Mission [Cups and Treats]
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esp_dragonv2Fandom: Noblesse
Summary: Rai plays with M-21 and Tao with cups.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 721
Total word count: 14,829
Status: Work in progress
Rai placed the brightly coloured cups upside down on the table. He studied them for a few seconds before moving the right blue one closer to him, so they lined up perfectly. Yes.
"M-21," he called out, hearing M-21's claws clicking on the tiles towards him.
"Yes?" M-21 said, sitting next to him, looking up at him.
Rai held out the three treats he'd picked out from the treat box, letting M-21 see them. Then he slid them under the centre red cup, smiling at M-21's pricked ears and twitching nose.
"Can you see where I put the treats?"
M-21 nodded, gaze trained on the cup. "Yes, the middle one."
Rai started to move the cups, like he had seen in the video, all of them changing places with each other as he made sure not to lift the rims.
He stopped after a few swaps, the red cup now on the left. "Which cup is the treats under?"
M-21 stared at the cups before he got up and leaned closer to the cups. He glanced at Rai and then pawed towards the red cup. "This cup."
Rai smiled and lifted the cup, revealing the treats underneath. "Good job."
M-21 perked up, tail thumping against the sofa.
Rai waited, but M-21 didn't move, staying where he was.
M-21's ears slunk down the longer Rai waited and Rai felt his growing uneasiness. Hmm.
There was a small gasp to their side. "Treats!"
Rai was only just able to catch Tao as the kitten dashed over the table, scattering the other cups.
"Nooo!" Tao yowled, wriggling in Rai's grasp. "Lemme have the treeeats!"
"Tao," Rai said, keeping his hold, "those treats are for M-21."
"But they're on the table!" Tao protested. "Asking to be eaten! And he's not eating them, and you're not eating them. They're treats - they should be eaten. And I want them."
Rai sighed, petting Tao in the hopes that would distract him. It didn't, Tao still focused on the treats and pawing towards them.
"They're mine...?" M-21 asked, looking between the treats and Rai.
"Yes," Rai said, "they are yours. You found them."
"...They weren't very hard to find..." M-21 said, but he pawed at the treats, dragging them off the table and eating them.
"I waaant some!" Tao yowled again.
"If you can find them," Rai said, taking a few more treats.
"They're in the box you're holding," Tao said, wriggling again, towards Rai instead of the table.
"On the table," Rai said, smiling. He put Tao onto the table, and made sure Tao saw him hide the treats under the green cup in front of him.
Rai moved the cups again, Tao weaving between them as he did so.
"Where are the treats?" Rai asked once he stopped moving the cups.
Tao looked at him, and then the cups. Then back at Rai. "They're gone!" he wailed.
Rai blinked. "Yes. Where are they?"
"I don't know."
Hm. Maybe Tao was too young for this? "Try tapping one of the cups."
"Like this?" Tao swatted a cup. It wobbled, but did not topple.
Rai lifted the cup and Tao investigated the empty space. "Nothing!"
"He doesn't remember?" M-21 said, his head tilted.
"Tao is young," Rai said, petting M-21. That was the reason he guessed Tao was having difficulties with the task. He would ask Frankenstein later.
"Hnnng." Tao patted the green cup and Rai lifted it, revealing the treats. "Aha!" Tao pounced on them, gobbling them up.
As soon as he was done, Tao patted the third cup. "Nooo," Tao said when Rai lifted it for him and saw there was nothing under it.
Yes, Tao wasn't understanding that treats were being hidden.
"You both found the treats," Rai said, gathering Tao onto his lap. "Well done."
M-21's tail thumped against the sofa again and hm, maybe he preferred praise over treats?
"I can I have more?" Tao asked, purring.
"Dinner is soon," Rai told him.
"And I can eat the treats until it's dinner!"
Rai sighed. Tao always wanted food, but Frankenstein had told him Tao should only have a few treats between meals. "You can eat at dinner."
"Meeean!" Tao did not move away from him however, content to stay on his lap and accept Rai's pets.
He could distract them until then.
Inspired by this video. :)
Summary: Rai plays with M-21 and Tao with cups.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 721
Total word count: 14,829
Status: Work in progress
Rai placed the brightly coloured cups upside down on the table. He studied them for a few seconds before moving the right blue one closer to him, so they lined up perfectly. Yes.
"M-21," he called out, hearing M-21's claws clicking on the tiles towards him.
"Yes?" M-21 said, sitting next to him, looking up at him.
Rai held out the three treats he'd picked out from the treat box, letting M-21 see them. Then he slid them under the centre red cup, smiling at M-21's pricked ears and twitching nose.
"Can you see where I put the treats?"
M-21 nodded, gaze trained on the cup. "Yes, the middle one."
Rai started to move the cups, like he had seen in the video, all of them changing places with each other as he made sure not to lift the rims.
He stopped after a few swaps, the red cup now on the left. "Which cup is the treats under?"
M-21 stared at the cups before he got up and leaned closer to the cups. He glanced at Rai and then pawed towards the red cup. "This cup."
Rai smiled and lifted the cup, revealing the treats underneath. "Good job."
M-21 perked up, tail thumping against the sofa.
Rai waited, but M-21 didn't move, staying where he was.
M-21's ears slunk down the longer Rai waited and Rai felt his growing uneasiness. Hmm.
There was a small gasp to their side. "Treats!"
Rai was only just able to catch Tao as the kitten dashed over the table, scattering the other cups.
"Nooo!" Tao yowled, wriggling in Rai's grasp. "Lemme have the treeeats!"
"Tao," Rai said, keeping his hold, "those treats are for M-21."
"But they're on the table!" Tao protested. "Asking to be eaten! And he's not eating them, and you're not eating them. They're treats - they should be eaten. And I want them."
Rai sighed, petting Tao in the hopes that would distract him. It didn't, Tao still focused on the treats and pawing towards them.
"They're mine...?" M-21 asked, looking between the treats and Rai.
"Yes," Rai said, "they are yours. You found them."
"...They weren't very hard to find..." M-21 said, but he pawed at the treats, dragging them off the table and eating them.
"I waaant some!" Tao yowled again.
"If you can find them," Rai said, taking a few more treats.
"They're in the box you're holding," Tao said, wriggling again, towards Rai instead of the table.
"On the table," Rai said, smiling. He put Tao onto the table, and made sure Tao saw him hide the treats under the green cup in front of him.
Rai moved the cups again, Tao weaving between them as he did so.
"Where are the treats?" Rai asked once he stopped moving the cups.
Tao looked at him, and then the cups. Then back at Rai. "They're gone!" he wailed.
Rai blinked. "Yes. Where are they?"
"I don't know."
Hm. Maybe Tao was too young for this? "Try tapping one of the cups."
"Like this?" Tao swatted a cup. It wobbled, but did not topple.
Rai lifted the cup and Tao investigated the empty space. "Nothing!"
"He doesn't remember?" M-21 said, his head tilted.
"Tao is young," Rai said, petting M-21. That was the reason he guessed Tao was having difficulties with the task. He would ask Frankenstein later.
"Hnnng." Tao patted the green cup and Rai lifted it, revealing the treats. "Aha!" Tao pounced on them, gobbling them up.
As soon as he was done, Tao patted the third cup. "Nooo," Tao said when Rai lifted it for him and saw there was nothing under it.
Yes, Tao wasn't understanding that treats were being hidden.
"You both found the treats," Rai said, gathering Tao onto his lap. "Well done."
M-21's tail thumped against the sofa again and hm, maybe he preferred praise over treats?
"I can I have more?" Tao asked, purring.
"Dinner is soon," Rai told him.
"And I can eat the treats until it's dinner!"
Rai sighed. Tao always wanted food, but Frankenstein had told him Tao should only have a few treats between meals. "You can eat at dinner."
"Meeean!" Tao did not move away from him however, content to stay on his lap and accept Rai's pets.
He could distract them until then.
Inspired by this video. :)