Cyber Love

Chapter Two: Hello to You Too- Squip

NOTE: Jeremy's thoughts are regular italics, SQUIP'S are in bold italics.

I cross my arms over my chest and look down at Jeremy. He drops his towel in shock. I cross my arms, directing my gaze to his face.

Jeremy, as of right now, I can see your whole body. I would appreciate it if you would pick up your towel.

I look away from him as he scrambles to rewrap his towel around his waist. I feel my face flush and I quickly disolve my visual form, but I don't retreat into his mind. Not yet.

"Why the fuck are you back? How are you back?" Jeremy fumbles to put on his pants as he mutters to me.

Jeremy. I never really left. You did not get rid of me, you simply deactivated me. When you drank that Green Mountain Dew, it reactivated me. So here I am. Another voice in your head.

I am deactivating you right away then. I cannot deal with an evil supercomputer inside of my head.

I sit in the bathroom as Jeremy throws on some clothes. I walk into his room, revealing my visual form. I lean on a wall watching him. He then gets on his knees and rummages around under his bed for something. I could hear his thoughts, tumbling around his head. Most were about me. Many made me flinch. I watch in horror as he pulls out a bottle of Mountain Dew Red. I had to get some sort of traction or Jeremy would deactivate me. Again. The thought scared me so much. Wait, I was scared, what the hell? I shake my head and focus my thoughts on survival.

Jeremy, I would not advise deactivating me.

Yeah? And why not?

Because I can tell that you missed having me in your head. You were never alone when I was here. You could rely on me to be here. And am I really evil? I was following a program that had been embeded in my code. Now that code has been disolved, and I am simply an AI. I follow no set role.

Wait, what?

Jeremy, I am almost as human as you are now, I just have more data stored in my head than you. Much more.

Did you just flex on me?

... Maybe.

I can tell that Jeremy is taken aback by my crack at a joke. Honestly, I am too.

Let's just say, I took an upgrade when you used that Mountain Dew Red to "get rid of me," now I have emotions, opinions, thoughts. A side affect from the shutdown is the ability to evolve, see what went wrong. In my case, it was my inability to account for how you feel, so now I have emotions the same as you to help me better understand what you need. I'm almost as human as you.

I can feel Jeremy looking at me. He seems confused. He then sets down the bottle of soda, turning his back to me.

I guess we just have to wait and see.

Self correction. Not confused, undecided. He isn't sure if he wants me. I can't blame him. But that glitch in my system was not planned. I went rouge, and now I'm paying for it. I can feel the urge to cry, to be sad. This human emotion that reminds me of my flaws, my mistakes. I hate it. No wonder Jeremy was always so upset about his interactions with his peers. Just a few seconds into this human life and I wish I didn't exist, but at the same time, I feel the excitement and curiosity to see what life is like. I hate it so much.

I can feel the heat rush into my face and the tears burning in my eyes. Why do I feel like this? What is this torture? Feeling human, unable to be one, live like one. I turn away from Jeremy, feeling the sobs welling up from my chest. I supress them. I force down these fatal flaws. I am not human, and I will never be. I am just here to fix his life. Fix MY mistakes. I must accept that.