Side Effect (Noblesse, Takeo+M-21)
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no_true_pairTitle: Side Effect
Author:darkicedragon
Fandom: Noblesse
Pairing/characters: Takeo, Tao, M-21
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Summary: Tao was acting a little sneaky. This is not a good sign.
Word Count: 831
Prompt/challenge you're answering: M-21 has been kidnapped! Is Takeo ready to rush to M-21's rescue? Or is he/she involved in the abduction?
The door behind Takeo opened slowly and he twisted around in that direction, leaving the TV remote where it was. Someone acting cautious in the household was never a good sign, for one reason or another. When he saw it was Tao on the other side of the door, peering through the crack, Takeo amended his previous thoughts – Tao acting cautious was never a good sign for everyone else and a signal to get out of the vicinity as soon as possible.
Before Takeo could do anything, Tao gestured, asking if Frankenstein was in the room.
…He should get out before Tao roped him into this new plan. If Tao was worried about pissed off Frankenstein, it wasn't something Takeo wanted to be a part of. Even though, Takeo shook his head, and Tao relaxed, pushing the door open fully.
Tao was wearing a hat. A completely black one that was the same colour as Tao's hair, blending into it easily. Behind him, M-21 was clutching a stuffed black bag in his arms.
Takeo raised his eyebrows at Tao. "You're finally clearing out your room?" he asked dryly, eyeing the bag. The situation was off though – Tao wouldn't ask M-21 to carry his things without also carrying some of it himself, and M-21's expression wasn't the resigned one where he'd been bulldozed into going with Tao's plan – he was worried, his posture stiff and he kept double-checking behind him.
"Pfft, no!" Tao declared, shaking his head. Takeo was surprised the hat didn't even more; it didn't look like it was sitting that snuggly on top of his head. Then again, this was Tao – he'd probably modified it in some way. "I need all that stuff."
He just snorted lightly at that, but he let the topic drop. They could talk discuss having space in your own room later. "What happened?" he asked, nodding the bag as M-21 headed towards the front door.
"My sheets got shredded," M-21 said. His sheets had been shredded? Takeo stiffened before he frowned – there couldn't have been a fight (he would have heard the commotion and Tao and M-21 weren't holding themselves like they were injured) but the thought of M-21 accidently doing that didn't seem right to Takeo either. But M-21's wariness suddenly made a whole lot more sense; if Frankenstein found out about that…
"Heh, yeah, my fault," Tao admitted, draping himself over the back of the sofa, waggling his fingers close to Takeo's face.
Takeo rolled his eyes. "What did you do?" Tao's nails were different. They were still the same black colour, but they were longer than usual, ending at a long point. They even curved downwards and Takeo just stared at them, puzzled. Why had he changed his nails to emulate M-21's?
Except while Takeo was studying them, Tao's nails shortened and the points changed until they looked completely normal, round at the end.
Takeo hissed, his eyes darting up to Tao's face. Who now had slitted pupils.
"Weeell, it was an accident," Tao said, waving his hand and Takeo couldn't help but track its movement, expecting fur to sprout all over it.
"You suddenly grew claws and shredded M-21's sheets," Takeo said, his voice flat, causing Tao to snicker. He should be more worried about Tao's sudden change, but…neither Tao or M-21 were (the damage was something else). And he knew Tao – he would have gone straight to Frankenstein.
"What did he say?"
"Boss?" Tao didn't wait for him to confirm before continuing. "He's running a couple of tests right now – he's fairly certain what I am – he's just not sure how it happened." Then Tao lifted his hat away to reveal…cat ears. Once the ears were free, they twitched and twisted around, obviously not fake.
Takeo just stared at them blankly for a few seconds before sighing. "That's why you wore a hat." Frankenstein was looking into it, it wasn't causing Tao problems (assumedly); panicking about the sudden change wasn't necessary.
"Yup," Tao said, nodding. "I've got a tail too."
He blinked, trying to work out if Tao was joking out of habit. Except in this case… Takeo half stood up to peer over the back of the sofa – and he really did have a tail.
M-21 came back inside then, his hands empty, looking more relaxed.
"So, we're having breakfast now and then M-21's gonna try and teach me how to control my claws. Wanna come?" Tao asked, his tail swinging around in slow strokes.
It made sense to do that, if Tao was already accidently damaging things in Frankenstein's house; it'd be better for their health if they kept it to a minimum. But just in case M-21 minded, Takeo raised an eyebrow in M-21's direction and got a small smile and a dip of the head in return.
"Yeah," he replied, standing up properly. They didn't know if Tao's transformation was permanent or not, but they'd work with it no matter what was going to happening.
Author:
darkicedragonFandom: Noblesse
Pairing/characters: Takeo, Tao, M-21
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Summary: Tao was acting a little sneaky. This is not a good sign.
Word Count: 831
Prompt/challenge you're answering: M-21 has been kidnapped! Is Takeo ready to rush to M-21's rescue? Or is he/she involved in the abduction?
The door behind Takeo opened slowly and he twisted around in that direction, leaving the TV remote where it was. Someone acting cautious in the household was never a good sign, for one reason or another. When he saw it was Tao on the other side of the door, peering through the crack, Takeo amended his previous thoughts – Tao acting cautious was never a good sign for everyone else and a signal to get out of the vicinity as soon as possible.
Before Takeo could do anything, Tao gestured, asking if Frankenstein was in the room.
…He should get out before Tao roped him into this new plan. If Tao was worried about pissed off Frankenstein, it wasn't something Takeo wanted to be a part of. Even though, Takeo shook his head, and Tao relaxed, pushing the door open fully.
Tao was wearing a hat. A completely black one that was the same colour as Tao's hair, blending into it easily. Behind him, M-21 was clutching a stuffed black bag in his arms.
Takeo raised his eyebrows at Tao. "You're finally clearing out your room?" he asked dryly, eyeing the bag. The situation was off though – Tao wouldn't ask M-21 to carry his things without also carrying some of it himself, and M-21's expression wasn't the resigned one where he'd been bulldozed into going with Tao's plan – he was worried, his posture stiff and he kept double-checking behind him.
"Pfft, no!" Tao declared, shaking his head. Takeo was surprised the hat didn't even more; it didn't look like it was sitting that snuggly on top of his head. Then again, this was Tao – he'd probably modified it in some way. "I need all that stuff."
He just snorted lightly at that, but he let the topic drop. They could talk discuss having space in your own room later. "What happened?" he asked, nodding the bag as M-21 headed towards the front door.
"My sheets got shredded," M-21 said. His sheets had been shredded? Takeo stiffened before he frowned – there couldn't have been a fight (he would have heard the commotion and Tao and M-21 weren't holding themselves like they were injured) but the thought of M-21 accidently doing that didn't seem right to Takeo either. But M-21's wariness suddenly made a whole lot more sense; if Frankenstein found out about that…
"Heh, yeah, my fault," Tao admitted, draping himself over the back of the sofa, waggling his fingers close to Takeo's face.
Takeo rolled his eyes. "What did you do?" Tao's nails were different. They were still the same black colour, but they were longer than usual, ending at a long point. They even curved downwards and Takeo just stared at them, puzzled. Why had he changed his nails to emulate M-21's?
Except while Takeo was studying them, Tao's nails shortened and the points changed until they looked completely normal, round at the end.
Takeo hissed, his eyes darting up to Tao's face. Who now had slitted pupils.
"Weeell, it was an accident," Tao said, waving his hand and Takeo couldn't help but track its movement, expecting fur to sprout all over it.
"You suddenly grew claws and shredded M-21's sheets," Takeo said, his voice flat, causing Tao to snicker. He should be more worried about Tao's sudden change, but…neither Tao or M-21 were (the damage was something else). And he knew Tao – he would have gone straight to Frankenstein.
"What did he say?"
"Boss?" Tao didn't wait for him to confirm before continuing. "He's running a couple of tests right now – he's fairly certain what I am – he's just not sure how it happened." Then Tao lifted his hat away to reveal…cat ears. Once the ears were free, they twitched and twisted around, obviously not fake.
Takeo just stared at them blankly for a few seconds before sighing. "That's why you wore a hat." Frankenstein was looking into it, it wasn't causing Tao problems (assumedly); panicking about the sudden change wasn't necessary.
"Yup," Tao said, nodding. "I've got a tail too."
He blinked, trying to work out if Tao was joking out of habit. Except in this case… Takeo half stood up to peer over the back of the sofa – and he really did have a tail.
M-21 came back inside then, his hands empty, looking more relaxed.
"So, we're having breakfast now and then M-21's gonna try and teach me how to control my claws. Wanna come?" Tao asked, his tail swinging around in slow strokes.
It made sense to do that, if Tao was already accidently damaging things in Frankenstein's house; it'd be better for their health if they kept it to a minimum. But just in case M-21 minded, Takeo raised an eyebrow in M-21's direction and got a small smile and a dip of the head in return.
"Yeah," he replied, standing up properly. They didn't know if Tao's transformation was permanent or not, but they'd work with it no matter what was going to happening.