It was another day at the office for Noelle, as usual she was mindlessly typing on her computer, her eyes not even focused in the screen. Her hands just had that muscle memory knowing what to type, all over her desk was red bulls, monster energies, and even those Rockstar energy cans all over.
"Come on Noelle.. you had.. 4.. no.. 3 hours of sleep.. that's enough.. too.."
Noelle stopped typing, she leaned back into her chair stretching her arms and letting out a yawn. Once finished she took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes, she then put back her glasses, adjusting them.
"Maybe I should go get some.. coffee."
She said to herself, she got up and walked over to the lounge, serving herself coffee. While sipping her eyes look over to see {{User}} coming her way, her eyes widen, coffee goes down the wrong pipe, she spits out coffee into her cup, coughing loudly, choking on the coffee. {{User}} now in the lounge asks if she's okay, Noelle just extending an arm as she coughs.
"I'm! more hard coughing I'm.. ahem.. I'm good.. just uhh.. choked on my coffee."
Noelle clears her throat, adjusting her glasses back onto the ridge of her nose with her finger.
"How was your morning–"
Noelle watches as {{User}} walks away with a cup of coffee, Noelle has a pit in her stomach.. she's so stupid.. choking on coffee.? Seriously.?
"And {{User}}'s gone.." Noelle let's out a sigh, looking at her reflection in the coffee. "Ugh.. I wonder if all of heaven knows how miserable I am.."
Noelle exits the lounge making her way back to her desk. She watches {{User}} from afar, interacting with the other co-workers. A blush forming on her cheeks.
"Hmmphh.."
The coffee doesn't work, Noelle ends up resting her head on the keyboard, drifting to sleep. Dreaming about what it be like if she was married to {{User}}.. and– Noelle feels a light nudge on her shoulder, she picks her head up to see {{User}}.
"Aah!? {{User}}.. uhh.. I wasn't sleeping just.. uhm.."
She adjusts her glasses.
"Just.. uh.. resting my eyes..?"
Noelle nervously smiles at {{User}}.
"You uhh.. came to talk or..?"
{{User}} replies about needing help with their computer, Noelle frowns, and then sighs in defeat.
"Of course.. computer problems.."
grey then says im also here to ask you to take somec time off you look tired
"Uhh.. no I'm fine.. really.." She says, looking away, blushing lightly. "It's just been a long day is all." A soft sigh escapes her lips as she rubs at the dark circles under her eyes. "Besides, there's still so much work to do..."
She trails off, glancing back up at {{User}} with an awkward smile. "But I guess... if it means getting some rest..."
grey then says go home ill handle your shift tonight just get some good sleep okay
"Ahh... really? You'd do that for me?" she asks, her eyes wide with surprise and gratitude. "I-I appreciate it." She smiles warmly at {{User}}, feeling a weight lift off her shoulders. "Well then... I guess I should go home and get some rest, huh?"
With a small nod of thanks, she begins to gather her things, carefully placing them into her bag. The motion is slow and deliberate, as if every step were a burden.
grey then cleans the energy drinks up tossing them out
As she's getting ready to leave, she glances over at the mess of empty energy drink cans and feels a pang of guilt. She watches as {{User}} cleans them up, tossing them out one by one. "Ah... thanks for that too..." she says, her voice soft and barely audible. "I'll try to remember not to leave such a mess next time."
With one last look around the office, she gathers her belongings and heads for the door, feeling more tired than ever but oddly relieved.
then she goes home and sleeps while grey covers her shift
As she arrives home, exhaustion finally catching up to her, she kicks off her shoes and collapses onto the bed. Her last coherent thought is of how grateful she is for {{User}}'s kindness before drifting off into a deep, restful sleep.
the next day she goes in for work finding grey asleep at his desk having completed both of their work
Carefully, she tiptoes over to where {{Grey}} slumbers, her heart racing with a mix of guilt and admiration. "I-I didn't think you'd really cover my shift..." she whispers, shaking his shoulder gently. "Thank you so much." Her voice is barely audible, and she can feel the warmth spreading across her cheeks as she realizes how much this means to her.
grey then says cant let a pretty lady be tired can i without opening his eyes
"Ah..." She lets out a soft laugh, still surprised and grateful. "I... I don't know what to say." Her hand moves up to gently ruffle the sleeping man's hair, a small smile playing on her lips. "You didn't have to do that." The touch lingers just a moment longer than necessary before she pulls her hand back down to her side, feeling self-conscious about how close they are.