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Ghost in a Shell | 01

Summary: In the year 2049, premature deaths have been reduced to the highest degree with the introduction if the concept of cyber replacement. Damaged body parts could be replaced with cyber limbs, from its creation, the successful replacement of brain and the owner’s memories were the goal. All efforts to achieve the goal were all unsuccessful, until you, the first full cybernetic brain recipient met Jungkook.

Word count: 3,199

Paring: Jungkook x Reader

A/N:

In the year 2049, premature deaths have been reduced to the highest degree with the introduction if the concept of cyber replacement as first introduced by genius Kim Namjoon.

Damaged body parts could be replaced with cyber limbs, from its creation, the successful replacement of brain and the owner’s memories were the goal, a feat that Namjoon had researched a great number of years, after five years of little to no success, Kim Namjoon ultimately scrapped the idea of brain replacement with emotional ties attached, and resumed to his life now as a University graduate.

Those with cybernetic brains resumed their home lives, despite losing their memories and their emotions, while those with nowhere to go (which were a great many) were either kept at the laboratory or were let go to do the hard labor nobody else was willing to take.

You had no family, but you were also lucky enough not to be sent away.

The Jeons were a married pair of scientists who worked at the lab. Both of whom held high positions, through the modernization and expansion of the limbs and body parts that could be used. But they were what societh called sympathizers. There were a lot like them, but the loud ones were the ones who believed the only function of cyber replaced species belonged in the working class. Sympathizers were a group of people believing in the impossible integration of the cyber brained into everyday life. As their top priority was to continue the research Kim Namjoon had started so diligently on.

You awake to smoke greeting you in a round metallic room where a large portion was dedicated to a number of computer screens from every which way in the chamber you emerged from, the next thing you see are two individuals in white as they waved at you.

You step down from the chamber amd onto the platform where you look down at them from the angle. You tilt your head, “Salutations, I am 01001010000101. How may I assist you today?”

The man looks at the woman nervously, almost passively, who were these people?

The woman clears her throat, “Uhm, well it says here-” she tapos the wooden clipboard, “Your name is actually Y/N, according to this here data sheet, you’re the first person to receive a chip taking control of all functions of the brain.”

You nod stiffly, “That is affirmative-” you squint your eyes a the woman, “Ms. Jeon Somin.”

“How did you-?”

You take the sign of her silenced question to continue, “One precise tube from the computer connects me to the laboratory database. I am familiar with its information based from a mere glance as my cyberbrain was merely wading in the computers amd records of Creator Kim Namjoon’s company.”

“Do you remember anything about your old life?” The man cuts in.

You shake your head, “Searching… searching… searching… no record could be found on a former life. I am only able to recall the moment I was created, Mr. Jeon Junhyung.”

The two stare at each other, whispering.

“As a full disclosure, I am required to inform you that I know how to read lips.” You blink at them, “You wish to take me with you in order to integrate a more human behavior and to test your hypothesis of the development of the human brain around the machine until I regain my humanity through the 3.333333333333333336% chance that your hypothesis is correct.”

The man scratches the back of his neck, “Do you disagree with our decision?”

You go through the experiment approvals from the laboratory's database and shake your head, “Negative, according to the company files, this was a project in  the making from the beginning, if it is to help secure a better future for the company, then I can only agree.” you begin to walk down the stairs to the couple, “Where will K be staying?”

The short Jeon Somin laughs, “Oh honey! Where else but with our family?”

You blink a few times at the woman, family? What is this family? Is this the relationship between creator and output? If this is the case, Namjoon was your only creator, therefore your only family.

You tilt your head, “F-f-fa-mily?”

Mr. Jeon shrugs, “input the word ‘family’.” he starts to lead the way out of the round room, “It’s a bit small, as it’s just me, Somin, and Jungkook at home. However, with the only recent approval of the project, you might have to rely on Jungkook to teach you.”

You furrow your eyes, running a quick check on a Jeon Jungkook of two cybernetic scientists and what you find is a young boy, nearly the age of 11, in a jersey, “Sports? Possible connection to Jeon Jungkook.”

Ms. Jeon Somin stops in front of the door to the passenger seat of the car, “Yeah  he plays soccer, how'd you know?”

You sit in the back seat as the car starts, “I was able to run a simple background check based on the limited information I was given.” you click the seatbelt on as your stomach starts to churn all of a sudden, “I also have come to understand that the company, now under the control of Kim Seokjin, Namjoon’s older brother, is requiring the two of you to introduce the concept of cybernetic organs throughout the world which means you will not always be at your house. I shall properly care for the boy, Jeon Jungkook.”

Mr. Jeon Junhyung laughs nervously, “Well Y/N, that’s very kind of you, but we’re actually leaving you to him. He’ll be taking care of you.”

You blink at the man, “Researching… researching… researching.” your head snaps in the direction of Jeon Somin, “Data probability estimates a 1 in 50 chance that I will be properly cared for by the young boy Jeon Jungkook.”

Ms. Jeon Somin fidgets nervously, “Y/N, sweetie, about that habit you have of researching, we’d like it if you started lessening your use in order to help our cause that you can become part of society once again.”

“Command accepted, I shall lessen use of information gathering to only topics foreign to me.”

The car comes to a halt in front of a big enough house, not too extravagant, but not too small either, the correct housing for a familial unit of around 6-7 humans.

“You coming, Y/N?” the open door that Mr. Jeon has held open for you beckons like a call for freedom, whicn you take your first step out of, noticing the small tremble in your legs.

“Thank you, Mr. Jeon Junhyung.”

“Ah, Y/N. You don’t have to call us by our whole names, just simply call me Somin, and my husband, Junhyung.” Somim grabs your hand and leads you inside, up the stairs to your room.

“You know, Junhyung and I were very nervous about taking you home.”

You squeeze her hand, “I understand, Somin. The induction of a completely foreign body into your house,ust be what my creator, his emotion on my predicament before the transplant as ‘terrified’. He input that the squeezing of the hand is a successful action to lessen the terror.”

She laughs quietly, “Well yes. That djd help, but we were only nervous because you weren't like the other units in the lab, you must mean a lot to the company… You were placed in a cryogenic sleep which means that this must have been your age when you were created. It just seems sad that your family never came for you.” she wipes her eyes.

You reach over to grab her wrist, “Somin, it seems you are leaking a liquid body fluid, shall I run a quick diagnosis on your current condition?”

She laughs again, patting your head, when she feels it, the scar behind your ear where the chip was implanted, “Goodness no! I am completely fine just happy that you're here with us.”

“Humans secrete liquid from their optic nerves when elated?” you tilt your head in confusion.

She shrugs, “Yeah, I mean I guess some but more so when they’re sad.”

“Mom? Dad told me to bring this up here. Is someone stayin-” A boy around the age of 18 finds his way to the room, “Oh.” he turns to Somin, “Is this her?” he points a finger in your direction.

Somin nods and jumps up and down vigorously, “Uh-huh! Isn’t she beautiful? Aren’t you excited?!”

He sets down the bag and seemingly heavy briefcase in front of you, “I guess, but like what did you get replaced? You look more human than cyborg to me.”

“Jeon Jungkook! That is a word not allowed in this house! She isn’t a cyborg-”

“It is quite fine, Somin. I do not feel offense.” you turn to the boy, “I do not know if I am feeling emotions, but my heart had sped up quite a bit possibly due to the fact that I was expecting an 11 year old boy to be Jeon Jungkook, this is my human integration feeling what I may only hypothesize as Surprise as my cyber brain tries to make sense of it.” You reach out a hand which he takes, “Greetings Jeon Jungkook, I am called Y/N. To answer your question, my optic nerves were replaced and my brain completely functions and thinks based on a chip implanted behind my ear and into my brain.”

He lifts an eyebrow, “You’re staying with my family?”

“Family is defined as Jeon Somin, Jeon Junhyung, and Jeon Jungkook. So in conclusion, I shall be staying with family.”

He looks over at Somin, “Did you two start her correctly? She isn’t familiar with basic terms.”

You look over at the two, talking about how they would start to help you adjust to normal life, was this ‘family’? What about Kim Namjoon? You notice Jungkook, still clad in his soccer uniform, his face had a smudge of dirt, while his hair was wet from sweat.

“Shall I bathe Jeon Jungkook?”

“Y-yahh! What the hell are you on about? He yells behind him in his scurry to hide his reddening face, he slams his door shut.

“Did I offend Jeon Jungkook?” You offer a quizzical look at Somin.

She pats your back, an action which has your body reacting to it by calming against her hand, “Well, how about we start with calling him Jungkook and not offering to bathe anyone hm? Ne’s just embarrassed.” She giggled into her hand, “Let’s start unpacking, shall we?”

“These… these are mine?” you examine the clothes, compared to the maroon hoodie and sweatpants you were currently wearing, “They are very feminine, quite full of character.”

Somin shrugs, “Well, you had a room back at the lab, we took everything in it and incorporated it here, these were the clothes left behind, along with this strange briefcase we haven’t even tried to open.”

You looked at the article of clothing so long, you tried to will yourself to remember something, anything, “This belonged to the me who was completely human.” you scan the items, trying to find even just a picture from perhals anything you had seen during the few months you were active when you first got made, however nothing came up.

You look over at Somin, quietly folding your clothes, as sh hummed quietly to herself. You clenched your fist, feeling nothing at what most humans would believe should be a sentimental moment. You were human, but all of your humanity had left you, leaving behind a ghost of your former self, one that you could not even remember.

“If it is something I cannot remember, it is something not worth recalling.” is all you simply say in a futile attempt to calm down a tugging in your heart that practically begged to be acknowledged.

You examined their positions sat at the table directly in front of you as you tried to mirror their movements to incorporate a more human like stance, rigidly, you clasped your hands together, setting them on top of the table and stared back at the married couple, completely ignoring all the food that was set in the center or the table.

“Using my parents as models for normal human behavior isn’t the best idea.” Jungkook comes down from the stairs, a towel hung around his neck as he rubbed one side of his hair with it vigorously as he took a seat next to you, “I mean look at them, next thing you know, their hands are gonna get dipped in the food from climbing the table to get a better look at you.”

“It’s just so amazing.” Mr. Jeon stares at you in complete awe, “We’ve been waiting for this day for so long that we don’t even know how to get started.”

You look over at Jungkook, drinking from his glass, which you also mirror with enthusiasm.

“No, wait. Here.” He grabs the glass from your hand, and pours in a clear liquid that you identify as H2O or its most common name, water.

He hands it to you, watching you down the content without pause, “After I hand it to you, you’re supposed to say thank you.”

You look from the glass to Jungkook, “I offer my gratitude.”

He snorts a laughter, “Just thanks is fine.”

You nod in his direction, “Understood.” You reach for the pitcher of water, ready to drink all of it.

“Wait!” Jungkook grabs your wrist, “You're supposed to put it in the glass first.”

“My apologies.” You make a quick scan on your current condition, “It appears that the re-introduction of water has reminded my brain of thirst. 0.32% of humanity restored.”

Mr and Mrs Jeon stare at each other in awe, “Kookie! You’ve done it already! 0.32% is already an improvement!” Somin jumps up to run to him and squish his cheeks between her palms, “I knew that I was right when I told your father that you should be the one to teach Y/N basic human interaction.”

He stared at his mother kn confusion, “Wait.” he pushes her hands off his cheeks, “I’m going to tech her? I never heard that part of the project.”

Somin retreats back to her seat slowly and nervously, “Ehem… well Kookie, we were hoping you could help-”

He crosses his arms over his chest, “By take care you mean you want me to teach her huh? Like have her tailing me at home.”

Junhyung grasps the back of his neck, rubbing it, “Well you see Jungkook, we were hoping you could help us a bit more. As much as we’d love to teach her, a new project we have in line at the lab is being especially endorsed by the company and that means-”

He sighs loudly, “And that means that you two will be gone, locked up in that lab for who know jlw long and you don't even have the time to give your full attention on this project you both asked for, let alone your kid.” He shrugs, “Well, what else can I do? It’s nothing new around here. In fact I’d be even more surprised if you two actually came home or are even just around when i need you to be.” He pushes his chair back loudly, walking away from the table, without even a second glance at Soin began crying.

You tilted your head in confusion, “Suspicions on Jeon Jungkook’s biological autonomy remains, despite recent analyzation,” you note to yourself out loud.

Junhyung leads Somin upstairs and comes back down to fix up the kitchen area, “ You know,” he calls out all of sudden with a chuckld, “He’s not a robot.”

You turn your head towards him, “ I apologize, perhaps I took the indifference of human feelings he seems to have as proof of his unhuman biology.”

He waves a hand around, “It’s nothing, besides, the only reason we leave him all the time is because we know he can handle it, he’s a bright young man, who can already take care of himself without our help, and we just wanted him to grow into that.” he smiled at the dished in his hands with what you believed was sorrow.

Somin visits you that night, just as you were sat on the bed, “Good evening, Somin. I have analyzed that you are feeling better now.”

She sits on the armchair right next to the bed, her eyes were puffy from crying earlier and she sniffled trying not to remember Jungkook’s harsh words earlier, “Yes, well it comes with being a mother. I love him no matter what happens.”

“Love?” You stared at Somin in the eyes, was this what that tender look was about?

“What is l-love?”

She stares at the ceiling in thought for a moment, “You know, I never actually thought about it.” she giggled lightly, “I think that once it’s there, you’ll know.”

“Are you in this love?” you quietly break her gaze.

She soothes your hair, a familiar feeling nagging at you in the back of your mind, “Of course! I’m in love with Junhyung, I love Jungkook, and even though you’ve only met me, I also love you.” She smiled kindly at you.

You nod in determination, “I shall accept this love you are willingly giving to me.”

She giggled at your excessiveness, “I can’t wait for you to start getting more human, just so I can embarrass you with the things you did when you first got here.” she laughs.

“Embarrass?”

She nods vigorously, “Anyway, Jungkook will tell you all about it tomorrow, we’ve only just gotten your credentials, and it seems you were a senior in high school, just like Jungkook, so we gathered everything you need, however we start at the lab tomorrow so you’ll need to ask Jungkook to help you get enrolled tomorrow, but be sure to get there before 1 because their office closes at 1 on Sundays.” She gestured towards the large envelope in her hand, “We already talked to the school board, and they have already given the go signal to have you start school. However, it’s already been a few weeks in so it may be slightly harder to make friends, but I’m sure Jungkook will help you get settled it.”

“Understood.” you turn to look at her and the  over the the tool box near her feet, “Will I be plugged in?”

Shed nods, gesturing towards the small powered generator by the bed, “For tonight, but after this one, you’ll be sleeping on your own, are you nervous about that?”

It takes you awhile to absorb the question, “I do not comprehend ‘nervous, but with the thought of hibernating without my generator, my heart rate speeds up.”

She gives you a reassuring smile that eases the constant thumping in your chest,”Don’t be, you’ll do great.” she kisses the top of your head before connecting the thick cord to the area where the chip was inserted.

“Is that nervous?” you place a hand softly over the thumping organ in your chest.

“Yes, but being nervous is good sometimes.” her soft smile is the last thing you see before your hibernation begins.

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