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marlikesthings · 7 years ago

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A place to call home

Summary: M21 gets sick and things happen.

Warning: None

Character(s)/relationship(s): M21, Tao, Takeo, Frankenstein and Rai. The kids make a brief appearance.

Number of words: 2 954

M21 sighed for the fifth time. For some reason, he felt rather tired. He has been quite busy for the last couple of days. Between ensuring the safety of the children and being constantly involved in tao's plans, he had little time to rest.

He was at the top of a building looking down at the people coming and going from one side to the other. Sometimes when he was alone, he could not help wondering how would his life be if he was a normal person. To live without worries. The lights of the city and all the noise calmed him down. It's there when he finally thought, ‘I am here. I am free. This is not a dream’. Moments like these really reminded him of m24. His precious companion. For m21 the existence of m24 was special. He was his first friend and his only companion for several years. Everything they went through together, all the suffering they had to endure, he would never forget them. It is thanks to m24 that he did not end his life when he had the opportunity and it's thanks to him that he now has new companions. Wonderful people m21 swore to protect to prevent tragedy from repeating itself.

The noise on the streets took him out of his trance. He sighed again. Time to go home.

***

The next day m21 felt his whole body was heavy. Ignoring the discomfort, m21 prepared to go to work.

Tao and takeo were waiting for him near the door. They both seemed surprised to see him being more listless than usual.

“Are you okay?” asked Takeo. M21 nodded to indicate he was alright and proceeded to open the door. Takeo did not try to pry further.

He suddenly stopped. M21 felt eyes piercing his back. It was Tao who was staring at him. Tao could seem very hyperactive, but he was quite attentive to his surroundings. Nothing escaped him. Maybe he acquired that ability thanks to his work as informant back in DA-5. M21 sighed. He was grateful to have comrades worry about him but there was nothing to worry about. He was only feeling a slight discomfort but nothing that a good rest cannot heal.

“Come on” m21 finished opening the door and came out, followed by the other two.

***

Had the hours always passed so slowly? M21 did not see the time passing and for some reason he could not wait to go to bed and get surrounded by soft covers and several pillows. Tao would mock him if he heard him say that. He could already imagine him, saying: ‘Were you always a domesticated wolf?’. Just thinking of it made his head hurt.

He did not understand why he felt unwell. If he was a normal person he would think he was sick but that was not possible. He is an experiment, an existence unnecessary to this world. Although he was a modified human like tao and takeo both of them conserved their humanity. Their appearances did not change when they transformed. As for him, he was a wolf or something like that. According to the werewolves their resemblance to them was surprising. However, he was not a real werewolf and at the same time he could not be considered a human. Experiments could not get sick. Otherwise, they would be seen as hindrances. They were machines created to serve. To destroy. His feelings, his humanity, the scientists did not care about that.

M21 laughed bitterly. Was he not a failed experiment? Maybe he could get sick. M21 shook his head. He had to stop thinking about it. Even if he was actually sick he could not let that affect his work. Frankenstein and Rai had done a lot for him. How could he thank them for everything they did if he only caused them more problems?

Tao and takeo watched m21 from afar. They were both worried about their friend. M21 was more distracted than usual. They both knew m21 would not say anything even if he was about to faint. He was very stubborn when he wanted to be and that's why everyone worried about him. Tao still remembered m21's surprised face when he saw them coming to his rescue in the werewolves lands. He knows that m21 considers them good companions and that he trusts them. Nevertheless, he had thought m21 had understood that he was not alone and that he was loved. Had he been wrong? No. M21 is most likely acting like that precisely because he knows that people will worry about him and he does not want to cause trouble or make them feel worried. Tao sighed and looked at takeo. He did not need to say a word. Takeo knew perfectly well what he was thinking. They had been companions for a long time after all.

“What do we do? Do we talk to the boss or wait to see what happens?”

Takeo answered without taking his eyes off m21 “... let's not say anything. You know m21 would hate worrying those two, right? It is our duty as companions to take care of him. No... it is our duty as his friends to take care of him. I only hope he will endure a few more hours, otherwise rai and Frankenstein are going to be upset if something really happens to him”

“Ha, you're right. Those two really care about him. Well I understand how they feel, I cannot leave m21 alone. You feel the same way, right? It's ironic how he always acts like a lone wolf and he's the coldest of the three of us yet he always manages to draw the attention of others, whether it's for good or bad. We cannot lose to raziel-nim and the boss! Our beloved wolf needs us”

During the next hours tao and takeo never left m21 out of their sight. They wanted to make sure m21 was alright, and until then, they would not leave him alone.

It was finally break time and the kids started going outside. The children accompanied by rai, approached them.

“Hyungs!!”

“Oh Shinwoo, what are you guys doing here?” Tao asked.

“We are bored! Classes are so boring lately”

“Are you even properly listening to classes? Shinwoo you're always asleep during lectures. Who do you think has to always give you the notes so you can pass the exams?!” The girls, especially Suyi started to complain.

“Ehhh... are we not friends? It's not my fault if classes are boring you know!”

Tao interrupted before they started arguing.

“Why did you come to see us shinwoo?”

“There is a new ramen flavor in the canteen! Rai said he would pay for us so we thought of inviting you guys to eat with us!”

The two adults looked at Rai and saw how excited he was. They smiled.

“Huh? Where is ajussi?” Shinwoo could be strangely perceptive at times. Or maybe he just had bad timing.

They both looked at each other and thought ‘what should we do?’. Meanwhile, Rai stared at them. Noticing their gaze, the two of them began to fidget and sweat. Tao smiled awkwardly and said: “He is busy checking other places. We're security guards after all!” Takeo could only nod in the background and hope the kids would let it slide.

Thankfully, it seems to have worked as shinwoo just said:

“It's a shame, we wanted him to come too”

They tried to avoid making rai notice something was wrong. Knowing him, he was going to order m21 to go back to the house and rest. M21 would not want to make them worried for nothing. Thinking about it, the adults gave in to the pressure of the children and went with them. They just hoped m21 would be fine without them. He looked a little tired, but there was no sign of being so bad. Besides, they had no solid proof he was unwell except for his weird attitude and the fact that he looked a little pale... he should be okay if he is left alone for a while.

Rai could feel tao's and takeo's agitation. He knew they were hiding something but did not know exactly what the problem was. He watched them interact with the children and eat quietly. They seemed more relaxed than they had been a while ago, but something was worrying him. Where was m21? The boys reactions when the children had asked about m21 was quite suspicious. Not to mention that he had noticed the day before that m21 was acting strange. He was worried something had happened during one of his nights out and that he was hiding something for fear of causing trouble. He did not know what to do to make m21 open up to him. He was a man of few words but he adored the child and just wanted to see him happy. Frankenstein felt the same way even though he was more reluctant to accept it. M21 was the first person who came to live with them and therefore he occupied a special place in their lives. He still remembered the first time he saw m21 and he was surprised by how much he had changed since then. He looked happier, but he did not see him smile so often. It was always half smiles.

His thoughts were interrupted by the children. Rai looked around him and noticed that Tao and Takeo had already finished eating. He watched them say goodbye and go outside. They were probably looking for m21.

***

The two security guards were wandering around the facility in search of their friend. M21 had disappeared, and for some reason the anxiety they felt a while ago came back strongly. They did not even understand why they felt this way when they could not confirm whether their friend was unwell or not. They kept searching.

***

M21 was watching the empty classrooms. He had come to rest a little as there were too many people outside and his head started hurting from all the noise. The more the time passed, the more he felt unwell.

It happened before he had time to react. M21 began to feel his breathing accelerate. It was difficult for him to breathe normally and the simple fact of being standing was difficult. He could feel an uneasiness spreading all over his body. Slowly, he felt his body lose strength and his blood pressure suddenly dropped. His vision was blurred. As if it were not enough he began to feel an uneasiness in his throat. He wanted to throw up. In an attempt to soothe the pain, m21 sat on the floor and rested his head on his hands.

Several minutes passed before he finally managed to lift his head and look around. He hoped no one had seen him. Once he made sure there was no one nearby, he tried to get up. His body felt heavy. Very heavy, and he felt pain spread all over his body. He could barely stand, and he kept breathing unevenly. Nevertheless, at least he felt better.

***

M21 was startled to feel a hand on his shoulder. Tao and takeo were right behind him. He could not help wondering: ‘When did they arrive?’. Tao interrupted his thoughts and grabbed his arm.

“Come on”

Both had seen how M21′s condition suddenly deteriorated. He was dragged to frankenstein’s office.

“Why are you pretending to be well?” Tao asked him. “We're worried about you. Are you sick?”

M21 tried to defend himself but he was not convincing at all.

They finally arrived at Frankenstein's office and knocked the door. Frankenstein let them in. He was surprised to see them in his office knowing that he had not summoned them.

“What do you need?”

He looked up and saw the boys faces. Immediately he realized tao and takeo had very serious and worried expressions. His gaze went directly to m21. After seeing him, he had an idea of what had happened. M21's face was quite pale and he was shaking. Frankenstein got up from his chair and headed towards m21. He grabbed his face and looked at his eyes. He immediately noticed that m21's pupils were dilated. Frankenstein asked tao and takeo to take m21 to the sofa. Once he sat down, he said:

“Explain”

Both proceeded to tell everything they saw. How m21's breathing suddenly accelerated and how he sat on the ground because he could not keep standing. As they were both very worried about their comrade, they gave as many details as possible. Including m21's weird behavior in the morning.

Frankenstein talked to m21 this time:

“Why didn't you say you were sick?” It was straight to the point. His face was serious and you could see how worried he was. For Frankenstein the well-being of his children was a priority. He suspected why m21 had hidden his symptoms but he had to make him understand that it was not right. They were a family and family takes care of its members.

M21 did not know what to say. He wanted to make an excuse but after seeing frankenstein's face he decided against it. M21 did not think his health would deteriorate so fast or that everyone would be so worried about him. It was in moments like this, in which he wanted to become small and disappear. Frankenstein watched his behavior and sighed.

“Go home. And you two, follow him and make sure he rests. We will talk later”

***

Rai had already arrived home and had heard of the situation. He immediately went to visit m21 only to find him sleeping. Several hours had passed since then, and the night finally arrived. Dinner was quiet. No one said anything and although everyone tried to act as if they were not worried, they did not succeed. Meanwhile, m21 was still asleep. He usually only needed a few hours of sleep but this time he had not woken up once since he arrived. Frankenstein came to check his temperature every so often while the others made rounds to check his condition. They were also checking up on him in case he woke up and asked for something.

The next three days were like this. M21 woke up from time to time but did not get out of bed unless necessary. His fever refused to disappear. Every time he tried to get up or to sit down, he felt dizzy. He was only comfortable when he was lying down. During those three days m21 let himself be spoiled. It was so strange to him. He had never been sick before. He felt unwell in the past from the experiments the scientists did, but no one cared if he suffered or not. He was just a disposable item. He felt so loved in this house. Part of him felt guilty for worrying the others but part of him was ecstatic. He's never felt like that. He's never felt so many different emotions. Good emotions. M21 started to cry and to laugh. He was like this for several minutes until the tears began to make his head ache, forcing him to rest. His heart felt full. He had to remember to thank them one of these days. Maybe he could try cooking ramen for the rest of the house? Or maybe he would propose to Frankenstein to clean the dishes and the house for a week. All by himself. That way the others could rest a little. He smiled one more time and went to sleep.

***

It was the morning of the fourth day and his fever had finally disappeared. He still felt a little weak but he did not feel dizzy anymore. Frankenstein came to visit him as usual, before going to school.

“I see you're better”

“Yeah, I feel good enough to go to work again” Frankenstein looked at him without saying anything for a few seconds.

“No, you're going to rest and regain strength. I'm not so bad to send someone who recently recovered from an illness to work”

“...”

“M21... we have to talk. I know why you decided to hide your illness but aren't we a family? You know, when we brought you here and we accepted you in the house, me and master hoped that one day you would open up to us and trust us. The members of the house might have increased, but we still feel the same way. We want you to be more selfish. It's okay if you want to be capricious sometimes. We will not judge you. Look at tao, he does whatever he wants and install cameras without asking my permission. But that is not necessarily bad. Children are supposed to cause problems from time to time. It will not bother us if you cause problems, so do not worry. If you do not want to see us worried, then talk. If you want us to be happy, then let us see you being happy. Let yourself be pampered from time to time. M21... we know we are loved by you, but it is time that you let us love you too. Let us worry about you”

M21 was silent. He could feel his eyes getting wet and this time he made no effort to hide his tears. Frankenstein patted his back and said nothing else. They both stayed like this for a long time, enjoying each other's company.

And that's when m21 thought ‘Ah, I'm so lucky. Is it really okay for me to be more selfish?’ He was blessed. Ever since he joined frankenstein's household, there is not one day he does not think that.

Comments: I wrote this for the noblesse summer event! This is only my second time writing a fanfic so it might not be so good. I really wanted to write sick m21 so this is the result. If you managed to get to the end, thank you! Also, English isn't my first language, sorry for any mistakes!

#noblessesummerevent #m21 #tao #takeo #frankenstein #rai #noblesse #mar writes #my fanfic #sickfic prompt #i am not good at writing summaries #this has been on my draft for days but only now i got the courage to post it

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koisurufortunecephalopod · 8 years ago

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170115 Team 8 Full Group Concert Live Viewing Report

not exactly the same as a live report but you know. had some thoughts i wanted to go through with this.

So first up being the intro with the East General Rinrin and West General Oonao, I’m really glad those two got these positions since-- despite my gunning for Oonao as 8 captain, she has said she’s not fully comfortable with the idea. But at the same time, she DOES act like a captain to the group and the idea of splitting the responsibility makes a lot of sense, especially with how Rinrin has stepped up for the East as of late.

It was also really cute because they started up a chant of “East!” or “West!” depending on who you were “rooting” for and Oonao got confused halfway through and started chanting “East”

OP1. Ice no Kuchizuke (Sakaguchi Nagisa, Kuranoo Narumi, Oguri Yui, Yamada Nanami, Nakano Ikumi, Yokomichi Yuri, Sato Nanami) cute performance, but i did really like this choice of lineup

M01. RIVER okay this started everything off really well especially since it had some of the most intense dancing for this that i’ve seen in a while, especially from Nagi, Naru, and Ikumin. also surprisingly, Riona (not that it’s surprising that she’s a good dancer, more surprising that she was visible tbh) it also had the whole east vs. west theme going and really built hype

M03. Hoshizora wo Kimi ni (Team EAST) & M04. Shishunki no Adrenaline (Team WEST) Maybe it’s just my preferences but honestly pretty sure Shishunki won in this matchup just with how much energy they had. It’s a very energetic number, yeah, which definitely did give them a leg up so i’ll cede that.

M06. 47 no Suteki na Machi e (Full version 47 members) : ‘ ) The fact that this is the first version with the full 47 in so long and the last with all 47 for a while makes me very sad. Emotional on that level, but honestly not the best 47 performance I’ve seen by a long shot.

M07. Kiseki ma awanai (Hayasaka Tsumugi, Abe Mei, Yoshikawa Nanase) Okay so literally in the middle of the MC Tsumugi interrupted to be like “Hey so I have to go catch a plane like right now so that I can take an exam so even though we’re still in the same costumes and just grabbed some trillbys we’re doing our unit now.”

They also mentioned in the MC that they’d only been practicing since this morning and you could kinda tell they were out of sync.

Also worth mentioning is that Tsucchan very nearly dropped her hat during the toss and then just threw it out into the audience anyways.

M09. Hone Hone Waltz (Utada Hatsuka, Noda Hinano, Takahashi Sayaka, Hirano Hikaru) I just want to say that honestly this is one of my least favorite songs ever and petition for Team 8 to sTOP PERFORMING THIS PLEASE. WHY DID YOU WRITE A SONG ABOUT BONES AKI-P

Other than that, since it’s all of the new girls, they opened with self introductions, since the main concert didn’t have that.

M10. Escape (Yokoyama Yui, Yokomichi Yuri, Yamada Nanami, Nakano Ikumi) Okay hands down best part of the concert for me, and honestly I am not too into the cool dance-heavy numbers. All of these girls were seriously skilled and got to show off their own strengths really well. Lip-syncing was awful but it was fairly clear that that was not what they were going for anyways

I want this concert to be released JUST for that number

After the music faded out and they all turn to walk offstage, Yamada turned around

“I’m sorry everyone, but, I have something to say. Actually, I... have school in the morning so I have to leave right now.”

This then kind of tied into the next number because she then had a spiel about “While I’m gone, you can play with my figures!” and dragged out the members for the next number who, of course had a little dialog about how they’re figures that can’t move when humans are watching (bc Nageki no Figure)

M15. Wimbledon e tsureteite (Oguri Yui, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Kuranoo Narumi) OH MAN THIS WAS A BIT OF A MESS HONESTLY

And I kind of hope it’s not just my memory exaggerating things

But right before they started they had a short skit sort of thing about Oguri talking about how she wanted to confess to her senpai and Nagi encouraging her

And then Naru interrupting just flat out being “Well I mean if you’re not going to do it, then I’ll do it. And I’ll also take your position in AKB senbatsu.”

They all had a bit of a back and forth about that before launching in and oh man

Maybe I was just imagining it and I’m sure the live venue atmosphere might have been different but just??? It really felt like after that Naru was trying to show up Oguri.

Their dancing was so out of sync. Naru was just going hard and outdancing the other two while Oguri was... honestly just doing an okay job which looked really bad next to Naru and especially in the center

Meanwhile Nagi is just dancing normally

Then they all got on the trolley things and at the end Naru stumbled trying to get off of hers onto Nagi’s and Oguri’s

And also they sung all of it live

Because we all know how well the solo concerts went amirite

M16. Kima wa Melody (Oda Erina, Chou Kurena - guitar) Honestly not the best OdaEri performance especially at the beginning, buuuuut p sure it was because she started sitting down which yeah why would you do that. By the end when she stood up it was really pretty.

East and West Deputy Commander MC: Nakano Ikumi and Takahashi Ayane These two as Deputy Commanders make a lot of sense. But the MC itself was pretty awkward, mostly about being how they’d never actually talked before other than “Good morning” and “Good work” and such. Ayane even called Ikumin “Nakano-san” the entire time.

They did quiz each other on facts about themselves which was cute. The best part was Ayane asking about her old catchphrase and saying that it had been too embarrassing and Ikumin was just like “Your current one isn’t embarrassing? lol” like Ikumin you aRE NOT ONE TO TALK

M17. 1!2!3!4! Yoroshiku (Team EAST) & M18. Seishun no Laptime (Team WEST) (Center: Oota Nao) & M19. Max toki 315-go (Team WEST) & M20. Melon Juice (Team EAST) (Center: Yuiyui, Nagi) All of these wen tH ARD. Special mention to Seishun no Laptime which was just perfect for West and the Oonao center. Melon Juice was also very great.

Then after they finished this rampage of sister group East vs. West songs they were basically just like “Okay let’s get along or whatever”

M21. High Tension Tsucchan casually showing up in the background in the Kiseki wa ma Awanai costume. In the MC afterwards she said she missed her plane.

East vs West moe serifu battle: Yoshikawa Nanase, Oguri Yui, Sato Shiori vs. Gyouten Yurina, Yamamoto Ruka, Kuranoo Narumi They had to make up a moe line based on a single syllable. Highlight of this was Nanase (I think????? It might have been Shiorin now that I think about it) being given “mi” so she literally just took Oguri’s catchphrase

M22. Kegareteiru Shinjitsu (Yokoyama Yui, Honda Hitomi, Sakaguchi Nagisa, Nakano Ikumi, Oguri Yui, Sato Nanami, Yokomichi Yuri, Tanikawa Hijiri, Kuranoo Narumi, Nagano Serika) & M23. Amanojaku batta & M24. Aisatsu kara hajimeyou & M25. Isshou no aida ni nannin to deaeru no darou & M26. Yume e no Route (Recording allowed) honestly just wanted to say that I love Team 8′s choreo and they are always so into dancing they are just wonderful to watch but where is my henachoko

So after the main show ended and before the encore call, Top Lead came out to do a drawing, basically one of the movie theaters with the live viewing got a special chance to attend a live show at the AKB Theater. Clearly, the one I was in did not get chosen.

So my summarizing thoughts are:

As a concert it was pretty solid if only for how engaged everyone in Team 8 is and the level of some of the performances. Others unfortunately fell flat and honestly just looking back on the setlist, it’s kind of lackluster. The majority of these songs are just recycled from previous concerts.

From a logical standpoint, I totally get that though. It must be hell to try to schedule rehearsals for a team of 47 girls who may or may not live in very different parts of the country, and also have to worry about potentially school and of course, other arrangements including another concert earlier that day, and for a certain three, an additional solo concert the day before.

So I do kind of understand, and again, the enthusiasm here does definitely help make up for it, but I feel like the West or East concerts by themselves would have made up in the surprise or interest factor.

Additionally a lot of the hype that built up at the beginning just... kinda faded especially when the East vs. West concept they built up didn’t really amount to anything except a couple of the group songs.

The encore itself was super forgettable, so what I’m taking from this is that they need a good encore song for their next original song. Or to bring back Henachoko honestly.

#cephalopod opinions #idk do i have a tag for that #team 8

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