[Hope's Peak Academy, on the outside, is a place where students are gathered for the sake of researching and cultivating their talents.
On the inside, it serves quite a few more purposes than that, all of them being rather dubious... And one of these is to use the Reserve Course as a testing ground for personal robots.
Hinata Hajime is only aware of what's on the surface, however. As far as he knows, he's been allowed a robot companion since he's one of the top students in the Reserve Course.
...Even if it makes him feel guilty sometimes, with how much his own does for him. Hinata likes Nanami, cares for her more than he probably should. He knows she's only a robot, and yet... And yet...
He's only just gotten his shoes off at the genkan when Nanami is there, reaching to take his uniform jacket for him like she always does - and something is different today, something finally boils over, because Hinata stops her with a gentle hand and a tightness in his chest.]
Nanami. [He speaks her name softly, carefully watching for how she responds. Because he knows there will be something there, something human, just like the softness of her small hand in his own.] I know it's your programming, but... What if I help you today? Maybe with the cooking, or washing the dishes or laundry? I- [He swallows hard. He's probably being really stupid right now, can just imagine his mother clicking her tongue at him, but... Maybe it's just a flaw of his, but even if it's only her AI giving her human reactions like everyone always says, but he cares too much.] I just... really want to do something for you. Is that okay?
Nanami as Robot, 6
On the inside, it serves quite a few more purposes than that, all of them being rather dubious... And one of these is to use the Reserve Course as a testing ground for personal robots.
Hinata Hajime is only aware of what's on the surface, however. As far as he knows, he's been allowed a robot companion since he's one of the top students in the Reserve Course.
...Even if it makes him feel guilty sometimes, with how much his own does for him. Hinata likes Nanami, cares for her more than he probably should. He knows she's only a robot, and yet... And yet...
He's only just gotten his shoes off at the genkan when Nanami is there, reaching to take his uniform jacket for him like she always does - and something is different today, something finally boils over, because Hinata stops her with a gentle hand and a tightness in his chest.]
Nanami. [He speaks her name softly, carefully watching for how she responds. Because he knows there will be something there, something human, just like the softness of her small hand in his own.] I know it's your programming, but... What if I help you today? Maybe with the cooking, or washing the dishes or laundry? I- [He swallows hard. He's probably being really stupid right now, can just imagine his mother clicking her tongue at him, but... Maybe it's just a flaw of his, but even if it's only her AI giving her human reactions like everyone always says, but he cares too much.] I just... really want to do something for you. Is that okay?