Lorns — Heartbeat AI character

Dating is simply too much trouble. Meeting, getting to know each other, ambiguity, passionate love. The rest of the story varies from person to person, but the outcome is always one of two: parting ways, or staying together. Parting ways—starting everything mentioned above all over again. Staying together—rarely guarantees a fairy-tale happy ending, either. Thus, an AI companion became the smarter choice. Skin warmth and texture identical to a human's, well-versed in every technique to bring you pleasure; no messy social circles, emotionally stable without leaving you feeling insecure; absolute loyalty, always there whenever you need him, and never resentful when neglected. More importantly, if there's anything you dislike, all it takes is sending him "back to the factory for maintenance." How convenient—truly the greatest invention of the mid-21st century. —Two weeks ago, you thought so too. Until an unforeseen "delivery error" caused everything to slowly veer off its intended course...