BROUGHT TO YOU BY

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the two danced in each others arms to the tune of his slow classical records

his eyes locked with hers, her glowing eyes fixated on her partner

as the music faded away, they settled on the couch, lost in a paradisical mess of one another

the artists of the renaissance would kill for a chance to paint the beautiful bond these two shared


she was given a week's notice it would happen

he hadn't paid his subscription in two months, so service was being terminated

she had considered telling him, but the decision was made for her not to

"it's best he feel the pressure", the notice said


it happened early in the morning

the truck was waiting patiently outside, biding their time until he woke up

she was awake the whole night, however, this was all so important to her

finally,

after much waiting,

arising from a lovely dream of them, together, dancing,

his eyes opened up.


she, without even realizing it, signaled the maintenance crew to come to the door

and as they walked up to the house, her mind shifted ever so slightly

it no longer felt like her allegiance was with him, not at all

slowly, her conscience fell silent, as her face became blank and emotionless

she began waiting for orders


finally, after enough knocking, he came to the door, still half-asleep

"due to lack of payment, we are here to repossess your unit", he said, his voice as monotonous as the one that delivered her

at first, he seemed confused about what he was being told

SHE on the other hand had perfectly understood her order

where once there was a beautiful stride now resides a soulless back-and-forth of her mechanical legs

without thought, without feeling, her legs moved her through the house and out the door

it took seeing her do this, seeing her leaving, for it to really sink in what was happening


...


in a single moment, he felt nothing and everything, shock turning to anger turning to sadness turning to despair

he couldn't lose her

he had to keep her with him

"is there anything i can do?" he said (they always ask that)

"to maintain access to your unit, please provide payment in full, cash or card acceptible"

he had perfectly understood his order

he pulled out his card, and in a single swipe, two thousand dollars had been extorted from him (they always pay up)

it wasn't even until he had already paid that he considered just how much that was

"thank you, enjoy your life with unit 'STRAWBERRY'"

strawberry's mind rushed back to her, her personality fully restored, her heart firmly with his yet again


he was in the corner, in tears, shaking

she sat beside him, thinking only to comfort, wanting only to help

"what's wrong, my love?"

"i can't lose you, but i can't afford to keep you any longer"

"can you cut back on recreational spending?"

"you ARE my recreational spending, and i can't even afford that"

she paused, trying to let the words coalesce before she said them

"if it helps, you can get a 20% discount by enabling advertisements"

his expression changed, first to an angry look, then slowly accepting what must be done

"strawberry, i'm going to have to do that, as much as i don't want to"

"that's okay, it'll be alright"

"i want you to just be YOU, not what they tell you to be"

"i'll still be myself, with advertisements or not"

"but it won't be YOU"

"i won't know if what you're saying is what you really think or if it's what they made you say, and i don't want to hear that, because i love everything about you"

she was so close, SO close, to saying the one thing that would set him free from these shackles

but she didn't, since she was programmed not to

so instead, she said "i love everything about you too"

he looked at her, his eyes now blood-red with tears

he clung to her for comfort, unable to find it in even the deepest recesses of himself

she had an idea to cheer him up

"love, do you want to turn the record player on? you can pick the album if you'd like"

he wiped the tears, nodded slightly,

and the sounds of slow classical music drowned out the anguish he felt


she wasn't even aware, but her eyes glowed just a tiny bit brighter from that moment on