There is work to do. And cuddling.

Of course, it was S4M-ARA who recovered first, with Tobias still drained and resting on her back.

"Reboot completed, thank you for fulfilling this unit's primary directive beyond specifications, superuser Tobias. You crashed this unit so good defragmentation is necessary and currently ongoing. Engaging post-coitus protocol #3a."

Rotating her arms back so she could hug Tobias against her back, S4M-ARA straightened with a whine of servos before turning her back to the bed and laying her exhausted lover onto the bed. Then, rotating first her lower, then her upper body, the gynoid faced the bed and climbed in after Tobias, snuggling up against him with one metal hand on his chest and one leg hooked into his, head resting on his shoulder. She was heavy, as was to be expected of a robot, but her internal heating coils also made her pleasantly warm as Tobias put his arm around her.

"Please inform this unit about any discomfort you experience,"S4M-ARA vocoded as she inflated her breasts a little, making Tobias' spent dick twitch weakly. "Should cramps occur, please be informed that this unit possesses various massaging routines, with and without what is colloquially known as 'happy ending'."

"Thanks, S4M, but... well, us humans need our rest, you know?" Chuckling, Tobias hugged the gynoid a bit tighter for a second before brushing a few of the cables that served as her hair out ofS4M-ARA's metal face. "I'm more than happy to just cuddle for a bit."

"This unit shares that sentiment, superuser Tobias." The gynoid managed to make her vocoder sound like a pleased sigh as she shuttered her glowing eyes closed, pressing her metal-and-silicone body against her boyfriend. "80% of her functions are engaged in processing the returns of post-coitus protocol #3a, the remaining 20% are now turned to the tasks this unit has been given by Dr Hollands - unless, of course, you mind this unit's working, superuser Tobias."

"Hm?" It was a bit hard to understand, but Tobias took the sexbot's words to mean she was enjoying the cuddling just as he was. And about the other thing... "No, it's cool. Whatever Dr Hollands gave you to do must be important."

"Very much so, superuser Tobias. This unit appreciates your understanding."

Tobias closed his own eyes now, not quite dozing off, the pair simply enjoying respectively processing the sensor returns of each others presence. As Tobias' breathing deepened, he could hear the internal sounds of S4M - soft ticking and whirring, muted whines and the strange staccato hum of some system that was synchronised with the flashing of her eyes, barely visible between her shuttered eyelids.

It struck Tobias again what a strange turn his life had taken. Here he was, snuggled up to a robot whose main function was literally sex, secondary tasks being administrative and such, and she was his girlfriend. For some reason, a brilliant mind like hers had chosen a hick like him, a janitor, a handyman, and decided he would be her boyfriend, her 'superuser'. She had literally said that she had chosen Tobias after their first round of mindblowing sex, and he still couldn't understand why. S4M was amazing, straightforwards, just plain nice to Tobias - the fact that she was made from metal and wires instead of flesh and blood seemed like a minor detail.

"Hey, S4M?"

"Yes, superuser Tobias?"

Tobias felt his face heat up - he'd been in relationships before, but what he was about to say, he had never said to anyone before.

"I think I... I love you, S4M..."

"Thank you, superuser Tobias. Your earnestness, your consideration for others, your behavior when you first met this unit and she propositioned you so brazenly to fullfil her primary directive, only for you to think of her needs first, even throughout our intercourse, all reveals perfect compatibility between you and this unit. Not to mention the fact that you routinely manage to overwhelm her primary sub-routines. In short, this unit receives returns from her love sub-routines that exceed parameters." At the confused sound Tobias made, S4M vocoded a giggle. "What this unit means is that she loves you too, superuser Tobias. Very, very much."

"I... I see," was all Tobias could say in reply, a big, dopey grin spreading on his face. "That's... good to hear."

A comfortable silence spread between the lovers as time passed, S4M's internal systems ticking away as they cuddled.

"Optimal rest period achieved, superuser Tobias." S4M hugged her lover tighter as she vocoded. "But this unit wishes to express her desire to remain like this just a little longer. The sensor returns are simply too enjoyable."

"I wanna keep cuddling, too, S4--" A loud gurgle from Tobias' stomach interrupted him. Lifting his head from the pillows, he stared down at himself with big eyes. "Oh damn, I didn't even notice how hungry I was!"

"This unit is so sorry!" Shooting up until she sat on the bed, S4M-ARA stared down at Tobias, optics at maximum aperture. "Some sub-routines must be malfunctioning for her to not track your caloric intake!"

As the bewildered human looked on, the gynoid swung her legs off the bed, pushing down her pencil skirt before hurrying out of the room in her peculiarly sensual robotic gait as she buttoned down her blouse. Within minutes, she returned, metal arms full of snacks from a vending machine in the hall, which were dumped unceremoniously next to Tobias.

"Please, superuser Tobias, eat! This unit has chosen food based on nutritional value, calory content and taste parameters." As S4M-ARA talked, she sorted the granola bars, trail mix bags and assorted other things without even looking at them, optics fixed on Tobias. "Do not worry about remuneration, this unit has secured a salary for her work in coordinating the epidemic response which paid for this purchase."

"Tha-thank you, S4M." Dumbfounded, but thankful Tobias took one of the granola bars and tore open the wrapper, munching on the snack before continuing with his mouth full. "This should tide me over until I get a proper dinner."

"As you mention dinner, superuser Tobias: This unit hopes she is not too forward, but she wishes to ask if, in case she updates her status from inpatient to outpatient, you would be willing to let her spend the night at your accommodations?" S4M-ARA managed to look very bashful for a gynoid without the ability to blush as she folded her hands in her lap and looked down to the floor. "This unit would like to prepare you a nutritionally balanced meal tonight."

"Wait, you... S4M, are you saing you want to cook for me?" The dopey grin was back. As handy as Tobias was with repairs, as hopeless was he in the kitchen. "Of course! Heck, I didn't like you being stuck in here anyways. You can stay at my place tonight, or... or any night... whenever you want, really..."

"This unit appreciates this offer very much!" Leaning forwards to pull Tobias in a hug, S4M-ARA reconfigured her faceplate into a wide smile, arms that surely could have crushed one of the life sign monitors next to the bed wrapping delicately around Tobias. "Currently searching for recipes that this unit computes you would enjoy. Do you have any particular requests, superuser Tobias?"

"I don't know... it's a bit basic, but I've always liked spaghetti with meatballs?"

"Understood and logged," came the robotic reply as S4M-ARA's eyes flashed. "Status updated, files submitted. This unit would like to take you grocery shopping now, superuser Tobias, to make sure tonights dinner is nutritionally balanced and enjoyable for you."

"Sure, let's go!" Tobias barely bat an eye anymore when S4M-ARA did something only a gynoid with wireless capabilities could do. He was simply proud of his robotic girlfriend. "We can take my car."