#of course this is an undercover BP/Doc fic

[johannstutt413]

(requested by lonewanderer2033; continuing from this) Doctor, Suzuran, and BP take a nap by the power of Soft Tails

“Urrrrgh.” The Doctor shook themselves to keep awake, staring at the pile of papers with grim reluctance. “Why did Kal’tsit take my coffee maker…”

Suzuran - his unofficial assistant, since she couldn’t do any actual work yet - tugged at his sleeve. “If you’re tired, Doctor, you should sleep.”

“I would if I could, but there’s so much work to do.” He sighed, eyes blinking as fast as he could make them in an attempt to keep them open.

“But if you’re sleepy,” the Vulpo asserted, “you might write the wrong thing on the paper, and you use a pen, so you can’t fix it…”

Well, that was a good exc- I mean, sound logic if he’d ever heard it. “Maybe you’re right, but if I sleep now, I’ll have to stay later.”

“Ohh.” Well, maybe she could get him some coffee, then. She headed for the door-

“Wait…” He flipped open his wallet and pulled out a few crisp LMD bills. “A Size L, please.”

The shrine maiden nodded and confidently walked to the closest cafe. A few minutes later, she returned with a piping hot cup of coffee. “Doctor, I- oh no, he fell asleep! He said he didn’t want to fall asleep, but I can’t wake him up. Hmmmm. Well, I should find him a blanket. The Doctor will catch a cold without one. Oh, and he should lie down, too - when Big Sis Blue fell asleep at her desk that one time, she said her back hurt. Okay, so I’ll put this here for when he wakes up. Where’s his blanket?...”

It wasn’t easy moving him out of his chair - Suzuran was smol, and even though the Doctor was quite thin, he still was heavier than her. Despite the difficulty, though, she managed to set him on his couch, tucked under a blanket, but then there was another problem: he didn’t have a pillow. That would be much harder to find than the blanket. Luckily, she had an idea on a replacement.

“Hrmm- huh?” The Doctor woke up with the most wonderful feeling of softness and support on the back of his head and neck. His couch sure as hell hadn’t always been like this.

“Doctor?” The Vulpo patted his head, which was easy to do since it was in her lap, atop one of her tails. “You’ve only been asleep for an hour.”

He groaned. “I shouldn’t have fallen asleep at all…Did they let you buy a coffee for me?”

“They asked me if it was for me, and I said it wasn’t, but they didn’t ask if it was for you or not.”

“That’s good.” They might not have given it to her if she’d mentioned hum. “Am I…Is this your tail under my head?”

He couldn’t see it, but the shrine maiden nodded nonetheless. “You didn’t have a pillow.”

“That’s true…you’re very soft…” He could already feel himself slipping back under.

“Thank you.” She patted his head again. “Go back to sleep, Doctor. When you’ve had enough rest, you can go back to work.”

The Doctor’s breathing gradually slowed as he descended into a fluffy fairytale land. “Ah…thank you…Suzie…”

“Happy to help~” Of course, Suzuran couldn’t sleep in that position, but she could do her homework without waking him up, so she took her assignment book out of her bag and set to work.

“Doctor?” Another few hours later, and Azureus walked into the Doctor’s office with a tray of cupcakes. “Oh, I see. Has he *yawn* been asleep for long?”

The Vulpo looked at the clock before softly shaking her head. “Only a few hours. Are you tired, too, Sister Blue?”

“Mmm? No, no, I’m *yawn*...Well, maybe a little-”

“Suzie?” The Doctor whispered, barely loud enough for Blue to hear as well. “Is someone there?”

The shrine maiden frowned. “Sister Blue is. She says she’s tired, too.”

“She is?...” He drummed his chest a couple of times.

“Hmm?” Suzuran looked at Blue, confused. “Do you want her to take a nap, too?”

The Anura’s eyes lit up, but she shook her head. “N-no, I shouldn’t, I just came to give you these cupcakes I made-”

“Blueeee~” He beckoned closer with an arm.

“W-well, if you insist.” The Sniper hung up her jacket on the coat rack in front of the door and set her shoes beneath it before skipping over to the couch and snuggling the Doctor. “He’s so warm, isn’t he? Not feverish, just…warm.”

The Doctor’s arms folded around her, holding her close, as she reached under his hood to touch his hair, eventually sliding it down entirely so the Vulpo could finally give him a head pat rather than a hood pat. “He said earlier he’ll have to stay late, but he needs to rest.”

“Mhmm. I’ll stay with him when you leave.” Azureus squeezed him a little.

“Thank you, Sister Blue.” The shrine maiden went back to her homework. “Remember to go to sleep, too, okay?”

She did, once the adrenaline cooled into mere happiness. He’d held her hand before, but this was next level…and the Anura was loving every minute of it.