Hound [Den]
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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: M-21 does what he can to feel more comfortable.
Notes: First scene is set a little after M-21 is brought into the household. Something else me and @madameazzure thought about.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 833
Total word count: 3,627
Status: Work in progress
Rai knocked on M-21′s door and waited. He felt M-21 jerk at the noise, focusing on the door, but he did not approach, staying where he was.
Hm…
M-21 would not come to the door… Rai waited a few more seconds before opening the door and walked in.
He knew where M-21 was but he blinked when his gaze pointed him towards the cupboard. Was his sensing power wrong?
But M-21 was nowhere else in the room, and the cupboard was the only place he could be other than the bathroom.
M-21 stood up as Rai approached, but he still did not leave the cupboard.
“M-21,” Rai called out, watching the sliding door.
A soft whine answered him, movement from inside the cupboard, all of M-21′s attention on him.
Hm…
M-21 wasn’t more hurt than the last time Rai had seen him, and M-21 seemed to be waiting for something.
Rai gently pushed the sliding door open, revealing M-21′s face within.
“The entire room is yours,” Rai told him, “not just the cupboard.”
M-21 glanced around the room and shrank back into the cupboard. Rai got a flash of crossed wires on all sides, of the bedroom being too open, too exposed from what M-21 was used to.
…Ah. So that was why.
Very well. “Dinner is almost ready,” Rai said and M-21 blinked, confusion at having multiple meals a day filling the air.
Rai waited, stepping back from the cupboard to give M-21 space.
M-21 crept out and followed him as Rai led the way downstairs.
* * *
Takeo frowned as he rummaged through one of his drawers. He was sure…
With a sigh, he left his room and went to Tao’s. The door was ajar, meaning Tao didn’t mind people walking right in, but Takeo knocked anyway.
“S’open, Takeo!”
Tao was curled up on his bed his laptop balanced on top of his knees and Tao looked up at him with a grin. “S’up?”
“Do you have one of my shirts?” Takeo asked. “It’s the one with blue and white stripes.” Tao was the only one who would have it if there had been a mix-up with the laundry: everyone else in the house would have returned it to him when they realised it didn’t fit them or wasn’t theirs.
Tao tilted his head, his gaze drifting upwards. “That one? Nah. Actually, I was meanin’ to ask ya if you’d gotten my off-shoulder top — I haven’t seen that for a couple days now.”
Takeo shook his head. One of his shirts being misplaced was one thing, but something of theirs both going missing? In Frankenstein’s house? But there was no-one el…
Takeo looked over in the direction of M-21′s room.
“Yeeeah, M coulda gotten our stuff,” Tao said, shutting his laptop with a click.
And he probably wouldn’t have known how to return it.
“Let’s go ask.”
Takeo followed Tao as Tao knocked on M-21′s door and entered. “Heeey, M, do you have… Hey?”
Tao paused and Takeo looked over him, seeing no-one else in the room. There was no sound coming from the bathroom either.
“I don’t think M-21 would wander,” Takeo said, checking the hallway just in case.
“He’d probably want our permission for that first,” Tao said, checking around the bed.
Takeo pursed his lips at that reminder, of how little free will M-21 had of his own.
“He’s not in the bathroom either,” Tao said.
There weren’t other places M-21 could be except… Except there was a shuffling noise coming from the cupboard.
Takeo glanced at Tao, who nodded.
“Heeey, M, you there?” Tao said as they approached.
A huff.
“Did ya get stuck in there, huh?” Tao said as Takeo eased the sliding door back.
M-21 was crouched there inside the cupboard. Along with Takeo’s shirt and Tao’s top. And if he wasn’t mistaken, Takeo could see something of Raizel-nim’s in the pile as well.
“Oooh, so that’s where-” M-21 backed away, his eyes darting to the clothes around him. Tao beamed. “-you are! We were a little worried.”
M-21 relaxed, though he stayed where he was.
“Do you wanna come out with us or do you wanna stay here?” Tao asked him.
M-21 didn’t move for a couple seconds. They’d tried to coax M-21 into making decisions, but it seemed to panic him more when given a choice, making him freeze.
M-21 curled back up on the pile of clothes, watching them from the corner of his eyes.
“All right,” Tao said with a nod. “We’ll see ya later.”
Takeo closed the cupboard, making sure to leave a gap.
When they left M-21′s room, Takeo said, “I can use other tops.” He had enough spare.
“I was due to buy another bundle anyway — aaah, it’s nice having a salary!”
Takeo looked at Tao. “You’re going to run out of space soon.”
“And you don’t use enough,” Tao shot back with a grin. “If I do fill everything up, I can just use yours.”
“…Hey…”
Summary: M-21 does what he can to feel more comfortable.
Notes: First scene is set a little after M-21 is brought into the household. Something else me and @madameazzure thought about.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 833
Total word count: 3,627
Status: Work in progress
Rai knocked on M-21′s door and waited. He felt M-21 jerk at the noise, focusing on the door, but he did not approach, staying where he was.
Hm…
M-21 would not come to the door… Rai waited a few more seconds before opening the door and walked in.
He knew where M-21 was but he blinked when his gaze pointed him towards the cupboard. Was his sensing power wrong?
But M-21 was nowhere else in the room, and the cupboard was the only place he could be other than the bathroom.
M-21 stood up as Rai approached, but he still did not leave the cupboard.
“M-21,” Rai called out, watching the sliding door.
A soft whine answered him, movement from inside the cupboard, all of M-21′s attention on him.
Hm…
M-21 wasn’t more hurt than the last time Rai had seen him, and M-21 seemed to be waiting for something.
Rai gently pushed the sliding door open, revealing M-21′s face within.
“The entire room is yours,” Rai told him, “not just the cupboard.”
M-21 glanced around the room and shrank back into the cupboard. Rai got a flash of crossed wires on all sides, of the bedroom being too open, too exposed from what M-21 was used to.
…Ah. So that was why.
Very well. “Dinner is almost ready,” Rai said and M-21 blinked, confusion at having multiple meals a day filling the air.
Rai waited, stepping back from the cupboard to give M-21 space.
M-21 crept out and followed him as Rai led the way downstairs.
Takeo frowned as he rummaged through one of his drawers. He was sure…
With a sigh, he left his room and went to Tao’s. The door was ajar, meaning Tao didn’t mind people walking right in, but Takeo knocked anyway.
“S’open, Takeo!”
Tao was curled up on his bed his laptop balanced on top of his knees and Tao looked up at him with a grin. “S’up?”
“Do you have one of my shirts?” Takeo asked. “It’s the one with blue and white stripes.” Tao was the only one who would have it if there had been a mix-up with the laundry: everyone else in the house would have returned it to him when they realised it didn’t fit them or wasn’t theirs.
Tao tilted his head, his gaze drifting upwards. “That one? Nah. Actually, I was meanin’ to ask ya if you’d gotten my off-shoulder top — I haven’t seen that for a couple days now.”
Takeo shook his head. One of his shirts being misplaced was one thing, but something of theirs both going missing? In Frankenstein’s house? But there was no-one el…
Takeo looked over in the direction of M-21′s room.
“Yeeeah, M coulda gotten our stuff,” Tao said, shutting his laptop with a click.
And he probably wouldn’t have known how to return it.
“Let’s go ask.”
Takeo followed Tao as Tao knocked on M-21′s door and entered. “Heeey, M, do you have… Hey?”
Tao paused and Takeo looked over him, seeing no-one else in the room. There was no sound coming from the bathroom either.
“I don’t think M-21 would wander,” Takeo said, checking the hallway just in case.
“He’d probably want our permission for that first,” Tao said, checking around the bed.
Takeo pursed his lips at that reminder, of how little free will M-21 had of his own.
“He’s not in the bathroom either,” Tao said.
There weren’t other places M-21 could be except… Except there was a shuffling noise coming from the cupboard.
Takeo glanced at Tao, who nodded.
“Heeey, M, you there?” Tao said as they approached.
A huff.
“Did ya get stuck in there, huh?” Tao said as Takeo eased the sliding door back.
M-21 was crouched there inside the cupboard. Along with Takeo’s shirt and Tao’s top. And if he wasn’t mistaken, Takeo could see something of Raizel-nim’s in the pile as well.
“Oooh, so that’s where-” M-21 backed away, his eyes darting to the clothes around him. Tao beamed. “-you are! We were a little worried.”
M-21 relaxed, though he stayed where he was.
“Do you wanna come out with us or do you wanna stay here?” Tao asked him.
M-21 didn’t move for a couple seconds. They’d tried to coax M-21 into making decisions, but it seemed to panic him more when given a choice, making him freeze.
M-21 curled back up on the pile of clothes, watching them from the corner of his eyes.
“All right,” Tao said with a nod. “We’ll see ya later.”
Takeo closed the cupboard, making sure to leave a gap.
When they left M-21′s room, Takeo said, “I can use other tops.” He had enough spare.
“I was due to buy another bundle anyway — aaah, it’s nice having a salary!”
Takeo looked at Tao. “You’re going to run out of space soon.”
“And you don’t use enough,” Tao shot back with a grin. “If I do fill everything up, I can just use yours.”
“…Hey…”