"Kane! Kane, wake up!"
Kane opened his eyes blearily. Someone was yelling very loudly in his ear. And they wouldn't stop. In an effort to block out the sound, he rolled over, shutting his eyes tightly.
"Kane? Stop ignoring me!"
Kane sighed inwardly and opened his eyes again. He was staring into the chest of his long time lover, The Big Show. Show was also trying to block out the sound of their adopted kid yelling in his ear.
Kane finally sat up, rubbing his eyes. "What do you need Daniel? What could you possibly need so badly that you had to rupture our eardrums?"
"I'm bored." Daniel said, sitting back and shruging.
Kane sighed, throwing the covers aside and trying not to disturb Show any further. He grabbed some clothes and headed towards the bathroom. "Give me a minute to get ready Daniel."
"Hurry up!" Daniel piped as Kane shut the bathroom door.
Kane and Show had sort of adopted Daniel Bryan sometime after Kane and Daniel had become tag team partners. It wasn't like it was unusual, this was a common practice in the WWE. Many couples had taken younger wrestlers under their wings, and this was eventually tagged as being 'parents' to these 'child' wrestlers. To adopt a 'child', was to take some responsibility for these wrestlers
Kane and Show adopted Daniel because of Kane's feelings of protection. At first he'd chalked it up to needing Daniel to help defend the titles, but it didn't take long before he realized that the feelings were more brotherly, or even paternal if he dared to say it.
After taking a shower and getting dressed, Kane exited the bathroom to find a cranky Daniel sitting on the bed and a weary Show trying to find his own clothes.
"Took you long enough!" Daniel grumbled, "You took forever!"
"I only took about twenty minutes." Kane glared at Daniel. Hey, just because he was raising him doesn't change the fact that he was still a grown man.
"I'm going to get ready." Show yawned, "You take Daniel and go get breakfast. I'll be down in a little bit."
"I'll save you a seat." Kane said, pecking Show on the cheek before leading Daniel out of the room.
"Hey! Quit pushing me!" Daniel barked, speeding up his pace.
Kane rolled his eyes, and continued to guide Daniel out until they were out of the hotel room.
Once they were down in the cafeteria, Daniel headed off towards the table where his friends, Miz, Alex, and Randy were sitting, while Kane headed over to what had been dubbed, 'The veteran's table'.
This table usually consisted of Show, Triple H, Shawn Micheals, Steve Austin, Undertaker (Steve, Shawn, and Mark, though they didn't compete most of the time, still traveled with the WWE, mostly to train the rookie wrestlers who signed), and Kane himself. He could see Hunter and Shawn, but his brother and his lover were nowhere to be found.
Hunter noticed Kane and waved him over, despite the fact that Kane was already approaching the table. After the initial greetings, Kane sat down and stifled a yawn.
"Where's Show?" Shawn asked, tilting his head, "Usually we can't pry you two apart with a crowbar."
Kane gave Shawn a look before replying. "Show is getting ready for the day. He'll be down in a few minutes. Where's Mark and Steve?"
"Right behind you." Kane turned to see Mark and Steve approaching the table, looking somewhat irritated to say the least.
"What happened to you?" Hunter asked, "You look like a bunch of kids TP'ed your house."
"Close." Mark said, sitting down, "Heath and Justin's brats decided that it would be funny to throw wet napkins all over our car."
Shawn winced. "That happened to me and Hunter once. Spirit Squad through eggs all over our car. It took three hours to get it off."
"That doesn't sound pleasant." Steve winced.
Just then, Kane felt a bearded chin on top of his head. He smiled and looked up at his lover. "Took you long enough."
"Well I have to look my best!" Show teased, sitting down next to Kane, "Otherwise, you out-shine me, and we can't have that, can we?"
"Can we not make Hunter puke all over the table, please?" Kane teased, looking at Hunter who was feigning gagging.
"So how have you two been with the squirt?" Shawn asked, refering to Daniel.
Show groaned. "There are four different kinds of Daniel. Morning Daniel, daytime Daniel, evening Daniel, and sleeping Daniel. Morning Daniel is a pain in the ass."
Mark chuckled. "Well, you two asked for it."
"We asked for nothing!" Kane piped, swiping at his brother, "He showed up one day. We found him under a rock."
"Uh huh." Mark said, raising an eyebrow and smiling.
"He'll learn eventually." Shawn said, "Ours did."
Shawn was refering to his and Hunter's kids, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, and Miz sometime later. Both had also been arrogant and loud in their youth, and Kane knew that Shawn knew exactly what he was going through.
Just then there was a loud crash and the heated words of both Daniel and Chris. Everyone looked over to find that Daniel was covered in food and red in the face, and Chris accusing him of knocking him over.
Kane and Shawn, being the weird man-mothers they were, got up and rushed over the two, pulling them apart. Daniel was still squirming in Kane's grip, and Chris had rounded on Shawn, yelling that Daniel had hit him, and that he should respect his elders.
Show and Hunter had come over to help. Show had grabbed a couple of napkins and was trying to wipe Daniel off, hissing at him to be still. Hunter had swiped Chris across the head for yelling in the hotel and was telling him off.
Kane and Show decided to leave Hunter to it and lead Daniel out of the cafeteria and back up to their hotel room. Daniel was still grumbling and hiding himself behind Show, in hopes that no one would see him.
Once they were back up their hotel room, Show left to go make sure that the situation was cleared downstairs. Kane grabbed another one of Daniel's shirts and guided him to the bathroom.
"Okay, what happened?" Kane asked while Daniel stripped himself of his dirty shirt.
"Chris threw his food on me!" Daniel sniffed, "And he tried to blame it on me! Can you believe the nerve of that guy?"
Kane could. Chris had been pulling stunts like this since he joined the company back in 2000. It hadn't happened for a while now, so Kane'd thought that Chris had grown out of it.
"Did Chris trip or something?" Kane asked, handing Daniel the fresh shirt.
"No he didn't!" Daniel said loudly, "Ask Miz or Alex or Randy! He threw his food on me! Why don't you believe me?!"
"I believe you, I believe you." Kane said, holding his hands up in submission, "I was just curious."
Daniel's face softened, though it was still angry. He pulled the fresh shirt over his head, and grumbled about how much of a jerk Chris was under his breath.
Kane pulled Daniel close for a hug. "Relax," He said, rolling his eyes affectionately, "The sooner you forget about it, the sooner Chris'll forget about it."
"What makes you say that?" Daniel asked, looking at Kane curiously.
"I've known Chris for a long time." Kane said, "He always pulls stuff like this, just to rile people up. When his victims calm down, he finds a new target."
Daniel nodded and Kane and him left the hotel room. "Hey Daniel," Kane said, "If Chris ever bugs you like that again, tell me. I'll beat him into next week."
Daniel smiled up at him. "I know. Thanks Kane."
As the two were walking back to the elevator, Kane thought. He sure as hell didn't ask for Daniel.
But as long as he had him, he was going to make the most of it.
And thus begins Full Ring. Another sort of gathering of odd oneshot type stories. The first three chapters will be introduction chapter, and then I'll throw in some plots. Hopefully you like this story as much as The Wrestlers Therapist! Meow!