Hello there! If you're wondering, this is an AU following the format of the first Utapri game having chapters from April-March and an epilogue. I'll try to incorporate much of Ai's backstory that will fit with this storyline. So anyways, enjoy~!

Ai didn't understand why he had to come to this place. Why in the word did a robot like him need to come to an academy? People in uniforms kept passing him by as he stood there motionless at the entrance.

Even if Professor and Shining told him to come here, well for Shining he forced him here, Ai didn't believe he would gain anything from here, Saotome Academy.

According to his data, Saotome Academy is an academy made by Shining to raise future idols and composers and is especially known for its low acceptance rate. So only a chosen few can really attend this school, everyone who got accepted here has talent, only to the admission.

Ai of course got in via audition and tests, Shining wasn't that nice to let him in without proper examination.

Ai sighed, for someone who's prestigious in singing, dancing, and even composing, this academy was a waste of time. At least it was only for a year.

It was only 20 minutes and 13 seconds before the new student assembly in the auditorium was about to take place.

"Why am I here this early anyways?" Ai mumbles to himself.

Seeing no use in just standing right at the entrance Ai decided to walk further into the academy. As he was about to take a step he felt something, no, someone bounce off of his back.

He turns around and looks down to see a girl with orange short hair, wearing the same uniform as him, sitting on the ground. Why is this girl sitting on the ground? Ai pondered only for a second and came to the conclusion of this was the thing that bounced off of my back.

Ai kept staring down at her, not lending her a helping hand. The girl swiftly looks up, her yellow-green eyes widen, and then hastily stands up.

"I-I'm sorry for bumping in to you!" She bows deeply.

She bumped into me? How is that possible? In his head many questions popped up. He was tall, 178 cm is pretty tall but how can she not see him?

"How can you bump into me? Were you daydreaming or something?" Ai questions her.

The girl swiftly straightens her back. Ai thought she would answer him straight away with her quick movements but her eyes were moving all over the place, her gaze down at the ground.

"I-I'm sorry." She stutters again. Her shoulders elevated, her arms in front of her chest, hunching over, making herself look small.

She apologizes rather than answering his questions. Ai sighs, this girl better not be planning to become an idol , he thought, she was pretty but her personality is lacking, way too lacking, she was too nervous.

"Well be careful." He says as he turns around to walk towards the auditorium. He'd rather be right on time than early but if things like these happen, might as well try to avoid them.

"Ah wait!" he hears the girl call out.

Ai only turns his head towards the side, "What?"

Her body shrinks in size again, "U-uh, we're you hurt anywhere?"

Hurt? How can I get hurt by just being bumped? Why was this girl caring, he was a robot. But the fact that he's a robot is top secret, he couldn't say that.

"I'm fine." Ai turns back around and starts to walk again only to have the girl come right in front of him.

"Are you really okay?" This time the girl looks at him straight in the eye.

Why was she so pushy? Ai already stated he was fine, he didn't get why she came to ask about this again.

Ai sighs, "There is no way someone that is 158.7 cm tall leave even a dent on my body just by bumping into me."

The girl looks back down again and shrinks, "Ah, I'm sorry."

Ai waited for another reaction but the orange haired girl kept looking down. Usually when he states the height of strangers he gets a surprised look on their face but this girl didn't even react to her stated height. Weird.

13 minutes and 41 seconds left until the opening speech in the auditorium. He used up 6 minutes and 32 seconds on her, time that could've been used to walk to the auditorium all wasted on this girl.

Ai walks around the girl, leaving without saying a word. If he starts talking again, he doesn't know when she'll stop talking.

What a way to start his first day here.

The opening speech from the principal, Shining Saotome was as extravagant as usual, Ai could care less about his speech. The only thing that he got from that speech was the rule "No dating allowed". Once Shining said that, the air around the auditorium seemed to have changed, in Ai's mind.

Dating, a relationship between commonly a guy and a girl that's deeper than friendship, the two 'love' each other more than friends. Ai didn't understand that concept, love. He was able to grasp a little at many other feelings humans felt like sadness and madness but not things like happiness or things like love, a complex human emotion. That's the reason why Ai is here in this academy, to actually learn to love and be loved, grasp human emotions better.

Shining had Professor make a song robot because he wanted an idol robot, he wanted to see if that was possible. So thus Professor made Ai. It was a lengthy process but Professor was able to make Ai talk, walk, sing, and dance; he was almost perfect. Shining noticed the lack of emotion in Ai, without emotions, the robot wouldn't be able to deliver songs that touched people's hearts, it was pretty yes, but it didn't waver emotions.

Even though he worked hard through training to become an idol, Shining believed that it was better for him to try out to get into Saotome Academy to actually learn to convey more emotions through his song and learn more about human emotions. Ai didn't understand why it was necessary for him to go to school, he thought he was perfect: he knew how to compose and arrange, he can sing notes correctly and in the correct rhythm, there were no faults to him, but Shining and Professor kept pressing him about taking the test and auditioning so Ai eventually agreed.

And Ai comes to this academy only to have Shining just sternly states that no dating was allowed. Now how was he to learn about love if this Academy has a strict rule of no dating? Shining was one mysterious man.

I hope you enjoyed this! See you in the next chapter!