation. He liked that for how weird it was.
“Don't rush things. Let me enjoy it a bit too before getting to the point,” Loey said, his words causing Baekhyun to frown.
What did he mean by that? Usually after Baekhyun came the first time or after Loey fingered him enough, Loey would finally have his way with Baekhyun. He’d simply pound inside him, making Baekhyun unable to even think for how good he was feeling.
“Told you I want to reward you. Don't tell me you don't want me to,” Loey muttered, continuing to lick the cum and even before Baekhyun could ask about it, Loey gently pulled his hips near him. He had Baekhyun's thighs leaning on his shoulders and now had a complete access to Baekhyun's cock and entrance.
Baekhyun gasped, but Loey was already leaning down, his tongue slowly licking the tip of Baekhyun's cock, gathering the precum that was already forming on it.
“You taste so good, doc, it always makes me want more and more,” Loey breathed hotly to his cock, his stare not leaving Baekhyun’s.
Baekhyun pressed the back of his hand on his mouth, trying to shut himself up because what the hell was happening? Loey almost never sucked him off. He ate him out, sprinkled his back and front with red marks and hickeys but blowjobs were usually Baekhyun's doing. “Loey what…?” He started saying but Loey blew hot air on the tip, making Baekhyun shiver, as he arched his back at the sensation.
“You deserve it, Baekhyun. So, will you shut up and let me suck you off? Or do you want me to stop?” Loey asked him, glaring towards him but Baekhyun was already shaking his head fervently almost enough to fill dizzy.
Of fucking course he wanted that. Who was Baekhyun to refuse a blowjob from Loey? He was still sane in his mind.
“Then be the good puppy you are and enjoy it,” Loey concluded making Baekhyun gulp down and try to relax about it.
Even though it wasn’t easy at all. Especially not when Loey took all of his cock in his mouth, his tongue twirling around it, wetting it and starting a slow, hot friction around it. Baekhyun bit his bottom lip trying not to thrust inside Loey's mouth but Loey slapped the back of his thigh harshly and glared at him, a clear sign of what he wanted. And who was Baekhyun to refuse? Inside his mouth was so hot and so pleasantly wet, he didn't even need to think about thrusting in, his body moved on its own, looking for more friction, more wetness, and how good Baekhyun was feeling again.
“Ah, Loey, your tongue works wonders,” Baekhyun let out lewdly, arching his back and thrusting deep inside his mouth, as he threw his head back. He loved it, so much that he carded his fingers through Loey's hair, pulling, pressing him down to his cock and Loey let him do it, making Baekhyun feel even better and God, how come his climax was near that fast again?
“Fuck, Loey, stop, slow down," Baekhyun moaned, covering his mouth with the back of his hand as he tried not to come.
Loey slowed down to a complete halt before looking at Baekhyun interested. He didn’t say anything, though, as he waited for Baekhyun to speak up.
“I don't want to come like this,” Baekhyun explained briefly making Loey hum.
He considered a few things and then removed his lips from Baekhyun's cock, and cleaned his mouth with the back of his hand. “I'll leave your reward for tomorrow then and simply fuck you as you prefer. You wanted to see me, right? While I pounded into you and made you moan and beg again. Want to let yourself go as we both like it, huh?” Loey asked him, his stare not leaving Baekhyun’s and Baekhyun nodded quickly, spreading his legs slightly wider.
“Like this,” he whispered as his fingers gently caressed his inner thighs, clearly an invitation, and Loey nodded, settling near Baekhyun better, as he removed his boxer and picked up a condom.
“You look so wasted already, doc, you sure you can manage?” Loey asked him, an annoying, but beautiful smirk appearing on his lips.
“I’m having fun, why do you have to spoil it?” He retorted with a pout.
Loey, as soon as the condom was secured on his cock, chuckled shortly and shook his head. “Things will get even more interesting from now on, no worries,” he said as he leant down to press his lips on Baekhyun's collarbones before he could thrust swiftly inside him. He did it with a single thrust, filling Baekhyun completely.
Baekhyun let out a loud cry, loving how Loey was stretching him pleasantly, filling him up in all the possible ways. For how much it happened again and again, Baekhyun’s body being used to Loey’s shape perfectly fitting his, Baekhyun was always amazed of how good Loey managed to make him feel.
“Oh, fuck, yes” he let out, fingers brushing Loey's torso, feeling his hands on his thighs, as they pushed them slightly up, reaching deeper inside Baekhyun, stretching him even better.
“God, you’re still so tight, fucking love how you squeeze me inside. You like my cock so much? Feeling it opening you up and make you whimper like one of your puppies?” Loey breathed, voice getting lower and deeper, as he started to thrust inside Baekhyun slowly, pace gently picking up and making Baekhyun bit his own bottom lip.
“Well, you keep coming back to me too, so maybe you also don't dislike how my ass welcomes you and milk the best orgasms out of you, right?” Baekhyun breathed, half moaning half cursing as Loey deliberately avoided his sweet spot inside, thrusting everywhere except there. And not because he didn't know any better.
“And if I do?” Loey groaned, smirk appearing on his lips and no, no...
Baekhyun knew that smile and he knew he was about to get fucked even harder than expected.
“Your ass is so sweet. Wish I could have you around twenty-four-seven just to touch, squeeze, finger, eat you out and fuck you any time I feel like it. So, always,” Loey replied, his low voice transforming into a sort of deep growl, as his fingers digged deeper into Baekhyun's thighs.
“Aren't you exaggerating now?” Baekhyun tried to say between the moans and groans, feeling the pace rising and getting slightly faster than before, but Loey was already shaking his head.
“I'm praising only your ass, doc, your personality is another matter. Especially when you’re trying your best to be brattish and not doing what I tell you to make you feel better,” Loey replied, making Baekhyun chuckle.
“What about making me feel better now, Loey? This isn’t even enough,” Baekhyun challenged him again, provoking him, and Loey groaned as he leant down to bite his neck and he started an even faster pace.
“You think I'm done with you, Baekhyun? I won't let you come that easily,” Loey breathed, making Baekhyun's skin explode again in goosebumps, unable to hide another shiver of pleasure. Which Loey obviously noticed.
It made him start a kind of cycle where he trusted inside Baekhyun harder and quicker, but then he would slow down when he’d realize that Baekhyun was enjoying it too much and Loey wouldn’t let him come.
Baekhyun was positively wasted. His hair was sweaty and sticking in all different directions, while his lips were swollen and red. His neck and torso were sprinkled all over with red and purple blooming hickeys, as his head was swimming in a sort of weird, numb sensation in which he felt so good and he was continuously so close to his release without actually getting to it.
“Look at you, doc, so sweetly fucked, so pitifully needy, are you done? You can take no more?” Loey asked him groaning lowly against his neck, making Baekhyun whimper again as oversensitivity got the best of him, making him quiver under Loey’s slow thrusts.
“Let me come,” Baekhyun whined, removing his glasses which started to fog up again. It was being more of a hindrance than anything, and when Loey was about to reply, his phone on the bed went off ringing.
“Let it ring,” Baekhyun groaned trying to sound threatening, but Loey pressed his fingers to Baekhyun's lips, shaking his head.
“It's Sehun. I have to take this, and you’ll behave and be silent, okay? Or do you want Sehunnie to hear you moan and beg for my cock?” Loey asked while smiling at him. He then picked up the phone and took the call.
Loey wanted to play? Well, Baekhyun had some energy left in him too.
“Yeah?” Loey replied, pressing the phone to his ear enough that Baekhyun couldn't hear the conversation.
Baekhyun stuck his tongue out and licked Loey's fingers which were still on his lips. It made him frown shortly, catching him off guard, but then he smirked at Baekhyun. Again. That was no good. Baekhyun never learnt his lesson: never openly challlenge Loey. Or maybe, he knew the consequences and he liked them.
“Sure, so everything's settled?” Loey asked to the phone while his fingers moved down to Baekhyun's neck, gently gripping it while resuming his thrusts inside Baekhyun. It was slow, with a different depth compared to before, but he hit exactly where Baekhyun wanted him to.
Baekhyun couldn't believe how hot that was, making him feel even thicker, his cock surely leaking more than before and making him want even more. Especially when Loey's fingers pressed on his neck even harder, and damn Baekhyun never knew but maybe he was into breath-play because in that moment, he wanted Loey to choke him while pounding inside him harder and faster and, God, Baekhyun felt his cock hardening even more, if possible.
And that didn't go unnoticed from Loey's attentive eyes, causing him to thrust faster inside Baekhyun, while his fingers never left his neck, pressing him down to the mattress and literally taking Baekhyun's breath away.
Baekhyun’s sight clouded again, pleasure filling all his senses, as a short, strangled moan left his lips, making him feel like he could go on like that potentially forever.
“Perfect, thanks for letting me know and settling things as usual. Talk to you later,” Loey replied, and his voice was so clear and so low, almost totally unfazed by the fact that he was drilling deeper inside Baekhyun and making him whimper softly.
And when Loey hung up the phone, he threw it on the bed once again. He leant down, while easing his grip on Baekhyun's neck. “Will you ever stop surprising me doc? Who would have thought you were into this. Want me to go harder on you? I bet you’d like it and you’d look so wasted after it, so perfectly fucked only for me to see, right?” Loey breathed into his ear, his voice going unexpectedly low and deep once again, and Baekhyun couldn't do anything but nod with a whimper.
“With words, Baekhyun. Or I won't give you anything,” Loey replied almost in a low groan, as his teeth grazed his neck.
Baekhyun wetted his lips, his voice scratchily leaving his throat, clearly abused by how much he moaned and cried for more. “Please, fuck me,” he simply breathed, making Loey smile at him.
“If you don't want it anymore, or if I'm hurting you, give me a sign, okay?” Loey asked and when Baekhyun didn't reply immediately as he was still feeling Loey's slow thrusts inside him driving him to oblivion, Loey gently slapped his butt cheek. “Baekhyun, okay?” He asked again, his stare fixed on Baekhyun’s, not leaving it, and Baekhyun bit his lips while nodding.
“Okay,” he echoed and... What the hell was happening? Why did that feel so caring? But Baekhyun didn’t have much time to think about it.
Loey nodded, clearly pleased by his reply, and this time he went really harder on Baekhyun. Without giving him a second to recover, Loey started to thrust deeper inside him, picking up his pace again while his fingers reached for his neck again, gripping harder.
Baekhyun felt so good that he couldn't process anything else. There were only Loey's fingers on his neck, squeezing harder, and his continuous thrusts inside him, making Baekhyun crazy and wanting, and he didn't know anything else anymore. He just wanted to come and to feel Loey come too. For the first time in all his life, Baekhyun wished that Loey didn't wear a condom while they were having sex. Which was actually a strange thought, considering that Baekhyun was always clear on that.
“You look so perfect, Baekhyun, so ruined and wasted. And I want to give you more, to break you more,” Loey groaned lowly making Baekhyun whimper again, and only a small do it left his lips as Loey simply let himself go too. He started thrusting faster, skin slamming against Baekhyun's producing the most lewd and erotic sounds ever, turning Baekhyun on even more, and it pressed him over the edge so quickly that he didn't even realize that he was coming almost painfully hard on his own torso, completely untouched, a mutter of a short Loey please weakly leaving his lips.
Loey groaned too, letting Baekhyun breathe just to put both his hands again on Baekhyun's hips and thrusting even harder.
It was so much that Baekhyun couldn't help but moan loudly again, despite his oversensitivity, as he prayed that Loey would never stop and he felt his cock getting hard again, ready to enjoy a second orgasm and what the fuck...It never happened to Baekhyun to be that much aroused, that wanting, as quickly and unrelenting as Loey's thrusts inside him, with hips snapping against his.
“Say my name, Baekhyun,” Loey groaned, biting into his neck and Baekhyun carded his fingers through Loey's hair, pulling him closer.
“Please, Loey more. Give me more, please,” he moaned loud enough that probably the whole floor they were in knew how good Baekhyun was feeling.
But Loey shook his head against Baekhyun's neck before quickly glancing at him. “It's Chanyeol,” he simply whispered and Baekhyun's lips parted in surprise, totally not expecting it and even before he could realize what that meant, another wave of pleasure washed over him, making him moan again.
“C-Chanyeol, please,” he moaned, his voice breaking, and he was really at his limit that when Loey groaned lowly as he bit his neck, Baekhyun felt like exploding. He simply wanted to come.
“God, you're so perfect, Baekhyun, come for me again?” Loey asked him and even before he could process it, Loey's hand was stroking his cock harder, making Baekhyun cry loudly again. Loey's real name shakily left his mouth, as his fingers gripped in his hair harder. He came once again and then he felt Loey come too, a breathy fuck, Baekhyun, you’re the best on his lips that made Baekhyun's chest feel warm.
And for how dangerous that feeling was, Baekhyun decided that he didn't have to think about that in that moment as not to risk ruining probably the best orgasm he ever had in his life. He felt so good and so high in pleasure which came after his climax, almost like a feather, not feeling his limbs anymore.
Loey's movements came to a stop slowly, as his hands softly caressed Baekhyun's sides, and he leant his forehead on Baekhyun's shoulder.
“Thank you,” Baekhyun breathed for the first time since they started whatever they had, basking in the afterglow of his climax.
Loey hummed and shook his head, but didn't add anything else.
Even silence was better than a joking reply. Or something that could spoil that moment, which was so pleasantly numbing Baekhyun’s whole being. Baekhyun felt too weak to handle anything in that moment.
In a sort of religious yet soft silence, Loey pulled out from Baekhyun, and helped him up towards the shower.
It was sweet, somehow. And Baekhyun decided to simply enjoy it for that night without thinking too much about it. Even though realization dawned on him harder when, after the shower and having something light to eat, they lay down together and Loey's arm circled his side, pulling him near.
“Goodnight, doctor,” he breathed against the top of his head and Baekhyun pressed his lips in a thin line.
At the end they were the same. Just a mafia boss, and his reliable doctor. So near yet so far.
“Goodnight, Loey,” he whispered back, trying not to feel too hurt about it. He knew what he was having with Loey. And he had to take it as it came. Because that was the only possible reality and for how much that night could seem, nothing has changed. Everything was the same.
Not that he had much time to think about it the morning after either, when he woke up hot and bothered and with Loey's lips wrapped around his cock, sucking him slowly, and making Baekhyun unravel underneath his attentive care.
His fingers carded slowly through Loey’s hair finding it so soft and silky, he probably showered again that morning.
“Ah, Chanyeol...” Baekhyun moaned lowly, voice still deep and raspy from sleep. It was so sudden yet so pleasant, and not rushed, as no words were exchanged between them. They simply followed what their bodies wanted.
Baekhyun felt treated with the utmost care for the first time in forever, cherished and understood so deeply that he didn't need words to let Loey know how good he was feeling, or if he wanted more. And even after he came inside Loey's mouth, even when he decided to ride him to reward him for the amazing blowjob he just received, it felt different. When Loey's hands moved for a condom, Baekhyun stopped him, shaking his head.
“Do you mind?” He asked, biting his bottom lip, his eyes searching Loey's but the other bit his neck softly, sucking another hickey, near the ones from the previous night.
“What?” He spoke softly, provoking him again.
“You know what,” Baekhyun replied, sucking on his bottom lip, as he felt his cheeks getting warmer, but Loey chuckled against his neck, placing a soft kiss to it.
“I want to hear you say it,” Loey muttered, finally looking at him, and Baekhyun found the tone different again. He wasn't teasing him. He was genuinely asking him to speak up about what he wanted because it aroused them both. It wasn’t a childish game anymore, it wasn’t a way to press Baekhyun against his own limits, just something that would please and excite them both.
“I want to ride you, to feel you come inside me and fill me with your hot cum. Stuff me so good that I can't take all of it, and spill some of it on your thighs too," Baekhyun whispered, as his fingers carded through Loey's hair and pulled, while he found himelf lost in Loey’s stare, finding it deep and sparkling, lips just a brush away from each other.
“You’re so fucking sexy, Baekhyun. So willing to take me whole. Wonder how I managed to have you here, for myself only,” Loey said, and even before Baekhyun could reply, surprised by the sincerity of that statement, Loey put the foiled wrap on the nightstand and pulled Baekhyun closer to him, their lips almost touching.
“Let me fill you up,” he whispered, his voice so low and deep echoing inside Baekhyun, and when Baekhyun could only reply in a short nod, none of them said anything anymore. They simply crashed their lips together in a kiss that felt more like a dance in which their mouths ran after each other, sloppy and wet.
Baekhyun blindly moved himself over Loey's cock and took it all inside him in one go, bottoming out and releasing probably the lewdest moan he ever heard himself producing.
“Ah fuck, Baekhyun,” Loey groaned between their lips, as he slowly started thrusting against Baekhyun's warmth, but Baekhyun was already rolling his hips, taking him better and feeling him reach so deep.
“C-Chanyeol, you're so fucking thick, I love how your cock stretches me out and reaching so deep inside me,” Baekhyun moaned against his lips.
“You really talk dirty as well when you're up to it. Let me hear you more. Tell me more about how you like it and how I can give you more pleasure,” Loey breathed, biting his neck and gripping Baekhyun's ass harder.
And Baekhyun knew that whatever he could sexually ask to Loey, he would do his best to please Baekhyun in return. Because despite how it could seem from the start, all Loey did was to fuck Baekhyun better and better, to his pleasure, sometimes even over Loey's own. Baekhyun wasn't blind and he didn't know why Loey was doing it, kept doing it, maybe because it was entertaining as he called it several times in the past. Or Baekhyun was something else, a continuous surprise as Loey continued to define him as since the very first time they met and started that forced cooperation.
“Wreck me, Chanyeol. Fuck me so hard that everyone will know how good you're treating me right now. So that my voice will be so loud that you can hear it from outside too. I want everyone to know who you are fucking with,” Baekhyun continued, setting a faster pace on Loey's lap, literally hopping himself on Loey's dick, feeling it so deep inside that he wanted to cry for how good he was feeling.
Loey nodded and silently obeyed as he forced an even faster and deeper pace inside Baekhyun, while his lips didn’t leave his neck as he licked and kissed it.
“Ah, Baekhyun, you feel so tight and good. You really want my cum? Squeeze me hard, work your pretty ass better and take all of it until the last drop,” Loey groaned, as he bit Baekhyun’s neck.
Baekhyun obeyed the lewd command as he squeezed Loey's cock inside himself and rode him even faster, he could feel his balls slap against Loey's skin, as sweat ran down his neck and back. Squelching sounds filled the room in a filthy way, making Loey moan too, as his fingers digged in Baekhyun's thighs deeper.
“You're doing so well, Baekhyun. Don't stop,” Loey praised him and Baekhyun pulled Chanyeol closer by his hair.
“Fill me up, please. I want it all,” he moaned and Loey nodded, his thrusts meeting Baekhyun's movements and hitting Baekhyun's prostate precisely and making him see stars. His voice left his lips in loud moans and groans.
And even before he could realize it, he was coming hot and thick on his own torso and thighs but he didn't have time to come down from it, even when after glow was still there, when Loey came, moaning inside him, filling him up hot and wet.
Baekhyun whimpered and squeezed Loey's cock better inside him. It took both of them a few minutes to catch their breath and finally manage to be their regular selves again.
But when they did, there weren’t gentle gesture and caresses. It felt like the spell broke in a second. There were no soft cuddles or sweet aftercare. After Loey checked that he was okay, he gestured towards the bathroom to take a shower by himself.
Baekhyun took one, alone, followed immediately after by Loey and after they dressed, Loey looked at him. Again, Baekhyun realized how stunning, handsome yet unreachable he was.
“I'll drive you home,” Loey simply stated making Baekhyun nod in agreement, following him to the hall and then into the car.
They didn't share any words. Baekhyun didn’t have the strength to ask if they could have breakfast together, even if in the car, ordering take-away or something like that. It felt strange and Baekhyun knew that was the way things were, but he couldn't help but feel a bit dejected. There was unmistakably something different about how Loey held him the previous night and that morning. He even shared his real name with Baekhyun. And yet they didn't share anything more, as if nothing happened. Like it was the first time once again. How what started as a game of pent-up physical attraction became something way more, adding to the core, making them look for each other’s company and touches. It made Baekhyun wonder if that was only his own sensation and if it was actually all the same as before.
When Loey parked in front of Baekhyun's apartment, Baekhyun smiled briefly at him, unfastening his seat belt. “See you next time,” he greeted him, hands already on the door and he was about to push it open to leave the car when Loey gently pulled his arm, making him turn around.
The touch of his lips on Baekhyun's was short, almost like a peck more than a real kiss but Baekhyun was surprised by the gesture. It was the first time that it happened. Loey never did it before. They kissed only when it was in an intimate context and obviously while having sex, mainly so that Loey could tone down Baekhyun’s moans a bit in case they weren’t exactly alone. He never kissed Baekhyun without a reason like in that moment.
“See you next time,” Loey simply replied and Baekhyun could feel his cheeks getting warmer and redder so he simply nodded, lowered his head and went out from the car.
It was not good. His heart was getting softer and weaker for that man, mixing feelings into something that should have been merely physical. Something that wasn't supposed to be, in a way he wasn't supposed to feel. Especially not for Loey. But the effects were unmistakable. Baekhyun knew it was wrong and it wasn’t supposed to happen, but there he was, totally fucked and not only in the physical sense of the word.
And Baekhyun realized it even better as the days after that encounter started to be more and more, making him spend all his free time with Loey. At start it was only for the sex, as usual, or when it came to his dogs, as Baekhyun became a sort of dog sitter/second dad to them. They all loved him, especially Toben who obeyed only Baekhyun and not Loey. It was almost hilarious seeing how they all were in love with Baekhyun’s presence around Loey’s mansion and how obedient they were when he was around, while it would become a complete disaster when he wasn’t there, at least accordingly to the videos that Loey sent to him. However, later it also turned into spending time together almost like a normal couple. Eating out at restaurants just for the sake of it, playing with the dogs together, and watching TV during rainy afternoons.
The peak of the domesticity was when Loey fell asleep with his head on Baekhyun's lap while they were watching TV in the living room. It was so soft and so warm that Baekhyun couldn't help but smile, his fingers caressing Loey's hair gently. Baekhyun, at that moment, knew what was happening inside him already, and how much he was screwed for Loey. His feelings were unmistakable. Not that he considered even hinting them to Loey. He knew that the second the man would even suspect Baekhyun having feelings for him, he would immediately push Baekhyun out of his life.
“He never fell asleep on someone,” Sehun stated from the entrance, making Baekhyun flinch in surprise. He managed not to wake Loey up, thankfully. Baekhyun adored looking at him while he slept softly near him, enough that he took the habit of waking up before him when they slept together. It was creepy for sure, but it was the only moment in which Baekhyun could observe him without being judged by the taller man.
“He’s super tired these days.” Baekhyun said softly, and even though his stare moved away from Loey, he couldn't help but show a small smile.
“Hyung, you're, uhm, fucking with the boss, right?" Sehun asked him, way too direct and Baekhyun pressed his lips in a thin line shifting his stare away.
Was there any reason to deny it? Sehun clearly knew better. So he nodded, almost imperceptibly, even though he didn't like to say that they were just fucking. There seemed to be something more at that point. But, again, probably it was still only that for Loey.
“Don't fall for him. You’ll end up getting hurt,” Sehun provided briefly as an explanation and Baekhyun shrugged his shoulders, knowing what Sehun was telling him already.
And he didn’t need Sehun to remind it to him. He knew it way too well.
“There's no risk. I'm just his dogs' vet. And a discreet entertainment when he doesn't have anything better to do. I know it, no worries,” Baekhyun replied while smiling at Sehun, whose eyes became wider in surprise not expecting that reaction.
Or maybe he didn’t expect Baekhyun to be so realistic over whatever relationship there was between him and Loey.
“As long as you know that,” he concluded briefly walking away and making Baekhyun breathe normally again as he didn’t realize he was holding his breath.
But Baekhyun knew that things couldn't go on like that forever. There would come a time in which they would be forced to face whatever there was between them.
And it came in an unexpected way.
Baekhyun was going home that night. There was no sign of Sehun or Kai's car and he thought they both were busy with other tasks that Loey gave them. Baekhyun's life wasn't in danger anymore, right? It’s been a while since the last time someone tried to even get near Baekhyun. But he couldn't be more wrong about that.
He was about to reach his car when someone hit him hard behind his head, causing him to black out immediately as he passed out on the concrete.
He woke up God knew how much later, because someone pulled his hair, and made him sit in a straight position. His sight was still unclear, almost foggy and at the back his head he could feel a pulsing ache. He didn’t know where he was or what was happening. Only that his head was spinning and that the grip on his hair was hard and painful. He didn’t even have his glasses on, probably lost them somewhere while they brought him there.
“You’re awake, doctor Byun,” a voice stated making Baekhyun frown, as he tried to nod his head but the man behind him gripped his hair harder.
Baekhyun hissed, but he had greater problems to think about.
“You are Mr. Park’s fuck boy, right?” The voice asked him.
Baekhyun frowned briefly, mouthing a brief no. Even before the word left his lips, he felt something hard and cold, probably steel made, hitting his cheek, surely cutting it judging from the sting Baekhyun felt.
“It's not good lying to me, you know?” The voice asked, but Baekhyun shook his head despite the tight grip on his hair.
He didn’t know what was going on, but he knew what he would never say. Whoever those people were, Baekhyun wouldn’t say a thing about Loey and whatever relationship there was between them.
“I'm just taking care of his dogs, I don't know anything else,” Baekhyun let out shortly but another punch landed on his face. And another one followed each time he stated something similar to I don't know who Loey is, I just tend to his dogs.
“Why are you so stubborn, doctor? What’s in it for you? We can give you double of whatever he's paying you,” the voice continued, cracking his knuckles but Baekhyun spat a bit of blood on the floor, shaking his head.
“I don't know anything and he's not giving me anything. He pays me for his dogs, like a regular customer at the clinic. Nothing more,” he stated once again, receiving another punch, but even before another one or another question could come, there were some noises outside wherever they were and the two men started to fret around a bit. A third man arrived, and he spoke with them in Chinese. Baekhyun knew some, thanks to Mrs. Lee and her Pekinese.
What are you doing? Let him go, the new man told them and when they tried to object that they were doing it for the family, the Chinese speaking man said something like this is not the right way to do things, let the man go.
At that, the two men untied Baekhyun's hands, and after putting a black plastic bag over his head, they escorted him away. They put him in a car and after what seemed like eternity to Baekhyun, they dropped him off in front of his house, removing the plastic bag.
“Not a single word to anyone about this, doctor,” the man who hit him stated, before placing Baekhyun’s glasses in his hand and then he drove away, leaving Baekhyun aching and tired.
He honestly didn't remember how he reached his floor, or how he removed his shirt without hurting himself even more. He felt like shit and his face looked like shit. He took a deep breath while disinfecting his injuries and checking the damages. There were several cuts, a few over his left eye and his cheeks were starting to swell too. Baekhyun retrieved an ice bag from the freezer and put it on his cheek before picking up his phone and texting Jongdae.
Something came up. Tomorrow the clinic will be closed. Stay at home too – was the short message he sent and Jongdae replied immediately with a thumbs up and worried emoji.
Nothing to worry about. Just some personal things to settle. Not related to Loey, before you start asking – Baekhyun added immediately and Jongdae sent him a few more emojis after that, but Baekhyun was too damn tired to mind him. He was so aching and exhausted that he fell asleep on the couch without realizing.
The following day, his face was less swollen than expected, a little bit of blue color blooming only under his eye and on one cheek, while the cuts were deep enough to be seen from afar too. Yeah, he did well in taking a day off. Off from the clinic, but not off from Loey.
When he called, Baekhyun was tempted not to reply. But he knew it would only make it worse.
“How come the clinic is closed today?” Loey asked him, it was his own way of saying are you feeling bad today?
“Had a few personal matters to settle,” Baekhyun replied, as he slowly munched on his breakfast.
There was a brief silence and then Loey hummed. “I'm coming to pick you up this afternoon. There's a place I want you to come with me,” Loey stated and when Baekhyun tried to refuse, Loey clicked his tongue.
“Don't make me order it to you, doc. This afternoon, at three. Will pick you up from your house,” he concluded before hanging up.
Baekhyun sighed deeply, biting his bottom lip. He had to find a way to cover those bruises before three pm. But his plan failed miserably when at two, just as he came out of the shower, and was trying to make himself presentable, Loey texted him with open the door, I'm down here, making Baekhyun's heart take a double leap as he knew he was fucked. He heard the knock, and he took a deep breath, as he messed his hair up, trying to cover at least the cut over his eyes and eyebrows.
But the moment he opened the door, the stare he received from Loey was icy. Whatever he was about to say died on his lips, as Loey pushed him inside and slammed the door behind him.
His fingers went to Baekhyun's chin immediately as he tilted it up, forcing Baekhyun to look back at him.
“Who did this to you?” Was the clear question that resounded loudly in the apartment and Loey wasn't simply angry. He was furious.
Baekhyun probably saw him that angry only after Baekhyun inquired about the suspicious stains on the carpet of the living room and Loey had scolded the maids for not cleaning properly, firing one directly at the spot.
“Who?” He repeated, raising his voice, and Baekhyun made shook his head, but Loey frowned.
“Do you remember something, anything?” Loey asked him again and Baekhyun inhaled deeply as he tried to focus even though his sight was already bad without his glasses, and the blow to his head before made things only more difficult and foggier.
“They were two. The one who hit me had black hair, slightly long. He hit me with something made of steel, hard, like a knuckleduster or something like that? And then a third guy reached them, he spoke Chinese. But he said that that wasn't the way to handle things and to leave me alone,” Baekhyun whispered, feeling Loey's fingers pressing harder to his cheeks, making him hiss.
“What did they ask you?” Loey inquired again and Baekhyun bit his lip, pressing his hand to Loey's wrist, as to push it away from his face.
“Stop it, that hurts. And what do you think they asked? About you. Whether I knew you, or what I knew about you and...” Baekhyun started saying, making Loey click his tongue.
“And what did you say?” He interrupted him quickly, making Baekhyun frown as he took a step back from him.
Loey wasn't worried about him. He was worried about whoever was threatening his supremacy and what Baekhyun could have told them about him.
What did he expect? He knew it was only that. Loey was with him only for entertaining purposes. But still, it hurt. More than the bruises and cuts on his face. Baekhyun never even considered telling them anything about Loey. Not his habits, where he lived, how he spent his life, how he had different dogs, how his mansion was. But Loey was doubting him.
“Go away,” he simply said and when Loey shook his head, Baekhyun turned on his heel and neared the door.
“You don't trust me. You think I've told them something about you,” Baekhyun started saying but Loey shook his head.
“I just want to know what bullshit you invented to make them release you,” Loey replied, making Baekhyun groan as he shifted his stare away in annoyance.
“The only thing close to reality. That I'm taking care of your dogs,” Baekhyun said as he moved towards the freezer to retrieve a frozen peas bag to put on his cheek which started to ache again, probably due to how hard Loey pressed his fingers on it before.
Loey was clearly unsatisfied with the reply but Baekhyun shook his head.
“Why did you come here?” He asked, glaring at him but Loey took a step closer.
“What happened after that?” He inquired back, totally ignoring what Baekhyun asked him.
Baekhyun finally exploded. “Listen, there's a reason why I closed the clinic today. I wanted to be alone and try to bring the swelling down. You’re not helping it, so leave me alone, will you?” Baekhyun whispered, lowering his head as once again he felt the weight of that situation, how much he couldn't simply say I was scared, I wish you could come and help me. Or simply I'm in pain, please forget about who or why. And spend some time with me? Or even basically I'm in love with you, don't go.
Not a single of those sentences was possible for Baekhyun. And he knew that after this, Loey would put an end to whatever there was between them. Because Baekhyun wasn't strong or trustworthy enough to make him stay.
Loey deemed him like a hobby, a pleasant entertainment in his busy life. But when his presence became dangerous like in that moment, Loey would surely remove him from his life.
“You really don’t realize what happened last night, do you?” Loey almost growled at him, still clearly fuming about it.
But Baekhyun felt too hurt to deal with Loey in that moment, both physically and emotionally. And he knew that there wasn’t anything to do to save whatever there was between them. Not after that Loey clearly didn’t trust him and realized how easily they could reach him through Baekhyun.
“You are the one who doesn’t understand. I was… scared about it. And now you come here and ask me about what I said or not? If what I said was right or wrong. I think it’s you who don’t realize what happened last night, Chanyeol,” he countered immediately, glaring again at him, as he threw the frozen pea bag on the table and closed the distance between them.
And when Loey was about to reply, Baekhyun shook his head. “I just did what I thought was right in order to protect you and your men’s lives. Sorry if I didn’t even remotely think about spilling it all, since I consider you all as friends and part of family,” Baekhyun added, feeling his voice slightly cracking on the last words.
He knew that it wasn’t only that. To him it was because Chanyeol is important to me. Because I love Chanyeol and I want to protect him. Nothing more. But he couldn’t say that, not in that moment, not ever.
Loey shifted his stare away, he was clearly pissed off. His stare was as cold as it was at the beginning when they didn’t know each other at all, totally avoid of that soft kindness Baekhyun started to realize lately.
“Protect? What are you even talking about, doc? There is nothing going on between us, and I don’t consider you part of my family, of my men. So why act like this? When you mean nothing to me?” Loey asked him, voice getting rougher, far from that sweet, deep tone he had when he spoke lowly in Baekhyun’s ears or when he was talking happily to his dogs.
And to Baekhyun, it felt like someone took all the air off from his lungs, as he suddenly felt like he couldn’t breathe anymore. It hurt. He knew it was like that but it hurt oh so fucking much.
Hearing Loey saying those words hurt more than a stab to his chest, stinging his eyes and making him hold his breath. Baekhyun knew that one day this moment would come. Maybe he didn’t expect it so soon or in that way. Not when he only wanted to hear Loey say that everything would be fine, that he would stay with him for a while more, even only to hold him. That he did well. That he would have stayed with him even just a bit to comfort him for what happened.
For how he faced that situation, as he protected what became so dear and important to Baekhyun, enough to matter more than his own life. But reality played him again. Showing him once more how whatever he was living was so, so far from what he would like. And what there was between him and Loey was nothing but an unstable, dangerous relationship destined to fall on his head and bury him alive from the very beginning.
“You’re waiting for my reply or are you done and you’ll go away now? You were clear from the start. No feelings, no commitment, only some pleasure at times. So, go. I won't tell anyone about you and your place, the people around you. Just let me go back to my old life. And if you can't, at least leave my assistants out of this,” Baekhyun breathed, and despite he felt like dying inside, he didn't want to give Loey any satisfaction of showing him those feelings he had deep inside, those tears and pain that screamed in him, that he struggled to keep there, as he didn’t let them reach his eyes, neither in the form of a small glassiness.
He would have much time to dwell on those once Loey would leave his house. Baekhyun knew how much it would hurt for days, or months, but he also knew that this was the easy way out, for both of them.
Loey shook his head. “If I'll ever know...” He started saying, glaring at Baekhyun but Baekhyun shook his head too.
“I've got no reason to. Now go before you think that I plotted something against you, or that you change your mind about letting me live my life,” he concluded, opening the door and gesturing him outside.
“I'll keep an eye on you,” Loey stated, leaving the small apartment, and he turned around to look at Baekhyun but Baekhyun glared at him.
“Don't. Use your time and your men for something better than focusing on a mere vet,” he flatly stated, his hands gripping the handle of the door harder.
“Baekhyun...” Loey started, but Baekhyun immediately shook his head, feeling his own name hurting him even more than before, finally breaking his heart into thousand pieces, as he knew that he would never hear that voice again calling his name, like that, so softly and deeply like Baekhyun loved.
"Apparently, we don't know each other, Mr. Loey. I'm just doctor Byun since the very beginning," Baekhyun concluded before hinting a short bow and closed the door, shutting the world out and knowing that that was the right way to end things. Loey would never give him love, not in that moment, not ever. Baekhyun was only someone to waste his time with. But when he saw how people were getting to Baekhyun to get something about Loey from him, he decided to leave Baekhyun behind. Like an unnecessary weight. Someone so close yet so far like, since the start.
Baekhyun didn’t know how it started from there and got to that. All those feelings he had for Loey, all the pleasant memories Baekhyun had of him, how Loey’s dogs made them even closer than how much they could initially think. That perfect synchronization they had together and how perfectly they physically fit, like pieces of the same puzzle, creating a combination that seemed like heaven, for how beautiful and perfect it was.
But for as much as it hurt a lot at the moment, Baekhyun knew that he would eventually learn to cope with it.
More than a month passed since that day.
Baekhyun missed Loey. A lot. At the beginning, he also tried to look for other people to spend his time with, to find even a glimpse of that intimacy he shared with Loey, but then, unsatisfied, he decided to simply ignore all the world around and simply focus on his shop and clinic. The daycare and the shop were filled with puppies and business was good.
Baekhyun was his usual self with Jongdae and Kyungsoo but at the end of the day, back in his house, he was lonely with his feelings, he continuously asked himself how Loey was, if he was doing good, how were Sehun and the dogs...
Baekhyun missed it. Everything since the very beginning. It all came to this after he saved Loey's life that day. After that night and those fucking end-of-months report. After Loey barged into his life and turned it upside down, before going away and leaving only a big mess inside Baekhyun.
His feelings for Loey were still there. Not getting any smaller or vanishing into thin air. And despite everything, knowing that they were still there, he also knew that he couldn’t mope around forever.
Reason why, after he got a grip on himself, he decided to investigate who Loey really was. The main motivation was because he wanted to find reasons why he should keep even more distance from Loey and not look for him anymore, whatever may happen. Just to remind himself once more, how dangerous Loey was.
He knew that his real name was Chanyeol and that his surname was Park, so it didn't take him long to understand what was Loey's real story. Organized crime ran deep in his family history, his father and grandfather before him had their hands full with the mafia in Seoul, with everything concerning inside trading and money laundering.
Loey's life wasn't easy. Apparently, there were several attempts made for his life especially in the last few years, and maybe it was that what Sehun's was hinting to when he said that things weren't as Baekhyun expected. And Baekhyun started to understand why Loey was always so secretive about everything, including how his house was done, with the cameras and security guards everywhere.
Why he was so obsessed with controlling everyone and everything, not letting even one of his subordinates fail him. Despite everything, Loey seemed to be a man of his word, following some kind of code and untold loyalty rules that could be found probably only in movies.
Baekhyun couldn't believe it at first, but when Loey disappeared from his life, he did it completely, not even a sign he was there in the first place. No contact, no call, nothing. Baekhyun should have been happy about it. Especially after all he came to know about Park Chanyeol. But he missed the man.
And despite missing him, Baekhyun knew that he had to forget about him, he had to find a way to wipe away Loey’s existence from inside himself.
For that reason, he decided to go out and drink like there was no tomorrow that night, even just to pass out and forget about everything, or to pick up the first man available and getting a good fuck.
Too bad that life once again, had other plans that night.
Baekhyun never smoked in his life apart from a few times while he was in university. But after Loey, he took it as a habit when he missed him or when he was stressed, and that night after refusing his tenth advance, he groaned lowly, leaving the club from the back door just to smoke a bit. Baekhyun was so fucking pissed at himself that he didn’t even know where to start. It’s been almost two months now but Baekhyun still kept comparing other people to Loey. He expected to find someone who can match Loey’s features and characteristics. He was just making a fool out of himself.
He just lit his cigarette and leant on the wall behind him, when he heard sounds of a brawl happening in the alley. At first, Baekhyun seriously thought he shouldn’t give a fuck and that wasn't his business but then a sixth sense, some weird justice feeling or God only knows what, made him go and check it.
He turned around the corner, cigarette between his lips as he picked up a broken wood from a crate, and he clapped his hands to attract the two men's attention.
“What do we have here? Fighting is not nice, guys,” he let out, as he dragged longer from his cigarette before he could puff out some smoke.
But when the two men turned around, revealing a lot of passed out men and Sehun, sitting on the ground, injured and bleeding, Baekhyun clicked his tongue as he threw the cigarette on the floor and went towards the two men. He faced them, this time with a bit more of liquid courage in his body and therefore adrenaline. Using the broken wood piece as a weapon made it even easier, especially since the two men didn’t expect him to be that strong. It took him so little to take them out, and then he kneeled down near Sehun.
“Hyung,” Sehun breathed, relieved in seeing Baekhyun who hushed him, as his fingers moved to the injury that Sehun was pressing hard into.
“Let me see. What happened?” He asked him, waiting for his explanation.
“We need to find boss first,” he replied worried, and Baekhyun frowned deeply, stare moving to Sehun's.
“What happened to him?” Baekhyun asked him, now worried as Sehun was, and Sehun inhaled deeply and hissed while pressing his fingers harder to his side, blood covering his fingertips.
Baekhyun removed Sehun's hand from the injury and pulled up his shirt to check the injury. The cut wasn't deep, but they needed to stop the bleeding.
“I have a first aid kit in my car. Can you stand?” Baekhyun asked him quickly, as he pressed his palm on his injury while trying to help him up but Sehun frowned.
“Boss...” He started saying but Baekhyun pressed a finger to his lips.
“You can't go anywhere like this. Let me put something on it before we can go and look for him,” Baekhyun tried to reassure him, and only then Sehun nodded and stood up while leaning on Baekhyun.
They reached Baekhyun’s car and he pulled out the first aid kit and disinfected the area before putting a big gauze on it. Thank God it wasn’t a serious injury, and not even close to all Baekhyun came to know while being Loey’s family unofficial doctor.
His own shirt was stained with blood too, where Sehun leant on. Too bad it was one of Baekhyun's favorites.
“How do we find Loey?” Baekhyun asked him, cleaning his hands on some disposable paper towels and Sehun picked up his own phone from his pocket to tap quickly on it, revealing a GPS map to Baekhyun.
“Boss made us install a GPS tracker in all our phones and cars. This is his,” Sehun stated briefly, voice slightly less wavering than before, and Baekhyun nodded.
“Hop in, I'll drive you there,” Baekhyun stated it like it was the most obvious thing in the world but Sehun shook his head.
“It's too dangerous, hyung, and we need to...” Sehun started, but Baekhyun stopped him immediately.
He didn’t want to hear anything. If Loey was in a difficult situation and Sehun was the only one able to help him, Baekhyun would drive him there and help him as much as he could. No other question needed.
“He's in danger. We don't have time and I just saved your ass, I'm your best option right now,” Baekhyun retorted quickly as he moved to the driver seat, and after a small moment of confusion, Sehun nodded as he sat in the passenger seat.
“I'll guide you there,” Sehun breathed, checking the map on his smartphone and Baekhyun nodded as he turned the engine on.
For a moment he felt like the main character of one of those action movies he never liked too much. He felt completely sober in that moment, despite all the alcohol he had consumed that night.
Sehun didn't say anything for the first few minutes of the drive but then, after a short hum, he asked how Baekhyun has been for the past two months.
“Same. Life is quiet without you guys around,” Baekhyun replied quickly, trying not to give too much thought into it. He hid how he missed him too, not only Loey and the dogs. Sehun didn't need to know. It was just fate’s play, them being in that car together. The day after everything would be the same as before.
Sehun's reply surprised him though.
“We miss you, actually. Especially Toben. He’s driving boss crazy with how he behaves. Unruly and always throwing tantrums,” Sehun explained, even though on his lips there was a soft smile and Baekhyun huffed.
“Toben is hyper. I told Loey since the very beginning, and he insisted on wanting to tame him but apparently he didn’t succeed much,” Baekhyun replied shrugging his shoulders, his stare didn’t leave the street but he felt like he needed another cigarette. He didn’t need that information in his life, especially not when he missed all of that oh so much.
He simply placed his glasses better on his nose and pushed his hair back.
“Almost like you,” Sehun let out, making Baekhyun frown deeply, as he tried to understand what that meant.
Sehun chucked as he explained it better. “Boss has control over everyone in his life. Everyone except you. You’re always a surprise, as he says, unpredictable and so free and interesting to him. No wonder he chose you as his favorite,” Sehun said, smile not leaving his lips, but Baekhyun only wanted to laugh because they both knew how that ended.
He wasn't anyone's favorite. He was just someone Loey spent his time with until he got tired, until he had enough and until Baekhyun became a danger for him.
“He just fucked with me as he did with all the others before and after me,” Baekhyun replied coldly, trying not to hurt too much at his own words.
For fuck's sake. It was two months already. Get a grip on yourself Byun – he thought, mentally slapping himself as he knew how bad that way of thinking was, as it produced those same results of that evening out in the end.
Sehun hummed lowly on his left though. “He barely brought his other relationships around before, especially not to the house. And he didn't have anybody after you, now that I think about it,” he stated, almost speaking to himself.
Baekhyun, for how much surprised he was to hear that statement, chose not to believe it. He didn't want to delude himself. It surely didn’t mean anything.
“Just because you all already knew about me. Because you and Kai put me in this whole situation at the beginning. And because of his dogs. Nothing more,” he concluded, and for him the discourse was closed especially because they arrived to the right spot.
The place was an abandoned property, probably a former storage room or something like that, and Sehun pulled out his gun, making a gesture at Baekhyun to stay behind him.
There was only silence and the whole thing was strange. Not that Baekhyun ever took part in something like that before so he didn’t know exactly what to expect or how to compare those situations. Once inside though, Sehun pushed Baekhyun’s head down and looked at him in his eyes, dead serious.
“Hide here and don't come out until I call you,” he stated in a low and cold voice, and Baekhyun wanted to argue but Sehun made him think that it wasn't a good idea.
So, he kneeled down beside a stack of boxes and waited. At first, nothing happened but then there were gun shots, weird noises, shouting and so on. Baekhyun didn't know what was happening but soon it became quiet again and Baekhyun thought that everything ended.
And when Sehun didn't call, he came out on his own, because what if Sehun needed help and he was just standing there doing nothing? So, he stood up and walked inside worriedly. He started looking around and when he reached the main part of the place, he only had time to react, even before processing it.
A man was holding a gun to Loey's head. Sehun was on the floor, being pushed down by two men, struggling to prevent what seemed to be obvious to happen soon.
Baekhyun couldn't let that happen though. He picked up a gun from the floor, probably Sehun's or one of the other men who were lying unconscious on the floor, and after pointing it to the man who held the gun, he shot.
The noise was bigger than expected, resounding piercingly in his ears, rebound making his arm hurt, but he managed to hit the man and make him fall to the floor.
Baekhyun didn't realize immediately that he just shot a man, probably injuring him or worst killing him, because he kicked the leg of one of the men who was pushing Sehun down, and helped him freeing himself from his hold.
Sehun beat the crap out of both and looked at Baekhyun worryingly. He gestured towards the gun and Baekhyun let him take it and lock it again before they both reached Loey.
He was sitting on a chair in the middle of the space, blindfolded. “Ah, fuck, thank God, Sehun,” he let out blinking his eyes open, trying to adapt to the light, and when Sehun finally uncovered his eyes, he realized that Baekhyun was there too.
Even before he could comment, even if the astonishment was clear on his face, Baekhyun quickly glanced at him trying to understand if he had injuries or not. There was blood but way less than previous times, probably some scratches more than other things, and on his lips and face there were other cuts too, and only then Baekhyun inhaled deeply as he neared the man he shot, kneeling down to check his vital signs.
He was alive, Baekhyun shot him on the stomach, but he was losing blood and he wouldn't be alive for much longer at that rate. Baekhyun wasn't stupid though, it wasn't like they would call an ambulance for him. The man was destined to die. From Baekhyun's hands. He should have been shocked, terrified by what just happened, for what he had done. Instead, like he wasn’t himself and that just didn’t happen to him, he sat up and glanced at Sehun.
“I'll wait for you outside and drive you home. You both need to rest,” he whispered, before leaving the place and lighting himself another cigarette. His mind was just blank, the most infinite and meaningless blank. Only filled by smoke coming from his cigarette.
And even when Sehun and Loey came out, he didn't say anything, he simply moved to the car and opened the backseat door for Sehun to help Loey inside. He was halfway between consciousness and unconsciousness, probably because he was drugged or something.
Baekhyun silently drove them back to Loey's mansion, smoking in the car for the whole journey, and he followed them inside to check both their injuries.
“It feels so much like the first time we met,” Sehun stated as he helped him put Loey down on the stainless-steel table and Baekhyun hummed shortly.
“At least he's not dying this time,” Baekhyun said. After checking Sehun's injuries and put some proper bandages on those, he did the same with Loey's, even though there were more on him.
“More to count,” Baekhyun whispered, fingers gently brushing against Loey's skin, where the previous stitches were, scars already lucid on his amber-like skin. He learnt all of Loey's scars and injuries in those days together, counting them as war trophies, but he didn't like the fact that he had a few new ones. Baekhyun missed even that. Even simply the time he spent asking Loey about all his scars and injuries. He felt so pathetic.
He was glad that during the way back, Loey simply fell asleep, unable to speak with him and tell him... Whatever.
Baekhyun shouldn't have been there, and he wanted to go away as soon as possible. He didn't want to speak with Sehun, much less with Loey. So, once he was sure that everything was taken care of, when Loey was accompanied to that room at the high floor that held too many memories for Baekhyun, he was about to go away but was stopped by a small black poodle who literally threw himself at Baekhyun.
“Ah Toben, buddy, you okay?” Baekhyun asked to the dog, scratching his head and kneeling down to pet him a bit. He missed him. As all the other dogs of Loey's mansion.
“You should be good and behave with Loey. He's your owner and you have to listen to him, okay?” Baekhyun continued, causing Toben to sit down and look at him expectantly.
“I don't have any treats this time, buddy. Next time I'll come around, okay?” He promised, even though in his head and heart, he hoped that that moment would never come. He didn't want to know anything about that anymore.
Baekhyun scratched Toben’s head again, before sitting up and shortly glancing at Sehun who was frowning with worry.
“Hyung...” He started saying but Baekhyun flashed a quick smile at him, trying his best not to look too fake.
“I need some rest. If he asks something, don’t tell him I was there. We never met tonight. Take care of Loey. And of yourself. Goodbye,” he whispered, leaning his head on the side, and when Sehun made a move to go with him, Baekhyun shook his head.
“I remember the way out. Rest, you need it too,” Baekhyun concluded as he waved at him and he left.
He felt so heavy and hurt and that night he shot a man. He was probably dead. Did that make Baekhyun a murderer? But once he was at home and after taking a shower, he lay down and closed his eyes, and when he replayed that same scene in his head over and over again, he knew he would have done the same. To save Loey's life he would do it again and again. With that awful realization and a weight on his chest, Baekhyun downed an entire bottle of wine before being able to sleep.
Baekhyun thought that once again his life would go back to normal. As long as he didn't think about that night, nothing happened. His work was the same, Jongdae and Kyungsoo were the same too. He was the same. Weirdly enough, he didn't feel anything about shooting that man. He obviously didn't talk about it with anybody, and neither considered calling the police.
Baekhyun knew that Sehun probably already erased all the possible evidence that something even happened in that storehouse that night. So he didn't have anything to worry about.
What he didn't expect though, was a visit that Sunday, after a few more months, when he woke up later than usual. He was eating a bowl of cereal while watching TV on his couch. When he heard the doorbell, he sat up frowning, thinking about the landlord with some notice or some neighbors for any reason, but when he opened the door, at the entrance stood Loey in all his height and handsomeness.
Baekhyun was tempted to close the door again, pretending he didn’t see anybody, that it was clearly a nightmare or something like that. Instead, he pressed his lips in a thin line, and fixed his glasses nervously. He could feel his jaw clenching and his fingers gripped the baggy hoodie Loey once gave to him.
“Can I come in?” Loey asked him, his voice low, way too polite and careful compared to his usual tone.
But Baekhyun figured why he was there, Loey probably had enough of Baekhyun's presence and all the things he knew, the dangers he represented for himself, so he came to, how did he say once?, escort Baekhyun out of his life once and for all.
Baekhyun moved back, leaving the door open for Loey to enter and he turned around only when he heard the door closing behind the taller man.
“I know why you came, but can I at least finish breakfast first?” Baekhyun asked him, picking up the bowl he left on the small table. He turned off the TV, and Loey frowned at the request or at the fact that Baekhyun already knew why he was there.
However, he shook his head in disapproval. “Cereal? You’re not traditional or original, doc,” Loey said.
Baekhyun just shrugged and put the bowl down as he looked at him. “Quit joking and turning the subject around. Do what you came for, I should have thought you would have come around eventually,” Baekhyun whispered, lowering his stare as he started to think about all the things he still wanted to do in his life and how he should have at least tried and call his family to tell them that, despite they despised him for being a fag, he still loved them. Or how he would miss nights out with Jongdae and all the puppies at the daycare center. And there was his clinic. Who would have taken his place? Jongdae was great with sums and numbers but he wasn’t a doctor.
“I seriously don't know why you should’ve foreseen it since I decided about it this morning after weeks, I was probably thinking about it way before that though,” Loey stated.
Baekhyun frowned as he glanced at him. “I thought it would be easier for you to erase me from your life forever,” Baekhyun replied.
Loey's eyes went wide, he looked confused about Baekhyun's words. “What do you mean?” He asked frowning, clearly not getting what Baekhyun was talking about.
Baekhyun sighed deeply as he crossed his arms over his chest. “You’re here to kill me, right?” He asked, like it was the only possible explanation to Loey's presence in his house, but the laugh that left Loey's lips made him think differently.
“Ah doc, you really are something else. For real, every time a surprise,” Loey let out, smile not leaving his lips but Baekhyun groaned in annoyance.
What other reasons would bring Loey to his house? His injuries weren’t deep or serious enough to be treated again, and what Baekhyun did that night should have been sufficient.
“I don't know why else you’d come here. Your injuries from that night should’ve already been healed by now, they weren't that serious...” Baekhyun whispered, almost speaking to himself but it made Loey frown.
“How do you know about my injuries?” He asked him alarmed and Baekhyun pressed a hand to his mouth, shutting himself up as he forgot how that was supposed to be a secret between him and Sehun.
Loey quickly reached to him, circling his wrist as he pulled it away. “How do you know?” He inquired again and Baekhyun sighed deeply.
If he was about to die, then better do it with a clear conscience.
“That night, I was there too. I drove you and Sehun back home and checked your injuries,” Baekhyun whispered softly but Loey frowned deeper.
“Why were you there? But if you actually were, things would make more sense...” Loey started saying and Baekhyun decided to simply tell him about that night.
He knew that Sehun didn’t share anything with him, but Baekhyun was going to tell him what he knew. He explained how he found Sehun, how he almost ordered him to let him drive them to where Loey was and also how Baekhyun shot a man.
“You shot that man?” Loey asked him, unbelieving, and Baekhyun shifted his stare away and took a deep breath before nodding.
“Sehun will confirm everything,” he replied, and after a short silence Loey's stare was on him again. He looked angry. Baekhyun didn't know why he was, but he looked scary, almost like last time. And Baekhyun was still scarred, deeply aching because of that love injury that still plagued his soul, and not leaving him any room to breathe. He didn't want to face Loey about them.
“Why on earth were you there and why did you fucking shoot a man?” Loey asked him, raising his voice and Baekhyun felt attacked, his face was almost on fire.
He didn’t want to be questioned about that. He simply wanted Loey out of his house, of his life, of his mind and heart. He wanted him to leave Baekhyun alone.
“Why? How can you come here and ask me why? I hate you Loey, go away,” Baekhyun replied immediately, gesturing him out with his hand, but Loey shook his head, and pulled Baekhyun nearer by his wrist.
“Tell me why and then I'll go away,” He whispered so close and so deep that Baekhyun wanted to slap himself for not being able to resist him. For still being so in love with him. He was still so affected by everything that man was.
“Because when Sehun told me you were in danger, I couldn't think straight. And when I saw that man with a gun, I acted on instinct,” Baekhyun explained, trying to put a bit of space between them but Loey's grip was strong.
“Which instinct?” Loey asked him again and Baekhyun finally exploded.
He was so tired of everything, and nothing would have changed anyway, whether Loey knew Baekhyun's feelings or not. The worst thing to happen would be that Loey would think Baekhyun wanted to pity him before he could get killed. Not that that would stop him nevertheless since he didn’t have any feelings for Baekhyun in return.
“I wanted to protect you, because I don't want anyone to harm you. You’re still important to me,” Baekhyun whispered, words barely reaching his lips. He was scared to let those words out, those feelings, those emotions that he knew Loey would despise with all his self.
Loey's stare was deep on him, but Baekhyun couldn't understand properly what kind of feelings were hidden behind that stare. Was he worried? Disgusted? Angry? Ready to ridicule Baekhyun's emotions?
“I don’t think I get what you're saying. What do you mean with still important?" Loey asked him coldly and his tone didn't show any emotion.
But Baekhyun knew he couldn't back off now. Loey would never allow him to.
“You are. And you were. I had, no, I still have feelings for you,” he breathed, lowering his head, as he almost felt ashamed of what he just said.
And when no reply came, Baekhyun pulled his wrist back from Loey's hold, managing to free it.
“And I know what you said about feelings and shit like that, but I couldn't do anything about them. Before I could realize, they were already there. And I know you don't trust me, and my presence in your life is absolutely useless but...” He started saying, feeling his cheeks getting redder and his voice more frustrated trying to catch up with everything he felt and wanted to say, but Loey took his face between his hands and leant down, shutting him up with a kiss.
His lips were as warm, plump and soft as Baekhyun remembered, fitting his own perfectly, a shape and taste so nostalgic to Baekhyun that he felt like crying. And even if for a second Baekhyun let himself go with that bittersweet feeling, he then pushed him away, already feeling the distance and the cold air around him.
“What was that for?” Baekhyun groaned angrily, pressing the back of his hand to his mouth and glaring at Loey.
Loey shook his head, his stare now filled with fondness as he looked at Baekhyun.
“Doc… No… Baekhyun,” Loey whispered, his thumb caressing Baekhyun’s cheek slowly, and Baekhyun felt that like a burn to his heart, tears prickling at the corner of his eyes, threatening to fall.
He hated when Loey called him like that, with that voice.
“Is that what you thought? That I pushed you out of my life because I got tired of you? Or because I didn't trust you?” Loey asked him, as he gently caressed his chin and guiding Baekhyun's stare up to meet his.
“Is there any other reason?” Baekhyun asked him worried but curious. Because he came to know Loey in the time they spent together and it was clear that those weren't the reasons why Loey went away. But if those weren't good, then why did he?
Loey shook his head, a small smile appearing on his lips. “Because I couldn't stand what happened the last time we saw each other...” He said softly, his thumb moving from his cheek to his lips, gently caressing the bottom one.
Baekhyun was so enthralled with Loey's voice and movements, totally affected once again. And that wasn’t good, he could feel it already. “Last time? Why?” Baekhyun managed to ask him and Loey took a deep breath as he pressed his forehead to Baekhyun's.
“Your face is too pretty for this, Baekhyun. I don't want you to injure it. Not when I am the source of it and I can prevent it," Loey breathed as his stare didn’t Baekhyun's face.
Baekhyun's eyes were wide with bewilderement. He surely misunderstood. It couldn't be. But he had to ask. “Wait, so you did it... for me? Because you were worried? About me?” Baekhyun asked him, his voice unstable and wondering, hope spreading quickly inside himself like a wildfire, and making him feel alive even just for an instant. But fire was easily extinguished as soon as it burnt, and he knew that, there was no way it would be possible. He was deluding himself, Loey would never consider such a thing and say that he cared about Baekhyun. Because Baekhyun was just a way to spend some of his free time. Nothing more than a mere pleasure. A slightly more entertaining fuck than the others he had in the past. There was no reason to care about someone like him. But contrary to all his expectations, Loey frowned.
“Obviously. For what other reason, otherwise? You’re more than a doctor for me and my dogs. More than a sweet pastime and an entertaining fuck. You’re so much more than that, and I thought you already got it. I would never let someone inside my house, my life as I did with you, Baekhyun. So close to reveal you my real name,” Loey explained, his voice getting lower and deeper, pleasantly caressing Baekhyun's lips, and when did he even get any closer than before?!
“Loey...” Baekhyun whispered and Loey bit his bottom lip, not exactly pleased by the fact that Baekhyun called him Loey again.
“You don't know how it was, to stay out of your life these past months and just to know now that you shot a man to protect me?” Loey added, bringing the matter to the main subject and Baekhyun was suddenly back to reality, knowing that his life was and would forever be without Loey.
But since he was clearer about everything, he could simply speak up, pushing Loey's hands far from his face, glaring at him.
“What else was I supposed to do? Let you die? Are you stupid or what? As if I could just stand there and watch someone shoot the man I have feelings for! I did it and I’d do it thousand times again. Because the only person who matters to me is you,” he exclaimed, starting to lose his temper and letting out all his feelings. He wanted to put more distance between them, feeling Loey’s presence fill all his senses, numbing and intoxicating him, addictingly pleasant as it was in the past.
Loey didn't let him take another step back though. “You risked so much for something unnecessary,” he breathed, fingers gently caressing the back of Baekhyun's hand.
“You’re not, unnecessary, you idiot,” Baekhyun finally spat out, moving his own hands to Loey's cheeks, squeezing them and making his eyes widen in surprise.
“You’re so precious, even when you try your best to push people out of your life, and if I knew this was the reason since the very beginning, like hell I would’ve stayed away from you! I thought you lost interest, that you were afraid of what I could say to people who kept coming at me, asking me for information about you. I thought you didn't trust me at all,” Baekhyun said, his voice getting lower and lower as he realized what he was saying, and how Loey would react to that. He pressed his lips tighter, letting go of Loey's cheeks and took a step back as he lowered his gaze even more.
“Now, if you’re done making me spouting nonsense about something that shouldn't have existed in the first place, will you please go away? It's my only day off today and my cereal already became soggy. Not a good way to start the day,” Baekhyun concluded, declaring the argument closed, nothing more needed to be said.
Loey was kind of sweet in worrying about Baekhyun, but it wasn't in that sense of the word, so there wasn't anything they could do to fix whatever relationship there was between them.
And Baekhyun didn't want to be Loey's friend, he didn’t want to be his and his dogs' doctor. He wanted Loey for himself, loving him openly and calling him his. Things that Loey didn't want.
“Put some decent clothes on,” Loey said, making Baekhyun frown, but Loey was already pushing him towards his bedroom. “You keep complaining about your breakfast so I'll take you to have a real one, and then we can speak without you bringing up your damn cereal every two sentences,” Loey continued.
When Baekhyun opened his mouth to say how important breakfast was and how he liked those cereals, Loey pressed a finger to his lips, shutting him up.
“I'm taking you on a date. Want to go or not?” He spat out, starting to lose his patience, and Baekhyun's eyes went even wider in astonishment, lips parting unbelievingly.
“A d-date?” He echoed, stuttering.
Loey smirked while nodding. “Yes, puppy. Stop wagging your tail and put on something decent. That’s my hoodie, right? The one I gave you that time?” Loey asked, gesturing at the hoodie Baekhyun was wearing.
Baekhyun's cheeks exploded in bright red, as his lips parted even more than before. He could feel his heartbeat ringing in his ears, as embarrassment colored all his face and neck in red, up to his ears and hair. “I-It's not!” He yelled as he disappeared in his room but he could still hear Loey's laugh and he wanted to disappear from embarrassment. What the hell was happening? Was Loey really going to take him out for a date? And did he think about all that situation? About Baekhyun’s feelings for him? He pulled out some clothes from his wardrobe and changed quickly, also brushing his teeth and hair, as he met Loey again in less than ten minutes. He felt so naked under that stare again.
“I almost regreted telling you to go and change. You looked so pretty in my hoodie,” Loey breathed, smirking.
Baekhyun slapped his arm lightly. “Better prepare yourself. I eat a lot for breakfast,” he stated pouting and making Loey laugh again.
The place where they had breakfast at was a nice bar, near Han River. It was quiet, with a relaxing atmosphere that Baekhyun totally wouldn't have expected from Loey.
“I’ve never eaten here before, but I wanted to bring you here ever since I saw it,” Loey whispered sitting down at the table the waitress showed them.
Baekhyun felt weirdly honored by it. Just like all the other places where Loey went only with Baekhyun just to try them out.
“Chanyeol, what...” He started saying, but Loey shook his head briefly, stopping him with a gesture of his hand.
“At least I’m not just Loey again. Now, order breakfast and let me speak. You spoke until now, I want to tell you something too, and you have no excuses left like your breakfast getting soggy or other shit like that,” Loey said, scrunching his nose and earning himself a glare from Baekhyun.
“It's not my fault that you showed up uninvited on my off day, during breakfast time which is sacred and...” Baekhyun started saying, but Loey lent down and placed a short kiss on top of his head, making Baekhyun shut up immediately, as he felt his cheeks warming up once again.
“I know, that’s why I’m treating you breakfast. Now will you finally choose from the menu and place an order so that we can get this done with?” Loey asked. He was strangely patient with Baekhyun, who glared at him in return.
“Who are you and why are you so kind with me?” He asked.
“God, Baekhyun, if I wasn't so smitten for you...” He breathed softly, a fond smile appearing on his lips, and when Baekhyun's eyes went wider again, totally not expecting that comment, Loey pressed a finger to his lips.
“Order. Your. Damn. Breakfast,” he stated quickly, almost in an ordering tone, and Baekhyun gulped down, as he nodded and picked up the menu.
And even though his mind was already whirling at high speed from Loey's words, he realized that the menu was fancy and filled with so many things, and it made Baekhyun want to try everything.
“I take matcha pancakes with strawberries, whipped cream and dark chocolate chips. And... an Americano,” Baekhyun said, finally deciding on what to order, and he closed the menu with a soft thud.
Loey ordered something too and then moved his stare towards Baekhyun. “When you stitched my injuries that first time and even when I, uhm, forced you to stick along with me, us, I didn't think any of this would happen,” Loey started saying, and even if his tone was low and apparently normal, Baekhyun knew how difficult it was for him to simply speak about his own thoughts and feelings.
Over time, Baekhyun started to realize how difficult it was for Loey to simply speak up about his own feelings, what he was thinking, what he did and didn’t want. He was so used to simply order and take what he wanted, that he actually never spoke with someone about his own feelings. It was a miracle itself that he started to open up to Baekhyun, even before their separation.
“It started with my dogs being obviously in love with you, which is a huge achievement since they always hate everyone. I didn't know if I wanted to welcome you more in my life or close all the doors in your face. The effects you have on me, doc, they’re so weird. Never felt this way with anybody else before. It’s like I’ve known you since forever, even from before I met you,” Loey breathed, as fingers carded through his hair and messed it up.
Baekhyun's eyes widened, he didn’t expect that honesty from Loey. He was so used to hide his interests behind smart ass replies and retorts, always playing around more than anything. But in that moment, he was speaking so directly that Baekhyun felt amazed already.
“And I was scared after the first time we fucked, because you were so damn addicting already but when sex came into the picture, I thought no one else could compare to you. If I had a few doubts before, they were gone later,” Loey continued as he sipped his coffee slowly and ate a bit of his pancake. He munched on them slowly, clearly appreciating the flavor and texture.
Baekhyun looked at him marveled, he was so enthralled with his whole being. It was so strange to speak so openly with Loey.
“But then people started targeting you because you were near me. Because they wanted things from you, not only you didn't say a word, but you fucking fought back. And you were so manly and so strong despite being only a vet,” Loey added, shaking his head in disbelief. His stare was fond though, and his smile bright. Almost like he was praising Baekhyun.
“It was another surprise about you. And after that time, you continued to surprise me. You were around even when I didn’t force you to be. You were always there when I needed you, even during my struggles with Toben or being a hyung to Sehun. I appreciated it,” Loey whispered, lowering his gaze to the pancakes as he finally reached to the point where everything changed.
Baekhyun feared it a bit. Because he knew that if at the beginning things could be good, after what happened, everything changed and probably it was in that moment that Loey decided that Baekhyun couldn’t be part of his life.
“And that time when they got you and I wasn't there for you, I let them do that to you. And you didn't understand how serious that situation was, and I was angry. But not with you, with myself, for being useless and not being able to protect you. So I wanted to do something to keep you out of danger, keep you safe and sound even though it meant being far from me,” Loey said, his stare not meeting Baekhyun’s.
And Baekhyun had some difficulty, finally realizing that his doubts and concerns from before weren't about Loey being tired of him, or not trusting him. It was to protect him. Even in a distorted way. And Baekhyun was about to tell him that he didn't need that, that he didn't want that, since it was keeping them apart, when Loey spoke again.
“Yet, you came back into my life. And not only you saved Sehun's ass, but you shot a man for me,” Loey breathed, this time looking at Baekhyun.
Baekhyun couldn't understand if it was apologetic or worried. But after that, he couldn't keep quiet anymore.
“That night still feels so weird, almost like a dream. And I acted on instinct as I told you. I don't even know what happened to that man...” Baekhyun whispered, moving his stare to the plate in front of him, feeling not so hungry anymore. Memories of that night came back to him again. Reminding him what he did to protect a man who didn’t want him in his life. He felt the aching inside his heart once again, awakening feelings that Baekhyun hoped he buried properly and deep enough for them not to surface again.
Loey shook his head. “The man died, but not in the way you think. Sehunnie called an ambulance, they saved his life. But then, something happened while he was at the hospital,” Loey explained, shrugging his shoulders and Baekhyun bit his bottom lip.
Something, huh? – He thought, and for sure Loey had something to do with it. But he was relieved to know that the man didn't die from Baekhyun's shot.
“Baekhyun,” Loey breathed, attracting his attention and he moved his hand to tuck a lock of Baekhyun's hair behind his ear.
The gesture was so domestic and so sweet that it made Baekhyun’s heart flutter in an instant, he blushed again and his lips parted in surprise.
“This is my life. It's made of these things everyday, and I can't promise you a normal life,” Loey stated, and when he was about to continue, Baekhyun shook his head.
“Just tell me, do you want me in it or not? If you don't want me, tell me. I need to know, because if you still want me around, I'm ready to take everything as it comes. I'm not as weak as I may seem like,” Baekhyun stated. His fingers started playing with the small napkin near his plate, as he looked at Loey whose eyes grew larger in surprise.
He looked at him for a couple of seconds more before bursting into laughter.
Baekhyun stopped breathing for a second. Loey didn't want that, didn't want him. Baekhyun wasn’t enough to be part of his life, to be near him. He could feel his eyes watering, as his fingers gripped the small napkin harder.
“It's...” He started saying but Loey cut him off.
“I know you are strong, Baekhyun. The strongest person I've ever met, and you went all the way just for my sake. When they hurt you and asked you things about me, and also when you shot that man. You exceeded all my expectations. And what you asked should be my question. Do you still want me around?” Loey asked him, a beautiful smile appearing on his lips so easily, and God how much Baekhyun was in love with that man.
“You're an idiot, Park Chanyeol,” he whispered, shaking his head, and he couldn’t help but laugh at Loey's surprised expression at the mention of his full name.
“You think I didn't know? I'm not blind or deaf. And as Loey, you’re more popular than expected but it wasn't difficult to find more about the real you too,” Baekhyun explained, and he returned to eat his breakfast, munching on the matcha pancakes and humming pleasantly about the taste.
Loey's lips parted softly before he could smile again. “Always a surprise, you’re really something else. You’re a man to be feared of, doc,” Loey stated making Baekhyun beam towards him.
Baekhyun tilted his head. “So...” He started saying, emptying his dish and looking at Loey who finished his too. “Do we have another chance now or...?” Baekhyun tried, finally getting to the important part, now that all the other stuff was settled, his hands shivering while putting down his cutlery.
“I'd like to, yes. Because I have feelings for you too, Baekhyun," Loey replied.
Baekhyun smiled softly, finally feeling like he was able to breathe after a long period of time. “I want to be near you for real though, not like a toy that you’d put up for display or to keep only for the good moments. I told you, I fought back then, and I’d do it everytime for you,” Baekhyun whispered.
Loey took a deep breath and nodded. “You're not a toy, Baekhyun, but I get what you're saying. Give me time, I'll try my best, but I can be the most overprotective person ever…” Loey started to say, but Baekhyun pushed a finger to his lips.
“And I can be the most annoying one. So, let's do our best?” He retorted immediately.
Loey chuckled as he took Baekhyun's hand in his and laced their fingers together. “You're such a stubborn puppy,” he said, and this time instead of groaning in annoyance, Baekhyun jokingly barked in reply, making Loey smile more at him.
First months were difficult. Baekhyun tried, -he really did-, not to be too annoyed with it, but Loey was seriously overprotective. So much that Baekhyun started to have some doubts about Loey's trust regarding him. He didn't want to doubt him, but Loey was always checking where he was, or what he was doing, and it started to feel like he didn't trust him at all. And Baekhyun didn't like it. Especially when he was used to live alone, and not having to share his movements constantly, even with his parents. Especially when Loey was still super secretive about his own life. Baekhyun hated not to know where he was or what was happening, fear getting the best of him especially when they didn't write to or call each other for hours, or when neither at night or in the evening Loey didn’t write him a single message, causing Baekhyun to stay awake worried all night. And Baekhyun let himself get lost in thoughts like what if someone hurt him and I don't know about it. And I'm not there with him. He hated to think like that, and he knew that he couldn't ask Loey about it. Maybe for a while longer, he could simply pretend everything was okay.
Between them things were good. Loey was an amazing lover, both in and out of bed, making Baekhyun feel loved and cherished but almost like in a glass cage, making him way too protected from everything.
If it wouldn't be for that small detail, Baekhyun could easily say that things between them were perfect. That’s why Baekhyun started to go out at night and went to those same places he knew he could find Loey around or places he knew that were under Loey's property.
And during one of those days out, something finally changed, much to Baekhyun's surprise and relief. He was sitting at the counter, enjoying his drink when a man Baekhyun didn't know sat near him and started flirting with him openly. Baekhyun made that easy, his personality was way too bright than what he wanted to show, and he didn't exactly lead the man on, but he started flirting with Baekhyun and he was too polite to simply threw whatever he was drinking at him, as he fake-laughed at his jokes that were absolutely the worst. It wasn’t exactly an enjoyable conversation, and Baekhyun didn’t want the man to think that he was flirting back.
“I leave you alone for a second and you’re flirting around?” Loey's voice stated behind him and both Baekhyun and the man turned around. When Baekhyun was about to reply because he thought Loey was talking with him, the man next to him let out a chuckle and shook his head.
“Pretty guys attract my attention, you know that, right? And it's not my fault that you’re a jerk and you make me wait for you. You should have been here more than half an hour ago,” the man replied and Loey gestured at him, inviting him to follow, completely ignoring Baekhyun.
He was hurt by his behavior. Especially when Loey put his arm around that man's shoulders like they were good friends. He knew that things between them were better to remain as a secret, seeing the life Loey was living, but Baekhyun sometimes only felt like a hobby that Loey had when he was free and that he would go back to. And it was not what Baekhyun wanted. He was hurt but also annoyed, enough to accept someone else's invitation to dance that night, maybe after one or two drinks too much. The man was nice even if totally different from Loey, his definition being a long list of not enough as Baekhyun came to know, and Baekhyun couldn't even compare them. But he was slightly tipsy, and he felt like dancing with someone. Not that Loey would ever do it with him, even though the thought kind of made him sad. He wondered how many other things Loey would never do with him. Like take him out publicly and not only at night. Normal dates, vacations, dancing in a club at night, going shopping together. And he felt bad about that. This was what Baekhyun was: Loey's dirty little secret, more than an actual relationship.
He was about to thank the man he was dancing with and leave the club when he felt a strong grip on his side before being pulled against a firm chest. He didn't have to look up to know it was Loey. He knew it from his cologne, for how his hand rested perfectly on Baekhyun’s side. From his deep voice that always made Baekhyun shiver.
“Should I really buy you a choker, doc?” He asked him lowly, making him quiver near him.
The other man wasn't much pleased but didn't make a scene about it, and left immediately.
“Yeah, probably. Since I'm like one of your dogs, right? No wait, you care too much about your dogs for me to be like one of them,” Baekhyun breathed, stepping back from him, knowing that he had difficulty thinking straight while Loey was too close.
And when Loey was about to speak, Baekhyun glanced at him, feeling tears in his eyes. “You... I can't do this anymore. I asked you to be honest and rely on me, yet you hide me like some sort of a secret thing you don't want anyone to know about. And I'm... not this. You still don't trust me in the slightest and you even treat me like this. Do you really want me around?” Baekhyun asked him, feeling his voice crack near the end of the sentence. He didn't have the courage to ask him if he loved him, because he was scared of the answer. He knew he would say no. Or not enough. And he wasn't ready to hear that. Especially considering that he was so in love with Loey, so much that he thought it would be okay to go on like this, even if it meant being his dirty secret and nothing else. But it hurt. It hurt so much and Baekhyun just wanted to be alone and cry for a while before facing it. After all, it probably wasn't their destiny that he and Loey would share a life together. Maybe in another life, or another universe. But not here, not like that.
Loey took his wrist and pulled him away to the back of the club, to somewhere like a backstage, where they passed by the dark corridors one after another. Baekhyun tried to pull his hand away but Loey clicked his tongue.
“Stop it and just follow me. We have a matter to settle and I want it to be now,” Loey ordered, voice hard and clear, not letting any room to a retort, and it made Baekhyun shut up even though he was still upset.
Loey brought him to somewhere like a studio or an office and closed the door behind him. On the desk there were stacks of paper and folders. “What the hell are you talking about?” Loey asked him angrily.
Baekhyun was annoyed. “You told me you’ll try and trust me, and make me a part of your life, but you keep pushing me away from it, almost like you want to hide me and keep me as the most embarrassing secret you ever had,” Baekhyun replied, shaking his head and totally not wanting to have that discourse again. He needed to stay away from Loey, he needed to breathe and not let him intoxicate Baekhyun with his presence and perfection as always.
“What the...? No, obviously it's not like that,” Loey retorted, his eyes getting wider in astonishment at Baekhyun's words, but Baekhyun glared at him.
“Obviously it’s not like this. Sure. Why am I even bringing it up, I wonder,” Baekhyun replied as he walked to the door, but Loey gripped his wrist again, this time making Baekhyun lose his temper.
He turned around, and instead of pulling his wrist from Loey's hold, he pushed it and Loey against the wall, surprising him. “Listen, I don't care who you are and I think I was clear enough on this matter. But I'm not okay with you ignoring me, pretending I'm not even in the same room. I'm not okay with you not trusting me. I'm not okay with being around just when you want or can be around. Despite the whole puppy thing, I'm not your dog or one of your men. And I'm not afraid of you,” Baekhyun stated lowly almost in a growl as he was out of patience once and for all. “So, let me go and don't look for me if you want only this. I can't do it like this,” Baekhyun breathed, feeling his anger seeping down, washing away, and leaving only that bittersweet realization and disappointment. He just needed to know, because this wasn’t the right way. Baekhyun couldn’t continue like that anymore. Despite all the love he had for Loey, -knowing that for him it wasn’t the same and that Baekhyun still wasn’t enough for him-, it made him hurt.
“Baekhyun,” Loey called him softly, and Baekhyun felt it aching deep inside his chest.
He loved and hated it both when Loey called him in that way, his full name slipping way too easily in that honey voice, leaving Loey's lips like music. But Baekhyun couldn’t take it that night. Not when he was already feeling that weak.
“Don't. I won't fall for it like all the other times. I'm tired of being hidden away, of not being able to walk by your side without having to hide who I am or what you mean to me,” Baekhyun breathed, shaking his head even though he could feel the prickling sensation of tears in his eyes.
“But...” Loey started saying and Baekhyun shook his head once again, his hair falling on his forehead messily, as he pressed his fingers to his glasses.
“Please. Don't keep me with you if you don't want me, or if you don't want people around us to know about me. Stop messing with my life as if nothing changed between us, pretending not to know how in love I am with you,” he finally added as he pulled his wrist back from Loey's hold.
And he knew that love was a word so difficult that only in the last few days Loey started using with him, finally defining whatever there was between them as love and not as simple interest or liking. Or as simply as… sex.
But this time Loey's arms circled him and pulled him closer, surprising him once again that night.
“You really are something else, Baekhyun. The most amazing, stunning, and beautiful surprise ever,” Loey said softly, leaning down and pressing his lips to Baekhyun's temple, making him groan in reply.
“Now you're praising me? You won't buy me with that,” Baekhyun huffed, crossing his arms against his chest as he tried to put a distance between them, but while still adoring the doting tone in which Loey was talking to him.
“Obviously I try to hide you from everyone, doc. Your life can be in danger every second of your existence when you’re near me,” Loey replied, making Baekhyun hum, clearly unsatisfied with the reply.
He was about to retort, expressing his dissatisfaction, when Loey kissed his forehead softly. “However,” he started saying and Baekhyun glanced at him, waiting for Loey's next words. “I got what you're saying. And I'm sorry you felt like this. You should’ve told me sooner,” Loey added, his concerned stare moving to Baekhyun's face and Baekhyun shifted his stare away.
“How could I have? When it was so clear that you were fine with acting like this? With having me as an accessory in your life?” Baekhyun breathed, clearly hurt about all that was happening in those past months.
“I just want to protect you, baby. And you know that. The only thing that matters to me is you,” Loey replied, as his thumb reached to Baekhyun’s face and stroked his cheek.
Baekhyun sighed deeply as he bit his bottom lip, but he forced himself to stare back, eyes meeting Loey's deep ones. Everytime their stares met, Baekhyun wondered how Loey’s eyes could be so deep and sparkling even under such a poor light.
“I know. But you’re overdoing it. And it makes me feel like you don't want people to know about me, about us...” Baekhyun retorted, still slightly blushing at the nickname baby as he was still not used to it, and this time it was Loey's turn to groan in annoyance.
“Obviously I don't want to. The more people know, the more in danger you are,” he replied, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
And Baekhyun knew that that was the reason why Loey was doing it. He knew it. But there were still so many things that didn’t add up to be a simple I don’t want people to know so you wouldn’t be in danger. And that made Baekhyun lose his temper again.
“If you’re so worried, why can't we live together? Why do we meet only in hotel rooms like I'm your slut?” Baekhyun spat out, finally losing all his calm and composure.
Loey raised his eyebrow, clearly not happy at Baekhyun's retort. “What did I tell you before?” He asked him, his voice suddenly avoid of the softness he had before, staring coldly at him.
And when Baekhyun was about to reply, Loey squeezed his cheeks not so gently, shaking his head.
“You are not. I don't want you to ever refer to yourself like that. You know it pisses me off,” he almost growled, glaring at him and Baekhyun inhaled deeply.
He knew Loey didn’t want Baekhyun to say that about himself, because it was degrading towards himself, and Loey didn’t accept any of that for someone as perfect and adorable as Baekhyun was, in his words.
“I know, sorry. Just... you make me feel like this sometimes. Like something not worth the time. Something you’re embarrassed of. Even earlier tonight...” He started saying as he sighed, memories of that night coming back to him so suddenly and so hurting.
Loey frowned. “Tonight?” He echoed and Baekhyun nodded.
“That man who was waiting for you. You didn't even acknowledge my presence there. Me being there or not was important. You didn't even bother looking at me, let alone introducing me,” he started saying in a deep sigh, feeling the weight of all the things that were happening. He didn't want to face Loey about those, because he knew that he wasn't enough for Loey to behave normally around him. One of the thousand reasons why he decided to get back to training in hapkido when he was free and he wasn't with Loey.
But that still wasn’t enough. Enough to simply consider Baekhyun as part of his family, as someone worth the place he was covering in that moment. It made Baekhyun feel even worse about that matter.
Loey opened his mouth to reply, but Baekhyun was quick in pushing a hand to his mouth and shaking his head.
“I know I'm not even close to Sehun or Kai's level, but I'm not transparent either,” he concluded, moving his hand away and gently pulling away from Loey's half hug.
“And now, let me go home, please. I'm starting to feel dizzier than before and I know that telling you this won't change a thing because... It won't. Ignore me as you did this evening, tomorrow I'll feel better,” he concluded, as his fingers rustled in his pocket, looking for his car keys. He started to feel heavy probably due to a mixture of alcohol and stress. This entire situation was burdensome and taking a toll on him. Especially considering that he started sleeping on the couch since he pulled longer days at the clinic just not to go home and being alone with his thoughts and his worries.
“Can you please stop? I'm trying to understand your point, doc. It's clear that like this is not good. And you know how much you matter to me, so don't bring Sehun or Kai into this...” He started saying and when Baekhyun tried to retort, it was Loey's turn of pushing a hand to his mouth, shutting him up even though the gesture was so gentle, barely touching as his fingers brushed again his cheeks. “Can you listen to me for a second?” He asked, and Baekhyun looked at him longer than expected before nodding.
Only then Loey pulled his hand away from Baekhyun's mouth and sighed deeply.
“I... love you, Baekhyun, I really do. I just don't know how to behave properly. I've never loved someone as I love you, and I'm worried about everything concerning you. I didn't introduce you or made a gesture to acknowledge you tonight because the man who was so proudly flirting with you without realizing how definitely not interested you were, is the boss of a rival gang. We’re trying to come up with some negotiations against another man. You know what they say, right? My enemy’s enemy is my friend,” Loey explained, fingers going to play with Baekhyun's hair on his nape, and causing him shiver at the warm touches and how much Loey knew about him.
How easily he read that situation. Without even talking to Baekhyun, he knew that he was annoyed by the man. He was being polite just because he didn't have any reason to be rude, but he was just a step away from leaving him there or throwing his drink at him.
“You...” Baekhyun started saying, lips parted in wonder at how good Loey actually knew everything about him, but Loey shook again his head.
“I want the best for you, Baekhyun, I just don't know how. And I need you to guide me, not to comply with what I say or to refuse to talk to me or play pretend. Talk it out with me. Tell me: Chanyeol I hate this thing you do, but do tell me. Because you're the most important person for me, baby,” Loey whispered as he leant in to press a gentle kiss to Baekhyun's cheek.
Baekhyun inhaled deeply and closed his eyes. They were settling down, once for all, building the base of the relationship that they wanted to create together. And Loey was taking steps towards Baekhyun, trying to tell him both what he wanted and what he expected, but also knowing where his limits were. Baekhyun needed to be as equally honest.
“Treat me as you would with someone you consider your equal, a part of your family. Don't protect me even when it's necessary, especially don’t hide things from me about where you are, how long it will take or things like that. Because it’s killing me inside and I can’t spend my nights awake worrying endlessly about you. I want to walk beside you, I want to protect you too. I told you, I don't care who you are or what you do, because I love you the way you are, and I love all of you,” Baekhyun made it clear, voice not wavering in the slightest.
If he couldn't accept that, then Baekhyun would walk away. Because for how much he was in love with Loey, he couldn't go on like that. There was a small silence between them, no more than a few moments but to Baekhyun, it felt like hours.
“I want to settle some terms too, though,” Loey muttered, his voice not more than a breath.
Baekhyun frowned but he nodded as he was interested in what Loey was about to say.
“First, you’ll really need a collar. I don't want to see you with somebody else ever again, you're mine,” Loey started saying as he listed the points with his fingers and Baekhyun felt his cheeks getting warm.
Loey never stated ownership over Baekhyun openly. And Baekhyun didn’t know up to that point that he actually liked it. But two could play the same game.
“Don't leave me alone again and I won't stray,” he countered, clearly provoking him.
Loey smirked as he nodded, silently agreeing with Baekhyun's proposal.
“Then, come and live with me,” Loey added nonchalantly, making Baekhyun's eyes wider as he totally didn’t expect such a request.
“Chanyeol... I, what?” He asked, still trying to process what was happening.
Loey shrugged, like it would be the most obvious conclusion to that discourse. “You know my house like your own. Your things are all there and I’d feel more at ease knowing that you’re safe there. Apart from me, there's always someone else you can ask if you need something and there's less chance that someone will try to break into my house than yours,” Loey stated, and while it made a lot of sense, Baekhyun totally didn't expect Loey to be fine with it.
Baekhyun wanted it, a lot, but he thought that it wouldn’t be okay for Loey. But before he could say something, Loey hummed.
“You don't want to? I know it's early, but I would feel more at ease,” he breathed, his thumb caressing Baekhyun's cheek gently.
“I thought you didn't want to,” Baekhyun whispered honestly, barely meeting Loey's stare.
Loey shook his head. “Doc, really? I love being around you and your presence is such a blessing in my life. My house is also yours, as well as my dogs, both animal ones and employees,” he said, smirking at Baekhyun.
Baekhyun’s lips parted in astonishment, again not expecting those words from Loey. “Chanyeol, you... are you sure?” He asked again as he tried to understand what was happening, and if Loey was really proposing him to move in with him, but Loey kissed his forehead softly.
“I trust you, babe. With this and so much more. You saved my life on multiple occasions; you love me, my dogs, and my family. You protected us even when your own life was at stake. I told you, if I didn't introduce you as my partner, it was because I wanted to protect you, not because you’re not enough to walk by my side,” Loey replied, his finger stroking Baekhyun’s cheeks.
Baekhyun wanted to be clear on that part too. He wanted Loey to finally start behaving accordingly, even regarding that matter. And he was about to speak about it, when Loey pressed his fingers to Baekhyun's lips, shutting him up.
“I know what you want to say. And I tell you that I will. I don't want you to think I want to hide you or keep our relationship a secret anymore. I don’t want you to feel like I don’t love you enough, or worse, to feel that you’re not enough because that’s absolutely not true and so distant from reality. I'll find a way to double the security around the places we go to, but I won't avoid it again,” Loey interrupted him, his voice was clear and decided, reading Baekhyun’s thoughts perfectly once again with his usual precision.
“You sure? I won't argue with you again for this. Next time, I...” Baekhyun started saying, but Loey shook his head.
“There won't be a next time," he declared, and his voice was sharp and defined and Baekhyun learnt to discern Loey's different tones, and he’d trust that particular one without even questioning it.
Baekhyun nodded before sighing deeply, as he felt suddenly so tired but at the same time, he felt like an excessive weight was lifted from his chest. And he just wanted to go back home to simply try to wash away that day and start anew with those new bases.
“One last thing,” Loey whispered, suddenly remembering something more, as he forced Baekhyun to look at him.
“I know I didn’t behave correctly with you and I want to apologize for it, but, never, ever refer to yourself as my slut or my toy again, because you’re not. I chose you because you’re an amazing human being, and I don't want to hear any of that bullshit leaving your pretty mouth ever again. Am I clear?” Loey asked, voice low and clear, as his stare didn’t leave Baekhyun's face. When Baekhyun hummed but didn’t reply, he asked again.
“Baekhyun, am I clear?” He repeated, squeezing his cheeks gently.
Baekhyun took a deep breath as his fingers went to grip Loey's shirt. He was glad that Loey thought highly of Baekhyun as a human being, and even the mention of concepts similar to those made him angry, but there was still something that became dear to Baekhyun in all that which he didn’t want to lose. For how much from the begining he tried to refuse it, in the end it became something lovely and pleasant between them and Baekhyun would miss it, honestly, if Loey were to put an end to it.
“Am I still...” He started saying, but his voice got lost in his own embarrassment as he felt his cheeks catching fire. He never called himself Loey's puppy. But he liked it when Loey called him like that. Especially when it was during intimacy, as he called him an obedient puppy or a good puppy as praises when Baekhyun did something good.
This time, luckily, Loey decided not to torture Baekhyun with that any longer, as he simply leant down and breathed into his ear. “My obedient puppy? Obviously, you are, doc. As I told you before, I'll also buy you a choker sooner or later,” Loey whispered, sticking his tongue out and licking the outer of Baekhyun's ear. His fingers easily found their way to Baekhyun’s slender neck, making him shiver in that half assed embrace.
“Thank you,” Baekhyun muttered as he blushed.
Loey rested his hands on Baekhyun's hips and placed his forehead on Baekhyun's shoulder, surprising him. There was a short silence and then he spoke.
“Please, never mention leaving me again. Talk to me if something’s wrong or if I do something you don't like. I'm here for you, Baekhyun, and I love you too. You always say that you don't care who I am or what I do, but sometimes it feels like you’re still... afraid of me? I'm not boss Loey with you, babe. I'm just Chanyeol” he breathed, as his fingers caressed Baekhyun's side over his shirt, but it was so slow and sweet that it was clearly not in a sexual way.
And Baekhyun was surprised, yet pleased by Loey's words, finding relief in them.
“Let's walk together in this?” He asked, as he caressed Loey's hair, his fingers carding through it and liking the sensation way too much. He wondered when Loey became so important to him, so dear that it felt like home, and so warm that it made him feel bubbly inside.
“With you I feel like I can go everywhere,” Loey whispered and Baekhyun simply smiled.
He didn't know how long they stayed like that, simply enjoying each other’s warmth, but at some point Loey cleared his throat.
“It's better if we go now. I told Sehun I’d be back in a few hours and I don't want him to worry," Loey stated.
Baekhyun nodded, even though he didn't want to leave Loey's side. He didn’t want to leave, because he knew that once outside, their ways would diverge, each to their own house.
And almost like Loey could read his mind way too easily, he kissed his cheek. “Come home with me? They’ll be glad to see you too,” Loey proposed him, clearly implying Sehun and the dogs.
“Is it okay for you?” Baekhyun asked cautiously, as he tried to see if he wasn’t pressing the matter too much.
Loey chuckled softly, pressing another kiss to his cheek. “Let's go, puppy. Tonight was tiresome for both of us, and you’re not sobered up yet,” he concluded, taking Baekhyun's hand in his.
Baekhyun followed him, a soft smile on his lips as warmth spread to his cheeks. On their way back, they spoke about small nothings. Loey was being more open than usual, telling him things about the agreement he was planning with that man from before. Baekhyun listened and asked him questions, letting him know that he was glad about what Loey wanted to share with him and Loey seemed to be at ease too.
When they arrived, Sehun was surprised to see Baekhyun there but he was happy about it. They played with the dogs for a while, Toben especially started to run around as he was way too happy to see Baekhyun, and then Loey decided that it was getting late and they all needed a bit of rest.
Baekhyun nodded and he was about to go to that small room at the higher part of the mansion when Loey took his hand, fingers lacing with his own. He led him to his official bedroom, the one Baekhyun slept in only once during that time he passed out so many months ago.
“Chanyeol, what...?” He started saying but Loey smiled at him.
“Sleep with me?” He simply asked, and Baekhyun felt his cheeks catching fire immediately.
It was sweet. Just sleeping and cuddling? Something which almost never happened and Baekhyun was so glad about it that he felt even more drunk than before, this time from Loey's addicting presence.
He gave Baekhyun one of his shirts and then they lay down, under the blankets.
“I love you, Baekhyun,” Loey breathed softly, pressing his lips on top of Baekhyun's head, as his arms easily circled his waist and pulled him near.
Baekhyun breathed softly as he snuggled into Loey's warmth. “Love you too, Chanyeol,” he replied, and he felt so lightweight that he didn't even realize he had fallen asleep.