『 Noblesse Oneshots & Imagines 』

A Can of Soda

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Pairings: None
Warnings: None
〔 An almost ordinary day at work for the trio 〕

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Tao sat in front of his laptop, scanning the footage of the last few weeks, wondering how stray cats managed to enter the school campus and had been doing so for a few months. The felines stayed out of sight, only being discovered when Tao found a cat sleeping over his charging laptop earlier that day. (Perhaps it had been because the weather was getting cool and the feline found warmth of the charger to be a perfect bed).

The security room was empty, not that it was a surprise as it was currently break-time; the others in the special security team had gone to either patrol the campus or to grab lunch.

Tao switched the surveillance tape dated to be three months prior to the current day, stopping when he saw Muzaka. The werewolf had been conversating with Rai. Tao rested his chin against his hand as he narrowed his eyes once Frankenstein appeared in the footage, a can of soda in his hand.

Muzaka took the can from Frankenstein, who spoke something. Since audio wasn't recorded in the tape, Tao assumed that Frankenstein had been telling the werewolf about the drink.
When Muzaka began to shake the can had Tao realised Frankenstein's motives. Muzaka opened the can, only to have the carbonated drink splash all over him.

An idea popped into Tao's mind as he watched the tape. That was enough work for now, he though as he left the room, his first destination being the vending machine.

Tao grinned as he located M-21 right after obtaining the drink.
After giving the can a good shake, he approached M-21.
"Hey!" He smiled, joining M-21, who was watching a few children play football in the school's ground. The children began to cheer as a goal was scored, and Tao was momentarily distracted by the sound.
M-21 turned to him, raising an eyebrow as Tao handed him the can of soda.
"For you," Tao smile wider.
M-21 took the can, turning back to Tao, "why?"
Tao shrugged, "no reason."

M-21 hummed, opening the can before, taking a sip as he watched Tao's eyes widen.
"How?" Tao squawked.
M-21 simply smirked before waking off.

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Tao grumbled incoherently as he took another can from the vending machine. This time, his target was Takeo.

It wasn't hard to find the long, purple-haired snipper, who preferred the rooftops as it gave a clear view of the whole campus.

"Takeo!" Tao smiled, as he pushed the soda can into Takeo's hand.
"We don't usually eat during the break so I brought you this," Tao grinned.
"I'd be surprised if you were hungry now after having eaten before work," Takeo chuckled, tapping a finger on the top of the can. Tao frowned, as Takeo continued to open the can without causing the explosion the hacker wanted to see.
"What?" Takeo asked, the appearing smile on his face being proof that he already had an idea of what Tao had planned.
Had he become too predictable? Or maybe they were just used to his antics.

Tao huffed, "did you see a gang of cats? We need to find out how they get in before the boss finds out."
That surprised Takeo. Maybe pranks weren't needed when they had odd situations show up at work to render them speechless.

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Apparently, tapping a soda can on its sides and top will help not have the soda splash all over you (not that I've tried it out yet), but that made me wonder if Frankenstein had an unspoken rule to tap the can before opening them so he doesn't have to deal with the drinks spilled over the floor/carpet/sofa.

(The fanart is amazing, credits to the artist!😁)

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