#daniel park

[thepeaklegendoffirstgen]

So we ignoring all this?

[aikun89]

Who Is Daniel Park?

(Mafia AU)

You had just finished running a very important errand for Big Deal, accompanying Jake Kim as per usual. It went smoothly all things considered, just a little force was needed but Jake handled it gracefully as usual so you didn't need to intervene much.

As you two head back to Big Deal street, Jake suddenly tells you there's another stop to be made which makes you raise an eyebrow.

"A quick stop? Where to?"

Jake smiles, "Meeting a friend. Just having a meal and catching up some. An important ally though to our family. I just haven't gotten the chance to introduce you to him properly."

You cross your arms, "Hmm, I guess. Since we have the evening free, why not. But which family are they from? I never recall any family that is actually an ally to Big Deal. Are you just bluffing to actually go on a date or something?"

Jake laughs, "Of course not, you're the only one that caught my attention enough like that." He winks at you.

You feel your cheeks burn up a bit, as you look out the window cursing him. But your lips are upturned slightly in a smile. If he sees it, he never mentions it as he continues driving towards the destination he plans to go.

Soon you two arrive at a little restaurant just in the outskirts of the city, a single lone building that sits nicely in a little plot of land within a peaceful neighborhood. You immediately raise your eyebrows, "You sure this is the right place? You're within the Park family territories you know? Park family runs things from this place up until Chungcheong.... I don't think Jinyeong Park would be happy you're here tresspassing even if he's once friends with your father...."

Jake chuckles, "Relax. He's not running things now, happily retired and travelling the world. His nephew is managing everything. Besides, Uncle Jinyeong would be okay if I am here for just a visit if he's still around."

You sigh, "If you say so, don't come whining if things suddenly go sideways..." You eye the restaurant building suspiciously because it looks too peaceful.

Jake is the first to get out of the car, and you follow him. The two of you approach the restaurant before Jake opens the sliding door for you, "After you.."

You roll your eyes as you walk inside, passing by him. He follows suit and closes the door behind him. You look surprised to see Jerry seated at a table in the middle of the restaurant facing someone who has his back to you both. "So this was the important matter you asked Jerry to handle earlier? What's going on? You said it's just a little meetup with a friend..?" you whisper to him as you both approach the table.

Jerry perks up and smile at you both. The guy facing Jerry turns his body slightly, and you almost falter in your steps seeing the man's handsome features and his purely angelic looks. The guy looks like he just walked out of a magazine cover.

"Jake-hyung. Ah this must be your special someone?" The guy's voice is even heavenly, you wonder how Jake can even befriend someone like this within his circle. You blush a bit as you scowl, "Not in the way you might think. I'm just talented and he trusts me, of course not as much as he does Jerry."

Jerry simply smiles, shaking his head. Jake chuckles, "Daniel, this is y/n. Y/n, this is Daniel Park. He's Uncle Jinyeong's nephew."

Your jaw almost drop, and you turn to Jake with a look that says 'You're joking with me aren't you?'

Jake grins at that, "Nope. Not joking."

Daniel chuckles softly, "Come on now, you're already here, have a seat. We should order."

You two settle down at the table, joining Jerry and Daniel and order once the restaurant staff comes over. Jake chats with Daniel as you wait for your orders.

You look around, this nagging feeling from earlier still strong. Especially after knowing this guy is the one running the show in this area. But he looks nothing like a mafia family leader. And he has no bodyguard anywhere, or trusted member of his family overlooking his safety. Either he's too arrogant to care about it, or he's just that stupid and naive as he looks.

Just as Daniel and Jake continue to chat, the sliding doors were suddenly yanked open and someone rushes in to attack Daniel. You had no time to react, but what shock you is how neither Jake nor Jerry is doing something to protect Jake's so called friend!

The answer to that arrives soon enough when Daniel just calmly dodge the attack by moving his head to the side, hand moves like a flash to grab the attacker's head, before using the attacker's momentum to slam his face down on the table.

Daniel tosses the guy to the side before getting up, grabbing a fork from the utensil holder on the table. "As expected. They took the bait. Just sit tight Jake-hyung. You'll get back the thing you asked of me."

More men rushes in, attacking Daniel and you sit there dumbfounded as you watch how ruthless Daniel take them down one by one without breaking a sweat. The first image you had of him is now shattered, he's no angel. Right now he looks like a demon!

Jake snickering beside you, as Jerry simply sips the tea he has ordered when he first arrived to meet up with Daniel as requested by Jake. "Still doubt his lineage?" Jake teases you. You simply shake your head slowly, grumbling at him for the tease.

Daniel tosses the bloodied fork onto one of the downed men once there's no more people coming in. "Anymore coming Zack??" Someone pokes his head in through the door, "Nope. That's the last of em. Vasco and I handled the rest at their little hideout. Here, the thing you wanted." The guy called Zack holds out a purse which Daniel takes, "Thanks Zack. You two want to come in or heading back first?" Zack waves a hand nonchalantly, "Don't worry about it. We're gonna head back, I'm going out with Mira for the evening. Vasco is meeting up with Jace and the Burn Knuckles too for a meal."

Daniel smiles as he looks out the door as Zack disappears from it, "Alright. Thanks, bye Vasco. Send my warmest regards to Jace and the Burn Knuckles okay? You too Zack, my regards to Mira." You hear muffled words from outside before Daniel heads back to the table you are at.

Daniel hands over the purse to Jake, "I apologize for the inconvenience, and the hassle it caused you over this issue. I guess some still underestimate me after I take over from Uncle..." He rubs his head sheepishly.

Jake waves a gloved hand, "Don't worry about it, Daniel. Thank you for agreeing to help out. I wouldn't want to cause any unnecessary tension between our families just because of some thugs."

Daniel smiles softly, "It's my responsibility anyway. I'll ensure this kind of things will never happen again. Anyway, send my regards and apologies to Yeonhui-noona and Sinu-hyung. Please enjoy the meal, I need to run another errand." As he said that, you witness some men come in and carry the badly injured attackers out.

Jake nods, "Will do. Thanks again. Oh, send my regards to your mother." Daniel waves a hand, "I will, hyung. Ah Goo-hyung, Gun-hyung, sorry to keep you guys waiting" You hear him say as he steps out of the restaurant.

You whirl around to Jake with eyes wide, "What just happened? Who is that guy? And did I just hear Gun and Goo name just now? Not THEM right? Some other people with similar name?"

Jake chuckles, "Nope, the one and only duo of the underworld, Gun Park and Goo Kim. Daniel somehow ended up learning a lot from them. Don't ask me how it happened, it just did. Gun even called him a masterpiece..."

You gape openly as your orders arrive. By then the restaurant is clear of the attackers, and the table and chairs set back to their original places like nothing happened. Clean within minutes. Both Jake and Jerry look at each other with amusement.

You look around in astonishment, "Who is Daniel Park really??"

[thepeaklegendoffirstgen]

Hello it's me again I'm really in love with your writing 🤭I just wanted to say thank you for doing my request, and about this request you can ignore it or not I don't mind💗So actually I wanted to request "What are Allied's red flags and green flags?" I really appreciate it so much thanks🤭 (I just feel we need more Allied appreciation, I'm waiting for my husband Hudson 😉😉)

Thank you for your sweet words:) hope you enjoy this too.

ALLIED GREEN FLAGS & RED FLAGS

DANIEL PARK

Green Flags

Very sweet and gentle. Quite literally the sweetest boyfriend you could ever have.

He is incredibly understanding. You could reveal your deepest secrets, your messiest baggage, your worst mistakes, and he would still choose to see the best in you.

Gives the warmest, most comforting cuddles whether it is his first body or second body. He absolutely loves wrapping himself around you and simply holding you close.

Red Flags

While he may trust you enough to reveal the secret of his two bodies, beyond that he will keep you completely in the dark about all the gang-related issues in his life.

He can disappear for months and somehow expect you to simply be okay with it. Communication is not his strongest suit because he assumes that since the two of you love each other, things will work themselves out automatically. Over time, this can create serious emotional clogging in the relationship because difficult conversations keep getting avoided.

ZACK LEE

Green Flags

He would fight the entire world for you and would never allow even the slightest harm to come your way. It does not necessarily hamper your independence, but instead creates a healthy attachment where you always know someone has your back.

Intensely loyal and deeply devoted. Once he loves, he loves with everything he has.

You essentially have a personalized bodyguard, but also a best friend who constantly pushes you to give your best and inspires you to go after what you want.

Red Flags

If he ever starts feeling inadequate, things can become unhealthy. His emotional regulation is generally good, but jealousy can bring out sides of him that may not be pleasant.

His devotion can sometimes border on possessiveness. If he believes something is dangerous or unnecessary, he may strongly discourage you from doing it. And if you still choose to do it, do not expect much space from him afterward.

VASCO

Green Flags

Purest heart, purest love. His love feels unconditional, the kind where he expects absolutely nothing in return except your happiness and well-being.

Extremely honest. Even if he is in danger or involved in fights with dangerous people, he will never lie to you and will always come clean about what is happening.

You become a piece of his heart very quickly, and almost everything he does is fueled by the fact that you are there supporting him. In many ways, you become the moral compass of his heart.

Red Flags

Sometimes his behavior on dates can be… unintentionally embarrassing. Not exactly a red flag, but if he randomly pulls your hair while eating, outsiders may genuinely assume he is abusive.

His worldview can be very black and white. Subtlety and nuance are not exactly his strongest areas. As both of you grow older, if emotional maturity does not grow alongside the relationship, that difference in perspective may eventually become a clash point.

VIN JIN

Green Flags

If having a funny partner is your priority, you have hit the jackpot. This man will never allow a dull moment in your life.

Extremely loyal. Initially, he may come across as someone with wandering eyes, but once he settles into a relationship, he is fiercely loyal and will never have eyes for anyone except you.

Surprisingly good at providing emotional support. You probably thought he was just an asshole ...and yes, he is, but he is an oddly lovable one. He knows exactly when to give you space and when to pull you close for comfort.

Red Flags

His words can sting. Even when he is joking, his humour can come off harsh, and unless you have fairly thick skin, being with him may be difficult.

He may have been genuinely mean to you in the beginning. If your relationship starts as enemies-to-lovers, getting through that phase with him will not be easy.

HUDSON AHN

Green Flags

There is a certain way in which he treats you that fills you with pride. Yes, he is chivalrous and courteous, but there is also something very polished about him. Together, the two of you naturally radiate power-couple energy.

He is extremely straightforward and upfront. He has no intention of wasting your time or his own. Any issue or conflict will always be dealt with through proper communication and discussion, with genuine effort to resolve it and ensure it does not repeat.

His trust and conviction in you make you feel as though you can reach the sun itself. Having learned this mindset from Taesoo, he hopes that the faith he places in you helps you realize just how precious you are to him.

Red Flags

He can be very critical at times. If something bothers him, he will be brutally blunt about it and may not always consider how his words affect your emotions.

Because he constantly wants both of you to improve and pushes hard toward becoming better, there is a possibility that this drive can develop into unhealthy competitiveness. Restraint and balance are important because there is always the risk of ambition turning into bitterness.

JAY HONG

Green Flags

Exceptionally attuned to your needs. He notices everything, even the smallest details, and will always do his best to adjust accordingly.

Being with Jay gives you a deep sense of stability that is genuinely comforting. Your heart feels safe, your nervous system finally functions properly, and your cheeks constantly hurt from smiling so much around him.

He will go above and beyond to make sure you never feel deprived of anything. Your comfort becomes his priority, and at times, it truly feels like your wish is his command.

Red Flags

It is incredibly important for him to learn how to say no sometimes. Because he prioritizes you so heavily, there is a real possibility of him slowly sabotaging his own emotional needs. This can become an unhealthy dynamic where he continuously suppresses his own feelings and never allows himself to come first.

Honestly, this is probably his only red flag 😅

[aikun89]

Awakening Tiger

Synopsis:

Daniel Park stands in front of the class, introducing himself to his classmates. He nervously looks around to see their reactions, and he is not surprised to see disinterest from majority of the class. Only a few regards him with some curiosity, some in amusement.

He walks to his assigned seat, ignoring some of the whispers from them. “Piggy” among some of them.

He wonders if he should have used that odd body that’s currently asleep at his rented place to come to school.

He internally steels himself, as he takes his seat. He will go through this no matter what. He made a promise to himself when he moved here.

It's a story in which Daniel Park decided to go to J High School the very first day in his own body.

Chapters:

• Chapter 1: Lucky? Or Not?

• Chapter 2: Making Friends Is Hard

[aikun89]

Awakening Tiger

Chapter 2: Making Friends Is Hard

Daniel takes his seat, trying his best to ignore the glare aimed at him from Zack Lee, the guy who turned him into a punching bag in public yesterday and made him into an online laughing stock. Aside from embarrassment and slight fear, he also feels some deep rooted anger at the guy for what happened. But Daniel knows he cannot do anything against the guy since he is not a fighter, or is even strong enough to stand up to him. He sighs internally as he tries to not focus on the current line of thoughts.

Feeling another pair of eyes on him, he looks over slightly to his right and he feels sweat form on his forehead. ‘Not just him, his girlfriend is here too!?? What kind of luck is this?’ he thinks to himself as he just looks forward, and focus with the lessons as the classes go on the first half of the day. But he can still feel the heated glare from Zack, trying to burn holes into him for sure. He hopes nothing will happen today, and Zack will get calmer as the hours pass by.

His luck, or lack thereof, runs out as soon as the teacher leaves the class. Somehow the next teacher is late, and he gulps a little when he hears the chair to his left scrapes the floor suddenly. He just stares straight ahead, even as some other students are looking over in his direction.

Daniel sees the hand slamming against his desk first before Zack’s voice as he speaks in an irritated angry voice, “Hey, are you a stalker of some kind?”

Daniel looks up, alarmed by that accusation “W-what? No! I’m not a stalker! What are you talking about?”

“Cause you were hitting on Mira yesterday, and now you’re suddenly here in our class… Seems too suspicious to be a coincident, weirdo” Zack hisses at Daniel.

Daniel shakes his head vehemently “L-look, you got it all wrong. I was not hitting on your girlfriend, and I don’t even know you two go to this school” he tries to explain, wanting to be honest and also perhaps fix the misunderstanding from before.

Zack turns a bit red at Daniel openly saying Mira being his girlfriend, “She’s not… We’re just close friends and I care about her!” Mira who was about to get up to stop Zack from doing something stupid blushes a bit hearing the conversation, so she stays rooted in her chair, looking away to hide her slightly red face.

Daniel blinks seeing the reaction from Zack, “O-oh, okay. Um, sorry. But then why are you so red?” he asks innocently.

That somehow makes Zack snaps, and he grabs Daniel’s shirt pulling him up to stand. He snarls to his face, “Not your f***ing business! Seems like you need some lessons or two to make you understand Mira is OFF LIMITS! Especially from creeps like you!” and he punches Daniel on the face making him stumble back and fall down onto the floor along with his chair.

“Ughhh…” Daniel groans from the floor. He slowly gets up and untangle himself from the fallen chair. Zack approaches like a predator, his eyes set on Daniel as he slowly takes a few steps back to try and get away. He puts his hands up in a placating manner, “H-hey, look, I told you the truth. You can ask her about it, I was not hitting on her. It was just a misunderstanding…” Daniel tries to reason with the hot tempered guy.

“You mess with the wrong guy!” Zack growls, ready to turn Daniel into his punching bag, again. Zack starts letting his fist fly to hit Daniel on the face.

Daniel fears for his life as he sees the fist coming at full speed and force. But it never hits him right on the face. The next thing he knows, the fist merely brushes his cheek before it hits the locker behind him and he’s suddenly is positioned slightly to Zack’s right. Daniel hears the surprise from the other students in the classroom, but he’s only focused on Zack and trying to understand what just happened.

Zack’s eyes are wide open, and his mouth parted. Daniel suddenly realizes his short arm is outstretched and his chubby fist hits Zack around his crotch area. Zack falls onto his knees, holding his crotch with both hands, croaking in slight pain. “Y-you… You fight dirty!”

Daniel stutters out, confused and shocked by the thing he apparently just did out of nowhere, “I-I didn’t do anything! I’m sorry. I don’t know how I did that. Are you okay?” he asks seeing Zack now curled up on the floor, groaning.

The entire class is still frozen in shock, so no one even moved a muscle to check or help Zack.

Zack “You…. I’m fine!” he glares at Daniel behind his painful grimace.

Daniel tries to look around but seeing as no one is coming to help, he sighs and tries to get Zack to stand up.

“Get your f***ing hands off me!” Zack roars at Daniel. And something inside Daniel snaps right then and there, as mixed feelings of confusion, panic, fear and bubbling anger mix up “JUST SHUT UP YOU IDIOT! I’M TRYING TO HELP YOU!”

Zack clamps up his mouth, shocked by the sudden burst of anger from Daniel. Mira finally walks over, and helps Daniel to get Zack up “Let me help you get him to see the school nurse” she says to Daniel who nods “Alright…”

Zack ends up letting them help him walk to the infirmary to get checked. When the nurse asked him what happened, he stiffly said he bumped into a desk cutting off Daniel before he can speak up. Daniel lets him, as he huffs a little knowing the guy is probably not wanting his ego bruised. The nurse lets Zack rest in the infirmary after giving him some painkillers and giving him a pack of ice.

“……….” Zack not speaking a word to Daniel as he rests, with icepack on his crotch.

Mira shakes her head “I’m sorry for what he did, yesterday and today. He only means well, always looking out for me. But he’s too hot tempered sometimes.” she says to Daniel.

Zack “What the hell are you apologizing to that creep for? He’s a crazy stalker and also a pervert!”

Daniel feels that anger bursting again at Zack’s accusation “I’M NOT A STALKER AND I’M NOT A PERVERT YOU STUPID BULLY!”

Zack is again stumped by the sudden anger from the weak looking timid weirdo who is now in his class. “….the hell..?”

Mira sighs, “Zack, at least listen. He was right. He was not flirting with me yesterday. He was just surprised when I greeted him yesterday, cause he looked so upset. I was trying to ask if he’s okay. But I got shocked by… something.. which probably got him upset…” she murmurs the last part, knowing it might embarrass Daniel.

Daniel sighs, before he blushes a bit as she speaks about how she found Daniel yesterday, “Look, I’m sorry for the misunderstanding. I was trying to clear things up when I tried to catch up to you yesterday. But honestly, you’re just a bit too much and I don’t know how she can stand being around you. You’re nothing but a bully! I’m also sorry for that… unintentional punch. I won’t bother you two, and will keep my distance. I just want to graduate, that’s all. I hope this makes us even or whatever…” he murmurs, “I need to get back to class.. bye..” he leaves without another word. Mira watches him leave with sad eyes, feeling guilty for not stopping it much earlier. She then turns to Zack, glaring a bit. Zack looks away, not wanting to meet her gaze.

Daniel keeps his gaze away from his classmates when he arrives in class, explaining to the teacher that had already arrived about having to helped Zack to the infirmary due to an incident. He then gets to his seat, keeping his gaze down the whole time. He sits down and just focus with the lessons as the hours pass by. When lunch hour arrives, he lets the others leave first so he can exit the class last.

He looks out the windows as the others start to leave for the cafeteria, ignoring glances from some of them or glares. He tries to remember what happened earlier. All he can recall is the sudden fear for his life, but also anger. But nothing about how he dodge the punch, or hitting Zack. It makes him remember that time when he kicked that ball which hurt Logan’s minions. He shivers automatically remembering that ball of terror and his minions. He lets out a tired sigh, reflecting upon his crushed dream of starting new at this school. It seems no matter where he goes, he’d always be at the bottom of the food chain and be terrorized by others.

He feels that anger again bubbling from within, crushing that hopeless feeling inside him. He clenches his hands into fists, as he reminds himself of the goal he has and the promise he made. ‘I’m here for my mom. I want to make her proud. I’ll graduate no matter what.’ He nods to himself as he gets up and heads for the cafeteria, checking to make sure his hat is on along the way.

When he steps into the cafeteria, the chatter stops all around him and he can feel the gaze from others. He falters a bit, thinking he probably should leave before gritting his teeth and ignoring them. He goes to get his food, and soon is looking for an available table to sit down. Whispers and chatters is heard as he pass by tables.

Unknown to Daniel, the little 'fight' he had with Zack earlier had spread throughout the school before lunch hour. So now there's a rumor of a big bully newcomer who has taken down the Fashion Department top dog. Most are wary of him, some are finding the rumor nonsense when they see the newcomer coming into the cafeteria.

One particular group is not happy with Daniel, since their leader was taken down in such a dirty trick. They're glaring at Daniel as he passes their table. Daniel ignoring everyone as he tries to get to the table at the back which seems empty.

He takes a seat, facing away from the rest of the cafeteria and starts to dig into his meal. He does his best to ignore them, and the feelings bubbling up inside him. 'I'm doing this for my mom. I need to do well and graduate. Who needs friends...' he keeps repeating in his mind.

Being so deep in his thoughts, he is not aware of his surrounding. He suddenly feels his hat being pulled off, and hears the cafeteria chatters stopping immediately.

Daniel's eyes widen as he realizes his hat is taken by someone and everyone can see his hairstyle now. He turns to confront the perpetrator, who seems to be someone from his class, someone as short as him but leaner and wearing glasses. There's a slight flinch from the guy when Daniel turns in his seat to face him, before he gapes at Daniel's hair.

At the table where Zack Lee usually sits at, laughter is heard from his lackeys "Bwahahaha what is up with that hair?"

The guy that took Daniel's hat too starts to laugh, pointing at Daniel's hair. Soon the rest of the cafeteria echoes with laughter, and giggles of amusement.

Daniel turns red with embarrassment and anger, as he looks around at the other students in the cafeteria as they laugh at him. He turns to the hat thief again, "Give that back."

"Tehehehe.. Sorry but I can't..." he starts to move away to give it to Zack's lackeys as he was told to do earlier. "I'm hehehe sorry, but I had to.. But that's hehehe quite a hairstyle..."

Daniel grits his teeth, "I said give that back!" he gets up approaching the guy, holding out a hand. The hat stealer gulps a bit seeing the sudden anger from the guy, remembering what happened in class, "S sorry I can't... You need to be their target next. I I'm sorry..."

Daniel roars and was about to attack him, but before he can jump the guy in his anger, a familiar face appears between them. It's the guy who saved him yesterday, but he looks quite scary now as he stares down at Daniel, "So you're the new transfer student who is terrorizing others?"

Daniel feels his patience snap again that day "I'M NOT! I JUST WANT MY HAT BACK! THAT IDIOT STOLE IT FROM ME!"

Vasco blinks, and turns around to the glasses wearing hat thief who gulps slightly, as he tries to lie his way out of trouble with Vasco.

Vasco just grabs the hat from him, "You stole this from him?"

Before the thief can answer, Daniel grabs the hat from Vasco's hand and runs out of the cafeteria in frustrated tears. Vasco is surprised by it and calls out to Daniel "Hey! That's not nice!" he sighs, as Jace watches silently with the rest of the Burn Knuckles. They had just arrived at the cafeteria when the new transfer student was seen about to jump Park Jiho of the fashion department.

Vasco returns to his crew, as the rest of the cafeteria goes on to have more chatter and some shared laughter at what they had just witnessed.

Vasco "That new transfer student is weird... Doesn't seem like a bully to me, as what people are saying. What do you think Jace?" he says taking a seat at their table as the others do the same.

Jace "Probably Zack initiate things anyway... But he seems familiar...." he hums rubbing his chin.

Vasco "Now that you say that..." his eyes suddenly widen, "It's that kid from yesterday! The one Zack punched in public!" Jace and the rest of his crew members suddenly frown remembering the story from Vasco about the incident. Jace "Poor guy.... Just his first day, already this tough.."

Vasco gets up and rushes out of the cafeteria, intent to find Daniel. "Wait, Vasco!" Jace sighs and he decides to follow after Vasco.

Vasco and Jace finds Daniel just outside the school building, hiding in the corner under a tree. He is curled up, hugging his knees and they can hear soft sobbing from the guy. His hat scrunched up in one fist.

Vasco approaching, but says nothing. He just sits beside Daniel. Jace stays nearby, leaning on a wall of the school building just watching over them.

Daniel's sobs soon dies down, and he sniffles as he tries to wipe the tears away "Sorry about that. But why are you here?" he doesn't look at Vasco yet, embarrassed for crying in front of him.

Vasco rubs his head "Just want to check on you. What happened?" he smiles at him.

Daniel is again surprised by the kindness he is shown by this guy. He looks at him finally, "I... It's hard... I thought this was my new chance at starting over.. New school. New surrounding.. But I guess I'm bound to be weak and be stepped on anywhere I go..." he murmurs as he looks down at the hat in his hand.

Vasco frowns hearing that "No one should be stepped on! And you're not weak! Those guys are the one who are weak. Strong people don't put others down! Only weak people do that. Insecure weak people."

Daniel blushes slightly, as he looks at Vasco, surprised by his outburst. The way he expresses his words make him want to believe them even just for a while.

Daniel sighs softly with a sad smile "Thanks for the pep talk. I appreciate that. But I don't care anymore. I just need to tough it out until I graduate and make my mom proud."

Vasco looks sad at hearing that. "Don't you worry! From now on, I, Vasco along with the Burn Knuckles will protect you in school and ensure no one messes with you!"

Jace splutters from his spot nearby hearing that "Heyy! Vasco! What the hell!??"

Daniel blushes as he gapes "I uh... What? Burn Knuckles? What are you? A gang leader or something? And how can you even enter the school grounds?"

Vasco "Well of course I can enter the school. I'm a student here. We the Burn Knuckles are from the Architecture Department." he explains proudly.

Daniel gapes, "You're a student here? How old are you?"

Vasco grins as he replies "18"

Daniel gapes even further "....Wha? 18?"

Vasco nods, "Yep. 18."

Daniel sighs, muttering about some people maturing so quickly. He then looks at Vasco again, "Why do you even say all that, I mean helping me out and all this?"

Vasco "Because that's the right thing to do. It's wrong to just watch when there are people being wronged!" he says strongly.

Daniel "....." he can't help but admire the strong dedication he hears in his voice, as Vasco speaks of his pure hearted intention.

"You have such honorable purpose. But you don't need to protect me or anything. I'm okay. Thank you for helping me yesterday and also checking up on me today." Daniel says sincerely with a small smile.

Vasco blushes a bit at being praised as he smiles "You don't need to thank me. And well maybe at least let me be your friend!"

Jace sighs from his spot with a smile, knowing Vasco will do what Vasco wants.

Daniel is taken aback by that. "Friend? Uhm... I guess. Yeah okay we can be friends." he feels some hope flourish again in his heart, just like when he first meet Vasco. Perhaps moving here is not bad after all.

Vasco goes to Jace and drags him to where Daniel is, "Jace can be your friend too. In fact from now on, all of Burn Knuckles will be your friends!" he grins.

Jace splutters before he sighs, "I mean you're not a bad guy. Sure, we can be your friends..."

Daniel blushes as he rubs his head, "T- thanks.. I don't know what to say."

Jace eyes the hair on Daniel's head that has been bothering him since the beginning. "Don't need to say a thing. Come with us. I need to fix that stupid hairdo of yours. Who did that to you? Another bully?"

Vasco frowns at the mention of another bully that did something bad to Daniel. "Tell us who!"

Daniel groans remembering about his hairstyle that resembles that of a certain dictator from up north, "No no, it was just some unskilled hairstylist at a salon I went to yesterday. I should have gone to a barber instead. Much cheaper...." he murmurs near the end.

Jace hums "Well, let us fix that for you. Come with us" Vasco nods holding out a hand to Daniel.

Daniel hesitates briefly before he grabs the outstretched hand and gets up. He follows them, his newfound friends.

'Mom, I guess there are good people in Seoul after all. And I can make some friends at least...' is what he thinks as he follows Vasco and Jace. He knows it will be hard going forward, but at least he has some good people around that he can call friends.

[aikun89]

Awakening Tiger

Chapter 1: Lucky? Or not?

“Mom… Stop..”

“Let’s go see the homeroom teacher! What’s your name?”

“Mom, I said stop!”

“How could you do that to Daniel???”

“MOM! I SAID STOP! YOU’RE F*****G EMBARRASSING ME!”

Daniel’s mother freezes, her hands fall from Logan’s shirt as she heard her only son’s anger towards her in front of the other students. She doesn’t know how to react, as she stands there pitifully looking shocked and embarrassed. She looks down and leaves silently after a while, not wanting to embarrass Daniel further.

As for Daniel, his words and his behavior puts him in a deep pit of regret and anger at himself for talking to his mom like that. He badly wants to go after her, but he lets the embarrassment he feels over his tormentors’ views of him win again. P.E. class ends just then and his classmates begin dispersing to get changed and return to the classroom. Logan and his crew stay watching him, as Daniel keeps looking down not wanting to meet his gaze. “Didn’t expect you to be that much of a loser to curse your own mom like that, Pikachu.” Logan smirks with amusement as he mocks him. “What an entertainment. But don’t think I’m letting you off for that bet I lost…”

Panjun Kim snickering “No wonder he’s such a loser. I mean his mom looks like a sore loser”

Mae Kim laughs “More like a walking corpse man….”

Daniel suddenly feels unexplained rage at hearing those words. “Stop talking about my mom…” he glares at them. His hands ball into fists at his side. Logan raises an eyebrow at Daniel but not saying a thing yet.

Mae Kim scoffs “Hah! What are you gonna do about that, loser?” he throws an infuriating mocking smirk at Daniel as Panjun adds “You don’t seem to care about her anyway, pig. Loser old lady gave birth to a loser fatso. Hahah-“ his laughter is cut short when the ball they were kicking earlier at Daniel fly at high speed and hit Panjun on the crotch and it bounces to hit Mae Kim on the side of his head, making both fall to the ground in pain.

Daniel meanwhile is frozen with his short leg midair, stunned and confused by what had just transpired.

Logan blinks, before he whistles “Damn, I guess Pikachu suddenly grew a pair of balls.” and he punches Daniel right on the face, making him fall onto his back.

Before Logan can do anything else, their P.E. teacher yells from a nearby window “GET TO CLASS IDIOTS! NOW!” before continue walking away to get to the teacher’s office.

Logan looks annoyed “You’re lucky again. Tch. Always needing someone to save you huh, Pikachu? Stay back after school… I need payback for that bet… Don’t go dragging your mom or anyone else to save your fat ass this time, got it?” he sneers before leaving. The duo on the ground glaring at Daniel as they get up and limp away. Daniel looks to the ground silently, as he processes what just happened. He stares at his broken glasses and soon tears fall from his eyes filled with regret, self-deprecation, and anger among many things. Logan’s words struck a chord deep within him that’s making him reevaluate his life choices and behavior especially towards his own mother.

Late that evening, he walks home slowly, slightly bruised from Logan’s little payback moment after school. But his mind is full of heavy thoughts, his body on auto pilot as he walks the streets to head home. Before long, he realizes he’s standing right in front of his house. He looks up, eyes watery as he wonders how his mother is feeling. He bites his lower lip before he unlocks the door and goes inside, “Mom, I’m home”

“Daniel… We need to talk” Seonhui says from the corner she’s sitting at in the living space.

Daniel gulps, but nods as he sits down looking at her. His badly taped together glasses hang against his nose haphazardly. He feels awkward, on top of his regrets and mixed emotions from earlier. He does not know what to say to his mom yet.

“Go transfer to a new school. I will handle the paperwork and everything. But I cannot come with you due to work. You’ll be okay by yourself, right?” Seonhui starts to say.

Daniel perks up, looking at his mother. ‘Why the sudden…? Is it because of today?’

“Studying is important. Who cares about friends, right?”

Daniel freezes, as his tears fall again automatically. ‘She knew!’

“I’ll take care of the expenses. Just trust me and go to the new school.” Seonhui smiles warmly.

“M-Mom…” he can’t help it as he cries his heart out and for the first time in a long while, he throws his arms around his mother making Seonhui grunts out “Ooof!” before returning the embrace gently, looking surprised.

Daniel cries into her shoulder as he hugs her tight. “I’m so sorry! I’m sorry mom for what I said to you today. Of how I behaved towards you all these time…” he sobs out, tears soaking her shirt.

Seonhui gently rubs his back, soothing him as she lets him cry “It’s okay. Mom understands. I’m sorry too for not trying harder, for not having taken good enough care of you….”

Daniel stops her right then and there feeling all the guilt and regret return. “No! Mom, you did everything you can. I’m the one that’s being ungrateful and pathetic! You did a lot for me and I never repay you even with kindness. I’m so sorry for what I have said to you today a-and how I have been acting lately…”

Seonhui looks surprised at first, before she smiles as she wipes away Daniel’s tears “It’s alright Daniel… You’re still growing, still learning and have needs. I should be taking care of you better.”

Daniel shakes his head as his tears start to subside, “Still doesn’t excuse my behavior mom. I’m sorry…”

Seonhui smiles even more, “Alright, alright… apologies accepted. Now have you eaten anything?”

Daniel shakes his head slowly “No… Let me be the one to cook today. You should rest.”

Seonhui tries to argue but Daniel is already up and heading for the kitchen. She sighs with a smile letting her son do what he wants to instead, just watching him cook. Later the mother and son duo chats as they enjoy the meal Daniel cooked. Daniel sleeps that night with a warm heart full of hope and new determination to be a better son to his mother.

Two days later finds Daniel and his mother at the bus station, standing near the bus that will take Daniel to Seoul. “Don’t worry mom. I can handle it on my own. I’ll call you when I get there okay? Take care of yourself too.” He hugs her one more time before getting onto the bus and takes his seat near the window. He waves her goodbye as the bus starts to depart from the station, heading for the city. He makes a promise to himself to stand on his own two feet, and be a son his mom can be proud of while he watches the scenery goes by through the bus window.

When he arrives at the city, he heads for the old shack his mother gave him the address to. He starts cleaning the place and setting his things up around the house. By late evening, he is resting on the floor of the house, calling his mother as promised to tell her that he’s settling in well.

He spends the next day to get accustomed to the neighborhood, the bus routes and the people around his place. He also checks out the route to school, and settles any matters with relation to school.

He spends the weekend to explore the neighborhood and part of the city, just to get used to Seoul and the area his neighborhood and his school are. He suddenly stops at a hair salon, looking at his reflection in the window. He contemplates on a haircut, hand feeling up his hair for a while. Deciding to get a new haircut to celebrate his new start in this city, he walks into the salon and is greeted by a very handsome young guy with purple hair and a hat. “Welcome. You want a haircut?” Daniel gulps a little, seeing the nice interior and also the good looking guy smiling at him. The smile relaxes him a little as he replies with still some nervousness in his voice “U-um.. yeah… h-h-hair c-c-cut that’s right. Yeah…”

The man smiles, “Well have a seat here” he gestures to the corner seat making Daniel feels even more relaxed. At least no one will stare at him as he gets his haircut. Daniel settles in the seat, getting comfortable and soon the guy sets him up for the haircut.

“May I suggest the ‘two block’ style for you?”

“What is that? Sorry I’m uh not familiar with hairstyles”

“It’s okay. Well it’s the style where the sides and lower back of the hair is shaved. Lots of celebrities have this style you know?”

“Oh uh, sure. Okay. Let’s go with that, I guess…” he says timidly.

The guy looks at Daniel silently as he starts to cut his hair, ‘This guy seems to have a lot on his mind. Wonder what his story is…’

“Why don’t you take off your glasses, Sir? You should wear contact lenses, you actually have great eyes.”

“O-oh really?”

“Yes, really. The optician’s shop next door would be able to help you with that.”

“Sure! Thanks. You are a good person. I’ll go there after this.”

The guy smiles and continues to cut Daniel’s hair silently after that. Once he is done, he shows Daniel how the style looks even from the back. Daniel checks out the finished cut, he hums as he tries to remember where he has seen this hairstyle before.

“I did my best for you. I hope you like it.” The guy grins satisfied with his ‘artwork’. The other patrons and hairstylists can’t help but gape at the result.

Daniel smiles at him “Well I guess it’s cool. Thanks for this.” He goes to pay for the haircut and proceeds to leave the hair salon, and goes next door to get himself a pair of contact lenses to replace his broken glasses. He keeps the old glasses since his mom bought them for him long ago. He leaves the optician’s shop afterwards, looking to continue with his exploration for the day.

He walks around feeling a bit confident with the new hairstyle, but deep down he is still trying to remember where he has seen this haircut before. Probably some variety show he saw on his phone or something. As he walks, he hears whispers around him making him feel embarrassed and excited at the same time. Perhaps this haircut is a nice thing after all, since it gets people to talk. However, he feels something inside his mind screaming at him to remember where he had seen this style.

He suddenly stops dead in his track, right outside a shop with a glass window that enables him to see his reflection clearly. He turns robotically, to stare directly into his reflection in the window. ‘KIM JONG UN!????’ he gapes as he remembers now where exactly he has seen this hairstyle. The whispers from the people now makes a lot more sense. It was not in awe, but of disgust and probably amusement with him walking around with this hairstyle. Comical tears fall down his chubby cheeks as his head falls with gloomy aura surrounding him.

“Excuse me, are you alright?” a young lady’s voice is heard from behind him.

He flinches, before turning around slowly. He tries to pull a smile wanting to say he is okay, but it turns into an awkward smile as he is unable to utter a word. Add with the hairstyle he has, it makes the teenage girl that seems to be around his age to freeze. She shivers where she stands, unsure how to react to this odd person’s look and how he is behaving.

“Mira, you waited long-“ a guy around his age too arrives, and frowns seeing the situation Daniel and this girl named Mira are in.

“Oh Zack…” Mira turns her head to look at him. The guy, Zack approaches them “Who’s this guy? You know him? Why’s he smiling like that at you?”

Mira grabs his arm, trying to pull him along “Nah, I don’t know him. Let’s just go. It’s nothing Zack”

Zack looks at her, “Nothing?! Let me go for a sec!” he then gets her hand off his arm, turning to Daniel “Hey! You! Yeah, you with that ugly haircut! How old are you?”

Daniel feels a sense of déjà vu, as trouble seems to come find him always.

“U uhm.. S-seventeen.”

“Same age! Hah!” he scoffs, ready to pummel Daniel’s face as he gets closer.

But Mira grabs onto his arm stronger, pulling him away “I SAID LET’S GO!” Zack clicks his tongue against his teeth loudly “Tch! Fine. You’re lucky today. But I’m gonna remember your ugly face!” he yells to Daniel as he lets himself be dragged along by Mira.

Daniel winces, again with those words. And again, pity look from girls. Is he bound to never stop facing this same cycle again and again? He remembers his promise on the bus, a promise to himself. He should try to make friends, and this misunderstanding need to be cleared up.

Daniel runs after them making the decision to try and fix things, “Hey wait up! I need to-“ before Daniel can continue speaking, a fist hits him on the face as soon as he gets near them. Zack growls “F*** I told you to not come near Mira!” he advances on Daniel and starts to hit him with a few more punches. The crowd gathers and begins to snap photos and record videos as if it’s a spectacle to be watched. None of them even try to stop Zack, as Daniel is hit with those punches.

He is soon on his knees on the ground, clutching at his stomach painfully, his cheek swelling up a bit as he looks up at Zack “I-…” he tries to speak up to hopefully clear up whatever is this misunderstanding between them, but he flinches seeing Zack’s punch flying towards him again. He clenches his eyes shut ready to receive the punch, but nothing. When he opens his eyes slowly, he sees a tall man with his back towards him, catching the punch with his hand. He squeezes Zack’s fist to not let him pull it away “What the hell are you doing, Zack Lee?” the man says in a deep voice, sounding annoyed.

“Tch! Let me go Vasco. None of your business!” Zack scowls at the man. Vasco doesn’t let his fist go, “You’re causing a scene in public, tormenting someone weaker. You should at least find someone at your own level or stronger next time…” Zack pulls his fist away angrily, cursing under his breath when he realizes that there’s a crowd gathered around them.

He glares down at Daniel “You’re damn lucky guy. I’ll get you next time, weirdo!” he grabs Mira’s hand and leaves the scene immediately, turning his cap around to hide his face some as they go through the crowd.

Vasco turns and crouch in front of Daniel, “You okay, little guy?” he asks with a warm smile. Daniel can’t help but blush receiving such kind gesture, and warmth from a stranger. He never experienced that before. “I- uh.. um… yeah I’m okay. He didn’t hurt me much” he says softly. Compared to what Logan and his minions did to him, this was nothing. But still it hurts and that guy terrifies him a bit. Hopefully he never crosses path with that Zack guy again, or his girlfriend for that matter. Daniel begins to stand up carefully, bracing his hands on his knees. Vasco immediately helps him up. “You need help with anything?” Daniel shakes his head giving off a fake smile “Nah, I’m good. Thank you for uh.. stopping that guy. I think I need to go home…” he tells Vasco.

Vasco turns to get the crowd to disperse, and Daniel starts to slip away quietly, heading home with embarrassment more than feeling pain. Vasco turns to address Daniel to ask for his name but he is gone by then. Vasco frowns, hoping the little guy gets home safe.

That late evening as Daniel lays on his bedding on the floor, he ponders on his decision to come to the city if he’s still going to face the same torment from others. But that Vasco guy seems nice. Maybe he will get good friends at school tomorrow. To get his mind out of the dark hole, he grabs his phone and just browse through social media. That’s when he saw a video of him being punched around by Zack. His eyes widen in horror as he reads through the comments and how many reactions the video has received since the upload after the event in the afternoon. Tears fall down as he sobs pitifully, wondering how can people be so mean making him feel less than a human. ‘Mom… Why am I like this? Why are they so cruel? I’m a human too… I’m so sorry mom for being such a waste of space..’ Daniel continues to sob as he wraps his arms around his knees, overcome by his emotions and the loneliness he feels. What was initially a hope for him to start anew, a comfy nest for him, has now become a pit of loneliness and dark feelings. He cries himself to sleep a while later.

Daniel wakes up groggily hours later, it’s already dark outside. He groans as he gets up from his bedding, and begins to head for the bathroom to relieve himself. He washes his hand and as he does so, his eyes begin to get clearer looking into the mirror. ‘Huh, I was sure I took off the contact lenses after the bath earlier….’ He blinks as he stares into the mirror for a while. “Aaaah!” he jumps back and out of the bathroom in shock at the sight of a stranger in his mirror. Oddly, the ‘stranger’ seems to yell and move just like him.

He pants harshly as he looks around, searching for the stranger but nothing. ‘Wait a minute!’ his eyes fall onto the bedding he was on earlier, seeing himself still laying there. He gasps, “Oh gosh! I’m dead?? Why am I seeing myself??” he shrieks in horror, rushing over to try and wake himself up from this nightmare. With a snort, he wakes up inside his body only to see the same stranger in the mirror falling onto his side, naked. Daniel shrieks “Ahhhh! What the hell???” jumping off the bedding, away from the stranger.

He blinks after calming down some, seeing as the stranger seems to be unconscious. Or is he dead? He gulps, worried if that’s the case. He slowly edges closer until his feet is near the body of the stranger. He toes the guy’s feet at first, then his leg. But the guy seems to not react. He feels even more worried now, so he kneels beside the stranger, and tries to feel for a pulse on his neck. Finding a pulse, he lets out a sigh of relief. “Thank God you’re not dead. Hey, wake up.” He shakes the guy to try and wake him up after seeing that there’s no injuries on him anywhere.

The guy stirs and the next thing he knows, he feels himself tilting to the side and falling onto the bedding out like a light. Only to open his eyes to the sight of his own body falling onto the bedding, soon fast asleep. His eyes widen as he scrambles away in shock and confusion “Gaah! The hell!??” With erratic heartbeat, he looks down at the hands and the body he now inhibits. It feels so strange. He looks back at his own body, feeling even more confused. “What is going on here?”

After a few tests, waking up between his own body and the strange body, he finally realizes he is somehow in control of both bodies and he will wake up in the other body whenever one is asleep. Back in his original body after his last checking, he watches the strange body now resting on his bed. He takes in everything from head to toe, the handsome face, the perfect muscular body, flawless skin. Just looking at it more and more makes him feel less human, especially with what happened earlier. Daniel hugs his knees, gazing elsewhere finally. His mind is reeling with the discovery of this second body that he somehow can control. He tries to find an explanation for it, but fails to even come up with something logical. After a while, he stares back at the perfect body, contemplating if he should go to school tomorrow using that body. For sure he would get friends, and attention compared to going there in his original one.

“Always needing someone to save you huh, Pikachu?”

“It’s okay. Mom understands. I’m sorry too for not trying harder, for not having taken good enough care of you….”

“You’re damn lucky guy. I’ll get you next time, weirdo!”

“You need help with anything?”

He closes his eyes, as those words repeat themselves within his mind. It makes him feel even more and more worthless. Always needing someone to save him, always needing pity from others. They consider him lucky, but is he really? The hell he has been living through, he snorts to himself “Luck, yeah right…” He opens his eyes, with a steely gaze as he makes his decision after remembering his own promise to himself when he moved here. “I’m gonna do this on my own no matter how hard it is! I HAVE to stand on my own two feet and make mom proud!” he smack his cheeks hard as he feels unexplained fire deep within him lighting up, making him feel that hope again. The hope that he can change his own life, and make it in this place on his own. He begins to get ready for school, when he realized it’s already an hour left before sunrise.

He leaves for school that morning with a renewed determination. After ensuring the second body is comfortable under the blankets and sleeping okay, he locks the door and heads towards school, remembering the route to take. He wears a hat today, planning to get a haircut after school to change from the current one he has. He definitely will grill that hairstylist for what he did.

Daniel mostly ignores any stares he gets from the students as he arrives at J High School. He steels himself, knowing some might even recognize him from that viral video. Thankfully no one seems to stop him or bother with him, despite some whispers among them. He straight away goes to meet his homeroom teacher, so that he can be introduced before the first class begins.

“Alright everyone, settle down!” the homeroom teacher says as he walks towards his desk in front of the Fashion Department class. “We have a new transfer student today, so please welcome him and help him out with anything he needs. Alright, you can come in now” he calls out to Daniel who is waiting outside. He takes a deep breath before opening the door and entering the classroom.

Daniel Park stands in front of the class, feeling slightly nervous as he introduces himself to his classmates. He nervously looks around to see their reactions, and he is not surprised to see disinterest from majority of the class. Only a few regards him with some curiosity, some in amusement.

He walks to his assigned seat, ignoring some of the whispers from them. “Piggy” among some of them. He wonders if he should have used that odd body that’s currently asleep at his rented place to come to school.

He internally steels himself, as he heads for his seat. He will go through this no matter what. He made a promise to himself when he moved here.

He suddenly freezes seeing a familiar face sitting right beside his seat. The person seems to recognize him too, as their eyes narrow and then turn into a dark glare. “You….” Zack growls. Daniel gulps, ‘Great, whoever said I’m lucky can go to hell now. Of all places, this guy has to be here!?’

[aikun89]

Door vs Logan

Daniel had just returned after being away for his training. And Logan decides to hit himself against a door.

Chapter 13 and Chapter 14 of Awakening Tiger on AO3

Daniel seems happy to be around his friends again, he hopes nothing bad happens and that he doesn’t have to see Logan Lee for now. But as usual, the universe has it out for him. Just as he finishes the thought, more like a prayer, he hears a little commotion from a table nearby.

Daniel turns his head to see the man he was just thinking about to not meet, stand behind Mira Kim and Zack Lee while pouring content of his tray onto Mira’s head while mockingly saying, “Sorry, sorry….” Mira seems to be in shock, hands clasped together most likely doing some prayer before eating. Logan continues on, “Should I wash it?”

Zack feels his tempers flare to unfathomable levels; he wants to kill the b*****d who dares to do that to Mira. Mira just calmly brushes the food pieces on her hair while reassuring Zack, “Zack, I’m fine.” Zack takes a deep breath, before he checks on Mira, wiping her hair and face gently with paper towels, “Are you hurt, Mira?” Mira a bit surprised at how much control Zack has over his temper, just murmur “Um… no.” Zack fusses over her, “No pain?” to which Mira says “No pain”

Zack then turns to other girls he recognizes to be in their class, “Hey, can you take Mira to the washroom? Since I can’t go in there, can you take her?” One girl helps Mira leave the cafeteria to head for the nearest one so she can clean up. Zack ask a nearby student, “There’s no poison or anything in that soybean paste, right?” Other students look on with shock and confusion to see Zack acting in such manner, not even blowing up after what just happened. Daniel is among the one most surprised with the turn of events as he watches him but also keeping watch on Logan.

Just as everyone was coming out of their shocked stupor, Zack suddenly punches Logan straight on the face and repeat it in a flurry of movements of his hands. The force of the punch to his face is pushing Logan backwards with each punch that lands. Logan tries to grab him but Zack quickly steps backwards and delivers more punches to his face and his torso, pushing Logan back again.

Logan simply blows out the blood from his nose, “Hmf! Buzzz did a baby mosquito bite me?” he says, seemingly not bothered by the attacks he just got. He watches Zack, both are silently observing one another, analysing their opponents. Logan suddenly moves in, aiming a low blow by throwing a low punch to the gut. Daniel immediately gets up, frowning when he recognizes the familiar Body Blow move that he used to always be the receiver of.

The others in the cafeteria watching with bated breath, only to see Zack managing to block the punch. “Everyone seems to think my body is vulnerable.” Zack drawls, looking unamused. He flexes his wrists once they break apart, “What now? Come on, I’ll beat you some more” he gets into his boxing stance. Logan yawns suddenly, “Hey, let me finish this now. This is boring…” He suddenly moves quickly, aiming to grab Zack Lee around his hips.

But he never manages to, when all of a sudden, a door came flying out of nowhere and the side edge of it hit Logan right on his head, throwing him off balance and crashing hard to the side along with the flying door, landing in a heap on the floor. The cafeteria is dead silent after that, as everyone is gobsmacked by the sudden turn of events. In everyone’s mind, “WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED??”

Meanwhile with Daniel...

Daniel gets up from his chair abruptly when he sees Logan about to deliver Body Blow to Zack, and knowing that guy, he will soon use his body slam that will take Zack by surprise and knock him out. Ignoring his friends’ surprised reaction to his sudden movements, he looks for something to quickly deal with this pig. He needs quick instant force that will knock Logan down and even better if it can knock him unconscious at the same time. He considers the table, but all of them are occupied right now. So, he rushes to the cafeteria doors, and with a powerful kick delivered to each of the hinges of one of the double doors, the door he picked comes off its frame. His friends by then are gaping openly at Daniel, even Vasco. Daniel opens his legs in a stance, and in one perfect arch he throws the door straight towards Logan just as he is about to go in for a body slam against Zack.

BANG!

The loud sound of one blunt side of the door hitting the side of Logan’s face is heard throughout the cafeteria making everyone becomes quiet. The next thing they know, Logan is slumped on the floor with the door laying beside him. Even the cafeteria workers are rushing to the front to see what’s going on. Two teachers arrived just then with Duke who went to call for them, at Daniel’s advice. “W-w-what’s going on here? What happened?” Mr Han, being one of them asks, shocked at the scene.

Daniel just calmly turns to answer, “He was too excited for his first day, Mr Han. So, he knocked against the door too hard, and it came off its hinges,” he explains as he gestures at the cafeteria door that now only has one still in its frame, also at the knocked-out Logan and the door beside him. The whole cafeteria gapes at how calm Daniel answered the teachers, and how quick he answered too.

Mr Han sighs, “Mr Gordon Park, help me with getting this student to the infirmary. Daniel, can you help with your friends to assist the cafeteria staffs in trying to fix the door if possible? Report back to me if it’s not possible.” He gets one of Logan’s arms over his shoulders, Mr Park on the other side who groans, “Oh Lord, how can a student be this heavy and so tall too?”

Daniel nods, “Alright Mr Han” he watches the two teachers carry Logan together to the infirmary. He then turns to Zack who is still gaping at him, “Help me with the door?” Daniel offers as he grabs the door and hoist it off the floor. Zack comes out of his stupor just then, “Y-yeah, okay” He helps Daniel carry the door back to where it’s supposed to be, just as one cafeteria maintenance worker comes over with a toolbox.

The rest of the cafeteria are still either gawking or look on with mad respect and awe of this new side of Daniel. They watch him try to get the door back in its place with Zack’s help as the worker starts to test if they can put on new hinges on it. After a while, the worker sighs, “The part attached to the hinges before this are completely torn apart, broken. We need to put in an order for a new door to replace this one. Thankfully the frame is still intact,” he tells Daniel and Zack. Zack eyes Daniel silently, who looks slightly sheepish. ‘Maybe too much force, but time was of the essence’ is what Daniel thinks as he puts the door down against the nearest wall. “I’ll tell Mr Han then, thanks mister” he smiles.

Daniel thanks Zack before asking him, “Are you okay? You’re kinda quiet, Zack…” Zack, “Hm? Uh, yeah… Nothing…” he murmurs, still in shock and disbelief with what he just witnessed. It even made him forget the anger he felt at being interrupted during that fight with that big bastard that was rude towards Mira. Daniel rubs his neck, “Okay, well, thanks for helping with the door. See you in class.” He returns to the table where his friends are at, eyes following him the entire time.

[thepeaklegendoffirstgen]

My Roman Empire🍃

Seonhui and Sangcheol would love Zoe🥹 but this kinda get emotional considering how currently Daniel’s condition is🥀