Stobonik one-shots.

Late Nights.

Summery: Ivo is overworking himself and Stone steps in to make him rest

Kind of oneshot: fluff, kind of angsty too,

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Stones POV:

I know Dr.Robotnik has been working since 6 am in the morning since that is his usual time. But it is almost midnight, and he is still in his lab working. I mean, I'm also up, but I have to protect him at all cost, and try to be with him as much as I can. After all, that's my job as a government agent, but I don't do it just because its "my job". I do it because I care about him...Not only as "work partners", no. I want us to be more, past friends, past best friends, but I don't have the courage to tell him. What if he finds it "unprofessional"? Maybe even foolish or quite useless? Plus, Ivo isn't much about human feelings, in fact, he despises them, along with humanity.

Anyway, I was in the lounge thinking about stuff when I realized the time, 11:37 pm. Dr.Robotnik hasn't called me to help him since 7 pm, so I went to the lounge to not "distract him" as he calls it. But that got me thinking. Is he still even working? Has he fallen asleep on his desk? Hopefully i not the second one, but neither of the options are good anyway. I got up from the chair and quietly walked towards the lab. I opened the door to find what I had thought. There was Robotnik, working on a bot he was working on earlier today. From the reflection of the holographs and anything that could reflect his front side, I could see his face, all tired, bags under his eyes, trying his best to stay awake. He was also shaking a little bit from what I noticed. Most likely from not sleeping. I walked closer and called out to him.

"Sir?"

He jumped and looked back. I now could see his face better. His bags were darker than what I could see from the reflection, his eyes were slowly closing each time he wasn't forcing them to stay opened.

"Stone! What have I told you about NOT coming into my lab without me calling for you?" He tried to give me a stern look, but his eyes were not cooperating.

"Sorry sir, but you should stop your work for now...You look very tired." I recommended in a firm tone, but you could hear softness in it, exactly what I wanted.

He cuffed and turned around and kept working on his bot. "There is work to be done, Agent Stone. Don't try to order me around, I'm the one in ch-" He cut himself off by an involuntary yawn.

I frowned a bit and walked closer to his desk. He was trying to work, but his hands were shaky, so was his whole body.

"Boss, you are obviously shaking from exhaustion. You are overworking yourself." I insisted, but that only got me a glare and a command I've heard about a million times.

"Stone. Pin yourself to the wall right now."

I did as he told me and pinned myself to the wall I always did. He got in my face and scold me. Honestly, I didn't even mind that he was yelling at me. The only thing I cared about at the moment was how close his face was to mine.

"Agent Stone, have you forgotten who is in charge? Me, I'm in charge. Remember your place. Plus, I have work to do. Resting is for fools."

His face had gotten even closer to mine, he was just inches away from mine. I felt my face heating up even more than it was already, feeling his chest against mine just made me extremely flustered. He got off of me and just asked me to stand by. I did as he told me and stood by his work desk.

After a few minutes, I looked at the clock, 11:53 pm. I looked back at the doctor who looked like he was about to pass out. I hated seeing him do this torture to himself. So I didn't care anymore if he yelled at me for what I was about to do. I walked towards the chair and placed the bot to the side. As I did that. I pushed the chair a bit to give me space so I could place myself in front of him. He looked up at me surprised.

"Stone, what the hell do you think you're doing?" He asked in an angry tone.

I picked him up bridal style and walked out the door, making sure I turned off the lights on my way out.

"I'm going to place you to bed. You've been working since 6 am when I know you only slept an approximate of 2 hours last night. You are going to bed right now, whether you like it or not."

Robotnik didn't answer, instead, he looked off to the side before turning his head away from my gaze. When we got to his bedroom. I placed him at the edge of the bed.

"Stay.There."

I went over to his wardrobe and got a red shirt and black shorts. I gave them to Robotnik and crossed my arms.

"Go to the bathroom and change. You are not sleeping in that."

I expected him to at least grunt to the command. But to my surprise, he only got up and went to the bathroom to change. After a couple minutes, he came out of the bathroom wearing what I had given him.

"Alright, time for bed."

Robotnik took it as a sign to get to bed. I was about to walk out when he grabbed my arm.

"S-stay..please?"

I looked back at him and saw how much he wanted me to stay, I could see it in his eyes. I smiled fondly and shook my head a bit. What was I going to do with this man?

"Don't worry, I just want to change out of these clothes. When I'm done, I'll be back as soon as I'm done." I stroke his hand as I said this since I almost never get to touch his bare skin. He hates physical interaction, so I was playing with fire as I did it. But he just squeezed my hand and let go.

I got out of the room and went to mine so I could change. While I was changing, I could only think about the doctor. His skin was soft and nice to touch...He also looked adorable in the clothes I gave him...But then came the negative thoughts. Why would he do this to himself? Why couldn't he understand that people, such as me, care deeply about his health, physically and mentally? Why couldn't he understand that he also needed to respond to his emotions even though he may not want to? I closed my eyes for a second to collect myself and headed back to Dr.Robotnik's room as I finished changing.

When I got there, I decided to stay by the door to watch him. I could see him just sitting in bed, looking monotone, no emotion, just staring down on his bed with tears welding up on the corners of his eyes. He just closed his eyes and tilted his head forward, whispering but oud enough for me to hear from the other side of the door.

"I-i'm tired...why...why is he s-so nice to me? H-he knows how much of a monster I-i am...So wh-hy does he still have...sympathy? I-it's not pi-ty...I can tell. Why does he still wa-ant to be around me...? I don-'t get it..."

Ivo then chuckled softly.

"Human emo-tions...really a-are complicated and non-sensed...Are-n't they..?"

My heart broke a bit from his talk. I hated it, I hated that he could think so lowly of himself. How he could think that he didn't deserve the human treatment I was giving him. And now I realized...the orphanage. It was most likely because of the orphanage he grew up in. My mind tinted a crimson red as I thought of the inhuman treatment he had received from everyone, even the other children. But my mind calmed down and went back to normal once I saw back into the room to see Robotnik fast asleep. I went inside and carefully climbed into bed with him, wrapping an arm around his abdomen. I hesitantly planted a gently kiss on his temple before stroking his hair. I could tell a small smile was forming on his lips, and, curiously, his body felt warmer than just a second ago.

"You aren't a monster Ivo... I'm nice to you and have sympathy towards you because you are human, just as everyone else. You deserve the same treatment as everyone else. What happened to you in the orphanage wasn't human...it wasn't your fault sir...I love you, more than you can imagine. I want to be more than just your assistant, more than friends, more than just "best" friends...But that's something I'll have to tell you...But for now, good night Ivo."

I was about to fall asleep when the last thing I heard came up. A soft, genuine chuckle and words I thought I would never, in my life, hear.

"I-i love you too, Agent Stone. Goodnight."

I went to sleep with a smile on my face.