Hound [Bother]
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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: M-21 tries to get Tao to sleep.
Notes: Set further ahead in the timeline.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 571
Total word count: 1,998
Status: Work in progress
Tao turned his head at the sound of a door closing. He smiled, dropping his hand over his armrest, M-21 pushing his head into Tao’s hand.
“What’s up?” Tao said, most of his attention still on the screen, his free hand typing.
“Sleep?”
“Hm?” Tao glanced at M-21, who was looking up at him. “If you wanna sleep, you don’t need my permission.” M-21 hadn’t asked that before, but then, M-21 usually want to bed when he or Takeo did…
M-21 huffed. “You. Sleep.”
“Oh!” Tao snickered and ruffled M-21′s hair. “I will — I just need five more minutes.”
M-21 nodded, letting Tao pet him for a little longer before leaving again.
Now, what else did he need to do to fix the code…?
* * *
Tao twitched at a light pressure at his elbow and looked down to see M-21 there, studying him. “…Sleep?”
Oh, right. “Sorry, M, musta lost track of time, heh. Give me five minutes to finish up and I’ll go to bed, don’t worry.”
M-21 bobbed his head, still watching him, and then left the room.
If he had five minutes, he needed to make a list of all the things that had cropped up earlier…
* * *
“All riiight,” Tao muttered under his breath, squinting at the screen. That had to be half of -
Tao yelped as he was scooped up. The room span and Tao blinked up at Takeo’s face.
“Wha-? Hey, I was gonna-!”
“Finish in five minutes,” Takeo finished, giving him a wry smile.
“Well, yeah,” Tao grumbled, trying to peek over Takeo’s shoulder.
“Your computer has an autosave option and no-one else is going to touch it,” Takeo said as they left the security room.
“Then I could just-”
“It’s three in the morning.”
Was it? Tao tried to remember the last time he’d looked at the clock, but when that failed, he squinted up at Takeo. “How’d you know to check on me anyway?”
“Because somebody woke me up because he was worried about you.” Takeo nodded deeper into the house.
Somebo-? Tao looked over and got a flash of movement in the distance. “…Oooh.” M-21 wouldn’t think he’d be able to force Tao to go to bed, so he’d gotten Takeo’s help instead. “He actually said that?”
“He thought you needed sleep.”
He was worried about him. And M-21 had to be really worried if he was willing to wake Takeo up. “All right, I’ll go sleep,” Tao said, snuggling deeper into Takeo’s arms.
* * *
Tao stretched as he poured himself a cup of coffee, hearing someone approach him from behind. “Mornin’, M,” he said. M-21 was usually easy to identify, his gait not heading directly for the kitchen.
“Morning…” The reply was subdued, and Tao glanced over.
M-21 was standing on two feet by the door, eyeing him. It had been a while since M-21 had been reluctant to go near him.
“Hey, what’s up?” Tao said, setting the coffee down.
M-21 looked away. “Not angry?”
Angry for what? Tao almost said. They’d been fine the previous night, and Tao hadn’t raised his voice so M-21 would misunderstand. The only thing - oh, right.
“Nah, not angry,” Tao said, shaking his head. “Go call on Takeo again if you think I’m being stubborn about sleep. Or ya can keep pestering me too.”
M-21 didn’t say anything, and then relaxed, walking towards him. “Okay.”
Summary: M-21 tries to get Tao to sleep.
Notes: Set further ahead in the timeline.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 571
Total word count: 1,998
Status: Work in progress
Tao turned his head at the sound of a door closing. He smiled, dropping his hand over his armrest, M-21 pushing his head into Tao’s hand.
“What’s up?” Tao said, most of his attention still on the screen, his free hand typing.
“Sleep?”
“Hm?” Tao glanced at M-21, who was looking up at him. “If you wanna sleep, you don’t need my permission.” M-21 hadn’t asked that before, but then, M-21 usually want to bed when he or Takeo did…
M-21 huffed. “You. Sleep.”
“Oh!” Tao snickered and ruffled M-21′s hair. “I will — I just need five more minutes.”
M-21 nodded, letting Tao pet him for a little longer before leaving again.
Now, what else did he need to do to fix the code…?
Tao twitched at a light pressure at his elbow and looked down to see M-21 there, studying him. “…Sleep?”
Oh, right. “Sorry, M, musta lost track of time, heh. Give me five minutes to finish up and I’ll go to bed, don’t worry.”
M-21 bobbed his head, still watching him, and then left the room.
If he had five minutes, he needed to make a list of all the things that had cropped up earlier…
“All riiight,” Tao muttered under his breath, squinting at the screen. That had to be half of -
Tao yelped as he was scooped up. The room span and Tao blinked up at Takeo’s face.
“Wha-? Hey, I was gonna-!”
“Finish in five minutes,” Takeo finished, giving him a wry smile.
“Well, yeah,” Tao grumbled, trying to peek over Takeo’s shoulder.
“Your computer has an autosave option and no-one else is going to touch it,” Takeo said as they left the security room.
“Then I could just-”
“It’s three in the morning.”
Was it? Tao tried to remember the last time he’d looked at the clock, but when that failed, he squinted up at Takeo. “How’d you know to check on me anyway?”
“Because somebody woke me up because he was worried about you.” Takeo nodded deeper into the house.
Somebo-? Tao looked over and got a flash of movement in the distance. “…Oooh.” M-21 wouldn’t think he’d be able to force Tao to go to bed, so he’d gotten Takeo’s help instead. “He actually said that?”
“He thought you needed sleep.”
He was worried about him. And M-21 had to be really worried if he was willing to wake Takeo up. “All right, I’ll go sleep,” Tao said, snuggling deeper into Takeo’s arms.
Tao stretched as he poured himself a cup of coffee, hearing someone approach him from behind. “Mornin’, M,” he said. M-21 was usually easy to identify, his gait not heading directly for the kitchen.
“Morning…” The reply was subdued, and Tao glanced over.
M-21 was standing on two feet by the door, eyeing him. It had been a while since M-21 had been reluctant to go near him.
“Hey, what’s up?” Tao said, setting the coffee down.
M-21 looked away. “Not angry?”
Angry for what? Tao almost said. They’d been fine the previous night, and Tao hadn’t raised his voice so M-21 would misunderstand. The only thing - oh, right.
“Nah, not angry,” Tao said, shaking his head. “Go call on Takeo again if you think I’m being stubborn about sleep. Or ya can keep pestering me too.”
M-21 didn’t say anything, and then relaxed, walking towards him. “Okay.”