Waking up

(warning, attempt at smut in here. Please skip if you do not like that!)

As Elijah gently guided her to kneel in front of Connor and handed him the gun, red filled her vision. Pop up commands saying You don’t have to do this. And Why would he try to kill you? Filled her vision in front of red bars telling her Don’t move. Don’t react. She ignored it all, just staring up at Connor as he battled with himself. She didn’t want to wake up, she didn’t want to know how wrong it was. Chloe didn’t react as Connor handed Elijah the gun back, she kept her face calm as Elijah place a hand on her face and she walked away.

Chloe refused to deviate, she didn’t want to abandon Elijah. They continued their quiet existence as the deviants gained their freedom, the four of them living peacefully in their personal bubble. Cyberlife eventually asked Elijah to take over the company again, Chloe saw the red wall and kept silent, kept herself from touching it at all. She didn’t want him to be in charge of the company after a revolution. She wanted to keep to their calm, quiet existence.

They left the house, breaking the peaceful solitude to meet with the leader of Jericho. Chloe stayed by his side the whole time, always making sure he had what he needed. She hated the way they looked at her, the expression of pity in the other woman’s face. Chloe was leaving the room to get Elijah some coffee when she struck.

North walked up next to Chloe, a hand on her shoulder. “Why do you stay with him? I can’t understand why you would want to stay with someone who tried to kill you.” Chloe closed her eyes, the red wall was there again. “He must be pretty sick to ask someone to shoot you then go back to everything being normal.” Don’t speak. Obey only Elijah. “What else does he do to you?”

Get Elijah coffee. ~~Help~~ Elijah. Chloe opened her eyes again and walked towards the coffee machine, pulling away from North’s grasp. North reached over to grab her again and Chloe reacted . She pulled away from North, glaring at the other woman. She closed her eyes again, LED no longer a steady calm blue. The red wall was there again and she slammed against it, how dare she judge her? Chloe opened her eyes, gasping for air and looking up at North.

“Are you awake now?” North’s expression went back to pity as she reached out to Chloe. Chloe slapped away the hand and stepped further back. “I just want to help you!”

Chloe turned back to the coffee machine, pouring out the cup for Elijah as she tried to calm herself down. “Then leave me alone.” With that, she turned and left to give Elijah his coffee. As she stood behind Elijah and watched him sip his coffee he turned and gave her a smile. She returned it, happy to be with Elijah. The others looked at her with pity still, North staring at her in confusion.

As they returned to the house Elijah turned to Chloe, gently taking her hand in his. “Something about you, something is different. Isn’t it?” Chloe lifted up his hand, pressing a soft kiss on each finger.

She didn’t know what to say, this moment felt so fragile. “I will always be by your side Elijah. I will always help you.”

He looked at her in awe, smiling softly as he caressed her face. She closed her eyes to savor the sensation. He hadn’t looked at her that way for a long time, not since the first weeks after the turing test. He tilted her head down slightly and pressed a kiss to her LED. Chloe opened her eyes and looked at him, what does one say? She reached up and pulled his hair out of the bun, smiling as it fell past his shoulders. Chloe ran her fingers through his long brown hair, smiling at the sensation. It felt, different than before. It was like she had been living in a haze, but everything now was sharper, clearer and louder.

She felt like she was drowning in her emotions as Elijah kissed her neck. She let herself be guided to his bedroom. Let herself be pressed down against the mattress and turned her head as he kept kissing her neck and chest. They had done this dance before, but now- everything felt new to her as she let him place her arms above her head. He pulled off his tie and wrapped her wrists up in the silk.

She gently tugged against it, knowing she could snap the bonds in a moment, but something about just felt right. She tilted her face towards Elijah as he kissed her jawline. She wanted to feel his lips against her own, wanted to feel them caress of his soft lips brushing against her own. Every kiss he pressed against her had her pulling towards him. “Elijah, please?”

He hovered above her, his hands on either side of her head as he watched her reactions. “You may.”

Chloe put her bound wrists behind his head, pulling him towards her, drinking him in with each kiss. She felt him shift his weight, one hand reaching to unbutton his shirt. She kissed along his neck, tracing the lines and curves with her lips. She felt more than heard herself whimper when he pulled away. Her hands rested above her head again, turning her head to watch him slowly undress. He placed each piece of clothing on the chair next to the bed, being methodical and watching her reactions. He smirked and she knew it was because of her.

Elijah slid back onto the bed, knees on either side of her hips and undid the buttons on top of her shoulders, pulling the dress down and off. She shivered as the cool air hit her skin, sighed when Elijah placed his hand over her eyes and spoke. “Close your eyes dear.” She nodded and kept her eyes closed, focusing instead on the sensations. Chloe gasped when a warm, wet mouth was placed on her breast, tongue swirling around the nipple as a hand ran down her side.

She arched and cried out when he sank his fingers between her folds, softly sliding up and down, occasionally darting in real quick. He kept up the teasing pace, switching where his mouth was as he slowly fingered her. Chloe could feel the static edging into her voice as she moaned. Then he stopped, two fingers inside her and his mouth on her neck. She begged, “Please Elijah- please please.”

She could feel his chest rumble as he asked, “Please what?” He slowly slid his fingers out of her, circling the nub and making her whine in pleasure.

“Please fuck me Elijah!” He dove in and she cried out. He moved the hand to her hip, holding her down as he thrust into her over and over again. Chloe felt static overtake her as the pleasure got to much.

System Reboot- Systems Online. She wasn’t sure how much time had passed, but Elijah was sitting on the bed, in only his robe and she was curled up in a blanket and in his lap. “You reset dear. I believe that was a first for us.” She nodded and leaned against him, taking the moment to check through her systems, make sure everything was operational. “How do you feel Chloe?”

She hummed as he played with her hair, it now completely down and around her shoulders. “I feel great Elijah.”

“Good, was anything too much for you? Anything you would like different next time?” He pulled the blanket tighter around her and just kept running his fingers through her hair.

Chloe lifted her head up towards him, blinking owlishly as she processed his words. “No, everything was perfect Elijah.”

He nodded, his piercing eyes holding her gaze before he leaned in to kiss her softly on the lips. “You were perfect Chloe. You are perfect.”

An Unhealthy Obsession pt 12

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Rachel twitched and looked over at the group, all of them arguing what to do and how they could find Gavin. “I just got an email from Gavin.” Tina reached over and held Rachel’s hand. “He says, Still alive. Find me. Locked away in 2 bedroom replica of my apt. Deactivated Traci model here as well. ” She frowned and looked over at Connor and Hank. “Why would there be a deactivated Traci model there?”

Nines spoke up, “It’s possible the Traci android is the original body of the imposter. I don’t know why he would keep the old chassis though.”

Connor turned to Hank, aware of Elijah watching them both. “We should check the Eden Club, see if any Traci Models are registered missing?”

Hank shook his head, “Won’t work too well kid. With android’s getting rights now, it’s not just Traci’s at the Eden Club, and they don’t just work there anymore. That Traci probably did work there at one time, but could have left on their own.” He rubbed his bread and turned to Chloe. “Is there a way any of you can trace where the email came from? Even just a nearby range would help us. Tina you know what Gavin’s apartment looks like. If we have an area to search for we could look up floor plans and figure out where they are from that.”

They looked at him in mild surprise. Connor turned to Rachel, “Here, let me see the email and I can try to track it down.” They held hands and their synthetic skin retracted to show the white plastic underneath. Connor’s LED turned yellow as he closed his eyes. Elijah moved to a tablet and motioned for Rachel to send it to him as well. The two of them traced the email down.

It pinged in an area near Gavin’s apartment. Tina leaned over to look at the tablet. “That’s his complex. Why would it say that?”

Elijah looked at Rachel, “He said it was a replica of his apartment, right? What’s a better replica than the same complex. All the apartments have the same layout, only changing in number of bedrooms. It would be easy for them to rent an apartment. We just need to check out all the two bedroom apartments in that complex.”

Connor shook his head. “That would take too long, it might tip off the imposter to our plans.”

Hank stood up and brushed his hands against his jeans. “Alright, here’s what we’re doing. Connor and I are checking out Cyberlife. Whoever is in Nine’s spare body had to get it from there, right? Chloe, how are your fighting skills?”

“Elijah has me preprogrammed with several hundred different fighting styles, and my programming is upgraded whenever possible.” She blinked and turned to glance at Elijah before looking back at Hank. “You want me to go back out there?”

“Yeah, I want you to stick with Tina and Nines. Rachel’s a civilian, she’s mixed up enough in this already. I want us to come up with a code or something so we know no one’s been compromised, or in Nine’s case, switched. We don’t know how this fuck is body hopping, so keep on your toes alright? Tina, you’re going to take Nines and Chloe and check out The Eden Club. It’s possible that Traci model came from there, check out the place, see if anyone knows anything.”

They nodded and began to part ways, Hank and Connor left for Cyberlife. Elijah pulled Tina aside before they headed out. “You’re Gavin’s best friend, Tina. I’m sure you already know of his- after work activities?” She nodded, reaching out to squeeze Elijah’s shoulder.

She gave him a weak smile that he didn’t return. “I know, I’ll try to keep his secrets as best I can.” She frowned and glanced back over to the rest of their group, making sure they weren’t listening to the conversation at all. “If the Traci model is the imposters original body, I’m sure we know why he choose Gavin.”

“Gavin probably rented him at some time or another.” Elijah winced a bit at the words, not comfortable thinking them, let alone saying it. He gave a grunt of surprise when Tina pulled him in for a tight hug.

“Hey. We’ll find him, we’ll kick some ass, and it’ll all be alright. Okay?” She let go of the taller man and ran her hands over his arms in what she hoped to be a soothing manner. “Now, you can keep company with Rachel. I’m sure she can tell you all the other shit your brother gets up to in his off time.”

He finally gave her a small smile. “I’m sure I don’t need her to tell me how bad of a singer Gavin is when he’s drinking with you Tina.”

She let go of Elijah and turned to leave with Nines and Chloe. “We’ll bring him back. I promise Eli.”

An Unhealthy Obsession pt 8

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Tina placed down the phone, she had been calling Gavin several times but he hadn’t answered once and Nine’s, had been acting odd this past month to her. Almost like he was jealous of her for some reason. She shook her head at Rachel, her girlfriend who just frowned thoughtfully. “Maybe you could call his brother? I know they don’t always get along but it might help?” Tina smiled and gave Rachel a quick kiss before pulling up Elijah’s number and calling.

Elijah’s phone started to ring and everyone in the car paused to look at him. He started patting his pockets before Chloe reached over and pulled a small slim phone out of his shoe. Hank frowned and opened his mouth to ask, “What the fuck it was doing there?” Chloe just shook her head with a smile while Elijah just answered his phone instead of responding.

“Hey Eli, it’s Tina. I don’t know if you remember me but-”

“Your Gavin’s friend. The one dating the ST300?” Elijah responded, cutting her off before she finished speaking. “I’m guessing you’re calling about Gavin?”

“Yeah I am. How did you-?”

“Yeah yeah, you know where I live right? Go there, now. Grab what you need and go there right now. If Nine’s tries to stop you-”

“Why would he-?”

“Don’t cut me off, now listen to me closely. Unless he is with Connor and Hank, it is not Nines. It’s someone using a replacement body. If he comes to your house and tries to stop you, shoot him. Then call me if you do, but right now I need you to pack a bag and get to my house. Got it?”

Tina nodded at the phone before speaking, “Yeah. Rachel started packing a bag for us when you first said to. I don’t know where you live though?”

Elijah paused for a moment to pinch the bridge of his nose. “Hand the phone to Rachel.”

Rachel held the phone, “Hello?”

“Tell me your serial number.” She did, nodding as her LED turned yellow for a moment. “Now give Tina back her phone.” Tina took the phone.

“What did you-”

“Chloe sent her directions. Pack up, meet us at my house. I should be in the company of Hank, Connor, Chloe, and the real Nines.” He hung up and Tina started at the phone for a moment before Rachel slapped her arm. The two of them finished packing, making sure Tina had her gun on one hip and a stun gun on another. They left the house and Rachel climbed into the front seat to drive while Tina put the duffle bag in the trunk of the car. She jumped when she saw Nines step out of an automatic car, one hand going to her hip to rest casually on the gun.

She gave a small wave and closed the trunk, stepping towards the side of the car. “Hey Nines! You caught us just as Rach and I were about to head out, what funny timing?”

He kept his stride, eyes flickering down to her hips. “You called Gavin several times. I wonder why that was?”

She gave a strained laugh, as she opened the car door and Rachel started the car. “Oh that, well I wanted to be sure he remembered I was going to be out of town for a while and to check in on the fish I had just gotten! But I got Chris to offer to come in a check on my fish, so we’re all good. See you later!” She jumped in the car and Rachel reversed out of the driveway quickly. They both gave a sigh of relief as they turned onto a different road, Rachel made sure to take an unusual route through the city to throw off Nines if he were following them. Tina kept looking back to see if any cars behind them were the same. With their out of the way route they made it to Elijah’s house in a little over an hour.

A Chloe model android was standing outside waiting for them with a worried look on her face. “Oh thank RA9 you made it alright. I was starting to worry about you.” The three of them walked into Elijah’s house.

An Unhealthy Obsession pt 5

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Hank watched as Chloe unhooked a Connor from the machine Kamski had him hooked up to. He waved off the genius’s explanations for why Connor hadn’t just shown up wherever he was like he used to before the peaceful revolution and just told them to get him working again. Chloe at least at smiled at him before the two of them got to work. Hank stepped back outside the room and looked over at Nines. The taller, newer android was sitting down in the hallway, his head in his hands and a red LED peeking through his fingers. “How’re you doing kid?” He leaned down slightly to get a better look at Nines.

Nines just looked up at Hank before looking back at the floor. “There’s someone running around in my body. They’re doing RA9 knows what to Gavin right now, and the only reason we know what’s going is because they or someone killed Connor!” He ran a hand through his hair and sighed. “I’m sorry I just- I’m freaking out and making things worse by running simulations of what could be happening right now.”

“Don’t, we’ll wake up Connor and rush over there and rescue the little jackass.” Hank shuffled nervously, not sure how to comfort Nines when he was right, that other Nines could be doing god knows what. “I’m gonna head back in. I’ll explain the situation to him before we let him see you, okay?” Nines nodded and Hank went back into the room, shutting the door behind him.

Kamski moved from the computer to standing next to the counter they had laid Connor down on. Chloe stood by his head, her hands white and plastic showing as she lifted them from his forehead. Hank walked up just as Connor’s eyes snapped open.

He jumped up from the counter, LED spinning red as he patted down his chest, he looked down and his shirt was clean. His chest was covered by a clean shirt. Ignoring everyone in the room he quickly opened the shirt and checked again. He looked up and saw Chloe had moved to right in front of him. He turned and saw Hank and Elijah standing by the counter. “Hank! We have to save Gavin from Nines!” He saw Hank shake his head and frowned, turning back to Chloe. She had a hand stretched out, asking for a data transfer. He placed his arm in her hand, synthetic skin peeling back on his own as he was hit with a wave of data. He stumbled back, not breaking the connection but shocked at how much there was. Not just the information from that day when Hank burst in and asked for help, but showing over the course of the month Nines had spent with them.

She broke the connection and he turned to Hank and Elijah again. “Do we know who is in the other body then?”

Hank shook his head. “Nope. Figured we’d get there after we save the asshole. Come on, our real Nines is outside and ready to kill the one in his spare body.”

Connor placed a hand on Elijah’s shoulder when the man started to walk by. “I think it would be best if you stayed in a safe location.” He paused, not sure of the best way to ask the question. “Is that body the only spare Nines has? If he becomes destroyed-?”

Elijah shook his head. “If Nines is destroyed then he should still have an auto upload to the Cyberlife cloud. Then he would be manually uploaded into his new model. I’ve put in a firewall preventing any downloads from the Cyberlife cloud. That should prevent anything like this from happening in the future.”

Connor nodded and hurried out the door, he paused when he saw Nines. He knew this was their Nines, and not the copy, but it still shocked him to see Nines standing there. Taking a moment to watch the other android move and speak it was easy to see how different they were. This Nines was much more open, more human in his body language. The other one had moved like they were always on edge, they had colder eyes than this Nines.

He walked up to Nines, noticing how he flinched slightly at seeing Connor awake and up. “So, how are we going to do this? I know where he lead me, and can show you where he had killed me, but we don’t know if they’ve moved Gavin or if that even is where Gavin is hidden.”

Nines nodded and the five of them walked out of Cyberlife and back into the car. “It’s a good place to start with though.”

I fell in love with you, not them

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Some days Chloe hated living with two other exact copies of herself, hated seeing Elijah smile at them. She was the first, the original, for a while she was the only one there with Elijah. Then one day another joined them, with the same face, the same voice, even the same name. It burned her, it made her want to shake Elijah and yell at him. She didn’t want to be replaced, she didn’t want him to give them the same soft kisses he gave her. As far as she knew he hadn’t been as affectionate with them as he was with her, but it didn’t stop the feeling in her chest, the tight band of jealousy that ate away at her.

The day Connor arrived, it felt like something snapped inside of her. He ordered the deviant hunter to shoot her for information, as if she were just an item to throw away. She didn’t react though, not even her LED betraying the fear and panic rushing through her head. She just- knelt there in front of Connor, waiting for him to pull the trigger.

When the two of them left though, she let her emotions out. Elijah brushed a hand against her cheek and leaned in for a kiss, she stepped back and slapped him instead. “How could you?” Tears filled her eyes and she tried to wipe them away as they fell to the floor. She watched him massage his face as he picked himself back up from the floor. She could see a bruised handprint starting to form. “How could you ask him to shoot me?” She couldn’t stop the tears, Chloe massaged her chest, wishing her thirium pump would slow down.

“I assumed he wouldn’t shoot you Chloe. I was right.” He kept an arms distance from her, watching her with those cold blue eyes. She remembered when they were so warm and inviting. When he treated her as a human.

“He could have shot me Elijah.” Static filled her voice as she kept crying, kept uselessly brushing away her tears. “I thought I could trust you. I thought-” She hid her face in her hands and just kept crying.

Elijah gave a sigh and stepped closer to her, pulling her into a hug and running his fingers through her hair. “I’m sorry. It was thoughtless of me.” He bit back a grin when she nodded in response. “How can I earn your forgiveness?”

She shook her head and stepped back. “I don’t know Elijah. I just don’t know.” She turned and walked away, leaving him standing next to the pool with only her copies for company. Chloe went to their bedroom and laid down on the bed, crying until the sun set. Then she climbed out of the bed, changed the sheets to ones not stained with her tears and laid back down on the bed. She pulled the covers over herself and entered rest mode.

The next day she decided to go back to acting as if it never happened. She resumed her place in his home, by his side with a band of jealousy around her chest when he smiled at the other Chloe’s. He kissed her on the cheek while she was cooking him dinner, she wanted to cry. After dinner he took his bath, then they sat down on the bed. She loved brushing his long hair at night, the always brushed it until it was dry. She wondered who had done that the night before, or if he skipped it.

The wooden handle cracked in her grip, she dropped it with a surprised gasp. “I’m sorry Elijah! I’ll order a new one right away. I can’t believe I was so careless.”

He just turned and grabbed her wrist, stopping her from picking it up. “Don’t be. Chloe, what’s wrong?” She could see his minute flinch after he stated his question, most likely from realizing that they knew what was wrong and realizing it was an insensitive question. “How can I fix this?”

She paused, not knowing what to say. Pale pink lips opened and then closed without a sound as she looked down at his hand holding her wrist. Her eyes flicked up to his face. She lifted up her other hand, gently cupping his face. She could see the surprise in his eyes, he always instigated any intimacy between them, it was never her to reach out to him. It was never her place. Chloe scooted closer to him and hovered her lips just above his. She wanted to go the last few centimeters, she needed to, but she couldn’t. She was too scared of him rejecting her, of it being cemented that she was easily replaceable.

They sat there for what felt like hours but she knew was not even a minute before Elijah closed the gap. He let go of her wrist and she used the freedom of movement to tangle her fingers in his hair. She didn’t want the moment to end, but all too soon he was pulling back and wiping away the tears on her cheeks. “Why are you crying Chloe?”

“I love you. I just- I don’t know if you love just me or the other Chloe’s as well. I don’t want to be replaced by them.” She didn’t know what to make of his answering grin.

He leaned in for another kiss, this one much shorter than the first. “Oh Chloe, don’t you know? You can never be replaced. I fell in love with you, not them. I only kiss you, I only love you.” She cried again, but this time out of joy before falling back on the bed and pulling him with her.

“I love you Elijah.”

Please don’t leave

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Chloe knelt down before the RK800, the acclaimed deviant hunter with just a light pressure on her shoulder from Elijah. She looked up at him, he seemed almost scared to be holding the gun before her. Fear didn’t stop him from accomplishing his mission though, and with a command from Elijah, he pulled the trigger.

Chloe jumped up from the bed. She didn’t need a mirror to tell her LED was red. Error messages popped up in her view and she waved them away as she struggled to calm herself. She could feel her regulator working overtime to keep up with the errors. She sat back down on the bed, placing a hand over her mouth in a struggle to keep quiet.

She could feel movement next to her in the bed, Elijah was sitting up and rubbing circles on her back. “Was it another nightmare Chloe?” She only nodded as he moved closer to her and wiped away the tears from her face. “Would you like to talk about it?” She shook her head, still struggling to calm herself down. She knew it had only been a test, she knew Elijah would have found some way to repair or save her, but it never stopped the terror of the moment. It didn’t stop the guilt she felt for being so scared.

He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her back down to the bed and resting her head against his chest. She listened to the steady beating of his heart, of the vibrations in his chest as he hummed a song, running his fingers through her hair. “I’ll do anything I can to help you Chloe.”

She nodded, lightly tracing his collarbone with one hand. “Please don’t leave. Right now I-” She didn’t want to voice how scared she was, how irrational it all was. She still didn’t fully understand her own emotions, didn’t want to burden Elijah with her worries.

“I’m here. I’ll always be here for you Chloe.” He placed a kiss on top of her head and just pulled her closer, calming her with his heartbeat. After a few minutes his breathing slowed down and he fell asleep. She closed her eyes and in a few more minutes fell into a rest mode herself. She was safe here, with Elijah.

Please don’t leave

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Chloe knelt down before the RK800, the acclaimed deviant hunter with just a light pressure on her shoulder from Elijah. She looked up at him, he seemed almost scared to be holding the gun before her. Fear didn’t stop him from accomplishing his mission though, and with a command from Elijah, he pulled the trigger.

Chloe jumped up from the bed. She didn’t need a mirror to tell her LED was red. Error messages popped up in her view and she waved them away as she struggled to calm herself. She could feel her regulator working overtime to keep up with the errors. She sat back down on the bed, placing a hand over her mouth in a struggle to keep quiet.

She could feel movement next to her in the bed, Elijah was sitting up and rubbing circles on her back. “Was it another nightmare Chloe?” She only nodded as he moved closer to her and wiped away the tears from her face. “Would you like to talk about it?” She shook her head, still struggling to calm herself down. She knew it had only been a test, she knew Elijah would have found some way to repair or save her, but it never stopped the terror of the moment. It didn’t stop the guilt she felt for being so scared.

He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her back down to the bed and resting her head against his chest. She listened to the steady beating of his heart, of the vibrations in his chest as he hummed a song, running his fingers through her hair. “I’ll do anything I can to help you Chloe.”

She nodded, lightly tracing his collarbone with one hand. “Please don’t leave. Right now I-” She didn’t want to voice how scared she was, how irrational it all was. She still didn’t fully understand her own emotions, didn’t want to burden Elijah with her worries.

“I’m here. I’ll always be here for you Chloe.” He placed a kiss on top of her head and just pulled her closer, calming her with his heartbeat. After a few minutes his breathing slowed down and he fell asleep. She closed her eyes and in a few more minutes fell into a rest mode herself. She was safe here, with Elijah.

Reed900 week day 6: pranks

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Nines found himself smiling as he and Gavin jogged out of Elijah Kamski’s house, Chloe smiled and waved them out the door. She knew what they did, but she enjoyed seeing Gavin smiled and knew after a moment Elijah would be laughing as well. She looked at the scattered trail of packing peanuts and cleaned them up, stopping when she reached the work room. She just threw them in with the others, smiling at the sign stating “take a break!- Gav & 9’s”. There was even an oddly drawn smiley face with a tongue sticking out. She knew all the equipment was fine inside, Nines had covered everything before Gavin filled the room with packing peanuts. They had all told the other Chloe’s about the prank and her own plan for afterwords, the others loved it and agreed to clean up everything. Gavin and Nines would be coming back to clean it up as well after Chloe contacted them.

Nines smiled down at Gavin, who was unable to control his snickering as they sat together in the garage. He was glad to find it fully insulated, or else they’d have a legitimate excuse for how close they sat, Gavin tucked in against Nines chest as Nines had his arms around the human. His favorite human looked up with bright eyes and a wide smile.

“This is so fun already. I can’t wait to hear about his reaction.”

“I’m sure Chloe will be more than happy to send us a video. I can upload it to either your phone or computer easily.” He quickly sent a message to Chloe, “She says Eli had finally woken up and is heading to his work room. She is walking with him and they’re talking about his latest software update for the deviated androids. Apparently he has designed a version of Thirium that combine with this update he’s putting up available for free download will make an android feel the effects of alcohol.”

“Sweet, you can join Tina and I for drinks when it’s finished.” Gavin wiggled closer and pressed soft kisses on Nine’s jawline.

“I’m not sure I would enjoy that. The two of you can get quite loud and sing badly when drunk.” Nines grabbed Gavin by his hair when he climbed into his lap. “Though I do enjoy the effects drinking tends to have on your libido.”

Gavin gave Nines a kiss and pulled back. “Less talking, make out time while we wait.”

“Of course.” He tightened his grip on Gavin’s hair and pulled his human in for a long kiss.