"My new question is what's your opinion on Hank?" You asked Nines while he collected the things you needed, he paused for a moment and turned to you. "I am not sure... sometimes I feel as if he likes me however sometimes I feel as if he hates me. I am not sure if it's because he sees RK800 as his son but I feel as if that makes him dislike me because I look so much like him." Nines told you with a frown on his face, he then turned away once again his focus now back on making you dinner.
"Hanks an odd one, it just takes time for him to warm up to people and at first he saw you as someone who was going to replace Connor. But take if from someone who knows Hank pretty well, he likes you even if he doesn't show it a lot." You explained to Nines as you stepped towards him to see what he was doing, looking around his body you saw him sorting out ingredients. "Nines..."
"But I do like the Lieutenant... I just feel as if sometimes he wants me gone, because you and RK800 are like his family even though you are not related by blood." Nines admitted as he looked over at you, you knew for a fact Hank didn't want him gone. He just took his time to start liking people. "Don't be so silly, he doesn't want you gone." You reassured him reaching a finger out and poking it into his left cheek.
"I believe you, now we really must get on with making your dinner." Nines stated as he passed a chopping board towards you, expecting you to take it from him. "You sure you trust me to chop things up?" You questioned as a small smirk quirked up onto his lips, his face turning to look at you once more.
"I trust you, but I will still criticise any mistakes that you make." Nines informed you, glaring at him you snatch the chopping board from him watching as his smirk grew. "Oh yeah I have no doubt about it..." You grumbled walking over to a different counter and placing the chopping board down.
"You need the-"
"Say one more word and I will stab a knife into your hand, I know to get the ingredients." You threatened turning to look at the back of Nines's head.
"I was just reminding you, Y/N." Nines said shooting a smirk your way the ingredients in his hands. "You're definitely still annoying as a Deviant." You declared stomping over to him and holding your arms out for him to give you the ingredients.
"Noted." Nines said as he passed you the ingredients.
Moving away from Nines you went back to your counter and began to chop the things Nines had given you, wanting to give him a break from your questions you stood in silence just getting on with it. The only noise in the room being the sounds of you and Nines preparing food.
"Why have you stopped asking questions?" Nines asked his voice holding curiosity in it, stopping you place your knife down and look over to him. His back was turned to you.
"I just didn't want to overload you with questions and stress you out." You replied as Nines hooked his chin over his shoulder and looked towards you. "I am not feeling stressed, I want to answer any questions you have. You have gone a long time not knowing what I am, you have a right to ask whatever you want." Nines told you as he let out an unneeded sigh of relief, he seemed so at peace with himself right now.
"Okay," you paused and took a deep breath which made Nines's expression become one of concern, "isn't Gavin the biggest dick you've ever met?"
The moment your question left your mouth Nines started to laugh 'I can get used to hearing him laugh this much...' you thought to yourself while staring over at him.
"Yes I believe... he is..." Nines answered through his laughter while trying to stop it from continuing to slip from his mouth. "I must inform you that I am certain he has feelings for you."
"How'd you figure that one out?" You asked raising and an eyebrow at him, before turning your body around and leaning against the counter. "I had my suspicions but he told me... when we stayed late at work and I had my encounter with him." Nines explained also turning his body around and leaning against the counter he was at.
"You said he said unpleasant things..."
"A man like that expressing his feelings for you is unpleasant but it was what he said with it that was meant to be unpleasant." Nines told you, his LED started flickering between yellow and red.
"Please tell me what he said." You begged giving him the cutest pout you could.
"He told me to keep my plastic hands away from you. I informed him that would be impossible due to the fact that if I have to save your life I would need to touch you. He did not like that." Nines began before pausing and turning back to the food he was preparing and getting back to it. "Then he told me he's liked you from the moment you joined the DPD, I responded by telling him that you clearly were not interested if it's been that long. He then asked me if I thought I was smart."
"Let me guess you told him that you are smart." You guessed as a breathy laugh came from him.
"I did yes. As you can probably assume he did not like that very much, he then said there was a reason you and RK800 never worked out and that was because he's just a piece of plastic that is not aware on how to act like a man. I was highly confused on why he was telling me that so I told him I did not see what any of that had to do with me." Nines told you, you knew you should get back to your little job but you were far too interested in what he was telling you.
"Then what did he say?" You asked your impatience evident.
"He said that I should stay as a machine, it's what I was designed to be. I also lied when I told you it did not affect me. It did, I wanted to add another scar to his nose but I stopped myself from doing so. I still do not understand why he said all of those things." Nines admitted as he shrugged his shoulders, you knew exactly why Gavin had said those things to Nines.
"You know how he always seems to think we're in a secret relationship?" You asked trying to prompt Nines's memory of Gavin saying those things. "Yes I remember him saying that." Nines replied, turning back around finally you went back to chopping.
"That's why he said those things, he seemed to think you wanted to be in a relationship with me. Even though I've said before that I'd rather be in a relationship with you than him." You explained as you heard something crash onto the ground, whipping your head around you saw Nines kneel down pick it back up. "Everything okay?"
"Y-Yes... of course... it just slipped from my grasp... I was not... not paying attention." Nines stammered before making the sound of clearing his throat. "Well, you have expressed that you do not want him so it is his own fault when he becomes disappointed. Especially if you get back with... RK800."
"That's a big if..." You muttered.
"Why is it a big if?" Nines asked making your eyes widen, you didn't think he'd hear what you said. "He really hurt me... he didn't mean to I know that but that doesn't make the pain go away. I can see that he's trying his hardest to make up for it. But I don't know what the right thing for me is... I don't know whether I should just move on." You explained to Nines who had turned himself back around to look at you, a worried look in his eyes.
"You must always think of yourself first, as selfish as it seems. If you believe moving on is the best thing for you then that's what you must do, but if being with him is what you need then that's what you need to do. No one can decide it for you, you should also not let anyone make you feel guilty for your decisions or thoughts." Nines said and you were genuinely shocked those things came from his mouth, you weren't sure where that came from. "Y/N?"
"Thank you... I think that's what I needed to hear..." You mumbled as you wiped some tears away that you hadn't even realise had fallen.
"I apologise, I did not mean to make you cry." Nines apologised as he strode towards you, quickly, pulling you into a hug the moment he reached you. One his hands pulling the knife from your hand and placing it down on the counter. "You didn't make me cry, Nines, it's just such a hard decision to make because..."
"You still love him." Nines mumbled into your hair.
"Exactly, but maybe leaving what we had behind is best for the both of us." You muttered into Nines's chest, while his hand rubbed up and down your back, soothingly. "You do not need to make a decision anytime soon, Y/N, so you should stop thinking about it." Nines declared as he squeezed you into his body, lightly.
"You're right, can I ask you something?" You asked lifting your head up to look at him.
"You do not need to ask if you can ask me something." Nines stated pressing his face down closer to yours. "What's your opinion on Connor?" You asked watching Nines's face closely his face became very neutral, while his LED glowed red and his top lip started to twitch every few seconds.
"I would prefer not to state my opinion on him."
"I won't tell him." You said looking into Nines's eyes with a begging look on your face.
"That is not my concern, you still care for him and I do not want to make you mad at me." Nines sighed, but you just really wanted to know what he thought of Connor. "Please Nines... I won't get mad at you. I just want to know." You pleaded moving your hands up and gripping onto his jacket.
Letting out a sigh Nines rested his forehead against yours. "I do not like him. He upset you greatly to the point you did not want to look at me because I look similar to him, even if it was only for a short time. I did not like seeing you cry over him when he was the one who did something wrong. I do not believe I will ever like him nor respect him, I am only civil with him because of you." Nines told you. You were just shocked by his answer it wasn't what you were expecting, well you expected him to say he didn't like Connor. What you didn't expect was the reason why he didn't like him.
"You are not angry..." Nines mumbled, he clearly thought you'd be angry at him.
"No. I'm not angry at you, but you don't always act civil with each other. I think you know that." You pointed out to Nines, who let his eyes drift away from yours almost like he was embarrassed.
"That is because he's annoying." Nines grumbled and you couldn't hold your laughter it, it just tumbled from you.
"I never thought I'd hear you say Connor is annoying." You laughed, part of you knew you should probably be mad at Nines, yet it was his opinion and he was entitled to it.
"As much as I enjoy making you laugh and answering your questions, we must get back to making your dinner otherwise you will never get it." Nines stated as he pulled his body away from yours a half smile on his face.
"Yeah you're right... I'll just ask more later..." You mumbled watching Nines's every move as he made his way back over to the counter he had been at.
"I am back, I hope you enjoyed your dinner." Nines said as he re-entered the living room, sitting beside you the moment he made it to the sofa. "I really did, still irritated at you for judging my cutting skills again!" You exclaimed. A smirk appearing on Nines's lips.
"I did tell you that I would criticise you, clearly you did not listen to my warning properly." Nines stated as he tilted his head to the side, a warm smile on his face. "I'm going to go and get changed then I'll be back... I want to be more comfortable." You told Nines as you moved to stand up, he kept his eyes on you the whole time.
"Perhaps I should do the same, it cannot be comfortable for you to lean on my uniform." Nines stated as he stood up once again, blocking your path to your bedroom. "I mean it's not the most uncomfortable thing, but if you'd like to change then you can grab your stuff before I go in." You told Nines who nodded, turning on his heel and walking towards the hallway.
Rushing after him you follow him towards your bedroom, he entered your room and moved straight towards where he kept his clothes. Sitting down onto your bed you watch his every movement, intently. Nines turned to look at you with his clothes in hand, without saying anything he moved towards your door.
"I will knock when I am done, I would like to put my clothes in the correct place." Nines informed you as you nodded at him, with that Nines left your room pulling the door gently shut behind himself.
Sighing deeply you lay back onto your bed not being able to stop the smile that was on your face. "Nines is a Deviant." You said out loud to yourself, in doing this is made it more real to you, finally you could say to yourself that he was. Biting down onto your lip you let out another sigh, before letting out a short laugh.
'I'm the only one who knows... just me... he only wants me to know...' You thought to yourself seeming to completely forget why you came into your room in the first place, you couldn't believe everything that happened today. It really felt like one big dream.
Nines Deviated for you, to protect you and you were honestly struggling to wrap your head around that. He had gone against his software that wanted to put your life at risk, he didn't want you to get hurt.
A knock came from your door shaking you from your thoughts, sitting up you look towards your door. "Yes?" You called out towards the door.
"It's me, may I come in? To put my clothes down?" Nines asked from the other side of the door, looking down at your clothes you realise you still hadn't changed. "Uh, yeah sure you can come in..." You answered, the door slowly opened revealing Nines who was now changed into the DPD hoodie you loved so much on him.
He gave you an odd look as he stepped inside the room, so you just smiled at him. "I got distracted..." You mumbled while gesturing to your clothes, Nines raised an eyebrow at you before a smirk appeared on his face. "I never would have guessed." Nines stated as he placed his clothes down in a very neat pile. "I will meet you in the living room."
Once Nines had left you began getting changed into something more comfortable, settling on a vest top and some tracksuit bottoms. After changing you leave your room and head back to the living room, seeing Nine sat on the sofa waiting for you.
"Your phone has made the sound of a notification twice in the last few minutes." Nines told you as he lifted his legs up onto the sofa waiting for you to join him. "Oh, I'll take a look at what it was." You mumbled as you picked it up off of the coffee table and unlocked it.
You had received three texts from Connor.
I'm sorry if my question made you feel uncomfortable today, I just want to spend time with you...
If you do not feel comfortable it just being us we can bring RK900 and Hank out with us for a few times first.
I should also apologise for seeming to flirt with you earlier...
Reading the messages you let out a loud sigh, really not sure on how to respond to him. It wasn't that he made you feel uncomfortable it was more that you knew something might happen if you spent too much time alone with him.
"Is everything okay, Y/N?" Nines called out to you, glancing behind yourself you see him looking at you with concern. "Uh, yeah just some texts from Connor. Not sure how to reply..." You muttered to him turning back to look at your phone, eventually you thought of an acceptable reply.
It didn't make me feel uncomfortable, I'll think about it, okay? And don't apologise about it, your shit at flirting anyway ;)
Once the text was sent you placed your phone back down onto the coffee table, then turned to Nines and threw yourself towards him.
"Y/N! Be careful!" Nines exclaimed as he made sure you didn't hurt yourself, he pulled you in so you were now sat between his legs. "You had me... I know you'd never let me get hurt on purpose." You giggled before snuggling into Nines's chest, he instantly wrapped his arms around you tightly.
"That is true... you must still be careful though, you could harm yourself by landing on my body." Nines mumbled pulling some of your hair from your face. "I would hate for that to happen."