Through a candid conversation

"That's great, Chloe!"

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And with that, we just spend a few minutes in each other's embrace, savouring the moment, though we should probably start talking about what happened now.

"Ermm, so, yeah, that happened..we should probably talk about our relationship now, shouldn't we?"

"I'm happy to proceed however you want to, if you want to talk, then let's, and if you don't, then I don't mind”, I see that same look of contentment and bliss in her eyes as before.

"I think that we should, I mean, best friends usually don't fuck each other"

"Best 'friends' also don't lock themselves off from society for 2 years just to make a machine to ask their 'best friend' out", she says with a chuckle.

"Well, it's not like that, you know-uhhh..I didn't build this machine just to fuck you, I genuinely wanted to help you, I genuinely want to see you happy, including with your body, you're my best friend after all. I don't want to take advantage of you."

"But if I choose to be with you, does that mean that you still took advantage of me?”, I can see her lips widen just a bit more than before.

"Still, it doesn't feel right to me, I made this with no strings attached, I didn't make this so I could fuck you, that's why it still feels wrong to me."

"Alright, how about this? We go from best friends to partners, but our relationship will be open, and we'll obviously be able to end it any time, that way, we'll be able to see other people, and not much will really change."

"Only if you always tell me what you're comfortable or not with."

"Alright, I promise, I'll always tell if something is not comfortable for me, OK?", by this point, her face is beaming.

“I'll go take a bath now, I'm very dirty, and you'll also get some more time to think about if you really want this.”

“But I do!”

“I still have to go take a bath, Chloe.”