A man in his late teens walked down the sidewalk with a blonde persocom. He was one out of the many people that own a persocom,or a humanoid computer. They look,talk,and act like humans,but they're still just robots. This persocom was designed to look like a blonde girl who was around the age of 14-16. Her rubber,cat-like ears bounced up and down as she walked down the sidewalk.
Smiling and walking,the blonde persocom turned to face the young man. "Hideki!" she called out.
The young man turned towards the persocom.
"Manager was so happy today!" Her face filled with delight.
"What happened?"
"Ms. Yumi Oumura came to Manager's store today. Then they talked a lot!"
A smile spread across Hideki's face. "That's good. Mr. Ueda must've been pretty happy. Chi,did you have fun working today?"
The persocom,known as Chi,smiled. "Yes. Chi had lots of fun! Did Hideki--" Her sentence was interrupted as a frisbee came flying towards her head. It collided into her head. Chi's hand touched the back of her head.
"Chi!" Hideki exclaimed. "Are you okay? Does it hurt?" In his mind,he wondered if Chi really could feel pain.
Chi nodded slightly. "It hurts a little."
"Hold on,let me get something--" A woman came running towards them.
"Oh dear!" the woman cried. "I'm so sorry! You're not hurt,are you?" she asked,facing Chi. Frantically her hand went through Chi's hair,feeling for a bump. Her hand touched Chi's ears. She noticed that this wasn't a girl;it was a persocom. A sigh of relief came from her mouth. "Oh,silly me. You're not a human. Of course it doesn't really hurt."
Hideki's face hardened a little. Just because she was a persocom doesn't mean she can't feel pain. Why is that woman treating her like an inanimate object?
The woman faced Hideki now. "I'm terribly sorry for this inconvenience,"she said bowing. "It wasn't done purposely. I was playing with my son and he threw the frisbee too far."
Hideki looked at her,but didn't say anything. He was still insulted by what she said earlier. "It's okay!" Chi exclaimed, practically popping out of nowhere. "It doesn't hurt anymore!"
The woman looked in surprise at the persocom. "That's good," she said in relief. "Have a good day." She picked up the frisbee and left.
Hideki turned to face Chi. "Are you sure it doesn't hurt anymore Chi?"
"Yes! Chi is sure!"
"Chi,please be more careful next time. Make sure you dodge it if it comes flying towards you,okay?"
"Chi will try," the persocom answered. She looked at Hideki and noticed his face wasn't smiling. "Hideki," she said,"what's wrong?"
"Oh..uh..Nothing's wrong!" Hideki sputtered back. He knew he shouldn't be worrying Chi so he put up a fake smile. "See Chi?" he asked,"I'm not upset!" He pointed to his fake smile as proof. Chi looked at him,but in her mind she still knew that Hideki was upset.
As they walked home,Hideki thought about the woman and how she treated Chi.
Hideki and Chi reached the door. Hideki opened the door with his keys. Plum was standing in front of him,and Kotoko was being pulled by her.
"Welcome home Master!" Plum cried out. Her arms waved excitedly in the air. "You're back! You're back! Welcome back to our little shack!" Kotoko groaned. Exactly why was she stuck with a malfunctioning persocom?
Hideki went to the refrigerator and pulled out some food. He put the food in the microwave and began to heat it. Chi looked worriedly at him. She knew he was thinking about something. But what was it?
The day passed and dawn soon came. Tweets of birds filled the morning air. Hideki fumbled in his sleep. His eyes slowly opened and closed. Turning around so he could see Chi,he noticed she woke up already. This was unusual. Usually she doesn't wake up before he did. Hideki sprang out of bed,and decided to see what happened to Chi. As Hideki walked toward the kitchen,he noticed a book on the table---a cooking book. It was open to the page entitled "riceballs." From the kitchen came a sweet smell. Was Chi cooking breakfast?
"Good morning Hideki!" said Chi vivaciously. She already dressed and even had an apron on! In her hands was a plate. Four round riceballs lied in it. "Hideki,here's your breakfast!"
Confused,Hideki sputtered out a thanks. "But Chi,why did you---"
"Hideki looked like he was hurting yesterday. So today I wanted to make breakfast for you so you could be happy. Did Chi do something wrong?" Her eyes lowered.
"No Chi! You didn't do anything wrong! Thanks. I'm sure I'll like your riceballs!" Hideki didn't realize Chi knew he was thinking about something yesterday even though she did ask him. He didn't want Chi to worry about him. "Did you make these by yourself?" he asked,indicating the riceballs,"and where'd you get the cookbook?"
"Yes!" Chi replied,giving the plate to Hideki. "The cookbook belongs to Ms. Hibiya. I borrowed it from her. And Plum and Kotoko helped me book!"
Plum must've heard this comment. At that moment a blur ran out of the kitchen. It was Plum with Kotoko being dragged along. "Yup!" Plum cried. "We helped her make the riceballs!" She beamed with pride. Kotoko muttered what seemed to be a "why me?" under her breath.
Hideki noticed he was still in his pajamas. "Chi,I'm going to go and change. Thanks for the breakfast. Why don't you return the cookbook to Ms. Hibiya?"
"Okay!" Chi replied. She snatched the book,and left.
Hideki went into the restroom,and was getting ready. He put his clothes on. Then he sat down and started to eat. "It's pretty good," he mumbled aloud.
Plum shot up. "Master likes it!"
'Yeah,I do." Hideki was surprised. He still needed to stop his habit of talking out loud.
Plum seized Kotoko's hand. "Kotoko! Did you hear that? Master likes it! We succeeded in making a wonderful breakfast! We are--," she ran to the top of the television,"---wonderful cooks!"
Kotoko sighed. "I'm the one that helped her cook. You just danced and sang."
"Oh no!" Plum cried out in alarm. "Kotoko's got an attitude! Wait 'til Ms. Chi hears this!"
Suddenly Hideki stood up and looked at his watch,"Chi's been gone a long time---30 minutes."
To Be Continued...
This is the first fanfiction that I wrote! I hope you like it so far. It's not getting too mushy,right? I don't think it is. I can't stand it when fanfiction writers make a character extremely lovey-dovey when they're not supposed to be like that. It completely destroys their character. Please comment so I know what you think! Also comment if you spot a grammar/writing error!