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V quickly passed back and forth, each step shaky from her trembling legs. She mumbled to herself incoherently, her visor displaying her yellow, hollowed eyes and sweat droplets to go along with the actual sweat running down her body. The confines of the small, crashed spaceship she originally came to Copper 9 on had her reaching the walls of the ship after only a few steps, constantly spinning around to continue her strides making her dizzier than she already was. She eventually just retreated to huddling under the piloting desk, her knees tucked in as she gripped her head. Her and Lizzy had gotten into a fight earlier, and while Liz' had already apologized and forgiven, V hated the idea that they got into a fight at all. That had never happened before and she couldn't bare the idea of losing one of her closest friends... again. The memories of the manor and everyone she'd befriended either being thrown out or killed by Cyn. V had dealt with her fear over loosing people by just not trying to bond with anyone but now that she was making friends again it was getting to her all over again. Still hyperventilating, V thought of doing what she normally did to cope with this kind of thing, opening a jagged panel to pull out a box. She had made this hole in the spaceship just to hide these contents. With tears running down her face she opened the box and looked upon a colorful blanket, usually just the sight of it comforted her a little but this time her hands began to shake more. The thought of being alone while coping only added pain to her already stressd mind. She knew she couldn't find the comfort she needed alone this time, but nowadays she didn't have anyone to help her, not even anyone who knew that she did this. She sobbed a little harder, her mind running through anyone who she could go to, anyone to help.
Absolutely NOT Fizzy. N would understand but she just couldn't with him... Plus he'd probably tell someone on accident. V was about to fall to her knees before she remembered someone else... Uzi. Goddamnit. Why did it have to be Uzi? V hated the idea HER of all people knowing, but she was still a friend even if V wouldn't admit it and she could trust her. She lifted a corner of the blanket off to wipe her tears, the contents it was hiding exposed. Taking a moment to collect herself, cleaning up as much as she could. She grabbed her box and left the privacy of her spaceship.
The mounds of bodies had been moved but both N and V had asked that the ship stayed were it was. V always used it to get some privacy but now she ventured out, quickly flying to the doors behind which most Worker Bots lived. Not wanting to be seen by anyone, she crawled through the vents until she got to Uzi's front door, Checking to make sure Khan wasn't home, she slipped in. Placing her box down besides her, she took a nervous breath in and looked down at the floor before opening the door to Uzi's Room.
"WOAH What the fuck!?"
Uzi exclaimed, her kitty-eared headphones falling off her head to her shoulders, allowing a Nightcore mix of some anime outro to play throughout her room. She was sat at her computer, chair sliding back from
the jumpscare V had given her.
"V? What are you doing in my freakin'... V? You good?"
She quickly shifted from mild anger to concern when she saw V, something was clearly wrong and she almost NEVER showed any weakness around her or N. There was a moment of silence, say for the
Nightcore, before the still shaking V broke it.
"I... Am really not okay right n-now and... I need to do something to feel better. YOU are going to... help me, got it? And you're not gonna say a f-...f- fffUckIng word to anyone!"
V spoke through gritted teeth, still looking down intensely, refusing to make any type of visual contact with Uzi, who herself was very confused, especially with how V swore, she stuttered it out, sounded almost like she was trying to force out something she wasn't allowed to say. Uzi paused her music and placed her headphones on her desk to stand up.
"Okaaayy? What do you need me to do?"
Another silence fell as V tried to find the strength to say what she needed to, as well as hold back her tears again. Uzi noticed this and thought about approaching her but decided she probably
needed some space.
"...You're weird so, you... know of, like, ... a-age regression and stuff, right?"
The purpled haired bot's eyes widened. She had, in fact, heard the term before. She read quite a lot of fanfictions and regression was something she'd read here and there. She certainly didn't expect V of all people to use it. Though, that wasn't the only confusing part about this whole thing.
"Yessss I have... you do it or something?" Uzi said with a smirk on her face
With V not responding, instead just standing silently shaking, the smug look quickly faded from Uzi face, picking up what was going on, which only made her press further.
"But why are you coming to me for this? Why not N or Liz'? "
"I can't with N, I j-just CAN'T! And I n-need to look cool for Lizzy, she can't ever know about... t-this. Just... please."
V finally broke her staring competition with the floor, looking instead into Uzi's eyes, a few tears running down her vizor. Uzi could see the hurt in her friends face, the desperation and fear. She took a
sharp inhale and asked one more question.
"So like, you want me to be you're... uh, 'Caregiver'?--"
"YES."
V shouted before slamming the door. Leaving Uzi with her mouth half open.
"HEY! I wasn't ready!"
Although she was still in shock from what was happening, she tired her best to prepare herself. Closing down the things on her PC, making sure her bed was clear and somewhat tidy. Then, her door suddenly opened back up, V's hand slid her box into the room, then just as quickly as it opened, the door closed. Uzi picked the box up, set it on her lap; sitting on the edge of her bed. Looking inside, the was a blanket with all types of colors spread across different squares in what seemed to be no real pattern. It had been pushed to the side, underneath it was all sorts of children's toys and utilities! A couple of plushies, a pacifier, an assortment of plastic toys, ribbons, a baby bottle, crayons, paper and a few other things. The contents brought a smirk to Uzi. Apparently V had acquired quite the collection. Uzi placed the box under her bed for the time being.
knock knock knock
"That must be V" thought Uzi. Closing her eyes, she breathed a deep, long breath in and out. Trying her best to put her self into the headspace of someone who isn't a geeky nerd and instead one that cares for a child. She went up and opened her door to V staring UP at her. V had shorten the length of her legs so she wouldn't be towering over caregiver. Her signature jacket was replaced with a fluffy pastel blue pajama top, with cat heads varying in breed dotted all over, it was a little big for her and hung down to her waste. It looked really soft. Her hair now had a pink ribbon tied into a bow on the side of her head. V was also tightly cuddling an also pastel bear. This time pink! It's puffy arms topped off with stubby yet sharp looking claws. Uzi assumed it was V's favorite since she had taken it out personally. There were no more tears or sweat on her, only a slight blush on her visor, much like the one on Uzi's.
"Well hi there... uh, little one?"
"...hewwo"
V spoke in a slightly higher pitch than normal, her words slurred to overall make her sound more like her kid self. It was surprisingly cute! After the shock of hearing this psycho killer talk so innocently wore off, Uzi smiled at it.
"Would you like to come in?"
V nodded her head, and Uzi reached out to grab her hand, still holding her bear, V grabbed it back and was lead into the room. Uzi closing the door behind them, she looked down at her new little and tried to think of how to progress the situation.
"...What would you like to do, h-honey? You can pick anything that comes to mind."
"Draw!"
Drawing seemed to be an exciting activity for V, seeing as a smiled formed immediately on her, making her and Uzi match.
"Allllrright! You just uh, get down on the floor there and I'll bring you something to draw with."
She let go of V's hand, walking over to a desk and opening a drawer, getting out some crayons, paper and a coloring book that she kept for whenever N forgot to bring his own. She walked back over to V, who had followed her instructions very well, sitting on the floor criss cross applesauce style. Uzi heled up the papers and book up to her.
"Oookay, little one. You wanna use the coloring book or just uh, draw whatever on paper. Or like,-"
"paper! paper!"
The little bot pointed to the one she wanted, excitedly bouncing up and down. Uzi giggled a little watching V behave this way. She'd known her for a while but never knew that she could be this adorable! Maybe she could get used to this whole "Caregiver" thing.
"Hehe, okay sweetheart. Here you go. I'll keep the coloring books right here in case you change your mind, okay?"
"Mm-hm!"
After Uzi handed her a piece of paper, V quickly moved from sitting to laying on her stomach, placing her cute stuffed bear by her paper so he could watch her draw. She plucked out the green, red and yellow crayons.
"So... Do you want me to just watch or...?" Uzi asked
"You can just waatch"
Uzi shrugged and sat down, scooting up next to V and watched the little one go to work. Their legs kick in the air behind them while they hummed to themselves. Drawing a green landscape, red flowers sprawled the two dimensional field. With a big smile on her face the whole while. It was more fun then Uzi expecting just watching her draw. She even felt inclined to place her hand on V's back, feeling the comfy softness of her PJs. Once the small artists was done, she picked up the drawing and raised to her knees with it. She looked over at Uzi, flipping the paper over to let her clearly see the drawing.
"wha do you think mama?" V asked energetically
"MAMA?! I'M YOUR GODDAMN MOM NOW?!" Uzi screamed in her head, the flushed icon on her visor returned. She didn't think that she was gonna be given THAT title! Although kind of embarrassing, it was sweet. Showing how much V trusted her, especially right now. "Guess I'm not doing that bad?"
"I-It looks amazing darling! You've really outdone yourself this one!"
V looked proud, however she titled her head and asked "what does dat word mean?"
"Oh? Outdone... Uhm, It means like, you did way freakin' better than your last drawing!"
With this, V giggled. Beaming at her supportive Mama.
"I wanna pway now! Can you get my stuffies?"
"Oh hel- uh, I mean, yeah!"
Uzi responded, holding back her profanities. After placing V's masterpiece safely on her desk, she reached under her bed to get the box, reaching in and pulling out all the stuffed animals she
could find. Placing them in a row in front of V.
"Do you wanna tell me all their names before we start, VV?"
Uzi's little gasped in excitement, quickly agreeing and scooting forward to more easily reach any of them.
She pointed to a elephant, "Dis is Tubby!"
Again, she pointed at a long eared dog, "He's Pupper!"
Her finger aimed at a tiger, "Kitty!"
One last time, she pointed to a puffy turtle, "dat's Turtle!"
And finally, V picked her beloved bear back up, "And here's Wodger."
"Heh. I dig those names. You take whoever you want to and we'll play!"
Delighted to not only have a play pal but also share her friends names, they began. Playing with the little creatures in all sorts of scenarios, Uzi having to keep her violent ideas for the storylines to a minimum. After a while of playing, V's words began to get even more slurred, periodically yawning and rubbing her eyes. Uzi reached a hand over and rubbed V's head.
"You tired, honey?"
The bot nodded. letting out another high-pitched yawn. Uzi stood up and began to pick up all the plushies, excpet Rodger of course, who was promptly picked up and hugged by little V, Uzi putting the rest of the stuffies back in their place in the box. She got out the blanket before turning her head back to V.
"You want your passie?"
"Yesh..."
Picking the pacifier up as well, Uzi placed all the stuff on her bed. Going back to her baby, she sat her up, and with a bit of a struggle, she picked her up into a cradle. Carrying her the few steps it took to get to the bed. She laid her gently down on it. Draping the colorful blanket atop her, then guiding the passie into V's open mouth, which she promptly began to suck. Uzi crawled onto the other side of the bed, laying down next to the comfy little. She wasn't sure what to do now. She didn't know any good to tell or read, at least, not one so small as V. She thought about hugging her or something but she was sorta scared to get into the same blanket, until V opened up her arms.
"cubbles..."
Uzi gave an uneasy nod before returning the offer, wrapping her arms around V, who quickly squeezed onto Uzi, Rodger caught between them. V's eyes were closed but Uzi's were shifting back and forth, still unsure what do make of this moment.
"tank you... yaawwnn... mama..."
The words warmed Uzi's heart. She thought back to how V was when she got here, breathing heavy, scared and crying. Now, she was peacefully sleeping, cuddling a plusher (and Uzi herself) while cutely sucking on a pacifier. "Guess I did it... N would probably be proud of me right now." that thought helped put things in perspective for "Mama" Uzi and she too, drifted off to sleep...
...
The next afternoon, Uzi was waking up late. Shaking her head, she looked at the time.
"Guess parenting really takes it out of ya."
Looking to her side, V had gone. Taking her blanky and the rest of the boxes with her. All she left was her drawing and a note by the bedside table.
"NOT A WORD, BITCH. >:( "
"Guess V's feeling better." She said with a smile.