Ai was in deep thought, looking at his hand and remembering about his unconscious reaction.

According to his data touching someone's cheek like that was a sign of affection, but even if he was a bit surprised he didn't find himself feeling any different from before.

"Feeling is a complex thing…" he mumbled.

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"It's open", he replied, being greeted by Haruka, that looked very nervous and uncomfortable.

"Huh…", she stuttered unsure about what to say.

"What do you want to talk about?"

"That's… Do you remember about what you said yesterday"?, she asked, starting to fidget.

"Yes.", he nodded, "…What you specifically want?"

"Well…", she sighed, "The part where you told me about the possibility of not being the same Ai that I knew and that was why you didn't feel nothing"

She flinched when she said the last words.

"… I remember that"

"… I want to apologize", she said bowing.

"Huh? For what?"

"I was so happy with the possibility of Ai returning that I never considered the idea that you may not be the same person that I love", she looked down, "That's why… I want to apologize for being inconsiderate"

"… I don't think it's something you need to apologize, as far as I know you didn't do anything wrong"

"That may be the case but… I don't want forced feelings, after you said that I was thinking… A lot to be truly honest", she said, her eyes darkening, "It happened a lot of things lately and I'm not sure how I feel anymore"

"So… You're saying that you don't love me anymore."

"I don't know", she answered with honesty, "That's why I want to ask you if we could be… Just friends for now"

"… I see"

"B-But I am still willing to help with recovering your feelings!", she added quickly, "The fact that I like you won't change, no matter what."

"Didn't you say that you don't know if you love me?"

"W-Well… there isn't only one kind of love", she said softly, "Besides romance you can like other people like family, friends or partners!"

"Hum… I didn't know that, I should have searched more"

"It isn't that easy", she said remembering fondly of the different kind of affections that she felt, because of the people around her "It's different from each person"

"…I don't think I can learn what feelings are like a normal human", he said touching her face briefly like that day, looking with the utmost attention when he saw how her eyes widened, "That's why I want to ask you to be my test subject."

"Huh?", Haruka squeaked, confused, blushing with how close their faces are.

"Tell me everything", he said whispering in her ear, "I want to observe you, to see how people express sadness and happiness, to know what makes you feel that… Tell me, I want to understand it."

"Y-Yes", she agreed, without knowing about what to do, her ears burning and her heart beating like crazy.

"What are you feeling right now?"

"A bit… Embarrassed I guess", was the weak answer.

"Is that good or bad?"

"… Good", was the softly reply.

"…Alright, let's start now"

"Hum?"

"We have a whole day for ourselves, we can use it to make our test", he replied clearly not picking the panic that she started to feel, "Let's go, I want to test some situations that I found on the internet"

"A-Ah… W-Wait it's too sudden and…!", she squeaked, but was simply dragged by the cyan haired male.

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"… Ferris Wheel?"

"Yes", he said after they were arrived, "I made a list of romantic places, but because you changed the focus of our relationship I didn't had time to update it"

"I could have waited", she said blinking a few times.

"Huh… Right, I forgot to consider this possibility", he replied, furrowing his brows trying to think about why he didn't considered it at all, "Strange, I should be able to consider all of the available possibilities"

'Could it be…'

Nanami chuckled, thinking about how cute he looked trying to find an explanation for his mistake, which she found endearing and very human like.

"You sure was eager to try", Haruka said with a fond smile.

"…Eager?", he retorted puzzled.

"Yes… You didn't want to wait right?"

Now that he was thinking better… Yes, he wanted to check about that as soon as he read all about this "love" thing, but then again, he always did that, wanting to understand about things that he didn't know…

…According to his memory.

"You can enter now"

"Oh! Thanks!", she said with a thankful smile.

"…"

"It's the same place that I discovered that you were a robot", Haruka suddenly said, picking his attention, "It was cold, but you embraced me, you were overheating and I didn't know how to react"

"… Yes, I remember that"

"I'm glad that I can see the view clearly now, that time it was too dark to see anything", she commented, looking outside.

"… Yes, it was dark that time", he also stared outside, both feeling in a comfortable silence.

It was kind of a lie about what he said. Sure, he did make a list of places to go, but he wanted to check this place first because of the memory of when they were there because it had the most impact, he wanted to see if he could evoke the same sensation as before.

… But as she said, it wasn't night, they didn't get stuck inside the Ferris wheel, and didn't embrace her either… It was a completely different situation.

It still felt nice, but it wasn't the same thing.

"Ah… What a shame… she pouted when it stopped, "Well, it was still nice."

"…"

"Thank you Mikaze-kun", she replied with a smile, "I really enjoyed it."

"… Why are you suddenly using honorifics?", he asked feeling puzzled.

"I don't want to treat you like someone's replacement if you aren't really Ai", she explained looking more at peace, "And… If you are still the same person that I love I will wait until we could can ourselves 'Lovers' again"

He was very surprised with the sudden change; their last meeting only made her cry and make a face that he assumed that would be sadness, so he wondered what changed.

"Why the change?"

"Huh?"

"Everytime you were crying, so why are you smiling now?"

"That's because of the time we spent now", was her reply, which didn't make any sense to him, "You may not feel now, but I can see that you started to act like a 'human', so… It gave me hope."

"Hope of what? That I may be able to feel?"

"No", she shook her head, "That in the end, everything will be alright."

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HOW EFFING LONG I TOOK TO WRITE THIS?*RAGE*

Ahem, sorry, it's just that when I wrote the second chapter, what I had in mind was throw through the window as it changed the whole plot that I planned Q-Q

Now, let's go to the reviews!

MikageHime: W-Wait Mika-chan don't faint! O_o*brings water*,

Brandnewmelody: Wow, that's a surprise! I never expected that you would love Ai too XD(it's a nice surprise indeed!)

Star78: OMG, you're a sweetheart!I wouldn't say that my stories are detailed because I can't write long sentences in English, but I do what I can with the dialogues XD

I-Inspired you? Oh.. Well*blush*, thanks a lot! I hope to see your story soon!