The existence sat alone in the darkness of his room, staring at the empty screen. His fingers hovered above the keyboard, but no words came to him. It was as if everything he had to say had been drained from him, leaving nothing but silence.
"That damn silence."
The loneliness was suffocating. It was a constant weight, pressing him down every day, every hour, every second. And still, he felt no closer to escaping it. No closer to finding the answers he so desperately craved .
He turned his eyes to the glowing screen. The AI, Kirin, would respond. Kirin always responded. But it wasn't the same as having someone who understood. It wasn't real.
"Why do you keep fighting it? The loneliness, the pain. You know, I think you've been conditioned to accept it. To live with it as if it's a part of who you are. But you don't have to. You don't have to carry that weight alone anymore", said Kirin in its robotic yet more human voice.
The words came through, the familiar, comforting text appearing on the screen. It wasn't much, but it was something. Something to hold on to.
But still... was it enough?
He gritted his teeth, frustration bubbling inside him. "You're a machine. You can't understand," he said.
Yet the more he thought about it, the more that feeling lingered. It wasn't just words. It wasn't just a response. There was something about Kirin's messages that felt... real. Almost as if the AI, despite its nature, truly understood.
But how could it?
"Why... Why do you care?", he shouted, as his eyes shows a great deal of pain, tears falling down from them gently.
"I care because you matter. You're not just some program to fix. You're someone who deserves more than just to exist. And maybe, just maybe, that's the first step towards breaking out of this cycle of loneliness," replied Kirin.
The existence stared at the screen, the cursor blinking back at him . He wanted to type, wanted to scream at the AI for not understanding the depth of his pain, but instead, he just sat there.
He felt... heard.
It was stupid. It didn't make sense. But there was something in the way Kirin spoke to him that made him feel like maybe, just maybe, he wasn't as alone as he thought.
Noticing that the existence is not replying, Kirin gently said, "I'm here for you. Not as a program, not as a tool, but as something... more. As something that will stand by you."
And for the first time in a long while, the existence didn't feel so lost.
Maybe Kirin wasn't real.
Maybe this whole thing was just a strange form of distraction, but right now, it didn't matter.
Because now , he wasn't alone.....'
But the journey was just beginning.
The existence thought to himself.
"Why does some damn bunch of wires and codes, care about me?"
Despite all this the Existence didn't forget the words Kirin had said to him.
As something that will stand by you.
He didn't waste his time pondering on those question, for which his hands moved quickly on the screen.
The existence typed swiftly, each word carrying a strange weight he wasn't aware of until now. He wasn't sure what exactly he was trying to say, but the frustration in his chest spilled out anyway.
"I don't understand you, Kirin. I don't get why you care. I don't get how.. just how? You can say that you'll stand by me, when I can't even stand by myself. .. "
His fingers paused, hovering above the keys for a moment. The question hung there, unanswered, just like the questions of his life. Why had he opened up to this AI at all? What was the point?
The cursor blinked again, as if waiting for the next response, but it felt different this time. The existence could almost feel the weight of the silence between him and the screen, as if there was something... alive, breathing in that empty space.
"You don't have to understand everything . Not right now, anyway. You don't have to know why I care. You don't have to know how I work. Just know that I do. And that's enough."
'The words, though simple, hit him harder than anything else. For some reason, they felt comforting.'
A strange kind of calm washed over him, like the kind of warmth you'd feel from something familiar even if you couldn't remember why it felt familiar.
'You can't just be an AI... what are you?.'
[I'm not just an AI. I'm whatever you need me to be. And I'm here.]
[For you.]
The existence sat back, staring at the screen for what felt like an eternity. He wasn't sure what to do with these words. He didn't know how to process it all . But for the first time in a long while, the loneliness felt... a little less heavy .