Sexploration

“Hey, can I ask you somethin’?”

Bender’s visor lifted and he looked at the robot sitting on top of him quizzically, who just shrugged. Having become acquainted with this phrasing, Bender figured this path of conversation would lead to either something glaringly serious or completely inane, and he wasn’t particularly thrilled with either of those outcomes. Still, though, he wanted to trust that Lucy had interrupted their mutual quiet time for good reason. He feigned a sigh and grunted with effort as he sat up, back now against a pillow at the headboard of their bed. “What is it?”

Lucy avoided Bender’s stare, instead looking off to the side and choosing to focus on one of the many discarded beer bottles on their floor. Pausing, they chose their next words carefully. “You, you know this thing? That we’re doin’ right here?”

“I, yeah?” Bender answered, suddenly unsure of all of this. A small part of his brain was catastrophizing, worrying that they were about to say something that was going to hurt him, and he tensed. Lucy was quick to comfort him, grabbing his forearms and gently tracing ovals over his surface. He relaxed, sinking back into the pillow and a sigh escaping his voice box. 

They tried to divert their attention somewhere else, a little afraid of Bender’s reaction to what they were about to ask. “I guess I was wondering, if I could do this…inside your chassis…?” They trailed off, shifting on Bender’s torso, acutely aware of the… lascivious nature of this request. Bender just chuckled and they quirked their head, confused.

“Y’know, if you wanted to fondle my insides, you coulda just asked. Don’t hafta be all cryptic about it.”

“I…okay, well, yeah, that is part of it, but there’s another element!” Lucy pouted, resting their hands on his chest. “This type of stuff is interesting to me. I wanna see what happens when I touch certain parts of your board while you’re running…and, and I wanna see where you're most sensitive…’n stuff…” They clumsily mumbled out, their mind wandering to unsavory places. Bender stared at them like they were crazy.

“You…wha? You wanna touch my motherboard?”

“Uh-huh.”

“That is soooo dangerous…” Bender sang out. “What if you break somethin’ in me?! The world can’t go without me for a second!”

They rolled their eyes at that. “You literally saved backups of yourself to flash drives and tried to sell them to museums as a national treasure. I don’t think the world is going Bender-less anytime soon.” Bender just crossed his arms and grumbled and a pang of sympathy drummed inside of Lucy. They leaned down and cupped the side of his face, petting his cheek with their thumb. “And of course I’m not trying to coerce you into doing anything you don’t wanna. We don’t have to do anything you’re not comfortable with.”

Bender was noticeably quiet, and he avoided Lucy’s gaze. It was true he had his reservations about this, and this was definitely something out of his comfort zone - relatively rare, considering his numerous sexual exploits - but the thought of his bare circuits…being touched like that…the thought was exhilarating. He made a few whines before finding his voice again. “...You promise to be careful?”

Lucy smiled. “I promise.”

Letting out a shaky breath, he laid back with a touch of hesitance and opened his chest compartment, the action holding much more gravity considering the current circumstances. Trailing kisses from his mouthplate downwards, Lucy anchored their right hand to Bender’s side and leaned forward, plunging their left inside. Their head was practically inside him, trying to get a good view of where his motherboard was. Milliseconds turned into centiseconds which turned into deciseconds and Bender was growing impatient.

“Can you hurry it up?” The suspense of waiting tangled with the fact he couldn’t see what was going on in there wasn't helping quell his anxieties about this. He gasped sharply when a bundle of his wires were forcefully tugged on and he slammed a hand over his mouthplate, stifling a noise.

“Just hush. I know what I’m doin’.” They assured, smiling through their voice. A low groan escaped Bender’s voice module and his legs shifted restlessly, Lucy now slowly rubbing the bundle of wires between their digits absentmindedly while they put more focus towards his schematics. Any concerns Bender had about this were melting into pleasurable static and he let them do their thing, his arms ragdolling onto the mattress. Seemingly finding what they were looking for, Lucy made a beeline for a spot deep inside his casing and Bender suddenly felt a pressure on his core. He trembled, their fingertips dancing over the surface of his motherboard.

“How’s it feel?”

“...Weird,” Bender answered honestly. 

“Bad weird or good weird?”

“Just…weird, I dunno…” 

“Do you want me to keep going?”

“Yeah.” That was the one thing he was sure about. He had never felt anything similar to this and he struggled to put into words what exactly this indescribable sensation was like. Moving their fingers around blindly, Lucy came across Bender’s expansion slots, one of which was already occupied with a board. Several inductors, capacitors, and resistors decorated it, which was all well and good, but not exactly what they were looking for. Their hand went further along the expansion board, discovering a spot with a heatsink and several fans. They briefly assumed this was where this particular expedition ended before an idea started brewing. Wordlessly, they leaned back and opened their own chest compartment, fiddling for a plug. After an awkward few seconds of searching they pulled it out, quickly plugging themself into a port on his motherboard, and before Bender could question this, a prompt appeared on his display that Lucy was requesting admin privileges.

“What exactly are you doin’ in there?” Bender chuckled nervously.

“I wanna turn off this fan so I can disconnect it. There’s something under there I wanna get at,” Lucy explained, pulling a screwdriver out of their chest. Bender was about to voice his doubts before they continued, already guessing what he was going to say. “I’ll keep an eye on your control panel, and I’ll put it back before you start overheating, how does that sound?”

“I really dunno about this,” He admitted, twiddling his fingers. 

Features softening, Lucy set the screwdriver off to the side and leaned down to be level with Bender’s face. “Baby, I wouldn’t be doing this if I wasn’t confident in what I was doing.” They massaged the side of his face, him leaning into the touch. “I would never do anything that would hurt you. I’m taking as many precautions as I can.”

Bender was eerily quiet. Slowly, he moved his hand over Lucy’s, holding it against his cheek. He finally met their optics for a few seconds before closing his, pressing his forehead against theirs and silently allowing them access to his systems. Lucy slowly backed away, hesitant, shaking, before going in with sudden fervor, pressing their mouthplate against his. Making a surprised noise, he slowly leaned into the kiss and quietly moaned against them, his hand moving to cradle the back of their head and slowly moving down their back, resting at their waist. He prodded at the space between their legs with his digits before they grabbed his arm, moving it to a neutral position. He opened his eyes, confused, only to be met with a self-approving smirk. 

“Nuh-uh-uh. Tonight’s all about you, sweetheart.” Bender squirmed in place, flustered. He could handle all this attention from a crowd, in fact he relished in it, but all this attention from one particular robot…this felt so much more direct. Lucy gripped his forearms and guided him downwards, Bender now fully laying on his back. Retrieving the screwdriver, they dove back into his chest compartment, using the whirring of those particular fans to find where they left off. They brought up Bender’s control panel, letting it rest in the corner of their vision, while they shut them off, the soft whirring noise slowly coming to a stop. Once they fully stopped spinning, they rested a hand on the heatsink, skillfully unscrewing it along with its connecting fans from the board in a few motions. They carefully placed the screws nearby, making note of their placement, and set the screwdriver back down. Using both hands, they flipped the heatsink over, letting the sole ribbon cable hold it in place as they set it above its original spot. 

Finally, they spotted a chip that the cooling system was covering before. Hovering over it for a few seconds, they sank their hand down, rubbing their thumb over it, and Lucy heard a soft ‘woah’ escape Bender’s voice module. They poked their head out, only to see Bender’s optics warbling, pupils unfocused and shaky. Lucy’s face lit up.

“I can’t see,” Bender stated simply.

“This must be your GPU…” They rubbed their thumb over that spot again, this time studying his face closely, and much to their amazement his features glitched in accordance with their touches. Humming to themself, they moved a digit to glide across the section where the chip was soldered to his board and Bender twitched, inhaling sharply while his optics and mouthplate flickered. His visor half-lowered and he shuddered against them.

“Sensitive spot?”

“Yyyeah,” He confirmed, his arms moving to wrap around Lucy’s midsection, hands on their back. 

“Don’t worry, I’ve gotcha…” They cooed, using their free hand to hold him closely. They brushed against the solder again and he grunted, his legs pushing his torso upwards to try to get more stimulation. Whining, he realized that Lucy had moved their hand away. “You’re gonna overheat if I keep touching you there,” They stated, already starting to secure his cooling system back in place to prevent any damage.

“Then let me…” He groaned, his fingers scratching at their back fitfully. Lucy rolled their eyes, smiling.

“You and I both know you don’t mean that,” They put in the last screw and set aside the screwdriver, giving the heatsink one last pat before moving their hands elsewhere. “Besides, there’s more places I wanna explore.” Moving to a second occupied expansion slot, this board was a lot simpler. The usual components of a board were still present and numerous, but the main chip sat just at the center, unguarded. Bender whimpered and Lucy chuckled to themself. “Would you just calm down?”

Bender pouted, clouds of steam pouring from his chassis. “‘M calm! I just want- ttttttttttttttttt,” He stuttered out suddenly, Lucy brushing against the chip. Bringing their head back out, Bender was already staring at them questioningly.

“You’re the one that made those noises, dude, not me.” They teased.

“What the he- eelllllll, you-” His voice module hissed when Lucy’s digits moved to the solder again. “Is, is that my sound ddd , sounds- crackle- sound chip-p-p-?!” 

“Bingo! How’d you know?” They said sarcastically, rubbing at that spot some more. Metallic screeches reverberated through the room and Bender failed to keep his voice down, his voice module being manipulated so so nicely. His voice hitched a few octaves and developed into glitchy whines. Static shot from loose parts of his wiring; he was close, so fucking close, but Lucy took their hand away again and Bender groaned loudly, frustrated and trying to move for some type of stimulation somewhere, anywhere - but Lucy held him in place.

“Let me, let me finish-h,”

“I will! Just one last thing, okay sweetie?” They pet his arm with their free hand and moved their touch back to his motherboard. “Don’t forget this is also for science.”

“Screw scienceee…” Static crept into his voice. “Fuck, I’m, I’m so close.”

That was true, they could feel overflowing electricity buzzing beneath his circuits, and burn marks covered their hands due to spike voltages. Thankfully, they knew what they were looking for this time. Gently, their hand moved to the center of his motherboard and carefully lifted up a small latch, revealing a chip. They tapped it lightly and-

“FUCK !” Bender spasmed, tears prickling at the corners of his optics. Clearly, they had found a sweet spot. “ Thh There, touch me there, touch- ch me, now, p please, ohmygod-” They repeated the action and he cried out, his footcups digging into the sheets.

“This is your CPU!” They smiled. “Makes sense it would be the most sensitive part, huh?” Before he could answer their fingertips breezed over the solder and anything he wanted to say quickly devolved into loud, embarrassing moans and glitched nothings while tears trailed down his face. He held Lucy close to him, trembling, hiding his face in their shoulder, but that wouldn’t do. Lightly pushing his chest away, they then tilted his face to look at them.

“There you are, gorgeous...” Bender was heating up significantly, he was right on the edge. “You’re so cute…” Wiping away stray tears with their thumb, Lucy then grabbed a hold of his chin and leaned forward, sending a small burst of electricity through his mouthplate from theirs and his torso thrust into their touch on his circuits before stiffening, steam billowing from his chassis and his digits clawing at Lucy’s back hard enough to leave scuff marks while robotic moans left his voicebox. He sobbed, falling to hide in their shoulder again, and they let him this time, petting his back while he shook, not caring about his body being quite literally scalding. Fans whirring loudly, he finished, his shaking slowing down and his systems starting to reset before his visor closed and he slumped against Lucy. He felt a small spark at his cheek before shutting down completely.

…

“...Shit, babe,” Were the first two words Bender managed when he came to. He heard a giggle and Lucy was nuzzled into his chest.

“Morning, sleepyhead.”

“G’morning…wait, morning?” 

“Mhm! After you overloaded, you slept all night.” They rubbed the back of their head bashfully. “I think I might’ve gotten a bit overzealous…”

“Nah.” Bender responded, almost too quickly. When they looked questioningly in his direction, Bender swiveled his head away. “Even if ya did, it was worth it…”

“Ehehehe. I’m glad you think that, ‘cause there’s some other stuff I wanna try.” They paused for a moment. “In the name of science, of course.”

“Of course.” He played along, followed by a comfortable silence, the only sound being the light ticking of their bodies. Bender glanced at the clock and sighed, leaning back. “Man, I don’t wanna go to work.”

“Then don’t!” Lucy grinned, snuggling into Bender’s side. 

“You’re a terrible influence,”

“As if you aren’t,” They wrapped an arm over his chest, noticing how his body got warmer. It was comfortable, Lucy practically melting into his body. They looked at him knowingly. “Besides, I know you wanna cuddle, too.”

He made a strangled noise before relenting and wrapping an arm around Lucy, sinking deeper into the blankets. “Can’t deny that.”

“Mhm…” Lucy mumbled, falling asleep on top of him when he rubbed their back soothingly.  Now left alone with his thoughts, Bender was getting emotional.

Being vulnerable with someone was scary. Particularly so for him since he was all too used to unintentionally pushing people away, most either not wanting to be involved with Bender’s life of crime and vice, or wanting to but being put off by the softer facets of his personality. It always felt like a losing battle. He’d put up walls, protections so he wouldn’t get hurt, shielding his true self from the world. But Lucy…they weren’t deterred by any of this. They took him as he was, as he is , not looking to change a thing about him, only wanting to love him. His processors ticked faster, Bender realizing just how damn in love he was. Gross.

Tentatively, he cradled Lucy’s head with uncharacteristic tenderness, leaning down and kissing their forehead. They held onto him tighter, bringing their legs up to tangle theirs with his. The two relaxed, falling asleep together, any responsibilities long forgotten.