AN: This is my first try at Chobits fanfiction, so please be easy with the flames. n-n; This story takes place somewhere between the end of book 2, and the middle of book 3. Because I only have up to book 3. o.o; Ok, here goes.

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"Chii, I'm going to the the store." Hideki called.

Chii looked over the back of the couch, "Can Chii come?"

"No, stay here, Chii." He answered.

"Why can Chii not come with Hideki?" Chii asked as Hideki pulled on his coat.

"Because, it's raining, and you can't be getting wet." He answered.

"Why can Chii not get wet?" She asked.

"Because..." He paused, "You're not... Like me. I'm a human, and you're a... Machine. You might break." Chii's smile faded. "Sorry, Chii..."

"No, Hideki is right." Chii said, her mouth forming a frown, "Chii is not like Hideki..." She sat down on the couch, and watched the rain. "Maybe someday, Chii will be like Hideki..." She followed a drop of rain on the window with her finger.

"Maybe..." Hideki said, "Cya later, Chii."

"Good bye, Hideki."

Chii watched him walk away, until he was just another shadow in the rain.

"Chii wants to be like Hideki..." Chii whispered.

She got up, and turned on the television. The news was on, and it was showing the weather. "-wind and rain until later in the week. Not a very good day to be out. Back to the news."

"Weather lady says it's not a good day for Hideki to be out..." Chii said, speaking to no one. "Weather lady said it's cold..." Her voice faded to a whisper.

"Crap! I can't even see in this rain!" Hideki said, wishing he had an umbrella. Quickening his pace to a run, he ducked under the shelter of a building. He stopped, and shook the rain off his head. "Well, that was fun..." He complained. Hideki walked into the store, and grabbed a basket.

"Hideki!" He heard someone call from behind him. Hideki turned around, to have a girl give him a jump-hug.

"Mrwwu Rmrashunn." He said, his face being smashed by her arms.

She looked confused, "What?" Looking down, she saw she was crushing his head. "Oh! Sorry!" She let go of his head. "What did you say?"

Hideki took a relieved breath of air, and said, "I said, Hello, Yumi-chan."

"Oooohhhh..." She said. "Hiya!" Yumi waved excitedly at him. "So what'cya doin'?" She asked.

"Buying groceries for me and Chii." He answered, "Well, actually, just for me, since Chii doesn't eat." Hideki corrected himself.

"Yeah... She doesn't eat... Because she's a persocom..." Yumi said. Her eyes showed that normal thing whenever he mentioned persocoms. What had happened to her?

Hideki didn't know exactly what to say. "Yumi, I'm sorry." But he tryed anyway.

Hideki walked out of the store. "Stupid lady at the counter didn't know the price of HALF THE FRIGGIN' CRAP I BOUGHT!" He yelled at no one. "And it's still raining." He paused for a moment, and ran into the rain.

"Chii likes to watch the rain. It reminds Chii of stars falling at her. Stars are pretty. Chii likes stars. Does Hideki like stars?" Chii asked the rain. "Chii likes to sit outside and look at the stars. It makes Chii happy." She touched a drop of rain that was on the other side of the window, "Chii likes the rain."

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AN: Like I said, first Chobits fanfiction for me. And I will write more, since this first chapter has pretty much no plot. But I just had to split it there, or you're have one HUGE chapter. Sorry. n-n;