Chapter.38

Everyone turned their heads to look at me and once the nurses got her in the chair they left. Me and Mia were just looking at each other in silence.

'Now that I think about it, I don't know how to start a conversation.' I thought, mentally facepalming myself.

"...Hey, Mia" I said with a awkward wave. She seemed surprised, because usually they would greet me first before I answered.

"Hey Eren. How have you been?" She asked as I walked over to a chair by the bed.

"I've been good, after the attack we got to live in a huge apartment now." I said. I then realized myself of saying we.

"Who is we?"

"I meant "we" as in everyone that was effected by the attack." I hurriedly lied. I got a weird feeling letting people know me and Viviana live together.

"I see. How's Mr. Sanders, bet he's still cooking like he's still young." Mia said trying to make a joke.

My straight face frowned a bit, but went, back to its neutral self quickly.

"Mr. Sanders got both of his legs shattered, so they had to be amputated. He can't cook again, well not in the cafe." I said looking a bit sad. I thought I got over it by now, but it was still weighing on me that I couldn't save him.

'What if I made him some prosthetics though. That could-'

"EREN!!" Mia yelled getting me from my thoughts.

"Yeah?"

"I was saying that we should go visit him. You know catch up. "Talk" about things, knowing him he's sitting in a wheelchair getting drunk." She said with a smirk.

I smiled a bit and nodded, before the nurses came back in. Mia wasn't discharged, because she still needed to learn to walk again.

"Let's put the party on hold. Let's say for a few months." Mia said chuckling to herself. I nodded my head and left the hospital.

....

<Back Home>

I walked into the house and saw Viviana in the living room watching TV. She looked back at me with some popcorn in her mouth.

"Where did you go?" She asked swallowing the popcorn.

"I was at the hospital. Mia just woke up." I said with a slight smile. Her eyes went wide.

"Why didn't you say anything? I would have went as well." She said.

"I didn't think that you'd want to. It was just a quick talk though. We decided to have a party when she's rehabilitate with Mr. Sanders."

"Then I can come to right? Like introducing your girlfriend to your parents." She joked...probably.

"..." I stayed quiet and walked into the kitchen with a red hue on my face.

"...I'll see." I muttered. She heard me good enough and nodded while I drank some water and cooled my body down.

She went back to watching TV with a smile.

[Shield wants you to meet them at a coffee shop. To be exact it will be the Avengers there. They didn't text back after I asked why]

'Thank you. When and what shop.'

[4:10 and the shop on Ashton rd]

'It's 3:05 rn I got time. Tell them sure.' I thought and went to the basement.

'Starting tomorrow we're getting back to work Matrix.' I thought.

[Sir, I'm always working]

'...' I couldn't refute him, because he was right. I just stayed quiet and started taking out some components to make a prosthetic leg...well two of them.

Creating prosthetics was easy for me, but the problem was, I don't know how to tell him, I just happen to make these.

'You know what, I'll just think about it later.' I thought and began sketching the measurements of the legs.

I asked Matrix to find me a picture of Mr. Sanders before the attack, so I can see the correct type of legs to make. I don't want them to be too small or to big for his stubbles or body in general.

The process was done by hand and I did this very carefully. Usually when I'm making robots or programs, I go super fast because I know how I want it and I've been doing it for a while.

They were also replaceable items to m, well not Matrix, I guess I think of him like my secret grandfather next to Mr. Sanders.

I froze when I thought that. I don't want to admit it, but it was obvious I cared about the-

[Really sir, second place to a human. I've been here from the start and give you advice for everything and I get second place]

"When did I say that." I shamelessly asked.

[You just said it a second ago]

"Just a second ago I said said. How can I say your second." I asked, smiling slightly at our bickering.

That's something else I found out. I've been smiling a lot lately. I think that subconsciously I made Matrix as a support for my previously messed up mentality as a way to heal it.

[Sir, I didn't know you thought of-]

"Then again I did need a A.I. to do my lazy work." I said.

[...]

'Matrix?'

[Yes]

'You okay?'

[...I don't know sir]

'..I see.'

I continued making the prosthetics with a smile on my face. I changed so much since the time I first massacred the Hydra base.

'I wonder how Viviana would react if she knew. What do you think Matrix?'

[After breaking this old mans cryptic coded heart you think about a woman. For shame sir, for shame]

"..." I let out a small chuckle and finished working on the framing within an hour.

....

"Viviana I'm going to be back in a bit." I said to Viviana as I stood at the door.

"Okay. When you come back do you...want to watch a movie together? Like a movie night." She asked, with a slightly higher pitched voice at the end.

"Yeah, is there anything you want?"

"Some Mike n Ikes or Starburst. Thank you."

"Mhm." I nodded and left the house. The second the door closed my face was like a red button and I swear there was smoke coming off my head.

'Matrix, I don't need to be thinking about that right now.'

[Sir you broke my 'M' coded heart and haven't apologized yet. It's only fair I make you suffer as well, but in a...better way]

It's like I could see a butler fixing his glasses and they gleamed from a nonexistent light shining on them.

It was 4:03 and I had seven minutes till the meeting. I would go there first, but the candy is more important..right? I got on my motorcycle and drove out to a close candy store.

I didn't come to these places that often since instead of candy, I like pastries more. I got both Mike n Ikes and Starburst with some skittles and gummy candy.

I paid for it and left. That in itself took up two minutes, because the store sold more than just candy which confused me on my it's called a candy store.

I got Matrix to send me the directions to the coffee shop and I got there at 4:07. I walked in and heard the bell ring. I actually saw some of my "classmates" in there talking. I looked at a group of nice looking adults and a some people taking pictures trying to get autographs from Tony.

"May I take your orders now?" Said a male waiter.

"I want two hot strawberry latte macchiato. One in a to-go cup. I also want some of your banana bread and can I get four of your Carmel macchiato muffins. Put two of them in a to-go container with some of the banana bread I previously ordered." I said looking at a menu that was placed in front of me.

I looked up at the man and saw that not only he was looking at me funny, but the whole half of the shop was looking at me. This made the other half slowly look at me as well.

"Sir can you repeat that." He said looking at his notebook intently. He moved his glasses in place and they gleamed as he looked ready to write my order.

I spoke and his muscles tensed as he wrote down my order like he was writing a quick essay. When he was done he fixed his glasses again and spoke.

"Your order will be ready in a moment sir." He said and coolly walked behind the counter.