Please Choose Me

16: part mechanical

Genos took a deep breath of courage "Sairisu. Ohaiyo. I bought breakfast. "

Sairisu: hey!! Gomene last night. What did you buy me?

Genos: eggs and rice. I was thinking of attempting omurice.

Sairisu: that's hard work and skills, you sure you can?

Genos: let me try.
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Genos: ja ja jang!! My omurice. Cut open it. See if the liquid of the egg flows out.

She cuts it... And liquid flows " you succeeded!! Omedeto. (congrats) "

Genos: actually... Can I ask you something?

Sairisu: hm?

Genos: I would like to know what happened last night. I know it will hurt you... But... I want to know everything about you. So... Please... And...

He took out a mechanical part and placed it on the table "  rinku. I still don't understand. But it's probably something important of someone."

Sairisu hugs the part " rinku... Looks like I can't escape telling you this. I... Don't like fireworks. 2 incidents. "

First was when I was still with nii-san. We were young that time. Teenager age but I haven't left him to become a ninja yet. 

Saitama: sairisu. The fireworks are pretty nah.

Sairisu: um!! Where's papa and mama? They're taking forever to come.

He hugged me as the finale finished.

Sairisu: nii-san?

Saitama: they... Died.

Hate. I disliked it. Why did it have to celebrate my parents' death.

And the second time...

I had lost one of my eye in a mission . The left one. 20 per cent of the left side of my brain can no longer function. I couldn't see with my left eye, my right fingers. But my right arm and everything else was fine.

They replaced it with mechanical parts. My eye and my brain functions.

That's when rinku was created..

She was like the other me. Do this? Not? She helped me a lot when I was lonely. I had myself to talk to. It was a little weird but... Heh... You know. Your best friend is yourself.

Genos: it got destroyed?

No... It dissapeared.  That day... She convinced me to go watch fireworks. She promised it would be something I could be happy about. She's gone. She just... Gone... Dissapeared.

She was barely functioning without this part. The part taken out because it spoilt. I couldn't even find this part...even if I wanted to. I didn't even know she was taken out until sonic told me everything.

He hugged her " Sairisu... It's ok. "

Sairisu: It's ok. It's not your fault.

He touched her left eye " mechanical... Just like me. " Tears flowed from only one eye,her right.  She wipes it " gomen... This is freaking you out neh. "

Genos: I... Don't understand.

Sairisu: the left one is fake, there's supposed to be no tears coming out at all. I can't even see through this one. *touches left eye* those tears you saw earlier are fake. Just coordinated with my right to do the same reaction. Really a piece of junk neh. Heh...

Genos cups her cheek " Sairisu... Wanna go change it? "

Sairisu: mmm... I'm fine with this.