Side Effect [Sleep]
May. 28th, 2018 05:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: Tao wasn’t sleeping. Again.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 510
Total word count: 17,480
Status: Work in progress
Tao wasn’t sleeping. Again. M-21 sighed, glancing at the clock one more time. It was past midnight, which wasn’t too bad, but Tao had been spent the last couple of days staying up as well.
“Tao?” Takeo said, glancing at him.
“Yeah.” Tao would just keep saying ‘five more minutes’ at them and then forget for the next hour.
He looked over at Takeo’s hum, and then raised an eyebrow when Takeo cleared his throat, looking away.
“The children told me something interesting about cats…” Takeo said.
M-21 raised his other eyebrow, smirking. “Yeah?”
* * *
One of Tao’s ears swivelled around when he heard the security door swishing open. “I’ll be done in five minutes!” he called out. He was sure of it! He just had to finish this one thing and then he’d be done.
“Uh-huh.”
“Whaaat, don’t believe me?” Tao didn’t look away from his screen, hearing two people approach. M-21 had spoken, so that meant the other person was Takeo.
“It’s something we’ve heard before,” Takeo said, setting something down on Tao’s desk.
He blinked at it.
It was a box. An empty one. A shoe box.
Why would-
“Hey!” Tao said, whirling on them, his ears flat, seeing M-21’s smirk. “That’s not gonna work!”
“Fine,” M-21 said, shrugging. “So leave it there.” He turned to leave, Takeo following him.
“Course I’ll leave it there,” Tao muttered. “Because I’m not gonna sit in it. I’ll use it for spare papers instead. Yeah, perfect size for them.”
Ignoring the box, Tao went back to work.
* * *
M-21 checked his phone one more time. “Ten minutes should be enough?”
Takeo nodded. If he wasn’t in it by now, he would be engrossed in his work again.
They entered the security room and Tao was nowhere in sight. There was a soft purring sound coming from near the computer though.
Inside the box was Tao in his nekomata form, the tips of his tail twitching.
“It’s so comffyyyyy,” Tao said, curling up further, “but I hate you both. I’ll totally get you back for this, using my instincts against me, hmph.”
Takeo picked up the box while M-21 snorted.
“Like how you keep making dog jokes?” M-21 said.
“…Point. Still gonna get you back though.”
“We know you will,” Takeo said, watching Tao’s eyes close. “After you sleep.”
Inspired by this post and talking with @madameazzure
Summary: Tao wasn’t sleeping. Again.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 510
Total word count: 17,480
Status: Work in progress
Tao wasn’t sleeping. Again. M-21 sighed, glancing at the clock one more time. It was past midnight, which wasn’t too bad, but Tao had been spent the last couple of days staying up as well.
“Tao?” Takeo said, glancing at him.
“Yeah.” Tao would just keep saying ‘five more minutes’ at them and then forget for the next hour.
He looked over at Takeo’s hum, and then raised an eyebrow when Takeo cleared his throat, looking away.
“The children told me something interesting about cats…” Takeo said.
M-21 raised his other eyebrow, smirking. “Yeah?”
One of Tao’s ears swivelled around when he heard the security door swishing open. “I’ll be done in five minutes!” he called out. He was sure of it! He just had to finish this one thing and then he’d be done.
“Uh-huh.”
“Whaaat, don’t believe me?” Tao didn’t look away from his screen, hearing two people approach. M-21 had spoken, so that meant the other person was Takeo.
“It’s something we’ve heard before,” Takeo said, setting something down on Tao’s desk.
He blinked at it.
It was a box. An empty one. A shoe box.
Why would-
“Hey!” Tao said, whirling on them, his ears flat, seeing M-21’s smirk. “That’s not gonna work!”
“Fine,” M-21 said, shrugging. “So leave it there.” He turned to leave, Takeo following him.
“Course I’ll leave it there,” Tao muttered. “Because I’m not gonna sit in it. I’ll use it for spare papers instead. Yeah, perfect size for them.”
Ignoring the box, Tao went back to work.
M-21 checked his phone one more time. “Ten minutes should be enough?”
Takeo nodded. If he wasn’t in it by now, he would be engrossed in his work again.
They entered the security room and Tao was nowhere in sight. There was a soft purring sound coming from near the computer though.
Inside the box was Tao in his nekomata form, the tips of his tail twitching.
“It’s so comffyyyyy,” Tao said, curling up further, “but I hate you both. I’ll totally get you back for this, using my instincts against me, hmph.”
Takeo picked up the box while M-21 snorted.
“Like how you keep making dog jokes?” M-21 said.
“…Point. Still gonna get you back though.”
“We know you will,” Takeo said, watching Tao’s eyes close. “After you sleep.”
Inspired by this post and talking with @madameazzure