Chapter 8: Research

Black wanted to do something nice for Red. "What do humans like?" He thought out loud to himself. Then he remembered that Red had thought him how to use a computer, or at least the basics of it. Black made his way to the office, which was just down the hall from the living room.

There the computer was. It looked like it hadn't been used in months, and truth be told, it hadn't. After pressing the power button for the computer and then the power button for the monitor, the screen lit up. The first account that appeared on the screen was Red's, but that had a password to it so he couldn't log in. 'Did Red even remember his password?' Black thought.

There was another account labeled 'guest' and this one didn't need a password to log in. Black navigated himself into Google and searched up 'Nice things to do for your lover.' The results that showed up were a list of 28 things you could do for your girlfriend. Black read through them nonetheless but wasn't satisfied with what he found.

Red taught him a little bit about romance when they were on the skeld. He couldn't remember much from that bit, but he did vaguely remember Red mentioning something called a 'date'. That was the second thing he searched up. After scouring the internet for a few minutes he finally found out what a 'date' was. This prompted his third search. Which was for date ideas. The first thing that showed was called '200 date ideas.'

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After about half an hour of reading through the ideas Black finally knew what he would do for Red.

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Cyan sat on the bed in the guest room. Black had insisted on sleeping on the couch and he didn't think it was just because he was being nice. His friend almost always had ulterior motives. Aside from that, he needed to eat. If he didn't, he'd probably end up trying to kill Red.

Cyan stood up and walked to the freezer in the kitchen where the meat was kept. He soaked the meat in warm water to let it defrost, then devoured it in the blink of an eye. It wasn't much, but he knew Red wouldn't like it if he ate half the meat in a single day. It would be enough to sustain him for now.

"Hey Cyan" he heard Red's voice behind him.

"What's up?" Cyan responded.

"Umm, how do aliens date?" Red asked. Cyan raised a brow in confusion. "What does that mean?"

"I'm talking about...alien romance..."

Cyan had a small idea as to why Red was asking him this. He didn't want to answer that question though: the answer was quite disturbing and it even disgusted him. "I don't think you want to know" Cyan said.

"What's so bad about it that I don't want to know?" Red tilted his head slightly.

Cyan wanted to leave. He really didn't want to be having this conversation. The last time he ended up telling a baby alien about their romance...bad things happened.

"You know what- I think I'm gonna find Black, see ya!" He quickly said before bolting down the hallway and into the office where he knew Black was, only to find it empty and the window open.

This wouldn't end well.

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Black had done it.

He had found the perfect place.

It was time for him to prepare.