In the entire time Gou had known the Roidmude, he had only seen Chase consume anything edible ONCE. There had been a second time, Shinnosuke had told the teen that Chase had done the same "drink date" with him in order to find out the cop's feelings about Kiriko. So seeing Chase happily munching on the different varieties of pizza that Professor Harley had ordered had both weirded him out and warmed his heart.

Harley excused himself from the table, needing to go down to the lab to have his weekly talk with Krim and told the two to come down to the lab in about an hour to show the boys something Chase wanted him to find that they needed to see.

The two began to clean up the kitchen, Gou glancing at Chase washing the dishes. The smile Chase had hadn't left his face in the entire time that Gou had seen the Roidmude in his new body. He knew that before anything else, he needed to tell Chase what he had wanted to say to him ever since their entire situation started.

Chase turned around to face Gou when the teen walked over toward him. "So…Chase… first things first. I promised I'd do this when you got a new body. I…apologize for the way I treated you before. It wasn't until I saw you fight with every fiber of your being to save me when I didn't deserve to be saved, that I realized just how much you did to try to get me to change my mind about you. I was too stubborn to realize what had been right in front of me this entire time and although I don't deserve it, I'd like the chance to start again. Would you consider us becoming friends?"

Gou held out his hand as an offer of friendship. Chase closed his eyes for a second before taking Gou's hand with his own and pulling Gou into a hug.

"Friends don't shake hands. Friends hug. And thank you Gou. I accept your apology."

—

Harley called the two boys into the lab and the two walked in to find the professor at the security monitors. "Alright Chase, found what you wanted me to look for. Only saw a few seconds of it before I paused and rewound it, so I haven't seen it myself."

Gou looked at Chase confused. "That's right…you said you were going to explain things to me about your body once we ate lunch. Does the footage have anything to do with that?"

Chase's face went stoic, like Gou was used to seeing the Roidmude, but the warmness in Chase's eyes didn't leave and he slightly began to have a small smile on his face. "Yes, but it's…complicated. I think we should watch the footage before I explain things."

Gou and Chase sat down and Harley hit play once the two gave their okay. The footage showed the two still laying on the beds when Chase twitched and woke up. He quickly digitized into his human form, wearing the familiar purple clothes he was known for. Chase turned to look at Gou's prone form and had barely touched the teen's hand when the Roidmude began to emit a golden light. He had backed away from Gou quickly before the light engulfed the entire screen. The light faded and a completely naked Chase was laying on the floor.

Harley stopped the footage and turned around. "That was about five this morning. Found Chase still in that same position asleep at around eight when I came into the lab. Woke him up but he was very disoriented so I helped him back into bed and grabbed him a set of your clothes when he couldn't digitize any on. He woke up an hour later but refused to let me examine him until you woke up."

"Th…that was…"

Both the professor and Chase turned to look at Gou, who's eyes were wide and still staring at the screen. Chase put his hand gently on Gou's shoulder and the teen turned to look at him.

Gou had seen the exact thing that happened to Chase happen to three others. He thought back to the times he saw Freeze, Heart, and Medic all emit that same golden light. "Chase… that was…Super Evolution… But I thought…you couldn't… And wouldn't you have…?"

Chase looked Gou in the eyes. "I…don't exactly know how I did it or what caused it or what changes that have happened. I wanted you awake before I let Professor Harley examine me. But… I feel different… I feel the emotions I've learned and experienced from you and everyone else though. It's a good feeling and I can't stop smiling."

Gou's eyes softened and he started smiling himself. "You have a nice smile Chase. I should have told you that when you first got your license and I saw it then. It's good to see it again."

—-

"Well…this is interesting. Chase…Gou…you need to see this. I don't think you're going to believe it though."

The two had been online shopping for clothes for Chase after Harley ran a few tests on him since, while he was able to finally digitize himself clothes, he didn't want to rely solely on that ability in case it would somehow compromise them. The ability would only be used for emergencies. As such, he was still in Gou's clothes, but they were way too baggy for his slim frame and weren't really his style.

As the two got closer to the computer, Chase furrowed his eyebrows. "Professor, why do you have Gou's data up on the screen? I thought you were looking at my data?"

Harley chuckled. "This IS yours Chase. In fact…here…let's pull up Gou's data. Notice anything interesting?"

Both boys stared in shock as, except for their body frames, their data was almost identical on the screen. Chase's had a few differences upon a closer look, but were close enough to fool someone that they were looking at the same data if they didn't know what to look for.

"Obviously, your body is still mostly machine…but now it has a few organic elements to it. I believe that due to you learning and understanding the human body while you were in Gou's body and your desire to become more human, it triggered what you called a Super Evolution when you touched Gou. As for that evolution seemingly being just your human form… From what I've learned about Roidmudes from Krim's notes and from what you two have told me, a Low-Class Roidmude can sync with a human and take on their characteristics and emotions. You already knew your human form so that wouldn't change, but I think because of the closeness and familiarity of being in Gou's body, your body evolved internally using that information, hence the organic elements now."

Tears pricked the sides of Chase's eyes as he stared at the computer screen as Gou gently squeezed his shoulder. "So…in essence…my body is nearly exactly like Gou's? Almost like twins? Would that mean…?"

Harley looked at both boys and smiled. "Yes Chase. You can essentially call yourself human now."