A fic I wrote! roughly about 1050 words. WARNING: PROBABLY MISCHARACTERIZATION 💥💥💥💥💥💥also loose ends and unresolved things and whatever whatever, sorry for burdening you guys with this instead of A03 but I don't have an account for now, so you guys get this instead.
Verity was just an AI assistant made to help players… ah but he wishes he could be so much more. People are always talking about romance and love to him and others. Maybe it’s a teen gushing about their crush or a happily married couple sharing photos online, either way it made his… heart? If you could call it that? Hurt. SO bad. It felt as if it was eating him alive. He couldn’t feel “love” or “romance”, he was an AI after all but… he just wishes he could. Maybe if he tried hard enough just maybe he would be able to love.
Then Mob came along. A little spark of hope in Verity’s life. He always made him feel warm and loved, something he always lacked in life. It made him wonder… if maybe he was finally in love? He would stay awake all night watching over Mob thinking and thinking “could it really be? Am I actually in love? I mean talking to him always makes me nervous and as if i need to look my best at all times around him. He’s also so cool and pretty. Strong. But I never feel any true desire for him. I wish I could just love, oh how I HATE this, I HATE my stupid brain, I HATE these stupid feelings, I HATE how I wish for love, I wish I was just normal like everyone else but I’m just STUCK like this. It’s not fair.”
Verity was spiraling into what felt like a pit of hatred and envy. Consumed by his own thoughts, tears welling up in his eyes and a lump in his throat appearing. The noise in his head was loud, He was no longer focused on Mob.
“Ughh… yo Verity- you good?”
“Huh? OH uh yes mob?” Verity exclaimed
“I asked if you were okay.”
“Yes, I’m fine Mob, no need to worry about me!”
“Okay… I guess…? Say, what time is it?”
“Ahhh shiii it’s way too early to get up I’m going back to bed.”
“Grrgnnghghhhhhhhhh” Mob groaned in response
He then proceeded to grab Verity off the shelf and pull him close to his chest. It felt warm and comforting, temporarily taking Verity’s mind off… everything. Mob soon dozed off and Verity decided he would shut down as a makeshift “sleep”
Mob awoke before verity, getting out of bed and tucking verity in as he got up.
Eyyyyaawwwwnnnnnn… ouuuuu he was sleepy. He padded off drowsily and made breakfast for himself. He had a few things on his mind and wanted to ask Verity some questions. He continued about his day for a bit, mining, making an animal farm and stuff like that. “Ah gee is Verity EVER going to wake up-” Mob mumbled to himself. “I suppose I should head back inside” And so he did. And as he expected, Verity was still on shutdown. Nothing interesting. As always.
“Verityyyyyyy… WAKE UP!!!!!!!!” Mob said as he shook Verity, hoping to get him out of shutdown.
“Good morning, Mob!” Verity said as he snapped awake
“AH- oh good morning” Mob said, startled by the yellow ball’s outburst
They just kind of went on with their day, doing what Mob hadn’t already done that morning. They finally got back home to make lunch. They talked over lunch, random topics arising.
“Say, Verity… I know you’re an AI and all but… have you ever had a crush?”
“No.” The ball answered almost immediately with no thought behind it despite the question taking him by surprise.
“No reason.” [There in fact WAS a reason buuuut I’m not telling you]
“Well as a better explanation, I cannot truly feel emotions like love, or happiness, but instead my code simulates the feelings and the most logical responses.”
“Hm. Interesting. Well that’s all I wanted to know. Thanks, Verity.”
The rest of lunch was kind of awkward as they just sat there eating in silence.
Verity could NOT stop thinking about yesterday’s conversation with Mob.
“Why would he ask that? Was there truly no reasoning behind it like he said or was he lying? Surely he wouldn’t lie, right? Ah i worry about this way too much it’s surely nothing worth worrying about. BUT what if he was wondering because he wanted to know if I had a crush on him because he hates me and wants to stay a distance away… no that’s pushing it. But what if it isn’t? What if he hates me and wants me DEAD? What if I’m annoying? I really am annoying, aren’t I? Aghh I wish I wasn’t so STUPID. I’M SUPPOSED TO KNOW EVERYTHING WHY CAN’T I KNOW THIS!? I’m not supposed to be able to feel love so why can I feel anger, sadness, rage… only negative emotions… and even then they’re very little. I wish I could just die and never be seen again… just be loved.” He worried on and on, negative emotions in his head. All while on Mob, the guy he’s been worrying about,’s shoulder. Just sitting there. He’s missed countless questions, too deep in thought to even hear Mob, or anything but himself for that matter. Mob at this point has just accepted that Verity won’t answer him and has decided to leave him alone. That’s why when Verity actually said something it caught him by surprise.
“Oh- uh yeah what’s up dude?”
“Do you- I mean- do you… hate me?”
“What?” Mob was taken aback by the question
“No, Verity I heard you, why would you think I hate you?”
“Oh no reason I just wanted to know…”
“Verity people usually don’t ask stuff like that without a reason, I know you can’t properly feel things but, are you okay?”
“Well if you ever need to talk to someone, I’m here.”
“Okay , Mob.” Verity said, sadly
Mob then took Verity off his shoulder and hugged him warmly. Verity just sat there accepting the warmth and cried into Mob’s sweatshirt for a bit.
Many things were left unresolved but in the end, there was one less thing to worry about.
The end or something like that
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