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Daniil does not have much time to breathe or sigh, for Stefanos has other ideas in mind.
The Greek kid quickly set a blindfold on his man’s eyes without much care, much to Daniil’s annoyance. He has ALWAYS hated surprises. He told him so many times before. But he isn’t surprised that Stef, oh sweet Stef and his characteristic untamed puppy excitement, decided otherwise.
So he let him guide him out of his chair, in the dark. He tenses again when he feels the warm hands of Stefanos now tying his hands together.
“Is this really necessary? If this is an abduction prank, I have seen it many times online and this is not funny. I promise, you’ll sleep on the couch tonight if this is anything like that, I don’t want my birthday party to turn into one of your weird vlog experiment materials”.
“Calm down babe, this is nothing like it, don’t be a buzz kill, just relax and enjoy” he retorts, soothing him with a chaste but sweet kiss on the lips before Danya has any second to protest.
Stef keeps his hand tightly locked in Daniil’s. Having to trust someone entirely like this is such a foreign yet intriguing feeling for the Russian, one that he promises himself to explore later. Right now, he focuses on walking properly, as his eager boyfriend leads him outside, towards a car. He cannot ask where they are going or who is driving, he is pushed inside, towards the backseats and the doors are closed instantly.
“We are so late guys, what took you so long?”
“HUBI? Why is Hubert Hurkacz driving MY car right now?” Daniil yells, definitely spooked at such an unexpected presence.
“Well you told me you wanted to get wasted tonight for your birthday and that we should get an Uber. I thought this Hubert was a much better option,” retorts an overly proud Stefanos. Of course, he had to make these kind of things. Daniil would roll his eyes but the blindfold defeats the purpose, and something tells him this is just the beginning of his troubles, and thus he settles for anxiously waiting instead.
He does not need to wait for long, as the car ride only lasts about 5 minutes, much to his relief. He has a great sense of direction and escaping should be easy, if needs be. That is the only thought in Danya’s antisocial brain right now, leaving his own party to play video games would be the perfect plan but everyone, Stefanos and Andrey especially, strongly argued otherwise.
Sadly, there is no time to explore this option, as loud cheers greet them when they exit the car. There goes his hope for a sweet escape. Stefanos gently untie his hands and slowly remove the blindfold. Daniil’s eyes need a few minutes to adjust, even though it’s night time, as his sight is saturated with purple and pink neons and flashy lights all over. He tries to complain to Stef and serves him his meanest stare but he is stopped midway as he spots Dasha and Alisa coming his way. Oh he didn’t expect his ex wife and his child to be here tonight but he’s so endeared by their presence.
“What are you guys doing here?” he asks, half-happy, half-incredulous.
“Well Stefanos told us this will be a night to remember and that we had to be here sooo, here we are!”
His smile fades a bit when he realises whom her plus one seem to be.
“Wait why is Patrick here? I don’t think we’re that close it’s a bit strange…”
“We’ve been dating for a while Danya, please don’t make a scene”.
“FINE, I just don’t want him near Alisa, especially not in his stupid academy or on his stupid videos, Alisa deserves peace and joy”.
“Come on, he’s not so bad, I promise”
Daniil wants to scream and throw up but Daria puts Alisa in his arms and everything is forgotten.
“Happy birthday daddy” the young toddler shouts at her dad, flashing him the biggest smile in the world, the brightest sun warming immediately his sturdy heart.
Oh she’s grown so much. She will be two in a few months and Daniil is excited to see her becoming such a restless, active child, always curious and ready to explore the world. Almost a mini Stefanos. A passing thought Daniil has entertained a few times, which is scary, and a definite sign that the Greek man has totally invaded his life and brain.
He puts her down after a sweet conversation revolving around cake and toys, and he barely has time to stand up straight that his life is almost punched out of him, as a ginger tornado hits him in the neck. Andrey and his over enthusiastic bro hugs are quite something!
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY AAAACTOPUSSSS” a dishevelled and messy Andrey greets him, followed closely by a semi apologetic, semi amused Karen, visibly concerned by his boyfriend’s behaviour
“Happy birthday Daniil, sorry for the rough welcome, as you can see SOME of us couldn’t wait to start the celebration” Karen says, his eyes alternatively focused on Daniil and Andrey. The latest has a hard time staying still, trying to escape Karen’s adamant hold on his arm.
“Thanks guys” Daniil winces, for Andrey’s hand did end up punching him in the neck a bit.
They don’t have time to chat properly, as a very directive Stefanos starts clapping his hands, asking for everybody’s attention
“GUYS GUYS GUYS, let’s waste no more time, we have to go inside, our tables are ready, this is gonna be so fantastic, let’s create the best memories altogether, for these kind of moment---“
“Thanks everyone for being here I guess, let’s go inside”, a visibly annoyed Daniil interrupts, decided to make it as efficient as possible, wasting no time with pre party pleasantries.
He is terrified because he knows where they are. They are in the kitschiest karaoke he’s ever seen (and he’s been in Harajuku and Hongdae, mind you!), the very place he’s tried to stay away from in Monaco, a place Stef has always eyed and begged him to go but Daniil has always frowned it down.
“Why is my birthday actually turned into YOUR birthday, Mr Tsitsipas”, a very angry Daniil utters, while moving dangerously towards a slightly scared Stef.
“Come on Danya, all your friends are here, your daughter is here, you will love it, just follow the flow of the night”, the agile Stef proclaims with a decided smile, escaping Daniil’s corner to greet more friends.
And so Daniil huffs but try to relax. Andrey and Karen totally hijacked the remote to select the first few songs, Dasha orders juice for Alisa, looking with dreamy eyes the shiny setting of the kitsch karaoke place Stef privatised for the night.
It is all Stef, colourful, lush, cute, over the top…But a waiter serves him a margarita and all the problems seem more distant in a minute.
He proceeds to sit down on the nearest couch, while Karen and Andrey begin to butcher “A Whole New World”, with Alisa singing along her feisty uncles and Daria giggling at such energy. They carry on with a few of their go to, like “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “Wannabe”, involving the whole crew, before Patrick brings the mood down, as he insists on singing “My Way” alone, sending big smiles to a visibly embarrassed Daria, trying to sing the chorus like a baritone. Alisa was too busy playing with Andrey’s hair to care and Daniil wants to punch his stupid face but Stefanos puts his warm and strong hand on his knee to prevent him from moving. His mouth presses small reassuring kisses to his neck, and Daniil forgets everything instantly.
The night unfolds peacefully, as everybody seems to enjoy the cheerful, funny night Stefanos has designed. Everybody is surprised to discover Hubi actually has a nice voice when he starts to sing “Barbie Girl”. Andrey gladly joins, enthusiastically jumping and touching a very shy and embarrassed Hubi more than he should, but it is Andrey so nobody is surprised or annoyed, not even Karen, who is too lost in discussing fancy watches and Cadillac with Patrick.
Daniil is terrified when Stefanos turn comes. Of course, the pretty man has to sing, no, interpret a very earnest rendition of “And I Will Always Love You”, followed shortly with “My Heart Will Go On”. Surprisingly, Danya ends up with both his eyes and pants wet, a combo he never imagined possible, as Stefanos genuine love for him transpires all the way. A giddy Stef ends up jumping to his side after his songs, but Daniil rewards him with a small kiss on the cheek and a hand solidly planted on his shoulder with a caressing thumb, too Daniil to voice any feeling but Stefanos knows anyway, this is how they work.
All of a sudden, lights are off and the music stops, much to everybody’s surprised except for Stefanos who springs out of the couch like an over excited kitten.
“YES YES YES, it’s surprise time, get ready Danyaaaaa” he shouts, alcohol only making his excitement more unbearable, a tipsy Danya notes
“What is it now?” he inquires, never reassured when Stef talks about surprises
“Just relax and get comfy, this is going to be GREAT” his boyfriend retorts enthusiastically. Way too much for Daniil’s comfort.
Then out of nowhere, a semi naked dude erupts, sporting a half open shirt, black boxers and a small Venetian mask that leaves no surprise as to who is hidden behind.
“Did you order a stripper for my birthday? In front of my daughter? And…Is that Borna Coric? What the hell”, all the while gesturing at Dasha, doing her best to cover her daughter’s eyes, while keeping hers on Borna’s body, somehow.
“It’s Porna Pornic to you, happy to serve”, the not so mysterious man retorts with his usual sexy low voice, laced with his very thick accent.
“Come on Danya, you always said you really liked my butt, and this is the second best butt on tour….Plus he was the only person offering to make it for free somehow! Come on it will be fun!”
Borna is very happy to show his best moves, sliding slowly towards the man of the day with suggestive moves, until he lands on Daniil’s lap, leaving just his bow tie and boxers on. The Russian is anything but comfortable, while the Croat is very happy to twerk and press his peachy bottom on Daniil’s front.
This is too much for the man. He leaves his spot instantly, kicking Borna to the floor unceremoniously, leaving the Balkan boy’s butt perching gloriously from the floor. Miraculously, this is the moment waiters chose to bring more drinks, much to everybody’s relief. Stef runs behind Daniil, who sought asylum in the toilets. He pleads and begs but the Muscovite is adamant, clearly traumatised by the assault imposed by the eager stripper.
Things could not be worst. Or so they thought. As the lights are turned back on after the aborted strip tease, everybody abruptly gasps as a wasted Andrey very happily took Daniil’s seat, receiving Borna’s ministrations with great joy. Too much joy for Karen’s liking this time”.
“Andrey, what the hell?”
“COME ON MAAAAAN, Stef paid for this, we have to enjoy the show” Andrey shouts, all the while sliding euro bills in Borna’s boxers, which earns him an even more dedicated performance by the sexy Croat, very much to Karen’s displeasure.
“I’m pretty sure Stef said Borna does it for free”. As Karen screams this, Borna shoots him the most obscene look and smile, clearly enjoying the show he is putting with Andrey.
Karen does not have time to complain some more, as a visibly drunk Andrey starts to become very touchy with Borna, after he brought the semi naked back to his feet to dance with him. He then proceeds to spank and grope Borna’s ass and places a wandering hand on his hip, which elicits a pornographic moan and amused laughter from the Zagreb man.
“That’s it, get away from him you perv, and Andrey, stop touching him for fuck sake”.
But the two men stay glued and Karen decided he had enough.
He rushes to their side and proceeds to grab Borna by his bow tie. The Croat does not let go, annoyed with Karen’s aggressiveness.
“Come on Karen, relax, this is just for fun, I’m not gonna steal your man, besides, I indeed need to complete the job, as I need to record some material for my brand new Onlyfans ”
Karen needs a second to process all the disturbing and unnecessary info of the exhibitionist man “Don’t tell me what to do! Besides, I know you guys are close, I know fans call you Bornandrey. Now get away from my man RIGHT. NOW!”
Karen does not want to laugh now. Moreover, the whole room’s mood seem to shift, as he shouted these last few words loudly. Hubi, Patrick and a few more friends try to separate them, as Karen, clearly too drunk to think straight, decided that Borna’s face needs to be punched.
But as he does so, his clumsy moves are clearly dodged by the very alert Croatian slut, who’s very happy to escape Andrey’s embrace after all this mess. Instead, Karen’s fist ends us hitting Patrick’s face, so powerfully that, much to everybody’s surprise, what seems to be a wig, escapes the top of his head. Dasha gasps and Patrick tries to fix his hair as much as possible but everything around them is just chaos now.
Andrey is now doing pole dance around a big wooden beam and Hubi is trying to gulp as many vodka shots as possible to forget the night.
This is the moment Stefanos and Daniil finally come back, hand in hand. After Dasha tells them everything that happened during their absence, while carrying Alisa who somehow managed to fall asleep midway, Daniil bursts out laughing:
“Damn I missed the best part of the night,” as he smirks at a very drowsy Patrick, whose wig looks so off that Daniil has the best hair reassurance moment ever, much to Dasha’s displeasure, but also to Stefanos’s, who is still convinced his party planning was optimal until the strip tease part got out of hand.
“Come on now, it is present time!” A never defeated Stef happily shouts, to an almost empty room, as there is nobody left but Karen, trying to persuade Andrey to come down of the beam he has now climbed on top of, and a semi passed out Hubi that a now dressed up Borna tries to pick up, in vain.
“Oh baby believe me, I’ve had my share of surprises, gifts can wait tomorrow, let’s go home, I’m sure that’s where I’ll get the best present anyway” flashes a very excited Daniil.
Stefanos does not object. Not anymore. He is happy to please his gorgeous grumpy guy. Daniil will get all the time in the world to marvel and complain at all the amazing gifts he got him anyway. All he wants now is to be alone with him, oblivious of this crazy world at last.
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