It had been a month since that ambush happened. Dark roamed around the streets during the night, thinking over that event where that certain person had saved him from those guys. He didn't even know if it was a guy or a girl, they looked like both...or like neither. He turned and walked through an alley, then noticed there was a person that looked quite familiar walking by the other side. He ran to the other side and once seeing who it was, he gasped.
Hearing the gasp, zero two turned and stared at the other with a serious look. "I...it's you," dark matter began, starting to smile, "you're that person who saved me back there! But I thought you died..." Zero two did not even twitch. He continued to stare back with that same serious look and replied. "I was brought back to life." Dark matter smiled and began to thank him until suddenly, he got slapped across the face. It took him a few minutes to analyze what happened or to see if he had done something wrong before turning his head back to the other slowly. "...w-why...?-"
"Real cool kids don't smile. Happiness is for jerks." Dark matter stared at them blankly, but did not dare to ask why. Around a week later, as they walked through the streets and passed by some strangers, zero two pulled him close as they passed by the others. Dark matter asked why couldn't cool kids smile or be happy. Zero Two said the following: "Smiles are confusing. Some are nice, some are faking it, and some use it as an evil expression. Happiness is the same. See dark, positive emotions are...like a disease. Those who avoid positive emotions are strong and cool. Almost nobody can be cured from the disease."