As cozy as an octopus in a octopot!

by bingus_binger

Summary:

Work at the Mostero Lounge has multiplied suddenly, leaving Azul to overwork himself. The twins feel neglected and decide to do something about it.

Notes:

Written by Admin 2!

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮. 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

 

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘈𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰, 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵.

 

The insistent poking and prodding into his side was starting to make it difficult to focus on the papers. The non-stop whining accompanying said poking and prodding certainly didn't help either. He tried to tune it all out and get back in the groove he was previously in, but an arm suddenly lashing out and almost smacking the glasses off his face crushes the idea all together.

 

"Floyd." Azul said in a clipped tone. Azul was sitting in a booth at the Mostero Lounge, filling out the necessary paperwork to run it. Floyd was also in the booth, sprawled all over the seat. The seat Azul was currently sitting in. Floyd kept wiggling around, splaying his long limbs everywhere he could. One leg over the back of the seat, one touching the floor, one arm on the table, and the other in Azul's face. Sighing, Azul attempted to push Floyd's arm out of his face, but the second he did Floyd just shoved his hand into Azul's face instead.

"𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘥!"

Azul snapped at Floyd. He was trying to focus on his work to get it done in a timely manner, but Floyd interrupting him was a sure way to get no work done. He set down his pen, picked up his glasses that had fallen onto the table, and grabbed the arm the other had been swinging around. Floyd let out a huff before trying to pull his arm out of Azul's grasp, but Azul held tight. Floyd began to pout, pulling harder, but Azul grabbed on even tighter.

"Floyd. What do you think you are doing? Do you not have anything else better to do than harass me while I'm working? Where's Jade? Go annoy him."

Floyd lets out another whine of dismay, before puffing out his cheeks and replying.

"Jade's at his dumb mushroom club~ You're the only one around I can bug!"

Floyd told the other, now sitting up in another attempt to break free. Azul sighed once more and let go of the other's arm, picking up the pen and focusing back on the paperwork. A second later he felt the seat move from Floyd getting up. For a moment he thought the other had finally decided that harassing him wasn't entertaining enough and went to do something else, but he was very wrong.

Floyd flopped down onto the seat again, closer to Azul this time. The impact made Azul jump slightly, and he looked over at Floyd to glare at him. Floyd simply giggled and continued to scoot closer to the other until he rested his head onto Azul's lap and wrapped his arms around the other's waist. Azul sighed.

"What are you doing now, Floyd."

"What's it look like?"

"It looks like you are hindering my ability to focus on very important matters. That is what it looks like."

The eel giggled again at the other's reply and buried his face into Azul's stomach. Azul jumped again and tried to pry Floyd away, but it was of no use. There was no stopping the other when he wanted to squeeze.

"May I ask why you are doing all of this? You don't usually bother me so much while I work on Mostero Lounge business."

Floyd was silent for a moment, before leaning back enough to see Azul with one eye, the pout from earlier coming back.

"You've been working too much. Ignoring me and Jade. It sucks." The eel replied, giving a half-hearted glare up at Azul.

 

𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳? 𝘈 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬? 𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩? 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴.

𝘚𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘈𝘻𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.

 

He looked down at Floyd, who had looked away and buried his face back into the other's stomach again while he was deep in thought. He glanced back at the paperwork before shaking his head, putting the pen back down. Looking back down at the other, he started to gently run his hands through Floyd's hair.

"I...suppose I have been..distant. I've been too caught up in the work that it was all I had on my mind."

Floyd leans into Azul's hand, a happy smile replacing the pout. He looked up at Azul and gave him a little squeeze.

"Me 'n Jade have been worried 'bout you, y'know.. You stopped comin' to dinner 'n started eating in your own room. We thought somethin' must'a happened to ya but when we asked you just said you were busy. It sucked reaaal bad, y'know. We're Azul deprived~!"

Azul began to smile gently down at the other as he listened, his slow manner of speaking soothing him. He felt bad, now that he was able to realize how the twins felt about his sudden distance. He continued to run his hand through the other's hair, smiling a little wider as Floyd started nudging his hand with his nose in a playful manner.

"I apologize for.. 'Azul depriving' you both. I'll make sure to make up for it with lots of attention."

Floyd cheered, a happy sounding sort of shriek as he raised his arms up in a sort of victory pose style. Azul gave the other a small nudge to signal he was getting up, so Floyd scooted off the seat to give him space.

"It's almost dinner time, isn't it? How about we make something together?" Azul offered as they began to make their way to the kitchen. Before Floyd could reply, the sound of a door opening and footsteps could be heard.

"That sounds lovely, Azul. Shall we use the mushrooms I just found for a dish?" Jade had replied. Azul and Floyd stared at Jade for a moment, pausing in their steps as Jade made his way over to the two. Their expressions quickly turned sour, morphing into disgusted looks.

"Jade. Do you not remember the mushroom ban I had placed? Enough."

"No more mushrooms! They're gonna make me puke!" Azul and Floyd replied at the same time, voices overlapping. Jade simply chuckled at them as they all continued to the kitchen.

"Now then, what do you two think about shrimp pasta?" Azul asked the twins. Floyd made a noise of approval and went to go find the ingredients needed for it.

"It sounds pleasant, Azul. Shall we start?"

"Yes, let's." Azul said while nodding to the other. The three of them worked around the kitchen in sync, helping each other make each part of the dish. After a little while, the food was all finished and ready to be eaten.

 

"Waaaaah~! It smells so good!"

"Indeed. We outdid ourselves, I'd say."

"Indeed we did!" Azul replied to the two, sitting down at the booth they had brought the food out to. The other two quickly followed, eager to taste their efforts. They began to eat, all making a pleased sound at the taste. Floyd kept getting a cluster of shrimp on his fork before eating them all at once. The other two smiled at silly antics.

After they had finished eating and washing the dishes, they made their way back to the dorms. Azul departed from the twins to go freshen up in his own dorm, before making his way back to the twins' shared dorm. Knocking on the door before entering, he was greeted with a 'come in' from Jade. As he stepped in the room and shut the door behind him he could hear a loud splashing coming from the bathroom, a few giggling accompanying it. Jade sat on the bed that was on his half of the shared room, patting it while looking at Azul. He strode over to the bed and sat beside the other.

"So.. Floyd has told me you two have been feeling.. 'Azul deprived.' I've already issued an apology to him but I wanted to apologize to you, as well. It wasn't my intention to neglect you two, I had simply gotten too caught up in my workload. I understand if you are upset with me still."

Jade turned to face the other better before giving him a grin.

"Why yes, I would say we have been quite 'Azul deprived.' If only there was a way to make it up to us..." The eel said. Azul lifted a brow in question, signaling for the other to continue. Jade simply turned his head to look at the bathroom door as his brother came out, freshly bathed and dressed in clean pajamas. Floyd grinned at the two before tackling them both. Azul let out a surprised shout while Jade simply grinned and accepted his fate.

"Sleepover time~!!" Floyd announced happily before putting the covers over all three of them, pushing Azul to be in the middle. He went to turn the lights off before rushing back into the bed, immediately cuddling closely to Azul and Jade. Both of the twins rested an arm on Azul, holding hands over top of him. A habit they formed from when they were young merms as to not drift away while sleeping. The closeness felt familiar and comforting and safe to Azul, who preferred closed in spaces since he was a child.

"Is this what you had in mind for making it up to you two?" Azul asks in a slightly teasing tone. The other two bury closer to Azul, hugging tight as they all three smiled.

"Mhm! You owe us lots and lots of affection~" Floyd replied, a smile could be heard plain as day from the tone of his voice. Jade chuckled as well, nodding.

"Yes, as Floyd says. Consider yourself forgiven."

The three share a small laugh as they close their eyes, smiling brightly.

 

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮, 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘈𝘻𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦.