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Gabriel and V1 crossed paths again, but instead of fighting this time, they talked.
“Machine, if you do not wish to fight me, then what do you need from me? If nothing, then leave me be,” Gabriel said as he was waiting for a response from V1.
V1 didn't expect to get this far in the conversation, so it took them a while to get their gears going on what to say.
"Machine, are you going to say anything then? I will not sit here all day,” Gabriel said.
(“Will you go on a “date” with me?”) V1 spoke up as they were glancing to the side and then back to Gabriel, like they were nervous about something.
Gabriel choked out, “What?!”
”What in the holy name makes you think I want to go out on a date with you?” Gabriel sneered lightly while having his arms crossed.
V1 optic formed like puppy dog eyes (or eye) looking so downcast and rejected.
It was such a pitiful sight to see the machine like that looking so dejected.
Gabriel felt bad, so he changed his mind.
“Machine, I see to it that I have changed my mind, and I’ll go out with you,” Gabriel declared.
V1’s wings flared out in surprise, like “really!” and beeped with joy.
“Maybe it might be enjoyable,” Gabriel confessed.
V1 nodded.
“Now, machine, just tell me the date, location, and time, and I shall arrive,” Gabriel inquired as he was intrigued and confused by the machine's actions.
(“Well, it’s a restaurant with two white pillars; it’s today, and it will be at 4 in the afternoon, and my name is V1, not machine.”) V1 replied.
“Alright then, ma-V1, I will meet you there; do not make me wait. Understand,” Gabriel ordered.
V1 nodded, and Gabriel left in a ray of light.
Back in the hideaway
(”Where are you going dressed like that?”) v2 asked.
(“Me and Gabriel are going on a "date,” as humans used to call it, and we're supposed to be at this restaurant in the next hour,”) as V1 was fixing their red bow tie with a rose pinned to it so they could look “presentable” machine-wise.
(“WHAT!”) V2 beeped out, (“You mean to tell me you’re going on a date with an angel boy?”)
(“Yes,”) V1 said monotonously.
(“The same one you fought twice?!”) V2 said, being incredibly stunned for words.
(“Yes, him"," he says, he makes me feel something in here; it doesn’t feel like bloodlust but something else, but I don’t quite know what this is." ”I need to know,”) while V1 is pointing to their chest.
(“It sounds to me that you’re falling in love,") Mirage said while leaning her head on the door frame.
V1 narrowed his optics curiously towards the mirage. (”falling in love?”)
(“But I could be wrong, as we don’t have the same way of feeling emotions and feelings as humans do, but we still do feel it in a sense,") Mirage explained.
(“However, other than that, don’t let that stop you from going on a date with Angel Boy,") Mirage said as she fully stepped into the room.
("Hey, maybe it might work out,”) V2 beeped out.
("Yeah, maybe,”) V1 said while still trying to fix themselves up a bit.
After a while of going back and forth with V2, V1 finally checked the time and realized that they were going to be late for their date ("Fuck!"). V1 screeched.
(“Mirage, V2, I’ll be back later!”) V1 screamed out as they were running out the door.
(“Mirage, should we follow these two lovebirds?”) (“We might get entertainment out of it,”) V2 asked.
(Eh, sure, why not?) Mirage agreed.
Somewhere at a random restaurant
V1 showed up with V2 and Mirage closely and discreetly behind them, without their knowledge.
“How many?” Waiter asked.
V1 put up two fingers for the waiter.
“Mmm, follow me," the waiter asked.
While arriving at the table, V1 spotted various robots communicating with each other and seeming like they were on their own dates as well.
“Anything else to get you,” the waiter questioned.
(“Blood”) V1 replied.
The waiter nodded and walked off.
(“I almost didn’t make it, just a couple minutes to spare”) V1 thought to themselves as they sat down to wait for Gabriel.
What V1 didn’t know was that Mirage and V2 sat a couple of tables down from them, close enough to hear but far enough so they couldn’t see and hear them.
("Mirage, it’s almost time; do you think Angel Boy is going to show up?”) V2 said as they whispered.
(“We’ll just have to wait; maybe he’s an arrive on the dot guy.") Mirage whispered back.
Gabriel still hasn’t shown up, and V1 was starting to think that maybe he might’ve gotten lost or he might’ve stood them up. V1 kept having these thoughts until it hit four on the dot.
V1 noticed a bright light shine down in front of the restaurant and saw that Gabriel did show up wearing an off-the-shoulder white collared blouse with a dark blue skirt with a slit on the side and black high-heeled boots.
When V1 saw him wearing that besides his usual armor, their artificial hearts did a mile per hour and felt air rush out of their vents as Gabriel was walking into the restaurant looking for V1.
(“Well, damn, he did show up, Mirage.”) (”He hooked up with a hot guy at that."). V2 whispered while looking at Gabriel, hoping they wouldn't get caught by the two.
Gabriel spotted V1 and started to walk over. V1 was getting nervous by the minute, but what they didn’t know was that Gabriel was quite nervous as well, but he shoved it down.
“Hello ma- *ahem* V1 I hope I didn’t make you wait too long,” Gabriel said apologetically.
V1 shook their head as a no, as he arrived right on time. "Well, I'm glad I didn't,” Gabriel said as he sat down, getting everything settled.
“You look nice, V1, and the red bow tie with the rose suits you well,” Gabriel complimented while blushing.
(“You look beautiful,") V1 blurted out while looking away, fearing that they might have a system overload if they kept on looking at Gabriel.
V2 audibly gasped when they heard V1 blurt that out. (“I didn’t think they had it in them.") Mirage chuckled.
“Oh. Um, thank you, V1,” Gabriel said with his helmet blushing fiercely pink. “I don't think I ever got a compliment like that before," he said as he was balling up his skirt with his fists.
A couple of minutes go by, and both Gabriel and V1 look away but still take a peek at each other every couple of seconds.
“Heh, I guess you can tell I've never been on a date before, huh?” Gabriel said as he chuckled sheepishly.
(“That’s something we have in common; we both have never been on a date.") V1 pointed that out as they felt like they were starting to slip into normal conversation.
“I guess we haven’t; well, we’ll have to do it our own way, don’t we?” Gabriel said hopefully.
V1 nodded, as this was new to them and Gabriel.
A little bit of time goes by, and V1’s low blood meter beeps.
“V1, you need some blood, right? Isn't that your meter?” Gabriel questions.
V1 nods again and states, (“I ordered blood, but they have not shown up yet, if they don't show i'm going to start blasting.”)
“If you do need to have blood, I can offer some of my blood to you until they show,” Gabriel proposed.
(”They really got an angel on a date; holy shit, mirage, angel boy here is offering blood to them,” V2 said as he was intensely staring at the two. ("V2: I can see that, and besides, we have to be conspicuous so they can't hear and see us.") Mirage advised them so they wouldn't get found out that they were spying on V1.
As soon as Gabriel was just about to cut himself with a light spear, the waiter showed up with V1’s blood drink.
"Mm, there's the blood you ordered.” The waiter spoke as they were giving V1 their blood and left.
“I'm curious, V1?” Gabriel spoke out. “I have seen you gather blood from foes and especially me from fighting, but where would the blood go if it was in a cup?” Gabriel said it curiously.
V1 happily whirred at the question, (“I’ll show you,”) as they took the cup of blood and poured it into the open spot in their body where their neck connected to, and once they were done, they chirped once the cup of blood fueled them up. Gabriel chuckled at V1’s action as he was watching them refuel. “You are truly one of a kind, V1. Not many can match your energy."
When Gabriel said that, V1 whirred, and their optic lifted to look like a smile.
Gabriel quickly looked away, as looking at V1 made him blush hard. V1 was confused as to why he quickly looked away like that until they put two and two together and made him blush crazily like that.
So they got closer to Gabriel, and they chirped so they could get his attention to look at them again, and it worked as Gabriel started to blush like mad again when he looked at them again.
(“You’re so easy to blush, dove.") V1 chirped out as they were watching and teasing him while Gabriel was composing himself as they were still in a restaurant, but it finally hit the train of thought when V1 realized that he called Gabriel—the same Gabriel that tried to kill them twice and yet the same one they’re on a date with—and they called him Dove!
While V1 was panicking about what they could say to Gabriel so they wouldn’t start clashing in the restaurant, Gabriel spoke up while still blushing.
“V1, I do not know how you did it, but you caught my heart. I came here today to see why my heart beats for you like this even though you bested me in combat twice, but in a way, you helped me see reason about the heavenly council and their ways with twisting the words of God. I commend you and I wish to know you more, as you are interesting to be around."
(“Woah”) Mirage and V2 both gasped that they caught this between the two.
(“So this is what love feels like”). V1 spoke out as they put a hand on their metal chest. (“I want to know you more, Gabriel; I want to fight you again; you’re strong; you seem smart; and you are cute when you blush. I feel something for you here; it's not bloodlust, but I think I know what it is now, and this is apparently love.")
(“Does this mean that they’re going to fuck now?”) V2 whispered to Mirage. She just slapped them behind their head as she was listening in on their conversation.
“I suppose so, V1. You are quite interesting, and I look forward to knowing more about you in the future if you do wish to continue." Gabriel blushed as he confessed this to V1.
V1’s optic formed a slight pink heart as Gabriel was telling them that he would like to go on another date with them again, and they nodded in confirmation.
Gabriel chuckled at this and teasingly said while facing V1 closer, “Maybe in the future, if you’re good for me, I'll let you see my true face.”
V1 almost short-circuited hearing that.
“Hah, I can’t believe that almost got you to shortcircuit,” Gabriel said incredulously.
("Oh my god, I can’t believe they’re flirting again,") whispered V2 again, watching the two hit it off.
(“I think that's our cue to leave, as we’ve seen plenty.") Mirage said, watching the two as she and V2 were already diving deep into their date as it is.
("Damn, I kind of wanted to see more.") V2 beeped in an annoyed tone.
Mirage just gave them a look, like, really?
(“Fine, we’ll leave.") V2 beeped annoyingly again.
Mirage and V2 then got up, paid for what they got, slipped out the door, seeing all they wanted from the date, and left, not wanting to ruin the date.
As V1 and Gabriel were in their own little world, they didn’t even notice the two leaving when they were having their own fun.