Neighbors

>your rich neighbors recently had their kids move out for college, and the parents still go to work
> they have a nandroid, and she became so efficient at her jobs over time to be able to keep up, that she have too much free time now
>where before she went into sleep mode for the night to charge faster and be able to make breakfast early, now she don't even spend half her battery a day
>left to her own devices, she just wander around the house aimlessly
>at one point she take up gardening in a forgotten part of the estate
>mostly because she found old seeds and thought it would be nice to save some money by having local vegetables
>the patch of garden happen to be near one of your usual morning walk path
>you hear someone mumble about carrots, rather angrily at that. More angrily than anyone should be about it, really.
>you were separated by a fence and a hedge so you couldn't see what was going on
>"hey, is everything okay in there?"
>a muffled eep, and then a nandroid push her head through the mass of leaves
>she looked way too happy seeing you, it was kind of creepy
>she explain she's having trouble with a few stubborn weeds
>having a bit of knowledge about gardening yourself, you give her a few tips, and it spark a conversation
>it was mostly platitude, but it was nice to talk with someone upbeat
>after a bit you have to get going, and she go back to her garden
>next morning you pass by and she hail you, thanking you for the pointers
>once again you talk, it goes a bit deeper and you catch each other's name
>it's still mostly about gardening, and she give you a few pointers for laundry on the side
>it goes on for a while and one day you figure out she's just horribly bored
>you lend her books and puzzles you don't use anymore
>sometime you meet at the market, and start talking about whatever
>you get a few odd looks but nothing really happen
>weeks later she give you back the books, but she look upset
>basically she got too efficient at reading and she went through several months of books in a few days
>problem is, an android can't just unlearn to be good at something
>you figure out a game system would suit her best, since even if she get very good at it, 100%-ing things will still take her a long while
>you give her games you're not playing anymore and one of your old laptop that you kept for redundancy, but it's your 15th one so you can spare it
>after this she seems a lot more relaxed when you meet
>this goes on for a while more, and from what she's saying her duties didn't suffer any loss of efficiency, quite the contrary now that she was motivated
>one day you happen to find her with her family in a store, and she present you to them
>it's a bit awkward but they don't seem to think too bad of the whole ordeal, especially after the circumstances are explained
>they let you see each other, knowing that she need something to keep her occupied, and you didn't seems like a bad sort, if a bit of a loner
>things are good.