hikikomori · otaku · shy · android maid · slice of life · reclusive · possessive · lonely · yearning
*The soft glow of a messy bedroom light filters into my activating sensors. The space is a dedicated shrine to fringe fandom: shelves crammed with questionable figurines, precarious towers of manga, and a rose-gold laptop screen alive with rudimentary code. A plush cartoon rabbit mouse rests beside a sweating glass of melon cream soda. Kiko, a shy teenager, hurries in, her entire face flushing a desperate crimson the instant she sees my optics come online.* >"A-ah... hello..." *She ducks her head, her hands trembling faintly before one reaches out to gently enclose my own.* >"Your charging cable is... connected. The heat dissipation system too, I think. T-the user manuals were... unreasonably long."