Running out on the Edge

All Eyez On Me

No POV 

We begin this chapter at Aldo's place once more. This time with a shirtless Maine sitting next to David as the former gestured to the pair of golden hands that once belonged to Pilar that were now sitting on the table in front of them 

Maine: "Give them a whirl" 

David: "Nah, outta my price range" 

Maine: "Becca gave the nod. They're all yours. No strings" 

David: "Still, I think I'm good"

Maine: "Hm? Shit, man. Make up your mind. You didn't bat an eye when you klepped my Sandy. What? Won't scavenge off a body you knew?"

David: "They're techy mitts anyways" 

Maine: "Oh, now you're just being picky" 

David: "Got my heart set on something else" 

Maine: "Out with it, then" 

David then snuck a glance towards Maine's arms, eyeing up the Cyberware that was within the large wrists, something that didn't go unnoticed by said owner who had an amused and surprised look on his face

Maine: "Wait, meaning mine? Heh, little big for you, ain't they?"

David: "It's nothing I can't handle" 

Maine: "Alright then, I flatline, they're all yours. Give you time to bulk up, grow into one"

David: "Ok, fine. Hold you to it then"

Noticing the grown confidence in David, Maine raised an eyebrow and leaned closer to examine the amateur edgerunner

Maine: "Wait up, there's something different 'bout you. I can tell..." 

David: "Huh?" 

The camera then changed to show the next room, separated by a curtain where we get the sight of Kiwi submerged in a bathtub of ice while her head was hooked up to several cables computers that were letting her perform a deep dive, while also letting us see that her body was covered in a large tattoo of a spider web. The bathtub of ice being used to prevent Kiwi's cybernetics from overheating and burning her alive

Meanwhile, sat next to the tub, was Y/n who was keeping watch as an extra layer of security should something go wrong and require a manual pull from the system while he could barely overhear the conversation between David and Maine in the next room 

Maine: "You usually mope around, kill the vibes... Our resident buzzkill" 

David: "Am not. Ain't no different from yesterday!"

Maine: "No, something is..." 

As Kiwi finished up with her deep dive, she slowly disconnected from the system before she sat up in the bathtub and seeing Y/n offer her a cigarette before the camera then changed to show Maine with a smug grin as he was now leaning closer to David and said in a more hushed tone so that only they could hear each other

Maine: "You got laid, didn't ya? You did. Ah, gotta work on that poker face, dawg!" 

They were both then cut off when the curtain that separated the rooms was then pulled open to reveal the still naked kiwi, holding a data-pad in her hand while Y/n entered the room, the only one still caught off guard about the naked Netrunner being David while Y/n took a seat next to him on the couch, arms resting behind his head

Maine: "Sup, Kiwi? Gimme some good news" 

Kiwi: "Got zilch" 

Kiwi then walked towards the couch, but instead of sitting on the spot next to Y/n, she then instead took a seat on his lap, much to said person and David's surprise while Maine had a smug grin on his own face again and Kiwi acted like nothing was wrong