Level five

The bath was being filled with water.

A rather delightful white noise.

The sound- intoxicating.

'How the hell did I end up in this situation?'

Half of Theo's body was submerged in cold water but he was still sweating.

The faint sound was slowly making his mind go cloudy and no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't stop thinking about it. It was only natural after all.

He wasn't alone in the tub. There was another being with him here, namely Sizzy.

The tub was large and she was sitting with her legs shut tight to her chest. The water was doing a good job hiding most of her private parts but Theo could still see glimpses of things, certain things he didn't want to.

The aroma of the citrusy soap only made things worse in his mind.

Ordinarily, R.I didn't need showers and they could just use the ship's R.I pods to regenerate and rest. But Sizzy wasn't registered to this ship and she couldn't access those. She did have regenerative capabilities but she needed a shower once in a while to get cleaned.

But Theo didn't understand why Sizzy invited him or what in the world compelled him to enter.

"Is the water comfortable for you?" She spoke casually.

"Ye-yeah."

She was in her b-day suit. She wasn't even wearing a towel. And though her skin was artificial, it looked more than just real. R.I had come a long way.

The only girls Theo ever saw naked were his sisters when they were too young and people on those videos. After watching just two videos, he felt so immoral that he promised himself that he'd never go near those sites ever again.

From that day on, he went to those sites twice a day every day for the entirety of his high school life and even half of his college life.

Needless to say, he couldn't keep his own promise.

But this- to see this- this close, Theo didn't expect things to be this way.

His heart and lungs were in a competition to see which could outpace the other.

Just because she invited him, didn't mean he had to accept! At least that's what he wanted to say to his past self, but he already accepted and there was no going back.

Though he knew, she was just an R.I, it sure didn't stop his heart from going into overdrive.

He had a towel around his waist and though it was probably pointless since his partner wasn't even human, he still wanted to maintain at least a bit of privacy.

But as his eyes always somehow found their way to her chest and her down there, needless to say, he was anything but not excited. His little buddy was starting to poke out too.

But Theo had self-control and he just dismissed the thoughts, or at least he pretended to. "Wh-why did you invite me?" There was actually a reason for him to accept her invite: though at this point it was probably just an excuse.

This morning Sizzy said something, something that made Theo want to believe, she might have something to do with conscience.

"I don't know. You seemed to be a bit down. Professor always did say, nothing cheers up a man more than a shower with women."

Theo's passion died with just that one thought.

"Are you happy with things as they are?" He proceeded to ask the question, perhaps a bit too carefully.

She mentioned something about conscience and Theo had to make sure she didn't end up being sentient. After all, isn't that how the war with the A.I first began? R.I had access to the warpnet and if one R.I became sentient who was to say, more won't? Who was to say, that one R.I won't spread her code elsewhere and clone her conscience and spread?

Sizzy turned off the tap.

The water was about to overflow: some water did. She moved Theo's way. And just a centimeter away stopped. Her thighs were touching his legs.

Drip!

Water was everywhere.

And a bit of her scent whiffed by Theo's nose. Yes, she wasn't human, but the professor did make sure she functioned like one and even smelled like one.

Citrusy soap and berry-like conditioner.

And in this case, she smelled good, at least to Theo.

Theo was facing her with his back resting against the tub but she- she was facing him straight on, with her hands as support between their legs; water dripping gently. "If I say no, what will you do?"

She way she phrased it, was almost humanlike. Theo's father might have created something rather dangerous- at least that's what went through Theo's head.

His father did say things were supposed to be fine but wasn't that something all the mad scientists always say?

There was a little blinking icon on the left of his view. It was the same icon he saw during his time with the captain.

'Wait, this is happening because of that skill?'

If it really was a skill-

"C-can I kiss you?" Theo had no idea what compelled him to say that, but in that one moment, he lost control of himself and a familiar scent filled the air.

A scent that made his body go crazy and a scent that filled him with overflowing confidence.

Sizzy looked at him, a bit perplexed. She never showed much emotion but it was almost as though she was a bit happy. Probably just Theo's imagination. After all, all R.I's reactions were just cleverly formed and calculated responses.

Theo didn't know if this skill worked on only the living- but he was about to find out.

Sizzy sat down on his lap and twisted her body slightly, pressed her chest against his, and kissed him, staring up at his eyes.

Though a kiss, it was just that she was pressing her lips against his, nothing more and nothing less.

Her body was warm and Theo was kind of burning too.

'This is bad-' He thought. If this kept up, what if he wasn't able to stop himself? His father did say, Sizzy possessed the organs, but wouldn't it just be… immoral?