How do you all like the story so far? It's my first time writing so it's not perfect. Though I will say it's fun spending time on this story. Anyway, here's chapter 3, Evan and ViVi spend time together. Read, review and enjoy!

(I press F for Australia, 2020 is off to a bad start, oof.)

(This is an ancient rewritten chapter that honestly should have been uploaded a long time ago)

Chapter 3

90 minute timeskip from the previous chapter.

Evan is in the middle of watching an anime episode, when the oven's gentle yet firm beeps rang from the kitchen. He puts his laptop to sleep, gets up and walks to the kitchen to get lunch ready. Evan then puts on oven gloves to get the tray out of the oven, and puts each chicken pot pie on a plate. He then puts the plates on the table and leaves them to cool down a bit.

Evan then goes to ViVi's room to wake her up, assuming she's still asleep. He knocks on her door and hears some shuffling in her room, sounds like she's waking up. ViVi then opens her door to greet her master.

"Ah, what do you wish from me, master?" ViVi speaks in an adorable, drowsy voice.

"I'm just here to tell you lunch's ready, come to the kitchen when you're ready." Evan pats her soft, white hair, to which ViVi blushes and giggles at.

"Thank you, Evan, I shall be at the table soon."

Evan nods and walks back to the kitchen. He grabs a small knife and pokes holes in their pies in order to get them to cool down a bit faster. ViVi walks in the kitchen a few minutes later.

"Today's lunch is chicken pot pie, I'm sure you'll like it, it's one of my favorite foods."

"It smells so good, master, thank you for the meal."

"No problem, now then, itadakimasu."

"Yes, itadakimasu, master"

They begin enjoying their chicken pot pies. A few minutes later Evan finishes his meal, ViVi follows not too long. Evan offers to take and wash their plates, to which ViVi denies, reasoning he mustn't trouble himself, but Evan assures her he wanted to do this, so ViVi obliges and gives him her plate. He takes their plates and puts them in the sink, and starts washing them.

A few minutes later and he's done washing the dishes. Evan dries them and puts them away. He then looks at the clock on the wall wondering what time it is, which is 5:32PM. He questions about letting ViVi watch anime with him. Re:Zero might be a good start, but he then remembers he hasn't replaced his laptop's thermal paste in over a year and it may be at risk to overheating.

He then gets the idea of showing ViVi how to replace a processor's thermal paste, if she has a laptop or desktop of her own someday, it could help her solve high temperature problems. Evan walks to his room and looks through his drawers for a screwdriver and a small container for the screws. He grabs said items and puts them on a small desk. Evan then walks to the bathroom and looks for a 90% alcohol bottle, essential for cleaning the old thermal paste, and a few Q-tips. He grabs the alcohol bottle and the q-tips and takes them to his room, his little how to take care of a computer lesson for ViVi is ready.

Evan walks over to ViVi's room and knocks on her door, and he hears her say he can come in anytime he wants, so he opens the door and finds ViVi watching some cartoons on TV.

"Do you need me, master?"

"Yes, I'd like to show you something."

"Okay."

ViVi follows Evan to his room.

"What do you wish to show me, master?"

"I just wanted to show you how to replace a computer's thermal paste."

ViVi looks confused at this, so she asks what it is. Evan replies that it's a gray paste that helps keep the computer's processing chip from overheating, and replacing it every 6 months is recommended to keep the CPU at a safe temperature. He shows her a thermal paste syringe, containing the silver stuff in it.

ViVi asks Evan how it keeps a computer cool, to which he replies that the heatsink, that copper piece on top of the processor and the processor itself have microscopic gaps that would make it hard for the cooling system to draw heat away from the processor, thermal paste solves that problem.

Evan makes space for ViVi to let her watch as he opens his laptop's underside to get access to the processor's heatsink. He unscrews it from the motherboard and sets it aside. Evan grabs his screwdriver and points at the square, green chip covered in a bit of thermal paste, explaining that's the processor and that you can code almost anything with it if you have knowledge of computer programming and have a fast enough processor that can handle heavy programs.

ViVi looks amazed at how something that would fit in the palm of her hand can be capable of so much. She then asks if all computers the same, to which Evan denies, explaining there's different types of processors depending on the user's needs, saying there are single, dual, quad, and there's even eight-core processors. There's many types of CPU's for people with different needs.

She then asks what's the difference between the different types of processors, to which Evan replies that a single-core processor would take a bit to process the user's input from the keyboard and mouse, a dual-core processor is twice as fast than a single-core, a quad-core processor is twice as fast than a dual-core, and the most cores he's heard a CPU can have is 16 cores, which would make it a powerful workhorse but really prone to high temperatures and liquid cooling is needed to keep it cool. ViVi listens to Evan go on about his knowledge of processors, nodding with interest while looking at him with a caring look, while he goes on about the things he cares about.

Evan then explains to ViVi that now that the old thermal paste has been exposed to the air, it must be replaced or it won't do a very good job at drawing heat away from the CPU to the heatsink, so it has to be wiped off with alcohol. ViVi watches as Evan grabs the 90% alcohol bottle and opens it, then grabs a Q-tip and dunks it into the liquid inside. He then wipes the thermal paste with the alcohol-dipped Q-tip, a couple more wipes with a bit more Q-tips, 3 to be exact, the processor is looking like it was just made in the factory.

"There we go, now, want to apply the new thermal paste?" Evan asks ViVi as he holds the thermal paste syringe.

"Sure, how much?"

"Just a small amount, you don't need to add too much."

"Okay, I'll try, master."

Getting her consent, Evan gets the tip off the syringe and hands it to ViVi. Knowing her master entrusted her with one of his prized possessions, she carefully aims it on the silver square on the green square, assuming that's the actual processor. ViVi then carefully applies a pea-sized amount of thermal paste on the processor. She looks at Evan and declares she did it well, to which Evan gives her a "thank you, ViVi." and a headpat as a reward.

ViVi then spots what she assumes is another processor, and is surprised to find Evan's laptop has two processors. She asks Evan what that thing is, and Evan explains that's technically a processor, but it handles video data. ViVi is confused and asks for her master to explain.

Evan explains that while the actual processor can handle almost all program code on its own, a processor will try to juggle both 3D video and game data on its own during heavy gaming sessions, which will bring up its temperatures to insane levels, and make the game unplayable due to the cpu overheating, if it's not given adequate cooling. The "2nd processor" is the graphics processing unit, GPU for short, and it handles 3D video data, freeing the CPU of having to handle repetitive video data and the CPU stays at safe temperatures even during heavy gaming sessions. ViVi nods with interest, understanding now.

She then asks Evan about the computers you plug into the wall outlet and why Evan's computer doesn't need to be connected to an outlet. Evan takes a moment to come up with a simple explanation and tells ViVi that his computer draws its energy from a battery inside it, ideal for taking on long road trips, business meetings, vacationing, or if you just wanna watch whatever you like in the comfort of your own bed.

"Master, could I have a laptop of my own someday?" ViVi asks Evan

"Sure, I'll help you choose one that fits your needs." Evan replies to ViVi

"Thank you so much."

ViVi smiles at Evan, then Evan screws the heatsink back onto the motherboard.

"Congrats, you've learned one of the ways to care for a computer and ensure it works properly for years to come." Evan praises ViVi for her work.

"Oh, master, you flatter me~" ViVi blushes at Evan's praise

Evan takes a minute to think to himself, and decides he'll surprise ViVi tomorrow by taking her to the store and buying her her first laptop. Meanwhile, ViVi, not knowing what else to do for the day, decides to hang out with Evan in his room. Evan them remembers he was gonna ask her if she wanted to watch anime, more specifically Re:Zero.

"Say, ViVi, would you like to watch a show with me?"

"Sure, what will it be about?"

(Author's Note: I don't own Re:Zero) "Oh, to put it bluntly... it's about this shut-in neet named Natsuki Subaru who was getting food at a convenience store, and as he's going home, he's unexpectedly summoned to a fantasy world. As time goes on, he realizes he has a power letting him loop back time to a previous save point in his life. Subaru must try to survive whatever this world throws at him."

Evan then thinks to himself in my opinion, as far as I know, everyone in the fantasy world are cunts to Subaru for no reason, I mean, he didn't ask to be bound to the witch and have the witch's scent on him all the time. Whenever he tries to tell them about his power, the witch who apparently loves him doesn't want him to snitch and squeezes his heart, hard. When Subaru does manage to tell someone about his power, his victory is short as the witch "lovingly" caresses his face and heart, then kills the one who knows his secret, forcing Subaru to kill himself and loop back again, but I'll spare ViVi from the knowledge and let her find out as we watch more episodes.

"I'd like to see how he adapts to being whisked away from his everyday life, let's watch it, master."

"Sure sure, just gimme a second."

Evan turns his laptop on, plugs it in, then waits for the login screen. He logs in, and looks for the folder containing all re:zero episodes.

"I'm gonna get us some snacks, anything you want?"

"Hmm, anything's fine."

"All right then."

Evan walks to his pantry and looks for a bag of barbecue chips and a bag of chocolate chip cookies. He grabs them and walks back to his room, where the humming dullahan is patiently waiting for him to return.

"All right, I'm back, which one would you like?" Evan asks ViVi.

"I'll have the cookies, thank you, master."

Evan gives her the cookie bag and pours himself a bowl of barbecue chips, putting it on the nightstand next to him. He then gets himself comfortable in his bed and invites ViVi to join him. ViVi doesn't waste a second and jumps in, her desire being to be as close to her master as possible.

"Master.. it's so warm with you, I like it~" ViVi purrs as she lovingly looks at Evan.

"Yea, I know, anyway, the time's 6:40PM, we'll stop watching when it hits 9PM, when I gotta sleep for work."

"Hm, understood, master."

Evan patted her head, then clicks on the first episode.

I need to stop procrastinating and finish rewriting the remaining 1st person view chapters lol