But wherewasMilo, Rowan thought after the door closed. He didn’t hear anything in the kitchen, and when he peeked inside, the dishes were in the sink, but there was no bot.
“Milo?” Rowan called, finding nothing in the living room either. “Milo!”
“Yes, Master?” Milo appeared from the bedroom doorway.
“What were you doing?”
“Fixing the bed. I laid out your clothes for the day as well, in case you want to leave early to prepare for your inspection.”
“I… yeah. I probably should.”
“Do you require anything else, Master, before I return to my chores?”
“I guess not. You can get back to your routine. Thanks, Milo.”
“Of course, Master.” Milo smiled brightly—beautifully—and breezed past Rowan to return to his duties.
The bot might be acting strange, but maybe it was just Milo’s algorithms catching on to new ways to give Rowan what he wanted. Milo’s normal diagnostics would catch any glaring issues, and Rowan could fix the rest of the damage later. For now, he needed to get ready.
“And Milo! One more thing.”
“Yes, Master?” Milo called from the other room.
“Make sure your diagnostic data and everything about that surge protector is uploaded to my tablet.”
Notes:
Tangent! Okay, so if you know me, you know I'm a sucker for superheroes, and tbh I was torn between doing this Robot AU or a Superhero one first, so maaaaaybe I’ll do that one too, but let’s see what you all think.
So Rowan and Milo are nemeses—Rowan the hero (maybe with powers, maybe not, but Rowan is like BUILT to be a Superman type, right?), and Milo the tech-savvy thieving villain who likes to commit heists—and we start already knowing they know each other.
Maybe the wholeCanonairport meeting happened the same way, secret identities intact, only for both to eventually discover who the other is. Rowan manages to get a tracker on Milo and starts using it to thwart Milo’s heists. He pretends he’s a supervillain thief too and gets to the places Milo plans to hit before him, so Rowan can later turn the loot back over to the police or to the people it was stolen from. Win-win, right? Plus super fun because of the new game of cat and mouse with Milo not knowing his new thieving nemesis is the same as his heroic one.
Yes? No? Maybe? Hit me up in the comments if you want that story too!
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Notes:
OMG, the comments on the last chapter were AMAZING, thank you! Both for this story AND for the Superhero AU.
Does that mean you want more? ^_- Check out the ending notes again for continuing plot ideas. I’d LOVE if you could help me work that out. If I can get enough of the plot decided, I will totally write that one next.
For now, let’s check back in with Milo the robot and his wakey-wakey. ^_^
MILO
7:00 AM: Ensure Master leaves for work on time, then continue appropriate daily chores, followed by monthly, quarterly, and yearly chores, as scheduled.
Completed:
-Dishes from breakfast.
-Emails reviewed and responded to.
-Bed fixed.
-Bathroom tidied, to be fully cleaned Sunday morning.
