Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:19:47 +0200
From: Zustara Orur <zustara@hotmail.com>
Subject: "Si-C", Chapter 12 + 13

Si-C

A story (C) 2004 by ZUSTARA ORUR. Contact address: zustara@hotmail.com
2.0 May not be redistributed, commercial use prohibited!

Please see chapter 1 for standard disclaimer blurb and such.

Thanks to those who took time to email me to tell me you like the story;
it's greatly appreciated!


 12 - Three intriguing letters.

After the quick introduction of the others, the two boys picked a spot to
put all their clothes. They had barely started to undress when suddenly
they heard someone come splashing out of the lake to join them.

 "Whoah! A C.R.Y. unit!", Rei said. "WOW! Cool!" She looked at Brian with
big, envious eyes. "Is it yours?"

Brian grinned back. "His name's Simon, Rei", he told her firmly. "And yes,
he is mine, I guess." He took Simon's hand and squeezed it reassuringly,
and the small robot smiled slightly, almost shyly and squeezed back.

Rei turned to the synthetic boy. "Hi Simon! I'm Rei Ishikawa, pleased to
meet you!" Simon almost presented his left hand to Rei to shake because
Brian was holding his right, but then the two boys let go (and Rei
giggled), and then all of a sudden there were four more kids surrounding
them, buzzing amongst themselves, all of them falling over themselves to
say hello to Simon, and even wanting to touch him. Brian felt a bit like it
was the first day after christmas was over and all the kids were admiring
each other's presents.

 "How did you know he's a robot?", Brian asked Rei once the initial flood
of words and questions had subsided.

She smiled. "His clothes, of course. They all come in those blue clothes."
She paused, studying Brian for a few moments just to see if her words
sparked any recognition in the boy. They didn't, maybe Brian just hadn't
met any C.R.Y. units before she thought. "I saw one at Terry Farnham's
house, but he got a girl instead." Terry was a bit older than the rest of
them, around fifteen, Brian seemed to remember.

 "Wonder what THEY are doing together at night?!", Mehdi quipped. He didn't
usually say such things and his exclamation was therefore met with instant
laughter from all around.

Rei looked at the proud owner. "Ooh, I'm SO jealous of you, Brian!", she
said and for an instant seemed to want to hug him it seemed to the young
boy, then she gathered herself again. "But seriously. I'm not sure you
should bring him to school. Steve, you know..."

 "Yeah, Steve. Didn't think of him... He's a robot-hater you know", Cecil
added in Brian's direction.

Mehdi cut in. "And so's his father. I think he's NUTS by the way." The boy
giggled despite the serious subject.

 "Why do you say that?", Melanie asked.

Mehdi frowned at the freckled girl. "Well, don't YOU think it's nuts to
start screaming and kicking at just about every robot you meet, huh? Even
if it's right in the middle of a street?"

 "He actually DOES that? I didn't know!"

Mehdi sighed. "Yeah, he does that. He's even stood in front of lorries
shouting at them to run him over and stuff... He's ready for the nuthouse,
that's for sure. Definitely ready for the nuthouse." He sighed. "I don't
understand how he's allowed to keep his kid, being a single parent and
all."

Then it was Melanie's turn to sigh. "Poor Steve, no wonder he's such an
arse with that kind of father!" Then it seemed she thought the conversation
had taken a much too serious a turn. "What does 'C.R.Y.' stand for
anyway?", Melanie suddenly wondered.

 "Oh, I bet it's something like, 'Cybernetic Robotic Youth'!", Bobby said
in a lofty voice like he of course knew everything. He liked to kid around,
and he was a master at tricking people too, he could often fool even
grown-ups into believing the most rediculous of things.

Mehdi giggled. "That's a good one Bobby! Though both 'cybernetic' AND
'robotic'? Isn't that kinda redundant?"

 "You shut up!", Bobby responded and started chasing Mehdi around. "Like
YOU could do any better!"

Rei put her hands at her sides. "You imbeciles!", she almost yelled at the
rest of the group. "It doesn't stand for ANYTHING. It's just a model code,
right, Simon?"

 "That is correct", the small robot responded with a nod.

 "There, you see!", she said triumphantly. "Fools, all of you. Except me
and Mel that is. And Brian of course." She gave the boy a quick look and an
even quicker grin, neither of which any of the others noticed.

Dissention broke out in the ranks of the small group as they all accused
each other of all sorts of silly things before they managed to get back in
something that at least resembled order. They touched and prodded Simon
(who stayed dutifully at Brian's side all the time, exchanging small looks
and smiles with him), and they all agreed that he really did look
remarkably boy-like.


 13 - Adventures in the water.

They had SO many questions which needed answering, but finally the two
newcomers managed to get naked too and then all of the kids retreated back
to the lake. Simon held on to Brian's hand with a firm but gentle grip, he
didn't want his new master to feel as if the other kids were hogging him or
anything. Cecil was almost hanging on Brian, one of his arms over the other
boy's shoulders and babbling away about all the stuff he'd been up to
recently. He liked to try to make Brian interested in what he was doing,
but Brian had so far let himself be elusive. Not for any real reason, he
had no reason to NOT like Cecil. In fact, he was a very likeable kid,
thoughtful and kind. It was just Brian's somewhat peculiar personality that
made him behave that way. Like he felt he HAD to be lonely for some weird
reason. Like he was meant to, despite that others welcomed his presence,
and actually even desired it in some cases.

Then their feet reached the water's edge and Cecil's hold on Brian
increased in strength. He was a pretty well-grown young boy (and his dick
was actually almost as big as Simon's and was starting to be adorned with a
few lone pubes too Brian had noted with some interest), and when he pulled
Brian along there wasn't much the other could do but to follow!

 "Brrr!", Brian said. "This water's COLD!"

 "You wiener, it's only temporary!", Cecil responded. "Come on now, be a
man!"

With those words they all mustered their courage and rushed down into the
lake, spraying water in every which way, and lots on each other too. It was
a bit chilly initially because the lake was rather deep and the weather had
been lacklustre for a while and it had been raining lots too adding more
cold water to it, but it got better as they played around. Brian had it
easy because he only had to touch Simon to feel true warmth, the synthetic
boy literally radiated heat for his master's sake.

Going to the lake generally meant lots of horsing around, splashing water
on one another and dunking each other, piggyback riding and having
slow-motion tournaments etc. In years past their naked games had all been
very innocent, but now they were getting older, discovering themselves and
other people too. It brought a new edge altogether to the whole thing, but
they'd all been naked so much around each other it wasn't anything REALLY
exciting, but they all were aware of a new kind of tension between them. An
accidental (or not so accidental) touch in certain places of a body that
hardly sparked any kind of reaction a couple years ago now seemed to
produce both fits of the giggles and badly blushing faces. But it was all
good and harmless fun. Piggyback riding was still as much fun as always,
maybe even more so in fact. The girls sat on Cecil and Bobby, Simon carried
Brian of course and Mehdi was the odd man out for the first round. Simon
bore Brian to victory, the pair virtually annihilating the competition,
much to the chagrin of all the others.

Unlike other competitions, this one required the winner to yield his seat
if there was an odd number of players, so Mehdi quickly took his place on
top of the small robot once Brian had tumbled off backwards and into the
lake. Brian was actually thankful of that, because he was terribly stiff
from having his privates all pushed up against Simon's smooth, strong neck.

The new matchup with Simon and Mehdi produced equally devastating results,
and the others started calling for the people to rise up against the
robotic oppression! All in jest, of course.

 "Sorry guys!", Rei called out and patted her boy - which happened to be
Cecil - on his wet head before sliding off his shoulders. "Time for us
girlies to be going. The rest of you coming also?" Cecil gave her a grin.

 "Hm, I think I'm going to stay a while longer, how about the rest of
you?", Bobby said. Cecil and Mehdi nodded. Brian was sitting close to Simon
in the water, both holding each other's hands under the surface where
nobody could see it.

Melanie shrugged. "Okay, loverboy", she said and hopped off his shoulder in
a way that seemed rather elegant, especially to Bobby himself. "We'll see
you guys later then? Tomorrow, maybe?"

Melanie's former steed grinned in a silly manner. "Yeah, sure Mel!", the
dark-haired boy said.

 "Ta-ta!", the redhead responded and waved her fingers at Bobby. Well, all
the boys really, but mostly at Bobby. Or so it seemed to him anyway, and he
grinned more in an equally silly, boyish manner.

With those words the two girls waded ashore and went up the beach to the
piles of clothes that belonged to them. They wiped each other dry, taking
their time more than they neccessarily had to it seemed to the remaining
boys, and the two girls never tried to conceal themselves either, as if
they did it on purpose, knowing they had four sets of boy eyes on them (and
one set of robot eyes too). They got dressed slowly and then left by the
small path that Brian and Simon had used when arriving. Both Rei and
Melanie waved again at the boys before disappearing amongst the trees.

 "Aaw geez!", Cecil muttered. "It was like they'd never leave!"

 "What, were you in such a hurry to get rid of them?", Brian asked. "Why?"

Cecil giggled. "Why do you think? I couldn't get out of the water while
they were still around, and I bet Bobby's got the same problem too!"

 "Oh if EVER!", the other boy admitted with a giggle of his own. "I
wouldn't have said this last summer, but Mel's... She's HOT, man!" He
paused, looking at the others. "Did you see? I think she's starting to get
breasts! Wonder if she'll begin to wear a swimsuit soon. I sure as hell
hope not!"


(Sincere thanks to Nifty!)