Give Me the News - I've Got a - Bad case of the blues! [KxR]

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for Koneko Kikaimoto

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[attr=class,mbox2]Ren jumped down from the table and placed one foot on the couch, flicking his hair as if he were some sort of model or conceited person. He adjusted the position of his glasses and pointed randomly along the line of his bent knee as if he were posing for a picture. His eyes flicked towards Koneko before he started laughing, collapsing onto the couch sitting back down on it. “Of course Kikai-chan!” Ren stood up again, taking her hand and taking a knee like a man about to propose to a girlfriend. “Will you do me the honor of granting me permission to call you Koneko, Kikai-chan?” He didn’t even worry about responding to the blank stare. He could figure some of what was going through her head – after all he would probably think the same if she just did some of the weird stuff he just did. He just liked to act a little bit fun and exciting. He liked to make people laugh, laughing made people healthier as a general rule and made people smile. Smiles were the thing he wanted to preserve most of all. “You never lied to me, so who cares? And anyways, I guessed it a little bit ago, not a big deal. And anyways, how could I get angry at such a cute girl?”

He was so smooth. Or he thought he was, but then again, he also played dumb all the time. He just wanted to make people happy and complimenting them tended to make them happier. However, Ren, when he noticed the blush, had an idea of how to make her happier – though it was a huge risk. Perhaps it was his own bias that was leading him to perceive something that was there, but Ren wasn’t one to keep his mind from those around him.

”Friends?” Ren tilted his head for a moment and considered the proposal. He nodded his head. “Heh… well I mean…” Ren looked away his face reddening slightly. “I kinda like the thought of uh – being more than friends really. I mean not right away of course, but – but – I’ve had friends before and I’ve betrayed them, and I’ve extended their lives. But I’ve never had anyone more than a friend and – and – you don’t have to say yes, of course. I’m fine with just being friends, yeah? I just – thought I saw something… It’d be nice to be able to talk to someone before I do something, and –“ Ren blushed and looked away. “S-So what do you say? Wanna be more than friends?”

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[attr=class,mbox2]That was okay, Ren expect the no that she had given him. After all given the circumstance and they’d known each other like only a few days, and –

Hold on a second. Did she – Ren just sorta stared at her for a few moments. He was just expecting her to take it as a compliment and then deny him, but feel good that some silly kid like him was showing interest in her as a human being instead of a robot like she felt like she was – and while she was mechanical, to Ren she was a person, albeit maybe not human. Maybe she could be a Vulcan or someone like Data.

Yes. Ren is a dork. And watching really, really old shows, just like the one who writes everything that he does for everyone to see, they’re just really old shows and not really, really old shows at this point.

“Hmmmmm… toaster… that’s fine with me. At least the toaster can make me happy and the perfect toast whenever I want it!” Ren laughed and threw his head back in laughter. ”Kane-chan, that’s fine! If things happen and you don’t feel like you can do that sortsa stuff, just say so and I’ll show you just how much of a soul you really have – you might not see it, but I’ve seen it from the moment I met you. Neither I have been in a relationship – I expected you to slap me or something or blush and refuse, but hey this is good too! Everyone out there likes a good showmance, though this’ll be a bit more than just a showmance, right?”

Yes. Ren literally studied so many different gameshows that had survived the Tragedy in preparation for this. With his connections at the foundation, he thought he had a good chance and they ended up having a good amount of Old World things for him to play around with and stuff.

“We’ll be like Jeff and Jordan, instead of Jessica and Cody or – or Rachel and Brendon, because Jefdan was amazing.” She probably had no idea to what he was referring but that was okay. He didn’t make sense half the time he spoke or moved around or anything like that. “You already are worth having around so you’ve already scored once on your check list! Learning is great isn’t it? Maybe I could teach you how to cut open a body for an autopsy. Hopefully we don’t get a dead body.” He added that last part with a nervous chuckle, quickly placing one hand on his other arm, where there were some scars from him cutting into himself because fuck was that fascinating. ”Anyways, I can also teach you doctoring stuff. Like what if I get hurt, who would breathe life back into me? I-I mean getting hurt is bad, but who knows what’ll happen in this situation right?”