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Please, could you stop the noise? I'm trying to get some rest. || From all the unborn chicken voices in my head...
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It was midnight in the town of Tokisadame and, to the agony of a particular robot living with her creator and her pet cat (although, Nano sometimes thought that calling Mr. Sakamoto a pet was odd sometimes, since it felt too possessive of her) It had not stopped raining since the afternoon.
Sure, weather reports had warned that there would probably be some downpour by this late at night. Nano had seen the news earlier that day, so she wasn't caught completely off the curve; After all, she needed to know how the day was gonna be to determine whether she should have washed the clothes that day or not, but still, she couldn't help feeling a little bit anxious for just how much of a storm was brewing up. The last time it poured down this hard, Nano and The Professor had gotten up from bed to go to the bathroom and they ended up having a heart to heart…. and a change of clothes.
Oh, wait a minute, I think we're going a bit too fast right now, let me back down for a second. Nano Shinonome is an ordinary girl (despite what she might think) who also happens to be a robot. She was created by The Professor, Hakase Shinonome, who also happens to be 6 years old. She loves sharks! They also live with Mr. Sakamoto (Shinonome?) who is a cat that is able to speak thanks to one of the creations of The Professor.
So, yeah, pretty ordinary life all things considered.
But anyways, unlike the last time, Hakase was soundly asleep, so Nano was left alone with her own thoughts. Under other circumstances, this would have been fine. Really good, even! As much as Nano loved her little makeshift family, the other 2 members of it could be pretty overbearing sometimes, so normally Nano would really appreciate having a moment to herself in which she could just relax and unwind.
But… lately, she had started to feel stranger than she ever had before. Before she knew it, she started thinking and thinking more about a particular friend of hers… It was only a matter of time until her mind consisted of nothing but thoughts about one Naganohara Mio.
So many thoughts, in fact, that uh, well, what if we just let her take it from here?
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*Click!*
"Oh, thanks for letting me borrow your eraser, Nano-chan!"
*BZZT. Click!*
"Oh! And then, I just said the word "Eggplant" and the two of us just started cracking up! It was a riot, the 2 hours that it took for someone to get us out went so quickly after that."
Sigh.
I wish I could have been there…
*BZZT.*
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*Click!*
"L-Look! Nano-chan! T-There's nothing wrong with the things I draw, okay?! I'm just… I'm passionate about what I make okay? I-I'm sure that it's probably something that you wouldn't understand but… J-Just don't think that I'm weird because of it, alright??"
You don't understand… I could never think about you in that way, even if I tried to…
*Click!*
…..
Oh, wait, did I hit the end already?
*Click! Click! Click!*
Huh, I guess we just don't have that many memories of the two of us being together…
Oh geez, what am I even doing anymore, this is completely wrong! I mean, what even are these weird warm feelings I always get when thinking about Naganohara-san?? I was just supposed to be a normal high school girl with normal friends and normal relationships! I don't want to alienate all of the people I've met so far with my dumb, weird feelings!! Why'd I even have to fall for Naganohara-san anyways?!
… But I mean, how couldn't I? It's only natural that I feel this way about her, right? After all, isn't she everything that I want to be? Like, she's smart, nice, really talented, fun to be around, she's…
S-She's p… p-p-p-pretty….. r-really p-pretty…
Everytime we hang out, I'm just always so happy to see her just be… herself! Even though I'm not really one of her closest friends (as of yet, at least), I'm really really happy with the relationship we have right now!
But… I still can't help but want more… I feel bad saying this about my other friends, but sometimes I hear her talk about all these things that she did alongside Mai-san and Yuuko-san and… I can't help but feel a bit j-jealous of them.
A-and I guess I might be turning into a very selfish person too, because… Sometimes I wish I could be someone really special to her… Someone who she can always go to whenever she feels lonely or sad…. Someone who can make her feel really happy just by being there…. Someone who'd s-she h-hug a-and that she w-would hold h-hands with and that would l-let play with her silky, smooth hair with those 2 adorable little wooden cubes a-a-a-and t-that she would p-p-p-praise and maybe even k-k-k-k-k-ki… Wait, what was I talking about?
Ugh!!!!!! Why can't I get through one train of thought without getting detailed by Naganohara-san's…. Everything?! I… I should try thinking about this more rationally. Fact is, Naganohara-san wouldn't be interested in me because she already has her eyes on Sasahara-san! Easy as!
…Although, I remember hearing something about him and Misato-san being together, and they already spend most of their time together, so maybe…..
Wait, wait, no no no, even if Sasahara-san were already taken, how would I know that she'd like girls? She would probably just be creeped out by the idea of it!
…But then again, she does draw pretty… interesting things.. And, I mean, she's friends with Mai-san and Yuuko-san already, so she probably wouldn't be so against the idea, would she? And I'm pretty sure she doesn't have a lot of friends outside of our little group of 4, so there wouldn't be much competition…
B-B-But, even if (hypothetically!) she got interested in me, how would that affect our daily lives?! W-what would Hakase or Mr. Sakamoto think!!!
…Wait, what would they think? Would they even care?
Huh.
So.. If she (probably) likes girls, she has no other people who want her (which doesn't really make sense to me, but whatever), none of our friends would be bothered with it and none of the people I live with would mind… What's stopping me from trying?
M…. M-Maybe, just maybe… I should give it a try?
There's always the chance that she's creeped out by me, or that she hates me for it, but… We've already been friends for a few months, and our bonds have all gotten stronger with time… I think that if I take it slow and don't instantly go for a proposal or something…. Maybe… It could work…
Y-Yeah! It could work!! Maybe we can be together!! If I just play my cards right, m-maybe we could be g-going on d-d-dates and h-having s-s-sleepovers in a few months!!!!
That's a very long time, though… I mean, I'd wait years for Mio-san to.. f-f-f-fall for me if I needed to, but….
Hngrrrr!!!! I wish I didn't have to wait at all!! I wish I could just see her on c-c-cute d-dresses and g-give her f-flowers and t-t-tell her just how incredible she really is while her adorable little f-f-f-f-face starts to b-blush!! I mean, could you imagine?!
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*Click!*
"S-Sorry for being late to our date, Nano-chan! I hope I didn't have you waiting for so long! I just… wanted to look my best for you today. I hope you like it… O-Oh? You got me some flowers?! Gee, Nano-san, you didn't have to do that! …But these are really pretty, though. So I am really grateful. They're so cute, that they even remind me a little of you!"
t-teeheehee! e-hehehehe!! hehehehehe-
[Her key began spinning violently as she imagined this scenario. She ended up not sleeping much that night.]
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The next day was a school day, a Thursday, to be precise, and Nano had a set goal in her mind. A plan of attack, even. She thought about it as she walked to her classroom.
"I… I still have my doubts about all of this, I'm not the best at taking this kind of initiative… But I have to try."
She was in front of the door to her classroom, she breathed in and breathed out to calm her nerves. After a few seconds of that, she stopped and grabbed the door.
"Today…" She thought as she opened the door, "I'LL MAKE MY FIRST MOVE!"
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What's then? [I may be paranoid, but I'm no android.] What's then?