Coming to this party was never a good idea. And the heavy hangover just made it even worse.
Well, whom Donghyuck could even blame? For the party visit, he sure could say his friends but for the drinks, he enjoyed them way too much himself. It was so rare, as rare as diamond in mines for Donghyuck to consume alcohol. But once the drop starts taking over, he also lets himself get wasted like ever. And then the constant throw up put him to tremor.
“Jesus f*****g–” The cursing sure cursed Donghyuck back as he throws more content and kept throwing until he somewhat feels entirely empty.
He turns tap on and starts refreshing himself. Even though he literally threw every drop of alcohol, as well as breakfast and lunch, he still had the heaviness in his head and daze phase and he literally was feeling like a drunktard.
After finishing with refreshment, Donghyuck just stands as he stares at his reflection. He couldn't even see his face clearly. His vision was kind of blurry. He takes a breath and tosses the mask in his tux's pocket as he starts walking back to the party area only to be engrossed by the sounds of hitting.
Donghyuck changes his track and begins following the sound's direction. Just as he reached the spot, a loud scream came from there and then he spotted two men, one man in white suit who seemed to be harassing the other guy in a purple outfit.
“Hey! Who's there?” Donghyuck shouts which caught the harasser off guard as he took something from the other man's clothing and ran. Donghyuck saw the man's condition and went to him instantly to help. “Hey buddy, are you alright?” He asks the latter and who just seemed dazed. His face wasn't entirely visible due to the mask but Donghyuck could feel since he himself was feeling hazy.
“Hey don't worry, I won't hurt you. But I hope you wouldn't mind me examining you since you don't seem in a very good condition. It seems like that guy was violently mobbing you.” Donghyuck assures while showing the sincerest smile he could. The guy must be scared from that mobster so it was understandable to be terrified.
Donghyuck bends down slowly to be on the portion as the guy. “I know that it's strange to interact with strangers but I wouldn't be a stranger if I'd introduce myself. The name's Donghyuck. Lee Donghyuck.” He introduces himself but the other man was still just breathing. Donghyuck sighed and then he spotted the needled mark which made him frown in wariness.
He springs out a tissue from his blazer's and softly swipes the mark to capture any possible form of chemical. He smells the tissue and starts speaking. “It seems to be chloroformic acid. I'm not really accurate with chems but I have attained average knowledge to handle these types of scenes.” He tosses his other pocket and springs a thin spray bottle. “My sanitizer consists of ethanol which helps the presentation of chemical reactions. Chloroform might get you unconscious so it'll help to keep you sober.” He sprays at the darted spot and the man hisses a little.
“Thankfully it was just chloroform but even this causes serious accidents on multiple occasions. That guy was literally trying to kidnap or even kill you. Do you want me to call the police or something?”
“No… I'm fine. It's fine.” It was the first time the guy spoke and did his voice sound as if Donghyuck was hearing his recording? Well hell yeah but that must be the effect of hangover.
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah. I am for sure.” The man assures as he starts getting up.
“Okay but at least you should take some rest. The spray does help to prevent the faintness but it may be possible that you can still be fainted if you'd walk or drive by the night as the chloroform was directly injected. We can easily arrange a guest room for you. I could also talk to my friend…”
Donghyuck was almost rambling in concern which made the other man chuckle. “It's alright. I'm fine now. And I'm here with a friend so he'd be with me on my way to home.”
Donghyuck realizes his overly caring behavior. He also chuckles but in embarrassment as he jolts, “Alright, alright. Well, good to hear that you're not alone here. But still, please keep this.” Donghyuck forwards his sanitizer. “If you feel sting or any kind of uneasiness through the darted skin, just spray it over. It will help to sooth whatever reaction. And don't forget to have some fresh fruit juice or anything once you get home. It will instantly recover you up and uhh… Just take care, okay?”
The man crackles gleefully as he accepts Donghyuck's gift and says, “Yes, Hyung.”
There was an unknown spark as soon as the term was spilled by the latter and what was shocking is that the man himself seemed shocked even though it was him to address Donghyuck as his hyung out of nowhere. Maybe he himself didn't know as to how it came out from his mouth. And he did seem embarrassed but there was truly no need to feel that. Not especially when Donghyuck actually liked it that way.
“I mean, Yes Sir. Have a great night.” The man exclaims and then disappears through the gallery like a spark.
“You too have a sweet night, Dongsaengie.” Donghyuck mumbles and smiles to himself as he starts making his way back to the party hall but once again…
“Haechan!” What?
Donghyuck turns and sees the same man in red coming to him. The man then removes his mask and Donghyuck swore that Jungwoo was not wrong when he was saying that the guy was sinful because gosh… Those sharp eyes and hypnotizing gaze were giving him the vibes that he never ever thought of. He felt an extremely sweet shimmer but at the same time he was feeling like a heated sinner.
“Where did you go? I was looking for you and, when did you get these clothes?”
Donghyuck looks at his outfit for a second before replying to the latter. “Just tonight. You like it?” Donghyuck probably didn't know what he was saying.
The man frowns in confusion but nods in agreement nonetheless. “Anyways, I wanted to say that I think we should be leaving now. I've seen his partner and maybe more members would be here. I don't want us to get into any problematic situation tonight for literally no reason.” The man explains and Donghyuck just nods along not really getting a thing he said.
“Okay then let's go.” The man starts moving as he takes Donghyuck's hand in his, trying to tag him along but the latter stopped. The man once again frowned perplexedly.
“Uhh… You move ahead, I'll be following in a bit.” Donghyuck honestly didn't know what he was saying.
The latter smiles and sighs as he spoke. “Whatever you're tending to do, I just hope will be done successfully tonight.”
And the thing that the man did was just dreamily unexpected. He rolls his hands around Donghyuck's neck and kisses him soothingly. It didn't take even a second for Donghyuck to kiss back and he didn't even know from where did he get such confidence or why such a beauty was even kissing him.
The kiss then ended as quickly as it was started. Or maybe not but it felt that way to Donghyuck since he wanted more of this red beauty's red beautiful lips.
“I'll be waiting by the terrace. Just take care okay?” Donghyuck nods and the man pecks on his lips one last time before flashing away.
What just happened?
“Whoa Hyuck! What's poppin' tonight?”
“Not only are you behaving in a different way, you even snatched our doll away!”
“No, I'm not. It's just the heavy hangover.”
“Heavy hangover or heavily simping over? You were lecturing us to study instead of flirting around but it's us who didn't get any humps while you got that red man who was unexpectedly hot!”
Donghyuck sighs and shakes his head at his friends' rant. “Well, I still stand by my statement of studying instead of flirting. And, I wasn't doing anything intentionally, thanks to you guys and the alcohol which is controlling me tonight. As for you guys, we're still here and I still hear the hotties over there so you still got a chance my bar bears.”
Both Jungwoo and Sicheng's mouths went agape as they looked at their friend incredulously. “Woo-ah, our Hyuck has been replaced… And I freaking love this new one!”
“So do I, Sicheng, so do I.”
The duo rest their hands on Donghyuck's shoulder from each side, seeming idiotically excited at their drunk and dazed friend. The friend himself was beaming with enthusiasm for god knew what reasons. It was such a wasted yet wonderful night, honestly.
“Also…” Donghyuck purrs out of nowhere as they walk together.
“Coming to this party was not really a bad idea.”
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“Joy, I've encountered him at the gallery and had darted at him as well but some unfortunate bachelor spoiled the plan and he managed to escape.”
“Don't worry Officer Taeil, I've seen a numberless vehicle over here in the basement. It could be possible he came here through that. I went on the other floors to search for other clues but found nothing. So I guess the basement should be it.”
“Alright. I'm almost down then. Let's tag at the spot.” Taeil hangs up the call as the elevator door swifts open.
He walks into the basement and spots his partner talking with some guards. “Agent Joy, what's up here?”
The woman looks at him and the frustrated expression could be seen on her face. “That car, officer. It was a black and blank vehicle but now there's a white labelled car standing there. I don't know…”
“Hey, hey, calm down. It's alright. We're gonna–” The beeping of their devices interrupted Taeil.
The duo checked on the transceiver and it was the call from headquarters. “Leave it to me, Officer. I'll handle Commander.” Joy insists and Taeil nods as the woman excuses herself.
Taeil walks to the car where Joy potentially had seen the abandoned car she was mentioning. He examines the car nonchalantly until his eyes catch an odd note by the number plate.
He snatches the note to see what it reads.
“Your Joy is true. I just played dirty with you. Anyways, the only reason I got slightly weak tonight is your extra hypnotizing vibe in white. It suits you as heaven. Please wear it more often. Besides, you'll have to wear white during our wedding as well, right. XOXO.”
Taeil crushes the note and makes a mental note to not wear white ever again.
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“You literally didn't have any business there then why did we go to that party?”
“Just for fun Jaehyun. Just for fun.”
Jaehyun gets up a little from the man's chest so he could look at him while saying, “For fun or to ruin someone?”
The man chuckles in delight at the thought of the stated someone. “What can I say? It's just more than to ruin him especially when he looks fascinatingly perfect...”
“When are you gonna confess to him then, Haechan?”
Haechan sighs in an unsure expression. “When the right time comes of course. Just hoping for the time to come in this life and not in the next life.” He jokes but Jaehyun didn't laugh.
Instead, the man rests his hand on the latter's cheek and gives a delighted kiss on the lips. Haechan roams down the other's neck and starts tasting his jawline as Jaehyun spoke, “Just remember one thing Haechan, I will always be your friend and support you with any of your decisions.”
“I know Jae. So will I.”
They both looked at each other and smiled then Jaehyun jolted again.
“Anyways, how and when did you manage to change your clothes? I didn't see you picking any backups here?”
Haechan frowned for a second but then remembered about his lookalike. He decided not to utter anything specific about the scenario for now. Hence, “Don behavior Jae. Don behavior.” He answers and then seals their lips in a hungry kiss which makes the car moving even more than before.
They haven't escaped the building yet. Instead, their anonymous car got up to the terrace and they have some good after party s*x. And the awkward fact suddenly bothered Jaehyun so he interrogated.
“And, how did you get this car over here?”