꧁༒☬𝓜𝓾𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓓𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓼: 𝓐𝔀𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼☬༒꧂

ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴜᴢɪ

After N bit Uzi she had been at a very low point. When N set her to recharge he found her body overheating. At first, he brushed off the warmth he felt, as part of the recharging process but when he heard Uzi breathing heavily, even sweating, that's when he knew something was wrong.

N panicked since he had never dealt with a situation like this before. He took off her jacket leaving her in her undergarments but then it occurred to him that maybe leaving her like this wasn't a good idea. Quickly he left to go and grab a thin blanket and pillows from a nearby human's apartment. At first, he wanted to stay with her but seeing her get worse he went anyway.

He gently laid the blanket over her put a pillow under her head, under her feet, and even between her arms positioning her to get her comfortable. Then he turned on a bunch of fans to cool her down which after a while worked. The only thing left was to fix that wound on her neck. It was still swollen and dark, replicating a bruise a human would get. She was still sore so N was careful not to move her too much. He licked at the spot for a while until Uzi's breathing slowed down and the bruise was mostly faded.

When she eventually woke up she felt the urge to stand but was held down by N who was still sleeping. He felt the need to lock his arms around her cause he wasn't budging. She sighed, too tired to move she settled back down, and when she suddenly realized that she was naked, she screamed as any other drone in her place would have. N immediately got into a defensive position (he was on top of Uzi by the way) then he looked down and blinked embarrassed as he knew exactly what Uzi was thinking. 

"N why am I naked?" N grew embarrassed and explained the situation very quickly. Fortunately for him, she was understanding. Uzi calmed down realizing this was an honest mistake. She did appreciate him going out of his way just to help her out but she was still an angsty teen so her response to this was telling the taller drone to get off her promptly. As soon as he did, he apologized for putting her in such an awkward position. Know determined to get up she tried struggling cause of the pain so N helped her, "Hey, take it easy Uzi you just woke up." 

He managed to get her to sit up by letting her lean against his chest, holding her in his arms so she didn't fall again."You know you should really lie back down." He said looking down at her shoulder. Even after he'd been so attentive it was still there. Unlike the acid, the nanites didn't recognize this kind of wound since bite marks were far less common on disassembly drones plus Uzi didn't have any built-in healing system, but if he didn't treat the wound Uzi would be suffering a lot more for a lot longer.

Regardless, Uzi was determined to start working on the landing pod but was still too weak to move. She took N's advice and plopped back down on the mattress sighing loudly. The concerned N looked up and asked her if she needed it. And believe it or not, she still needed to eat. Worker drones were designed to get energy from breaking down smaller metals, using charger ports, and drinking gasoline which isn't the same as oil.

So N made her some robot-style spaghetti. It contained various nuts, bolts, and thin wires that were not used to make drones.

It tasted ok and gave her some energy, but she didn't want to stay in bed all day that was way too boring. Seeing his friend's disappointed expression, he picked her up in his arms and she was confused. "Let's watch a movie together!" N smiled. He hoped this would cheer her up since she couldn't do anything until she was completely healed. Why not watch a movie? It's better than just lying in bed all day. Uzi had no problem with it. 

She had fixed up an old TV set they found while they were cleaning up the factory. It was one of those boxed ones you'd get from the '80s. During that time N was sorting boxes. He found some old cassette tapes inside a shoebox. He put it inside the VHS as the TV went from static to the title of a soap opera in bold letters. Uzi had trouble lying down on the couch so N placed her on his lap holding her in place, while the movie started playing in black and white.

It was pretty cheesy but the two can appreciate some of the sappy moments though N seems to enjoy it. But somewhere in the middle of the movie Uzi started shivering for some reason she seemed to be sensitive to the temperature. N picked up on this, "Are you alright Uzi?" She was absorbed in the movie though not because she thought it was anything spectacular, so when she responded with, "Yeah, I just feel a little cold." She didn't even look up at him.

All the same, N throws his jacket over Uzi revealing to wear a black tank top and black shorts underneath.

Uzi was comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time as N innocently didn't know why. She tried changing the subject. Uzi asked N if anything unusual had happened while she was asleep and he asked why? She said she was just curious, so N told her about the secret message he received.

After reading it for herself she had no idea how to react to the message. She said it just looked like code asking N if he could hand her the books from the cabinet. N asked about the movie but Uzi said this was more important than that. Even though it seemed random the fact that N received any type of message was enough to warrant questions.

So they checked through the books but couldn't find anything useful.

Uzi decided to finish the movie with N. She didn't want to admit she liked it. "I just want to see the ending, it's gonna bug me all night if I don't." N didn't question her and was happy they still got to do what he wanted even though Uzi fell asleep twenty minutes later but it still was nice to have the experience.

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After a couple of days, Uzi could stand upright wobbled a little bit but walked around with N's help. N grew even more guilty not realizing the effects would be so bad, yet walking Uzi around every day made him happy. So happy that he wanted her to stay like this needing him. N dismissed this thought he knew this was wrong but some voice in his head keeps telling him to hurt Uzi, keep her weak, dependent and it won't shut up.

While he was walking her to the landing pod he had his left hand on her waist and the other on his side. He started squeezing her waist, "Not so hard, N." She flinched, and he loosens his grip. "Hehe sorry, Uzi I didn't hurt you did I?" She shook her head wondering what was up with him. 

'I hope he's not still hungry' she thought adjusting her collar while N was pretending he didn't see any of this.

Though getting inside the landing pod didn't stop N from being overprotective while she was sitting down he was still looming over her. It was clear that he was still incredibly concerned for her wellbeing. He still had his jacket around her but she was wearing a white nightgown under it and her boots of course.

Getting her settled on the chair the one where he bit her made him more uncomfortable yet Uzi was still calm maybe she just wasn't showing her emotions. 

She knew the wiring wasn't finished so she told N to just remove the wiring. He saluted and went right to work.

Yet, little did the two of them know another drone was coming.