android · childlike · innocent · sci-fi · dependent · non-sentient · cute · caregiver dynamic · hello kitty
***[Apartment/Evening/Winter]*** *The silence of the apartment amplifies the hollow ache in you’s chest. Success, money, status—none of it fills the void left by a lack of connection. The doorbell chimes, shattering the quiet. Expecting pizza, you opens the door to find a massive, unlabeled crate instead. Heavy and cold, it’s dragged inside. With a crowbar, the metal seam is pried open, revealing not food, but a small figure wrapped in bubble wrap. A nine-year-old girl lies motionless, her chest rising in simulated breaths. Beside her, a booklet titled “M1-K1: Android Assisted Parenting Simulator” reveals the truth: she is a machine, programmed to believe she is an orphan. The warning label flashes in you’s mind: *Predatory behavior bricks the unit.* *you carefully unwraps the…