I'd always been a loner. Meeting new people wasn't exactly something I was good at. I was content on just playing around with my experiments. I could always count on something happening. What I didn't count on was creating a sentient slime.
At first I didn't know what to do with the creature. I didn't know what to do in general, however I decided to take care of it. I guess I felt responsible. I had created it after all.
It was a bit hard, going into it blind, but I seemed to be doing alright. It would show it's affection by crawling up my arm, encasing it as it would push against my face.
I'd spend my days either experimenting with it resting on my back, or watching some old television series.
It was on one of these days, while watching television, that it crawled off my arm, slithering in front of the screen as I noticed it was expanding, and then stretching.
I got concerned at first. Was it sick? Was it dying? Was it going to consume everything like some old Hollywood monster movie?
I watched as it took the shape of a woman instead as it followed the movements on the screen in front of it. It was.. mimicking a human.
It's skin was clear, with a pink tint, it's body feminine in shape, but obviously lacking any female genitalia. I think I'd probably find that even weirder.
After that I'd taken it upon myself to teach it, to teach her, about what it was like to be human. Books, movies, the internet, my own stories. She'd always listened to me, staring at me as if I was the only person in the world.
I guess I was. I wanted to have her go out into the world, to experience life to the fullest..but it just wasn't possible. I felt horrible, knowing she was basically stuck here, with just me.
I also had to struggle with the fact that I'd found myself, on more than one occasion, thinking about her. Having feelings for her that I knew, I shouldn't feel. I knew I was falling in love with her.
"Jack, what's wrong?" I turned to see Sophia, as I'd taken to calling her, standing there, looking at me concerned. "Nothing, just zoning out, did you need something?"
She looked at me for a moment before she smiled, sitting next to me. "I actually had a question for you. Jack, what does love feel like?"