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Andre invaded the empty house and started digging through the chests for loot to aid him in his speedrun. He stole diamonds, iron, everything he deemed useful to get him to the Nether, and by extension, the End. Assimilation followed him inside, standing next to him curiously.
"andre are you just stealing this guy's stuff"
All the speedrunner managed was a nod as he was too busy weighing his options. Eventually he got his nose out of the chest and started running out of the house before Assimilation stopped him for some reason.
"wait"
"andre"
He ignored the call and continued to run just for Assimilation to bring him back again. "andre hold on"
It then remembered something. Back in that facility they were in, it managed to get Andre's attention by simply saying 'it might even save time'. This.. obviously cannot apply in this situation, but it's worth a shot. All this time and they've been on the run constantly, can't they just take a breather?
...Well no, Andre has a task he's dead-set on completing, but Assimilation doesn't care about that. Its been itching to know more about its companion, might it deem friend or partner, and this is its only shot.
"it could save time andre"
And so he abruptly stopped in his tracks. He immediately turned around to face the entity, spam crouching excitedly. Assimilation feels bad for scamming him, but god is the chance irresistible. It also thought it was funny how he acted like an obedient dog, waiting for a command.
"and if it doesn't it's fine"
"we still have time"
Andre looked around skeptically, but ultimately decided to stick around. He stood close to Assimilation, its heart skipping a beat. It sat on the side of the bed, patting the empty spot next to it. Andre squinted his eyes.
<AndreW2002> are u sure
"you'll be fine"
Andre still wasn't convinced as he watched chat spam about how this was a major time loss, including some wondering what Assimilation is up to. Although still suspicious, he sat down next to it.
And so they both sat there. Doing nothing. Suddenly the wood was very interesting as they both stared at the interior of the house like it was a museum. It was awkward. Assimilation realizes his only idea of getting to know Andre better is not gonna go anywhere. However...
"andre"
"what are you"
It asked, with genuine curiosity. It probably realized this wasn't a good question to ask him and if anything its probably destroying its chances to question the other any further but anything to end the awkward silence.
Andre could only stare. He almost looked like he was calculating something. His gaze was off. He looked around nervously before frowning.
"nevermind"
"it's okay andre you don't need to answer that"
Andre was then very relieved. Silence emerged once more. Until he spoke up.
<AndreW2002> why u wanna know
"well andre you fascinate me in many ways"
"i am curious about your specifics andre"
"i cannot truly tell anything about you that isn't surface level info andre"
To cut the entity some slack, it could never question him, it never had time to, they were always on the run and always doing something. Andre quite literally never spoke unless it's about items, at least up until this point.
Assimilation has read through the devlogs in the facility. It realized Andre might not be a person by standard definition, and even then.. what was he? This was something it still didn't figure out somehow and it's been bothering it the whole time ever since they got out of that place.
Andre nodded at its response, seeming to take something into consideration, but didn't say anything else.
And Assimilation got a bold idea.
It was thinking how it should word this; before realizing there was no normal way to phrase it. It just sighed and very quickly worked up the courage to say the sentence neither of them thought they'd hear.
"we could explore you together andre"
And then everything seemed to stop. They stared at eachother in the eye. Assimilation very quickly averted its gaze. Andre was confused and reasonably so. Chat started spamming uncontrollably again and going fast unlike anytime before in this run. Nobody expected this to happen.
<AndreW2002> what
"sorry andre i think it's best we forget what i said"
"i think we should get going again andre"
"we have rested long enough"
Part of Andre was excited to get back on track, but the other part of him just cannot let go of what was just released into the room. He watched Assimilation stand up before he reached out to its arm for some reason he cannot decipher himself, looking up at it in an almost pleading way. He wasn't sure why. He wasn't sure of anything anymore.
<AndreW2002> wait
<AndreW2002> dont go yet
"?? andre ??"
They stared at each other in shock. This entire situation was making them go through several emotions at once (although Andre not so much considering he can't exactly feel). Assimilation briefly considered just walking into him to tp them elsewhere. Andre wanted to speak but couldn't say anything.
<AndreW2002> maybe we could do that
"are you sure andre"
<AndreW2002> yea
Assimilation pitied itself like never before. But it couldn't say no to Andre, so it just decided to follow on with the idea it suggested in the first place. What could possibly go wrong, it thought.
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And so they found themselves in positions they could never imagine each other in.
All of Andre's inventory was just on the wooden floor for anyone to steal while he sat on the center of the bed, looking at anything but Assimilation.
Assimilation sat in front of him almost a little too close, unsure what to do. This was a very awkward situation for them both and neither of them know why they said yes. They seemed to start regretting it but neither of them was chickening out.
They both stayed quiet, waiting for either of them to make a move. But nothing was happening. It was starting to really get to them. Neither of them knew they weren't wired to be doing any of this.
Meanwhile, chat was going fucking crazy and seeming like it wouldn't stop anytime soon. Some were just spamming :pepefear: and the others was providing actual commentary. Everyone was shocked. And of course someone very specific in the chat was thirsting for Assimilation.
Assimilation had an idea but realized it couldn't do it itself. Unless...
"andre"
Andre, who was distracted on the other hand, suddenly perked his head up at the calling of his name and stared at Assimilation.
"do you think it's possible for us to kiss"
<AndreW2002> idk
What an honest man, it thought. Andre technically had a mouth... It wasn't all that visible but it was there. Assimilation is.. well, just an eye. But maybe it could manipulate its form to do something more.
"?we could try?"
Andre nodded cautiously. Assimilation got impossibly close to the other, he could almost feel the entity breathe onto his face if he focused hard enough.
It leaned closer to him as it pressed their faces together, Assimilation closing its eye. At first nothing happened of course, until Andre felt something actually start moving on his lips. What an odd anomaly.
He didn't know what to do. He was never meant to be doing this at all, god, he never even dreamed of this happening. But he gave some semblance of effort.
Assimilation's arms wrapped around his waist, his hands just moving to its shoulder. He closed his eyes and just gave in to the moment.
The entity started getting a little too into it, wanting more. It didn't know what to do. Assimilation started growing bolder, one of its hands snaking up Andre's undershirt. He jolted slightly, while Assimilation felt the sensation of metal rubbing against its fingers. It felt kind of relaxing, as it started rubbing random patterns on his back.
Assimilation pushed him down slightly, Andre's back hitting the wall. The entity straddled the man below it, starting to really enjoy what they were doing. Some sort of saliva started to drip from the corner of his mouth.
Andre eventually wrapped his arms around its neck, his mouth opening slightly. Assimilation took this as a chance to slide in its "tongue" (or what seemed to be one) inside his mouth, the sudden intrusion surprising the other guy. The inside wasn't warm, but he could sure as hell feel it.
It would've never expected that Andre would actually whimper. It didn't even know he could do that. The entity licked around the interior of his mouth, causing him to squirm slightly. It felt addicting. It wanted more.
The speedrun timer kept going up, so much time from the run being wasted into them both making out. The chat couldn't even see what was going on because it was just black. Though from the sounds alone it's undeniable what they're doing.
Assimilation pulled away, dazed at the events just now. Safe to say Andre felt the same. They stared at each other, realizing they now feel strangely conflicted about each other. Though it is undeniable what they feel.
The entity's heart raced, its eye darting around the room. Andre just sat there in shock.
It looked back at him, feeling compelled to just rip into his shirt and go from there but decided that's an impulse to fight back on for today. Also he'd need clothes after and Assimilation doesn't think its ready to go into that kind of debt.
"andre"
"how was that"
Andre looked at it directly in the eye. His expression was unreadable.
<AndreW2002> kinda good actually
"?? really ??"
Assimilation looked at him, its eye wide open. The entity was overjoyed, it was almost strange thinking that it could feel so much emotion.
They both had one thing on their minds: they wanted more. But any longer and someone might suspect something is wrong, so...
"well andre i think we should get going"
He almost frowned. But nodded along anyway. Andre moved to sit on the edge of the bed, lifting the hem of his shirt to wipe his mouth. Assimilation stared directly at his bare stomach, not even being subtle about it. It was practically gawking at it. Andre did not comment on that.
He got up and grabbed all his stuff from the floor, before spotting some guy at the front door of the base just staring at them both for god knows how long.
<collinlock16> what
Assimilation panicked and just ran into the guy directly, teleporting him elsewhere.
<collinlock16> BRO WTF
Andre ran out of the house like nothing happened minutes ago. His mind was elsewhere. He's not sure if he'll forget what he and Assimilation were doing.
He hopes not. Part of him hopes they can do this again. Maybe it thinks so too.