[ It had been so strange to him that they had gone so long on Earth without much contact with the Bunker. There had been plenty to do, plenty to see, and honestly? 9S had never found himself to be so content. Going so long without collecting interesting data could make him feel stagnant, useless, but it was in his shared time with 2B that he stopped caring. He was gathering his own data by spending all of this intimate time with her...
He was learning what love was like. What it was truly like. And wow... Was it a gift. 9S couldn't logically believe in deities, but he could perceive this as a gift from the humans. To feel joy and love, and to give it back. 9S could analyze things from such a different viewpoint, because 2B gave him such a beautiful perspective that life is so much more than objectives.
The fateful day didn't seem fateful to 9S. Not at first. But there was something about 2B that had changed. He couldn't put his finger on it, but still... He followed.
9S recalled those words she had said once. Weeks ago. "You'd die anyway". 9S had tucked away those words, because something told him to.
He still followed.
As they came to the field of Lunar Tears, as there had been little explaination or reason for them to be here, 9S felt something coming on. Something he couldn't wrap his head around.
He still followed.
As 2B had pulled 9S in so tenderly, he felt a chill between them. Something had switched off. But he loves her so much, and with love comes trust. Trust is the main foundation of a stable partnership. Of a relationship. 9S allowed himself to not question her, because she loves him too! Because she had been so tender and loving and had began to express herself more for his sake!!!! Because how could he hang on to words that likely meant nothing after so many weeks had passed?!!! 2B loves him. She loves him and so HE. STILL. FOLLOWED.
He sees that shift. That break in 2B's composure as the blade pierces him through the chest. It slices his mechanical heart, but it doesn't pierce it. 9S hears the blade cut clean through mechanical components, hears the immediate overflow of warnings that he's leaking vital fluids.
It... it hurts. It hurts so much and the pain begins so fast. 9S gasps, breath wet and labored. His eyes are wide as he stares at 2B as if he doesn't understand. She... Was it all a lie? Why is this happening? Why is she killing him?! ]
Hckk--!
[ Shocked and mortified, his body seizes. The pain overwhelming and heavy, he falls forward. Against 2B as he bleeds out profusely. He gasps for air, suddenly feeling like he's drowning when fluids fill his artificial lungs. 9S cries out in pain, grabbing onto 2B for dear life even though he knows it won't work. She's crying. Is she crying? Or is he crying? This goes on for so long. And all he can do is stare. ]
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He was learning what love was like. What it was truly like. And wow... Was it a gift. 9S couldn't logically believe in deities, but he could perceive this as a gift from the humans. To feel joy and love, and to give it back. 9S could analyze things from such a different viewpoint, because 2B gave him such a beautiful perspective that life is so much more than objectives.
The fateful day didn't seem fateful to 9S. Not at first. But there was something about 2B that had changed. He couldn't put his finger on it, but still... He followed.
9S recalled those words she had said once. Weeks ago. "You'd die anyway". 9S had tucked away those words, because something told him to.
He still followed.
As they came to the field of Lunar Tears, as there had been little explaination or reason for them to be here, 9S felt something coming on. Something he couldn't wrap his head around.
He still followed.
As 2B had pulled 9S in so tenderly, he felt a chill between them. Something had switched off. But he loves her so much, and with love comes trust. Trust is the main foundation of a stable partnership. Of a relationship. 9S allowed himself to not question her, because she loves him too! Because she had been so tender and loving and had began to express herself more for his sake!!!! Because how could he hang on to words that likely meant nothing after so many weeks had passed?!!! 2B loves him. She loves him and so HE. STILL. FOLLOWED.
He sees that shift. That break in 2B's composure as the blade pierces him through the chest. It slices his mechanical heart, but it doesn't pierce it. 9S hears the blade cut clean through mechanical components, hears the immediate overflow of warnings that he's leaking vital fluids.
It... it hurts. It hurts so much and the pain begins so fast. 9S gasps, breath wet and labored. His eyes are wide as he stares at 2B as if he doesn't understand. She... Was it all a lie? Why is this happening? Why is she killing him?! ]
Hckk--!
[ Shocked and mortified, his body seizes. The pain overwhelming and heavy, he falls forward. Against 2B as he bleeds out profusely. He gasps for air, suddenly feeling like he's drowning when fluids fill his artificial lungs. 9S cries out in pain, grabbing onto 2B for dear life even though he knows it won't work. She's crying. Is she crying? Or is he crying? This goes on for so long. And all he can do is stare. ]