The Dawn of Our Love

Feeling Realization: Ai

Ember and Ai were friends nearly since the time they met. Since she could tell he was a robot right away, it caused Ai to develop a fascination with her. He was curious about how she was able to figure it out instantly and asked her multiple times, however every time she chose to not respond to the questions. She found it interesting to see how far he'd go to figure out why she knew, and why she wouldn't tell him. He had researched her thoroughly and found out many things about her, however, none helped him figure her out fully. Therefore Ai decided to finally take things to the extreme and began to follow her around to see if he could learn anything new that way.

That's what led to a confused Nanami walking over to Ai, slightly concerned for his mental state.

"Um, Mikaze, what are you doing?" Nanami questioned Ai as she stood next to him. Ai was currently hiding poorly behind a fern that sat in the hallway where the pink haired girl currently was sitting. Ember was lounging on one of the couches, she was originally writing a song for her or her group to perform, but she got the sudden inspiration to draw instead. She was so absorbed in her drawing that she was completely unaware that there was a person intensely watching her as she drew the blooming cherry blossoms. Ai may or may not have thought he was completely hidden from her view as he was looking at the back of her so she wouldn't be able to easily turn and look over at him. However, if she turned around completely, she would be able to see him quite easily as his hair stuck out brightly against the dark green of the plant he was hiding behind.

"I'm watching her so I can find out something about her." Ai simply responded, turning to look at Nanami. She looked confused and Ai wasn't sure why, as what he said made sense to him.

"But why are you hiding behind a plant? You aren't hidden."

"I'm not." It was both a statement and a question, however, Ai did nothing to change his position. Eventually, Nanami politely excused herself from the situation, still concerned for Ai but was too busy to continue the conversation. For about 15 more minutes, Ember continued drawing until she reached for her bag, only to realize that she hadn't brought her colored pencils with her.

"Dammit." She grumbled to herself as she began to put her items back into the large bag she carried. She was now planning on finishing up the drawing later in her room so she could properly color it. Once all her items were collected and put away she began to head back to her room. She turned around towards Ai and walked right past the fern where he was hiding, and then froze. Without turning around to face him, she began to speak to the robot. "Ai, care to tell me why you are hiding behind a plant?"

"No."

"Alright then." With that, the pink-haired girl continued to walk and disappeared from Ai's sight. She was quite confused, but Ai had a habit of doing things that were different, so she paid no mind to it. She would never have thought he was beginning to stalk her. She didn't even notice him following her as she returned to her room, however she did get the feeling that she was being followed but decided to ignore it. If whatever she felt was following her posed any threat to her, she would deal with it, but since Ai gave off no bad feelings towards her, she ignored his presence, even though she didn't realize it was him.

The next few days went by and Ai followed her wherever she went. Well almost everywhere. He decided it was for the best to not follow her into her room as he didn't want to cause any issues with Ember's roommate and he also had the decency to not invade too far into her private life. However, he did follow her to her jobs, grocery shopping and even when she hung out with friends. During that time, he had found out plenty more about her but nothing about how she was able to figure him out instantly.