The room was quiet, save for the faint hum of something neither obvious nor identifiable.
In the clueless third party's eyes, there's a strange circular thingy protruding from the wall, like a sleek and metallic disk. And on the floor beneath there lay an equally strange platform. They hummed together, faintly synchronized. Though to the untrained eyes of Emerson's mother, they appeared decorative, almost artistic. Her focus shifted to the figure standing between the two disks: a man—no, a gay-man. That was her conclusion. Why? His features were flawless, almost annoyingly so. The light caught the smoothness of his skin, and though he was completely male, there were some things about his body that felt... beautifully feminine. And Emerson, her son, was standing too close to him. Good heavens! “What is this?” she said sharply, her voice breaking the silence. Emerson turned, startled by her presence. He hadn't expected her to be here. She was supposed to be away with her husband and dear children. But nowhere near this space—this sanctuary where his secrets lived. “Mother,” he started, but she raised her hand and stopped him. “Who is he?” she demanded, pointing to Porsche. Meanwhile, Porsche remained utterly still. His gaze was fixed on Emerson. He didn’t even acknowledge the woman's presence. She's your mother-in-law, bow to her. Hehe. Emerson stepped forward instinctively, placing himself partially between her and Porsche. “It’s... complicated,” he said, his voice tight. “Complicated?” she snapped. Her eyes narrowed, taking in the scene with a mixture of confusion and dawning horror. “What is going on here actually? Who is this man? And why—” Her voice faltered. “Why is he standing there like that?” Emerson swallowed, his mind racing. He hadn’t prepared for this. Shit! Chaos meets sex bot. Porsche tilted his head slightly. It was a gesture he calculated, not natural. It was subtle, almost imperceptible, but it didn’t escape her notice. In her eyes, it seemed like he had a sore in his neck or something “He’s—” Emerson started, then stopped. What was he to say now? She waited, her gaze unrelenting. “He’s what? Who is he? And why does he look at you like... like that?” Her words dripped with suspicion. She was definitely driving her way to ‘drawing conclusions.’ “He’s... not what you think,” Emerson said carefully. Her eyes darted back to Porsche. Her brows furrowed. “What am I supposed to think, Emerson? That you’ve brought some strange feminine looking man into your house? And he's.. he's looking at you like he'd… he'd chew you up any moment from now? That.. this is normal?” Her tone sharpened. “Is he your... your boyfriend?” The word hung in the air like an accusation. It was heavy. It was fucking unwelcome. “No!” Emerson said, too quickly, too forcefully. Her lips thinned into a hard line. “Then what is he?” The gay-man, in her view, finally spoke with an unbelievably smooth and precise voice. Though without hesitation or emotion. “I am Porsche.” Her eyes widened. “Porsche?” She looked at Emerson for an explanation. “Who calls themselves that? Is that even supposed to be an intro or something?” Emerson exhaled sharply, running a hand through his hair. “It’s not what it looks like, Mama.” “Then explain it to me!” she snapped, her patience wearing thin. “Explain why this... this man is here! Explain why he’s standing there like some... some...” She faltered, at a loss for words. Emerson swallowed hard. “He’s... a friend,” he said. Hell, his heart was pounding furiously. Her eyes narrowed as they roamed Porsche’s form, noting his sculpted perfection. His demeanor was too calm, his posture too flawless. Yet there was nothing outwardly strange—just an unnervingly beautiful young man. Porsche stepped forward, his movements smooth and deliberate. He locked eyes with Emerson. “You are my boyfriend,” he stated as though it were an irrefutable fact. Emerson’s breath hitched. His mother’s eyes widened. Both gasped. Loudly. “Excuse me?” she said, her voice sharp. “It’s not what you think!” Emerson said, his tone panicked. Porsche didn’t falter. “You are my boyfriend. Emerson, I was created to be yours.” His mother gasped. “Created?” “No!” Emerson interjected, his voice louder than intended. He turned to Porsche, his teeth clenched. “Stop talking.” But Porsche didn’t stop. “You deny it?” he asked, tilting his head. “Are you not my boyfriend, Emerson?” Emerson clenched his fists. His frustration was spilling yet, he was fucking turned on at this moment. Was this humanoid flirting with him? Fuck! The way it called his name… so… so fucking hot and manly. Shit! ‘Control. Control yourself, Emerson.’ “No! You’re not!” Porsche paused. His expression briefly flickered to something that almost resembled hurt or did Emerson not see it well. Then he nodded, stepping back into a neutral stance. “Understood.” The tension thickened as Emerson’s mother turned to him, her face pale with confusion. “Emerson, what is going on? Who is he?” “He’s... an actor,” Emerson stammered. “He’s practicing for a role. That’s all.” Her brow furrowed. “Practicing? Here? And what does he mean, ‘created’?” “It’s part of the act,” Emerson said quickly, waving it off. “He’s method—always in character. It’s... annoying, but that’s just how he is.” She didn’t look convinced. Her gaze flicked back to Porsche. His neutral expression betrayed nothing, but his stillness seemed unnatural. “I don’t know what kind of weird project you’re involved in, Emerson,” she said finally, her tone heavy with suspicion. “But I don’t like it.” With that, she turned on her heel, marching out of the room without another word. The moment the door clicked shut, Emerson exhaled sharply, his composure cracking. “What the hell was that?” he hissed at Porsche. Porsche’s head tilted again. “I stated the truth. You are my boyfriend, as per my programming.” Emerson groaned, running a hand through his hair. “Stop saying that! You’re not my boyfriend. You’re... you’re...” “Am I not yours?” Porsche asked again, his tone softer this time, almost questioning. “Shit! Stop!” Emerson snapped, though his voice wavered. “You’re not.” Porsche straightened. “Understood. I will adjust my behavior accordingly.” Emerson sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. This was going to be more complicated than he thought.The morning was quieter than usual. The house was out of potential, no-cucumber cooking cooks and Rose was out.Emerson leaned against the kitchen counter, staring at the pan of scrambled eggs he was cooking. The silence wasn’t peaceful—it was eerie. It gnawed at him, drawing his focus back to the living room, where Porsche sat still as a statue on the sofa.He hadn’t moved since last night’s debacle.A part of Emerson hoped Porsche had powered down, that maybe the robot’s system was resetting itself. Another part—a darker, nagging one—felt uneasy. Porsche wasn’t just a machine. He wasn’t like the gadgets Emerson had seen or used before.This was different.“You’re burning your eggs,” Emerson flinched, his spatula clattering against the pan. He turned to find Porsche standing in the doorway with hands folded neatly behind his back. His expression was neutral, but something in his posture felt… hot. ‘Who taught him that fucking posture. It's hot,” Emerson thought.“Don’t sneak up on
Emerson trudged through the door of his self made house. Fuck, the heavy weight of the day was still on his shoulders. It was late, far later than he'd wanted to stay out at the office.Porsche, always high on 'alertness', appeared from nowhere.. well, from the shadows cause all lights were out. "I found it, Mr. Emerson. I found my purpose."Emerson groaned, throwing his briefcase onto the couch. "Please, not tonight. I'm really fucked up.""Fucked up?" Porsche echoed back, tilting his head. His calm demeanor switched to that of curiosity. "Fuck... sex.... fucked up. You were sexed upward?"Emerson closed his eyes for a moment, cursing his hell of a luck in a fucking foul language. "I meant... I'm stressed, Porsche. I'm just stressed.""Stress?" Porsche mused, eyes widening. "Stress is...""Oh, God," Emerson groaned. He just continued onward, walking away."Well, the Gandhi family says, you can relax to ease your stress."Emerson stopped, looking back at Porsche now with a really, tru
Darkness. It was all Raven could see, all he could feel, as if the world had collapsed into a void. There was no ground beneath him, no air to breathe, yet he was suffocating. The whispers came first, though faint like it's on the edge of his consciousness and they were in languages he didn’t know, had never heard. They weren’t voices from one direction—they surrounded him, pressed against his ears, whispered right beside him, and roared from some unreachable distance all at once.“…kalogeros…”He tried to speak, to scream, but his throat betrayed him. The whispers grew louder, a cacophony, weaving words he couldn’t grasp. Panic clawed at him, yet he was frozen, unable to escape the weight of their unseen presence.Then, light. Blinding, searing white light.It burned through the void, slamming down upon him like a judgment. He was no longer floating. His body lay on a bed—too sterile, too white. His arms and legs were stretched out, bound by straps that bit into his skin. He could
Raven didn’t remember when he fell asleep. The night had been heavy and the whispers were just as louder as usual. They slipped into his ears, wrapping around his thoughts like a shroud. Now, as he stirred awake, he realized something was wrong. His shorts were gone.The chill of the morning air brushed against his legs, making his skin crawl. Sitting up, he ran his hands through his hair and froze. His fingers were smeared with blood—dried and cracked. It was a rust-colored stain he couldn’t place. His heart sank. Where was it coming from? He glanced at his legs. A small, shallow cut ran along his thigh. It was barely bleeding but unmistakably fresh.His gaze darted to the open window. The curtains fluttered softly, though the air outside was still. He pieced the fragments of the night together. Something—or someone—had come. And while it hadn’t hurt him, the sheer thought of what it might have done made his chest tighten. Tears slipped from his eyes as he hugged his knees to h
Emerson exited his sleek black car with his phone pressed to his ear as he strode up the stone pathway to his house. The afternoon sun cast long shadows across the manicured lawn, but Emerson’s focus was elsewhere.“Raven,” he said, his tone a mix of irritation and amusement. “I’ve heard you, okay? You don’t have to banter about everything.”From the other end of the line came Raven’s voice, sharp and teasing. “Oh, sure, but you did accept the video game I sent you. Why? You hate my recommendations.”“I accepted it because I want to test it,” Emerson replied, reaching the door handle. He stepped inside and the sweet scent of his favourite air freshener welcomed him. “If it’s like every other boring, run-of-the-mill video game you’ve tried to shove down my throat, I’ll definitely reject it.”Raven snorted. “Boring? We’ll see about that.” “Anyway, how’s your mom? You saw her the other day, right?” Emerson asked.“Yes, yes, I did.”“Good.” Raven's tone turned sly. “But let’s talk about
“All right, Porsche,” Emerson began, flicking the lighter on with a soft click. “Lesson of the day: pain response.”Porsche tilted its head slightly, processing the statement. “Pain response, Mr. Emerson? I do not feel pain.”“Exactly the point,” Emerson replied, holding the small flame up between them. “That’s why we’re doing this. You can’t just stand there like a mannequin if something happens to you. People will know you’re… well, you’re not entirely human.”Porsche nodded slightly with a calm face. Emerson sighed, leaned back, and pressed the flame against his own palm for half a second. “Aish!” he yelped, shaking his hand wildly. “See? That’s what pain looks like!”Porsche stepped closer, observing the reaction with meticulous interest. Emerson handed it the lighter. “Now, you try. Mimic that.”Porsche looked at the lighter. With a calculated flick, he ignited the flame and calmly pressed it against its palm. A faint sizzling sound could be heard, but Porsche stood unflinching.
Emerson stared at the plate in front of him, his fork hovering just above the food. Shit! There it was again—cucumber and onion, together on the same dish. 'Who, in their right mind, thought that was a good idea?' He slammed his fork down, irritation piled up in his gut."Is this a joke? Onions and cucumbers, in the same dish?" he barked, glaring at the new cook. She’d been here for two whole days, and somehow, that was enough time for her to screw up something as basic as his dinner."I… I didn’t know you didn’t eat cucumbers or onions," she stammered, her eyes wide and apologetic."Of course, I don’t eat cucumbers. Why would I eat something that tastes like wet cardboard?" Emerson snapped.The cook blinked in confusion. She looked between the plate and him. "But... what’s wrong with cucumbers?"A heavy silence fell over the kitchen. Every cook and cleaner stopped what they were doing, and Emerson could almost hear their collective gasp. She’d just made a rookie mistake by asking th
It was 9 PM when Emerson decided to make his way to the office. A late night, but there was no way around it: files to sign, emails to respond to, tasks piling up like an uninvited guest.The streets were quiet, the city's usual hum reduced to a distant murmur. His mind, however, was loud. A sex bot. Delivered to his office. What the hell is going on?His grip on the steering wheel tightened as his eyes caught the billboard overhead. An ad for a luxury watch company, featuring a man with blonde hair, a sharp jawline, and an intense gaze—one that could freeze water with a glance. The man in the picture was... him. Kent.Emerson’s stomach tightened as he clenched his teeth. 'My brother. Kent West. The one who’d disappeared six years ago. The one who walked away after that night. The night everything changed. The night Kent chose her, her over family. Over everything that had been. The night their bond, their partnership, crumbled.'Emerson could still feel the sting, the hollow ache of
“All right, Porsche,” Emerson began, flicking the lighter on with a soft click. “Lesson of the day: pain response.”Porsche tilted its head slightly, processing the statement. “Pain response, Mr. Emerson? I do not feel pain.”“Exactly the point,” Emerson replied, holding the small flame up between them. “That’s why we’re doing this. You can’t just stand there like a mannequin if something happens to you. People will know you’re… well, you’re not entirely human.”Porsche nodded slightly with a calm face. Emerson sighed, leaned back, and pressed the flame against his own palm for half a second. “Aish!” he yelped, shaking his hand wildly. “See? That’s what pain looks like!”Porsche stepped closer, observing the reaction with meticulous interest. Emerson handed it the lighter. “Now, you try. Mimic that.”Porsche looked at the lighter. With a calculated flick, he ignited the flame and calmly pressed it against its palm. A faint sizzling sound could be heard, but Porsche stood unflinching.
Emerson exited his sleek black car with his phone pressed to his ear as he strode up the stone pathway to his house. The afternoon sun cast long shadows across the manicured lawn, but Emerson’s focus was elsewhere.“Raven,” he said, his tone a mix of irritation and amusement. “I’ve heard you, okay? You don’t have to banter about everything.”From the other end of the line came Raven’s voice, sharp and teasing. “Oh, sure, but you did accept the video game I sent you. Why? You hate my recommendations.”“I accepted it because I want to test it,” Emerson replied, reaching the door handle. He stepped inside and the sweet scent of his favourite air freshener welcomed him. “If it’s like every other boring, run-of-the-mill video game you’ve tried to shove down my throat, I’ll definitely reject it.”Raven snorted. “Boring? We’ll see about that.” “Anyway, how’s your mom? You saw her the other day, right?” Emerson asked.“Yes, yes, I did.”“Good.” Raven's tone turned sly. “But let’s talk about
Raven didn’t remember when he fell asleep. The night had been heavy and the whispers were just as louder as usual. They slipped into his ears, wrapping around his thoughts like a shroud. Now, as he stirred awake, he realized something was wrong. His shorts were gone.The chill of the morning air brushed against his legs, making his skin crawl. Sitting up, he ran his hands through his hair and froze. His fingers were smeared with blood—dried and cracked. It was a rust-colored stain he couldn’t place. His heart sank. Where was it coming from? He glanced at his legs. A small, shallow cut ran along his thigh. It was barely bleeding but unmistakably fresh.His gaze darted to the open window. The curtains fluttered softly, though the air outside was still. He pieced the fragments of the night together. Something—or someone—had come. And while it hadn’t hurt him, the sheer thought of what it might have done made his chest tighten. Tears slipped from his eyes as he hugged his knees to h
Darkness. It was all Raven could see, all he could feel, as if the world had collapsed into a void. There was no ground beneath him, no air to breathe, yet he was suffocating. The whispers came first, though faint like it's on the edge of his consciousness and they were in languages he didn’t know, had never heard. They weren’t voices from one direction—they surrounded him, pressed against his ears, whispered right beside him, and roared from some unreachable distance all at once.“…kalogeros…”He tried to speak, to scream, but his throat betrayed him. The whispers grew louder, a cacophony, weaving words he couldn’t grasp. Panic clawed at him, yet he was frozen, unable to escape the weight of their unseen presence.Then, light. Blinding, searing white light.It burned through the void, slamming down upon him like a judgment. He was no longer floating. His body lay on a bed—too sterile, too white. His arms and legs were stretched out, bound by straps that bit into his skin. He could
Emerson trudged through the door of his self made house. Fuck, the heavy weight of the day was still on his shoulders. It was late, far later than he'd wanted to stay out at the office.Porsche, always high on 'alertness', appeared from nowhere.. well, from the shadows cause all lights were out. "I found it, Mr. Emerson. I found my purpose."Emerson groaned, throwing his briefcase onto the couch. "Please, not tonight. I'm really fucked up.""Fucked up?" Porsche echoed back, tilting his head. His calm demeanor switched to that of curiosity. "Fuck... sex.... fucked up. You were sexed upward?"Emerson closed his eyes for a moment, cursing his hell of a luck in a fucking foul language. "I meant... I'm stressed, Porsche. I'm just stressed.""Stress?" Porsche mused, eyes widening. "Stress is...""Oh, God," Emerson groaned. He just continued onward, walking away."Well, the Gandhi family says, you can relax to ease your stress."Emerson stopped, looking back at Porsche now with a really, tru
The morning was quieter than usual. The house was out of potential, no-cucumber cooking cooks and Rose was out.Emerson leaned against the kitchen counter, staring at the pan of scrambled eggs he was cooking. The silence wasn’t peaceful—it was eerie. It gnawed at him, drawing his focus back to the living room, where Porsche sat still as a statue on the sofa.He hadn’t moved since last night’s debacle.A part of Emerson hoped Porsche had powered down, that maybe the robot’s system was resetting itself. Another part—a darker, nagging one—felt uneasy. Porsche wasn’t just a machine. He wasn’t like the gadgets Emerson had seen or used before.This was different.“You’re burning your eggs,” Emerson flinched, his spatula clattering against the pan. He turned to find Porsche standing in the doorway with hands folded neatly behind his back. His expression was neutral, but something in his posture felt… hot. ‘Who taught him that fucking posture. It's hot,” Emerson thought.“Don’t sneak up on
The room was quiet, save for the faint hum of something neither obvious nor identifiable. In the clueless third party's eyes, there's a strange circular thingy protruding from the wall, like a sleek and metallic disk. And on the floor beneath there lay an equally strange platform. They hummed together, faintly synchronized. Though to the untrained eyes of Emerson's mother, they appeared decorative, almost artistic. Her focus shifted to the figure standing between the two disks: a man—no, a gay-man. That was her conclusion.Why?His features were flawless, almost annoyingly so. The light caught the smoothness of his skin, and though he was completely male, there were some things about his body that felt... beautifully feminine.And Emerson, her son, was standing too close to him. Good heavens!“What is this?” she said sharply, her voice breaking the silence.Emerson turned, startled by her presence. He hadn't expected her to be here. She was supposed to be away with her husband and d
The sterile light from the charging pod illuminated the room, painting the human-like figure in an eerie glow. Emerson’s eyes traced every detail, every curve of the flawless skin stretched over a body that defied imperfection. It wasn’t mechanical, not entirely. There were no seams, no wires, just a body—alive but not alive. His chest tightened, his breath shallow as he stood before this fusion of man and machine. His mind was surprisingly dancing between awe and greed.He didn’t know when a smile spread across his face. But it lingered, sickeningly sweet. That smile, however, flickered. He clenched his jaw and balled his fists at his sides. He could feel it rising within him: a hunger. Primal and raw. He didn’t just want this creation; he needed it, to own it. The urge clawed at him, unrelenting. A single word escaped his lips in a low and venomous form.“Mine.”His thoughts spiraled back to the boy’s confession in the video files he had scrolled for answers.“I don’t have money,
Emerson studied every detail he could find on the glacier tabloid. His eyes flicked between the glowing instructions and the two circular modules resting on the floor. The words on the screen were clinical, devoid of emotion, yet the implication was monumental. All machine-like talks and strictly artificial intelligence.“Place the second module on the ground,” Emerson instructed.Raven arched his brow. “And this is supposed to do what? Summon aliens?”“Just do it,” Emerson snapped, his fingers twitching as he gripped the tablet tighter.Raven sighed, crouching to position the second module beside the first one. As it clicked into place, both disks emitted a faint, pulsing light. Emerson’s breath hitched. Whatever they were seeing and doing was hard on technology.“That’s... not normal,” Raven muttered, stepping back.Emerson ignored him, focused on the next step. “We need to place Porsche in the center of the modules.”“Porsche?”Emerson rolled his eyes. “Yes. Named him after my fa