Jay Hong - Blog Posts

I didn't like em when they were introduced. And not only cause they were the antagonists.

Tho I am a sucker for devotion-ships and i'm just like... 🥺

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Umm- hii! Soo, I just wanted to say that I love love love your writing!! Would you mind if I request a fluffy scenario for Hong Jae Yeol the cutie from Lookism....who falls in love with the reader? (like- they are not in a relationship yet) 😭👉👈 It's upto you if you want to do it or not ofc :) thank you for taking your time to read this tho!

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Requested by: @insomniac-sisterof-hitoshi

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I'm going to mention Jae Yol as Jay in here since I read Lookism in Webtoon.

I hope this is alright and up to your standards.

[Name] [L.Name].

They weren't a special student like Daniel, they don't stand out, they blend with the crowd.

They were average, but was Jay. The Jay Hong so interested with someone like them? It wasn't an insult towards [Name] but they didn't do anything special and just only stood behind the background, watching whatever was happening right in front of them.

But Jay, someone who stood out of the crowd. The wallflower of the school, who comes from a rich family and was only known for liking Daniel like a lot. Suddenly has taken interest with them?

Jay was confused, like a lot, he doesn't know why. But here he was in, in front of the Bakery Dept. bakery room.

He can see [Name] putting the tray inside the oven, they were the only inside the bakery room right now. Jay doesn't remember on how he got here but his legs were just taking him here.

He bit his lips as [Name] noticed the blonde male standing in front of doorway.

"Ah, Jay. Do you need something?" They said as they wiped their hands while walking towards the said male, Jay stiffened as he was sweating nervously.

And [Name] was just patiently waiting for the male to "talk" but it seems like he was troubling doing so, so to them. It seems like Jay wanted to taste one of their pastries and bread.

"You want to taste one of my pastries Jay?" They asked as the blonde male slowly nodded his head, they walked towards one of the pastries that was already baked and just laying there to cool up.

[Name] took one of the pastries and handed it towards Jay. "Here." They said as Jay hesitantly took the pastry and ate it.

He was hit with a euphoria feeling, it was really good. It was sweet and in just the right amount, he put the whole pastry into his mouth making [Name] chuckle.

"Is it good?"

Jay nodded his head. "....." [Name] chuckle as they saw crumble near Jay mouth.

They reached towards Jay mouths and wipe the crumble away causing Jay to stiffen at the sudden action, he was surprised and didn't expect that at all.

[Name] saw the reaction that Jay had causing them to pull their hand away quickly and apologizing to him.

"I'm sorry Jay! I didn't mean to do it that! You just had a crumble near your mouth-"

"...."

"I.. It's alright?"

Jay nodded his head while his cheeks was slightly red but not noticable, his heart beating against chest as he tried to calm himself down.

☼︎☼︎

These past few days, the two have been hanging out more lately. And of course, everyone noticed considering how Jay is.

And it really confused them, how did [Name] managed to befriend Jay? The male wasn't known to make friends, just mostly sits in the back of the classroom and not say anything.

And how did [Name] managed to befriend Jay?

It was the question that everyone was asking but not really got an answer from the both of them, mostly because no one can really understand Jay except for a few people. And [Name] just smiled at them and doesn't say anything to them.

But anyway, school ended and the two were on Jay's motorcycle going towarda the bakery that [Name] parents owned. They arrived at the place as Jay parked the vehicle on the side of the bakery and the two went inside the place.

The bell rang as an employee working at the front desk looked up and saw [Name] coming in with a friend.

"Ah, [Name]. Nice to see you, as well as your friend." She said as [Name] nodded. "Where is Do-In?" They asked as she pointed to where the door to the baking room is.

They walked towards the door and opened it and saw Do-In putting tha tray inside the oven, they closed the oven door and saw [Name]. "[Name]! Welcome back!" He said as he hugged his child who hugged back.

"I can take it from here dad, you can go rest." [Name] offered as Do-In nodded but then saw the blonde behind them. "And who is he?" He asked pointing at the blonde male who bowed at the older male.

"Ah, this is my friend. Jay Hong, he said he wants to try baking and I thought it would be nice if we did it in the bakery."

They said as Do-In nodded. "I don't mind, as long you don't waste any ingredients all right?" He said as the two nodded and left the room leaving the two teenagers alone.

"You can put down your bag over there Jay, and put on some apron so that your uniform won't get dirty." They said as Jay nodded and took an apron that was hanging by the door and put it on.

While [Name] took the ingredients from the shelves and counter and put it on the huge table in front of them, he stand beside [Name] who started to explain to Jay on how he should do it as he listened attentively.

They were just going to bake some butter cookies for today, and they finished with the rest until it was to pipe the batter into the tray.

And Jay was having a hard time to properly pipe the batter into the tray, [Name] chuckled and showed him on how to properly do it.

"Here, you should twist the bag tightly and hold onto it as tight as you can,and hold the rest and the batter will just come out of the tip."

(That was how my friend showed me when I was having a hard time piping the batter onto the tray)

Jay did as they instructed and even though it came a little weird, it looked like. "There! You did great Jay!" They said as Jay felt giddy and warm from the praise that came from [Name].

His cheeks slightly red but still noticeable but [Name] didn't comment on it since they didn't want to fluster Jay even more.

After that, they finished as the batter from the bowl as now gone and all they need to do is put the tray on the oven wait for about 13 - 15 minutes, and while waiting. The two chatted, Jay was sitting on the chair watching [Name] wash the dishes.

Even though Jay insisted he'd do it but [Name] denied, saying that the guest shouldn't do the dishes.

"You know something Jay..."

"...."

"I never really expected to become friends with you." [Name] said as Jay went quiet. "A-And I don't mean that in a bad way of course, it's just that... you're always wallflower. You don't really talk to others and make friends, until you know, Daniel came along." They said as the blonde male looked down on the ground.

[Name] was right, Jay wasn't interested on making friends and prefers to keep to himself considering his childhood.

[Name] turned off the sink and looked down. "... why did you befriended me...?" They asked causing Jay to look at them, this was a question that had been on [Name] for so many weeks.

Why did Jay befriended them?

Jay fiddled with his fingers as [Name] looked at him.

"........."

[Name] blinked before smiling. "Thank you Jay." They said as they hugged Jay and went to the oven to check the cookies.

Jay sat still as he shook his head, he lied to [Name] about his reasons. He told them that it was because he thought they looked nice, but that wasn't the entire truth.

It was because of the warm feeling he has whenever he's near them, he wants to see them, be with them. And Jay wanted to satisfy that, thinking those feelings would go away but he fell deeper into the rabbit hole. And he can never get out.

And he doesn't mind.

It's comforting, and he wants to keep having that. As long as he can have it.

"Jay! Come here!"

As long he's with their side, he can keep that comfort, warm and loving feelings.

Dating Them: Headcanons Lookism Male Version.

The Characters: Vasco, Daniel Park, Jay Hong, Zack Lee, Eli Jang.

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Daniel Park:

Oh boy, this male would be an absolute simp towards you.

He would do literally everything for you and try to make you comfortable.

This boy has doubts about himself thinking he wasn’t good enough for you but you always reassure him that he was enough for you.

This is like a puppy, whenever you complimented him. HIs face would light up and whenever kiss you him, pat him in the head. You thought there’s tail wagging behind him.

He would also protect you from any danger considering how this male can fight.

And since this male doesn’t have any fashion sense, you would be there to try to help him choosing a fashionable pair whenever you two go out.

And if you were loaded, you would spoil the hell out of Daniel which make Daniel feel bad since you were spending so much money on him but you always reassure him that it’s alright.

And whenever you two go on dates.. it would be hectic at times.

Like one time, Daniel got into an argument because some guy thought he was interested with his girlfriend but no, you were actually behind the girl making the big misunderstanding embarrassing for the male.

And another one where you got into a fight with some girl because she was flirting with Daniel when you two were in a date and she wouldn’t back off when he told her that he was in a relationship with someone else.

So... yeah but there were peaceful dates so it’s not always hectic at all.

Daniel would try to surprise with gifts even though he doesn’t have a lot of money but you would appreciate whenever he would buy you gifts.

And whenever you were feeling down, he would cuddle with you or watch a movie with you and litter you with kisses.

Overall, you two love each other very much to the point it would give someone diabetes.

And, do you know he has two bodys? I don’t know. It’s up to you ;)

Eli Jang:

Eli is extremely overprotective of you.

Which would make sense since he has a lot of people going after him so he wants to make you are always safe.

Eli would get you little gift as well and you would the same.

He was absolutely weak towards you, especially whenever you smile at him.

He would also massage your shoulder whenever you felt tired or that body felt sore.

He deeply cares for him and he can’t forgive himself if you ever get hurt.

Eli would also try to cut your hair but you knowing how bad he is at it, you politely declined but you would let him style your hair.

But of course since the male has a lot of fangirls, they constantly stalked you two and was jealous at the fact that you were dating Eli. But now they stopped doing it since Eli had scolded them which embarrass them a lot.

You also babysit Yenna whenever he has to go to work and she absolutely enjoys your presence and one time Yenna had called you mom/dad, which brough tears in your eyes and Eli was happy that Yenna had acknowledge you as a parent.

He is also careful with your feelings ever since Heather, he doesn’t want to lose you too because he was too careless.

Every once in a while, he would give you a flower and you don’t know what type of flower he would give you next time.

He’s always like to cuddle you and likes to be called a good boy so be sure do it to him.

He would go “talk” with the person whoever made you cry.

If you feel upset because something happened and not because of a person, he would style your hair and cook your favorite food or watch TV with Yenna.

Jay Hong:

Just like with Daniel, this male is an absolute simp towards you and do anything for you and would spoil you.

He’s like a dog as well, whenever you praise him. You swear that there was a tail wagging behind him whenever you did it.

He is very protective of you and get’s jealous easily.

He also send you little gifts as well and it’s usually expensive gifts that he would send you which would make you feel bad actually, so you would buy gifts, litter him with kisses or anything that he likes.

He would also let you see his face without his hair covering his face at times if you want to.

Jay always like to lay his head on your lap and always demands it at times.

He basically like being pampered by you, like a lot.

And you two would take care of the puppies together.

If someone made you cry, he would go to the person who made you cry then... I don’t know. Jay never really tells you what he does to them.

But if you were feeling upset because something happened and it wasn’t cause by a person, he would take you to the park or play with the dogs or just stay in the house and cuddle with each other.

Vasco:

Considering how dumb Vasco is, it’s quite amusing to see him get all flustered whenever you kiss or hold his hand. And it wasn’t helping him that the rest of Burn Knuckles would teasing him about it sometimes.

He would quite dumb at times and misunderstand on whatever you were saying at times but it got a laugh out of you.

Vasco would give you flowers everyday.

He would pick you up and put you in his shoulder as you two walked around school or outside, chatting with each other.

He would pout whenever he’s jealous.

And he gives the best hugged! Like no joke, his arms wrapped you making you feel safe but also because of how big his arms is.

You also like his beards and you kike rubbing your hands on them which he let’s you do because it feels nice.

He would also sometimes flex his muscles to you as you compliment him  a lot which boost his ego by a long shot.

Whenever someone made you cry, he would go to that person and talk with them.

But if you were feeling upset because something happened and it wasn’t cause by a person, he would hug you and whisper sweet things to you or try to make you laugh which you really appreciate it a lot.

Zack Lee:

Just like the other two, Zack is an absolute simps towards you.

He’s just weak whenever you were around and always follows your orders.

You were the reason he practice boxing even more so he could protect you from the bad guys.

He had kept his hair slick back but once you mentioned that you like when he’s hair is a little messy, he started styling his hair a little messy since you like it.

He would give you little gifts, like a couple bracelet and promise rings.

He gets jealous very easily and try to fight the person who was flirting with you, but you were there to held him back.

He would stunned whenever you kiss him which makes you chuckle a lot.

You were always there to patch him up if he got into a fight.

He likes his hair being played and whenever you two cuddle, he always ask you to play with his hair which you always obliged.

He doesn’t like seeing you cry so he would comfort you before finding the person who made you cry.

But if you were feeling down because something happened and not by a person, he would cook your favorite food or cuddle and watch movies with you.

I miss jay man 🥲

✨Them✨

"lookism" fans, pls lmk if you'd like to read smth like that

i have this kinda weird (or maybe not) idea for an au/fanfiction (i basically call all my fanfictions aus because they already are different from original universe, so to me they seem like aus, even if im wrong in this, bear with me)

so.

originally it was an idea of a fanfiction of Eli/OFC/Jay (tho i do headcanon Jay as gay, but somehow in this idea he turned to be bi, so idk if I'll proceed with this pairing, it just seems weird to me)

so. even if it's not romantical with Jay, OFC and him will still become friends, because they both aren't heterosexual (and because it will just happen. somehow)

and she'll become close friends with Eli somewhere in the beginning (really sweet and really supportive towards him and Yenna, because our boy Eli needs that)

(technically the story starts somewhere around the beginning of the lookism, maybe a bit earlier. either way, just a little bit earlier, than Daniel transferring to J-high)

the fun idea was that OFC would be either Jake's friend he was teaching how to fight after accidentally befriending her (before going to juvie that is), or he's her cousin

and that's where the other part comes in. somehow Gun gets himself involved because he finds out of OFC's close relationship with Jake and wants to control Jake by kind of showing him that he can do to his friend/cousin whatever he wants (idk abt this for now tho, maybe in process the idea will change, because i will need to reread "Lookism", it's so long i forget a lot of things right away (and i still don't understand most of Gun's motives so...))

anyways. the idea was that i just wanted to give Eli and Jay some love they deserve in a fictional story, somehow Jake came into the picture in my head, and Gun waltzed there as well...

pls, let me know if you'll want to read smth like that, cause im not really sure abt this idea and id like to know what others think abt it. thanks!!)

p.s. if you have any other ideas for the main pairing pls lmk, cause im still not crrtain abt it being endgame

#24

Daniel never smoked, so when Jay found him on the rooftop of their school, eyes dazed and unfocused, a lit cigarette hanging sinfully from his partially open lips it gave him pause. He wasn't about to reach out a take it, he himself having been a smoker knew full well that if his beloved needed it the situation had to be dire. Instead, the blonde sat down next to him, leaning on the metal fence, his eyes transfixed on the thin string of milky smoke slipping through his darling's lips.

"I'm tired, Jay." his husky voice brought him out of his reverie, sending pleasurable shivers down his back. He didn't know why his heart stirred guiltily at those words.

Wordlessly, he wrapped his arm around the boy's shoulders, bringing him into a sideways hug. Daniel laid his head on his shoulder, the motion coming naturally to him as if he had done it a billion times before. A twinge of jealousy flashed through his soul, but it was quickly overpowered by his growing worry as the body next to him began to shake ever-so-slightly.

"I wish it would just end already..." Daniel choked out "I've done this so many times...yet it's never enough...no matter what I do...I'm never enough!" at that point his voice had shifted into a kind of desperate shout that rattled Jay to his bones and had him gripping at the weeping boy with both his arms as tight as nature allowed it. And Danny, poor, sweet, exhausted Danny clung to him like a lifeline, tears flowing so prettily out of his big doe eyes. He wished with all his heart that he could just take his pain away, that he could make everything better, even if he didn't know what was wrong.

He just wanted to help, but he didn't know how, so he hugged the boy who had stolen his heart and rocked them both slowly until his sobs subsided into soft whimpers. Throughout the whole ordeal, he hadn't dared to look at the brunette's face out of fear that he would break alongside him and cause him further pain. Only once his breaths had begun coming out in an even and soft patter did he dare to bring a hand to the boy's chin and lift it up slightly.

Asleep Daniel looked more angelic than ever. A soft blush covered his cheeks, which were diligently rubbed clean of any tear tracks by the besotted blonde. His hair fell around his face and seemed to almost glow a slight blue under the sun. Jay trailed a curling lock to his slender neck and sucked in a sharp breath at the sight of the smooth milky skin, his ears burning a bright crimson. Shaking away his impure thoughts he brought his dearest back to his chest, slowly as not to wake him, and began drawing circles on his back with his fingers, hoping to soothe the beauty's sleep.

His eyes fell on the abandoned cigarette, which had fallen on the ground when he had pulled Danny into his arms. It still smoldered, slowly, like a dying animal still gasping for air. His mind became clouded with the image of Daniel's lips around it, drawing in the smoke and allowing whisps of it to float freely out of his delectable mouth. Jay frowned and ever so slowly reached over and extinguished it under his foot. A twisted smile made its way onto his face as he pressed down further.

Daniel stirred in his arms and in a flash, he returned to cradling him tenderly, as if the previous scene had never happened. He took in the boy's minty scent, with small traces of smoke and copper, like a drowning man inhaling his last breath of air. Like everything else about his love, he found the smell utterly intoxicating. He wished he would never have to let him out of his arms. Unfortunately, his Danny was a free spirit. He could break his wings and cage him, yes, but that way he would not have him, but a mere husk, a shell of his beautiful flamboyant self. Jay didn't want that, he never wanted Daniel any other way than how he was by his nature and found it appalling to even try to change or mold him into something else.

With that thought in mind, he inhaled the boy's scent once more before the corners of his mouth turned downwards, showing his displeasure as the world around them crumbled and time flowed backward once more.

That detestable entity would not let him have even a moment of peace and quiet with his beloved, would they?!

No matter, he would just have to try again,

and again,

and again...

#23

"Jay, love of my life, apple of my eye, treasure of my heart, darling of my soul can you do me a favor real quick?" Daniel purred seductively, his hair a dirty mess and dried blood on his knuckles. Jay nodded helplessly.

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"Where were you on the evening of July 8, between 9 pm and 2 am?" the police officer questioned the nervous blonde with a stern expression.

'In my home' Jay wrote, trying to convey as much sincerity as possible into his gesture. Technically speaking, he wasn't lying. He had been at home, just not the one they were probably referring to. But they didn't ask, so Jay didn't tell. Home was where his dearest beloved was, even if that meant in the middle of the woods digging up some endangered flower specimen to plant over their 'package'.

He remembered the smell of copper lingering on his body, and how gently Daniel had helped him scrub every inch of the vile blood off of his skin. The thought made a blush rise to his cheeks, which thankfully went unseen by the officer. The phantom touch of delicate fingers scrubbing his scalp sent a shiver down the boy's back as the memory etched itself into the very fabric of his mind clinging to him like an intoxicating perfume.

Daniel had been quiet after 'that', but later confessed to being worried he had scared the blonde. It only took one reassurance to make him bounce back to being his usual preppy self as if he needed nothing more than Jay's word and he would believe that the sun rose for the west. It made something twist in his chest like a pleased feline and then settle into a comforting warmth that would surge forward every time he laid eyes on the brunette teen.

He may not have understood why they had done 'that' but he wasn't about to question his beloved. Danny always had a reason to do things, even if sometimes he didn't share it. Nevertheless, Jay felt that wherever the man's sin was, he deserved his fate. His love had never been unkind to people, even those who sought to take advantage of him, so whatever his motive it had to have been important, so he would do his utmost to protect him from any legal repercussions, even if that meant having to face suspicion from his own family.

After all would be said and done, he could finally enjoy melting into his lover's embrace once more. There was no body, no murder weapon, and no DNA or digital evidence, so nothing could be pinned on them anyway. He just had to be patient, then maybe Daniel would reward him~

"Can anybody confirm this?" The policeman's rough voice rudely cut through his reminiscing and brought him back to reality. This interrogation was really starting to get on his nerves he ought to have the man fired for this later.

'My butler' he wrote, briefly pausing and adding something else onto the notebook before he handed it back to the man.

"Your boyfriend, huh? And does this midnight Romeo have a name?"

'Daniel Park'

#22

18-year-old Daniel sprung out of bed and ran out of his home, still in his pajamas. He ran until he reached the gates of J High, then up the stairs and burst into his classroom like hell was biting at his heels. The room was empty save for one boy that always got to school early.

Jay rose from his seat, concern painting his delicate face and Daniel froze in his tracks, eyes roaming for any injuries he knew logically weren't there. He had to make sure- He had to!

"You're okay!" He breathed a sigh of unbearable relief, the with of the world now gone from his shoulders.

Jay regarded him momentarily before nodding and stepping closer to the panting boy as if to pressure him that he was alright. He didn't expect that the moment he got within reach Daniel would grab his arm and pull him into a desperate hug that he melted into. The boy's hand lingered around his neck and Jay wondered if he could feel the skin beath his touch grow warmer, thankful for once that at least his face was buried in the other's chest so that he wouldn't see him blushing. The blond waited for Danny to finish checking for whatever it was that had him in such a state, noting that with each place he searched and found unblemished his shoulders would sag more, until bit by bit he relaxed entirely.

The baffled but relieved boy cupped Jay's cheek and brought his face up and close to his, taking in the sight of him like a starved man. Finally, he gave one last sigh and angled his head so that he could rest his forehead on his. He simply reveled in the moment for a bit, pretending like he didn't hear the blonde's sharp intake of breath, before pulling back.

"I'm sorry if I scared you...I think I just had a nightmare," Daniel rasped, unwilling to cause him even more worry. Gods, I must've lost my bloody mind or something! Jay just gave him a gentle smile and nodded understandingly before motioning for his desk.

The repetitive rhythm of tic-tac-toe allowed him to contemplate that morning's events. He had acted irrationally, there was no doubt about that, but the situation hadn't left much room for cold logic, not when time had once again dripped in reverse just as he and his crew had lost their lives.

The first time it had happened he had cried out joyfully, thinking that was his second chance. Only, it hadn't turned out as he had planned. He still ended up dead, but this time he hadn't been the only one. Daniel closed his eyes and envisioned the bloody bools in which the broken bodies of his allies, his friends had laid. His stomach churned at the memory of their cold dead eyes straight right through him and the pencil in his hand snapped.

"Ah, sorry!" He distractedly apologized to his friend, who shook his head to indicate that it wasn't a big deal. Danny let his head fall onto the table with a soft thump. "I think I'm a bit more out of sorts than I realized, sorry about your pencil Jay!"

The boy reached, at first hesitantly, and pat his head lightly as if to say it didn't matter. Daniel leaned into the touch, prompting him to begin gently playing with his hair until he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Danny had, in fact, not fallen asleep just yet. He pondered more so than he had the first time how time travel worked and how it was possible that it happened twice [Oh, boy! You have no idea!]. Undoubtedly, he was thankful for this chance to right his wrongdoing. The first time he had awoken two years in the past he had been rash, eager to save people he had no business saving and in the process losing those he shouldn't have lost. The memories haunted him, but that was good! This way he wouldn't forget. This way he would never make the same mistakes twice. This way he would learn to be cautious, even if it had to be drilled into his bones!

Daniel Park made an oath to himself that autumn morning, that he wouldn't repeat his mistakes and that he wouldn't lose anyone this time. To his credit, he stuck to it. He lived a long happy life surrounded by those dear to him and put an end to any unsavory activities that could harm them. He was a hero...too bad heroes never get a happy ending~

18-year-old Daniel sprung from his bed...and froze.

It hadn't worked.

He was back.

Why was he back?!

[Daniel Park is 18 by Korean standards and 16 by U.S. standards but I used the former in this.]

Danny: Due to personal reasons, I will be fucking sinking to the bottom of the ocean in a large metal box. Zack: Did Jay say 'I love you' and you said 'Thanks'? Danny: THE REASONS ARE PERSONAL–

#19

Danny: Alright, listen up, you little shits. Danny: Not you, Jay. You’re an angel and we’re thrilled to have you here.

Danny: Three words. Say them and I'm yours. Jay: Three words. Danny: Danny: Marry me.

Yakuza FemDanny Loop

Danny: Valentine’s day is just a consumerist holiday that holds no real value other than drive people insane buying heart-shaped chocolates for their significant others and pos- Jay: I wrote you a poem. Danny, already crying: You did?

Did Danny died an embarrassing way >in one of the loop? Like basically died from getting aroused, died from cuteness or any form of weird way to die in your list.

Jay was dangerous, Danny concluded. Even with his anti-cuteness swimming goggles and gas mask he was still vulnerable and had not been able to withstand the sight of his beloved in a bunny onesie. At least he died honorably, for a noble cause! A manly tear slid down his cheek garnering him odd looks from his friends.

The loop had ended coincidentally after his death and he had been swiftly transported into the middle of lunch in the cafeteria while still suffering the after-effects of his blissful demise.

"It was all worth it!" He shouted slamming his fist onto the table, causing Zoe who was next to him to startle and accidentally flip her plate over. Everyone stopped to stare as the hot liquid began pooling over the table while Daniel just sat and stared like a dumbass [he was one].

The table suddenly explode into a flurry of movement as everyone tried to get away from the table while simultaneously balancing their own trays and trying to find something to wipe the soup.

"What the hell was that?!" Zack glared at him from over the table after they finally managed to clean it up.

A spark of mischief appeared in Danny's eyes as he leaned over the table placing his hands together under his chin. Jay could neither confirm nor deny that his heart skipped a beat as the boy's lips curled into a devilishly handsome smirk (it did).

"Zack, buddy-buddy, old pal, have you ever seen the" he swept his eyes over Mira tellingly "object of your affection in a cute white bunny onesie?"

Jay's breath hitched when he locked eyes with the dark-haired boy. His eyes were a mirror of his own love and affection, displayed clearly for all to see. Daniel was shamelessly admiring him in the way one would admire a piece of artwork and the realization made him blush to the very tips of his ears. Meanwhile, Zack was suffering from the same fate while shooting longing looks towards a distracted Mira.

Suddenly Jay realized how one could love from afar for so many years and never once get sidetracked even if their heart's treasure lay unaware of their affections. And for the first time, he wondered why Daniel looked like he had loved him for a thousand years and why? Why would he have loved him so and to what end? It didn't matter, if in the end he always ended up forgetting...

Jay: I feel like doing something stupid. Danny: I’m stupid, do me.

#21

It began as you would expect, Daniel did something stupid. It wasn't meant to be stupid, but as most of the time-loopers endeavors, it ended up that way. Was it the will of the universe or was it just pure danielness? We'll never know.

"What is that?" Hudson shrieked when he entered the room, although he would deny this fact till the end of his days.

"I'm not a good Sia." Was the reply he got back.

Daniel stared owlishly at him from atop the crashed crystal chandelier whose remains were scattered all over the floor. An abomination of a neon-green mustache hung only barely from between his eyebrows and he was sporting a pair of squiggly antennas complete with foam eyes and taped on a sparkly pink headband that had seen better days. The smell of cheese puffs clung to him like a bad perfume, sending the blonde into a coughing fit the moment he opened the door.

"What the hell happened?" He finally managed to ask after regaining his bearings and using the fur coat to cover his nose and mouth (it smelled a bit like smoke and snake intestines but he wasn't complaining).

"He didn't kill anyone," Vasco assured unhelpfully from the side while poking at his own DIY eyes headband. "And these do look rather stylish on us!"

"And that's why the oaf didn't get into the fashion department, not that I think he had any business designing buildings and shit." Zack drawled from his seat, looking rather disgruntled with his own bright orange headband (which looked like it had been taped to his head with scotch).

Hudson gulped and took a step back, ramming straight into a blonde boy whose hair covered his eyes and who had appeared out of nowhere. He gulped again. Sure enough, he was adoring the same abomination of a headband, looking quite complacent with the crime against humanity that was his new accessory.

"Uh-" The Sun of Ansan began ever-so-eloquently. "We-we can talk about this guys-"

Before he had the chance to finish his sentence he was tackled from behind by what he could only describe as the second coming of the antichrist. His high-pitched screams echoed through the empty streets of Seoul and into the cold starless night.

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Somewhere a black-eyed man unexplainably shivered. He paused and took a drag of his cigarette before turning to the large window overlooking the city.

"Something just happened."

if only he knew...what a menace to society his new masterpiece would become...

Danny: Sorry I’m late, I was doing things. Jay:[in jaynese] Hi, I’m ‘things’.

Zack: So are you two dating now? Danny & Jay: Yes. Zack: Why? Danny: I happen to find Jay very appealing. Zack: Yeah, I can understand that. I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with Jay.

#19

[Listen to don't threaten me with a good time while reading this, it just makes the whole experience better!]

"MINIONS!" Daniel hollered at the top of his lungs one bright Tuesday morning.

A chorus of "BANANA" echoed through the halls of J High and all the teachers sighed in the lounge. It was before classes began and they were, as usual just hanging around and chatting (gossiping) while grabbing their morning coffee or eating their breakfast.

"They're starting earlier today!" Mrs. Kim noted aloud, sipping on a fresh cup of herbal tea. Two of her colleagues hummed in agreement, unaffected.

It was none of their business what their students did, as long as it didn't affect them and they (Jay) paid for whatever they broke. They rarely even bothered leaving the teacher's lounge anyways!

Meanwhile, an army had assembled in the schoolyard, each looking more feral than the other. Half of them were practically vibrating out of their skins and the others looked ready to leap onto anything in sight and begin climbing until they either reached god and pulled him down to their level, or they fell and got a concussion. Daniel admired the effects of his all-sugar 7-day diet on the students. Yes, he was very proud of the army he had created!

"Minions!" He shouted from a precariously balanced tower of trash cans, effectively silencing the crowd. "We ride at dawn! Together we shall take Seoul for ourselves and rule as entities of the highest order of CHAOS! WHO'S WITH ME?"

The entire city trembled from the thundering cheers, and some even wondered if it was a small-scale earthquake that hadn't been announced on the news.

"BANANA! BANANA! BANANA!"

The J High Hellspawns cheered and shouted and whistled like wild animals. They stomped their feet and beat their chests with their fists with mighty roars. Then they settled back down and listened to their leader's instructions, eager to unleash terror and bananas all over the city. The architecture department was especially vocal, with Vasco hollering and throwing bananas in the air like confetti.

A shiver went down the spines of the poor unassuming people of Seoul. The smart ones took this as a premonition and got an early holiday out of the city. The rest were left to be pigs for slaughter, none the wiser. Fools.

The sunset and Daniel led the pandemonium with a mighty warcry, atop his beloved's motorbike, waving a broken broomstick on which a giant banana had been speared. Jay wore a banana crown, unbothered by his darling's antics, too busy trying not to blush from the muscular arm wrapped around his waist. He silently cheered them on as the Banana Cultist stormed the city, bananaing it from top to bottom, not leaving a single covered unbananaed and no person unconverted.

"HAHAHA! YES! LET THE PURGE BEGIN! BANANA!"

"BANANA!"

#18

He had been stupid and careless. Again. Only this time it had been someone else who had paid the price.

Hubris.

Danny thought he was untouchable. It's easy to understand why. He was a man who couldn't die, or more accurately, couldn't stay dead. There was nothing anyone could do to him to make him break, not anymore, not after he had repeated his life so many times he could tell you what would come to be in 30 years spot on.

He acted on impulse, and did things without thinking them through because what's the worse that could happen? Excessive pride had let him to provoking Eugene, using his deepest darkest secrets to threaten him, and for what? Fun?

Daniel tempted fate, forgetting that although he was not bound by it others were. His friends were. His mother was. Jay was. And although he knew that, come the next loop, they would not even recall the horrors they had suffered and their broken bodies would mend themselves as if it had all been a mere dream born of a sickened mind, it didn't mean anything to him in the end.

"No" Had been the first word that slipped past his lips when he lay eyes on the mangled corpse of his beloved.

Daniel swallowed the bile, unconsciously cataloging each injury and automatically knowing how it had been done. He knew how those injuries were done because he himself had both experienced and inflicted them on others. He stumbled, suddenly dizzy and vaguely nauseated.

Burn marks covered his darling's once fair skin, almost entirely covering the other wounds present on his torso. There were bruises. Cuts. Punctures. His face was a pale shade of gray and his lips were swollen. His love's last moments had been spent gasping for air, the torturous end deliberately prolonged for the attacker's sick entertainment. The bastards had FUCKING STRANGLED him, slowly...painfully... (cut off their hands~)

Gently, he caressed Jay's cheek and for a moment wished he could pretend that the blonde was just asleep, waiting for Danny to wake him up by peppering him with kisses. Then he took the body in his arms, carefully holding it as if it were made of glass. He took it-HIM! home and laid him on the bed with his arms crossed over his chest like ancient kings.

The funeral was a messy affair filled with sobbing and streaming and blaming. It wasn't how Jay would've wanted. It was horrible and the boy returned home quietly with a gaping hole in his heart.

It didn't take long for the numbness to fade, washed away by the raging storm of anger.

How dare those filthy maggots lay their disgusting hands on his beloved?!

Red...(More~)

Did they think they would get away with their odious actions?!

Blood...(Yes~)

He would make them pay!

Whose blood...?(More~ More~)

They deserved to suffer for their sins!

There were too many of them to count...(MORE!)

He would not forgive them for this!

It didn't matter anymore...(It didnt~)

THEY WOULD PAY!

...the blood...it didn't matter whose it was...(It didn't matter! Just bring us more!)

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The loop reset again...It didn't matter...He would continue his mission regardless...they would pay...in blood...with their lives...again...and again...until he would be satisfied...until they learned...until-

The loop tugged at his soul in warning, coiling its dark tentacles around his neck threateningly. No more! it seemed to hiss in his ear. Enough!

Reluctantly, he obeyed.

Pity! I only got to torture them for a measly 20 loops. Well, it just means I have to get more creative! If physical torture was banned it just meant he had to mess with them in other ways. He already had plenty of ideas. After all, the mind was fun to toy with as well! (yes~)

We have seen enough fem! Danny but what about fem!Jay?

And its Danny's first time seeing jay as a female.

Danny sucked in a sharp breath as his eyes fell on the figure next to the window and his heartbeat quickened. He desperately tried to cover his blush with one hand while the other suddenly felt clammy and slippery around his backpack's strap. Oh, gods if I really died this time I hit the jackpot in heaven!

His beloved looked so pretty as a woman he almost had a heart attack just by laying eyes on her. Jay's luscious blonde hair fell in waves over her shoulders and the bangs covering her eyes made her lips look even more delectable. She wore a pretty white skirt with a flower pattern that gave the boy full access to her long slender legs that made him gulp. He traced her splendid curves reverently as if gazing at a masterpiece of a genius artist and sighed in his heart longingly. Danny could bet that she would fit beautifully in his arms, just as her male counterpart did, and complete him in ways he could never describe.

"Hey, Jay." He greeted, making no effort to hide his blush now. It was only natural that she knew how the mere sight of her could bring him to his knees! He wouldn't dare hide his adoration from her and deceive her about his feelings. She should know that he was hers and hers alone, regardless of the insects that kept buzzing around him.

The time-looper was awarded with a smile that made him go beet red all the way to the tips of his ears and practically melt into a puddle of goo beneath his desk. He wasted no time in mirroring it and entering a seemingly one-sided conversation with the elegant beauty.

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"I don't know how I did it, but I've never felt happier!" Danny would later confess at lunch, holding Jay's dainty little hand in his like it was the most precious jewel in the world.

"You don't know how you got her to agree to date you?" Zack looked up from his lunch and stared quizzically at the pair.

The way he saw it they had been crushing hard on each other since Daniel had first transferred and now he had finally grown the balls to ask her out. Then the boxer thought back to his own crush and the realization dawned on him that sometimes he also couldn't put into words how much he loved and cared about her. He shot his friend a look of understanding and Vasco gave him a thumbs up, too busy stuffing his mouth with rice to verbally congratulate the new couple.

Danny was grateful for their support and nuzzled into Jay's nack, eliciting a soft gasp from the blond that almost sent him into very dangerous territory. Later, he told himself, when it's only us two and she wants to share that kind of intimacy with me! He could wait.

For Jay. Anything.

[Short and sweet. Sorry I couldn't write more, I'm in a bit of writer's block currently but I hope you liked it, nonetheless! <3 ]

Danny: You call yourself my soulmate, but where were you when my meme only had four likes? Jay: Making four accounts. Danny, tearing up: Really…?

In the midst of the void, daniel knows that he is going through another loop as his soul goes in the process he felt shivers even though he doesn't have a body, it felt to him that someone's hands lingering in his soul like he is being toyed with love? obsession? admiration? adoration? awe? Daniel feels calm as he thinks he knows that person or knows that they won't hurt him. Daniel felt their hands let go of them as he vanishes to his next loop. Daniel Daniel My beloved Daniel No matter what loop we are in, we will be together even after death. You will love me for awe, You will hate me for being obsessive with you. You are our light, and we sacrifice ourselves for you But we will drag you into the abyss for your mind, body, and soul. Again And Again And Again As you are our beloved daniel

"Daniel, my dear? wake up! it's time for school!" Daniel hears a familiar voice. ________ You can interpret it in any way on who the is the person in yellow and black bold. the coloring is already a hint.

Jay didn't know what the empty feeling in his chest was but he detested it. Nevertheless, he endured, knowing that his beloved would soon rejoin him. Soon.

The darkness lit up with the arrival of Daniel's soul. As usual, it waited around for a new loop to start while making silly little shapes out of his forms. Jay snickered at the blue being that resembled a cow and cooed over the cat-shaped one before his darling melted back into a floating blue orb. He adored watching his Danny's antics and shenanigans across the loops, secretly cheering him on each time from the sidelines.

This time Jay felt strangely emboldened and reached out an invisible hand to touch his lover's soul. It shivered and backed away in confusion, but that did not deter him. He sent his feelings of adoration through the void and felt them echo around the little soul. Joy and adulation bubbled in his chest as the little soul tried to curl around him like a satisfied cat expressing its affection.

Of course, his perfect Daniel, his love, would find a way to sense him although he could not see him!

Jay felt as if his heart could burst at that very moment, but he was snapped out of his fantasies by a crack appearing in the void. He clicked his tongue in annoyance and gave the little blue soul another gentle nudge before reluctantly stepping away and allowing him to be engulfed in the light and take to the next cycle.

"My beloved, you will come back to me! No matter how long it takes! You will forever be mine, and mine only!"

With another loving sigh, Jay drifted through the cracks left in the other's wake, eager to join him once more. He slipped through the jagged shards of the void with practiced ease, paying no mind to the infernal shrill sound of his prison mending itself once again. It never matters anyways, since it can never withstand his honey's power and always crumbled before his bright soul. Daniel was just special like that, and it only served to further fuel his obsessive love for the boy. That was partially why he always followed after him.

It didn't matter that he forgot his memories at the beginning of each loop like all the others, the echo of his affections never faded from his heart and they would be reunited before he would be forced to leave again, he just knew it! So each time he was found and his soul was torn from these worlds, he clung to his darling Daniel and dragged him back to the void with him.

Never would he be willing to leave a world alone.

Never would he and his beloved be separated again, no matter how selfishly he had to act.

Never.

They had sworn an oath after all~ And Jay would see it through. No. Matter. What.

Here a fun loop Danny basically got into the Yaoi & Yuri world were people are homosexual and being is straight is an odd ball in that world.

You can say Jay is expressive as he doesn't need to hide his feelings for Daniel.

[I don't think societal norms affect their relationship as it is anyways, but if you're giving me a free opportunity to write about my favorite gay bitches who am I to decline?]

Danny should've been focusing on his surroundings more, he really should have, but there was something just so darn enchanting about his beloved's crimson lips that he couldn't help himself from staring.

Jay was looking even more exquisitely than he usually did, the two open buttons of his shirt revealing his delicate cleavage in a way that made Daniel conflicted between covering it up and sinking his teeth into the appetizing skin and leaving behind undeniable marks of his love. The mere thought of how that would draw such sweet little sounds from the mouth of his darling nearly sent him over the edge. He daydreamed of having the boy breathless and flushed beneath him, bent over the very desk he sat at in a vulgar display.

He resisted these urges, not because they were in public, but because he and Jay hadn't yet crossed that bridge in this loop and he intended on making their first time memorable, regardless of the fact he had already done so in each and every cycle. It was his way of cherishing the blonde, despite him not being aware of it.

This world was more open to same-sex relationships, those being the norm unlike most of the ones he passed through (not that it had ever stopped him from openly simping for Jay). The dynamic between his classmates and friends was, as such, a bit different, with many new couples. His favorite was between Zoe and Crystal at the current date, although it relieved him to see that Zack had remained utterly besotted with Mira despite the change. Some things never change! Danny shook his head fondly.

His gaze darted back to the desk near the window and he froze. While he had been stuck in his thoughts Jay had gotten up and leaned over his desk in a way that displayed even more of his sculpted chest. The black-haired boy looked up and gulped, his eyes glued to the supple curve of his classmate's neck. He once more restrained the urge to press his sweetheart to the wooden desk.

People are watching! The time-looper reminded himself. Jay had never been one for crowds, he knew that, but this clearly wasn't the case this time. Danny watched with a mix of surprise and fascination as the blonde reached for his chin, forcing him to look up. Their noses were almost touching and he felt as though waiting another moment would be enough for him to lose control.

Not at that stage yet-!

His thoughts were cut off by a pair of warm lips pressing onto his, first gently then more and more fiercely as he didn't reject them. Muscle memory took over and he placed a hand on the blonde's cheek while the other rested on his waist, gently maneuvering the boy on his lap. The make-out session began getting more intense as Jay moved his other hand into Danny's hair and tugged, getting a low groan from the taller male. Their lips molded perfectly against each other and their tongues curled and twisted together, not in a battle for dominance, but in a dance of passion. A small gasp escaped through the blonde's lips and was quickly swallowed by the other.

Once again the eons-old love reignited in Danny's chest like a flare. He yearned to pull other sounds from his mouth, not just those of carnal pleasure, but the addicting sound of his laughter or the small scoffs he gave when he was angry. He would happily abandon fighting and the 'greater good' if only to hold him in his embrace a moment longer. If he wanted the stars he would tear them from the heavens and bring them to him. One word, unspoken as it may be, and the boy would tear his own heart out and give it to him. One look and he would be on his knees in worship. One touch and he could die a thousand deaths in flames happily.

There were no words to explain his adoration for the boy, but one matter was certain beyond a shadow of a doubt in his mind, there was no greater joy than loving someone so deeply and for as long as he did.

"Ahem!"

The teacher's cough interrupted their kiss, and the two lovebirds were forced to separate, with Jay going back to his desk and leaving Daniel behind to sulk. Oh well, the bell is just about to ring anyway~

[Am I the only one feeling like the dynamic between the two twinks is a bit too one-sided? Look forward to me adjusting that next time! <3 ]

Random person in J-High: Hey, Daniel? Can I get some dating advice? Danny: Just because I’m with Jay doesn’t mean I know how I did it.

Danny is in a genderbend loop again, but born in Japan also in a yakuza family that is well known underground fighter (basically like Kure clan in Kengan Asura)

And Danny being well known fighter underground, and Gun basically sends gifts as a proposal.

[ i should probably be doing my homework, but fuck it, here's another one-shot about Gun being a simp and Danny being done with life until Rapunzel's long-lost twin saves the day. Enjoy!]

Being a woman never gets easier, Danny sighed wrapping bandages over her chest. She was headed into the ring any minute now and needed to be prepared.

Japan was different than Korea, and she found herself often blindsided, despite apparently knowing the language. Oh, and she was also part of some super important and huge crime family? Yey.

Her biggest problem currently, however, was another thing: Gun. As usual, he was the root of her perpetual annoyance, by being not only a menace but an utter simp.

"You beat a guy into the hospital once-" She bemoaned quietly before the sound of a gong announced her entrance.

She stepped into the arena with a blank face and her chin held things, not once faltering in her pace. Her opponent, a mountain of a man with several years of fighting under his belt and numerous prizes was waiting with an equally somber look. He knew who she was, and he knew that he had no way of winning, but for the sake of his pride and probably his life, he had to try. The cheers were deafening. Behind a pair of shades, black eyes pierced her skin like burning daggers.

Boohoo~ Jay, my beloved, quickly come save me! she wailed in her mind while suppressing a shiver. Why did she have the worst luck in the world?! Danny shook such thoughts off and tried to concentrate on the fight, but she couldn't. Her mind drifted back to the quiet evening she had spent in her lover's arms before the loop had so cruelly ripped her from his embrace.

The sound of the gong snapped her from her thoughts. Before her laid the fallen body of her opponent, badly injured, but alive. Danny tuned out the voice of the commentator echoing through the arena with a bored look. In the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of blonde hair, but when she turned her head it was gone.

The girl was just packing her stuff to leave when she once again saw that flash of blonde going down the corridor. Quickly hoisting the duffle bag over her shoulder she hurried out of the locker room and sprinted down the hall. As she turned the corner she ran straight into someone and ended up sprawled all over the floor. Before she could regain he bearings, someone extended their hand to her to help her up. Oh, fuck me sideways!

Gun stared down at the girl with a polite smile, waiting for her to grab his hand so he could hoist her up. That didn't happen. Instead, the little spitfire got up herself and proceeded to book it past him without another word.

She had intrigued him from the moment he had first seen her fighting a few months ago. The girl was young but skilled beyond her years. She was quick on her feet and her hits spared no power, but she could still dish them out for hours without even breaking a sweat (he'd seen her do it in one match). There was just something so intoxicating about how she could turn her body into a weapon without even blinking and take out people three times her size like they were made out of straw.

Gun was determined to have such a masterpiece at any cost.

Danny was sulking. She had lost the mystery blond somewhere in the maze of corridors. A part of her yelled that that might've been her Jay and that she had just lost her chance, but the rational part reminded her that the blonde was in Korea, far away from her. She had done some digging and discovered that her brilliant beloved was an aspiring poet in this loop, which didn't surprise her that much. Her hubby had always been a sensible soul. It did however make her heart ache to know that their paths would probably never cross this time. I mean, I'm an underground fighter, and he writes poetry, she despaired mentally.

Another day, another fight. The routine was starting to grate on her nerves.

Another thing that bugged her endlessly was that the black-eyed maniac had apparently taken an interest in her, again. He kept sending her gifts and whatnot every day. Her parents (some random extras she had never met before) were ecstatic that such a highly regarded and respected man wanted to have their daughter, and kept trying to convince her to accept his proposal. She vehemently refused and threatened to burn down the whole house if they kept insisting. That got them to back off for a while.

Gun upped his game. Not only did he start bribing her extended family with gifts, but he also somehow go invited to the birthday celebration of the head of their family, Masashi Park.

If Danny was irked before now she was downright fuming. Every member of their clan had to attend this celebration unless they were pregnant and repairing to give birth or on their deathbed. There was no way for her to get out of attending.

"Gods willing I die before then." She cursed under her breath when her maid announced the news.

She shooed the confused maid and rolled into her covers, clutching a pillow to her chest. It was moments like these that she craved to be back in her lover's warm embrace, away from all the maniacs and bastards who sought to disturb their peace. Oh what she wouldn't give to-

"Would you stop throwing pebbles at my window, I'm trying to have a tearful inner monologue here!"

She stomped her way to the window and opened it. Before she could shout some more a small rock hit her right in the forehead. The fighting prodigy went down with an 'oof' bested by a flying pebble. She got up again, ready to give her attacker a piece of her mind before her eyes landed on that familiar mop of blond hair and all of her thoughts came to a screeching halt.

There in all his glory, like a prince come out of a fairytale to save his beloved, was her darling Jay. He waved at her, smiling shyly. Bewildered, Danny slipped through the window, landing on the grass silently (assassin skills for the win!).

"How?" The words came out before she could stop them.

Jay shrugged.

"You don't know?"

Nod.

"Then-?"

"Huh, you felt like you knew me? And you had a feeling I needed help?"

The conversation, although one-sided, brought tears of gratitude to her eyes. At first, Jay panicked seeing her cry but quickly calmed down when she explained the situation and held her as she let all of her piled frustrations out. He didn't let go when his shirt got so wet it stuck to his skin, just sat and listened to her ranting while drawing small circles on her back. He didn't ask her anything, as if he already knew everything he needed to. Her darling always had a knack for knowing things he shouldn't and she couldn't be more thankful for it now.

"Aren't you supposed to be in Korea?" Danny asked after she had finally calmed down a bit.

The two had moved to an area further away from her home, on a little hill overseeing the city. She was laying on his chest, their legs entangled over one another, his arms planted firmly around her smaller body like an anchor while she played with his fingers.

"Oh? You're here with your father who's on a business trip? That's-" she yawned "-really great."

Danny snuggled deeper into the warmth, trying to turn away from the blasted light that wouldn't let her sleep. Wait, light? She groggily opened her eyes to see the sun climbing over the horizon. The girl gasped, waking Jay up as well. The two shared a quick hug and she gave him a light peck on the cheek before they parted ways with promises to meet again as soon as possible.

When the servants saw their young miss practically skipping into the house they pinched themselves to check if they were still asleep. The young beauty who had been so morose and silent these past few days had a lovely smile painted on her face and her cheeks were the color of roses. She looked like a blooming flower and was gently humming a tune to herself. (Near, far, wherever you are~) [I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself! ]

Danny just ignored all of them and headed to her room, content to have her dearest once again by her side.

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The day of the celebration came and with it the family drama and gossip. Who married who? Who killed who? The usual. And, of course, the news of the young raven-haired master of a good family courting the cold and skilled young miss of the 5th branch.

The girl in question listened to them spread the most ludicrous of ideas around, such as her being pregnant by Gun (the fuck?), and wanted to gag. Old people with little to do had the wildest imaginations!

And as if that wasn't already enough, right then the star of the show decided to make his appearance. Danny took a deep breath, mentally repeating a mantra about calm and patience. It wouldn't do to sully her new dress with his blood. Besides, they weren't allowed to kill or mutilate someone during the patriarch's birthday, lest they wish to face his wrath. And no one wanted to go toe to toe with that crazy old geezer!

To her momentary relief, Gun didn't approach her for the entire celebration, until the banquet.

Danny tried not to bite into her chopsticks as she cursed whatever bastard had been in charge of the seating arrangement for at least twenty generations to come. Why did it seem like their seats were purposefully placed closer to each other?! Patience, patience, patience, the girl repeated, trying to restrain herself from elbowing the shameless bastard whose sleeve kept brushing her side 'accidentally'. He would soon 'accidentally' end up with one less arm!

When the time came to toast, Old Masashi got up with his cup raised, prepared to give his speech.

"I wish to first and foremost apologize to all of you."

Murmurs ran through the dining hall as people became uneasy. The old man wasn't known as a loose canon for nothing. The room was once again reduced to silence through a single look from the patriarch.

"I have invited a guest to my celebration at the last minute. Due to my lack of foresight, I am afraid he's running a bit late. Nevertheless, I wish to introduce you to him."

The double doors engraved with tigers were opened by two servants. The guest walked in with elegant, deliberate steps, like a man merely taking a stroll through a shop, not entering the headquarters of one of the most feared clans in Japan. The hall waited with bated breath as he made his way to the old master, who hugged him like a friend and once again turned to address the crowd.

"This is Jay Hong, the son of a dear friend of mine and-" he threw a sharp look across the hall, his eyes settling on Danny "my future grandson-in-law!"

Everyone turned to look at the frozen girl, then back at the old master. Then again, at her and at Masashi, and finally at the blonde on his right.

Tick. Tock. Tick-

The hall burst into chaos.

With so many loop Danny is bound to forget his love for Jay.

That's where the beauty in all of this lies.

Whenever he forgets he just falls in love again. He may not be in a relationship with Jay for a couple of loops, but ultimately his heart never stops yearning for him. Danny always comes back, and Jay is always there for him, waiting with his arms open like he always does.

It can appear suffocating from an outsider's perspective, but he's never quite wanted anyone like he does the silent blonde. He's had relationships with others, and he's hooked up with almost everybody in his circle at one point or another, but it isn't the same. If anything, it only makes him crave deeper to return to those warm arms, to place his face in Jay's neck and hover over the skin of his neck, never sure if he wants to sink his teeth into the appetizing curve or cover it with sweet kisses.

He knows his love in a way that brings him a sense of stability and tranquility which the loops have robbed him of. He knows the sound of his heart even without placing his ear to the boy's chest. He has counted and kissed and loved each and every single beauty mark on his milky skin, and he could tell you where each and every one of them lies with his eyes closed. He knows how the constellations on his skin are his greatest insecurity, but he loves each and every star more than the sun itself.

Daniel doesn't always remember his love, but he never forgets how their bodies fit together like a puzzle as if each piece had been solely created for the other. He may not recall all the nights they have spent together under the moonlight, all the kisses they shared, and all the perils they've faced side by side but his heart never wavers in its demands. He allows himself to fall deeper and deeper, but never allows the darkness to taint such a precious bond. Not this one! Never this one!

He always falls for him. Sometimes he acts goofy in his love, making grand gestures that turn out unbearably corny because he knows they make Jay smile. Other times they just share the sort of quiet love that has them waking up in each other's arms in the morning, that has Danny simply waiting for his beloved to arise so he could pepper him with kisses and cuddle with him the entire day. Then, they love with passion and share their bed each sleepless night, and the time looper tries to etch into his memory each centimeter of his sweetheart. He never can preserve these memories, he simply isn't built like that, but he tries, oh, how he tries to never forget...His Jay never faults him for it...even though he wished he would sometimes.

No matter what shape their affection takes, be it a slowly smoldering coal or a passionate and wild flame they always somehow end up in each other's embrace, even if only by accident. And they always fall for each other, no matter how many eons have passed since they first did so. If Daniel weren't so selfish he would perhaps let go of him, but the truth is he is greedy...so...so...greedy...

Kinda digging the first genderbend Danny, I would like to see the other reactions from big deal to worker 2nd or you can choose this option of fem Danny trying to figure out how to Survive the love triangle of Jay and Gun as they basically go on a flexing spree for their love of Danny (They accidentally saw each others in the mall that how the flexing happen)

Oooh, I think Big Deal would definitely have a field day trying to stop this pretty menace from terrorizing all of Seoul and adopting most of their members. I'm just picturing Jerry getting hit and her kissing his forehead to make the hurt go away. Just being an adorable gremlin all around and bonding with the girls on the street. She and Lua might get along pretty well, like Danny being her big sister figure or something.

When it comes to the Workers 2nd affiliate I think things would be a lot more different. To begin with, I don't think Mitsuki would ever allow another female to join the 2nd affiliate. Like, I feel she might kick up a fuss about her trying to seduce Sinu and Ryuhei would support her like the simp he is.

But going back to matters of the heart~

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Being a girl meant that Danny had to actually get at least some semblance of a fashion sense. So, like she always did, she invited Jay to go shopping with her under the guise of helping her pick an outfit for some family gathering. Of course, she worded it in such a way that it made it seem like she was taking him out.

Fortunately, her kind Jay agreed in a heartbeat, shaking his beet-red head up and down repeatedly. It seemed that no matter how Danny looked this boy's heart didn't care. She had expected as much from the man who had been by her side for eons, although he didn't know that. It didn't mean that this stopped her heart from trying to pound out of her chest and dance cha-cha in his palm. Gods, how she loved this man!

So when school let out the two headed to the mall, side by side. As expected, the blonde was a fashion genius and put her in outfits that made her feel and look like an otherworldly beauty.

Danny was just admiring her new outfit in the mirror. This body was truly a work of art, that much even she could understand, but the way the blue puffy top stopped a bit above her waist, revealing the tiniest bit of milky skin, and how her black jeans hugged her legs just right made her feel so pretty she just couldn't wait to show Jay. it might not have been the most elegant or elaborate outfit, but it made her look like a pure little blossom and she figured that it went rather well with the warm sunny weather outside.

With a soft smile, she stepped out of the changing room and bumped right into a wall. No, not a wall, something much worse. Ugh! Why, god? Why did you have to do this to me today?

Gun looked down at the woman that had bumped into him and his eyes widened behind the shades. There, looking like an entirely innocent schoolgirl was the very woman who had sent him to the hospital only a few weeks prior. She was in a cute little blue top that gave him a clear view of her supple waist and a pair of skinny jeans that clung tightly to her long slender legs in a way that made every man in the store gawk at her.

She eyed him with annoyance and muttered an apology before scurrying around him and to the blonde boy waiting for her on a chair. Gun felt one of his eyebrows twitch in annoyance. What makes him so special? And as if it wasn't enough, she seemed utterly besotted with him, her face blooming like a beautiful rose when he complement her outfit (without using words somehow?). The black-haired man gritted his teeth. He could do so much better!

Several hours later Danny was starting to lose her cool. Ever since she had bumped into Gun in that clothing store he hadn't stopped showing up out of the blue and buying the most ridiculous and expensive things right in front of them. This wouldn't have been a problem if Jay hadn't somehow gotten dropped in this weird contest and begun spending the most ludicrous amounts on various things, which he gifted her despite her repeated refusal and protests.

"That's enough!" She angrily got up from her table and marched to the two who were apparently trying to buy the whole food court at the moment.

She grabbed them both by their ears, making sure to be extra gentle with Jay and pinch Gun's ear as hard as she could without ripping it off. Then, in view of everyone in the mall, she dragged them out by their ears and into the parking lot. Finally, she let them go and began scolding both of the cowed men currently kneeling on the pavement.

"I thought you were better than this Jay!" Danny tried to ignore the guilt pooling in her chest as the named male shrunk from her and then added more softly. "Go back and pick up our shopping, please."

She made sure that the quiet boy was out of sight and out of earshot before she turned to Gun. She didn't want her precious Jay to see her as a barbarian, but there were some things one couldn't resolve by being nice.

"Wipe that grin off your face!" She ordered sharply, grabbing a handful of the maniac's hair and bringing him closer to her level. "I'm going to say this once and once only. Leave. Us. Be. Don't look at us. Don't talk to us and don't ever fucking approach us or even your dear chairman won't be able to scrub your guts off the pavement. Are we clear?"

Without waiting for a reply she let him go, turned around, and walked back into the mall, unaware of the impact her words had on the man. Spoiler Alert! It was not the effect she intended. The interaction had only made his interest in her grow and alongside it, his infatuation with Danny. (Poor her!)

#17

Danny had avoided thinking about it because, frankly, he didn't want to. At first, it hadn't occurred to him that any of his friends could possibly die before him. The time loop usually made sure of it. It never lasted long enough for him to reach past 30, and even then it had been a stroke of luck that he didn't much care to repeat...(Ugh, taxes.)

Then he killed Eli and watched his family and friends mourn him, from afar. They didn't know it was him who had done it, but all the same, he couldn't bare look them in the eyes. Not when they sobbed at his funeral. Not when little Yenna was constantly searching for her father and waiting for him to come back from "the nice place". He had willfully blinded himself with the excuse that "it wasn't permanent", and "the next loop he would be fine". Daniel Park was below scum.

Then Robin had come along a few loops later. Poor, kind, patient Robin, who had taken him to the deepest, darkest parts of his consciousness and had still sought to bring him redemption. She, who had glimpsed at the murderer in juvi uniform and still saw something...something worth saving...something good.

The process had been long and grueling, with many violent episodes and tearful breakdowns, but in the end, Daniel Park had emerged a different man. A man who could once again look people in the eye and didn't shy away from mirrors and sleep. A man who had understood his mistakes and who would strive to do better, to be better.

That was what he had told himself.

That was what he had lied about to everyone.

Daniel was not better. He wasn't good. He wasn't kind. He wasn't patient and forgiving and good! He wasn't...good. In his memories, the boy who had been willing to befriend those who had once wronged him and attempt to redeem them was dead.

It only took one hit to prove him right.

One blow towards his Jay's already unmoving body...

He had snapped.

It had taken him three loops and a bit of the fourth to stop. His anger had only partially been quelled by the bloodshed.

That's why he was here. In front of that same crisp white door with a little metal plaque on it. Danny tried to steady his breath and rose a trembling hand to the door. Knock! Knock!

"Come in!" Dr. Robin Lim's voice sounded from the other side.

(Robin Lim)