Dae grunts slightly as he leans against the wall beside the alley Woojin just came bolting out of. he wasn’t expecting the other to look quite so panicked, it warmed his heart briefly before a burst of pain shot up his body once again and he hissed, hunching over more. he’d only told the person he’d sent to find woojin that the other knew him well from these kind of situations and to not ask any questions just say dae needed him urgently and then get the hell out of the way. “ Don’t kill me okay, I didn’t know where else to find you ” he panted out as he clung onto the others shoulder, other arm clasped tight around his stomach. “ I figure I’ve seen you at your worst often enough that its your turn to see me at mine right ? ” he lightly joked as he huffed and desperately fought to support himself, one eye was pretty blackened up and he was covered in blood, his face was a mess and breathing was strained not only from the wound on his stomach but the fact he was winded pretty intense before he used the last of his strength to get himself somewhere safe. “ I got in a brawl, in case you couldn’t guess, I’m fine I just…I can’t go to my own gang they have enough on their shoulders and you know a bit about this. ” he murmured with a slightly desperate tone seeping through as he gazed at Woojin. “ Oh and the other guy had a run for his money too so before you ask, I did fuck him up too ”
it had been a slow day, pretty uncommon for the recent economy if woojin was being honest but he didn’t mind it. he could use a break or two to make up for the scuffles and tension recently. what he hadn’t expected was for one of newbies to come running down the alleyway, looking flustered spewing something about daegyoo needing him urgently. that’s unusual. he left the remaining patrol work to the area leader and rushed out, a few scenarios running through his head and none of them were particularly good ones. emerging from the alley, woojin was greeted with the sight of daegyoo looking pretty fucked up. “what —” but before woojin can get anymore words out, daegyoo’s clinging onto woojin’s shoulder like he can’t muster enough strength to hold himself up. what the fuck?
“i know i like to get even on things but we really don’t need to get even on this you know.” woojin tries for a chuckle but it comes out a little colder than expected, distracted by the numerous bruises and cut on his face and is that a black eye? “if i’d known, i would have stopped you from finding me fucked up all those times ago.” he sighs quietly, slinging daegyoo’s arm across his shoulder to pull him closer, winding his other hand around daegyoo’s waist to support the other, careful not to irritate it though; the way daegyoo had his arm around his mid-section looked like he was nursing a wound there. hopefully it wasn’t something woojin couldn’t patch up.
“geez, who did you fuck up?” the chuckle he manages this time sounds warmer, “gotta look out for your masterpiece next time i make my way around.” woojin starts making his way down the street, supporting daegyoo as he went. where could they go where woojin could take a good look at daegyoo and get him comfortable with some medical supplies? the first place that came to mind was his own home but he wasn’t sure if he wanted to give that to daegyoo. on one hand, the other’s seen woojin at his worst and has helped him in anyway he could on multiple occasions but daegyoo is still someone from another gang, a second in command no less, what’s to say he wouldn’t use the information against woojin when relations breakdown? but — after taking a few more steps, woojin glances over at daegyoo by his side. “i can’t promise i’d do a better job than your medic but i’ll try so let’s get you home.” woojin concedes, flashing daegyoo a smile, nerves more or less settled with a plan in mind.
“oh shutup, it’s always gotta be a competition with you” he laughed softly, only hissing slightly when it pulled uncomfortably on his wounded area and huffed out a breath as he buried his face in woojin’s neck with an exhausted pant and groan. “couldn’t have stopped me even if you tried” he muttered back, daring to look up only to raise a challenging brow as he took in the others features, even his laugh had been different and though dae had came to woojin for help specifically despite the fact he could’ve gone to his medic, he hadn’t expected to see the other so genuinely worried and shaken for him. that laugh was so off, so underlying cold and he’d watched woojin trail his eyes over daegyoo’s beaten up form of a body. he remembered the other guy had made some comment about how he wouldn’t be such a pretty boy now, ironic, dae loosely thought. he hummed in thanks when woojin gently maneuvered him and bit at his lip, he’d have to show woojin that wound later, god that would really set him off.
“someone i definitely shouldn’t have” he replied with a dry laugh. “oh you’ll see the asshole around, not the type to stay inside and hide his battle scars” he agreed with a slight smile tugging at his lips from that comment. he could see woojin was having an inner turmoil over where he took dae next so he simply waited, applying some pressure to the wound in the hopes it would make it stop being so irritatingly distracting and painful. woojin still had his reservations about dae, the other could understand that despite how his own over woojin had faded long ago. there was the added fact that daegyoo was a second in command. which proved to be more hassle than pleasure half the time though he’d never change his title, he’d channeled blood, sweat and tears into it after all. “ i couldn’t go to my own, they have enough to be worried about and seeing their second in command like this would really knock them off course, i need them back in fighting spirit as soon as possible” he explained slightly apologetic as he gave a wry smile back and nodded his consent to woojin.
