Mobile Suit Gundam: Code Nova.

> Mobile Suit Gundam Nova <

August 30th/ I.J.C. 195 / Stellar Research's colony. Siga-7 / Araya's POV

"Alright, girl, I bought you some snacks….ha." Placing down the snack she had just prepared, Araya looked over at the two girls in the living room. One of them, Slyvia Stelle Hawkinf, was playing with Haro all by herself without a care in the world. How she even got those dolls set is a mystery to Araya since she had never seen her take them before…

And meanwhile, Her Daughter, Yoha. She was now working on her program while ignoring the rest of the world too…

Ah…how did it get into this situation…right, that bastard thought it would be good for Yoha to socialize with some high society of his, so he prepared this playdate, after threatening the business of the Hawkinf family…

Well, they are the ones who want trouble first so it's not as if Araya would care…but if Yoha actually got a friend she could…be herself and talk to them, Araya was willing to let her daughter be used in his little politic game, it not like she can protect Yoha for the rest of her life anyway.

"But, You see…Stephan…both of them…are a bit weird," she said to herself as she retired to the kitchen to not bother the two anymore.

> Mobile Suit Gundam Nova <

August 30th/ I.J.C. 195 / Stellar Research's colony. Siga-7 / 

"Mmmh…!" As I stretch myself after finishing a new program I have been working on, It is nothing much, just a simple Issue I have been having with Haro, It is just that his calculation time has been a bit off and resulted in him being unable to perform a certain task without stopping for a bit, so to tweak it a little I need a new program to help reduce the load of the CPU and help him think of it like…a cloud, where I could upload his support program without the trouble of dismembering him and where I could Freely switch which program and how each task would be performed, not only would this not overload his Mini Computer but it also open up a new way for me to upgrade his program without much risk.

"Haro, Come here," I called out to him, and after waiting a bit, I could hear his motor roaring on my side. When I turned to look, I could only stare at him…"W-what happened to you…?" On his body was a little dress, a blond wig, a bowtie on his face, and very girly makeup applied to him that was smeared all over from side to side.

"Ah! The makeup…is ruined…" I heard a girl's voice from behind Haro…Ah…I forgot that she was here.

"Haro, Console Mode." As I said this, Haro's face quickly transformed into a console, which I quickly connected to my Laptop. After I saw that the connection was successful, I quickly ported the program over and installed it.

"What are you doing?" I feel a shudder as the sudden voice enters my ear. I looked back so quickly that I almost dropped my laptop, unbeknown to me, the girl was now behind me, looking over from my shoulder.

Her breathing was down on my neck, which surprised me. How did she get behind me without making a sound?

She looks at me innocently, tilting her head with a smile. "What are you doing?" she asks me again, with the same sweet and soft-spoken words. I look at her, suddenly feeling anxious for some reason. I always know when someone is behind me. Outside of Mama, no one could get behind me without me Knowing; they simply…no one that could get past me without me noticing since it was always as if I had been hearing everything much sharper.

But this girl… got past my back without me even noticing.

"...What are you doing?" She asks again, making me come back to my senses. Quickly calming down, I decided to keep the anxious feeling in my heart.

"Nothing much," I answered her, focusing back on Haro. I see that the installment is already finished, quickly connecting the 2 programs together, I check whether it works on my laptop, and just as I was thinking, the program works perfectly, without a flaw.

"Nee…What's your name?" She asks As I work on Haro. I considered not answering her but since I made the promise to Mama that I would 'Try' befriend this girl, I decided to play nice, though I wouldn't let my guard down.

"Yoha," I said as I continued to work.

"Yoha…Yoha…hehehe, such a cute name. My name is Sylvia. Yoha, What is this little one called?" Sylvia, asks in a familiar tone, as if we have known each other for years.

I looked over at her as her green eyes landed on me, then landed back toward Haro. "That's Haro," I said. And he's a boy, or at least that's the setting, so take that dress off of him." As I finished checking the content of my new program, I unplugged Haro from my laptop.

"Haro, Normal Mode." his face changed into Normal as he hid the console in his body. 

"Ehh…but, he's cute, isn't he? If only you didn't take him away at the last moment, My makeup would be finished." 

I just stared at her with a dead eye. Not only did this girl not know the word personal space, but she also seemed to not know that Haro was not hers so she could not do as she pleased. The only reason I even tolerate her behavior right now is because of Mama…

Calm down…Yoha, don't take it out on a child…blame the parent that they turn out this way.

"Take it off," I said.

"What if I don't want to?" And she answers.

I could feel blood rushing to my head a bit, I don't know why, but I felt like I was losing my patience so easily with this girl, I never lost my calm this much before… 

"I'm not going to let you play with him anymore," I answered her question, closing the case with a threat: If she still decides to push around, I won't play nice again.

"Then, what If I don't want to play with him, but with you?" 

"...Hah?" That was the only word that left my mouth, the girl, Sylvia, said as she looked into my eyes, she smiled softly as if this was what she expected my reaction to be.

"Your hair is still as pretty as ever, I really want to draw it." Suddenly, I feel a shiver down my spine and react to my instinct, backing down from the sofa and grabbing the nearest thing which is my laptop ready to strike. 

A cold sweat drops down to my head as I stare at her. She remembers. What is this…uncanny feeling? Why would I feel something so weird about her? I don't like this feeling! I hate it! 

"...What are you?" I blurted out without thinking, and the girl just smiled, as she looked me up and down until she found my left arm which I forgot to cover, revealing a small scar.

"My name is Sylvia, but you can call me Sylvy and as you can see, I am just a bored girl looking for friends, True friends…just like you." She said as she dropped down on the sofa, took one of the cookies, and ate them with delight. "Mmh! This is delicious! Ah, the maid back home can't even make one this delicious."

She is strange, she is weird, what is this girl? A normal child wouldn't behave like her! They would cry when things did not go their way and whine and others but she…is strangely calm, collected, and very…manipulative…are those tears I saw in that park fake?

"What…do you mean," I asked her, as I got up but I never did drop my guard.

The girl licks the crumb of cookies off her finger as she slowly drinks the milk to clear her throat, with a satisfying sigh from her, she looks at me again. "We are the same, I know that look. You were bored at the park, and I was bored everywhere I went, nothing was interesting for us to do over there. So I knew that you were, well a little bit like me, we could say that we were 2 sides of the same coin? You and I both act in the role that we both thought would bring us the most benefit." When she finished, her eyes looked towards Mama who peeked her head over to watch us, but when she saw that we both looked at her, she waved and went back into the kitchen again.

"You act like a cheerful child for your Mother's love, while I act like a spoiled little girl so I could find something interesting. Oh well, I am quite the spoiled girl, that is my nature. But anyway, Don't you think we would find each other the least bit interesting?" She put down the glass of milk and looked at me again. "I want a friend who will interest me enough so that I won't be too bored. I want to find a hobby like that, but oh well, I still have many years till I grow up. So I hope that we have become friends. Well, there is a benefit to it, you know? With my family and your mother's little secret connection, you will have the funds you need to do what you want. Like… developing AI?"

"How did you know about that…" She knows that I want to develop AI, how? 

"It's very easy. After all, I've been observing you the whole time I was here. Even though it seems like I am playing. So how about it? Want to begin our friendship? I think we could go down a long line in the future. There are no demerits, only benefits."

…It's true…if her family is rich then maybe I could find some use for her, which would help me, I don't know how far I can go with my current equipment, and I don't know how much Mama would be able to support me with her connection, and I want was not uncertainty, but a certainty in workflow which would not disrupt me… So her offer was very tempting.

"I will be the one to decide whether there are any demerits or not." I let my hand out in a handshake.

The girl's smile deepened and before I could react, she just jumped straight into my arm, making me fall down to the floor. Suddenly, I could hear a loud sniff which made my whole body shudder at the sudden breathing down my neck.

"Mmhh…You smell nice." She said, as suddenly she started to sniff me again.

"L-let go!" I said, trying to push her off but to my surprise, this girl is much stronger than she looks!

"Hmmm…Nope." The girl answered.

"Urgh! Stop it!" I was finally able to push her away, panting heavily at how much power I just exerted, the girl, Sylvia, still smiling deeply. I feel like…I have fallen into some sort of trap. One which I can't just struggle with easily.