"Hi," she said nervously with a small smile.

"North." I repeated. Markus let go if my hand and hugged her tightly.

"We've looked all over for you! Where the hell have you been!?" I questioned.

"I've been coming to resolve with my feelings. I am aware you wanted to help me but it's something I had to do on my own and I did. I heard you are engaged. Congratulations." She said smiling before turning to Markus.

"North." He said with a small smile.

"Markus I'm glad to see you're happy." She said before turning back to me. "You two are such a beautiful couple and I am so proud of what you have accomplished for our people."

Markus gave her a slight nod. "Thank you." He said simply.

"Where'd you go North?" I persisted.

"All around the US. But I was just trying to find myself in the process and I did." She chuckled. "I really want to Apologise and Thank you for the kindness you showed even when I didn't deserve it." She said hugging me.

My heart melted and I nearly wanted to cry. All along I had a hidden fear that if I didn't help her she would do something irrational.  But she had managed to work them out all by herself.

"We forgive you North." I say smiling.

"I I'm fully aware that this was a heartwarming reunion, and I know that (Y/n) is very happy to see you she had nearly lost sanity trying to find you. It is nice to see you as well but we should really get going for our flight." Markus says.

"We got catching up to do...when you can please come down to visit us in Washington DC." I plead.

"I will as soon as I can!" She says smiling.

"Please call when you can as well." I urgently add Markus ushered me away. We got into the car. I was smiling immensely.
Markus if course took notice.

"I told you she was doing fine." Markus taunted.

"Yes, yes you did and you were right." I said nuzzling my nose into his neck. "Aaaand that means that she gets an invite to the wedding right?" I say.

I could tell Markus was hesitating. It wasn't that he necessarily hated her Let's say he wasn't very fond of her. She was our friend and always will be but she has said and done some shady things in the past. It was understandable why his trust in her was a little below standard. But I understood her pain as well and I wouldn't let her past define her. She had obviously changed  since then and deserves a chance to prove so.

"Please?" I plead.

"Only because you asked." He said sternly before smiling at me.

I smiled and gave him a kiss on his cheek.

2 months later...

Markus and I had been laying down in bed just lazily and lovingly gazing at each other. It was a teenage game of hide and seek at first. He would look at me and I would end up getting romantically giddy and unable to look him in the eyes anymore. I would hide my head under the covers with an idiotic smile. He would attempt to pull the covers off my face and I would playful fight against his wishes. Of course he'd end up winning pulling the covers off my face sending me into a giggling fit that triggered his smile and a small chuckle as well as he would kiss  me and the cycle repeated.
Needless to say it was our lazy day where we decided the best quality time was not spent on a 4,567.29$ trip to another country....but spent in the comfort in our own home for free.

Markus grabbed my hand revealing his true skin. He looked at our hands together as he likes to do. I never know what he's thinking because he gives no expression to let in on his brain.

"What's on your mind love?" I asked.

"You. 24/7/365." He answered with a small smile before kissing my ring. I returned the smile as my heart fluttered. "And something that I've been wanting to ask you for a long time."

"Ask me." I say.

"Who is project X?" He asked and it startled me.

"Where did you hear that term from?" I questioned.

"Before I had completely shut down I heard you and Elijah discussing a project X."

I sighed.

"If we're going to get married there can't be secrets and it seems like you have a lot to hide." Markus says slightly annoyed.

"No...it's not like that. I know that there can't be secrets. I've told you everything except that and I'll tell you right now...Project X is basically a RK900 modeled android but she doesn't function like an android...she's basically an empty husk. Like a human without a heart and soul."

"Why was she built?" He asked.

"Out of experimentation....Everything we know we shouldn't even consider but we did. Transferring a human soul into project X to see if they can live life through it. It's called she because she was modelled after me."

".......Did you actually test people?" Markus questioned.

"No..never that'd be illegal. We made a decision that in the event one of us were ro die prematurely... The other would at least attempt it before calling it quits...."

"Why-"

"It's what Elijah wanted at the time we were just morbidly curious. But now it's just am overzealous notion that we rarely talk about." I ramble. "It's sick yes...it really us but we just tend to get to cocky off of what we've done so far and it results in us going overboard with our ideas."

"Have you considered it?"

"...many times it was just a mindless moment of wondering."

Suddenly my phone went off. Markus sighed. I turned over and got it off of the dresser. I looked at the screen. It was a text from North.

North: Hey I'm in Washington DC at the airport! Can you please come pick me up and take me to my hotel room?

Me: You are!? Holy moly! I'll be there in a second!

I got up and went into the bathroom to get dressed.

Markus knocked on the door. "Who was it?" He asked through the door.

"North! I'm gonna go pick her up from the airport!"

Markus once again was conflicted. It was easy to tell by the way he took a long pause. "For as long as the guards stay with you I have no problem with it." I hear him say.

I come out of the bathroom dressed:

"Of course they are coming." I say.

Markus gave me a kiss before I took off to go to the airport.

When I arrived I looked around for North then I finally spotted her I ran over and gave her a hug.

"Glad you made it safely! Why didn't you tell me you were coming sooner!?"

"I wanted to surprise you." She said smiling.

"Oh um pardon the guards they have to follow us everywhere." I tell her.

"I understand why. Constant attacks and threatening emails. Please tell me there is an ongoing investigation underway." She says seriously.

"There is luckily." I say as we get in the car and the guards put North's luggage into the back of the SUV. We continue to walk and talking resulting in me showing her around the city Washington DC. After a long day of talking and being a tour guide. I finally took her to her hotel room and went home.

The guards took security to the next level recently by metal scanning our clothes to make sure we weren't bugged. After going through that process. I went into my shared room with Markus. He wasn't in there so I only assumed he would be in the office. So after taking off my clothes and taking a quick shower. I put on my silk robe and went into the office. Markus was in fact in there he was in his usual thinking position in front of the computer monitor that was off.

I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and kiss his neck. "What's on your mind now?" I ask softly against his ear.

Our honeymoon. Where do you want to go and how long?"He said taking my hand in his. He guided me into his lap.

I shrugged. "I didn't think about that."

"Well how about 3 months..in Hawaii or maybe the carribean?"

I adjusted myself so I could straddle his lap. I wrap my arms around his neck and he wraps his around my waist.

"How about 5 months?" I say smiling at him.

"Are we gonna do this again?" He asked smirking.

"What again?" I asked playing dumb.

"Debating a set time." He said smiling.

"Mmmaybe." I said returning the smile.

"5 months sounds good to me. Although I'd rather have you all to myself forever." He teased before kissing me.

"Isn't that what marriage is for?" I teased.

"It binds you to me eternally. But I want to never have to let you go. I want to look into your eyes every minute of the day. I want the feeling of you soft smoothe (skin color) under my fingers every second and I want to hear you voice every millisecond of the day. I want you all to myself and never have to share your attention ever. I feel completely and utterly selfish when it come to you." He said nuzzling my collarbone.

I bit my lip nervous about the request I was gonna ask for. "Markus...let me see you..."  I say quietly.

"What?" He asked confused.

"I wanna see you...not what's covering you."

We stared in each other's eye as I watch the false complexion temporarily dissipate to reveal the copious amount of light grays and white that  it'd been hiding. To any other human it may been nothing but special assortments of plastics and metals.  Strangely enough to me I was mesmerized by it all and found every inch of him beautiful. I thoughtlessly ran my hands along his face. I was entranced by it though. It's something  I've seen and built with my own two hands millions of times before, with him it was different.  My hands had found his.

"What is it?"

I looked at him. "You're beautiful." I say leaning in to kiss him. He leans as well and our lips touch. I felt like in that moment I had reached a new level of how love has been defined all these years. Decades. Generations. The definition had been planted in our head. Within a few seconds had been redefine to me. It had became undefined in the best way.
I relish in the moment if the kiss before slowly pulling away. My eyes flutter open to be met with his blue and green eyes.

"I love you," I said breathlessly.

"I love you too." He said quietly before brining into a heated kiss. He guided my hips over his erection emitting a gasp from my mouth.

"I know we agreed to wait for a while but if you continue to conjur moments like these I'll find it extremely difficult to control my urges." He sighed.

"Then don't." I say.

Without second thought or hesitation he picked me up and carried me to the bedroom and gently laid me down in the bed kissing me passionately. I seen his skin began to come back.

"No...keep it off please." I plead.

He nods and lets his true skin stay vulnerable to me. He kisses me and we persue yet another night that consisted of passionate and slow love making.

Then the next three weeks went as followed:
Hanging with North who had bought a small apartment to stay near by. If Markus and I had a meeting at the white house we would attend it. Doing interviews and making guest appearances. Do a little but of wedding planning and then went to bed.

But today the crew (including Elijah this time) would be coming down to help out a little the girls and Elijah would be helping me find a dress while Connor and Rafael would be with Markus.

"If you don't mind my asking why are you dress shopping so early on?" Elijah questioned. "You haven't even put a wedding date out yet." Elijah says.

"You're right, we haven't released our wedding date publicly but we already have it." I say smiling as we go into the bridal shop.

"When is it then?" Elijah asked.

"September 14, 2040 starting at 7:35pm on the dot ending at 9:00pm so Markus and I can go home and I can get a good day of rest before we go on our honeymoon." I say smiling.

"(Y/n) and I have been looking for her wedding dress since day one that I got here. I convinced it would be better to get a dress from a bridal shop." North says smirking at me.

I roll my eyes. "Only convinced me by saying that not all dresses ordered off line fit like they make it seem and I realized you had a point." I say pointing at her.

We look around I try on dresses. They give the dress an approval or disapproval. Once we found the one I noticed Elijah had gotten very quiet.

"Can I have a moment alone with my sister please." Elijah says calmly and the girls leave.

"What?" I asked.

"Like the heartless idiot I am I realized when it was way too late that you are really growing up. I'm simultaneously realizing I don't want you to grow up. But here you are..." He said with a small smile his voice cracked. "You're about to get married. You've come so far...on your own and I'm proud. I know mom and dad would be proud too." He says before shedding a tear.

I smiled and hugged him before shedding my own fair share of tears.

"Dammit...don't tell anyone you saw me cry." He says quietly.

"I won't if you don't. Plus no one would believe me anyway." I joke.

He wipes any stray tears and hugs me. "I love you." He says.

"I love you too." I say smiling. "Now you probably seen this coming  but someone has got to give me away at the wedding. Connor is already best man Rafa is a groomsmen so that leaves you."

"Of course I'll give you away at your wedding. Who else would?"

I smiled. "I don't know maybe I couldn't summon dad very quickly and he could give me a ghostly walk." I joke.

Suddenly he returned to his normal persona. "You're idiocy annoys me." He says rolling his eyes