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The screens light up the dark room, as bright as they are netzach cant bear to see what the are showing anymore
He looks down and lets out a Shaky exhale, he already warned the manager about the breach, what else can he do? He wants to disconnect the computer and stop hearing those screams of the people that once were his employees
A loud noise breaks his thoughts, his eyes dart to the screen, second trumpet, D-01-105 breached, not enough information about it to know how to suppress it without any casualties
Not Even with all the enkephalin in his body he can stop feeling powerless, he swore that he stopped caring about it, after all, he gave up a long time ago on this job, the day starts with death and ends with death
His hand instinctively reaches for his drawer, once opening reveals vials full of green liquid, before he can grab one he stops, Will it really help? He knows that once a strong feeling enters his head he can't really stop it with anything, what can he do now?
He grabs his head with both hands, fingers clawing in his green hair, his breathing is getting erratic, he looks at the screen one more time, what he feared worse became true, all his agents were dead, the abnormality ran off to another department, he lowers his head again and stare blankly into the floor, once again he couldn't prevent it, this has happened multiple times already… he should be used to it by now, yet, the guilty he feels is too much, his eyes start to sting as his mind starts to wander-
He stands on his feet abruptly, ignoring the dizziness that clouds his mind and walks out the door, he walks and walks, his mechanical joints ache at the sudden movement, this is the most physical activity he has gotten in days, the once green walls turn dark purple, Will yesod accept him?, probably not, Netzach will never want to admit this out loud but… he really doesn't want to be alone right Now, enkephalin will not erase what he is feeling, he has tried that before to no avail
Once outside the sephiras office he extends his hand, hovering over the door before knocking
“Hey… Yesod?” His voice is unusually small, he coughs before speaking again “uh… it's me, Netzach”
“Enter”
Netzach opens the door and enters the office, is organized, clean and smells strongly of disinfectant, he closes the door behind him and stays close to the entrance
“If you are here to request cross-departmental manpower,” Yesod says without turning around “submit the form”
“It's not necessary anymore” netzach says with a low voice, he takes a shaky breath “just checking in”
“You never ‘check in’”
Netzach looks to the floor and shrugs, he doesn't feel like explaining that poor excuse he just threw in
Yesod sighs and glances at netzach again “your department had a breach, four fatalities”
“Five actually” netzach corrects, bitterness in his voice
“If you are seeking absolution, I am not qualified to provide it”
“I’m not”
“Then state your purpose clearly”
Netzach glances at one side of the office, a couch in pristine condition meets his eye
“...Can I take your couch?” he looks to the ground and with a soft voice he says
“i don't really want to be in my office right Now”
Yesod looks at Netzach, he wants to say no, it's not admitted for sephirot to invite others in their office, let alone to slack off work, but… there is something in netzach, he looks sober enough, he just lost his department and it's not like he will write the corresponding report, he never does
With a sigh he says “you may stay, but don't make noise, i have to work to do”
Netzach mutters a soft “thanks” and sits on the couch, his posture stiff at first, then he starts to relax on the couch and leans on his side, resting his head on the armrest
The soft typing and occasional mutter than come from yesod working is relaxing to hear, taking him off the dark cloud he was in before, Netzach starts to slowly close his eyes and fall into a deep sleep
…
Yesod at one point forgot he had the other sephira in his office, letting him sleep while he was absorbed on his work, only taken out of it by a knock in his door
“Come in”
The knob twists and the door Opens “ah, good afternoon yesod, came here to deliver some papers Tipheret gave me”
Chesed enters the room bringing in the faint aroma of coffee, Yesod barely turns to the side, eyeing him from top to bottom in an instant, he's not wearing his usual blue coat, then he shifts back to his computer
“You are not wearing your full uniform, again”
Chesed smiles softly dismissing with a hand what yesod just pointed out, leaving a neat yellow folder on his desk
“still as strict as ever i see, don't worry too much about it~”
Chesed looks for a place to sit down, it's been a while since he's been to the upper floors, he glances at the couch, humming in surprise at seeing netzach there, curled up and breathing softly
“Seems you have company already~”
Yesod does not turn from his monitor “He required temporary occupancy”
“That is one way to phrase it” Chesed shakes his head softly, he will never admit he cares, will he?
he looks around the room, seeing a thin blanket on a supply closet, he grabs it then covers netzach with it, he sits down on the edge of the couch, careful to not wake up the sleeping sephira, he places a hand on top of the blanket, where his leg is supposed to be and rubs his thumb affectionately
“Did it go poorly?” Chesed asks with a low voice
“Five fatalities, delayed suppression of un-researched abnormality”
Silence stretches between the two sephiras, yesod works as chesed looks at netzach, even in sleep he looks exhausted
“Not everyone is fit for this job, he definitely isn't" chesed mutters to himself more than anything, he stands up walking to the door
Yesod turns to look at him, watching how the other sephira is ready to leave
“its kind of you to let him rest here after that” Chesed says with a gentle tone, then smiles at yesod then twists the door knob “anyways, take care Yesod~”
Yesod looks as the door shuts close with a soft click, he feels a strange softness at chesed's words, his gaze goes to Netzach, he feels warm at looking at the head of the safety team, all curled up in his couch sleeping soundly, he's never felt like this... sadly for him he has a job and doesn't have time for this kind of thoughts
he lets out a sigh and looks back at the monitors, he has reports to finish after all