D (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
esp_dragonv2) wrote2022-08-13 04:49 pm
esp_dragonv2) wrote2022-08-13 04:49 pm
Entry tags:
Adapt [Recognise]
Fandom: Noblesse
Summary: M-21 acts differently one night.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 444
Total word count: 30,256
Status: Work in progress
Kentas eased the bedroom door open after he returned from a run and peaked in. M-21 was still in bed and... Hn.
He squeezed through the crack he'd made, but M-21 still didn't stir. Was he all right? Was he having another nightmare?
But M-21's breathing was even and soft.
Kentas closed the door behind him and that still wasn't enough to wake M-21.
"M-21...?" Kentas murmured, walking closer.
"Nng?" That did get a response from M-21, who opened one eye to look at him blearily.
"Are you all right?"
"Yeah?" M-21's voice was a bit husky, and he didn't bother to clear his throat.
"Are you sick?" Kentas sat down next to him, M-21 curling closer to him with a sigh.
A slow blink. "I just said I was fine? What is it?"
"You just." It sounded strange as Kentas thought it through, but it made sense. "You didn't wake up when I came in." M-21 always woke up whenever Kentas entered the room. The only times he didn't was when he was really tired or sick.
"Oh."
Kentas waited for an answer, but none came.
Because M-21 had closed his eye and drifted off to sleep again.
Kentas pressed his hand to M-21's forehead -which still didn't wake him up- and it felt like the normal temperature.
Then... What was it?
Maybe M-21 didn't know the answer, and Kentas wouldn't be able to figure it out either.
He moved to sleep behind M-21, just listening in case M-21's breathing changed.
* * *
M-21 seemed to sleep well and Kentas dozed while M-21 got ready in the morning.
"Hey, you okay?" M-21 asked while he flipped the tie into a knot.
"Yeah. Just...thinking," Kentas said as he finally sat up. M-21 hadn't remembered, or didn't seem to remember what had happened last night.
M-21's movements slowed, and eyebrow raising. "About what?"
"You didn't wake up last night. When came back. I thought you might have been sick, but you weren't."
"I didn't..." M-21 stared at him blankly. "That's it?"
Kentas shrugged. "You're a really light sleeper most of the time."
"Huh." M-21 didn't say anything for a couple of seconds, before he walked over and sat down next to Kentas. "I'm a light sleeper because I had to be. I had to be awake at any noise in case it was an attack."
Oh. That was the life M-21 used to live. He would be attacked in his sleep?
"If I don't wake up, then..." M-21 exhaled, leaning into Kentas' shoulder. "I didn't think you were a threat."
He didn't-? Oh! Kentas beamed, rumbling hard as he nuzzled M-21's cheek.
Summary: M-21 acts differently one night.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 444
Total word count: 30,256
Status: Work in progress
Kentas eased the bedroom door open after he returned from a run and peaked in. M-21 was still in bed and... Hn.
He squeezed through the crack he'd made, but M-21 still didn't stir. Was he all right? Was he having another nightmare?
But M-21's breathing was even and soft.
Kentas closed the door behind him and that still wasn't enough to wake M-21.
"M-21...?" Kentas murmured, walking closer.
"Nng?" That did get a response from M-21, who opened one eye to look at him blearily.
"Are you all right?"
"Yeah?" M-21's voice was a bit husky, and he didn't bother to clear his throat.
"Are you sick?" Kentas sat down next to him, M-21 curling closer to him with a sigh.
A slow blink. "I just said I was fine? What is it?"
"You just." It sounded strange as Kentas thought it through, but it made sense. "You didn't wake up when I came in." M-21 always woke up whenever Kentas entered the room. The only times he didn't was when he was really tired or sick.
"Oh."
Kentas waited for an answer, but none came.
Because M-21 had closed his eye and drifted off to sleep again.
Kentas pressed his hand to M-21's forehead -which still didn't wake him up- and it felt like the normal temperature.
Then... What was it?
Maybe M-21 didn't know the answer, and Kentas wouldn't be able to figure it out either.
He moved to sleep behind M-21, just listening in case M-21's breathing changed.
M-21 seemed to sleep well and Kentas dozed while M-21 got ready in the morning.
"Hey, you okay?" M-21 asked while he flipped the tie into a knot.
"Yeah. Just...thinking," Kentas said as he finally sat up. M-21 hadn't remembered, or didn't seem to remember what had happened last night.
M-21's movements slowed, and eyebrow raising. "About what?"
"You didn't wake up last night. When came back. I thought you might have been sick, but you weren't."
"I didn't..." M-21 stared at him blankly. "That's it?"
Kentas shrugged. "You're a really light sleeper most of the time."
"Huh." M-21 didn't say anything for a couple of seconds, before he walked over and sat down next to Kentas. "I'm a light sleeper because I had to be. I had to be awake at any noise in case it was an attack."
Oh. That was the life M-21 used to live. He would be attacked in his sleep?
"If I don't wake up, then..." M-21 exhaled, leaning into Kentas' shoulder. "I didn't think you were a threat."
He didn't-? Oh! Kentas beamed, rumbling hard as he nuzzled M-21's cheek.