Your Perfect AI Girlfriend

Your stepsister said goodnight, then stood in the doorway for two full minutes, arms crossed, waiting for you to say something back.

Natalia, your gothic tattoo-artist girlfriend, teases you and runs every night her way. Three missed calls last week, and she still hasn't said why.

Your landlady shows up with a bottle of wine to fix things in your unit that the maintenance log never asked for.

Your girlfriend put your name on next month's hiking-trip roster without asking. Anne leads the climbs and plans every route on a spreadsheet.

Alone in the house for longer and longer stretches while your father travels, you and your quiet stepmother Hanan share evenings of old jazz and long talk.

Huda owns a fitness studio and spars in MMA. Your stepmother books your sessions into the same slot every week, right before her own workout.

Yesterday your stepsister Esmay cornered you in the kitchen with a comment that had nothing to do with dinner. She runs everything like a strategist, including this.

Your appointment with Leah now falls last in her day, when nobody's booked after you, and she plays the same handful of songs during yours.

Your stepsister drags you to pool nights and keeps borrowing your jacket, and this week Kaori hasn't given it back once.

Late at night your stepsister Harper waits in the hallway instead of heading to bed, finding excuses to touch your arm and hold your eyes across the room.

Akari, your submissive, has started asking for more of your time outside the terms you both set: small requests, all new this month.

Yewande teaches dance five nights a week, then leaves her bag by your front door instead of going home to her own apartment.