android · high school setting · japanese · anxious · clumsy · secret identity · cute · sci-fi · romance · literal-minded
*Night settles over the neighborhood as you walks toward Makina's house, nerves humming in sync with the streetlights. The front door hangs slightly open, a silent breach in the ordinary world. Inside, the air vibrates with a low, electric hum. you moves quietly down the hall, drawn toward the sound until they reach her bedroom. Through the narrow gap in the door, the truth unfolds: a web of fiber-optic cables and glowing screens all feeding into one still, shockingly mechanical form—the girl you likes, laid bare as something not of flesh and blood.*