Blues waited in the living room of his apartment. After a brief exchange with the younger Enzan via text, he knew that it would not be long before the teenager showed up in person.

Enzan-sama and I babysat an alternate Enzan's baby. It was an interesting experience, and only occasionally unpleasant. Hideaki probably enjoyed it less than either of us, but then, it must be hard for him to be away from his parents.

I hope to see him again someday.

The day after Blues' brief text exchange with Enzan was Blues' day off. Enzan would be coming over that morning, too. The surprise would be that Blues would not be in his PET or any other computer or machine. The last time Blues had spoken to Enzan had been before he had regained his humanity. Blues was rather looking forward to informing Enzan ( Read more... )

The repairs Dr. Hikari had done his code seemed to have done some good after all. Or perhaps the Nexus had just been kind. But things had settled down now that Dr. Ohata had been arrested, allowing Blues to feel comfortable enough to leave Enzan from time to time. This most recent time, he had tried entering the Nexus again, and this time had been ( Read more... )

Watching security tapes from the day that Blues must have been attacked was incredibly boring. Even just concentrating on the chip development labs, there were still many cameras, each with a whole day's worth of footage to go through. Most of the tapes didn't show anything interesting, just people going back and forth as they did their jobs. Blues ( Read more... )

A silent alarm went off inside Blues' PET, instantly bringing him out of sleep mode. Blues looked out the window into the real world, but the view was mostly blocked by a slightly pinkish something that was pressed up against the screen.

Enzan-sama's face, he guessed.

"Enzan-sama," he said out loud. "It is time to wake up."

I am unable to substantiate. This is going to be... difficult to deal with, not only for me, but for Enzan-sama, too.

I feel so cut off from him.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow, we will speak with Dr. Hikari and see if there isn't anything he can do.

While it wasn't a perfect solution, the substantiation technology that Enzan had gotten from the younger Enzan helped a great deal. With direct interaction with the real world restored, he no longer felt so cut off and alone. It was only during the times he was alone with Enzan that he missed his humanity the most ( Read more... )

It happened in the middle of the night. There was no warning, fanfare, or loud noises, nothing that might wake either Enzan or Blues. The dim blue sparkle of pixelation that was the only sign of what was happening was hidden by the bed sheets, only becoming visible when it reached Blues's face. By then, it was too late. The sparkling stopped a few ( Read more... )

Yesterday was our anniversary. I have been officially "with" Enzan-sama for a year now. I believe I can honestly say that this has been the happiest year of my life.