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The first time it happens Mugm isnt entirely sure how to respond, how to react.
Hes well aware that theres plenty of people on bliss with strange and or straight up harmful habits, for both themselves and others, Mugm is no different.
He knows the reson a lot of them are even here in the first place is because they like fighting, or hurting others, or even getting themselves hurt. And once again, Mugm isnt really any different, if anything he might honestly be a little bit of all of those depending on the day.
So it shouldnt take him so off guard when he experiences someones own brand of weird firsthand, especially not since him and Puqi are teamates, and plan on staying teamates for a long while. It was only a matter of time.
That does not help him figure out how to respond when he, albeit not in those exact words, asks if Mugm would let them beat him up to vent their frustrations.
It doesnt help that Puqi is really fucking good with her words and it honestly takes Mugm a second to realise exactly what hes asking and even after he figures it out its worded in sucha way where Mugm would kind of feel like an asshole to decline.
So when Puqi offers a safeword and to let Mugm set some ground rules, he figures, its just once so how bad can it really be even if it sounds a little fucked up-
And thats how he ends up in their sparring room, doors locked, no armour and a totem in his grip "just in case" according to Puqi, which doesnt exactly ease Mugms nerves.
Hed asked why Puqi asked him and not like, literally anyone else, because Mugm may be skilled on the battlefield, but hes still on the younger side so against most people, without a weapon Mugm is at a pretty significant disadvantage.
At first Mugm thinks that maybe thats why, hes the least likely to accidentally be able to protect himself or hurt Puqi back. But Puqis response is a little different.
"I mean you seem like youd be the most chill with it, besides i cant lie im a little curious how itd feel to beat the strongest player on the server, you know?" Oh.
So its because Mugm acts like he has a high pain tolerance, because he acts like hes not bothered by injuries when he gets them in a fight. And its because, honestly, who wouldnt want a chance to be able to beat someone they woudlnt be able to beat under normal circumstances, aka if they were able to fight back.
Thats- thats fine. Mugm understands, and he doesnt have the heart to tell Puqi that his pain tolerence really isnt that high, hes just good at focusing on other things (usually fighting) and ignoring it untill hes alone in his room with painkillers and medical supplies.
He doesnt have the heart to tell him that the only reason he usually doesnt "react" to pain is because hes the type of person who, when hes in pain couldnt force himself to make a noise if he tried-
Its fine, its fine. Its only once, Puqi seems to really want this, and he has boundaries and an out if he needs it, if he can get his mouth to work that is.
That doesnt make him ready for the first punch to the gut- He forgets that a lot of his friends can actually throw a decent punch, are actually relatively strong without a swrod, unlike Mugm.
It knocks the wind out of him in a way he isnt really used to and he nearly topples over. While hes curled in on himself Puqi seems to take the opportunity to kick his legs with what, to Mugm, feels like the power of 18 axe crits.
It only does about as much damage as being hit with a wooden shovel but this time he actually does fall, unable to keep his balance.
"Wow i honestly thought itd take longer to get you on the ground."
Oh, so were taunting now too. Mugm isnt entirely sure if Puqi wants him to respond or not, but if he does, tough luck because Mugm still cant fucking breathe.
Atleast his lack of response doesnt seem to bother Puqi that much because then theres a boot on his chest and hes pushed down even further. He only really manages to get one gulp of air before he once again cannot seem to force his lungs to work.
And then his arms are pulled away from his chest and pinned above his head while Puqis knee digs into his ribs and he swears he hears them crack. Or maybe thats the crack of his wrist as Puqi twists it-
Ow ow ow ow ow ow-
Fuck, that hurts really bad, but Mugms more concerned that theyre not even a minute in and-
"I thou-" He doesnt get to finish saying 'i thought i said no breaking bones on purpose' before his entire body is fucking flipped over and he gets a facefull of dirt.
Thats- Its a little concerning, maybe Puqi just didnt realise though, he cant blame him, or maybe thats cause he cant really think that well because theres stray bits of gravel against his face as its getting dragged across the ground and ow ow ow that hurts really bad-
But eventually hes lifted from the ground and ok- maybe, maybe Puqi realised he broke is wrist, maybe hes done, maybe-
Maybe hes fucking thrown across the room and he if he hadnt already then he definetly breaks some ribs with the impact against the wall. Which is more bones broken, still against the rules, but this time he cant get his voice to work properly to say anything.
He doesnt even really register when he goes from curled up leaning on the wall to being choked against it. Which- ok Puqi definetly knows hes breaking rules, hes doing on purpose, but why-
He said hed let Mugm set rules so why-
Ok maybe he just forgot, its fine- Its still just a one time thing so its fine if he breaks a rule or 2 or 3 or 5 or-
Mugm has to admitt he kind of zones out after a while just honestly doing his best not to go insane because Puqi fucking lied to him and that hurts almost as much as the beating itself and he cant even fight back because he lost the energy to even try after 2 hits.
Hes pretty sure that, not only is this not just Puqi venting his anger about a single fight, because it feels more like deliberate torture, but he also broke literally every boundary that Mugm set and sure as hell didnt listen the one time Mugm actually managed to pathetically get the words out to tell him to stop.
Its fine.
Its really fine.
When Puqi is finally fucking done, finally satisifed, Mugm cant even bring himself to move. The only thing that went right is that his totem never popped, but he honestly kinda wishes it had because despite how much totem pops hurt atleast it wouldve healed him a little.
As it is the older just forces a regen pot and 2 healing down Mugms throat and dumps him on his bed in his room, the artificial flavour of her half assed attempt at treating his injuries stinging on is tongue.
When he finally has the strength to get up and properly treat his wounds and leave his room, nobody else says a word, not even questioning the fact that he locked himself in his room for 7 hours.
That means Puqi probably atleast told them a little about what happened.
And theyre just, completely fine with that.
Its fine. It was just the once.
A one time thing.