My programmed soulmate - A short story

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"Bonjour Cognishire! This very day, 30 March 2200, has bright, splendid weather. Perfectly befitting for a cute date...", recited the voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant, placed at the corner of the automated lounge.

The reddened swelled with pain, cried eyes of Fred, having stains of tears under eyelids, searched for the epidermal virtual reality chip, named "Mine <3" on the display.

When he held the chip on top of his wrist, it got sunk into his skin and dropped him to a virtual world of his own memories.

"Love, I still can remember the day,

She came as little as violet in my monochrome life;

A fallen blushed cherry petal on the piano key...", the inner voice of Fred compared as he went through his deep adsorbed memories.

And there, a foggy, mystical cloud curtained the scene and took to the next stage.

"You should never, ever forget this birthday, honey. We'll be together as the cookies 'n' cream hidden in this cake. It's 12 now! Make a wish and blow out the candle!", her voice made an outpour in his heart. He couldn't withstand her caring smile. The shivered hands probed for a pole to get support.

Another hush, the mystical cloud, again a new scene. But this time,

"It's enough, I can't live with you anymore, such a fool! Will end our relationship", she cried out loud with a grudging tone swirling in her face. Fred couldn't speak a single word out since his voice was held tightly by intense dejection and cry.

"There's no resonant between our characters. Together we're a dark void", which echoed endlessly in his ears, pulling him into the bottom of the pitch-black well.

All of a sudden, a ticking sound of his watch waked him up from his memories. The very last kept on ringing in his heart, "You're no resonant with my character!", again and again, dragging him to never-ending agony.

"You can design a prototypic soulmate of your own resonant character. Grab this limited golden opportunity!", the personal assistant was talking out on an advertisement, displaying a digital pamphlet- " Irrespective of genders. Make AI as your dream boy or lover girl."

"Thanks for the 2 million supports. It's okay to give Nickel roses! Come to Love Corp products. Happy living !"

The counterpart of conscience of Fred thought it had become a key to free him from the paining bonds with humans. It forced him to order an AI girl, to make his life a happy-ending fairy tale.

"Pause a second Fred! Your act may lead to the doom of humanity. Never put yourself against Nature", warned the soft, angelic inner voice.

He fast-forwarded his past journey with flesh-blood relations and made a decision.

"Hello, Love Corp products? This is Fred."

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NITHYA K