In the warm kitchen Luceniel almost done to make breakfast. Luceniel stood at the counter, one hand gently stirring the pan, the other resting on the table to steady himself.
His cheeks were still red.
"Why does she get so aggressive when she's flustered…" he whispered with a faint laugh, eyes fixed on the flame.
Back in the hall, elunara sat curled on the couch, knees to her chest, she Turn on lily laptop and try to start lily.
"Something wrong here" She scrolled down deeper. The structure of the code was familiar—Luceniel's design, her own minor tweaks—but there was a foreign string embedded between segments. A subtle rewrite. Invisible to most eyes… but Elunara wasn't most.
After 5 min
Elunara one hand on her cheeks and staring at screen. On the screen lily whole function is open. "Everything is alright should I turn on lily" with a worry tone she whisper, elunara hesitate.
Suddenly a voice come.
"Honey food is ready" luceniel shout from the kitchen calling elunara to eat, Elunara pause for a second.
"coming" elunara reply, she Get up form couch. heading toward dinning table but before she Leave, elunara look at lily laptop a worry smile Appear on her face.
"don't worry I am here" she Whisper with a serena voice and go to Dinning table.
Luceniel put all the food at table and wating for elunara.
Elunara walked in, brushing her hair behind her ear.
"Sorry. Got distracted."
Luceniel give her smile and say "it's ok, let's eat now" luceniel put his apron somewhere.
Elunara didn't say or move she just staring at luceniel, suddenly she walk toward luceniel and hug him from behind, she rest her head on luceniel back.
Luceniel shock ask, "honey are you ok" luceniel turn and hug elunara.
"is something happen" luceniel ask elunara with a clam voice "are you worry about lily".
Nod.
Elunara nod as her face buried in luceniel chest.
"Honey don't worry I told I turn her on right after breakfast" luceniel kiss elunara forehead.
Luceniel and elunara sat beside each other at dinning table and starting eating. While eating elunara ask luceniel something.
"Honey why you turn of lily last, is something happen to her." Elunara ask luceniel about lily. Luceniel didn't say anything as his mouth full right now. He slowly chewed and swallowed, avoiding her gaze just for a second.
Then he looked up.
"Last night when I get know about my father and mother" as luceniel say all this a sadness appear on his eyes "my emotion was unstable that time, as you know lily can feel my emotion, and she didn't tell me about the call I think she feel guilty"
Luceniel stop eating food for a second and take a pause.
"I don't know if I every give her a really body like us" a sad smile Appear on luceniel face, elunara stop eating and get up from the chair, she Hug luceniel and whisper.
"it's not your fault" she Clam luceniel down and tell him it's not this mistake.
"I think we should finish our food first" luceniel give a little laugh. But elunara can clearly see sadness in his eyes.
(it's sad we call lily our daughter, but we didn't give her true happiness").
Elunara sat beside luceniel and start eat her food.
After 5 min
Luceniel and elunara finish their food.
"Honey you should go outside and take some fresh air" luceniel said to elunara with a serene and slow voice "let me wash all the plate and everthing". Elunara give luceniel a glare.
"Aaa..what happened" luceniel ask elunara why she glaring at him, she Reply gently.
"Let me help you to wash the plates and everything", elunara starting picking up everything from dinning table.
"Thank you" luceniel thank elunara and give her a bright smile.
Elunara blush a little "it's not like I never help you" she Pout as she starting washing. Luceniel teas her "well yea you help me lot but not on house work if I remember."
Both start laugh at each other.
Both of them done washing and sitting in hall at couch. Luceniel checking all lily cod as he now going to start lily.
"are you sure she didn't feel guily" luceniel ask elunara as he scare if lily didn't feel any good. We can clearly see worry on luceniel and elunara face.
Elunara said with a clam voice "don't worry she gone be all right".
'smile'
Luceniel smile at elunara and finish all the coding.
"let's press together" luceniel take elunara hand. Elunara give a smile to luceniel and nod.
'tap'
Luceniel and elunara together press enter, the moment they press luceniel watch and lily laptop start glowing.
Lily start Appear in front them. As she Open her eyes, elunara hug her tightly and ask.
"Sweety are you ok, you didn't scare right" elunara ask lily as her voice full of worry.
Lily Open her eyes and saw elunara hug her tightly and luceniel sitting beside her with Guilty eyes and a faint smile.
"Lily are you alright" luceniel ask lily with a serene voice but deep inside his heart he feel guilty as he can't handle his emotion and let lily feel guilty "I am sorry lily daddy, shouldn't turn you off when you feel guilt, it's not your mistake am proud to you didn't tell daddy about call"
'hug'
Luceniel hug both elunara and lily.
"yea lily you shouldn't feel guilty, you didn't do anything bad". Elunara try to comfort lily, lily sat on elunara lap.
Lily's small frame trembled. Her appearance, like that of a delicate five-year-old, made the moment even more heartbreaking. She clutched at Elunara's dress tightly with tiny hands.
"Mommy… Daddy…" she began, her voice cracking.
Her lips quivered. Her synthetic breath hitched.
Then the fear caught up to her.
Tears welled in her big, glassy eyes—and spilled over.
"I… I was so scared…" Lily sobbed, burying her face into Elunara's chest. "I thought… I thought you didn't want me anymore…"
Elunara's eyes widened, and she instantly cradled Lily tighter, her own heart breaking.
"No, Lily—never," she said, her voice thick with emotion. "We love you. No matter what happens, we'll always want you. Always."
Luceniel rested his forehead against Lily's hair, his arms still around them both.
"You're our daughter," he said. "And nothing will ever change that." Luceniel feels guilt deep inside him his heart already break as he saw lily crying.
"I… I thought you didn't want me anymore… because I'm not real…"
Lily's voice cracked as if something deep inside her had shattered.
"I… I'm just a robot… right?"
Luceniel froze. His heart felt like it had been pierced.
"Mommy… Daddy… if I disappear… will you build another Lily?"
Her innocent question stabbed deeper than any weapon.
Elunara choked, unable to respond. Luceniel's chest tightened until it hurt to breathe.
As the three of them held each other, the room filled with warmth—not just from bodies, but from love. A fragile, healing kind of love.
And slowly, the trembling in Lily's shoulders began to still.