Harper POV
I heard the doors open but barley registered it until I heard her voice call out
"Harper?"
I dropped my latest invention in surprise and turned round
"Hey Rom-doll what's up?"
I asked trying to sound casual.
"I wanted to talk to you about what happened on the ship…"
I interrupted before she could get any further, that was one subject I did not want to breach at the moment. I could still remember all too vividly her saying all those things, things that until then I never even suspected her of thinking.
"There's nothing to talk about," I replied but I knew she wouldn't let me off the hook that easily.
"Listen, Harper I didn't say those things it wasnt me."
I knew this but I still couldn't believe they'd come out of her mouth, I knew that what I said next would hurt her but suddenly I wanted to see just a little bit of what I felt in those moments.
"But it looked like you, it sounded like you how do I know that, that isn't how you really feel, deep down inside. Am I really no more than an amoeba to you?"
I saw her recoil slightly in shock and felt guilty but not guilty enough to take the words back, not yet. I knew she didn't love me as I loved her but having it spelled out so harshly even if it was The Balance speaking. I needed her reassurance needed to know she didn't think like that when I'd busted one of her circuits or overloaded her power relays again.
"Harper, I would never say or think any of that, you're one of the most amazing people I've ever met. Without you I'd have been destroyed ages ago. You understand me better than any of the others, hey you made me! You have to know I would never say that."
I finally looked her straight in the eye and saw how upset she was, how much pain this was causing her as well as me.
"We said we'd fix each other, remember?"
The sentence hit me and I couldn't believe I'd said those things just to make her fell bead. I stepped towards her and held her as she cried, remembering our promise, and I knew that even if she would never return my love she still loved me as a lifelong friend and that that would never change. Softly I murmured
"Its okay we're okay we're both fixed."