Project Antidote
Name: Nicole
Age: -
Gender: Female
Height: 60 inches
Weight: 92 lbs.
Ame pushed the pencil through the spiral holes of the notebook and closed it. With a sigh, he stood up and walked out of the room.
"Ame...?"
He turned around to face the human test tube, spanning from the floor to the ceiling. It had smaller tubes and wires hooked up to it, and filled with a clear blue liquid.
A blue-haired girl, wrapped in waterproof cloths to cover herself, long brown cat ears, and glowing purple eyes stared down at him. The wires hooked up to her in places down her arms and legs, a computer standing on a desk next to the tube. The wires were hooked into the computer, lines of code being typed out automatically. She pressed against the top of the tube, pushing herself down to his level. His face ashen, he answered her. "Yes?".
"Do you love me?"
"What?"
"As a friend, or sister, or anything else?"
A blush started to form underneath his metallic cheeks. "...Yes, I love you. Very much. Why?".
"I'm feeling lonely in here. I just wanted to hear that from someone.". She smiled at him.
Her smile faded, glowing tears replacing the smile floated up off her cheeks and bubbled up, dissipating into the water at the top of the tube.
"I just wanted to know someone loves me...".
He walked closer and put his hand against the glass. She did the same thing. The glass was the only thing separating them. "It's gonna be okay. I'll figure out a way to fix you."
More tears floated off her face, She touched her nose against the glass. He touched his back. "Don't cry," he said softly. He stood with his eyes closed for a moment, before lifting his head again, his wolf ears perking back up. "Hang on," he said thoughtfully, pulling a ladder to the tube. She floated backward against the glass, making sure to go nowhere near the ladder. He took off his jacket, folding and setting it on the nearby desk. Taking off his shoes and socks, he climbed the ladder. Unscrewing the lid and halfway opening the tube, he stared down at her in the water. She looked back at him, slightly puzzled.
He took a slow, deep breath.
With a small splash, he dropped down carefully, squinting his eyes closed from the impact of the water. She shrieked and jumped back, as he sank almost down to the bottom. He opened his eyes and smiled, bubbles flowing out from his mouth where he exhaled. Being a robot, he didn't need to breathe, so he could stay underwater for as long as he pleased.
Though he doesn't really like water too much.
Wide-eyed and her ears twitching with curiosity, she looked at him.
He looked back.
She swam over and sank down into his arms, getting the embracing hug from him she had longed for. "I haven't hugged anyone in forever," she said, taking in every second of this moment. With a silent chuckle, he responded in a gentle tone, "Do you feel better now?". She nodded, and pulled away, breaking their hug. The ends of the cloths covering her waved gently around, almost gracefully. She bounced lightly, making her hair ripple and float up in slow motion. He smiled and swam back up, surfacing at the top. His hair dropped and stuck against his head, the fur on his ears and tail doing the same. This is the one thing I hate about water, he thought to himself. He rubbed his head vigorously with a towel while shaking his tail violently like a dog to dry it off.
After fully drying off and a change of clothes, Ame walked silently into the lab room again, seeing her floating upright, but asleep. He grinned as he sat down at the desk beside the tube. He turned his focus to the computer, at a start the long night ahead of him, searching for an Antidote for Nicole.