Adapt [Sleep]
Sep. 1st, 2016 05:16 pmFandom: Noblesse
Summary: Kentas finds out about Tao's sleeping patterns.
Notes: Written for and inspired by Motochika Chosokabe and Weeping Detective. :3
Rating: G
Genre: Family
Word count: 719
Total word count: 8,333
Status: Work in progress
Kentas turned his head to the sound of the living room door open. He still couldn't quite understand what was going on in the movie he and M-21 were watching, so seeing Takeo walk in was a welcome distraction.
"M-21," Takeo said with a soft sigh, leaning on the door frame, "Tao's still up."
Kentas looked over to see M-21 grimace. "What's wrong with that?" It wasn't that late, was it? And the rest of them were still up anyway, so why was it different with Tao?
"He's been working this entire time," M-21 muttered, getting to his feet.
...Oh. No wonder they wanted him to stop.
"You make the bed?" M-21 said to Takeo as he walked over. "I did it last time."
Takeo nodded and disappeared through the door.
"Do you want to help?" M-21 asked Kentas, pausing at the door. "Tao...doesn't always want to stop working."
Kentas just arched an eyebrow as he stood up to follow, switching the TV off.
"All you need to do is unlatch his cables from anything he grabs hold of."
"How...?" Kentas frowned, just imagining the mess of cables Tao could make. M-21 shouldn't have been able to do that by himself.
M-21 huffed. "We usually did it together at the start, but he's gotten better at listening."
It didn't seem like Tao was listening if he was resisting, but Kentas continued following M-21 down to the lab and to Tao's security room.
The room was awash with green, some of the multiple screens in front of Tao showing different camera angles while others were filling up with text at a rate Kentas had no hope of reading.
"Oi, Tao," M-21 said, walking in. "Save."
"Mmhm." Tao's gaze didn't move. "I'll be done in - ghk! M!"
Kentas blinked, watching as M-21 lifted Tao out his chair and cradled him in his arms, turning to leave.
"You'll be done in 'five minutes' for the next three hours," M-21 said, rolling his eyes as Tao tried to reach out over his shoulder, cables winding out from under his palm.
Kentas stepped up to grab the cables before they latched onto anything, and the cables wrapped themselves around his wrist.
"I won't, I swear!" Tao's words were slightly slurred, his eyes unfocussed. "I was so close-!"
"You can finish it tomorrow," M-21 said walking out.
"Nnng-!" More cables shot out, hooking themselves around the door.
Kentas tugged them off and the cables slithered up his arm. There didn't seem to be an intent to harm him, just the cables trying to anchor themselves on something, so Kentas just watched them wind their way up.
"Meanie. Takeo, you-" Tao blinked, not looking at Kentas, but his cables squeezed Kentas' arm briefly and then poked him in the chest. "You're not Takeo."
"No, I'm not," Kentas said. "You can tell by how thick my arms are?" There was a difference, but Kentas hadn't thought Tao's cables were that sensitive.
"'Course I can!" Tao nodded hard enough to nearly bounce his head off M-21's shoulder. "I had to know his arm measurements for his suit!"
Kentas frowned when M-21 went past Tao's room and instead went to Takeo's room.
Takeo was there, just finishing up the spread of blankets across the floor. ...Right. With all the cables and everything else in Tao's room, even with blankets, it wouldn't be comfortable trying to sleep on top of them.
"Could have finished by the time we got here," Tao grumbled as M-21 set him down in the centre.
"You wouldn't have."
Tao stuck his tongue out at M-21 and turned over to face away from him.
Takeo eyed the cables still wrapped up around Kentas. "Tao doesn't tend to let go until he's fast asleep."
"And other times he holds onto us after he's fallen asleep," M-21 added, shaking his head.
Tao's cables tugged at Kentas' arms. "Come over already," Tao said into his pillow.
"We usually sleep with him when he stays up to make sure he doesn't sneak off again to keep working," Takeo said, laying down next to Tao.
Made sense. Kentas wasn't going anywhere anyway, so he settled down next to M-21.
He listened as the others drifted off one by one, enjoying being surrounded by other people, and then dozed off himself.
Summary: Kentas finds out about Tao's sleeping patterns.
Notes: Written for and inspired by Motochika Chosokabe and Weeping Detective. :3
Rating: G
Genre: Family
Word count: 719
Total word count: 8,333
Status: Work in progress
Kentas turned his head to the sound of the living room door open. He still couldn't quite understand what was going on in the movie he and M-21 were watching, so seeing Takeo walk in was a welcome distraction.
"M-21," Takeo said with a soft sigh, leaning on the door frame, "Tao's still up."
Kentas looked over to see M-21 grimace. "What's wrong with that?" It wasn't that late, was it? And the rest of them were still up anyway, so why was it different with Tao?
"He's been working this entire time," M-21 muttered, getting to his feet.
...Oh. No wonder they wanted him to stop.
"You make the bed?" M-21 said to Takeo as he walked over. "I did it last time."
Takeo nodded and disappeared through the door.
"Do you want to help?" M-21 asked Kentas, pausing at the door. "Tao...doesn't always want to stop working."
Kentas just arched an eyebrow as he stood up to follow, switching the TV off.
"All you need to do is unlatch his cables from anything he grabs hold of."
"How...?" Kentas frowned, just imagining the mess of cables Tao could make. M-21 shouldn't have been able to do that by himself.
M-21 huffed. "We usually did it together at the start, but he's gotten better at listening."
It didn't seem like Tao was listening if he was resisting, but Kentas continued following M-21 down to the lab and to Tao's security room.
The room was awash with green, some of the multiple screens in front of Tao showing different camera angles while others were filling up with text at a rate Kentas had no hope of reading.
"Oi, Tao," M-21 said, walking in. "Save."
"Mmhm." Tao's gaze didn't move. "I'll be done in - ghk! M!"
Kentas blinked, watching as M-21 lifted Tao out his chair and cradled him in his arms, turning to leave.
"You'll be done in 'five minutes' for the next three hours," M-21 said, rolling his eyes as Tao tried to reach out over his shoulder, cables winding out from under his palm.
Kentas stepped up to grab the cables before they latched onto anything, and the cables wrapped themselves around his wrist.
"I won't, I swear!" Tao's words were slightly slurred, his eyes unfocussed. "I was so close-!"
"You can finish it tomorrow," M-21 said walking out.
"Nnng-!" More cables shot out, hooking themselves around the door.
Kentas tugged them off and the cables slithered up his arm. There didn't seem to be an intent to harm him, just the cables trying to anchor themselves on something, so Kentas just watched them wind their way up.
"Meanie. Takeo, you-" Tao blinked, not looking at Kentas, but his cables squeezed Kentas' arm briefly and then poked him in the chest. "You're not Takeo."
"No, I'm not," Kentas said. "You can tell by how thick my arms are?" There was a difference, but Kentas hadn't thought Tao's cables were that sensitive.
"'Course I can!" Tao nodded hard enough to nearly bounce his head off M-21's shoulder. "I had to know his arm measurements for his suit!"
Kentas frowned when M-21 went past Tao's room and instead went to Takeo's room.
Takeo was there, just finishing up the spread of blankets across the floor. ...Right. With all the cables and everything else in Tao's room, even with blankets, it wouldn't be comfortable trying to sleep on top of them.
"Could have finished by the time we got here," Tao grumbled as M-21 set him down in the centre.
"You wouldn't have."
Tao stuck his tongue out at M-21 and turned over to face away from him.
Takeo eyed the cables still wrapped up around Kentas. "Tao doesn't tend to let go until he's fast asleep."
"And other times he holds onto us after he's fallen asleep," M-21 added, shaking his head.
Tao's cables tugged at Kentas' arms. "Come over already," Tao said into his pillow.
"We usually sleep with him when he stays up to make sure he doesn't sneak off again to keep working," Takeo said, laying down next to Tao.
Made sense. Kentas wasn't going anywhere anyway, so he settled down next to M-21.
He listened as the others drifted off one by one, enjoying being surrounded by other people, and then dozed off himself.