Story: Chasing A Ray Of Sunshine

I can't explain where my fascination with robots comes from. Maybe I've read too much Asimov as a kid. All I can say is that in an alternate reality, a character of mine has an NS5 robot for butler. The poor thing has a fixation with washing windows, but he's getting pretty good at cooking, finally! But this is another story.

This particular story went through some changes. First it was supposed to be written from the couple's inside the hut perspective. Then it became a one dialog line idea, and only recently it turned into what it is now:4

Chasing A Ray Of Sunshine