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HC: Dating Rupert Travis

- So, you first met Rupert when he came to your pet shop and you caught him pocketing a bag of bird food.

- You immediately ran over and grabbed his wrist, which made him pry his hand away from you and try to make a run for it, but you managed to push him back, his cap slipping off in the process.

- You almost dialed 911, as he was scrambling for his cap and then... you saw it.

- A LED blinking red on the side of his head. You immediately froze, not knowing what to do.

- "You're... an android?" you asked, which made Rupert frown and look up.

- You weren't afraid, you were actually putting your phone away.

- You crouched down, looking at the now banged up bag of bird food, and lifted it, some seeds falling out."What do you need bird food for?"

- He didn't answer, he just eyed you and you got up, shutting the blinds and locking the door. "Probably better to ensure nobody else sees you. The way things are right now, you're at risk."

- His LED kept blinking between yellow and red as he sat there on the ground, clearly expecting you to do something to him, but instead, you made your way to the storage room and returned with a new bag of seeds. "How much do you need?"

- His LED only blinked as yellow now - you took it as a sign that he was confused.

- No wonder he is, you thought. Most of us would kill him on sight.

- When he still didn't answer, you went back to the storage room and soon you were at the counter with a backpack and stuffed as many bags of seeds as you could there.

- "Let's agree that once you guys get the freedom you deserve, you'll pay me back, alright? And you can always come back if you need more seeds, too."

- You handed him the bag and opened the door for him. He hesitated for a second, but then nodded at you and took eye contact for a moment, before he put on the cap again and left your shop.

- You looked at him walking down the street for a moment, before you closed the door and vacuumed your floor from the spilled seeds.

- A few days later, you meet him again at a park.

- You see him sitting on a bench, throwing seeds to pigeons flocking in front of him, and you approach him slowly.

- He looks up at you briefly, then lowers his eyes to the pigeons again.

- You shift your weight from side to side for a moment, before you quietly ask, "Can I sit?"

- He doesn't move for a moment, his hand freezes at your question too.

- Then, he nods slowly.

- You sit down before you risk a glance at him.

- You notice he no longer has a LED, probably realising it's too risky for him. His eyes are shadowed by his cap, but you know he's watching you in a way too.

- You swallow. "All of us aren't bad, you know. But I understand you may feel that way."

- He lets out a breath, before he nods. And then, he finally speaks. "I'm sorry for trying to steal from your shop."

- You smile a little. "It's okay."

- And that established a small, but surprisingly quickly budding, friendship between you.

- You helped him with feeding birds by providing him seeds, and in return he helped you around in your shop sometimes.

- Not with customers present of course, but he was there in the morning before you opened and after closing, cleaning up and sorting your ordered packages of supplies.

- He seemed to find joy from getting something to do and to feel being appreciated, especially when it involved animals. Even though your shop didn't have animals on sale.

- And after the revolution/the peaceful demonstration and Rupert being able to live more freely, you were able to officially hire him and he would have had the right to rent his own apartment...

- But instead, he wanted to stay with you.

- You see, your friendship had grown into something more, but only after now, Rupert was brave enough to confess his feelings for you.

- And that's when your love story began.

- He likes to lay on your lap as you sit on the couch watching TV or laying in bed, just feel you running your hands through his hair.

- No human, nor other android, had ever shown any affection to him, and it was partly surprising really how much of a cuddlebug he was when he got to taste it.

- You also teach him to cook because he had watched some romantic movie while home alone and told you he may want to surprise you with dinner sometime, because the movie had such a scene.

- It... didn't go well. At first.

- WB200's weren't meant to be cooks, so it wasn't among his natural skills.

- But him being an android was a helping factor in it, because he learned pretty quickly as he was able to memorise every single line from the cookbook from only one read.

- His reservations towards humans is a long-term issue despite loving you.

- Fortunately your friends are understanding of it, chipping off his nervousness bit by bit.

- And eventually, he grows to trust humans a little bit more.

- The hardcore anti-android people left Detroit anyway, so there wasn't that much danger outside anyway. At least not more than for humans anyway.

- And one day, after about a year from the demonstration and President Warren declaring androids are free, you come home to see Rupert wearing his LED again.

- You smile at the sight of it, and all the memories flashed by you — him trying to steal from your shop had resulted into the love of your life.

- And now, you could finally show your love as a human and an android.