Gadget's POV ⚙️

I wanted to kiss him so bad, but I'm afraid that Zero would reject me if I told him that I secretly have a big crush on him.

That's why I didn't say anything about it and said "Hey there. Are you alright?" instead after he gained consciousness an hour ago.

Well...Before trying to commit suicide on himself minutes ago, resulting in having him immediately knocked out, so I'd stop and prevent him from dying.

After minutes had passed, I heard Zero groan a little before starting to gain consciousness.

"Gadget? What happened to me? My head hurts..." Zero asked after I blushed a bit hard before parting from hugging him.

"You tripped over one of my books and banged your head against the bookshelf behind you before some of them fell and knocked you out." I lied.

Then Zero looked at his feet, seeing the book I placed there when he was still unconscious before he held his head in pain.

I waited for his response, silently hoping that he's buying it.

"Ugh...I should've payed attention to where I was going." Zero says before I helped him up to his feet.

I internally sighed in relief, glad to know he's buying it.

"Do you need any pain medicine?" I asked.

Zero nodded as he sat down at the foot of the bed, his hand still resting on his forehead.

"Yeah...That would be nice." He says.

I chuckled a little as I headed over to the bathroom and took the pain medicine out from the cabinet before I got out the amount of dosage that Zero needed.

After I screwed the lid back on the bottle and returned it to the cabinet, I headed back over and gave the medicine to Zero.

"You're gonna have to eat something and get a drink of water after taking the meds." I mentioned as I handed him the tray full of food after he swallowed the meds.

Zero took the tray and thanked me before he began to eat.

"So...How is it?" I asked.

"It's great. I think you're a good cook." He answered.

I smiled after Zero said that.

I'm glad to hear that he likes my cooking.

"Cool. It's been a really long time since I've last cooked for someone else years ago, before the war happened." I mentioned as I leaned against the wall before looking out the windows.

"What do you mean by that?" Zero asked.

"I mean, the last time I've ever cooked for anybody was one of my close friends..." I answered.

"And who would that be?"

I smirked at Zero's response as I looked back at him and raised an eyebrow.

"You really want to know?"

I got a nod from him after he ate all of his food, before I walked over and booped Zero on the nose in a playful manner with my finger.

"It's you, Zero." I answered to him teasingly.

Zero began blushing hard as he looked at me in the eyes.

I could almost hear his heart pounding in his chest as I was in close range.

"You were the only friend that I've ever cooked for at those times when you stayed over at my house for a few nights." I continued.

"And even though, no matter how much pain, fear, grief you've thrown or the number of times you've actually tried to kill me after joining forces with the dark side, I still have always smiled in the end of the war and until now..."

I could easily tell Zero was speechless after I said that.

We were so close to each other for a few seconds until Zero suddenly brought his hand up to my face and quickly shoved me away from him while his face started turning redder in embarrassment.