> Mobile Suit Gundam Nova <
August 30th/ I.J.C. 195 / Stellar Research's colony. Siga-7 /
"Well then! I will see you later!" the girl, Sylvia said as she waved her hand at me.
"Go away and never come back." I slam the door shut, causing Mama to look at me with confusion.
"And here I thought you two would get along." She said as I heard a loud giggle from outside.
"No, I will never get along with her. She's weird. Real weird…I am going back to my room… wait, no, the bathroom, I need to wash Haro…that damn girl ...." I grumble as I take Haro up in my arms and head toward the bathroom, all while Mama just watches me with a smile.
> Mobile Suit Gundam Nova <
August 31st/ I.J.C. 195 / Stellar Research's colony. Siga-7 /
"...You actually come?" I said as I peeked at the girl, Sylvia, who was standing in front of my door with two new bodyguards that I had never seen before. One was female, holding a basket while smiling at me…
"Yup, I'm coming to invite you out today. For a picnic—" Before she could finish, I slammed the door in her face. I could hear a panic yell from the bodyguard while the girl just giggled. When I turned back, I saw Mama holding her arm and giving me a look.
"Yoha…" She called me and I could only give her a sigh before nodding.
I open the door again to see that the girl is still standing with a smile…"Give me a minute." Then after finishing what I said, I just slammed the door again. "I will go change clothes." Yeah, minute my ass, I will take as long as possible, see if she will give up first.
"Don't take too long Yoha! I know what you're thinking." I stop for a bit sighing, resigning to my fate.
"Yes…Mama." I answered her and went to my room to get dressed.
> Mobile Suit Gundam Nova <
August 31st/ I.J.C. 195 / Stellar Research's colony. Siga-7 /
"Mmmh! This is delicious, You know? Try it, Yoha. I heard from Miss Araya that this is your favorite dessert." Sylvia said as she pushed a pudding plate toward me, a fancy pudding you would see in a high-end restaurant. The smell was very tempting, but seeing as the one who gave it to me was this girl, I feel like there is going to be some kind of drug, well, just the thought that counts.
"I'm not going to get bought with food," I said, as I played some game with Haro since he connected to my laptop. Honestly, that was a mistake. This guy beat me countless times already since he saw through all my moves. I probably should not play FPS against AI.
"Really? That's too bad, I only have one, Guess I will have to eat it myself." Sylvia said as she took back the pudding, I felt something pulling on my heart but I held back, eye focused on my laptop, but my eye and stomach betrayed me, as I found myself looking at the pudding, only to see a smirk on Sylvia's face.
"Mmh, Ah…" As she cut a portion of pudding with her spoon, she slowly took it toward her mouth in a very tempting way, and I could only watch as she took the bite. "Mmhh! So Good! Ah, thank god, It's the last one at the restaurant too. Well, Let's dig in."
"Ah-" I let my voice come out as my hand almost reached for the pudding, the Half-eating pudding. Sylvia's smirk was on display as she suddenly pushed the spoon full of pudding in front of me.
"Come on, Say Ahh." Said Sylvia as she waved the spoon in front of me, the pudding waved along with the spoon, like it was trying to lure me in with its bouncy and creamy body…
"grr….A-ahhh." Opening my mouth, I waited for the sweetness of Pudding, but…nothing happened. Instead of me chewing the pudding, I heard a loud shutter of the Camera. Opening my eyes, I saw Sylvia giggle and the sound was coming from my left…when I turned to look, it was Mama holding a camera, taking a picture of me…
Before I could protest, my mouth suddenly filled with pudding, and all of my anger and frustration slowly melted away as the sweetness of the pudding filled my mouth, slowly savoring the taste. I looked at the table to see the pudding in front of me again.
And without thinking, I picked up the spoon and started eating them without a care in the world. The pudding was amazing. It has a nice balance of sweetness and bitterness, which I always love. It is not overwhelming on one side, and there is a hint of…lemon. Well, it is a nice touch since it brings quite a freshness to this tooth-decaying sweetness.
If there is something to criticize then it would be I prefer it to be sweeter, but well, you can't have everything in life.
"It seems you quite enjoy it after all, what is this about not being bought by mere food?" I stop my chewing and cold sweat runs down my body, as I look toward Sylvia who is watching me eat the pudding with a very ominous smirk. "My my, it appears that I have one more pudding that magically appeared out of nowhere. I wonder what I should do with this. Oya? It seems the pudding is starting to melt? What is this? An ice cream pudding? Mmhh.. such a waste for it to melt, isn't it?" Sylvia said as her hand hit the little plate of Pudding Ice cream, tilting it almost out of the table. My arm unconsciously reaches for it only to be stopped by the length of my own flesh!
"Oya? You want to eat this Yoha?" Sylvia, seeing my attempt, pushed the plate back on the table, and took a spoonful of the ice cream, she held that out for me. "You know what to do. Say 'Ahhh' "
"Kuh…" This humiliation…Mama is still taking pictures without a care in the world, the bodyguard is pretending not to see but I saw that the female bodyguard is grinding with a phone in her hand!
"Eat it yourself…" I mutter out as I hold my hand to my laptop, not trying to look up. Sure, the ice cream is tempting, even though it has pudding flavor and is possibly delicious, but I'm not going to fall for it!
I have my pride, damn it! I know I like sweets, they always have but I can resist it too, so long as I have something to focus on!
Right, I should work on the new program! Yeah, maybe a new AI nurturing? No no, I think I should focus on-
"Ahhh, the ice cream is melting, is it because the weather is warm today? Hmm, I don't really like eating melted ice cream…Konny? Can you please throw-"
"No! You are wasting food! Give it to me!" I quickly snatched the plate away before she could dump it. Without thinking, I quickly ate the ice cream. Even though it started to melt, the refreshing feeling was still there. The sweetness filling my mouth, ah, the blissfulness…
"You are quite easy to satisfy, hm?" ah…the guard that I built up for years is slowly crumbling under this girl.
"You…are quite observant, normally people wouldn't assume I have a sweet tooth," I said as I took a bite out of the melting ice cream.
"Eh, it was just some basic observation, the snack we had yesterday was on the sweeter side, with milk to clean the palate. You are also working on coding, which would require a lot of thinking, meaning your brain will work harder than others. So having sugar would be able to alleviate any headache and also refill your energy. Judging by how much you eat the cookies without even the crumb remaining, I assume you avoid wasting food. So how was it? Was my observation correct?"
Tch, she guesses all of it. "Are you really sure you're 6?" I said as I finished the ice cream.
"I'm 7 years old. Also, I could say the same to you: What kind of 6-year-old works on complicated things like coding?" she said with a smile, and she…older than me, too.
"Hmm. So what do you want anyway?" I know she had some kind of hidden motive. If she wanted to be friends with me, that was the only reason. Not only did Mama's connection manage to stop a rich kid's parent from trying to get revenge on me even though I beat their son to a pulp, but it also means that the connection is real, and the possibility of them being influential is, well, enough to affect even this far in space.
"Ehh, you smart, see right through me. Well, first of all, I just want to make peace, see, I don't like what my brother did to you too, but well, he was a meathead, second, I want that little Haro too if you could make him for me. And thirdly, I want us to be closer." Sylvia said, her face turning a little serious as she still kept her smile.
Hmm…Well, I'm not that mad at the guy anymore. I still don't want to see his face, though. The second can be done so long as Mama gives me an okay. But well, the money needs to be provided by her family. Third is the biggest problem. I want to keep my distance from her, but she wants to be closer.
"What is it for me?" I ask.
"Well, first of all, you will get the full support of my family, you know, even though we are not that big, if it is money then it is something we never lack, but besides that…you will get me as your dear friend, I won't betray you for other since you quiet the interesting girl. I would say, "I got some pretty good talent, you know?"
"For example?"
"I can see through what you are thinking just by your expression alone. Right now, you're thinking about keeping me at an arm's length distance, not close but not too far, right?"
"You're good, I will give you that. So, how about this? I will make you a new Haro and try as best as I can to get close to you, but I want support for my research. What I want is a server room dedicated to me and cooling for the server room. That was my demand for now."
"Done. Now, let's shake hands to seal the deal." Sylvia put her hand forward, waiting for the handshake, right now, in response to her, I also took her hand and shook. "Well, now that the deal has been finalized, should we celebrate?" Sylvia suddenly clapped her hands and in an instant, her bodyguard took out a Mini fridge from their car, inside was…puddings.
"You certainly bought a lot," I said as I took out one.
"Well, being prepared is one good side of me, Well, I won't bother you much, though I will come over every Saturday and Sunday," Sylvia said as she took out the cake.
"That's fine by me, but I want time for myself some time so if I was working on something you better not bother me. Oh, and for Haro, it would take quite a while, 1 or 2 months depending on the supplies delivery."
"Mmh. That is fine by me, oh oh, then can I ask for mine to be pink? And for voice make it a higher tone? Ah, then for how it speaks I want…" I continue to eat my pudding as I listen to her demand. Well, I can just worry about that Later.