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esp_dragonv2) wrote2023-12-09 06:03 pm
esp_dragonv2) wrote2023-12-09 06:03 pm
Pace the Night [Pet]
Fandom: Noblesse
Summary: Tao ran his fingers through M-21's fur.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 424
Total word count: 33,957
Status: Work in progress
Tao stopped typing when he heard his alarm. Why had he set it? Especially when it was -he checked the time- at night? He'd barely gotten started on his projects! ...Okay, he'd already been working on them for two hours already, but it felt like he'd just started! He unlocked his phone.
[Full moon!!]
Oh. Right. He got up and when he stretched, his back cracked in multiple places. So maybe he was supposed to get up now anyway...
He left his room and checked M-21's. The door was ajar, clothes strewn across the floor. Other than that, it was empty.
That was weird. Usually when M-21 was instinctual, he stayed in his room or went to his or Takeo's room.
Tao poked his head in Takeo's room, but it was just Takeo in his bed.
"Wha-?"
"Just checking for Em," he whispered. "No danger here."
"Okay..."
Tao shut the door again, humming. The balcony door was closed too, so he headed downstairs.
The living room door was open and he grinned, seeing M-21 there.
"You tryna hide from me, huh?" he said, seeing M-21's ears flick towards him.
M-21 was fully transformed, sitting at the window and staring up at the moon.
"Do you wanna go outside?" Tao sat next to him, throwing an arm around M-21's shoulders, arm sinking through M-21's fur.
Still no response.
"Are you angry at me?" He couldn't think why M-21 would be - he hadn't played any pranks recently, and they hadn't been in any fights either. M-21 wasn't moving away though, so M-21 wasn't really mad at him.
"Will scritches help?" Tao ran his hand down M-21's skull, finding the the base of his ears.
M-21 kept staring up at the moon, ears quivering, rumbling lowing in his chest.
Tao made a few passes and then sighed, pulling his hand back. "All right. I'll sto-"
M-21 whirled on him, almost headbutting him in an attempt to get his head back under Tao's hand.
It was enough force and caught Tao by surprise that he toppled over with M-21 on top of him. All Tao could see was M-21 staring at him, pawing at Tao's chest as he whined.
Tao burst out laughing, raising his hand again to continue petting him. "I thought you didn't want it!"
As soon as Tao started petting, M-21's eyes half-lidded, growling softly again.
Okay, so it wasn't a warning growl then.
Though Tao was tempted to see if M-21 would react the same if he did it again...
Summary: Tao ran his fingers through M-21's fur.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 424
Total word count: 33,957
Status: Work in progress
Tao stopped typing when he heard his alarm. Why had he set it? Especially when it was -he checked the time- at night? He'd barely gotten started on his projects! ...Okay, he'd already been working on them for two hours already, but it felt like he'd just started! He unlocked his phone.
[Full moon!!]
Oh. Right. He got up and when he stretched, his back cracked in multiple places. So maybe he was supposed to get up now anyway...
He left his room and checked M-21's. The door was ajar, clothes strewn across the floor. Other than that, it was empty.
That was weird. Usually when M-21 was instinctual, he stayed in his room or went to his or Takeo's room.
Tao poked his head in Takeo's room, but it was just Takeo in his bed.
"Wha-?"
"Just checking for Em," he whispered. "No danger here."
"Okay..."
Tao shut the door again, humming. The balcony door was closed too, so he headed downstairs.
The living room door was open and he grinned, seeing M-21 there.
"You tryna hide from me, huh?" he said, seeing M-21's ears flick towards him.
M-21 was fully transformed, sitting at the window and staring up at the moon.
"Do you wanna go outside?" Tao sat next to him, throwing an arm around M-21's shoulders, arm sinking through M-21's fur.
Still no response.
"Are you angry at me?" He couldn't think why M-21 would be - he hadn't played any pranks recently, and they hadn't been in any fights either. M-21 wasn't moving away though, so M-21 wasn't really mad at him.
"Will scritches help?" Tao ran his hand down M-21's skull, finding the the base of his ears.
M-21 kept staring up at the moon, ears quivering, rumbling lowing in his chest.
Tao made a few passes and then sighed, pulling his hand back. "All right. I'll sto-"
M-21 whirled on him, almost headbutting him in an attempt to get his head back under Tao's hand.
It was enough force and caught Tao by surprise that he toppled over with M-21 on top of him. All Tao could see was M-21 staring at him, pawing at Tao's chest as he whined.
Tao burst out laughing, raising his hand again to continue petting him. "I thought you didn't want it!"
As soon as Tao started petting, M-21's eyes half-lidded, growling softly again.
Okay, so it wasn't a warning growl then.
Though Tao was tempted to see if M-21 would react the same if he did it again...