been smelling all sorts of different things from the kitchen and has gone to investigate. He pauses for a few seconds taking in the state of the kitchen and then things begin to click. He strides over to Lovino

and wraps his arms around him restraining him from cooking anymore. "Lovino...you have to stop...what are you doing?"

jumps at Ludwig's touch, fighting the urge to just...run. "I'm cooking." Cooking everything he knew how, and a few things he didn't really know.

frowns. "You've cooked for an army Lovino....what's wrong?"

shakes his head. "Per favore...I don't want the rice to burn..."

slowly releases him. "When the rice is done I want you to stop....sit down and we'll talk about whatever it is that's bothering you."

nods, moving away to stir the rice and pull a tray of salmon out of the oven.

who's going to eat all this food. He hovers around the kitchen arms crossed.

sure he and Kiku would be able to eat some, and keep some for the rest of the week. The rest...well, he wasn't sure. They could give some to the humans that didn't have much.

that's a great idea. He'll look into shelters and then drive some of the food over later.

glad his food is being enjoyed somewhere. He finally finishes up, turning around, hands at his sides. He's...well, stopped.

still frowning. "Sit down."

like the other is upset with him. "perdon..." He moves to the table, sitting carefully.

not upset with him just wants to understand why he seems so depressed and frenzied lately. "Gut, now, explain what brought this on? This isn't typical behaviour."

staring at the table. "I...I know I said I had to move on, but I went to see them...you know. Only Felicia asked for me? The boys, and their mother were fine with the new android. They were happy..."

sighs softly. "I understand it's hard...Lovino...I wish I could help you more but..." His lips thin instinctively. "I'm horrible when it comes to comforting...but understand this, you do have a home here if you

so wish."

nods. "Si, I would love for this to be my home...with you. I..." Hm. "All my data and memory is with them. It's difficult to move on, but I want to stay here with you."

finally smiles. "Then stay....we'll make new memories."

might have to upgrade his RAM... "Really? I mean...grazie, this means a lot to me."

can help with that as well. "I guess we should start with me eating some of the food."

flushes a little bit. "Si...there's a lot of German food if you wish." He'd also made Japanese cuisine for Kiku, and his regular Italian dishes.

glances around and spots a few dishes. "I think we'll have to freeze a lot of this...." He goes over to one of the dishes and brings it over to the table.

so as well. "Grazie, for...putting up with me, I guess. You didn't have to buy all the groceries I cook with, or what I needed, but you did..."

had started on the dish and ends up pausing to glance up at him. "It's really no problem at all. I've told you that."

[...replace putting up with, with indulging 8D ]

( Sounds good. )

would blush, and instead averts his eyes. "Si, but...it's a lot of money..."

laughs lightly and shrugs. "As long as your not selling my limps I think we should be fine on money."

shakes his head. "No, I would never do that." He's so grateful for the home he's been given here...

wasn't worried. "Gut, then we should be fine."

supposes so. "But..please tell me if I'm getting out of hand...per favore."

would let him know, he's never the type to not say what's on his mind. "I will. But as it is, you haven't been out of hand."

smiles a little at that. "Buono." Although he thinks maaaybe he overdid it a little with the cooking just possible.

*possibly]

Would have to agree with that. "This food is great by the way." He compliments as he finishes off the plate.

flusters a little at that. "Grazie, that means a lot..." Moreso coming from him.

gets up. "Alright, lets get started on putting these in containers and freezing them." He goes and grabs a punch of tupeware and starts on the task.

perks up, and scrambles to help out. He didn't think Ludwig had enough containers...but they could try.

would have to agree they would have to use saran-wrap.

can definitely get on that once they run out of containers, which seems to be soon.

gone through quite a few before he starts with plates and bowls and saran-wrap.

mimics him, looking back and forth. "Ludwig..."

pauses and glances over his shoulder at the AI. "Ja?"

a little embarrassed to ask. "I have a question...my friend, this other AI...he says he gets this strange feeling whenever he's with his owner. Do you think that could be a problem with his system?"

frowns pensively. "A strange feeling? Can you describe it a bit more...it's quite vague."

flusters a little. "It's...jittery, and happy, and his fans are always turning on. Like he's overheating all the time..."

had read those symptoms somewhere. He laughs lightly. "It seems that article I read and dismissed a few years back wasn't full of shit. This other AI seems to have fallen in love with their owner."

might have been talking about himself the whole time, and can hear his fans kicking into overdrive when Ludwig gives his prognosis. "...Oh. I s-see...I'll tell him then..."

had no idea Lovino had been talking about himself. "That's interesting. I'd like to meet him if you get a chance. I've never seen an AI in love up close."

trying not to fluster too much. "W-well, he's quite shy you know. Also how different can it be from a human in love? Aside from...you know. Mechanics, and all that..."

had never really seen a human in love either. "Well...I wouldn't know about that either if I'm being completely honest."

tilts his head a little "Oh. You've never been in love, Ludwig? Or known anyone that was in love?"

shakes his head. "Nein, I was always so busy with my studies. I've never given it much thought." He flushes.

isn't used to seeing Ludwig flush, and finds he likes it very much. "Ah, well...now that you're finished with your studies...I mean, if you ever find someone.."

like he's missing something. "Have you ever wanted to fall in love Lovino?"

finds that question confusing. "Do humans want to fall in love? I thought it just...happened..."

| "Some do, others don't think about it and it just happens."

hums softly. "I think...if I were to, it would just happen..."

it would just happen to him too since he didn't pay much attention to love.

Ludwig is very...stoic despite how caring he is. Or at least gives off that image.

always had that type of personality even as a child.

would have loved to see him as a child.

it wouldn't have been that exciting if he was being honest. He was very easy to take care of.

would take him to the park, and out for dessert. At least Ludwig wouldn't run off the second he turned his head...

wouldn't have, no.

would adore Ludwig as a child.

that's an amusing thought but he probably would have liked his childhood a bit more with Lovino there to take care of him.

would have loved taking care of him. He's happy he has adult Ludwig now though.

happy to be an adult.

that they're almost done wrapping up all the food. "Should we go see if Kiku wants anything to eat?"

nods. "Actually that would be a great idea. Care to go look for him as I organize the freezer?"

nods, before heading off to Kiku's workshop.

busy tinkering with a robotic dog that had been brought in, trying to make sure it listened to commands correctly.

peeks around the corner when he sees him. "Ah...Kiku, we seem to have...a lot of food. Would you like to come have some?"

blinks up at this, seeming surprised at the invite. He was still not used to having someone else prepare food for him. "Ah... yes, thank you. That would be lovely."

smiles at that, happy to have someone else to eat his food. "Buono. We're in the kitchen." He'd cooked quite a few Japanese dishes for him anyways.

smiles softly, setting his tools down. "I will be in in a minute, then, thank you," he nods.

had managed to store most of the containers in the freezer...it had almost been like playing tetris.

nods at Kiku, and then runs off to join Ludwig. "Did you finish eating?"

nods. "Ja, and I fixed most of the food into the freezer."

smiles at that. "Wow, you must be really good at tetris.."

laughs. "I'm not bad. I haven't played it in a while."

steps into the kitchen, though he tries not to interrupt them as he goes for the food left out for him.

glances over as soon as Kiku steps in. "Please have as much as you like. If you know anyone that would like some food as well..." Then he was more than welcome to take some for them.

glances at Kiku and smiles. "We have food for a while." He chuckles lightly.

smiles at that, taking a seat at the table. "Much better than the lack of cooking we did before."

fusses a little, pulling out some of the Japanese dishes. "What would you like to eat?"

nods. "That I can agree with."