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[My how the tables had turned! Lillian flushed at that and then let out a huff of a breath as she tried to formulate a response.]

No I ain't! I just... [A sucked in breath and a sigh.] Ain't used to feelin' this like...excited? Bringin' somebody home.

[Lillian had people over with what was probably more than healthy frequency, though not since the hand thing. But it was different with Anna.]

[She kept moving even as she spoke, and thankfully it wasn't too long a walk to her apartment building.]

Yeah, well.

[Anna mulled over what to say next. how much to say without giving away the entire game. a lot of it depended on how things went today, though Anna's standards were... well, Lillian was meeting most of them. especially right now.]

Get used to the feeling.

[she didn't really know how else to continue that while they walked, but. maybe it would've been incentive to Lillian to walk a little faster. it felt weirdly nice to be wanted like Lillian obviously did.]

[Anna's comment earned her a quick look from Lillian, a mixture of surprise and relief and maybe something else, but she didn't actually say anything after it, just went back to walking.]

[When they reached her apartment she led the taller woman up the steps and along the balcony that led to her door, fishing her key out as she went and unlocking it with a quick click.]

Well...here we are.

[She said, not nervous at all that was silly, as she pushed the door open and stepped through, holding it so Anna could enter. The apartment was simple, mostly neat, a kitchen off to the side, a living room/dining room combo, and a hallway leading off to other places.]

[Resting against the wall near the couch was a almost nonsensically large axe.]

[the first thing Anna cared about wasn't the huge fuck-off axe, though she definitely did notice it. she wanted to see how Lillian lived, what her place looked like, where the neighborhood was and what the building was like and... for no reason. all of that for absolutely no reason whatsoever. and definitely not so she could remember how to get here when this happened again. if.]

[the first thing she allowed herself to react to, of course, was the axe.]

Holy shit, Lil. Are you supposed to chop stuff or crush it with that thing? Did you have to drag it all the way here or can you actually swing it?

[Beyond the basics, the apartment was...a bit messy. Messier than it might have been at other times, honestly, but the last few month had been pretty stressful, all things considered. The trash had a pile of takeout boxes in it, there were books scattered around the couch and living room table, some magazines too, and a tablet on the pillow. And don't go down the hallway, no one wanted to see the bedroom right now...]

[Lillian closed the door behind them and turned to face the weapon as well, slipping past Anna again and over to it. She reached out to tip it up, resting on the base of it's handle, but didn't try to pick it up.]

I can pick it up? I mean, I couldn't before, but I can now. I guess 'cause. [She held up her free hand, wiggling the metal fingers.]

And I think it's kinda both? It's sharp enough, but as best as I can remember the robot me would swing it around almost like a sharp bat.

[it was a nice place in Anna's eyes, and it was bold to assume that nobody wanted to see the bedroom at the moment, but yeah, Lillian had Anna's attention with the axe pretty well. especially with the promise of being able to lift it, which.]

[look. strong girls were hot and Anna couldn't be faulted for that in the slightest. even strong androids.]

Nice, nice. You should totally show me how she did the damn thing when swinging it around isn't gonna destroy your entire place.

[Anna took the time while she was talking to walk a little further into the apartment, sort of like she owned the place but more than anything else just glad that she could finally see where her friend lived. and she could ask a leading question like a motherfucker, even if her tone was a little dead. that was just how she talked.]

This all you wanted to show me around here?

[Lillian lifted the axe a few inches off the ground with her right hand, holding it there as if trying to judge how heavy it felt against how heavy it really was. Robot arms made things hard to quantify like that, it seemed. She set it back down and shrugged.]

Sure, we can take it out to a clearing or somethin'. Luckily most people aren't gonna notice us doin' something weird like that, and-

[She was mostly rambling, which is why the second thing Anna said caught her off guard, and for a moment her eyes were a bit wide. But only a moment. Was that flirting? Was Anna actually flirting back? And it wasn't the first time tonight, was it...]

[She folded her arms behind her back, one metal hand gripping a metal wrist as she started back over to where thee taller girl was standing, peering up at her with a grin.]

Why? [She asked.] You hopin' there's somethin' else to see besides my axe?

Don't know yet. Figured you'd have something planned out if you ever got me to come over.

[maybe she was flirting! maybe she was lonely. maybe she wanted company, maybe she wanted someone else who knew what it was like to be faced with her own humanity every time she looked in the mirror. maybe she was just in the mood to make an extremely bad decision.]

'Cause when I have people over, I just drink and watch shitty movies. But you probably have some better ideas.

[she glanced down at Lillian through her bangs and gave her the absolute faintest smirk in return. Anna had no idea what Lillian might have been talking about.]

Planned. [Lillian just laughed softly.] I never thought I'd get this far, so I definitely wouldn't call 'em plans.

[She half-turned away, taking a few absent steps across the room before suddenly turning back.]

Day dreams? Silly little fantasies that made me giggle in class?

[Her grin got a bit wider.]

What did you think would happen if you ever came over, hm?

[She is ignoring the drink and watch movie statement, at least for the moment.]

[oh, no, she definitely wanted to hear more about those fantasies. and she wasn't going to let Lil off the hook that easily. but for now, she needed to come up with an answer that sounded interesting enough. Anna just wasn't too interesting of a person, was the issue, but. maybe Lillian was easy to please.]

Don't know. Figured we'd be depressed about turning into robots, we'd be trying to block all that out. Maybe we'd get fucked up, maybe we'd watch some dumb disaster movies.

[she was the one who was terrible at this. but the last thing she said she hoped to god was enough to pique Lillian's interest. because this was definitely, like, at a tipping point of happening vs. not happening, and Anna was absolutely trying to tip it the right way.]

Maybe we'd spend some time reminding each other that we're still human.

[Lillian was easy to please, if she were being honest. Sometimes all she needed was a pretty face, and Anna would have qualified at that, even if the teleporting sword hadn't been a factor. And the fact that she was interesting and Lillian would've fought her to the death rubbing it in.]

[Instead she just laughed, a noise that was almost as giggle, as she seemed to pick up on the fact that Anna was...trying? Which was something, really. She was still half-turned away but she twisted back, stepping closer again.]

Getting high and watching a disaster movie doesn't sound like a great way to cure depression about being a robot. [She said thoughtfully, her eyes fixed on Anna's. Her hands unfolded from behind her back, and one of them reached out to catch Anna's gently by the wrist, as gentle as she could manage with metal fingers anyway.]

...Reminding each other we're human, though...I can get behind that.

Yeah?

[Anna was more than happy to let Lillian take her wrist, and she even took a step closer so their bodies just barely avoided touching. her other hand went up like it was going to take Lillian's free hand, then moved past it to her waist and rested there.]

Why don't you tell me some of those daydreams and we'll see if I get any ideas?

[shit, that was smooth. shit, she figured out how to be smooth at the last second. this was definitely going to happen now. all she had to do was not blow it and actually act on whatever Lillian told her.]

[Lillian felt herself hesitate as Anna moved, eyes turned slightly upward to watch the taller woman's face. Her mind was racing, a swirl of uncertain thoughts because she hadn't been joking when she said she wasn't expecting Anna to ever actually be here. And now she was. And her hand was on Lillian's waist, and she was so close it was enough to make her squirm.]

[Usually she was in control of situations like this. She was a constant flirt and she'd learned to deal with the consequences of that, but this was different somehow. Anna was different somehow, really, which...well.]

[She wasn't sure how long she was silent, probably long enough to be noticeable. Shit. She sucked in a breath, the hand on Anna's wrist letting go, but only long enough that her metal fingers could slip down to take Anna's own warm, flesh ones, linking through them, the action mostly to give herself a moment to sort out her thoughts. It didn't really work, but honestly...]

[At this point, was there really anything to hide?]

Mm...[Another breath, and she grinned faintly.] I guess that depends on what kind of daydream you want to hear about?

[She let her eyes flick away, glancing over the room, then back, her expression almost coy.]

Sometimes it's a couch daydream...sometimes it's a wall daydream...

[Anna couldn't help but quirk up the corner of her mouth just a little bit before Lillian reached down for her hand. clearly the unexpectedness of suddenly being smooth had hit both of them pretty hard, and she was grateful that Lillian, for once, seemed just as lost.]

[with their hands locked, Anna took a few steps towards the nearest flat surface (a wall) before Lillian even got through explaining her daydreams, then kept up her slow walk until Lillian was in a position where, if Anna wanted, she could shove her right up against the wall and do whatever she wanted to her.]

How long have you been having these daydreams, anyway?

[because Anna was definitely two seconds away from making sure the wall one became a reality.]

[Lillian didn't particularly resist when she Anna was urging her along, though she came to an easy stop when she felt the shift in her hair as her ponytail hit the wall behind her.]

How long? [That was actually an embarrassing question, wasn't it...]

Months? Since...we met, really...

[What? Anna was gorgeous, that wasn't her fault.]

Actually, the first one was about the woods where we first ran into each other...

[She was actually flushing faintly. Oops.]

[oh? the quirk of Anna's mouth turned into a full on smirk. she really, really wanted to start making out with Lillian right here, right now, but her curiosity was definitely about to get the better of her.]

Tell me more.

[she found herself leaning closer all the same, and the hand that Lillian wasn't holding pressed itself flat against the wall behind her. at this point, she was definitely laying it on a little thick, but could anyone blame her?]

[Lillian felt herself taking a half-step backwards, her shoulders bumping into the wall now as she looked up at Anna. She wasn't really used to being the one off her footing, but Anna was doing a marvelous job of it. There was something nice about being pursued? Even if she was the one who had initiated it...]

Well...actually...it ain't all that different from right now, thinkin' about it.

[She kept her eyes settled on the other's as she spoke.]

You've got me up against the wall instead of a tree...[A beat.] And we were wearin' less...but otherwise...it's almost exactly the same so far...

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