Six months passed. Nothing really changed. They still had sex pretty often, they were still clearly in love although it waned and waxed from time to time. Palutena and Lucina got married. Wii Fit Trainer was still hitting on her despite the fact everyone knew by now that Samus and R.O.B were dating and he often got chastised by anyone who noticed.

And she was still feeling really empty and hallow about the whole thing. She had it way better than the people who didn't return to the Smash Mansion, she was sure about that. She wasn't sure what the deal was with the people who didn't return but it wasn't a huge concern for her.

It was winter and that meant chilly weather, which she wasn't fond of. This week their heater was broke so that meant it was cold even inside the rooms. Apparently they were trying to get it fixed but who knows how that's going.

Samus sat at the kitchen counter and sipped some hot chocolate. R.O.B was doing some cleaning. She suddenly had a thought but put it away. There was no point in saying it.

Samus put her hands to her head. Okay, maybe she had a point in saying it? She had wrestled with this thought for months. "R.O.B..." she said, closing her eyes to avoid reality for a second. "Can we talk for a minute?" R.O.B rotated to face her as he moved over to the kitchen counter.

"Yeah?" asked R.O.B. Samus glanced to the left and right and then looked at R.O.B in his motorized eyes, twisting and turning to get focus.

"You ever thought about asking your dad about..." she paused. Fuck, this was stupid as shit. Why couldn't she be happy with how things were? She pressed forward anyway because she struggled long enough with this to the point where it became a distraction every time she saw him. "Ok, this is gonna sound really stupid but have you ever asked your dad about putting some... equipment down there?" she asked.

"Samus, my human body has 'equipment' down there..." said R.O.B. Samus shook her head.

"No I mean... on the robot body. I dunno what the fuck I'm talking about. Look... I dunno." Samus said.

R.O.B was apparently kind of annoyed. "You keep vaguely hinting at something and then just keep brushing it off with 'I dunno'... just say what you want to say. I'm not gonna be mad."

Samus took a deep breath. "Okay... look. I've had more or less this fantasy about having sex with your robot form. I dunno how it would work. I just have these fantasies and it frustrates me I guess... that you haven't done anything about it? I know... it's stupid as shit."

"You want me to have a robot dick?" asked R.O.B. Samus looked at R.O.B.

"Well... ''sometimes'' it's a robot dick." said Samus. R.O.B didn't have any reaction on his face that she could read.

"...what do you mean sometimes..." said R.O.B. Samus threw her hands up in the air.

"This is embarrassing isn't it? I wanna fuck a robot but I don't feel like I'm fucking a robot so..." said Samus.

"I mean... I'm flattered but I dunno how it would work really..." said R.O.B. Samus buried her head in her hands, stressing out about it. R.O.B set one of his robot limbs on her shoulder. "Look, I'll ask my dad. I mean, robots don't really feel shame unless they want to so asking won't be the hard part... I just... I dunno. I kind of knew about this but for whatever reason I didn't think it tore you up this bad."

"God, I dunno. I've been just feeling empty and hallow lately and I dunno if ''that's'' the cause or not but I feel like it's been on my mind so much lately. Nobody asks a robot to fuck them as a robot, nobody does that shit..." said Samus. "I don't know anyone else who even fucks robots! Am I just that fucked up?"

"You're not fucked up." R.O.B answered, his limb still on her shoulder. Samus glanced at him.

"Then what am I? I don't even know what I'm supposed to be any more," said Samus, her head falling back. "I'm not a robot like you... robots stay the same, don't they? Programmed to do what they do?"

"Typically." said R.O.B.

Samus sat straight. "Typically?"

"Some... evolve I suppose. I dunno if I was programmed to love you or not but I have the feeling I wasn't. Yet... we're here. Some... become human I suppose. Nobody knows why it happens. It's speculated that it's due to the brain patterns being written for the body swap thing but I think I fell for you before that." R.O.B explained. Samus blushed a bit and then felt stupid for doing so.

"What do you mean think?" asked Samus. "...aren't you a robot? Don't you remember everything?"

"Well... gotta clear out my data from time to time. Back it up somewhere. Maybe I'll find it somewhere if I look though it sometime." said R.O.B.

Samus glanced out the big window where she saw the snowflakes fall.

"Fuck... it's snowing." she groaned.

"You used to be really excited about that." R.O.B pointed out.

"Well... things change for us humans." said Samus.

R.O.B simply glanced out the window as Samus finished up her hot chocolate, which had gone lukewarm at this point.