My Pet Peeve 07

Summary: It should have just been a regular morning for Chris Redfield. He should have been just heading out for his usual every day job. So why did he wake up to find a certain puppy eared male in his bed?

Pairing: Nivanfield

Author's note: Sorry I'm late on updating this one. DX I blame it on watching Dangan Ropa.

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My Pet Peeve 07

Chris was quiet on the ride home. He didn't approve of HQ's actions to supersede his decision and pull Piers into the dangerous line of fire even if Piers had been a great asset to the mission. Did they know how much danger they put him in, a Semi? He was a target, one the enemy probably had their eyes set on. Sure, Chris was planning on having Piers join Alpha Team. That didn't mean he wanted it done under his nose or for Piers to be brought out into the field on his first day without the proper training. All Alpha Team members went through the basics to make sure they were cut for being on the team. Piers couldn't even remember parts of his life much less be considered functional for the type of stuff they did.

Chris literally had to force himself to calm down. He'd talk to the top brass tomorrow about it. Piers sat tensely beside him, probably sensing Chris's frustration by the way his ears were flat against his head as he stared out the window. It only made him calm down even more. It wasn't right of him to be making the Semi feel uncomfortable when HQ was the one to put him up to this. Reaching over, Chris rested his hand on top of Piers's head ruffling the soft hair between his fingers even as he kept his eyes on the road.

"You did good," Chris said softly feeling the tension in the other decline as the young Semi relaxed glancing over at him.

"Chris?"

"You did good," Chris repeated glancing at the hazel eyes staring at him before he lowered his hand returning full focus on the road again. Piers didn't say anything though he kept his eyes on Chris reminding him of a staring puppy waiting to receive attention and praise. Ok well…he might have tacked on those last two things. Did Piers even care about all of that?

When they arrived back at Chris's home, Chris was the first to climb out the car before Piers followed his example. His mind wandered back to the incident earlier. Someone knew they would be there. Whoever it was had every intention of killing him. His body was on auto, following the motions of entering his house while he thought.

The only group he could think of that would want him and Leon dead was Umbrella. He'd have to be careful outside of BSAA HQ. He was in as bad a spot as Piers was. Maybe it would be safer for the two of them to stay in the barracks on base with the rest of Alpha Team until this whole thing blew over. Though he knew he wasn't going to do that. Hell, it took a complete yelling match for Chris to get brass to let him go home after the attack. Leon was still stuck there…didn't mean he wouldn't sneak out later, the crafty bastard.

Chris left Piers with free reign of the house as he wandered off to his room feeling like he needed a nice, hot shower to help soothe the aches in his muscles. He didn't close his door forgetting in that moment that he wasn't in the house alone, a trail of clothing leading to his bathroom. The shower was cut on, hot steam starting to float around the bathroom.

It was great to feel the hot water pouring over his body washing away the dirt and oil of rolling around on the parking garage floor. Humans. His enemies today had been complete humans. There had been no evidence of a mutation to say it had to do with Umbrella. Then again, the bodies were still going through autopsies. The two bodies of the snipers that had shot at Leon and him were still missing. Taken back by enemy hands? It was possible.

His shower ended quicker than he would have liked, a grunt escaping his lips as he climbed out. Toweling off his damp body, Chris headed back out to the bedroom rubbing the towel roughly over his head.

"Dinner is ready if you…uh…" His ears perked at the sound of Piers's voice, but the sound of hesitation made Chris look up pulling the towel from his head. Piers was standing there in the doorway with surprised eyes staring at Chris's nude body before their eyes met and Piers gave a soft cough looking around away. Chris forgot he hadn't closed his door when he stripped and couldn't help feeling a little flushed himself knowing it wasn't from the shower.

"Right…" Chris responded trying not to sound embarrassed to be caught in such a state of dress. He rubbed at his hair with the towel as he walked to the dresser and grabbed out a pair of boxers to slide into. It was hard to ignore the feeling of eyes staring at him from behind. He felt like his ears burned, a shirt slipping over his head before he turned to find the hazel eyes slide up to his face then quickly away again. Was Piers actually checking him out? No, that had to be his imagination.

Lifting a brow, Chris stared at the Semi watching the tail sway stiffly behind him as the ears twitched sporadically, nervously in Chris's mind. "So, what's for dinner?"

"Leftovers," Piers said glancing at him and looking relieved to see clothes on him. Yeah, it had been his imagination. "There was a lot left over from yesterday. Even with that guy-"

"-Leon."

Piers frowned. "….Right. Even with Leon eating here yesterday." He still didn't sound like he liked Leon much. Though he seemed to at least tolerate him better than before. But as long as he was part of Alpha Team, he was going to have to learn to respect the Bravo Team Leader. But he'd worry about that later.

"Let's go eat," Chris said walking over and ruffling Piers's hair. He didn't even notice the other staring at him as he walked past or that he softly ran his fingers through with a small smile on his lips as if memorizing the feel of Chris's fingers.

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It was about two in the morning before Chris heard the door creak open to the guest room he was sleeping in. In the darkness, he stared with tired amusement as the Semi slowly stumbled into the room in the dark. He found himself sitting up slowly figuring that Piers was sleepwalking from the fact that he didn't even pause at seeing Chris move.

A hand reached out towards the bed and Chris found himself reaching out and grabbing it lightly tugging the Semi into the bed with him. With a contented sigh that almost sounded like he'd been holding his breath, Piers nuzzled his nose into the warmth of Chris's arm as he fell asleep again.

Chris held him close, sliding his hand up to pet behind the ears secretly enjoying how the other cuddled him. The idea of switching rooms made no difference in the fact that Piers kept ending up in bed with him. Hell, he had a feeling that if he'd slept on the couch, Piers would still find him.

"Chris…" It was just a small whisper, would have barely been heard by his ears if it hadn't been so deadly silent. His cheeks flushed slightly as he wondered if Piers was dreaming about him. This Semi was definitely making Chris more and more attracted to him. Maybe he should ask Ada about it tomorrow. He needed to talk to her about the attack anyway. There was a leak somewhere in BSAA. They needed to try and find the leak before something serious did happen.

With the Semi snuggled up against him, it wasn't hard for him to fall asleep to the soft sound of light breathing in his ear. He couldn't help the overprotectiveness he felt over the male unconsciously pulling him closer in his sleep. The scent of body wash so unique on Piers's body seemed to help lull him into a deep slumber.

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Ada lifted a brow up at Chris, watching as he fidgeted in the chair across from her. He grumbled something scratching at his beard that he trimmed to look more presentable as he told him it wasn't to make him look better in front of Piers. The other was currently training with the rest of Alpha Team as one of the two new rookies they acquired within the week. He'd check on them later, leaving Marco Rose in charge of things until he got there. He'd let Leon take control if he called in to take the day because of something important like the day Piers first snuck into his home.

"So…am I playing as your personal therapist now, Captain Redfield?" Ada asked drawing his attention back to the conversation. She looked amused by the question he asked about Piers still crawling into bed with him despite heaters, electric blankets, and even switching beds. "I guess if you really want my opinion, though, I'd say he's attracted to your …special heat."

"…What do you mean by that?" He looked clueless and he knew it. He wasn't all that good with things like relationship and knowing what a person felt or wanted. It was one of the reasons he didn't keep partners long like the case of Jill. Damn, why did he have to think about her?

"I see." She laughed shaking her head slightly at his ignorance. "I need to spell it out for you, but it can't be helped that you are this dense." She stood smirking at his glare as she swayed her tail reminding him of a certain sneaky cat from a very familiar fairytale. "He likes you."

"…Come again?" He asked looking clueless.

" .You."

Chris frowned staring at her. What, did she think he was stupid or something? "I know that. I doubt he'd stay around if he didn't at least like me a little." What exactly was she trying to say? It wasn't like it was weird to like…oh. Wait…she meant that kind of like, didn't she? Well shit. She must have picked up on where his thoughts went, or she noticed the enlightened look on his face because her smirk seemed to grow ten times bigger. "…That…just because he's sleeping with me doesn't mean he's into me like that." That sounded so wrong in his ears.

"Well…how else do you explain it then?" She grew thoughtful staring at him. "Maybe you should let Leon spend the night there to see if he still does it." She crossed her arms nodding her head as if the decision had been made. "In fact it would probably be better for your protection."

"…I only have one guest room."

"You have a couch too, correct?" She smirked watching him shift in the seat. "Or you could always just invest in a blow up mattress."

"…You're toying with me."

"Look," Ada said giving him a look. "You asked for my suggestion and I gave it to you. You want to figure out if he's just looking for human warmth, that's your best option. It's either that or agree to the fact that he likes you."

"…He hates Leon."

"Who doesn't?" she said smirking slightly slowing her down. "You do, of course, have the secondary option of just kissing him and seeing what happens will be."

"…I'll…see if Leon can stay the night," Chris said looking up as she walked over to stand in front of him. If he weren't in the state of not wanting to be in a relationship, he'd actually find Ada to be really attractive. She had perky breast, a nice butt, good looks, an intelligent mind, and didn't take crap from anyone. It's why he teased Leon about her at times because he knew the man tended to fall for women that could put one over on him.

"Good boy." She patted his cheek before walking over to her inner window peeking out at those working the lab by cracking the blinds a just little. They didn't even seem to suspect that she was watching them though they did keep glancing at the door with frowns, no doubt wondering how long Chris would be staying there. It was no surprised, with her good looks that she had her own little personal fanbase that seemed to enjoy looking at her than at the dead bodies they were supposed to be studying. "Oh…as a change of topic, we've found our mole."

Chris looked over sharply at her words, full attention focused with every bit of seriousness he could muster. The mole, the one that set them up for failure back at the parking garage. He tried not to show the frustration on his face at how much he really wanting to see the guy and pound his face into the ground for putting them in danger. Piers included. "Who was it?"

"In BSAA, his name was Jason Bevere. But with further investigations, we learned his real name is Ricardo Irving. He works for TRICELL INC as a researcher. He is a black market dealer of Bio-Weapons." Chris's frown got deeper the more she talked. It meant he could be in contact with any of the black market groups. Umbrella could be a part of that group…if it was true they were dealing with Bio-Weapons as well. He still needed to prove it beyond the evidences he found that didn't help his case.

"…How much have you looked into TRICELL?"

"BSAA researchers are looking more into it. They're also trying to make sure we don't have another spy among us. And seeing if they can find out Ricardo's next move." Ada returned to her desk as she spoke, the blinds once again completely closed.

"Makes sense," Chris said standing as he stretched. "Is Leon being sent out?"

"As soon as they get the go ahead from Charlie Team, it's more than likely going to be a yes." It meant Leon would be gone for a while in the next few days. But there was one more thing he wanted to know. He ignored the fact that Charlie was run by Jill and that it would be unavoidable to not have to run into her during this case.

Ada sat down in front of him distracting him for a moment as he stared at the cat ears flickering on top of her head. "We're still working on the autopsies for the attackers. There wasn't anything on them and so far there are no signs of mutations whatsoever." There was one more question on his mind as he frowned leaning his elbows on the table as he rested his chin on top of his hands, brown gaze settling on her.

"Any connection to Umbrella?" He could understand why Umbrella would want to kill him but TRICELL had no reasons, none that he knew of. Unless somehow the two were connected.

"…None yet." That was the only answer he needed. It still meant that TRICELL INC wanted to kill Leon and him for some reason. Maybe it was time he did some researching himself.

"I'll find out who the leader of TRICELL is," he said ignoring how Ada looked up at him as he stood up and pushed the chair closer to her desk, his hands resting on the back as he glanced up at her again. "Thanks for the information. We'll put a stop to this soon."

Because as long as this case was ongoing it meant that they were in danger just as much as the Semi were. He wondered briefly if they were being targeted for their association with the Semi, but the thought slipped away quickly. It seemed a stupid reason to attack someone. Besides, anyone from BSAA could be included in that since they all knew Ada. And the only one he was close to was Piers. Speaking of Piers, it was time to check up on his little rookie. He tried to ignore the way his heart seemed to be faster at the thought of him, or the knowing look Ada passed his way before he scowled and left from her office to go take care of his own affairs and to convince Leon to spend the night.

TBC…

Leon spending tonight. XD I can't imagine how this is going to turn out but I'm sure I'll have loads of fun with it.