Chapter 176: A2, begin a new life

11B still came out naked, and in fact, she did feel shame. It's just that at first, she equated bathing to sterilization, and sterilization usually meant removing all clothing. So she didn't make the mental switch in time, and ended up stripping in front of a male android.

But in a way, she felt a bit lucky, that the one who saw her naked body was her lifesaver. Even so, she was still embarrassed.

She quickly picked up the clothes on the ground, dressed, and walked to her bed spot with her head down, once again hugging her knees and curling up.

At that moment, the door opened, A2 returned.

Seeing her come in, Aiden suddenly felt a little guilty. After all the experiences he'd had, there was no way he couldn't sense the odd behaviors A2 had been showing recently. And since A2 didn't know he was human, her intentions might be quite different from Yakor's.

"Anemone's injuries have healed, right?" Aiden took the initiative to ask.

"They've fully healed. I sent her back to her place." A2 took off her high heels and placed them neatly aside, just like Aiden and Yakor did. Then, stepping barefoot in her black thigh-high stockings, she walked over to Aiden and gently wrapped her arms around his waist.

This made Aiden freeze, then quickly adjust his breathing, trying to slow his heartbeat. But obviously, that was useless. Unless he was dead, his heartbeat was impossible to hide.

A2's attention fortunately was not on this, or rather she didn't understand this was an important display proving human identity; she just lightly sighed.

"You're… tired?" Aiden asked curiously. But can androids get tired? He had never seen it before.

"How could we possibly be tired?" A2 shook her head and continued, "Don't know why, I just wanted to hug you.

"Then go ahead and hug." Aiden also naturally wrapped his arm around her waist, but unfortunately, she was wearing too many clothes, he couldn't feel anything.

"Hmph!" Watching this scene from the side, Yakor slightly turned her head, and let out a light snort, she was a little uncomfortable seeing it.

But she quickly adjusted her emotions, returned to a normal expression, and then deliberately lifted one long leg and crossed it over the other. The large movement almost exposed the spring scenery beneath the towel, slightly drawing Aiden's gaze.

'Zero was right, men really can't resist temptation.' Yakor caught the fleeting glance from Aiden and couldn't help but smile proudly.

After hugging for a while, A2 let go of Aiden, then found a set of new clothes Yakor made for her two days ago and entered the bathroom.

This made Aiden both regretful and slightly relieved, if they kept hugging, he wouldn't be able to stop himself from reacting.

'Willpower is getting weaker and weaker, no, wait, it's resistance to women that's getting weaker, my fighting spirit is still strong.' After mentally justifying himself like that, Aiden entered the bedroom, lay down with clothes on as usual.

Soon after, A2, having finished washing up, climbed onto the bed too. But what surprised Aiden was that A2 didn't lie straight on the bed as before, she deliberately leaned close to Aiden, grabbed his arm, and rested her head on it.

Though her head weighing tens of pounds pressing down on his arm was uncomfortable, he could bear it. But A2's next move shocked him, she actually raised one smooth, long leg and pressed it onto his leg, then turned sideways and placed one arm on his chest.

However, her whole series of movements seemed very mechanical, more like an imitation. But even so, Aiden was a little overwhelmed.

'Goodness, where did she learn this from?' Aiden was sure this definitely wasn't behavior memory implanted at the factory. After all, the Bunker had clearly stated that emotional connections between androids were not allowed.

But then, where did she learn it? He couldn't figure it out. But on second thought, this might actually be quite nice.

Aiden turned his head to look at A2, found she had already closed her eyes. After thinking for a moment, he gently grabbed the hand resting on his chest and softly squeezed it, then closed his eyes too.

But what he didn't know was, not long after he closed his eyes, A2 opened hers, her blue pupils were still a bit cloudy but sparkled with a captivating light.

Looking at the hand Aiden was holding, A2 opened the other tightly clenched fist. Inside her palm was an old storage device.

This storage device was given to her by Anemone. Supposedly, it was found in some human ruins. Among a pile of storage devices, only this one still worked. Inside, it recorded the daily life of a married human couple.

Although she didn't understand why humans would record this kind of thing, now it seemed to be quite educational, at least to her.

Thinking of what Anemone said to her when she left, A2 turned her gaze back to Aiden's face.

"Number Two, let me tell you, that guy called Aiden, he likes you! Hmm, probably likes you. Anyway, he at least really cares about you."

"Here, this is for you, dug up from human ruins. It records the daily life of a human couple. Should be helpful to you."

"I know the Bunker forbids YoRHa units from having love, but you've already left the Bunker. Also, I heard that humans once said something, 'A new relationship can help people forget past pain.' Number Two, I hope you can be happy from now on and recover your former personality."

"Number Two, don't let the past torment you anymore. Start a new life!"

'A new… life...'

A2 clenched her fist again, the old storage device turned into dust under immense strength. However, all its contents had already been completely memorized by her.

"Thank you, Anemone. I will."

After silently muttering this, A2 suddenly pushed herself up, slowly leaned toward Aiden.

Just as she was about to imitate the human woman from the storage device and kiss with closed eyes, Aiden suddenly opened his eyes…

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When morning came, A2's expression was ice-cold, and her gaze at Aiden was mostly filled with blame.

Yakor keenly noticed this, was secretly pleased, and curiously asked Aiden, "What's up with her?"

Aiden was brushing his teeth with the toothbrush Yakor made for him, there was no toothpaste, so he used salt instead, which was also made by Yakor.

Hearing Yakor's question, he just gave a bitter smile.

"Don't just smile bitterly, spill it," Yakor was dying of curiosity.

Aiden turned his head and looked outside, saw A2 talking to 11B, and then whispered, "Last night A2 tried to kiss me."

"Isn't that a good… wait, you didn't let her kiss you, did you?" Yakor suddenly got nervous, not only because of other reasons, but also fearing Aiden's identity might be exposed. Although she knew that even if it were, A2 wouldn't tell others, she still didn't like it.

"Nope." Aiden shook his head, "Then she became like this."

"Hmph, serves you right!" Yakor became very happy, and seeing that A2 and 11B had their backs to them, her eyes turned mischievous. She suddenly cupped Aiden's face and gave him a peck on the cheek.

"This is your comfort gift!"

Then she ran off laughing.

Looking at Yakor's back, Aiden quickly wiped the kissed spot. Thankfully, the glasses girl didn't have a habit of wearing lipstick… well, there wasn't any here anyway. Otherwise, if A2 found out, it'd be hard to explain.

Although, the android girl probably doesn't even know what lipstick is. Still, better be careful, after what she did last night, it's like she's awakened or something. He had to stay cautious.

After rinsing his mouth, Aiden exhaled into his palm, sniffed, no odor. Then he left the bathroom.

At that moment, A2 was still talking to 11B, though Aiden couldn't hear clearly, only picked up words like "ruins" and "storage device." Just as he was about to get closer to listen better, A2 fell silent, she sensed Aiden approaching.

"What are you two talking about?" Aiden took the initiative to ask.

"Nothing," A2 looked back at him coldly, her voice seemed to carry a trace of grievance.

Aiden looked at 11B, but 11B looked back at A2. This YoRHa B-type android seemed to already regard A2 as a senior.

Which made sense, A2 was essentially the prototype of all B-type YoRHa units, calling her "senior" wasn't wrong.

"Don't tell him," A2 coldly told 11B.

11B let out an "Oh" and then looked at Aiden with an innocent face.

"Alright." Aiden sighed slightly and turned around, preparing to go back to the bedroom to lie down again. A2 hadn't slept all night, just stared at him. He needed to recover.

As he walked off, he muttered, "Ungrateful wolf."

Seemed like it was directed at 11B. But 11B didn't understand what "ungrateful wolf" meant, and turned to ask A2. A2 didn't know either, but felt it probably wasn't something good.

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