D.O.L.L. (BoyXBoy)

Chapter Sixteen: Arthur Doyle Part 1

I throw down my cards. "Take that!" I yell. "Full house!"

Xavier glances at me, raising an eyebrow. "Really, Rowan? Really?

I cross my legs and arms. "Yes, really," I say. "Beat that."

He lays down his cards perfectly. "I have a Royal Straight Flush."

I shake my fists up towards the sky. "NO! No no no! How do you always win?!" I glare at him. "You must be cheating somehow!"

He raises an eyebrow. "You realize that if you can't come up with a reasonable explanation you have to take 2 off."

I glare at him even more furiously. "My hypothesis is that...

"You cheated by making fake cards!"

Xavier collapses. "Rowan, you're stupid. You are hopelessly stupid. Why would you even think that?"

I spread my hands. "What? I honestly think that! that's also a reasonable answer. You are a robot. Therefore, it would have been easy for you to create and decorate the cards with record time." I grab his cards and try to split them in half. "So, if I could tear apart the cards, they should reveal the real one underneath!"

Xavier rolls his eyes, getting up. "I am a robot, Rowan, therefore I wouldn't be dumb enough to try something as idiotic as that. Secondly, Rowan, you're going to destroy the cards so stop." he reaches for my hands, which were shredding the cards.

I glare at him. "Get your hands off. I'm going to have to prove you cheated or else I'll have to strip!"

But as soon as our skin touches, I feel an electric shock and jerk back. He looks at me, confused. "What's wrong?"

I smile. "Nothing."

That's right. Nothing's wrong. Robots usually let out electric shocks, right?

Xavier frowns but then shrugs it off. "Anyway, I didn't cheat. If anyone cheated it would most likely be you."

I glare at him. "Proof! Evidence! I need a reason!"

"You have another desk of cards in your pocket and probably used that," he says simply.

My jaw drops. How did he know that?

"Because I'm a robot!" he says impatiently. "Now before you think I used ESP, you were thinking aloud."

I scoff. "I wasn't thinking that!"

"Rowan, hurry up and strip!"

My face flushes and I quickly turn away. Why is this getting to me? He's a robot.

A robot with human like qualities.

I slap my face to try and stop blushing. I then take off my shirt and boots. I glare at him. "There, happy?"

"One more because you were caught cheating."

I want to punch him.

I pull off my belt. "Better?"

Xavier's eyes were roaming my body and I suddenly feel very self-conscious. "Wh-What...?" I mutter.

He looks away quickly. "N-Nothing. Lets continue."

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After another hour of playing, I finally remember something that had been nagging at the back of my mind for a while. "Xavier," I begin.

He looks up, wearing only his pants and shoes. "Yeah?" he asks.

I resist the urge to let my eyes trail around his muscles, even if they were fake.

"Do...Do you have emotions or such?" I ask hesitantly.

Xavier's face is blank. "I'm a robot. I can't feel anything."

Something in my chest breaks and I hang my head. But I press on and ask, "But why can you smile... and have facial expressions altogether?"

"Ah," he says softly. He looks nostalgic. "That. That was because my previous owner was sort of in the military and he used me as a spy a couple of times. He programmed me to be able to show human emotions. But I'm still a robot, so I don't feel that."

I fiddle with my fingers. "What was your previous owner's name?" I ask.

Was I trying to break my heart? I really am stupid, even if I did graduate college at 15.

I'm not bragging. I'm stating the truth.

Xavier's eyes had a sad yet fond look in them.

"Arthur," he says, smiling softly.

Arthur.

That's a nice name.

I avoid looking into his eyes, lest I wanted to see the fondness in them. And the way he said that guy's name...

I sigh. What m I thinking? its not like I had a chance anyway.

"Tell m about this Arthur," I hear myself saying. "What type of person is he?"

Xavier puts his cards down. He looks thoughtful. "Well, again, he was in the military," he says. "So Arthur was tall and really strong."

I feel myself nodding and I think 'Why do I have to listen to this? Why do I want to hear this? Why...'

'Why does Xavier talk about Arthur with such a loving look in his eyes? Was it part of his programming?'

"Arthur liked to talk. He was always talking. I've never seen him sad since he smiled all the time. He also had a lot of women. Everyone liked him. He bought me on accident, but Arthur said he'd take responsibility for me anyway. I really liked him too," Xavier says with a smile. But then his face falls. "But Arthur never said that he wanted or even liked me." He gave a throaty laugh. "That's weird, right? for a robot like me to like him... it's almost human."

I take a breath. That's because you're almost human like. "You know, you don't ha e to tell me if you want to," I say.

"No," he says, giving me a small smile. "I want you to hear."

I put down my cards, exhaling softly.

"Okay."

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This is not edited, so please don't mind the mistakes!!!

No pic again.....

This book is ending soon so I just have two questions to ask for future chapters... or such

1) do you want a sequel? I was planning on it, but just wanted to ask in case

2) who should be the top and who should be the bottom? I got my sisters recommendation which is that Xavier should be top, but again, just wanted to ask you guys

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Aryniss