「Chapter 7」

     Hank finished washing the dishes with a soft sigh, "There, all done." He said as Connor had finished cleaning up the table as well before the detective paused in realization, "Oh-shit forgot to tell (Y/n) where the towels were. Hey, Connor, grab a towel from the closet and give it to (Y/n) will ya?" He asked the android nodded.

     "Of course." He said as he walked off to grab a towel before approaching the bathroom, he noticed that the door was slightly ajar by just a few centimeters and he gave a curious head tilt as he quietly walked up to the door. He believed that maybe (Y/n) was finished and he gave a light shrug as he opened the door and walked in, "Sorry to intrude, (Y/n) but-" Connor's take a immediate stop as well as his movements when his eyes land on (Y/n), who had looked at him in surprise and shock as she too stood frozen with a wet rag in her hand, as if she was running it over her neck and jaw. She had just gotten out of the shower as water droplets ran down her body and Connor, for the first time, was at a loss for words as his dark eyes accidentally trailed down her figure before just as quickly glanced back up at the young woman's now mortified expression. Connor's LED had turned yellow as it swirled when he tried to find his voice again, a very faint hue of blue dusted his cheeks, "Okay, I know what this looks like," Connor started as he slowly placed the towel on the sink, trying to keep his eyes on her face and not down, "But I can assure you that-" A half empty shampoo bottle is suddenly thrown at his head as it bounced off his noggin, taking him by sudden surprise and making his LED turn red.

     "Get out!" (Y/n) shrieked frantically with a blushing red face of embarrassment, one arm poorly attempting to cover her chest and lady bits at the same time as the other threw bottles of soap at Connor, who raised his arms up to block the objects and he backed up as she got closer.

     "(Y/n)-Hey let me explain myself-"

     "Just gooooo!" She stammered as Connor had finally took a step back into the hallway and out of the bathroom, he brought his arms down to look at (Y/n) with a very sincere look.

      "Let me just say that it is highly dangerous to get the tiled floor wet as you could possibly slip and fall because you didn't dry yourself off-!" Connor said, a finger raised in a matter of fact manner, before getting cut off with the wet rag being thrown and slapped onto his face and the bathroom door slammed shut. Hank stood at the end of the hall with his arms crossed and brow arched as he stared at the android who now just stood in the hall with a wet rag covering his face and his index finger still raised, silence hung in the air.

     "What the fuck did you do this time, Connor?" Hank asked as Connor slowly removed the rag from his glistening wet face as his LED had now turned yellow and swirled. A look of confusion was written over his face as he looked up at Hank.

     "I went to give her the towel, and I noticed that the door was still opened a little bit by a centimeter. I, for some reason, assumed that she was finished and walked in on her just getting out of the shower. And for another unknown reason, I was for the first time at a loss for words as my program couldn't process any excuses or reasons to save myself from her wrath." Connor said, the confused expression on his face never leaving as Hank sighed and shook his head.

     "Come on, Connor, have a seat with me." He said as he walked into the living room and slumped down on the couch, Connor sat down next to him as Sumo walked in and laid down by Connor's feet as he reached down to pet the dog. "Listen, kid," Hank started with a sigh and shake of his head, "I'm about to give you a few tips of many about the female mind and what not to do when you're living with one so pay close attention and take note."

     Connor nodded as he looked at Hank almost intently, "Of course." He said.

     "Alright." Hank said with a nod, "To start it off, never walk in on a woman doing anything unannounced unless you have a death wish. It doesn't matter if she is reading, changing, eating, working, bathing, etcetera etcetera. Always make your presence known so you don't get your balls ripped off." Hank said while pointing his thumb behind them towards where the bathroom is, "That was a perfect example of what happens when you walk in unannounced while she was getting out of the shower. Now to the important question to this situation," Hank looked at Connor with a serious expression, "Did you look down?" Connor bit his cheek as he vividly remembered looking down by accident and the very faint hue of blue dusted his cheeks again.

     "I... Might've accidentally had a glance down..." Connor said while glancing to the side after a pause.

     "Now that's where you fucked up." Hank said, "Whatever the scenario like this is, you always keep your eyes up. Because once you glance down, even by accident, there's no coming back from it no matter how quickly you look back up since she saw you glance down." He said as Connor nodded, taking a mental note of his partner's every word.

     "Understood, Hank." Connor said.

     "Good." Hank hummed, "Secondly, you never ask a woman if she ever regretted being with someone when she had just come out of a bad relationship. You need to learn what is the right thing to say compared to what's not the right thing to say because I have a feeling you have a hard time reading the atmosphere."

      Connor sighed as he looked down, biting at his cheek, "I know, it's been a year and I'm still having a hard time with all of this normal human interaction. I guess I'm just so used to investigating and asking pressing questions in order to get more information from people that it gets in the way with trying to have a normal conversation." Hank patted his shoulder.

     "It's all good, Connor. Just use today's and tonight's events as a reminder so it wouldn't happen again." Connor nodded before his thoughts trailed to (Y/n).

      "Do you think she... Dislikes me now?" Connor asked as he looked up at Hank, a look of some worry written over the android's face. Hank rubbed his chin in thought as he shook his head.

      "I wouldn't say that. You just probably made her feel somewhat traumatized, in which I suggest you apologize to her later once she calms down."

     "I understand. I didn't mean to walk in on her, I don't know what came over me." Connor sighed with a shake of his head while looking at Sumo and scratching behind the canine's ear, "Maybe I'm starting to lose my touch since I became a deviant."

      "Nah, you just need to get your fucking head back in the game and learn from your mistakes. We humans make mistakes all the time, and we try to learn from them. Once you've cleared your head of these things, you'll be back in your game in no time." Hank said while patting Connor's shoulder encouragingly and Connor nodded.

     "Of course. Thank you, Hank. I appreciate you sharing your wisdom with me, I've still got a long way to go if I want to be human." The android said with a determined tone and face as Hank smiled softly.

     "That's good to hear, Connor." He said while ruffling the android's hair before standing up, "Well, I'm gonna get some shut eye."

      Connor nodded as he watched his partner head to his bedroom, "Alright, good night, Hank."

      "G'night, Connor." Hank said before pausing and looking back at him, "Remember what we talked about"

     "I will." He said as Hank nodded and walked into his bedroom, closing the door behind him. Connor sat there with Sumo as the dog let out a low whine and Connor petted him again. Deep in thought as he thought of ways to apologize to (Y/n).

       

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