the gauntlet discussion

Looking around him, Will frowned, trying to figure out where in the hell he was. A gazebo? Here on campus? Why would the school have this? How many straight dudes had been like 'yeah we need a gazebo to chill out at'. It was obviously old too. But it clearly did not serve any sort of purpose here on school grounds. Except apparently for someone to hide out at? He'd just been about to turn around and go back when he had spotted someone sitting on the ground of the gazebo. Easy kill? Was there anyone else around? how likely could he get away with this? So he strode up the steps, easy grin on his face as he pushed his dark hair out of his eyes, even if he was a little sweaty from his run he knew he looked good. Maybe even better now that he was sweaty.

Certainly not killer status at all.

"Is the next competition a hide and seek game? Cause I've never been very good at that."

Dae's trip to the infirmary was only mildly successful. The medic had wrapped his wrist in bandages, tight enough that he could barely move it, so training was out. He hoped Pierce's nose took the duration of their stay here to heal, but he knew that was a wish he made in vain. A more plausible wish was please let that assholes nose heal crooked and ugly, because he deserves it. So he wished it. And then he'd gone and found a place by himself because he needed to collect all those broken pieces of his usual nonchalance. His spot on the ground was peaceful. Dae sat with his legs crossed, and his eyes closed... until there was a voice.

Dae's gaze fluttered to glimpse the other boy. Ooo, His anger slithered away, replaced by a flirty smirk. "I imagine not, beautiful," Dae commented. "You're hard to miss."

The first thing that William noticed was that the guy was injured. Huh. Probably not a threat then. So that meant that Will wouldn't have to do anything about this guy, since he was apparently already taken care of. There would be no need for concern about this one- he'd already made enemies. So time for a new tactic, the 'i'll scratch your back if you scratch mine' tactic. Apparently he was just this guy's type too. "I've been told. I do hope you have better moves than that." William wasn't opposed to a little male on male flirting. He'd definitely done the whole flirting with a gay guy to get an advantage in life thing.

Nothing more than the flirting though.

He stepped up the steps of the gazebo then, leaning on one of the posts with one shoulder and looking down at Dae. "Would you prefer I sit? I've been told that when I stand up and look down on people it can irritate them."

"Hurtful~" Dae smiled mischievously. Finally, someone who'd play the game a little; Jamie was up there in the ranks, of course, but Dae wasn't stupid. If Jamison Augustus ever puckered up it would be for his own sake. Dae needed the flirt before the fun, or he'd get bored. "I have lots of moves; I'll even show you all the fun ones... if you show me yours." he winked, gaze following the boy as he grew taller with each step.

Dae tilted his cheek onto his shoulder, eyes inching their way up the man's lengthy figure. "I don't know, I have a pretty good view from down here." he commented. And he did. Even having to crane his neck, Dae could look at this piece of candy all afternoon. The pain in his wrist was already starting to fade, numb except for a low throbbing. "Buuut, I'd like to see those eyes up close and personal," big and blue, unruly like open waves. He wanted to see those for himself, really see them; it would also be nice to know that those beauties were looking at him in return. Mmm. Something worth his time. So, so worth his time. "So," he curled a finger, gaze flickering to the vacant place beside him. "Have a seat."

Hurtful his ass. Judging from that smirk on this boy's face he was used to a lot more than what Will had just said, and with how open he was about being gay? Well William was starting to theorize that those wrist injuries probably happened from someone here at the academy who wasn't so supportive of love is love...or sex is sex. Lucky for Dae here William didn't much care about any of that. So he actually laughed at Dae's flirtatious wink, "Show me yours if I show you mine, huh? What if my moves are better? Then I might be getting the short end of the deal here." After all this was a language Will understood perfectly.

The language of deal making and getting advantages versus disadvantages. Right now he wasn't sure where to place Dae. So he was fine letting the other guy check him out all slow and taking his time, he even smirked and rose a brow so that this guy knew exactly where Will stood- the amused side of things. He seemed familiar though....and as Will's own eyes raked over the sitting physique plenty of things clicked into place.

1) His name was Dae Jheon
2) He wasn't injured from the last competition
3) He was top ten.

That made this guy very interesting to William indeed, and he sat down easily at the spot indicated. "This isn't exactly what I would call close and personal, but if it's good enough for you, I guess this can do for right now." Oh? And was Will flirting back a little? Probably. It never hurt to be in with the top ten.

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how in are we talkin here kid (hide spoiler)]

Dae's eyes widened, surprised and greedy. Is that so? He studied the boy for a minute: tall, dark, and handsome was practically inviting him into his lap. What could a guy do? Dae swung a leg over the strangers crossed legs, settling into a straddle on his lap. He smoothed his hands up the boy's chest -- slowly -- lips tilting into a playful smile. Eyes twinkling, made himself at home, trailing his fingers through his companion's hair while he observed the eyes he so wanted to see. "Mm," he murmured quietly. "You were lucky to be born with these pretty eyes. They look like gems~" And Dae was greedy.

His fingers found a loose home in the fabric of the boy's shirt. They lingered there before wandering, like vagabonds, down to his lower torso, light against his abs. "Got a name, beautiful?" He realized in that moment that he wanted to know. He'd skimmed most of the lower ranks in the gallery, and found the top ten. Which is why he knew Pierce. Ugh.

He smiled, "Mine's Dae." he introduced.

Alright then. So apparently the fact that he had his hands wrapped in some intensive bandaging was not slowing down this boy at all, since he eagerly was straddling Will's lap. The tiniest part of Will was scolding himself internally- claiming that this had probably been Dae's plan all along. To get Will to sit down and then get all sorts of comfy cozy by crawling in his lap under the guise of seeing his eyes. better. But please, no one was going to be falling for that excuse. Especially not Will who prided himself on being able to tell when people were flirting with him for their own personal gain or not. Now was one of those instances where they were definitely flirting with him for their own personal gain, except Dae's gain seemed to be that he just wanted to get laid.

Will couldn't blame him. Every guy wanted to get laid.

His pretty blue eyes danced with light and hidden secrets as he smirked at Dae's compliments. "And why should I give you my name? I mean you just offered me yours free of charge. You're sitting in my lap. Hands wandering over my body. Seems to me like I have all the cards here, nothing to really gain by offering you my name," Besides, he wasn't quite sure he trusted that Dae was just really horny. Maybe he could sense Will was a threat...and was trying to figure out how to eliminate him from the next competition.

Now he knew how Jamie had felt; it was weird when somebody didn't give their name back to you just as freely. In Dae's defense, he'd kind of been in the middle of concentrating. That being said, maybe his one was distracted, too. Dae had been told that he was distracting.

Dae smiled, but there was a light crease between his eyebrows that suggested a note of confusion. "I need something to moan while we're having sex." he said simply, a twinkle in his eye. "I'd like that something to be your name." If handsome here decided to play hard to get, and still withhold his name, then Dae'd spend some time in the gallery searching for those pretty blue eyes. Next time they saw each other, he would have a name and Dae would use it ... a lot. Because no way a guy like this didn't have a sexy name to go with that smile. Might as well just get it over with now, and save Dae the trip.

Oh, wow.

This guy sure was full of confidence- and it was enough to actually pull a laugh from Will. It wasn't like Will was homophobic, and besides, if he could fuck with Dae's mental state by literally fucking with him....well then that wouldn't really take too much effort from Will's life. He rose a brow though inquisitive to Dae's playful reaction, "I'm sure there are other things you could moan during sex. Fuck tends to be a really common one. Religious praises, I hear that one pretty often too." After all he might as well give Dae his pick of all selections, "But since you're so determined, I'll take mercy on you."

He paused for a moment, contemplating things before reaching up with his hand and taking Dae's chin in his grip. Turning his head, Will leaned in, his lips practically brushing up against the other boy's ear, but instead just his breath was warm against his skin. "Will." He pulled back as soon as he'd whispered his name- like it was the biggest of secrets- mostly though just to get under Dae's skin and see his reaction to that husky whisper.

Will had a feeling Dae was going to be putty in his hands.

Will. He said it like a secret ... a contract; as if telling it to some one would break the rules. A cute smile was tickling the corners of Dae's mouth, even biting his lip didn't stop it from inching skyward. I knew it, Dae thought triumphantly. A totally sexy name to go with a totally sexy guy. Dae didn't know if he was jerking him around or not, but so far it looked like he was in the clear. Maybe William was even gay; he certainty didn't seem to mind that Dae was. "Perfect," he breathed, inching closer.

Forehead nearly brushing Will's, Dae's eyes became half-lidded, and then heavy and shut, expression faint as he sugared languid kisses at the corner of Will's lips. His bad wrist was stiff, but forgotten, fingers wrapped loosely into hem of his companions shirt. When he reached the nearest to Will's lips as he could without actually laying one of him, Dae pulled away. "You know, I was joking about the sex thing, but it would be one hell of a night." He teased, and shrugged innocently, "If we gave it a try."

"Or you can relieve your stress with a pretty girl," Dae shrugged, this time feigning nonchalance. He leaned away from Will, wiggling off his lap; Dae leaned back on his palms, legs draped over Will's, but lips much further away. "But I'm more fun~"

Will hadn't expected things to escalate the way that they had, but somehow he had a feeling that this wasn't a particularly special sort of thing. Dae had taken things from a four, to an eight in less than five seconds and he had a feeling from that level of confidence that Dae was used to doing that sort of thing, that Will would be a fool to think he was special. He was probably just the only guy at the academy that hadn't completely rejected the advances so far, and he didn't even now, he tolerated the way that Dae was pressing his lips against Will's skin, and the way that his hand was loosely playing with the hem of his shirt. Will wouldn't lie, it was definitely stimulating.

Dae had surprisingly soft lips.

But before Will could really react, or contemplate taking a reaction to those kisses, Dae was sliding out of his lap and smirking over at him. Legs still draped over his, but definitely farther away now. Which only caused Will to grin, "Well, I'm not sure about you, but I could probably bribe my roommates into making themselves scarce for an hour." Bribe. Intimidate. Threaten with death. You know, it was all the same. But damn he would do it. Especially since he doubted any of the girls here would be willing to relieve stress any time soon. Most of them all seemed too stuck up for that.

Shame too. Will was a great lover. A fact that it seemed Dae would probably know all about pretty soon. "You know. If you wanted to give it a go,"

Dae wasn't sure what he had been expecting; he didn't come here to get laid, but this boy evaded him. There was always a stopping point with guys ... until there wasn't; until Dae found someone ready and willing to go all the way. Play the game, relieve some stress, kiss him until his mouth was numb while he raked his hands through their hair. He really wanted to tangle his hands into Will's hair-- it looked soft, which contrasted pretty readily against the rest of him. He was built strong, a real competitor. Like one of those chiseled statues.

"I didn't offer for no reason," Dae smiled. He got to his feet, swiping Will's hands, dragging him up with him as best he could, will was tall ok. He released the boy's hands, gazing up at him. "Show me the way, beautiful." he murmured through a widening grin, his thumb brushing over Will's cheek.

William hadn't exactly shown up at Ainsley expecting to get laid either, okay well he had kind of figured that he'd probably get laid at some point in the year. He was an attractive guy and the school was full of girls now. Girls were just likely to get horny as boys were, so he had kind of expected that much. But sex with a guy? That had been completely unexpected. Yet here they were, William getting up to his feet taking mercy on Dae's rather sad attempt and smirking as he walked off towards his dorm, knowing full well that Dae would be following and keeping close distance. Hopefully none of his roommates were there....or would have to be kicked out.