Seeing Zero's perfectly matching expression to his new nickname brought a gruff snigger out of Sechs. With his toothy grin widening across his face, Sechs waited for Zero's reply, ready to tease the shorter droid some more if necessary...
...Yet Zero made no other reaction, just shook his head, declined Sechs and returned his attention back to the message board.
Sechs' grin froze for a second, unable to process what he had just heard. Once Zero's answer full registered in Sechs' head, his grin cracked and fell apart into a dubious pout. Zero's inexplicably simple decline made no sense to the Replica. He just stood there, blinking with confusion. Sechs had been expecting the usual quiet nod and confident confirmation from Zero, even hoping for some sign of annoyance for him to poke more fun at! What was Zero's problem? Did his new nickname for Zero piss him off that badly?!
"Wuh..?" Sechs' arms fell to his sides and shoulders slumped forward as his excitement seeped out of his demeanor like a downed balloon. "Whaddya mean, 'Not me'?! You did great last night!" he exclaimed, flabbergasted by Zero's sudden change of heart. By now Sechs had learned to expect a cold and distant attitude from Zero, but he didn't think his rather icy personality would involve abandoning him and Aigis. "Why the sudden loss of interest, huh?"
A second later and he hastily added, "If it's because I called ya Grump'o, I promise I won't use that nickname when we go on missions, alright?"
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...Yet Zero made no other reaction, just shook his head, declined Sechs and returned his attention back to the message board.
Sechs' grin froze for a second, unable to process what he had just heard. Once Zero's answer full registered in Sechs' head, his grin cracked and fell apart into a dubious pout. Zero's inexplicably simple decline made no sense to the Replica. He just stood there, blinking with confusion. Sechs had been expecting the usual quiet nod and confident confirmation from Zero, even hoping for some sign of annoyance for him to poke more fun at! What was Zero's problem? Did his new nickname for Zero piss him off that badly?!
"Wuh..?" Sechs' arms fell to his sides and shoulders slumped forward as his excitement seeped out of his demeanor like a downed balloon. "Whaddya mean, 'Not me'?! You did great last night!" he exclaimed, flabbergasted by Zero's sudden change of heart. By now Sechs had learned to expect a cold and distant attitude from Zero, but he didn't think his rather icy personality would involve abandoning him and Aigis. "Why the sudden loss of interest, huh?"
A second later and he hastily added, "If it's because I called ya Grump'o, I promise I won't use that nickname when we go on missions, alright?"