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 “ killed?  sounds a bit melodramatic   -   maimed,  maybe.  ”  lips pulled up into a slightly teasing smirk,  feigned consideration given to the words as he shrugged off the suggestion with a much calmer demeanour than his company.  “ i actually think i could have taken them...    maybe not the bald one, his arms were probably bigger than your head.  ”  and perhaps eli was right to be concerned.  the rush of adrenaline which came from provoking a group of thugs probably  wasn’t  safer than his usual form of high,  though the potential of physical pain had never really stopped him from doing anything before.  besides,  toby knew the bouncers were always going to have stepped in, one of the few benefits to having everyone know him.   “ i’d have been fine.  did expect security to step in a  little  sooner though,  ideally before anyone actually tried to swing.  ”  lips lingered in their slight smirk,  fingers rooting through his pockets for his lighter before attention shifted fully up to eli and features shifted just enough to resemble something genuine.   “   - you worry too much,  eli.  you really think i’d have let anything happen when you were stood right there?  ”  he might have been reckless,  but not that reckless, at least not when it came to the other male.

Eli can’t help but let out a small sigh. Of course Toby wasn’t really taking what happened all that serious. He should have known. The whole scene really did scare him. thinking that Toby could have ended up badly injured. Killed was just the first thing that popped into his head in that moment. “I am relieved that you didn’t go any further.” Eli said. At this point, Eli couldn’t even remember why Toby was fighting with them in the first place. All he could really remember was that punches were thrown and maybe one may have been thrown his way, so maybe that was more of a reason as to why Toby got more involved. “I can’t help it! The last thing that I would want is for you to get severely injured.” Eli explained. His emotions were through the roof at this point and for some reason he could feel the tears that threatened to sting his eyes. Eli let out a frustrated sigh. “I know you don’t want me to worry about you or care. But that’s just not me. Sometimes I care too much I know. I just hate seeing the people I care about get hurt okay?” Eli asks as he glances away from the other. 

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      he'd never been good with obvious displays of emotion,  his own pushed so deep below the surface that for a moment,  as he looked at eli crying,  toby just stood there frozen to one spot as he tried to work out how any  normal  person would respond to the upset of their friend.   “  eli?  ”  the name fell as a question from his lips,  one which broke him from his thoughts as he took several steps to reach the other male.  comforting had never been a strength of his (  not exactly used to receiving it himself  ) and any words caught within toby’s throat as brown eyes glanced over the smaller male  -   hands instead raised gently to the other’s face,  brushing away the tears as he found himself pushing brown curls back from the other’s features to take a proper look at him.  it was  unexpected...   the surge of protectiveness he felt towards the other,  the desire boiling up from deep in his chest to make whoever had caused eli to look so visibly unhappy suffer.   “   who did this to you?  ”  because it was always someone.  and soon they’d regret it.  eli was his,  even if technically he wasn’t.  there was no one else that he cared about enough to look out for,  touch surprisingly gentle as his fingers continued to brush over the other male’s cheek.   “  tell me exactly what they did and i’ll make them pay for it.  ”  he promised quietly,  wanting to say more which might actually help the other male and yet this was the best he knew how.  

Eli was in shock that it was Toby who found him in this state. He was aware that the other wasn’t exactly the best at comforting already, so Toby trying to comfort someone when they’re sad would definitely be something. It was kind of a stupid reason for him to be upset about or at least it was what he thought. Eli didn’t look up when Toby called his name, though he was rather surprised when he felt Toby’s hands on his cheek. Eli leaned into the touch a bit as he looked at the other. “N-No one.” He lies. Though he really can’t stop the tears from flowing even after Toby attempted to wipe them away. He couldn’t help it. His line of work had always been his favorite thing to do, but lately the commissions were getting rather intense and he was overwhelmed by the amount he had to get done. He lets out a sigh knowing his previous comment wouldn’t fly with Toby. “I had customer yell at me telling me that what I edited for them was basically trash and that they should have gone some where else.” Eli said. He felt small letting something like this ruin his whole day. Eli was certain that Toby probably thought he was pathetic for being upset over something like this. “Maybe I’m not as good at editing as I thought I was.” Eli said Normally he was good about hyping himself up, but times like these always made him doubt his work and himself. 

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      he woke up with a jolt at the sound of his own name,  soft fingers against his arm barely acknowledged as toby lurched upright quicker than he could process what was going on.  his breath had caught in his throat,  heart racing in his chest as brown eyes finally found the tired features looking in slight concern back at him and for a moment the sense of threat started to calm down as a soft sigh escaped his lips.  “  fuck, eli.  i almost punched you.  ” groggy words muttered as his gaze pulled briefly to the alarm clock next to the bed in confirmation of the fact it was the middle of the night.  he could still feel his heart hammering inside him  -  soft shake of his fingers giving away the already escaping memory of what had been bothering him so much as he moved to lay back down.  one part of it stayed all too vivid though.   “ come here.  ”  he mumbled softly,  arm reaching out to pull the other male in tightly against him,  chin resting lightly on top of the familiar brown curls as he waited for his own breathing to slowly start to come down.  the warmth from eli helped,  the feeling of having the other male wrapped in safely against his side enabling toby to begin to let go of the dream as his hand brushed gently over the other’s arm in confirmation of the fact he was there and fine.  he was too tried to give it much thought,  eyes falling back closed as he decided to face the rest of the night with no intention of letting go of the other.

“You would have taken care of me afterwards so it’s fine if you had.” Eli said as he looked down at the other. He had been in the other room, but Eli had heard a lot of tossing and turning so he decided to come and check on Toby. Even if he knew that Toby didn’t want him to care about him. Eli still would no matter what Toby told him. “Or, I would have made you take care of me.” Eli chuckles softly. he wasn’t sure what Toby would really do if he had punched him in the face. He perks up whenever Toby tells him to ‘come here.’ There was no doubt about it that Eli wouldn’t let this kind of opportunity go to waste. Especially when Toby was the one initiating it. Eli let the other take a hold of him and pull him down onto the bed. As Toby wrapped him in his arms, Eli smiled as he snuggled closer to the other. If this backlashed on him tomorrow, it would be worth it. Right now all he wanted was to live in this moment. He figured that the other must have had some sort of nightmare, but when Toby didn’t mention anything he decided to not say anything on the subject. The last thing he wanted was to ruin this. So, as he noticed Toby closing his eyes again; he smiles. Eli leans up and kisses the other on the cheek before getting comfortable again and resting in the others arms. “Good night Toby.” 

[ookami-seinen]

"I wanna be choked." -jiwoo

Eli looked over at him raising an eyebrow before moving over to him.  “I hope that was in a good way kind of choke”  He said as he wrapped his arms around her.