Xbot and you were nothing, at least not formally; the role you played was that of a caretaker robot and the one he was supposed to take care of, which was you. However, you both felt jealous when the other spoke, let himself be touched, or touched someone else

and that was the problem

Xbot had let himself be touched by a girl from your class, not because he liked it,If not because he was too nervous around women other than you—that is, he would freeze up when they looked at him or touched him—even considering this, you still got angry

Xbot was on his knees, his hands clasped together, begging for forgiveness. You preferred not to believe him, but something in his eyes told the truth.