(Note: The movie WALL-E and all its characters belong to Disney/Pixar. Dialogue in italics means that the words are spoke in code.)

My promised story! I've seen a few fics centered around this couple, and I decided to put my own spin on it. Keep in mind this is my first attempt at a love story. Inspiration comes from Skylark Starflower's MO's First Mud Puddle and Aftershocks.

Humming quietly to himself, M-O scrubbed down one of the sides of an abandoned building. Ever since he met WALL-E, he had grown quite fond of music. One of the reasons was that it helped pass the time.

Not that he minded his work. Ever since the humans had returned to Earth, every day was dedicated to restoring the planet. M-O always liked staying busy, and obviously, cleaning was his way of doing so. He had to admit, things had become a lot more interesting after the landing of the Axiom a week ago.

One thing was that he actually had friends now. Before, the closest bots M-O had were his cleaning crew, but not enough to consider them real friends. Whenever he had a break, he'd rush over to, of all robots, the rejects, with WALL-E and EVE among them. They were rather fun to be around, with their interesting personalities, amusing stories, and unintentional shenanigans.

With the thought of those bots, one in particular came to mind: D-FIB, a defibrillator-bot. She had saved him during the battle on the Axiom, electrocuting a steward who M-O had been trying to fight by cleaning it aggressively.

Thanks, he'd said gratefully.

It was nothing, she'd replied before returning to battle.

M-O had kept his eyes trained on her for a moment longer before getting interrupted by HAN-S, a massage-bot and another member of the rejects, finishing off the SECUR-T bots by going absolutely nuts on them.

Ever since then, his conversations with her were short and undeniably awkward. M-O would say hi, D-FIB would greet him back, or vise-versa, then a long pause would ensure before one of them would excuse themselves. He wasn't sure why that pattern kept repeating itself. One of these days, he would make sure-

Trip!

Splat!

M-O groaned at the mud puddle that lay beneath his body. Not so long ago, he would've freaked out and made a frenzied attempt to get the filth off. Now, on a place like Earth, he knew it was worthless. During the first few days since touching ground, his sensors wouldn't leave him alone, constantly getting reminders on just how badly the land had suffered during the past centuries. Luckily, he'd managed to get someone to turn off the sirens and the alert feature, so he could actually focus on his directive, which, at the moment, was reviving the planet.

Unlike before, all robots were encouraged to develop personalities, get a taste of what life is like outside a directive, have moral compasses so the situation with AUTO wouldn't happen again.

Robots were given free time to do this, and WALL-E and EVE, having both accomplished this feat, would assist them. M-O and one or two or all of the rejects would sometimes tag along.

Now, the thought of certain one had gotten him so distracted he failed to notice the patch of mud. Huh. That was new.

M-O sighed as he got up and wiped the wet mucky substance off. He really had to keep his mind on the current task, otherwise who knows what might happen next.

WALL-E watched his friend as he continued his job. The trash compactor had been given the duty he'd always had - clearing away garbage. It wasn't as boring as it used to be, now having the company he always craved. He was also tasked with collecting useful things that the humans might use. He also still got items for himself and EVE.

WALL-E observed M-O with a thoughtful look in his optics. Even as the cleaner-bot scraped dirt away with his brush, something still seemed off about him. WALL-E knew what that meant all too well, having gone through the same thing himself. He decided to talk to M-O about it later.

D-FIB struck her paddles onto a battery, watching as jolts of electricity flowed through old wires, making the fluorescent bulbs flicker before brightening. This was her assignment - getting ancient circuits working again. This was a time where her malfunction was actually useful.

All of the reject-bots had been accepted for their disabilities and "glitches", even getting to use them for good.

She looked outside to see VN-GO, a mischievous paint-bot, slathering colors all over the wall of a building, creating a grand mural to make things look more cheerful, after the canvas of it was cleaned.

Cleaned by a certain microbe-obliterator.

She sighed wistfully as he came into her mind, for what seemed like the hundredth time. She just couldn't seem to get enough of him.

D-FIB had met him during that fateful day on the Axiom. He was part of WALL-E's group, being there for everything that happened. She'd gotten him out of a tight corner during the battle with those pesky stewards. She'd seen him find and pass the plant that sent them back to Earth. She'd seen him mourn for the loss of their friend. She'd been shooed away by him to give WALL-E and EVE privacy. It was only by hovering next to him witnessing the planting of the sacred green stalk, that she finally got a good look at him.

He, in her opinion, was rather cute.

D-FIB had wanted to talk to M-O several times, but found it hard. Every time she tried to speak, nothing would come into mind that seemed right.

EVE flew around the area, assisting WALL-E with finding tools and other things. She happened to catch a glance at the defibrillator-bot, noticing the latter seemed to be staring off into space. Hmm. That was the same look her boyfriend had he first met her.

EVE and WALL-E were a robot couple, so it wasn't a surprise that other bots were starting to experience the feeling themselves.

The white probe decided to talk to D-FIB about it later.

Just then, an announcement for a ten-minute break was commenced. All the robots and humans dropped what they were doing and started heading to their favorite areas. Little did anyone know, the two confused mechanical beings were about to to cross paths more than ever…

Wonder what's going to happen...

You cannot believe how excited I am to post this! D-FIB's observation of M-O looking cute comes from me. He's probably my second-favorite Pixar character, after Hector from Coco.

The full story is thirteen chapters. Length will vary.

Stay tuned for next time everybody! CocoDisney out!