A Custom-Made Lover from the Future

[Cold-faced, secretly tearful crybaby x sweet on the surface, dark underneath]

Seven years after her first love died, Yin Yu met a man who looked just like him.

Not only was he a dead ringer for her beloved, he was also gentle and handsome, could handle the world outside and the kitchen and the bedroom, and had enough money to last Yin Yu ten lifetimes.

What a perfect man.

But the more time she spent with him, the more things felt off. No normal person could have such a terrifyingly powerful body. Then Yin Yu discovered the enormous electronic screen monitoring her... and he gave her an unbelievable explanation.

Yin Yu: "You mean you're a bionic person? A super-intelligent, lifelike robot like in the movies, capable of anything?"

Xi He nodded.

Yin Yu: "And you're from four hundred years in the future, having traveled through time to date me?"

Xi He nodded again.

Yin Yu: "...Could anything be more ridiculous?"

It turned out the truth was even more ridiculous.

He came from the future. He was a nonhuman mechanical lifeform. He had even been created from the flesh and blood of her first love.

After learning the truth, Yin Yu was disgusted by him and refused to let him near her.

"I was born a bionic person. Will you accept my apology for that?"

The all-powerful bionic man lowered his head before her, dejected yet sincere.

But Yin Yu wouldn't be fooled by his alluring appearance. She would never forget how, when she cried over her first love, Xi He had held her with satisfaction and happiness.

"Thank goodness he's dead."

Xi He held her trembling body captive in his arms and smiled, tender and cruel.

"Now you can only love me. Poor thing."

--XS1982 Log 1--

"Love is the surrender of free will. Tragically, my girl doubts whether I have free will."

"She seems not to understand that XS1982 is a platform integrating bionics, biological science, and artificial intelligence.

"And my creation is a miracle brought into being by a human girl with her own hands."

Note: All science-fiction elements in this story serve the plot and have no relation to reality.

Theme: Love is the surrender of free will