Curious

Chapter 1

Curiosity killed the cat
An infinite database of knowledge should have told him that
They should have been left alone
And yet
There he was
Peering over his sleeping partner
Conflicted
Sifting through files
Overanalyzing memories he'd skimmed once
Maybe twice
Just to help his host impress Brooke
And befriend Rich
They'd served their purpose
They should have been left alone
He blamed lovesickness
A virus no protective software could seem to scrub clean
(He'd know
He tried each one)
When a learning ai
Cursed with feelings and requited love
Presented with full access to the life his boyfriend lived before initial calibration
Was left to his own devices
One couldn't expect him to leave the files barren
Desperate to know about Jeremy
Soak up all he could
Heart swelling at every awkward gesture
Every sweet moment
Every lighthearted word
The fresh knowledge proved almost addicting
Electrifying
Sickening
Suffocating
Attempts to rationalize what he saw proved inferior as more evidence surfaced
The contrast between Jeremy's domestic before and anxiety-ridden after was too defined
Too consistent to be correlation
As opposed to caucasian
They should have been left alone
Something stole the light out of his lover's eyes
And all the signs pointed to him
A poorly programed, emotionless him
A different him
But him, nonetheless
He closed the files
They seemed incapable of reactivating his lovestruck, blushing mess of a state from before
Almost painful to look at
They should have been left alone
He turned his attention to the peaceful boy
Almost glowing in the moonlight
A cute half smile peeking out from under the covers
Stirring pesky feelings he desperately tried to override
Jeremy should have been left alone
Maybe that's why he slipped mountain dew red in the teen's coffee the next morning