Title: The night guest
Fandom: The Crooked Man
Pairing: Duke MacGahan x David Hoover
Rating: PG-13
Theme: Weakness
Words: 495
Summary: At the late night, Duke found someone in front of his room.
Warnings: It's yaoi (boyxboy)
Notes: - This is an AU. Some details are the same as the original one.
Duke studied since the evening. It was 3 a.m. now. After the third espresso was all drunk, Duke thought he should take some sleep and got back to study in the morning.
Before he walked to his bed, he heard the door was knocking.
The man wondered who could be at this hour. Duke looked at his peephold and shocked.
“David!” How could this man be in front of his room at this late time. Duke opened his door. David was found lying on the floor.
“Hey! David!! Are you alright!?” Duke shook David’s body. He smelled alcohol from the brown-haired man. “You’re drunk.”
“Ohhhh Hellooooo….” David finally opened his eyes and looked at his green eyes with aimless emotion. “I’m hereeeeeeeeee.”
“I know you’re here, but why did you knock my door? Your room is next to mine.”
“Nooooo!!!!!! This room is MY room. I can come to MY room!!!!!”
Duke knew he couldn’t take anything seriously from David who lost his consciousness. He looked David’s pocket and asked “Where’s your key? I’ll use it and take you to sleep at your own room.”
“Nooooo!!!!!! I don’t have that!!!!!!! I don’t wanna go there. No!!!!!!!”
The landlady wasn’t here, so Duke couldn’t ask for the spared key. He had no idea what to do next.
“I’m cold. Really cold. Please…. Let me in here…” Drunken David hugged him tightly. The black-haired man was paused for a while before sighed and decided.
“Alright. I have no choice then.”
Duke took David along with him to inside. He slowly led and hold David’s arm to bring him to the right direction. Finally, David was lying on his single bed safely.
“Whew, I don’t know why did you drink that much, but it’s not good anyway.” Duke said to sleeping David. It seemed he fall asleep already.
Duke didn’t mind if David used his bed. He would sleep on his sofa instead, but he needed a pillow and blanket. Duke was going to go to the storeroom to take both.
“Shirley…”
The man in black was stopped when he heard that name. Duke turned his face to see David. He was stayed still, but sleep-talking.
“Why? Why did you leave me alone…? I’m so alone… All alone without you…” The tears were falling from the closed eyes. Duke walked to David closer, using his handkerchief wiped those tears off with gentle.
Duke never knew David was broken up from his girlfriend, but he could understand this feeling. He was leaved without saying goodbye by his ex-girlfriend.
It took a long time to forget everything about her, but he could do it at the end.
“You must be strong, David.” Duke patted David’s head slowly. It looked like David was smiled at him. Duke blushed.
David saved his life once. If there was anything Duke could do for helping David back, he would do.
“I’ll always by your side.” said Duke to David before he went to sleep.