Chapter 59

                      Author's POV

"You are safe now.."

Damon stared at Lan in his arms, his heart tightening in his chest.

What if I had just come a minute late,what would have happened? He thought to himself hating the thought of Lan being in such a situation.

"You should take him to his room. I will take care of this" Nate told Damon lifting a bruised unconscious Mark off the floor.

Damon nodded and took lan to his room. He laid him down on the bed and stared at his face.

His fingers ran through his hair as his eyes observed the bruise on his forehead. He stood up and stepped into the bathroom later coming out with a first-aid kit.

His fingers gently pushed lan's hair aside as he dabbed the cotton wool on his bruise slowly making sure he doesn't wake him up.

His mind kept reliving the scene he witnessed making his heart burn with rage. He has never felt so much anger before seeing lan so helpless on the floor and Mark trying to take advantage of him. He felt like killing him at that point.

He stared at his knuckles reoccurring the punches he kept throwing at Mark's face if Nate didn't stop him and took over he was sure he'd have killed him.

"I will always protect you, I promise" He mumbled staring at Lan's face.

After he was done dressing his wound he stood up from the bed and walked out of the room letting him rest.

Damon walked down stairs and into the kitchen. Nate sat on a stool drowning himself in alcohol. Damon sighed and sat beside him snatching the bottle of alcohol from his hand and drowning it. He squeezed his face as the bitter taste hit his tongue.

"I thought you don't drink" Nate said staring at him.

Damon smiled and stared at the bottle still in his grasp.

"I don't but right now I need it if not I would likely go after Mark and make sure he regrets every finger he placed on Lan. I'd break his fingers one by one and make him watch as I chop them off" Damon said casually.

Nate stared at him incredulously. He shook his head and sighed.

"You sound like a psychopath you know"He said.

Damon grinned and stared at him "I prefer creative psychopath" He replied.

Nate scoffed "Whatever"

"Where is he?" Damon asked.

"Still unconscious in my room." Nate replied.

"I still can't believe he'd go to that extent" He added still in shock.

"What do we plan on doing with him?" Damon asked staring at the little content left in the bottle.

"We are not doing anything Damon! I have called his mom and told her everything she'd be here soon" Nate said glaring at Damon.

Damon scoffed muttering under his breathe.

"No one should know about any of this Damon. Promise me" Nate said, his eyes zeroing in on him.

Damon crossed his legs and met his stare not backing down.

"And why?"

"Because it will ruin his life not just his but Lan's as well and I know you care about my brother more than a friend should"

....

Lan's eyes popped open immediately headache shot to his head making him clutch his forehead. He frowned at the pain and forced his body up pain shooting up to his back.

He felt the band-aid on his forehead,his frown deepening.

His mind began recalling all that happened, when the door suddenly creaked open. His eyes snapped to the door. Damon walked in with a glass of water and some pills in his hand.

Lan watched him surprised and confused. Damon sat beside him handing him the pills without saying anything.

Lan's eyes didn't move from his face. He took the pills from him and popped them in his mouth flushing it down with the water.

"How are you here?" He asked wiping his mouth with his sleeve.

Damon didn't reply him. He stood up about to leave. Lan seeing this hurriedly clutched the hem of his cloth.

"A-are you upset with me?" He asked nervously.

Damon sighed and sat back down staring at him.

"Why didn't you call me when he tried to touch you? Why did you let him in the first place!! What if something had happened!!" Damon yelled annoyed.

Lan flinched at his tone. He pinched his fingers staring down at his laps. He knew he should have called but how could he when all that was happening. His mind couldn't think at that point.

"I'm sorry. I am just...I don't know what I would have done if I had come a minute late" Damon apologized when he realized how scared he was.

Lan raised his head and looked into his eyes in surprise. His heart fluttered inside of him at the thought of Damon worrying for him.

"H-how did you know what was happening?" Lan asked stuttering.

"I didn't. It was just chance. I came to see you and met Nate coming as well. I was about leaving at the sight of him to prevent a fight when I heard your cry and scream" Damon explained.

"Nate knows!!"

Lan's eyes widened in shock. Fear gripped him at the thought of anyone else finding out. He didn't want things to escalate not just for him but Mark as well. He owes him this much.

"Don't worry, he has made me promise not to tell anyone or kill that dick so don't worry" Damon said sounding annoyed.

Lan stared at him and bit his lips forcing back his smile.

"I wasn't worried for him. I-I just don't want this to blow out into something huge. I owe him that much"

"You don't owe him anything" Damon countered glaring at him.

"I actually do. We do. We hurt him" Lan reminded him.

Damon held his arms looking into his eyes with a serious look.

"And now he has hurt you. So you owe him nothing. I didn't kill him just because I don't want you to get mad and ignore me again. I did it for you not him" Damon said.

"D-don't say that.." Lan said trying to force his heart to remain quiet. His eyes stared at Damon's hands on his arm,his heart drumming faster.

"Don't say what?"

"Like everything you do is for me or like I mean something to you" He spoke softly.

Damon left his arms and lifted his chin,his eyes piercing deep into his.

He held his cheeks in his hands running his fingers through the dust of pink that had coated lan's cheeks.

"I have never said this but you mean more to me than you could ever imagine Lan..." Damon stared at him.

Their hearts drumming in their chests but looking for an escape to end it all before it becomes too late.

"...I know you are aware of how much I desire you but I don't just want you Lan, I need you...all of you.

I have fought this feelings since the very first day I saw you in that shop. Denying and lying to myself that having you this close does nothing to me.

That my hormones doesn't just go haywire when ever you're near. That I become the worst and best version of myself when you are with me...."

"....Da---"

"Shhhh...let me finish please. I have to let it all out. Seeing you in that spot and position today made me realize how close I was to loosing you. What if he couldn't stop and killed you, what if you got hurt. I felt like killing him. All I wanted was his blood for daring to put his hands on you...." Damon said.

His eyes held so many emotions that finally became clear to lan. He could finally see it all. The pain, the fear, the desire, the obsession,the anger, the rage, the concern, the passion. All in his eyes. His heart was a mess. His pulse quickened.

His felt short of breathe that he forced his mouth to be his new breathing hole. His eyes couldn't move away from Damon's eyes.

He felt stuck. He knew knew then that he was already ruined.

Damon ran his hand through lan's hair a gentle smile on his lips. He chuckled and shook his head at himself.

"I have lost lan" He breathed out.

"L--lost w--what?" Lan asked breathlessly. He couldn't think at this point. Even his heart didn't want to stop that he thought he'd faint.

"The bet." Damon said.

"I love Lan. I love you even when I don't want to." His words were a passage to his heart. He could hear the drumming of his heart in his ear.

It felt like the earth slowed down for a moment for lan. Damon's words kept repeating in his head over and over again. His eyes watered as his heart pumped faster. He felt faint. The emotions working inside of him was like a hurricane bruing faster by the second.

"I--I y-you...." He felt speechless.

   "It's okay. You don't have to say anything. We will never work lan. You're like a soft breeze on a warm summer time and I? I am the rain that pushes you out of course" Damon said with a heavy heart.

He knew what he wanted but he wasn't ready to have it when all he is going to do is ruin it. His life was a mess and he was just trouble. Lan deserves better than that.

"Y-you..."

"I have to go. " Damon said standing up.

"How dare you!!!" Lan yelled making him halt.

He forced himself out of his bed and stood in front of him pulling him by his collar.

His tears rolling down his red eyes.

"How dare you come here, tell me you love me and then walk away leaving me disoriented and a mess!! No one gave you that right!! You have no right to do that to me!!" Lan yelled out frustrated and annoyed.

That was the only way he could react. He felt so disoriented and confused but all he knew was that Damon couldn't leave without an explanation.

""I am sorry. I just needed to say it to get it out of my heart" Damon said apologizing through his eyes.

Lan looked furious his tears rolling down his eyes.

"Then what about me? What about my heart that you have forced it into huh? What happens to me? You can't just walk into my life and destroy it and then tell me you love me and leave! I am not a toy!!" Lan yelled.

Damon eyes widened at how upset he looked.

Maybe this was a bad idea. He thought.

"Lan I---"

"Shut up and kiss me" Lan cut him off staring at his lips.

"What?" Damon's eyes rounded in surprise.

Lan didn't know what he was doing but he knew one thing whatever this was, it has ruined too much to just leave like that.

He pulled him closer by his collar taking that bold step.

"I said shut up and kiss me" Lan said staring at his eyes.

"You----"

"You talk too much" Lan clashed his lips on Damon's taking the lead. Damon still felt confused but he melted into the feeling absorbing himself into the kiss.

Lan took the lead. He wrapped his arms around his neck and drew closer into the kiss. This one was different. It felt warm.

Every confusion and passion they felt was expressed through the kiss.

Lan popped Damon's lower lip into his mouth sucking on it.

Damon let out a grunt in his throat pulling him closer and forcing his tongue into his mouth as their lips danced in sync.

They pulled away breathing heavily through their mouths. Their eyes connected.

"Just remember you started this" Damon forced out breathlessly.

"Yeah..now shut up and fuck me before I overthink and change my mind" Lan said breathing hard.

Damon chuckled and lifted him into his arm. Lan wrapped his legs around him and stared into the dark abyss of his eyes.

"Ai ai Sir!" Damon grinned carrying him to the bed.

"You sure you're up for this, cause I won't promise you I will be able to stop" Damon said.

Lan nodded. He doesn't know what he was doing but he knew he wanted this. He wanted Damon and he needed this rush of adrenaline coursing through him.

"Fuck! You should be banned" Damon cussed breathing hard. He laid him down on the bed and climbed on top of him.

"Why?" Lan asked biting his lips.

"Because you're a drug that I can't seem to get enough of. Can you scream?" Damon asked. His voice husky.

Lan blushed and shook his head. He bite his lips feeling shy.

"Good. I will teach you" He replied huskily his breathe fanning his face.