A week went by. Sex, if it ever happened, was just terrible. Samus worked out still, but things felt slow and sluggish now. Hard to press forward. It was weird in a way because she was not what one would describe as needy or clingy; but she missed R.O.B's presence a lot.
R.O.B finally came home around 9.
"Beach. Tomorrow." said Samus.
"Taking the day off for that, yeah." said R.O.B.
"We need to reconnect." said Samus.
"What do you mean by that?" asked R.O.B.
"Bring the body." Samus said.
"Are you crazy? How would we hide it or-" R.O.B said.
"I dunno, but it's been a sucky past couple of days. Quit the job already." said Samus.
"We agreed after two weeks." said R.O.B.
"Why don't you stop though? What's so important to you about this?" said Samus. "When did I stop becoming important to you?"
"I don't know." said R.O.B.
"You don't know! Okay. Fine." said Samus.
"Really?" asked R.O.B.
"No. You keep giving me non-answers about this. The inconsistent timing too... I don't know what's going with you." said Samus.
"What's going on with you though?" asked R.O.B.
"Me?" asked Samus. "What the hell do you mean by that?"
"You never seemed like the person who would be attached to something like this." said R.O.B.
"Is this a casual thing to you?" she asked. "After I let you basically live here?"
"It's not. But the way you act about it..." R.O.B began.
"How do I act about this?" she furiously stated.
"Keeping the relationship secret, denying it to others..." R.O.B said.
"You're a robot and I'm not... it would be hard to grasp for some people." said Samus.
"Is it though? I'm practically a human during the intimate moments. Bio-engineered, sure, but it's not like you weren't engineered yourself a couple of times." said R.O.B.
"But you said how weird it would be for people to grasp that form." said Samus.
"I did, yeah." said R.O.B.
"Is this... just not going to work out for you? You keep wanting to make this more than just between us but neither of us are ready. Nobody wants to take this next step except for you, but you're just not ready to take that step either. It's not the barrier... it's the fear of acceptance." said Samus.
"What do you suppose we do then?" said R.O.B.
"I don't know! But I need you here." said Samus..
