Side Effect [Part 5]
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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: M-21 was growling at Tao.
Rating: PG
Contains: Nothing.
Notes: Not sure which wolf!M-21 this is. I think he's more Night Disturbance!M-21.
…The online resources for cat body language aren't as good as the dog ones.
Genre: Friendship
Word count: 731
Total word count: 3,769
Status: Complete
M-21 was growling at Tao. Which wasn't surprising, considering how the full moon was peeking through the window behind M-21; still, he and Takeo had been hoping M-21's feelings would outweigh the wolf instincts, if they did decide to mark Tao as 'invading his territory', as M-21 had described it. Tao could feel his tail start to curl at the sound, his ears twitching, and yeeeah, he should probably get out the way before his own instincts started to kick in fully – okay, they already had, and it was getting a little distracting how one part of his head was yammering on about a 'threat' being in front of him and that he should be doing something about it. Right now.
And apparently Tao also had some fur running down the back of his neck because he could feel the hair raising there.
There was a clearing of the throat to Tao's left, and, for once, his ears didn't move to focus on it. Damn.
"M-21," Takeo said, and M-21…didn't stop staring at him and – oh, right. Tao slowly blinked once and then turned his head away, breaking eye contact, his ears swivelling to stay on M-21. While how the tail moved meant different things to canines and felines, at least eye contact was universal between them.
M-21's growl lowered a notch, but it was still there and Tao's instincts started yelling at him to run when he heard M-21 start to approach him, M-21's body language stiff.
"I should walk between you two?" Takeo asked, already moving.
"Haha, yeah," Tao said quickly, shifting the weight on his feet, leaning towards M-21's bedroom door. "Else you're probably going to have to keep us separate by our scruffs." If he hadn't found himself stuck to the damn ceiling first. And then he'd have to explain to the Boss about the holes and footprints in the walls, erk.
Except Takeo being a physical barrier between them didn't have the desired effect of distracting M-21 away from him - M-21's growl ratcheted up to a snarl and between one blink and the next, Takeo was on the ground, M-21 on top of him.
Dammit-!
Tao had taken two steps towards them when he realised that M-21 wasn't attacking Takeo but had just draped himself all over him, his head buried in the crook of Takeo's neck.
Uh…? M-21 didn't seem to be doing anything - he was gripping Takeo's other shoulder and…rubbing…his face…
"Oh." Tao chuckled weakly as things slotted into place and M-21 raised his head to him - his expression wasn't as suspicious, more concentrated.
"Tao…?" Takeo's hands were raised at the elbows, but they weren't touching M-21, hovering by his torso.
M-21 didn't look down at Takeo, but at his shoulder and that just confirmed it for Tao. M-21 lowered his head to sniff at Takeo before he glanced back at Tao, his head cocked to the side.
Tao just waited, fairly sure what was going to happen next. "Sooo, you know how I usually put my arm around your shoulders…?" Tao said conversationally, making sure not to stare back at M-21, his ears and tail finally relaxing.
"Ye – you're serious," Takeo said, a groan in his voice as he thumped his head on the floor, his hands dropping too.
"Heh, yeah – he's territorial," Tao said, seeing M-21 approach him, more curiously this time. Bad enough that there was a cat 'invading' his territory – a cat that had put his scent all over one of his packmates? That led to an unhappy wolfed-out M-21.
On the other hand, at least his scent was still eventually recognisable and Tao grinned as M-21 only paused for a second before headbutting him in the thigh.
But now they just had to wonder if this was going to happen at every full moon…
* * *
M-21 stared at Tao. "You're going to do what?" Because he couldn't have heard that correctly.
"Hug you," Tao said as seriously as he had the first time, and no, M-21 hadn't misheard him. "I'm going to have to do that as often as possible so wolf-you can get used to my scent."
M-21 sighed as he closed his eyes. "All right, fine." If it helped him not attack his comrades, then it was an easy choice.
Tao let out a whoop and M-21 wasn't hugged - he was tackled.
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I am seriously having so much fun writing from Tao's pov. XD
Also, Takeo should be glad that M-21 hadn't tried to re-mark him through other means. :| (Was also thinking about M-21 re-marking him via licking)(Okay, yeah, those scenarios wouldn't actually happen, but I had fun imagining them.)
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Summary: M-21 was growling at Tao.
Rating: PG
Contains: Nothing.
Notes: Not sure which wolf!M-21 this is. I think he's more Night Disturbance!M-21.
…The online resources for cat body language aren't as good as the dog ones.
Genre: Friendship
Word count: 731
Total word count: 3,769
Status: Complete
M-21 was growling at Tao. Which wasn't surprising, considering how the full moon was peeking through the window behind M-21; still, he and Takeo had been hoping M-21's feelings would outweigh the wolf instincts, if they did decide to mark Tao as 'invading his territory', as M-21 had described it. Tao could feel his tail start to curl at the sound, his ears twitching, and yeeeah, he should probably get out the way before his own instincts started to kick in fully – okay, they already had, and it was getting a little distracting how one part of his head was yammering on about a 'threat' being in front of him and that he should be doing something about it. Right now.
And apparently Tao also had some fur running down the back of his neck because he could feel the hair raising there.
There was a clearing of the throat to Tao's left, and, for once, his ears didn't move to focus on it. Damn.
"M-21," Takeo said, and M-21…didn't stop staring at him and – oh, right. Tao slowly blinked once and then turned his head away, breaking eye contact, his ears swivelling to stay on M-21. While how the tail moved meant different things to canines and felines, at least eye contact was universal between them.
M-21's growl lowered a notch, but it was still there and Tao's instincts started yelling at him to run when he heard M-21 start to approach him, M-21's body language stiff.
"I should walk between you two?" Takeo asked, already moving.
"Haha, yeah," Tao said quickly, shifting the weight on his feet, leaning towards M-21's bedroom door. "Else you're probably going to have to keep us separate by our scruffs." If he hadn't found himself stuck to the damn ceiling first. And then he'd have to explain to the Boss about the holes and footprints in the walls, erk.
Except Takeo being a physical barrier between them didn't have the desired effect of distracting M-21 away from him - M-21's growl ratcheted up to a snarl and between one blink and the next, Takeo was on the ground, M-21 on top of him.
Dammit-!
Tao had taken two steps towards them when he realised that M-21 wasn't attacking Takeo but had just draped himself all over him, his head buried in the crook of Takeo's neck.
Uh…? M-21 didn't seem to be doing anything - he was gripping Takeo's other shoulder and…rubbing…his face…
"Oh." Tao chuckled weakly as things slotted into place and M-21 raised his head to him - his expression wasn't as suspicious, more concentrated.
"Tao…?" Takeo's hands were raised at the elbows, but they weren't touching M-21, hovering by his torso.
M-21 didn't look down at Takeo, but at his shoulder and that just confirmed it for Tao. M-21 lowered his head to sniff at Takeo before he glanced back at Tao, his head cocked to the side.
Tao just waited, fairly sure what was going to happen next. "Sooo, you know how I usually put my arm around your shoulders…?" Tao said conversationally, making sure not to stare back at M-21, his ears and tail finally relaxing.
"Ye – you're serious," Takeo said, a groan in his voice as he thumped his head on the floor, his hands dropping too.
"Heh, yeah – he's territorial," Tao said, seeing M-21 approach him, more curiously this time. Bad enough that there was a cat 'invading' his territory – a cat that had put his scent all over one of his packmates? That led to an unhappy wolfed-out M-21.
On the other hand, at least his scent was still eventually recognisable and Tao grinned as M-21 only paused for a second before headbutting him in the thigh.
But now they just had to wonder if this was going to happen at every full moon…
M-21 stared at Tao. "You're going to do what?" Because he couldn't have heard that correctly.
"Hug you," Tao said as seriously as he had the first time, and no, M-21 hadn't misheard him. "I'm going to have to do that as often as possible so wolf-you can get used to my scent."
M-21 sighed as he closed his eyes. "All right, fine." If it helped him not attack his comrades, then it was an easy choice.
Tao let out a whoop and M-21 wasn't hugged - he was tackled.
I am seriously having so much fun writing from Tao's pov. XD
Also, Takeo should be glad that M-21 hadn't tried to re-mark him through other means. :| (Was also thinking about M-21 re-marking him via licking)(Okay, yeah, those scenarios wouldn't actually happen, but I had fun imagining them.)