Hiro was a parasite. At his core, he was meant to pilot a Franxx, kill klaxosaurs, and die when his battles were over. There was nothing else to his existence, and he was fine with that.

Lately however, he was learning to appreciate life more and more, and it was all thanks to the red horned half-blood sitting beside him. She taught him how to enjoy the rain, how to look at the clouds like they were pictures, and how to look at the birds fly around for no reason other than to enjoy it. 02 had taught Hiro how to be happy, and in return he had given himself to her.

Hiro smiled while reminiscing on his good memories. Currently him and his partner were alone in the mess hall. Hiro was sitting on the couch facing the window, looking at the swaying trees while enjoying the down time he rarely had. Training had taken up most of his free time, and ever since he piloted with 02, he dedicated more and more time to his craft. He wanted to be as skillful as his partner, and he wanted to create a world free of dangers for him and his friends. These ambitions were big, and he knew it wouldn't be easy, but since meeting 02, it didn't seem impossible. Hiro let out a sigh and re-focused on the nothing that surrounded him, once again filling him with bliss. Perhaps even more relaxed, however, was 02, who appeared to be passed out. Her head was resting on Hiro's lap, while the rest of her body was sprawled out in various positions along the couch.

Looking down, Hiro smirked at how cute his partner was. Her mouth was hanging open, and her arms were draped over the sides of the couch. Her black tee-shirt was raised, exposing her smooth stomach. She was wearing a pink skirt and thigh high socks beneath that, and her usual black shoes were left at the door to the house. He failed to notice himself getting lost in her features, and was surprised by her voice.

"Like what you see?" Came the soft voice of 002. "You're staring"

The rising tone in her voice made it obvious to Hiro that she was teasing him, but he still found himself flustered.

"I thought you were sleeping, sorry to wake you" Hiro whispered back. He knew how much his partner needed sleep, and he knew the torment that would come if he disturbed the girl from her slumber. Still, he enjoyed how peaceful the girl looked when she napped.

"I'll get you back for waking me, darling. But for now…" 02 let out a yawn "I'll let you live…". Both parasites giggled at the threat, and 02 sat up to face Hiro. She leaned in and placed a kiss on his cheek, causing Hiro to yelp in surprise.

"Still getting used to those..." Hiro groaned as he embarrassingly tried to hide his blush.

"They start to feel natural after a little while." 02 shot a smile towards Hiro and began to stretch, sitting up with her legs crossed on the bed.

As she stretched Hiro noticed a bit of honey left on 02's face from lunch, the mental cogs began to turn, and suddenly he knew what must be done. Hiro's mindscape transformed from a calm and quiet forest to a fully armed war room, with his thoughts screaming at each other like generals deciding to launch a bomb. Hiro now needed to make the most important decision of his young adulthood: try and lick the honey off, providing the perfect cover for a kiss; or wait and look for a future opportunity.

His mind immediately went to hell.

"We need to kiss her now! The honey provides the perfect cover, there is nothing to lose!" One medal-clad general screamed from the head of the round table.

"It's too risky, what if she moves and we miss? Our intentions will be blown and the moment will be lost!" Another general barked back, this one prominently displayed a scar covering one eye, he was well respected among his peers.

Hiro's inner mind was a mess of screaming war-heros, flying papers, and unmakeable choices. He needed to make a choice now.

"Gentlemen we have no time" A large general emerged from the head of the room. "I have made our choice, God help us all"

With that, the general slammed his fist down on a comically large button, and the choice was made. In the real world, Hiro hardened his resolve, and prepared himself for the approach.

During this whole ordeal, 02 had not yet noticed anything awry. She gave one final stretch and opened her eyes, turning to face Hiro.

"Darling, are you ok?" The look on Hiro's face made it seem like he was experiencing a difficult choice, but she couldn't figure him out.

"I just- erm, wan- I was sa… um…" Hiro stammered over himself. "Just… You have…"

"What are you talking about?" 02 giggled, she didn't know exactly what was happening, but she took extreme pleasure in watching Hiro's words fail him.

"Here, just… Shush for a second"

And with that Hiro leaned in and took 02's lips into his own. Surprising his partner and himself greatly. 02 quickly closed her eyes and took control, guiding Hiro's lips and creating a tempo for him to follow. The two sat and kissed for a while,eventually breaking apart for air.

"You had some honey… on your face" Panting, Hiro tried to explain himself.

"Do I have any more?" 02 whispered into Hiro's ear. There was only one correct answer.

Leaning back in, Hiro once again planted his lips on 02's, breaking away only to list all the spots on his partners lips that still had some lunchtime honey.


Wow, that was fun to write. I am seriously addicted to this show.

I am also terrible at writing, so please review, I read them all and greatly appreciate them. To the one guy concerned that I stole the first chapter from reddit, I'm the OP from reddit. Check the names, Yaberu is Erubya scrambled lol.

Love you guys, see you sometime next week.