16th July 2013 Tuesday

Day 197

Not much to report, pretty lazy days.

Disclaimer: The writer will not be held responsible for any feelings felt during this reading, you can however share them at the end.

Ouch, ow, oh

Slowly but surely, the large mechanical eyes widened for the first time, revealing a world of colour and light.

"One last tweak, there, he's done," the girl holding him announced as she placed him on the table in front of her. He stumbled as he stood for the first time, looking around the room with curiosity.

"Welcome, little bot," the clone cooed as she stroked his back shell. The robot closed his eyes as she did so. "I wonder what I'm going to call you. You look like you're always smiling; happy, maybe, Habibot. Gives it your own little twist-"

A ruffle of low voices from the hall approached the door, and quick as lightning, the younger girl grabbed her latest invention and hid it behind her back.

Ow, what the-?

She turned towards the entrance where the sound was coming, looking expecting yet hopefully nonchalant at the same time.

The robot managed to move his head around, spying the people who had just entered.

A tall boy walked in wearing a red uniform, looking somewhat more important than the rest.

Huh, that one must be the boss.

He was instructing the smaller boy beside him, pointing out different areas, but the younger one hardly seemed interested at all. His face looked moody and his eyes looked as though he were about to shed a few tears.

"Jenny, I would like you to meet Zap, he'll be our new pilot," Dex announced, nodding towards his companion. Zap didn't even look up, causing Dex to curl his lips in concern. "If you two don't mind, I'm going to see if some of the pavilions are ready to hold insects."

Before the engineer could respond, the leader had already sprinted out of the room, leaving the two in eerie silence.

'Wow,' the bug bot pondered behind his creator's back. 'This is really awkward.'

Jenny had no idea what to say; the guy wasn't doing anything. All he did was stand near the doorway, his eyes flicking up every few seconds to look at her. Unsure at how to continue, the clone merely spun her chair back around and resumed her work.

Habi was the focus point in her grasp, but from the corner of the robot's eye, he could just make out the small silhouette of the guy at the door approaching them from behind her shoulder.

"What's that?" he questioned in a gruff voice, causing Jenny to jump a little in shock.

Huh, it does speak.

"Oh, um, this is just one of my latest inventions."

I'm sorry – just?

"Huh, I figured," he said in a whisper, taking a seat next to the clone.

"Why is that?" she questioned with curiosity. The boy's blue eyes moved around her face, making her extremely nervous.

"Y- you have a little bit of grease on your face," he murmured, pointing to a spot on his cheek to indicate hers. She flushed red as her hand instinctively moved to hide her cheek, wiping down her face where she thought the smudge was.

"Here," he gingerly held out a finger and removed the stain in one motion, his eyes never leaving hers as he did. She could feel her heart beating louder in her rib cage and her breath rapidly increasing. He swallowed loudly before looking back down at the robot.

"Also, I've never seen anything like this before," he commented, holding out his finger to touch the robot. Habi closed his eyes softly as the finger stroked his back. "You must be really smart."

She looked bashfully down towards the floor, still speechless over what had just happened. She nodded in reply once his head looked back up at her.

"Thanks," she whispered, before holding out her hand. "We haven't been properly introduced; I'm Jenny 10, the engineer of the team."

He nodded with the tiniest smile ever, taking her hand and shaking it. "Dex has already introduced me as the pilot, but I'm Zap Monogan."

Habi flicked his eyes between the two people as they continued to shake each other's hands, sparking chemistry between their eyes.

Oh, this is interesting.

"Oh Habi," Jenny sighed after the video had ceased. The bug bot closed his lid and looked up at the girl expectantly.

"That was beautiful, absolutely perfect for the wedding," she whispered, picking up the robot in her hands and patting him gently. She raised an eyebrow questioningly. "You know, you still look like you have a smile on your face."

Done, and if no one got it; in this, the day Jenny invented Habi was the day she met Zap. These are one-shots so not always accurate to the main story, I don't think. R&R!