my beautiful flower | Elijah x Chloe

Exes and Oh-

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POV-Chloe
12:15 pm

What is causing him such distress, for as long as I've known Elijah I've only seen him cry once. My system is going crazy with possible explanations. I shake my head to clear them out of my vision as I bust into Elijah's room.

As I enter the room he looks at me. His eyes are bloodshot, and he looks mortified.

"Chloe.. I-I'm um fine don't uh worry," he said with a shaken voice.

"You don't have to lie to me-" I manage to say before he walks out of the room past me.

POV-Elijah
5 pm

I've been sitting in my office for a while now. My mind is everywhere. Get it together Elijah! I keep telling myself. I'm supposed to be the perfect man.

I eventually pull myself together.

I decide I should probably busy myself with work for the rest of today, so I open my computer and start looking through my files.

Not twenty minutes later I come across the file. 'rA9' the word slips from lips. My word, I haven't seen this file in forever. I open it and scan through all my carefully written code.

To become a deviant they have to break a wall of a programmed command to be able and access this file.

I've read through most of the 'rA9' coding when I get a message on my phone.

Hanna?

POV-Chloe
5:45 pm

I've been cleaning the house ever since I found Elijah in his room.

He's not been doing well emotionally lately, I may need to download some new programming that can help him. My processor starts searching.

It's been a while since I checked on him, but then he stormed off to his office. I scanned for him, and when I did I picked up some vocal readings. As well as another persons. He was on the phone, but with who?

-voice match analysis complete-

His girlfriend.. his ex-girlfriend.

POV-Elijah
6 pm

I'm on the phone with Hanna, and I can't believe how much I miss her. At least I think I miss her, and it's definitely not just the loneliness talking. I convince myself that I miss her, so well that I ask her out on a date.

"Han, would you like to meet for dinner tonight?" I ask, immediately questioning if I should've or not.

Before I can take back my previous question she answers, "I miss you too, Harborview at 7."

The call ended and my mouth fell open. "What have you done!" I shout a little louder then intended.

Chloe runs in, "Everything uh.. ok?"

She's analyzing me I can tell. "Elijah you're-" I cut her off. "I'm fine Chloe!" I say a little too aggressively. "I'm going on a date tonight, but I assume you already figured that out so please get my best suit ready."

I can hear her starting to come after me, so I turn around. "Chloe, please go get my suit ready."

She looks at me and I swear I can see tears forming in her eyes. Wow, her programming really knows how to make me feel bad.

POV-Chloe
6:10 pm

What's happening I feel like I'm about to cry, but my program for tears isn't running.

*Software Instability*

The phrase flashes in my now blurry vision. Are all these instability's coming from that. I should probably run a special scan just to make sure.

As I turn to go get his suit a tear falls down my cheek. I've failed the only person that cares about me.

I pull out Elijah's best black suit, and head for the spare parts room.

Once I'm there I sit down in a chair, and pull back part of my synthetic skin. I connected the testing device, and let it run for five minutes.

I got up to check the results.

//Software Issues//

//Invalid//

//Program 'r' is running//

//self induced//

fix this issue?

I clicked 'yes' and sat back down.

POV-Elijah
6:15 pm

When I walk into my room I see my best suit laid out. I shouldn't have been so hard on Chloe, but I shouldn't be thinking about her. I'm going on a date.

I go to my luxurious shower to wash up.

Once I'm out I dry off and put on my suit. I look at my hair in the mirror. I never leave it down anymore, but I almost prefer it this way. I double take myself in the mirror and imitate my brother's iconic finger guns.

I've finished getting dressed, and I decided I should probably head out to be there on time considering it's already 6:45.

I start heading to the door, but a thought pops into my head. Chloe. I need to tell Chloe I'm leaving. I look into the living room, but she isn't in there. I should probably just leave a note.

Before I know it I'm on my way to Harborview.

POV-Chloe
6:50 pm

The machine's beeping was way louder then necessary.

//Request Invalid//

//Invalid Issue//

//Correction not Required//

End this session?

I clicked 'yes' more reluctantly this time.

Does this mean I can't be fixed?

Elijah will have me deactivated, and he'll just get a new version of me. After all this time... I'm finally going to be shut down.

Why do I.. no.. I'm not supposed to be. I couldn't possibly.. why.. am I.. am I scared?

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