It had all happened so fast, too fast for her. Her mother had continued talking to her and telling her things about the stranger, but she paid no attention to anything said. She just locked her eyes onto the strange person and acknowledged nothing else. Her mom had eventually stopped talking and hugged her goodbye, but that didn't seem to matter now. At the moment, the stranger was moving around their living room and cleaning it up. The being had started this right away when her mom had left, and not knowing what to do, XJ9 had sat herself down on the couch to watch.

She raced around to dust the shelves and pick up things as she went along. She hummed a little tune that XJ9 couldn't place. Although now that she was thinking about it more, the stranger looked peaceful and comfortable, almost like she lived here. XJ9 shook her head, no no, that wasn't possible. It was her and her mom's house, no one else's. She crossed her arms in defiance at the thought and leaned back against the sofa. Suddenly said sofa was picked up and she along with it was raised. She panicked for a moment and looked down just as the vacuum cleaner started. The stranger vacuumed below her before setting the couch down and moving onto the next thing nearby. How strange this person was. She didn't look like anyone XJ9 had ever seen before.

She was purple and a familiar white color across her body. Her body was like a small smooth pentagon and nothing like any other persons she had yet to meet. Not to mention her legs, or lack thereof, where she instead had a large wheel at the bottom. She guessed that explained how the person was zooming around so fast. The person raced around the room one more time before suddenly stopping beside the couch where she sat.

"Whooo, oh am I glad to be done with that. I swear this place needed a good cleaning."

XJ9 stared early at the stranger as she dusted herself off. She then did a sudden turn and was far too close for her liking.

"Oh, just let me get a look at you! I'm so excited to meet you!"

Hands were all over her then, wait, hands, yeah four hands to be exact. They seemed to pull and check at every section of her possible.

"Just as I thought, not only are you far more advanced, but you're also filthy. When was the last time you took a bath?"

A bath? What in the world was a bath? The stranger looked very serious about it, though, so XJ9 simply shrugged in response. The stranger rolled her eyes.

"Of course, leave it to Mother to overlook such a thing."

Mother?

"I understand that she gets all caught up in her work, and I admit you're not that dirty, so it probably didn't cross her mind to give you one, but still, proper hygiene is important."

She wagged one of her two fingers at XJ9's face in a lightly scolding way.

"I'm gonna let this slide since you're so young and because you're an absolute cutie, but not next time."

The cute compliment made her blush, but she was still baffled. She guessed it must have shown on her face because the other's shifted to a quick realization.

"Where are my manners? A proper introduction should be in order."

She sucked her remaining cleaning supplies into her body, but not before quickly cleaning her hands and holding one out.

"Hello XJ9, I am XJ4. I'm here to keep an eye on you, keep the house in one piece, and spotless, might I add, and give our Mother peace of mind while she's gone."

Mother? There she was saying it again.

"I know she technically introduced us earlier, but I don't think you really took that all in, did you?"

She shamefully looked down and shook her head no.

"Oh, sweetie, don't be upset. When meeting me, none of the others paid much attention to introductions and all. I can't blame them, though. Names aren't exactly the first thing on your mind when you meet someone like you."

Someone like you? The others? What in the world was this lady talking about? She looked down at her extended out hand and realized she had yet to shake it. XJ9 watched this XJ4 closely as she slowly wretch her hand out and took hold of hers. The handshake was short and light, but everything about it caught her attention. She had never seen or felt anything like this. Her mom's hands were warm, soft, almost light in a sense. XJ4's were nothing like this. Her hands were cold, a little rough, especially where little connecting lines meet, and felt a little heavier.

The differences aren't what worried her though, oh no, it was the similarities that made her do a double-take. As their hands met, it all became so obvious—the exact shade of white across them, the little connecting lines of the same size and pattern. Despite XJ4 only having two fingers and them being slimmer, they nearly matched otherwise. Their hands were closer than her, and her mom's hands had ever been. Did that mean that her own were cold too? What did it mean in general?

"Well, now I hope we can get along with each other and have a good time."

XJ4 smiled brightly at XJ9, and she shot her a small smile back. She didn't know exactly what was going on and what these connections meant, but she'd figure it all out soon enough. At the moment, though, she was content with just happily smiling with the other person. Well, until she was suddenly sprayed in the face by some liquid followed by cloth quickly running over her head.

"Sorry, I couldn't hold out any longer."

She tried to squirm away, but four arms wrapped around her to keep her still. XJ4 began talking about how filthy she was as the cloth was scrubbing her cheek. This was going to be an interesting couple of days, that was for sure.

Author's Note- It's been a while, like oof a few months. I don't really have anything to say about that. I started up my college finals around that time, as most of them were big projects due, and I got loaded with work. I'm sorry it took so long for me to put another chapter out for this story. If anyone is still reading it, please leave a review and let me know. Thank you for reading!