Wow, I've been away for quite some time, huh? Things have been pretty crazy for me lately in school, at home, and everything in between XD, so I haven't had much time to work on my fics. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews, guys! Enjoy, and here we go!

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Chapter 5- The Confession

Chitose Hibiya opened her eyes slowly and blinked them as they adjusted. When they finally cleared of sleep she realized she wasn't in her room and sat up cautiously. At her side something cooed and she looked down to see Chi very close to her as though she was snuggling.

Her memories flowed back and she remembered the previous night's occurrences, including fainting, and looked away from Chi. The little creases were finally beginning to smooth out for her new life...

She suddenly noticed that she was still in her dress and that the bed she was in was Hideki's, but she didn't see him anywhere. Almost on cue she heard a groan and several pops of bones, followed by a "Good morning, Ms. Hibiya." He smiled from far left wall and whispered softly, "Sorry about all this. I didn't really know what else to do after, well, y'know..."

She blushed brightly. "Oh, my, I'm terribly sorry. I'm such a bother...No, this is fine, Mr. Motosuwa. In fact, I feel quite well now." She looked down at Chi. " I was very comfortable..."

He sat cross-legged with a puzzled expression smeared all over his face. He watched her carefully pull herself out of the bed and pull the covers over Chi in a very mothering manner- she even stroked the small girl's head afterwards.

She stood and motioned for him to follow her as she tip-toed to his door. She placed a hand on the doorknob and opened her mouth to speak, but it did not seem that she could find her words at first. "I...just wanted to thank you again, Mr. Motosuwa. I know things have been hard for you lately. There's so much you still have to do...You two should really have a talk." She looked up and met his eyes; though there was a sparkle of amusement, there was also a swirl of sorrow in those deep irises.

"Right...um, are you sure you're feeling alright? You look a little..." He trailed off, unsure of how to describe it.

"I'm fine, don't worry," She smiled gratefully. " It just feels a little strange for me...She's just as she was when she was a Persocom: her eyes, her voice, even her heart...but at the same time, she's just so different...It feels as though I might really be meeting her for the first time..." her smile began to disappear and her voice lowered to where he could hardly hear her. After several silent minutes she perked up and smiled again. "I think I'm in a bit of a shock. I suppose in this scenario it's to be expected. I'll be fine Mr. Motosuwa." She opened the door and stepped out in to the hallway. "I could really use some tea and a nice long soak." He laughed a little at this. "I'll talk to you later, then. let me know how your talk goes, okay?"

He nodded and she bowed before leaving to her own home. He closed the door quietly, suddenly remembering that Chi was still fast asleep just a few feet behind him. He turned to her and his breath caught in his throat- she looked so beautiful the way she was, it was like something in a photo shoot: she was curled up in a ball with her hair swept behind her like a cape, and the morning's sunlight shone in in rays and made her skin glow.

Hideki noticed how as she turned her head slightly in her sleep that a single piece if hair fell over her face, and he became annoyed that it disturbed the beautiful image before him. He quietly crept over to her and dropped to his knees. He pushed the strand back into the mass of hair and sat back, blushing brightly at how warm her skin had felt to his touch. She sighed "Chi..." and rolled over onto her back, the blanket dipping below her chest. He nightgown had also begun to slide off her shoulders, a temptation all on its own. He blushed brightly, trying to resist, but couldn't help but peek at her breasts.

He tore his eyes away from her and back at the piece of hair he had moved just seconds ago- somehow it had fallen back onto her face. He leaned back over to push it away once more and as he touched her skin, he remembered the incident not so long ago when she had been a Persocom and they had been walking home in the rain- in pure innocence she had plucked a whole flower from the ground and gotten herself dirty; as he wiped away the dirt he had been so close to her lips...

Without thinking or realizing what he was doing, he leaned even closer to her lips, inches between them. He could almost taste her...God how he wanted to...

"Good morning, Master!!"

He almost screamed and fell back as Plum cheered her alarm. Chi blinked her eyes as she woke up and sat up in the futon to see Hideki exercising with the little laptop. She looked down and found Kotoko hiding under the blankets from Plum and giggled. Hideki, who was in mid-arm stretch, stopped and looked around to smile, "Oh, good morning, Chi." He didn't hear her reply since Plum sent sharp blows in his ears from her whistle and doubled their already impossible speed. After ten whole minutes, she finally let them stop and he stood bent over with his hands on his knees as he gasped for air.

"I...have got...to learn...how...to turn...her alarm off..." he panted.

Chi picked up the little pink laptop and began to talk to her. He blushed, remembering the few minutes before, and plopped down to the futon. He faded out some and stared past her to the window, thinking suddenly of the talk he knew they needed to have. he was nervous enough as it was, and on top of that, he could hardly look at her now. He had acted like a major pervert, sneaking a peek at her and trying to steal a kiss.

He fell face-first into the blankets, in which Kotoko yelped and flew out from beneath in a purple blur. Chi noticed this and set Plum down. She crouched beside him and placed her hand on his shoulder, not missing the fact that he jumped at her touch. "Is Hideki in pain?"

He looked up in surprise; she was still speaking in third-person and for some reason he found himself smiling. "I'm okay. Thanks for asking." He sat up all the way. "Look, we need to talk about some stuff." Her eyebrows raised. "You're not in trouble or anything." He felt relieved somehow at this and sighed.

He looked down at the blanket. He was beginning to feel nervous again and he didn't know where to start. Chi's voice startled him.

"Hideki wants to know why Chi thought you weren't happy, right?"

He nodded, but it shook him how she had taken the words right from his mind. He found himself a little afraid of what she might say and unintentionally held his breath.

Chi shifted and sat directly across from him. "Chi remembers...when Hideki hugs me, it really feels like you're holding back. You sometimes seem like you're in pain, but I don't understand why. Blue-" He winced slightly at the mention of her name, and it too did not go unnoticed-"taught me how to do many things, but there are some things she told me I had to figure out on my own.' She saw him fixated on her hands clasped in her lap; he was slowly making his way up to her eyes as she spoke.

"Chi has figured out some things just in these few days. I understand more of my feelings, especially those about you...like the warm fluttery feeling in my stomach when out hands touched yesterday."

His cheeks flared and from where his eyes were at this point, he could see her cheeks the same shade.

She continued with a shaky sigh. "Chi wanted Hideki to...to kiss me..."

His eyes widened and he finally met her eyes. They were misty and he suddenly felt guilt weigh down on his heart.

"Chi was a Persocom, and I was happy...but my heart..." she placed a hand over it tenderly "...something leaped when Blue said she could turn me real. Chi thought of all the things I could do with you...and people wouldn't dislike you because you were with me. Chi wanted to be alive like you, to feel and have real emotions and expressions, instead of just "programs"...to grow old with you, to be and have a family...Chi wanted to...to..." She hiccupped, for halfway through she had begun to weep. Her shoulders shook and she bowed her head, her arms numb and unmoving.

Hideki was lost for words. This was what had been going through her head all this time?! A normal human would have been driven mad by now. He sat and simply listened to her sobs with sharp inhalations and didn't feel his arms wrap around her shoulders. Though it cut him deeply that she thought he was unhappy and sat here tearing herself up about it, he was touched at all the things she wanted to do with him. They were exactly what he wanted with her, and it made his heart soar to hear her say it.

"Chi...please don't cry. I understand everything now, and if there was ever a time that I didn't love you, this would make me change my mind. I love you, Chi, very much. I never knew all that was going around in your head..." He chuckled lightly, "...y'know, I think you were human even when you were a Persocom."

He felt her smile against him and he felt more reassured.

"As far as I'm concerned, I'm really sorry I was like that. I've been kind of thinking about some of the same stuff you were, along with other things..." he trailed off, the end of his sentence more of a thought.

Chi looked up and cocked her head. "You mean like se-"

His face turned such a bright red in such a small amount of time he thought he might've burst a blood vessel and he hurriedly placed a finger over her lips to silence her. So she did know about that...He swallowed and nodded. She took his hand and held it in her own.

"Chi feels better now..."

"Oh..." he smiled, remembering their initial conversation. "That's good. We should figure out what we're going to do now. Let's see...I have school tomorrow, but not on Tuesday...I don't have to work until Wednesday, and I talked to Mr. Ueda to give you whole week off."

"Chi?"

He blinked," Oh, that's right. I talked to Mr. Ueda yesterday and told him you'd be out for at least a week."

"Why a week?"

He was taken aback some, realizing she oblivious to Blue's deal. It was probably better to keep it that way. "Um, well, to give you plenty of time adjust," he lied, regretting it instantly.

She bobbed her head up and down.

From the TV shelf, Kotoko frowned in realization that he has told a lie. The purple laptop opened her mouth to correct him when a voice spoke in her head.

Leave them, child. Let's see what happens.

Kotoko nodded sleepily and hid back behind the TV.

Hideki watched Chi hold his hand and secretly marveled at how soft her skin was. It was almost like baby skin, new and fresh and unmarked from the harsh elements.

He cleared his throat and she looked up. "I know what we can do."

She smiled in anticipation.

"I think we need to go on a date."

A/N: Well, there ya go! Wow, this was really ansty T.T! LOL Hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and I apologize for making you all wait so long for this update…(grovels) I am not worthy of you all!! LOL Review please!