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A sharp pain cracked through his brain as Venom slowly opened his eyes. Immediately having to squeeze them shut again, Venom gripped his pillow tightly, trying to keep everything in his stomach and not up his throat. He breathed deeply through his nose and rolled onto his back. The sun shined onto his face and he put his arm over his face.
What... What the hell happened last night?
A small groan slipped from his lips as he felt his brain throb in his skull. Another attempt was made to open his eyes and he was able to keep them slightly open this time. Well, his eye that wasn't covered by his signature eyepatch. His lone eye scanned his room and he came to the conclusion that he had made it to his quarters.
I need... something to stop this awful pain...
Very carefully, Venom sat up in his bed and he let out a sigh, the act already exhausting him even more than he already was.
Great. I'm going to be so useful today like this...
He noticed the water and medication on his bedside table and he felt himself lighten up.
"Good thing I was smart last night and set this up for myself." He grumbled to himself as reached for the medication and water. After taking the medication, he laid back down on his back. He'd have to get up eventually but Venom decided in the moment to go back to sleep.
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It was around noon when Venom emerged from his quarters, freshly showered and feeling slightly better from his night of drinking shenanigans. As he made his way around the main command platform, he noticed that there weren't many Dogs out and about. The usual bustling platform seemed to still be in sleep mode. There was barely anyone out, the sounds here were mostly the ocean below and the seagulls in the sky above. It was weirding out Venom until he heard gunshots.
His head jerked in the direction of the loud noise and saw a glimpse of Ocelot around the corner of one the huge buildings on this platform. Making his way over, he saw that Ocelot was doing his usual target practice with a small handful of Dogs.
Ocelot turned towards him and gave him a half smile.
"Continue practicing what I just showed you for the time being." Ocelot ordered to the Dogs over his shoulder before walking up to Venom. "Mornin' Boss." He greeted Venom and Venom nodded his head in response. His gaze went to the practicing Dogs and then back to Ocelot.
"Where is everybody?" He asked him, his arms now folded across his chest. Ocelot quirked his brow at him and smirked.
“By the time midnight came ‘round last night, you made the call that people could sleep in if they chose to.” Ocelot answered him, that smirk never leaving his face. Venom’s eyebrows tensed as he visibly tried to think back to the prior evening.
"Don't have much of a memory of last night, do you, Boss?"
Venom stared over at him and tried to recall what happened. There was obviously drinking, and he remembered his small group of Dogs he was hanging out with. After that it was a bit of a blur and next thing he remembered was waking up this morning.
"I mean, I don't think we went too crazy." Venom replied, keeping his face expressionless. If that’s what he said, then it's what he said, he supposed.
Ocelot shrugged his shoulders but his smirk still didn't leave his face.
"Well, I suppose for you it didn't hurt that you had your little helper."
That comment left Venom dumbfounded. What helper? He didn't remember anyone helping him out last night. If anyone did, it was himself when he left himself some medicine to take in the morning.
Ocelot was easily able to read the confusion on Venom's face and shook his head. The way this man could be so oblivious sometimes...
The two stood in silence as Ocelot waited patiently for Venom to figure it out. He found this quite amusing and was keeping a poker face to not show it. After a few more moments of silence, he decided to throw him a bone.
"Really? Can’t remember any of that last night?" Ocelot questioned him and Venom only shook his head. "It was Quiet."
A look of realization spread across Venom's face and moments from last night suddenly filled his mind. She was the one who stopped him from drinking himself into even more a mess than he already was, she was the one who helped him to his room, she was the one who left him medicine for the morning.
"I... I gotta go." Venom muttered out and promptly left the training area. Ocelot watched after him, still shaking his head.
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Music softly played, the sun was bright above and Quiet was lounging in her cell as usual. Dressed in only her bikini, she lazily kicked her legs while on laying on her stomach. Her head was resting on her crossed arms in front of her and her eyes were closed as she soaked up the sun above. Luckily, after the shenanigans of last night, there weren't many soldiers out and about to bother her today. She was grateful for it and wanted to take advantage of this rare span of alone time.
Soon enough though, she heard footsteps coming towards her cell. Usually, she would be annoyed by this, but she knew whose footsteps these were. A small smile spread across her face and she decided to keep her current position. He came down the stairs and she heard him stop at the base of them. She could feel him watching her.
Slowly opening her eyes, she turned her head so that her chin was resting on her folded arms now and she was looking right at him.
Walking over to her, he sat down on the ground in front of her bed, so they were on level with each other, the bars of her cell separating them. The two sat in silence for a few moments, typical for them. Thinking that this was it was, as they had done this numerous times before, Quiet rested her head back down and stretched her hands out in front of her. Her hands now dangled slightly over her bed.
Time moved slowly when the two of them were together. All she could hear was her music, the seagulls above and his light breathing in front of her. It was one of the most peaceful days on Mother Base yet. If she still had the need to breathe, she would've let out a content sigh at this time.
What brought her out of her relaxed state though was the feel of Venom's flesh hand gently holding one of hers. Opening her eyes once more and looking over at him, she saw him staring at her hand. Her face flushed slightly at his sudden touch but she didn't pull away.
He seemed to be lost in thought as he stared and she waited patiently to see if he would say anything. Internally, she was dying to know what was going through his head but she couldn't just ask him out right. This was one of those times that being able to communicate normally would’ve been mighty convenient.
"I..." He finally spoke up, barely a mutter. She titled her head at him to show that she was listening. "I wanted to thank you for last night." He told her, still looking at her hand. She let out a small chuckle and nodded her head.
So, he did remember what happened last night.
"But... I also want to apologize for you having to do that." He grumbled, a light blush spreading across his face. A smirk broke out across Quiet's face.
He was being cute again like last night and she was eating it up.
Although, while she was enjoying this, what she really wanted to know was how much he remembered of last night. Did he remember him calling her pretty? Or how he asked her to stay with him? She had stayed until sunrise and decided that was a good time to retreat back to her cell before anyone got suspicious. Now seeing that no one was really around though made her feel like she could have stayed longer.
Quiet decided to play dumb since it seemed like he didn't notice her smirk right now.
Giving his hand a squeeze so he'd finally look up her, she tilted her head again to try to show confusion. This was how she was hoping she could get him to spill a little more about last night.
When he looked up at her though, he had a look of being dumbfounded on his face and he stared at her. Quiet genuinely titled her head this time at him and it seemed to snap him out of whatever thought process he was in the middle of. He licked his lips and looked down at the ground again.
"I mean... How you had to carry me to my quarters because I had drunk myself into oblivion." He mumbled more to himself than to her. She still caught it, as she always does and Quiet squeezed his hand once more. By the look on his face, she figured that was the most she was going to get out of him and she moved to put her head back down.
The silence from before came back but Quiet didn't mind. She couldn't expect him to remember absolutely everything from last night, especially what words were said.
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Venom stared at the ground.
His breathing was faster than before and his face felt even more flushed.
The more he talked with her about last night, the more he started to remember. Along with getting him into bed, she had helped him with getting his shirt and shoes off, which made his stomach turn thinking about it.
Why do I feel like I said something to her?
Venom squeezed his eyes shut and wracked his brain, trying to recollect his memories from last night.
He felt Quiet squeeze his hand again and he looked up her to see her stunning green eyes expressing concern for him. Her soft lips were slightly parted and he just stared at her, her face halting his mind to a stop.
That was when he remembered what he said to her.
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"I..." Venom did his usual start and stop, but this time he kept his eyes on Quiet. She wasn't able to read his expression this time but she listened intently to hear what he had to say.
"I wasn't lying last night." He said to her, looking straight at her, his tone unfaltering.
Quiet stared at him and felt her face slowly heat up at his words.
She didn't even need to confirm what he was talking about.
Her stomach did a small flip but a soft smile slowly began to spread across her face.
To his surprise, she pulled her hand away from his and cloaked herself out of his eye sight. Staying seated as he was, Venom turned his head from side to side looking for her. His movement stopped when he felt a hand on the back of his head.
Just as Quiet came back into his field of vision, Venom felt the small sensation of lips being pressed against his forehead. He stared at her neck and shoulders in shock as Quiet was knelt next to him, giving him a small, gentle kiss placed right upon his forehead. Quiet pulled away and sat fully next to him, looking away but still having a smile on her face. A small smile broke across Venom’s own face as he gazed at her.
His hand moved over to hers and he held it once more causing Quiet to look over at him.
Neither of them said anything more.
Just two small smiles were shared together.