Kitten

Chapter 9

Murdoc gave in a few minutes after Russel had left for the living room, there wasn't any point in worrying anymore for the night, there were safe, and more importantly Stuart was having fun. He gave a low groan from the back of his throat before he finally stood, letting one hand rub against his face to relax himself before he finally made his way back to the other room.

The sight that greeted him was a sweet one, his attention turned to Russel at first who almost instantly shushed him, pointing towards the couch a moment later. Murdoc gave a small raise of his eyebrow before he stepped over behind the couch to glance down. He couldn't keep himself from smiling slightly as he watched the other two in the room cuddle up together to sleep, closer than before he'd noted. It really was shocking how friendly the two had become in such a short time, especially so with Stuart whose arms were wrapped around Noodle protectively as an older brother might.

"Sweet.. makes me wanna let em stay for the night." Murdoc mumbled under his breath just for Russel to hear.

"Might catch a cold out here overnight." Russel shrugged, though Murdoc caught the end of him snapping a picture of the two.

"Right right, it's still sweet. Wanna get Noodle, then I'll bring Stu up?"

Russel only gave a short nod of his head as he let his phone slip into his pocket. He stood slowly from his spot he'd settled in earlier, making sure to move slowly so it wouldn't wake the two though Murdoc assumed they'd probably end up waking up after they were pried apart. To his surprise though Noodle let herself be pulled away easily from the kittens hug, her arms wrapping around Russel's shoulders as she gave a little whine in exhaustion.

Murdoc stepped over not too long after, letting his smile turn more natural after Russel had left the room, something about the boy seemed to bring out that side of him, though he still wasn't one to show it around the others. He let one hand slip down to brush his bangs back from his eyes, taking in the tired look on Stuart's face as his hands moved down to lift the boy into his arms, coaxing the boys to wrap around his shoulders to make it easier. Getting him up from the couch wasn't the hardest thing in the world, but the second he hit the stairs Murdoc felt like death, though he assumed it probably only meant he wasn't in the best of shape at the moment if he couldn't even carry a skinny eighteen year old up the stairs.

By the time they made it back to the spare bedroom it seemed to be nearing one in the morning, not being one to care much about bed times Murdoc had no problems in waking Stuart up for a moment so he could change into his pj's. With a low hum he sat the boy gently onto the bed and gave him a light nudge, not wanting to be too rough with him at the moment.

"Hey, wake up for a couple minutes, you need to change." Murdoc hummed out when they boy's eyes slowly blinked open.

"Oh...I forgot.." Stuart mumbled, his hands moving to rub his eyes as he slowly sat up.

" 's alright, be quick and you can get back to bed faster."

That seemed to get the boy moving, in no time he was shuffling himself off of the bed and over to the little dresser they had stored their bags on top of earlier. He didn't seem to mind too much that Murdoc was still in the room as he was quick to shuffle out of his pants and shirt in favor of pulling on a plain black sweater, looking like he'd just decided there that he didn't want to pull on his shorts with it as he made his way back to bed quickly. Murdoc let out a slight chuckle at the sight of the kitten peeking back up at him from his spot. He gave a small nod of his head, raising his hands in defeat as he stood soon after, making his own way over to change as well.

It didn't take him long either, considering he was never one to care much about being practically naked around other people. He tugged on a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt of his own before deciding that was enough for the night. Soon after he turned back around and made his way back towards the bed, giving the kitten a playful nudge signaling him to move to the side enough to give him room.