Adapt [Meet]
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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: Kentas meets Tai-eun.
Notes: Written for the anon who asked for Kentas and Tai-eun. How had it taken me this to have them meet, pfft.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 464
Total word count: 9,405
Status: Work in progress
Kentas turned his head, narrowing his eyes. There it was again. That soft sound of metal tapping against each other like rain falling — he'd heard it a few times since he'd been allowed into the household, always in different places. He had assumed it was part of the house but now he had a better idea of what was normal in the house, that one particular sound stood out.
He padded down the corridor, twisting his head to make sure the sound was still coming where he thought it was. He turned the corner and saw a flash of movement.
There was a delicate chain of metal curled up on a window sill, one end raised and poised like a cobra. The head was long and thin, two horns jutting straight out from the side.
The chain swung its head towards him and part of its body shivered, creating the sound he'd been tracking.
"So you're what I've been hearing," Kentas said, ambling over.
The chain lifted itself higher, moving in his direction, and Kentas raised a hand to let it slither up his palm.
It didn't have the cold bite of metal, warm enough like it had just been resting against skin, and it looped around his arm as it travelled upwards, its coils loose.
The bottom of it was still resting on the sill when its head reached his shoulder and Takeo's scent was all over it. Huh. It didn't smell like freshly spilled blood, so how...?
The chain investigated his ear for a beat and then climbed up his head. It seemed curious about the shaved parts of his head, because it wouldn't stop touching it.
"Tai-eun, I - ah."
Kentas turned around, seeing Takeo, a hand holding his hair up.
The chain rattled at Takeo and then prodded Kentas' head.
"Stop that," Takeo chided as he walked over. "His hair's fine."
The chain rattled again, the sound lower, but it moved to Takeo's free hand when he brought it up to Kentas' head, moving straight to Takeo's hair.
"Sorry," Takeo said. "Tai-eun hasn't been close to someone with hair like yours."
"Hn, that's fine," Kentas said, watching Tai-eun looping itself around Takeo's hair. "What are you doing?" Takeo didn't tend to put up his hair unless he was working, but he'd returned from that a while ago.
"I was going to train..." He trailed off, a small smile of his face, seeing Kentas perk up. "Do you want to join me?"
"Of course!" Kentas wouldn't turn down an invitation like that unless he'd been fatally injured.
Tai-eun tugged at Takeo's hair one last time then dropped to his shoulder, making the shimmering sound.
Takeo smiled at Tai-eun and then said, "We're ready, so let's go."
Kentas nodded and followed them downstairs, grinning in anticipation.
Summary: Kentas meets Tai-eun.
Notes: Written for the anon who asked for Kentas and Tai-eun. How had it taken me this to have them meet, pfft.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 464
Total word count: 9,405
Status: Work in progress
Kentas turned his head, narrowing his eyes. There it was again. That soft sound of metal tapping against each other like rain falling — he'd heard it a few times since he'd been allowed into the household, always in different places. He had assumed it was part of the house but now he had a better idea of what was normal in the house, that one particular sound stood out.
He padded down the corridor, twisting his head to make sure the sound was still coming where he thought it was. He turned the corner and saw a flash of movement.
There was a delicate chain of metal curled up on a window sill, one end raised and poised like a cobra. The head was long and thin, two horns jutting straight out from the side.
The chain swung its head towards him and part of its body shivered, creating the sound he'd been tracking.
"So you're what I've been hearing," Kentas said, ambling over.
The chain lifted itself higher, moving in his direction, and Kentas raised a hand to let it slither up his palm.
It didn't have the cold bite of metal, warm enough like it had just been resting against skin, and it looped around his arm as it travelled upwards, its coils loose.
The bottom of it was still resting on the sill when its head reached his shoulder and Takeo's scent was all over it. Huh. It didn't smell like freshly spilled blood, so how...?
The chain investigated his ear for a beat and then climbed up his head. It seemed curious about the shaved parts of his head, because it wouldn't stop touching it.
"Tai-eun, I - ah."
Kentas turned around, seeing Takeo, a hand holding his hair up.
The chain rattled at Takeo and then prodded Kentas' head.
"Stop that," Takeo chided as he walked over. "His hair's fine."
The chain rattled again, the sound lower, but it moved to Takeo's free hand when he brought it up to Kentas' head, moving straight to Takeo's hair.
"Sorry," Takeo said. "Tai-eun hasn't been close to someone with hair like yours."
"Hn, that's fine," Kentas said, watching Tai-eun looping itself around Takeo's hair. "What are you doing?" Takeo didn't tend to put up his hair unless he was working, but he'd returned from that a while ago.
"I was going to train..." He trailed off, a small smile of his face, seeing Kentas perk up. "Do you want to join me?"
"Of course!" Kentas wouldn't turn down an invitation like that unless he'd been fatally injured.
Tai-eun tugged at Takeo's hair one last time then dropped to his shoulder, making the shimmering sound.
Takeo smiled at Tai-eun and then said, "We're ready, so let's go."
Kentas nodded and followed them downstairs, grinning in anticipation.