A/N: I'd say it's a little manipulative.
Minato and Aigis entered the shrine. Minato wore his usual school uniform. Aigis also wore a school uniform bought by him. She couldn't walk around naked after all.
Minato taught Aigis a lot of things. SEES couldn't have a proper conversation with the robot and felt awkward being near her, but the leader didn't. Aigis was a robot and didn't have feelings. Her purpose was already set. She believed she existed for nothing else. It wasn't fair. Minato decided that she needed a friend or two.
They walked to the playground. Minato opened one of the boxes he had brought from the dorm and placed it on the floor.
"Your mood has improved significantly since arriving here." Aigis kneel down and put her hands on her knees. "Are you certain the creature called Koromaru will come out?"
Soon enough, Koromaru ran toward them and halted right in front of the boxes. He sat down in front of them and looked up, his tail wagging.
"All living things are attracted to food. I comprehend." Aigis nodded to herself.
"Aigis, this is Koromaru, a Shiba Inu who lives here at the shrine. He's my friend," Minato said. "Koromaru, this is Aigis. She lives in the same dorm as me."
Aigis held out her hand to the white dog. "I am Aigis, an Anti-Shadow Weapon. It's nice to meet you, Koromaru-san."
"Arf!" Koromaru placed his paw in Aigis' metal palm. She gave it a shake. "... Arf?" The dog sniffed. "Woof?"
"I am a machine, a machine that is created to destroy Shadows." Aigis said. "I am an android, a machine imitating a human."
Koromaru tilted his head.
"I am a robot," Aigis said, using the simplest sentence.
"... Woof." Koromaru looked up. "Arf arf!"
"I hope you two get along," Minato said.
Koromaru ate his food happily.
"How often do you come here?" Aigis asked.
"I feed him in the afternoon every day," Minato replied. "The beanie guy comes in the morning."
"Arf." The dog had finished the meal. Minato bent down to ruffle his ears again.
Aigis collected the empty box. She extended her hand as if to pet Koromaru but pulled it back.
"Go ahead," Minato said. Koromaru barked in agreement.
Aigis touched behind the dog's ears then began to run her hand down Koromaru's back. "You said you are friends, but how do you know? What is the definition of friends?"
"I don't think there's any definition for this." Minato shrugged. "I can sense it, I guess. I'm glad to be with him, and I feel like he thinks the same."
"You call him friends because you enjoy being with him? But you don't call your dorm mates friends."
"A bit more complicated than that. I feel comfortable with Koromaru, but my dorm mates all have... Issues." Minato said. "I'm just... not sure if my dorm mates feel the same, so I'm not using that word, not yet."
They watched Koromaru walked around until the sky was getting dark.
"So Aigis, is there someone who you considered friends yet?"
She shook her head. "I am just a machine."
"Isn't Koromaru just a dog, then?"
Aigis blinked again. "You said that Koromaru is your friend."
"I said he's my friend, so you can be my friend, too." Minato didn't call random people he'd just met as friends, but Aigis deserved the title, and he felt like it. He also knew she was an android, and she couldn't refuse humans. She should be his friend here and now. She was the best.
Aigis was quiet for a while. "From now on, Aigis, the Anti-Shadow Weapon, shall become friends with Minato Arisato, the field leader of SEES."
Minato smiled. "That's more like it."
Koromaru barked and wagged his tail. He barked goodbye to them. Aigis waved goodbye and they walked back to the dorm.