The Dawn of Our Love

Getting Together: Ai

It took a few days before Ai could go over to his creator's home. He lived close by, but not close enough that Ai could easily go there. He had to wait until he had a day with a few free hours, however, he had to cancel his afternoon with Ember, which to his confusion, made him feel something bad within him. He deduced that he felt guilty for canceling his plans with the girl, but she didn't seem too upset, so he figured that it was fine. He also felt slightly bad that he lied to her about his reasons for why he had to cancel. He told her that he needed to do some extra work for Shining instead of telling her he was going to meet with his creator.

"So Ai, what brings you here today?" Hakase, Ai's creator questioned once the robot showed up on his doorstep. He invited his creation in and sat down with him in his office.

"I believe I have a virus or possibly a glitch." The cyan-haired male responded simply.

"Why do you think that? Did any scans of yourself show anything wrong?"

"No, however..." Ai then explained the situation to him stalking his friend and how he began to feel something towards her that he could not explain. After finishing his story, Hakase began to chuckle, which confused the robot even more than he already was. "I do not understand what is so funny about what I told you."

"I know what your problem is Ai, and I can fix it easily." The doctor began to work on Ai and informed him that he would be adding a new chip to him. "This will help you produce and feel the emotions you have begun to feel. Ai, you are falling for that female you talked about, Ember correct? This will help you further your feelings towards her."

"I believe I understand. Thank you."

"Once I'm done here, go and tell Ember your feelings and begin dating her. That's the next step after developing feelings for a woman."

"I have done research on dating, therefore I am already aware."

"Alright Ai, well, I wish you good luck." Once his creator was finished with his updates, Ai left and headed off to find Ember. He wanted to explain the situation to her right away.

It took him a little while to find her since he didn't ask her where she would be once he told her they couldn't hang out, but he figured with such a beautiful day, she'd be outside somewhere. He was right, of course, and Ember was outside near the lake painting the scene in front of her. At that moment, Ai was frozen. The sun was shining down illuminating her pastel pink hair and causing her to look as if she was glowing. Ai was stunned at how beautiful she was and was also stunned at how he was feeling. He never felt like that towards anyone or anything before, and he could feel, what he assumes is happiness towards his own feelings. All of the emotions he felt at that moment caused him to want to tell Ember the whole situation even more than before.

"Ember," Ai began, slightly startling the female. She turned to him and smiled at him.

"Hey Ai, I didn't think I'd see you today. How'd your extra work go?" Ember gently set down her painting supplies and wiped any excess paint onto the already paint covered pants she wore. Her shirt also had various patches of paint from past works she'd done. Ai also noted that along with the different clothing, she wore none of her jewelry that she very literally always wore.