A/N: And I even took the time to write out another one. What a lovely person I am! How caring, how special, how… totally modest.

Every man, Somebody or Nobody alike, makes mistakes.

And one of the few Vexen ever makes is to fall asleep in his lab, halfway through an experiment. He was known to flail about after a nightmare, as though fighting off some invisible foe, and not often was he ever truly bothered with it. But when his arm smacks into a variety of glass beakers, ranging from empty to half-full with various colored solutions, he feels the need to find a way to fix this. He howled loudly, holding his throbbing arms and glaring profusely at the shattered glass on the floor and bench. Months of work was now spread across the floor, dripping through the cracks in the tiling. He swore, grabbing a cloth from a cupboard and laying it over the mess, giving his elbow a ginger nudge to check for bruising, before sulkily leaving his laboratory and making his way to the kitchen.

He couldn't be bothered with breakfast this early – the thought of eating so soon after waking up made his stomach flip – but surely a little something to occupy his time would do nothing but good. He passed a surprised, fully-awake Xaldin, much to his shock, mumbling about 'how could one be awake so early' and quickly twirling the knob one square across, from a dark, dark brown to a shadowy green, opening the door and entering, not caring to close said door behind him again.

Little could be found that was to his liking – he couldn't be bothered with a snack nor a large meal, and so simply settled on picking up a small bottle of mints on his way out and back to his lab.

Mint was always one of his favorites, clean and fresh, as any good mind should be, despite never being quite enough for any meal. It was nothing other than it's sterile cleanliness. But, he guesses that's what made it so appealing.

And so, carefully twisting one of the mints around in his mouth, he began the arduous task of cleaning up yet another one of the messes he had caused.

That's all, folks!