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Waking up next to two pairs of chiselled chests had not been a part of Daniel's list of things to do in his lifetime but it wasn't the worst thing to wake up to. Samuel and Jake had already been awake and had smiled at the sight of Daniel's eyes fluttering open.

"Sleeping beauty is finally up" Samuel comments before Daniel bolts upright in a fit of embarrassment.

"Oh my God!" He shouts at no one in particular. He may have been drunk but that didn't mean he forgot what happened last night.

"Calm down Daniel, you're okay" Jake reassures, a firm hand pressed down on his shoulder to ground him.

"I'm so sorry about last night, I shouldn't have drank" He runs a hand down his face as he stares at the other two in earnest.

"It's alright, nothing that happened was your fault" Samuel grunts before getting out of bed. "Alright, I believe it's about time we eat breakfast and afterwards get out of here" The larger man orders and Daniel nods.

The morning was a quiet affair and no one seemed to bring up what had happened the night before. Daniel was nibbling on his slice of toast, his hair and clothes having been cleaned up before room service was provided. Jake seemed to be enjoying his fresh fruit whilst Samuel nursed a cup of coffee, the two were talking in hushed tones but made sure to make Daniel feel included with their touches. Jake had a hand slung over the back of Daniel's chair, his fingers playing with the ends of the Doctor's hair whereas Samuel had a firm arm squeezing down on the smaller man's thigh.

"Um…I'm not looking to be in a relationship of any sort right now" He blurts out, effectively ruining the mood.

Jake and Samuel turn to look down at him.

"Sorry," Daniel mumbles as he begins nervously eating his toast again.

"Hey now, you shouldn't feel sorry about that" Jake begins as the hand that had been playing with Daniel's hair moved to cup the back of his neck. "I'll be honest, we didn't think we'd get this far to begin with but those kisses from last night certainly raised our hopes slightly" He chuckles good-naturedly.

"Jake right, we're not gonna get offended by you saying no to a relationship" Samuel huffs as he finishes his coffee. "This won't ruin our current relationship, hopefully, it'll be the same for you, Doc" He finishes with Daniel shaking his head.

"I like having you both as friends, I don't have many but ever since I've come to the CC I've been steadily gaining quite a few. I don't want to lose anyone so soon" He hums out and Jake presses a chaste kiss on the top of Daniel's head.

"Course not, sweetheart," Jake tells him before making a face. "Um, are you alright with the pet names and kisses? I'm not sure I can resist doing those things as a friend or not, has anyone ever told you how adorable you are?" He asks and Daniel rolls his eyes.

"I don't mind but please try to resist, especially when I'm working" He tells them and the two seem to agree. As they continued eating, Daniel couldn't help but feel curious about the relationship between the two, they were clearly intimate but the fact that they were willing to bring Daniel into whatever they had going on was still confusing.

"Can I ask what kind of relationship the two of you have going on?" He inquires innocently, Samuel and Jake share a look before shrugging and nodding at each other.

"Jake and I have known each other for a long time, we've stuck and fought by each other's side, been through thick and thin" Samuel starts. "Jake has always been weirdly attracted to me" He adds cheekily which causes the other to wack him on the shoulder.

"What the idiot means to say is that we like each other, we're together in a sense but it's an open relationship. Occasionally we'll sleep around with other people that catch our interest and if we're interested in the same person and committed enough we can decide to bring them into our relationship" Jake explains.

"I see," Daniel hums. He had heard and read about these sorts of relationships before, most of the time they either didn't end well or they worked due to the trust the partners had in each other. Maybe Daniel's previous preconception that Samuel had a fear of commitment wasn't that at all but because he was shy when it came to Jake showing his fond affection. "So all the female nurses that Samuel has been with and knocked up, you've been okay with?" He questions Jake who lets out a bark of laughter whilst Samuel flushes.

"The idiot hasn't been shy with the previous medical help when they've been attractive enough to him but he's never knocked someone up" Jake snorted into his hand and it was Samuel's turn to hit him.

"I take protection seriously, if Jake and I are going to sleep around with others then we sure as hell have to be careful. Catching nasty diseases is not on our to-do list" Samuel scoffs and Daniel nods approvingly. "That lady wasn't even pregnant with my kid, she admitted it after a while, said it was with some other guy she had been seeing and she only said it was mine to ruin my reputation" He shakes his head.

"Oh," Daniel gapes. So playboy Samuel had his limits just like anyone else.

"You shouldn't believe every rumour that you hear" He adds and that sentence gives Daniel something to think about. He had heard lots of rumours about the different fighters, about the CC as well as the founders. If what Samuel said was clear logic then perhaps even the things that had been said about Gun were misleading or false.

"Any other questions you have for us or is your curiosity sated?" Jake asks in amusement as he finishes his food.

Daniel hums in thought, thinking over everything before his face lights up.

"Can you two kiss?"

At the words, the two elder men freeze and stare down at Daniel in disbelief.

"I said questions not request-" Jake was cut off as Samuel reached out and pulled the other into a kiss. It was like watching two men devour each other at the moment Jake registered what Samuel was doing, they were matching each other's pace which was quite fierce and erotic. Daniel was pretty sure the kiss went on longer than necessary and that their tongues were busy battling each other but it didn't bother him.

When they parted the two could only give each other heated yet wordless looks. Daniel couldn't help but bring a hand to his lips to stifle the giggle that wanted to spill.

"Are you getting giddy over watching a kiss?" Samuel huffs as he ruffles Daniel's head.

"It was cute," Daniel shrugs before standing up from his seat. "We should get going" He urges and the two are soon moving to follow.

The ride back to the CC was calm and when the two Big Deal members waved goodbye, Daniel couldn't help but grin back at them before walking into the building. The entire previous day and the current morning had been both ridiculous but memorable. He couldn't silence the huff of laughter that was spilling from his lips all through his trip to the medical bay yet the moment the door was open he came to a screeching stop.

"Looks like you had fun" Gun muses with a raised brow. "What's got you laughing so much?" The elder asks as Daniel swallows his joy to narrow his gaze at the other.

"Nothing, what are you doing here?" Daniel asks in return as he closes the door before crossing his arms.

"Just waiting for you, I didn't realise you'd be staying out the whole night" The way Gun's voice dipped slightly lower at the words made Daniel confused. The man was insinuating something and because the Doctor was a bit of a little shit he wouldn't give the other the satisfaction of knowing what happened at all.

Shrugging his shoulders he raises a brow at the other.

"Were you waiting for me all night?" Daniel smirks and Gun's face pinches into slight annoyance.

"When you didn't show up to the gym I took that as a sign that you might have passed out somewhere again due to overworking yourself" Gun scoffs and that makes Daniel's heart falter slightly. The man had only been in here because he didn't show up to their training session, training was all he was after.

'He was worried'

That passing thought makes Daniel change his perspective and perk up slightly despite what the other man had said. Gun thought he was ill and came to find him and then stayed in the medical bay all night because he was worried about Daniel.

"So you do care" The cocky words slipped out of his lips before he could even hold them back. Gun freezes in his spot before he snorts.

"I thought you hated arrogant people and yet you're becoming one" Lifting himself from leaning against the desk, Gun makes his way to the door. "But it's not jokes that I'm here for, you stand me up again without so much as a proper excuse I will come hunting you down, do you hear me?" He hisses and Daniel rolls his eyes.

"Aye, aye captain" He mocks as he stares at Gun who had come to stand just beside him.

The taller man stared silently at Daniel and the younger wasn't sure if it was because of his attitude or because the man wanted to deck him but what he could decipher was that the look he was getting was intense. His eyes flicker to the floor and eventually, he could see Gun's shadow shift as he moves away.

"I'll see you tonight, Doctor" With that the man was gone.

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Training with Gun for the next few nights was intense. Even more intense than it usually was, which was a feat. It sucked but Daniel hoped that whatever mood Gun was in would pass by quickly.

When Thursday approached Daniel was faced with a different problem altogether. He had gone out to eat lunch and when he returned he was met face to face with a person he had only seen on paper. Said person was busy crackling to himself as he spun in his chair.

"Mr Olly Wang I presume?" Daniel calls out just as the male comes to a stop, a large grin on his face as his eyes catch sight of the Doctor. In an instant, Olly jumped to his feet, with two large strides he was in Daniel's space and shaking his hand vigorously.

"Nice to meet you Doc, yep I'm Olly Wang and you must be the guy that everyone is talking about. Dr Daniel Park! The Miracle Doctor that everyone seems to just love and adore!" He spoke excitedly and Daniel cringed at the harsh squeeze Olly gave his hands.

The male was tall and big, just as expected from most of the fighters. Locks of dreads cascaded down his head in an unruly manner, a small compass tattoo was located just under his left eye and he wore a bandanna and large brown fur coat.

"I guess I am," Daniel hums before smiling politely at the other. "I received news from Gun about your return to the CC, welcome back," He tells the other who kept his grin.

"Wow, it's an honour to know that people care enough to remember that I was returning. How is Gun by the way? Being my ex-mentor and all, hopefully he is still not too disappointed in me after how I bashed my opponent's skull in the last time I was here" Olly remarks and Daniel's brows fly up.

"I read that you were banned for your actions against your opponent, I didn't know the extent of how you acted though" He hums and Olly shrugs.

"I mean it's the kind of response anyone would give if someone insulted you in a way that made you hurt. You would know something about that, wouldn't you, Doctor? After Nomen insulted your mother you went ham on his ass" He giggles and Daniel flushes.

"Oh, you saw that?" Daniel asks and the other nods.

"Of course I saw that, who didn't see that?" Olly grunts before backing away to give Daniel a once-over look. "It was real impressive, the way you fought was nice and all but you spent way too much time thinking before going through with your actions" He notes and Daniel narrows his eyes.

"Too much thinking?" He restates Olly's words who nods.

"Yeah! Like before you made every punch and every kick you took a few seconds to calculate what would work best and whilst that's nice and all it's not very productive. Those few seconds are all anyone needs to take you out" The criticising was confusing yet easily comprehensible. Daniel knew what the other was talking about but he didn't have an answer to how to fix that quirk of his.

"Do you have any suggestions on how to fix that?" He asks and Olly again nods.

"Of course, all you've got to do is let your body move and make the decisions for you" Olly answers easily.

"That doesn't really tell me much-" Before Daniel could finish his sentence, he dodged the fist flying at his face. His hand snatches the wrist to hold it in place and soon he's turning to glare at Olly. "The hell?"

"See, you're learning! You've got a good reaction time, better than what I could tell from your fight with Nomen which must mean you've been working on becoming a better fighter" A smirk appears on Olly's face. "Must be the handy work of a mentor we both know"

They stood there for several more tense seconds, Daniel waiting for Olly to try and hit him again and Olly waiting for Daniel to react. Instead of reprimanding the other he sighs and pulls the wrist to his face to inspect it.

"Have you been getting into fights? Your knuckles are cut and bruised, this injury seems recent" He hums out much to Olly's surprise. "I won't tell on you if you tell me the truth, just know the founders won't be happy if you have been" Daniel adds and Olly chuckles.

"No, no, I was just getting back into shape recently for the CC fights and I must've spent too much time in front of the boxing bag" Olly replies and Daniel nods. He didn't know if it was the truth but regardless of whether or not it was he needed to tend to the injury.

"Sit down" He tells the other gently before letting go to grab some wipes to clean the area as well as some bandages. Once he returns he offers a hand so that Olly can pass his first hand. Holding it in place he quickly cleans the knuckles, they were slightly swollen and pink with a cut here or there but it wasn't in horrible condition.

"You should take care of yourself better" Daniel hums as he wraps his hands with tender care.

"No need to care so much for me Doctor, it's not like I can even feel the pain" Olly shrugs without a care yet at this point there is a hesitant smile on his lips. It was as if he was unsure of how to react to how Daniel was treating him.

"All the more reason that I should care for you more" Daniel replied calmly as he wrapped the hands up with the bandages. Olly looked like he disagreed with the sentiment but didn't say anything else on the matter. "When have you organised your fight?" He asks curiously.

"Saturday, pretty sure my fight is one of, if not, the first fight" Olly relays the information and Daniel nods,

"Alright, I'm going to check you over and make sure everything is in order" Daniel tells Olly who nods yet he does tense up slightly. Daniel does his full body examination just like he had done for Zack except this time he was even more meticulous to make sure that Olly didn't have any injuries that he was either hiding or didn't know about. He made sure to reassess any previous injuries that had been extensive, assuring that they were all but healed.

Olly seemed to notice how much care the Doctor took when he performed the examination, previous medical practitioners had merely given him a once over before agreeing to let him fight but when it came to Daniel it looked like he took his job seriously. Olly wasn't sure if it was because Daniel was young and therefore still had a burning passion for his practice unlike the burnt-out older Doctors but it was oddly nice. Hearing Daniel walk him through the examination, letting Olly know exactly what next he was going to do, where he was going to touch and ask for consent anytime he had to get too close.

As hands grip his waist and lower back to turn him around, Olly who had been slowly loosening up flinches, tensing much more than he had before which causes Daniel alarm.

"Olly? Are you okay?" Daniel asks as he quickly looks at the area he had touched only to see that there didn't seem to be any external injuries, he didn't want to squeeze anywhere that might have been sore so he looked back to Olly's face for any signs of answer or permission. "Olly?" He calls softly.

He makes a quick note of the lost look in the other man's eyes, glazed over as if he was thinking about something. That something didn't look to be good at all, his brows were furrowed and his mouth was set into a stiff line, whatever he was remembering wasn't doing any good. He was having a panic attack.

Letting go of the man he held his hands up to show that he wasn't touching Olly anymore, he then proceeded with caution as he spoke.

"Olly, do you remember where you are?" Daniel questions but he earns no response so he continues. "You're in the Crew Corporation's medical facility and you're doing a body examination to ensure that you're fit to go ahead with your arranged match on Saturday. Remember? You're in a safe space, no one is going to harm you. Do you remember me? My name's Doctor Daniel Park…you called me Miracle Doctor. Come on, match my breathing" Daniel hums out as he continues making eye contact with Olly, breathing in slowly and deeply to encourage the other man to copy him.

Slowly the faraway look Olly had seemed to fade and his eyes moved over to connect with Daniel's. His shallow breathing evens out.

"Olly? Are you with me again? That's it, breathe in and out, you're alright" He reassures and slowly but sure Olly was breaking through whatever memories he remembered

"Doctor?" He breathes out and Daniel nods.

"Yes…I'm fine" Olly breathes out but it was a blatant lie.

"Olly, can you be honest with me, how long have these attacks been going on for?" Daniel asks, seeking Olly's face for any sort of response. The gang leader merely clenches his eyes shut, his jaw clenching and unclenching as he struggles to speak. "You don't have to tell me what you were remembering, just how long you've been having panic attacks. You can do that for me, can't you?" He encouraged and eventually, Olly was looking at Daniel again.

Or attempting to, his eyes tried to connect with Daniel but they were always flickering to the side of his face or his mouth.

"I don't really remember…a couple of years now?" He shrugs and Daniel can't help but feel his face change into a pinched expression.

"Yeah? Have you told anyone about them or gotten any professional help?" He continues to question and Olly shakes his head.

Daniel lets out a sigh before nodding.

"Alright, you can stay here for as long as you need. You can rest on the bed, you don't have to speak or tell me anything if you don't want to. You can stay here until you feel calm enough to leave, I'll be right here if you need me" Daniel tells the male as he helps him sit. "I just want you to know that this is a safe space" He adds one final time and Olly nods as he lays down.

Once the Hostel A leader is settled into bed, Daniel reaches for the curtains to provide him with some privacy. Once out of sight, Daniel couldn't help but feel conflicted. After what Gun had told him initially about Olly he expected a wildcard, one that was loose in the head and enjoyed violence but what he had witnessed proved differently. Sure he was still a wildcard but there was so much more depth to him than just his inability to feel pain. That look, that panic attack, was proof that Olly had been through more than he let show on his happy facade.

It was most definitely something that he was going to be taking into account in the future. The Doctor turns back around to get back to work, logging into his laptop and filling out some files. The room was silent for the next couple of hours, nothing except the sound of Daniel's fingers pressing down on keys, not even Olly's breathing could be heard and Daniel had no idea if it was because the gang leader slept quietly or if it was because he was still wide.

It was nearing dinner time, late in the afternoon, when the door to his office opened up. Turning around, Daniel was greeted by a person that he hadn't seen in a while.

"Nomen" He nods at the blonde who stands in the doorway with his regular suit on yet no mask. Without the mask on his face it betrayed his youthful and nervous appearance yet the moment he looks up and locks eyes with Daniel there is something akin to determination that sparks up.

"Doctor, I need your help" Nomen states as he shuts the door and marches up to Daniel who is still sitting in his seat.

Daniel's brows shoot upwards at the forward words. Nomen needed his help? The same guy that had tried bullying him and was foul-mouthed and rude? That same Nomen who looked down on Koreans? He needed help and was asking for it?

"What's wrong?" Daniel seems to breathe out, sceptical about what the man wanted.

Nomen seems to hesitate for a moment, enough for fear to envelop his eyes and for Daniel to catch sight of it. Whatever problem he had, Daniel was sure the blonde had mustered all of his courage and pushed his pride aside to come to him for help.

"It's been a couple of weeks since our fight and since I told you about my predicament…I thought that when I could finally get it up around you my…disorder was resolved but it hasn't" Nomen announces loudly and Daniel gapes. "Since I found out it wasn't fixed I've been to several doctors, enough of them for Mitsuki to get worried, and they haven't given me any definitive answers, as always, so now I'm here. I need you to either figure out what the hell is wrong with me or…or to turn me on again to prove that it was either a one-time thing or not" He orders and Daniel's mouth hasn't closed yet.

Blinking blankly at the Japanese bodyguard, Daniel utters out the one phrase he could think of. "Excuse me?!" it was more of a squeak than anything else.

When Nomen had told him about his disorder the first time around he had thought the male was joking but no, he wasn't. Shit.

"You can help me, can't you? You're supposed to be a Doctor so fix this!" Nomen hisses as he approaches closer.

With this Daniel immediately stands up from his chair and backs away.

"Okay, hold on a minute. Let's not be hasty about this" Daniel tries, holding his hands out in a defensive motion but Ryohei merely shakes his head and lets out an aggravated growl.

"You don't understand how frustrating it is to never be able to get off. In all my years nothing has ever helped me, magazines and videos don't work for me because physiologically my body is never interested. I've tried people in real life, both men and women, I've even let that Chinese bastard have a go with me to get rid of his frustrations because I could relate to his situation with his own boss but still nothing happened. Neko is the only person I've had a boner for and I thought that meant something!" He hisses in frustration. "I thought that meant that Mitsuki was the only woman for me! And then you come along and fuck everything up so now I need to validate whether you can turn me on or not so get to work, do something!" Ryohei shoves Daniel back onto the desk and grinds his hips forward.

Said Doctor let out a petrified squawk at the manhandling but was quick to defend himself. He shoves back and attempts to kick Nomen who merely avoids it by sidestepping before shoving himself between Daniel's thighs. Before Daniel could punch him his wrists were grabbed and slammed above his head.

"Get the hell off of me, Ryohei. I can help you but not like this! Don't be stupid!" Daniel growls as he headbutts the Japanese bodyguard who groans in pain but continues glaring.

"Yeah? Then what the hell are you going to do to help me? Tell me because I'm all ears! Tell me what useless prescription you're going to give me or some stupid diagnosis that won't help! All of you bastards are the same" He sneers as he leans forward, further into Daniel's space. "No one's been able to help me so now I'll just have to be the one to help myself" Nomen adds when a sound is heard.

Both Daniel and Ryohei turn to the curtains that were pulled back only to see Olly standing there, glowering at the two.

"Get your hands off him, he said no" Olly grunts, his eyes shooting from Ryohei's hold on Daniel to the apprehended Doctor.

"Aren't you that Hostel A leader? What the hell are you doing here, weren't you suspended?!" Ryohei bites out, taking in Olly's appearance. The gang leader himself seemed to be seething with his own rage.

"I won't ask you again, get off the Doctor" Olly growls, sounding almost animalistic.

"Or what? Are you gonna try and kill me like you tried to kill that fighter?" Ryohei sneered back in return and quicker than Daniel could protest, the weight that had been on him was gone and all he could see was Olly straddling Ryohei, having tackled him to the floor, and he began whaling his fist into the blonde's face.

After about a couple of hits and Ryohei screaming and spitting saliva and blood into Olly's face, Daniel reacts.

"Olly that's enough!" Daniel shouts as he runs over, grabbing him by hooking his arms under his and pulling him off. Had the Doctor been the person he was weeks ago without Gun's strict training he may have not been able to pull through with the act but he was able to now. Although it was a struggle as Olly was still screaming bloody murder at Ryohei who was panting on the floor, struggling to get up with a bloodied and bruised face. "Olly calm down, please!" Daniel pleaded and after several tension-filled minutes, the two men stopped screaming at each other.

Daniel let out a sigh of relief once he was able to let Olly go without the man lunging over to attack Ryohei. He was cursing under his breath, yes Daniel was glad that Olly was around to help him and he felt that Nomen slightly deserved the beating, the situation itself seemed pretty fucked.

"Have the both of you calmed down yet?" Daniel huffs out and Olly snaps at him.

"How can you be so calm after that bastard tried to sexually assault you?" He asks, clear confusion in his eyes as he moves around in agitation.

"One of us has to be," Daniel replies. "And I'm not okay with what he tried to pull, not at all" With that he sends a glare at Ryohei who seems to have settled down enough that he looks to the floor with a guilty look. "Alright, here's what I'm going to do. I am going to fix the both of you since your faces and hands look like shit and then we can either talk this out like normal people or I can send you both to one of the founders and have you both kicked out permanently. Is that understood?" Daniel asks and the two stare at each other with untrusting looks.

"I will leave you both to bleed to death if you don't answer me, do you understand?" He asks again and they both mumble their agreements. "Good, Ryohei sit in that chair and behave. If you so much as try something so stupid like you did before I will not hesitate to give you a concussion and sedate you" Daniel threatens, moving to grab a syringe to show that he meant every word.

"Yes sir" Ryohei nods as he winces, getting up and depositing himself in the seat.

"Olly you can either wait outside or-" "Like hell I'm going to leave you alone with the guy that attacked you, I'm staying whether he likes it or not" Olly crossed his arms defensively and Daniel was surprised by his behaviour.

It was almost protective. But why would he be? He had only just met.

Nodding at the man, he moves forward to clean up Ryohei's face.

He worked silently for a while and once he was finished with the butterfly bandaids on the blonde's forehead and cleaned up the blood from his surprisingly not broken nose, he got to asking questions.

"You said that you've had numerous Doctors assess your condition but none of them have ever given you a definitive or helpful answer, right?" He initiates the question.

"I sure as hell have" Ryohei responds grumpily, still upset that Olly was around to witness his answers.

"And how long has this been happening for?" Daniel asks again as he settles back in his own chair, ushering for Olly to come forward with his renewed bloodied fists, he renews the bandages efficiently. At this, Ryohei seemed to take a moment to think before giving a reluctant answer.

"I don't know, I guess I started noticing it during my mid-teenage years when I was around fourteen" The blonde answers with a shrug.

"But before that, everything was fine?" Daniel makes sure to ask specifically and the blonde nods with a grin.

"Fuck yeah, it was" The happiness was short-lived as he goes back to being subdued once he remembers something.

"Ok," Daniel hums. "And when you went to see these Doctors, what did they look for?" He inquires and Ryohei shrugs.

"They've tested for about everything you can imagine, high blood pressure, my cholesterol levels even though I'm still young as hell, diseases in my kidneys, my prostate and even my actual junk, tip to balls and nothing. They've found nothing" He answers crudely, pulling at his hair.

So ruling out all physical aspects of the blonde's situation could only leave one thing.

"Have you been assessed mentally?" And Daniel realises he should have put the words in an alternate way by the scathing look he was given from Ryohei. "I just mean that your condition may have psychological causes rather than physical ones, please just answer honestly" Daniel encourages and Ryohei frowns even further before shaking his head.

"I haven't been given a psychological assessment and why should I? I'm not depressed or anything, I don't want to kill myself and I'm not crazy" He brushes off and at this, Daniel frowns even further. He wanted to argue with the males' reasoning and words but left it as it was to continue asking the more vital questions.

"Are you on any medicine currently?" He asks and again the blonde shakes his head.

The circumstances for Ryohei's situation had Daniel floundering. How could he go from a regular teen who had regular use of his genitals to someone with a dysfunction if he didn't have any physical restraints and was mentally okay…unless he wasn't mentally okay?

"Ryohei, you said that in your earlier years, you were perfectly fine, how did you know this?" He asks the male. "And don't hold out on any details, you don't need to be shy about it, this will remain between all of us" With that, Daniel shoots a look at Olly who seemed bored and was picking at his cuticles.

Ryohei nods and begins answering.

"I knew I was fine because I was jacking off like any regular kid my age at the time and when the kids in my class were sharing dirty magazines of course I'd feel turned on and funny. Even took a couple of those magazines home to use, most of the guys in my class would take turns taking them home before passing it onto the next person but I guess I wasn't so lucky since I got busted" Ryohei answers nonchalantly.

"You got busted?" Daniel inquires.

"Yeah, right as I was flicking through the pages and ready to settle on one of the pictures my nosy stepmom barged in and caught me" Ryohei states, crossing his arms as he frowns from remembering the memory.

"And did she punish you for it?" Worry courses through Daniel as he stares at the blonde yet instead of providing some sob story about being punished he merely scoffs.

"As if she could, none of my dad's girlfriends had any right to punish me and although Aki was one of the ones who stayed longer and seemed to be more involved with me it didn't mean she had any power over me. They weren't my real mother" Ryohei relays the information and at Daniel's and apparently Olly's inquisitive looks he sighs and further explains. "My mother died when I was young and to get over her my dad used to go out drinking a lot and meet girls. Most of them lasted about a week so after the first couple I couldn't be bothered getting to know or associate with most of them, they just became passing people in my life who would never really stay around" He recounts.

"Aki was a bit different from the others, she was also the woman that stayed around the longest which was only just under a year but for my dad that was a record. She gave me attention and acknowledged me, asked me about my days when I came back from school, gave me first aid treatment after I got back from getting into fights, made me food to eat, cleaned the house and brought me a gift for both my birthday and Christmas. At first, I hated it because who the hell did this woman think she was, trying to take my mother's place but I guess after a while I grew used to her" Something wistful settled onto Ryohei's experience and Daniel nodded for him to continue.

"So what did she do when she found you with those magazines?" Daniel prompts softly. Instantly Ryohei's expression tenses.

"When she caught me…well, I just remember the both of us being surprised…I remember being embarrassed as I watched her turn around and close the door behind her and lock it…I can vaguely recall what she said to me but it was along the lines of 'You don't need dirty magazines, I can help you with that if you want' and the look she gave me, I guess I didn't understand it at the time but now I think it was like an animal stalking its prey…" The more Ryohei continued to speak the worse Daniel was feeling about everything.

"Did she do anything else?" Daniel didn't want to listen to it but he had to, no matter how wrong it was.

"I guess she must have noticed my shock and hesitance because she told me to lay down on the bed and well…we did it" Ryohei shrugs.

"Did you have sexual intercourse with your father's girlfriend?" Daniel needed to hear the blonde say it clearly and Ryohei seemed to roll his eyes.

"Yes Doctor, I fucked my dad's girlfriend, I know it's taboo but it happened" The blonde seems to growl out in annoyance.

Despite his words and frustrations, Daniel didn't think it was because of the questions but more of the memories.

"Did you consent to it?" Daniel digs deeper and Ryohei snorts.

"When a relatively attractive older woman comes to you offering to teach you how to have sex, no teenage boy in the right mind would reject the offer. I've heard some of the guys in my previous classes and gang talk about this fantasy and I guess I'm just the guy that got lucky" Nomen kicks his feet against the floor, paying attention to the linen that had collected on his pants.

"But did you want to have sex with her?" He presses on.

Something complicated passes through Ryohei's face.

"I…I guess I was nervous the first time it happened but…I came at the end, so obviously I enjoyed it" He redirects and Daniel shakes his head.

"Ryohei, orgasming is a bodily reaction to the stimuli you receive, it does not mean that you enjoyed it and it certainly doesn't surpass the line of consent" He reasons with the male but Ryohei is also in denial as he gives out his excuses.

"I obviously had to have enjoyed it to an extent if I blew my load in her more than once, sure we did it every so often in secret but every time she approached me I didn't say no to her. She taught me loads of things about sex so it can't have been bad! Yeah at times I felt nervous or scared but at the end of the day, it wasn't so bad. Loads of guys would have killed to be in my position!" Nomen justifies, running a hand through his head when a voice that wasn't Daniel's speaks up.

"It doesn't matter if you came, it doesn't matter if you didn't say no either. You didn't say yes and you felt negatively to her advances" Olly walks forward until he is standing right in front of Ryohei, he kneels down slightly to be at the same eye level as the sitting man. "You were sexually assaulted. Raped. And because of this situation with your terrible stepmother, it has ultimately caused your body to reject the idea of sex. I have no idea why you can get it up with your boss or with Doctor Park but the main point is that you have been hurt and it's even worse because you haven't comprehended that you were hurt and are still hurting from what happened" To see Olly answer in such a calm yet sympathetic manner surprised Daniel.

Especially since it contrasted his earlier reaction to the other fighter.

Ryohei looked slightly pale at the blunt admission from Olly, his hands shaking before clenching down hard to stop the movement. He shakes his head in rejection.

"T-That can't be true. Yeah, I might have not agreed to it but that doesn't mean that I was…" He looked like he couldn't even say the word.

Daniel wasn't a certified therapist. He didn't have the credentials to deal with this, if anything he should be writing a referral for the male to go and see someone but seeing how shaken up the usually confident and cocky Ryohei was made him feel sympathetic for the other man.

"I…You're oddly confident with your words" The blonde states as he stares at the gang leader who has a grim look on his face.

"Let's just say that it's a subject that I am unwillingly knowledgeable on through unfortunate circumstances" Olly replies before approaching the male and placing a hand on his shoulder. "And because I know what you're going through, I also understand what you must be feeling right now. It sucks, I know and I can sympathise with that but I won't tolerate you behaving the way you did when you approached Dr Park" He adds in a tone of finality.

Ryohei cradles his head in his hands, deep in thought as his face is scrunched into a pained confusion.

Olly looks to Daniel who returns the look. The gang leader lets go and steps away to give the Japanese male some space.

Daniel wasn't sure what to say or how to approach the situation now that he knew what was going on and what was the cause.

"Ryohei, I understand that this must be a lot to process for you and that you may need time to think this through. I want to let you know that there are different routes to take from here on out, specialists that you can talk to or even just telling someone else who may be close to you to help you relieve the tension. You don't have to go through this alone" Daniel reassures the elder who hums in thought.

"I think…Yeah, I just need to think this over," Ryohei sighs, shifting in his seat. As he was getting ready to stand up and leave Daniel stood up as well to see him out.

"Ryohei," Daniel called out before he could exit the room, he turned to him. "I'm also here if you need to talk" He offers and the blonde's eyes widen slightly before nodding and leaving.

Silence overtakes the room, leaving only Olly and Daniel together.

"I should get going as well, thanks for letting me stay" Olly hums as he pats Daniel's shoulder before walking past him.

"Olly, my offer extends to you too. I don't know what you've been through but if you need to talk, I'm here for you as well" He tells the man who looks surprised by the offer before breaking out into a large grin.

"You know what Doc, you're pretty cool" He compliments and Daniel huffs out a short laugh before nodding.

"I'll see you for your match on Saturday" He calls as Olly waves before leaving.

Finally alone again, Daniel settles into his chair with a deep sigh. Who knew that working as a medical hire in a fight club would warrant so much emotional baggage from the competitors?

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The matches that week were about as standard as every other week. Daniel at this point had become desensitised to the fights of the CC and their procedures, sure there were the occasional injuries that were a bit more serious, they weren't serious enough to call for a proper ambulance.

When Saturday arrived and Daniel had watched Olly's returning match against some random guy it had been lacklustre. He had expected a stronger match-up for the gang leader to show off his prowess but he was only met with disappointment. The crowd who had been hyped for Olly's fight were also just as let down.

"That was such a pathetic match" Olly grunts as he sits down to allow Daniel to check him over any injuries to which there were none. But for Daniel's sanity and Olly's safety, he had to be very sure of the case.

"Why didn't you choose someone stronger?" Daniel asks as he cleans the man's bruised fists.

"Well I wanted to but that bastard Gun told me that I had to ease back into the arena, especially after the last time. Besides the one guy I wanted to fight was already set up to fight someone else" Olly replies with a childish pout. "Tch, who do these people think they are? Treating me like a brat" He mumbles under his breath.

"And who did you want to fight?" Daniel hums when Goo's voice rings throughout the arena for the start of the next match.

"Up next is THE LEGEND OF GANGDONG, THE BIG DADDY! ELI JANG VS THE HEAVENLY PROTECTOR! XIAOLONG!"

The moment the two individuals were introduced Daniel could feel the atmosphere change yet again to match the two serious fighters. Daniel had seen Eli's ruthlessness before but he had yet to witness Xiaolong in battle. The bodyguard was always seen by Vivi's side whenever Daniel went to talk to the founders at their booth but otherwise, he had never interacted with the man.

"This seems like an interesting fight" Daniel muses as he turns back to Olly to finish the bandages only to see the far-off look in his eyes. Olly wasn't paying attention to anything around him currently, his gaze fixated on the arena as he soaked in the appearance of one of the fighters. Following his eyes, Daniel observes Eli who is preparing and bringing out a baton of all things, Xiaolong also seems to be wielding some sort of weapon as well for the match. Was that a Guandao?

As the match starts the two don't waste any time before paring their weapons against each other. Eli's baton may have been smaller than what Xiaolong had; it was a sturdy thing that resisted being cut down by the blade. The movements were sharp yet graceful. Both men were a master in their respective forms.

"They're amazing," Daniel muses. He wondered if Gun could ever train him enough to look like those two when he fights.

"He's more than amazing" Olly inputs, his eyes not having left Eli's body at all. It was as if he was attempting to burn the image of the other into his brain and Daniel didn't understand why.

The look Olly was giving Eli was more than just awe and amazement, although the two emotions were involved, there was a sense of longing and loneliness in his gaze as he stared. The way his shoulders were slumped in defeat, how his hands were clenched and his entire body which had been thrumming with movement was now frozen. Olly Wang was fixated on Eli Jang.

"I want to assume he had formal training as a fighter" Daniel hums, the words infiltrating Olly's mind slightly.

"If by formal training you meant training with Gun then yeah. Eli was always Gun's favourite and you can tell by how sharp edge he is" Olly mumbles, still focused on the male on the field. "Like a blade that's been freshly sharpened" He compares dreamily.

Eli Jang was one of the people Gun had trained? Daniel knew that Gun had worked with others before him, hell even Olly was one of them, but to know that Eli had been the favourite? Daniel could see why he was.

"I didn't know that Gun trains people with weapons" Daniel crosses his arms, turning his gaze from the fight to Gun who sat in the booth. He was taken aback by how invested Gun looked.

Most of the time the Founder sat in his chair casually, occasionally making remarks into the mics with Goo or lazily taking note of the fights. Never had Daniel seen Gun look so infatuated, leaning forward in his seat as his eyes never left Eli. Did he have the same look on his face when Eli competed in the tournament? Did Gun ever look at him in such a way?

"Gun will teach his students anything and everything if he likes them enough and he definitely liked Eli. He was a prodigy to Gun, even when Eli chose to run away and turn his back on Gun, the founder never once hated him" Olly explains. "But how could anyone hate Eli, look at him…he's beautiful" Olly breathlessly announces.

Tearing his eyes from Gun, Daniel turns back to Eli who at this point was covered in cuts and sweat yet beyond that the drive in his eyes, not an ounce of fear or regret, he was the perfect fighter. It was something Daniel probably would never be for Gun no matter how much the man invested into him. Furthermore, Eli, whom Daniel had always known since the first time he met the guy, was indefinitely beautiful.

Daniel felt sick.

After a long while the fight drew to a close. James called it to end, neither Xiaolong nor Eli going down but both had lost enough blood to become a concern. As the two headed towards the medical group, Daniel could see that Xiaolong looked slightly worse for wear in comparison to Eli who merely was breathing heavily. The two were exchanging gentle words with each other as they were being patched up and it was a hand on his shoulder that brought Daniel out of his thoughts.

Turning around to see who it was, Daniel finds Jay's worried gaze on him.

"..."

"Oh! Yes sorry, I was just…thinking about something" Daniel plasters a smile on his lips before dishing out orders. "Tend to Xiaolong, I'll take care of Eli" With that the two professionals move to the fighters.

"Eli" Daniel nods and the leader turns from his conversation to smile softly at him.

"Doctor" He greets. "I'm glad to see that you'll be the one taking care of me" He admits and Daniel lets out a huff of air as he gestures for Eli to sit in one of the makeshift cots.

"I'll need to disinfect the cuts and clean them all to prevent any infections, I'll also need to assess how deep some of them are, you might need a couple of stitches" Daniel sighs and Eli nods as he sits down and does as he's told.

Daniel works efficiently, noting that the gash on his shoulder was perhaps the deepest one but would only need a couple of stitches. He tells the other just as much and he nods stiffly. As the doctor was preparing to stitch the leader, a cough brought both men to the attention of Olly who had been standing awkwardly to the side, waiting to be acknowledged.

"Eli" Olly greets, his voice lacking his usual grandeur.

Looking up to see Eli's reaction he observes how tense he was.

"Olly" Eli replies except his voice was void of any emotion, not even an icy chillness was present, there was nothing.

Olly faltered but was quick to bounce back.

"It's been a while since I've seen you. I watched your match, you're as amazing as ever" He compliments with a stiff grin.

Eli scoffs, turning away to look at the floor, avoiding Olly's gaze.

"Come on man, no need to give me the cold shoulder" Olly tried and Daniel could see Eli bite the inside of his cheek to avoid talking.

"Olly-" Daniel was cut off from speaking a warning to the other man, instead Eli spoke. "You should leave, Olly. The medical set-up is crowded enough as it is and if you've been fixed up, which I assume you have been since you weren't wounded in your fight, you should go. Stop being a nuisance. I'll speak to you when I need to, I'll see you when I want to, so just leave" The words were harsh and Daniel had no idea why Eli was so mad.

Olly's face turns sour, his brow twitching in annoyance.

"You're still mad at me" Olly states and Eli lets out another scoff. "Okay, fine, you're still mad at me but it's been…it's been months since that situation happened and it's been years since that other incident! I thought we were getting better, I thought we were fixing things before I got suspended but now you've gone back to treating me like you did before. You can't stay mad at me forever Eli!" Olly gripes, his breathing turning heavy as he talks with his hands to try and relay his frustrations.

"Olly, perhaps you should go" Daniel tries but Olly shakes his head.

"No Doc, I won't go because someone here needs to get over themselves! Look I understand why you're mad but you need to let it go, Heather was just-" "DON'T FUCKING SAY HER NAME! YOU DON'T GET TO SAY HER NAME!" Eli roars, he attempts to lunge at Olly but Daniel grabs him in time.

Olly's eyes widen in shock as he backs away.

"Eli you need to calm down, you shouldn't be fighting or stressing yourself out. Whatever you have with Olly you can settle it later" Daniel advises and the struggling Eli stops. Slumping back down into the cot, he merely gives Olly one last defeated look.

"I thought you changed but…I guess I was wrong. From now on I don't want you to come near me, is that understood? Not near me, or the others or Yenna, stay away from us. You'll only hurt us" Eli hisses and Daniel felt like he was missing the entire story of what was happening.

Olly was still in shock at the reaction, his eyes having gone glossy before he turned away.

"You can't just…after everything…I guess it didn't mean anything to you, did it?" Olly asks, his voice wavering and Eli's face returns to a mask of nothing.

"It didn't" He replies.

And with that, Olly turns around and marches out of the set-up and down the hall. People who had been watching looked just as confused by what had gone down but quickly got back to work when Daniel glared in their direction.

Daniel turns back to Eli before letting out a sigh.

"Whatever is going on between you two, it's not my problem," He tells the man as he starts on the stitches. Eli winces but doesn't say anymore. "But if you want to sort it out, avoiding it and yelling at each other isn't going to fix anything. Especially since Olly seems just as confused as me about what he's done, you should try talking to him calmly about it" He advises and Eli grinds his jaw down harshly.

"You shouldn't get involved with him, Doctor. He may seem like a bit of an idiot but he's a manipulative asshole that will try to get you to sympathise with him. He's not a victim. He's a killer" Eli seethes and Daniel pauses for a moment. Eli's eyes gloss over for a moment as he remembers something before he turns back to stare at the floor.

With nothing more to say, Daniel finishes fixing the male up before dismissing him.

"No strenuous activity until the stitches heal up and come out, is that understood?" Daniel asks and Eli gives a defeated nod. "Good, get some rest"

Whatever was going on between Eli and Olly it was between them, just like he had mentioned previously but damn was he curious. He wanted to know and he wanted to know badly. The rest of the night was a blur as Daniel could only try to pick up the various clues he had heard come out of both individuals' mouths as well as the whispers from the arena.

Gun had mentioned that Olly and Hostel B had a bad history and that he was tossed aside. A dead person is the cause of Hostel A's birth. That person was the person that got Eli so worked up and angry. A reason for Olly's instability? There had been something else that Daniel had heard from a long time ago from someone yet he had forgotten who.

As Daniel was packing up the set-up, he looked up into the slowly dispersing crowd and crews. His gaze followed the founders to God Dogs, Hostel, Workers to…Big Deal. His eyes zone in on Samuel who was talking to Jake who was laughing at something he had said. Samuel. Samuel had told him something.

'Eli and his ex-friend are oddly close…are supposed to be enemies'

Was Samuel talking about Olly? It had to be about Olly and Eli but in the context of the conversation the Big Deal second in command had been having with Daniel it had to mean in an intimate relationship context. Had Eli and Olly been intimate to an extent?

'Did it mean nothing to you?'

Daniel could feel the beginnings of a headache occurring