Danti with “Lets’s go somewhere, just you and me.” if that’s okay
“Let’s go somewhere, just you and me.”
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“I’m just saying Spider-Man is a better-written hero than Superman,” Jackie stated, throwing the tennis ball across the large, long table to Chase.
“Superman’s stronger.” Bing countered as Chase threw the ball to him.
“Spider-Man’s smarter,” Chase added.
“School smarts and street smarts.” Jackie tapped his temple before catching the ball from Bing.
“You’re going to set the entire house on fire if you try that,” Marvin said to Phantom.
“I have more control over my magic than you think, cat-boy.” Phantom huffed.
“It’s not magic, it’s basic science. You can’t mix those elements without it literally exploding in your face.” Marvin sighed.
“Mad, would that actually happen?” Phantom turned to Mad.
“Yeah.” Mad shrugged. “It would cause a chain reaction of events that would cause a fire, and then the fire wouldn’t be able to be put out with water, so we’d have to-”
“I get it, I get it.” Phantom waved a hand. “You’re all boring.”
“Not wanting to explode doesn’t make us boring.” Mare chuckled with an eye roll.
Dark listened to those conversations and the several others that were happening at the same time. Some were much less concerning than others. The Ego meeting had ended a while ago, and they were now just sitting and chit-chatting. Dark also noticed that a voice was missing. A voice he knew very well and tended to stick out from the crowd.
Anti was quiet.
He was rarely quiet.
Dark saw him sitting beside him, staring down at his lap and picking at his fingers. Anti was known for having too many things happening at once, always needing something going on, but even he sometimes got overwhelmed. Dark gently took hold of Anti’s hand, leaning over to whisper.
“Let’s go somewhere, just you and me.”
“You never leave first.” Anti squeezed his hand back, showing he did want to leave, but not if Dark didn’t.
“It’s fine. Wilford can have a turn getting everyone out.” Dark softly chuckled. “It’s getting a little too loud for me.” He knew that by making it sound like he needed to get away, Anti would be more willing to leave.
“We should go then.” Anti squeezed Dark’s hand again.
“Wilford, we’re heading off,” Dark said before sending himself and Anti away in a cloud of black smoke. He had them both landing on his bed, Anti on top of him as he wrapped his arms around his body. Anti did make a questioning sound at first, and then it clicked. It was only a few moments after that he was relaxing.
“Thanks, Darky.” Anti purred and nuzzled his face into Dark’s chest.
“We all need a break sometimes.” Dark hummed, having one of his hands rubbing Anti’s back as the two just lay there and breathed peacefully.
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Caution and Care Pt. 2
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Partial Observations
Anti stepped out of the bathroom first, keeping Mad mostly behind him and unable to stop the growl from rumbling in his throat when he saw the alpha in the room. He knew this had to be Edward, the doctor, but he still felt like he had to be defensive.
“It’s okay. He’s here to help.” JJ kept himself between Anti and Edward.
“I won’t hurt you,” Edward spoke calmly. “We can start with weighing you so I know the base. I can look up your records and see where-”
“You won’t find records,” Anti stated, walking him and Mad over to where the scale was.
“Why won’t I find records?” Edward asked as Anti stood on the scale, writing down the number on the screen.
“We were kicked out of our pack. Our parents gave up on us and let the alphas throw us out like garbage.” Anti spat the last word and got off the scale. “We’re lucky to be alive.” He added in almost a whisper as he waited for Mad to get on the scale.
“I’ll still see if I can find anything.” Edward wrote down Mad’s weight. “Until then, are there any allergies or prominent medical conditions I should be aware of?” Anti was done talking to Edward, not even wanting to look at the alpha anymore, and he walked Mad to the bed, having both of them sit on the edge of it.
“Nothing he needs to be aware of,” Anti answered the question to JJ.
“Mad likely has a bug,” JJ said to Edward. “He has a bad cough that kicks in and is pretty weak, but there’s no fever that we can tell.”
“We can check his temperature to be sure, and I can get a closer look at that broken horn while we wait for the reading.” Edward went closer to Anti and placed a hand on his horn. Anti hissed and slapped Edward’s hand away from him.
“Don’t touch me!” Anti moved further up the bed, moving Mad with him and blocking him with his body again.
“That wasn’t a smart move.” JJ hummed at Edward as he picked up a thermometer.
“I need to get a close look at the horn to help care for it,” Edward explained, keeping his voice at the same soft and calm tone.
“No,” Anti stated with a snarl.
“Mad, may I take your temperature?” JJ asked, getting a head nod from Mad. “This will go in your mouth. Keep your lips closed tight and leave this under your tongue.” He explained, knowing that Mad likely was already more than aware of how this worked, but he could see him casually talking to him was comforting. The room took an awkward silence as JJ waited for the thermometer. The beeping finally broke the pause. “It’s normal. No fever.”
“No fever but weak with a cough. There’s a chance a good part of the fatigue may be coming from the lack of food. Does your throat hurt?” Edward asked Mad, watching as Mad never looked at him and kept his eyes on JJ, shaking his head to answer that question. “And I have a feeling Anti will try to bite me if I try to get a closer look at Mad,” Edward muttered to himself in thought. “Try to get some water and food in them. I’m going to head out.” He said to JJ before stepping out of the room.
“He has an idea.” JJ chuckled.
“I don’t like the sound of that,” Anti grumbled.
“I’m more than sure everything will be okay. But Edward does have a point about water and food. Warming you up was only step one in helping you.” JJ returned to the setup Edward had left behind, cleaning off the thermometer and putting it away.
“May we come in?” Dark asked with a light knock on the door.
“Yeah,” Anti answered, keeping himself and Mad how they were.
“We went with grilled cheese and tomato soup,” Wilford said, making his way past Dark to get into the room first, both holding trays with the food on them. He went to JJ and kissed the top of his head between his horns, getting a little giggle from JJ.
“Try not to eat too fast,” Dark said, placing the tray on the bed. “It’ll be tempting, but I don’t want you two to get sick.” Wilford sat his tray down as well.
Mad and Anti dug in as soon as the food was within reach. Mad couldn’t hold back his happy, satisfied purrs as he ate, the sandwich tasting like heaven after barely eating in so long. Anti got influenced by Mad’s purrs and ended up doing the same.
“I can see why you suggested doing only one sandwich at a time,” Wilford said and watched as Anti and Mad ignored the silverware and lifted the bowls to drink the soup. “And to not make the soup too hot.”
“Fuck, that felt good.” Anti groaned with a pant, licking his lips to get the last bit of the soup. Mad looked at Dark and opened his mouth to say something. He closed it and swallowed, turning his head to hide his face.
“Would you like more?” Dark asked. Mad grabbed the back of Anti’s shirt and tugged on it.
“Yes,” Anti answered for him.
“I got it.” Wilford waited for Anti and Mad to take the cups of water before stacking the trays and leaving the room.
“Where’s Edward?” Dark asked JJ.
“He said he was heading out,” JJ answered with a shrug.
“Context as to why?”
“Anti was going to eat his face if he tried touching them.”
“Oh.” Dark looked back to the bed when Anti softly laughed at JJ’s comment. Mad had a little smile and was lightly giggling. “Good news is he wouldn’t have been willing to leave if he thought they were in a too dangerous situation.”
“They’re hungry and tired. Let them finish eating and then get some sleep. It’s also very late, and you should head to bed, too.”
“But I-”
“Nope, nope, nope.” JJ guided Dark out of the room, getting more laughs and giggles from Anti and Mad. “You’re of no help if you’re too tired. There’s a lot of work to finish tomorrow, and a half-awake Dark is not a safe Dark.”
“But Anti and Mad-”
“I got it. Bye~” JJ sang as he waved Dark away. “Thank you.” He then took the tray from Wilford. “You can head off to bed as well. I’ll join you shortly.”
“Are you sure?” Wilford asked.
“Omega care is my ballfield. You two go focus on your sport.” JJ used his hip to close the door before carrying the rest of the food to the bed. “Finish up, and then I’ll finally leave you alone to get some rest.”
“Thank you,” Mad said as he took one of the sandwiches and began eating it, going much slower this time.
“It is no problem at all.” JJ smiled as he went over to the chair in the room and sat in it.
No words got shared while Anti and Mad ate. A comfortable silence fell between them until the food and water were gone.
“Try to get some sleep. You don’t have to worry about anyone else coming into this room. Everyone knows better.” JJ said as he stood and gathered the tray. “The remote to the TV is in the bedside table’s drawer if you’d like some noise to sleep to.”
“Do you have streaming?” Mad asked, crawling over Anti to get into the bedside table.
“We do. Everything’s already logged in, so you can get into anything you like.”
“We can finish our show. We might have to start it over since it’s been so long, or we can watch a movie.” Mad turned the TV on, and as he waited for it to load, he put himself under the bed covers.
“I’ll see you two in the morning,” JJ said.
“Thank you…for all of this.” Anti sounded a little awkward and rubbed the back of his neck.
“Like I said, it’s no problem at all.” JJ smiled at him before leaving the room, closing the door gently.
“What if we watched-” Mad’s question turned into a yawn, which became a cough.
“Let’s turn on a show we’ve already seen or don’t have to focus on. Something tells me you’ll be falling asleep pretty fast.” Anti got himself under the covers as well.
“Maybe,” Mad mumbled, eyes already half-closed.
“Maybe.” Anti echoed with a chuckle, taking the remote and selecting a random cooking show.
“The bed is so soft.” Mad sighed happily. “And the blankets are warm.” He rolled to his side and tugged at Anti’s shirt again.
“They are.” Anti agreed and moved himself to lay on his side with Mad. He wrapped his arms around him and pulled him to his chest. Mad purred as he nuzzled his face into Anti, hugging him as well. Mad also proved Anti right, and it wasn't long before he started drifting off. He was warm, full, and felt safe in Anti’s embrace. “Good night, Mad,” Anti whispered, kissing the top of Mad’s head before closing his eyes and trying to sleep.
It took several hours. Anti reacted to every sound in the building, holding Mad tighter at the slightest thought of someone else coming into the room, but eventually, his body couldn’t fight it anymore, and he fell asleep.
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