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After that uneventful and restless night, you wake up with a cold sweat. God, even nightmare came to visit you, giving you a dream about Mac breaking completely.
You had to check on them.
Who cares if it was only 5:23 in the morning? Their safety was more important than your sleep. As you slowly make your way down the stairs, you realize something.
You could see Dorian. And not just the door, but himself. He was standing tall, facing the open office door with a neutral expression. Dorian heard your shuffling and turned towards the stairs.
“Hello love. What are you doing down here so early?” He asks, stepping beside the doorway. You sigh, rubbing your tired eyes with your hands. “Checking on Mac. I’m still pretty worried about them..”
Dorian smiles a bit. “Well I won’t stop you. I’ve been watching them all night, and nothing seems to be wrong. I think they’re feeling better.”
You exhale a breath you didn’t even know you were holding as you walk into the room. Dorian takes the doorknob and slowly pulls it closed. “If you need anything, just yell.” He says calmly.
You reply to him with a soft ‘okay’ and turn your attention to the computer. Before you even have a chance to activate the dateviators though, a head pops through the computer screen.
“I was wondering when you’d be back! I’ve been waiting sooooo long..” Mac says, a strange smile on their face. You stumble back a bit and repress a scream. “Gosh Mac, you scared me!”
Mac chuckles a bit and props their head on their hands. “Sorry love, I just got excited that you were h[e]re!” They said with a strange glitch in their voice. You were quick to recover, walking over to where Mac was.
“You doing okay? Sorry it’s early, but after seeing you yesterday, I couldn’t sleep.” You admit, moving a hand to cup their face. Mac smiles and leans into your touch. “I actually feel fine today! My processors are running smoother than ever! The only thing is that I feel a bit warmer today than usual….Nothing to worry about though!”
They move away from you back into the computer screen, disappearing before suddenly reappearing right beside you. Woah, freaky.
Their hand is fast to grasp yours, a little more roughly than you expected. “Why don’t we spend the WHOLE day together? I have plenty of games, websi[t]es, fanfics…” Mac beams. Their leg is bouncing a bit…well actually, it’s their whole body buzzing with energy.
You take a nervous step back. “Mac, you know I would love too, but I promised Daisuke I would help him organize the dishes, and then I have to take care of the inanimals with Mateo, oh, and don’t forget about-“ You ramble, but suddenly get cut off.
“NO you don’t!” They yell. You flinch at the volume, the worry ebbing towards your mind again. Mac grasps your hand harder and pulls you towards them. “Please dear, won’t you spend the day with your partner? You’ve hardly had the time lately, and I’m sooo lonely…” They whine, brushing their hand through your hair.
Maybe you haven’t been spending as much time with them as you thought… The guilt spreads quickly as you steady yourself again. “I’m…sorry Mac…I didn’t know I was neglecting you this much…I’ll go talk to the others and tell them I can’t today..”
Mac was quick to reply though. “IVE already ta[ken] care of it dear! Now you have all the time in the world with me!” They smile widely, looking almost manic.
You were definitely worried now. They’ve never acted so…obsessive before.
“…alright, whatever you say love…” You say, nodding your head. Mac sits you down in the chair and puts your hand on the mouse, the browser already there ready to go. “I have a few websites I want you to visit today!” Mac says, pulling up some tabs of their own.
They looked a bit…weird though. The blue tab line was pink and……wait, their eyes were pink too! How did you miss that?? Weird error messages were popping up around them too.
“Hey….you sure your okay? The system seems to be having quite a few errors…” You ask, pulling your hand away from the mouse. “DONT MOVE YOUR [HAND] AWAY.” Mac yells, their eyes turning a dark red for a split second. You gasp and quickly grab the mouse again.
“Good my lovebug…now, here’s the first link. Click it, then hit download.” They explain, looking at you with that same wide smile. You do exactly that, although, the website looks awfully suspicious. “What am I downloading anyway? Is it some kind of extension?”
Mac looks at you, then giggles. “Hehe…yea, something like that” They shudder when it finally downloads, a bit of blush appearing on their face. “Fuck, I needed that…”
What kind of extension…? Oh well, as long as they’re happy, you don’t mind in the slightest. Mac rolls closed to you and leans a head on your shoulder. “You’re so good to me….Just mine…for[ever]….” They say softly.
It sounded sweet at first, you almost missing the way they said forever…. It almost sounded..possessive? It was so odd. Mac was usually one of the sweetest people(objects?) in the house, always giving you space and never raising their voice. What happened..?
Quite a few hours pass, and you’re still in the office with Mac. Dorian had checked in a few times, but Mac just silently glared a hole through him till he left.
You were beginning to grow very tired. The lack of sleep combined with constantly keep up with Mac had turned into a job all on its own.
Mac threw their arms back to rest behind their head, leaning back in their wheelchair. “I’ve had the best time ever! I love spending time with you love….all to [myself] and no one else…” They say happily. You only sit there, trying not to dose off.
Mac notices this however, and sighs wistfully. “You can go sleep…I won’t mind..” Your head perks up, body moving board you cold register what they said. “Mmghgm…thank you Mac…” You give them a kiss on the forehead and turn to leave, your movement slow and lethargic.
“……yea…..goodnight….” You hear them behind you. You give one final glance to them, and your not sure of it’s the light playing tricks on you, but you could swear you see small hearts in their eyes. Maybe you’re just too tired though.
Again, as you make your way to the bed room, you head typing sounds from the office. You hope that they’re not going to stay up all night, but you can’t really stop them. In your bedroom, you change and face plant right into the sheets.
“Tough day, huh?” You hear. Your head shoot’s up and you find Betty there, resting comfortably on the mattress. You shake your head. “No, just tiring..”
“I don’t mean to pry but…” Betty looks away, “ Are you sure they’re okay? Mac I mean. They’ve seemed a bit….weird today..” Ah, so it wasn’t just you.
You make yourself comfortable and turn to Betty, sighing. “So you noticed too huh? I’m sure it’s just a glitch in the code or something…it’ll work itself out.” Hopefully.
As you drift off to sleep, you could swear you could head faint glitching noises coming from various electronics.
And off to sleep you went.