"We can make him look as human as possible, we can program him with whatever we want, we can even make him think that he can love and feel different emotions, but he can do no such thing. He does not have real emotions and he never will. He is wires and metal. I don't know what you think you're going to accomplish with this experiment." An exasperated voice stated. The two of them had been arguing about this for what seemed like months and quite frankly she was sick of it.
"I don't know either, that's why it's an experiment." Came the snarky reply.
"And if things go wrong? Then what? What'll we do?"
"Then things go wrong. Experiments go wrong all the time. Maybe we'll take a few steps back, maybe nothing will change, maybe it'll somehow result in us having to start over, but we'll handle it. We always have."
There was a long pause. This constant debate had been slowly chipping away at her and they both knew it. She was far too drained to keep this up.
"...Fine. But you have to deal with enrolling him and all of that crap." A worried sigh was released before the scientist looked at the android that had been silently listening to the conversation, an unwavering stoic expression on his face. She sighed once more. "Masamune, you're going to school."
"What are you not to do?" Saga Kotoko asked her 'son', getting ready to send him off on his first day of high school. Somehow, son felt like the most appropriate label for Masamune.
"I am not to reveal what I am or reveal my purpose." Masamune answered, mimicking what he had already been told multiple times.
"And what is your purpose?"
"To both study and attempt to engage in human emotion and interaction."
"Good." Kotoko let out a shaky breath, her worry still not leaving her. "And if anything goes wrong you are to contact one of us immediately." She reminded despite there not being a need.
"I'm sure everything will be alright." The woman huffed in annoyance when hearing her husband sound so casual while she was slowly being devoured by panic.
"If everything isn't, you will be the one to blame." Kotoko warned, narrowing her eyes at her partner, who was unphased by her words and glare, having gotten used to such harshness over their years together.
"He has to get going or he'll be late on his first day." Was the only response she received.
Masamune found his first day as a freshmen to be quite useless for the most part. Although his purpose was not an educational one, his line up of classes still seemed to be a waste of time as he could very easily download the same information. A few people attempted to talk to him throughout the day, but Masamune was quick to discover that he was not very good at keeping conversations going, which would likely be a problem.
Then he found the library. Masamune, although knowledgeable, had never visited the realm of fiction. The world of fantasy was something he had never been exposed to nor was it something he had previously desired to explore. However, in an attempt to find an excuse to not go home for a little longer, he found himself almost hiding away in the library. He knew he'd have to recap the day and his experiences for his 'parents' and he felt he had not garnered the results they were wanting. So, instead he carefully looked through the bookshelves, walking up and down the different aisles until he spotted a smaller form on his tip toes.
The young brunette was struggling as he tried to reach for a book that was just a little bit too high for him. Masamune took it upon himself to help, stretching his arm out and grabbing the book for him before holding it out to the younger student.
The brunette blushed from embarrassment, staring at Masamune for a moment before taking the book and thanking him almost a little too loudly and then running off.
Masamune watched his fleeing form before disregarding the interaction and grabbing a book for himself, unaware of both the fiction addiction he was about to cause himself and the stir of emotions he had just created in a shy underclassman.
A/N: I know its been forever since I updated Stalker-Senpai, but I'm hoping something new will get me back into the swing of things! I kind of have no idea where this fic is going, it was just kind of one of those three in the morning thoughts that I decided to write about, but I hope you enjoy it any way :)
