CML - Custom Made Lover [Slow Updates]

CML - Custom Made Lover, Chapter 10

A man and a woman copulate, or have sex as its generally called, which results in the egg that lives inside the woman's body to be fertilized by the sperm that came from the man's body. That egg then starts to grow inside the woman's body and it grows in to a small human, also known as a baby.

It's a very low-tech version of what happens at Numan.

It takes about nine months for the baby to be ready to leave the mother's stomach after which it is born. At Numan they have a way to speed up this process to about a week's time, which is incredible in and of itself, but they also manage to have the baby's body grow and develop to that of an adult.

So in a week's time the normal baby is but a small collection of cells whereas the Numan baby has already grown physically in to a full adult."

Taking a moment to see the effect of his words he found that Dave was no longer looking apprehensive but seemed to have focused on the technical side of things. This was a good thing, Caleb decided.

"A normal baby when it is born takes many years to grow and learn things. Directly after they are born they can't do anything themselves.

They have no language skills, no knowledge, practically no vision. They are completely dependant on their care giver for food, clothing, bathing, protection, keeping warm and dry. Their minds can't really handle anything other than basic emotions and sensations.

Once they are old enough to go to school and learn things they've already been on this Earth for a few years and are still only getting the hang of rudimentary skills. They take about ten or more years in school for that, then another three or more years in a different type of school environment to prepare themselves for becoming contributing members of society.

Depending on where their interests lie and what they want to do for work they may have to spend even more years getting ready in yet another educational environment before they can be considered capable enough to hold their own in the work force and life in general."

He saw Dave adding up numbers as he spoke which made him smile.

"That's roughly sixteen to twenty five years, depending on the complexity of their career of choice. So by then the normal baby has grown in to an adult of twenty to thirty years of age which I believe is your age as well."

Dave scrunched up his nose, having followed Caleb's view that this was a slow and cumbersome process.

"That's a long time." they concluded.

"It is," Caleb confirmed.

"On the other hand we have the Numan baby, or person I should say. They take a week to grow physically and they receive an information package delivered directly to their brain which tells them everything they need to know right from the start.

Then, after they are born, they are instructed for about three weeks how to use and connect this knowledge they've been given and how to continue adding new things to their already extensive database. Their motor skills and senses are already fully developed so essentially they only have to be taught how to make sense of things before they are ready to go out in to the world."

"With Derrick," Dave said, initially happy to recognize the process but then reminded of what happened when he and Derrick had met.

"With the person whom called them in to existence usually, yes."

Noticing the emotions in Dave's eyes Caleb got up suddenly and moved over to give the young CML a hug.

"It's OK. Whatever their reason was for not taking you with them; it wasn't your fault. You're perfectly fine."

They responded by leaning in to him as Caleb ran his fingers through his hair, cradling him gently.

"I don't feel like eating right now," they mumbled in to Caleb's shoulder, eyes closed.

"That's OK. We'll leave it for now. Let's go to the couch." Caleb said, supporting Dave as he rose from his chair and followed him in to the living room.

There they sat down on the plush sofa, Dave climbing on to Caleb's lap and curling his arms around the latter's neck for comfort, head on his shoulder.

Caleb figured it was best to keep the part about Nathan to himself for a while, at least until Dave had calmed down enough to hear the real reason why they had even had the conversation in the first place. He cast a furtive glance at the box that still sat on the table not too far away.

Making a mental note to put that somewhere safe until he could reveal its contents in a controlled environment he continued to stroke Dave's hair. Judging from the rhythmic breathing the young CML was not crying but probably lost in thought, reliving the moment he was confronted with his unwilling partner-to-be.

After a minute or two of silence one of Dave's hands let go of the other and settled in the middle of Caleb's sweater, toying with a button that sat there.

"Are you sure there's nothing wrong with me? They seemed awfully upset." Dave's voice mumbled somewhere below Caleb's ear, his warm breath brushing against his neck.

Turning his head ever so slightly Caleb planted a kiss on Dave's hair before answering.

"Absolutely. I don't know what his problem is but he's a very silly person for letting you go."

"I ran away," Dave corrected him, his voice sounding hollow.

"He may not have been the one to leave physically but he did in spirit by rejecting you. You just wanted to protect yourself. Only natural." he murmured in to his hair.

"Yeah," Dave agreed with him after a short silence.

The hand that had been idly pulling his button now slid back up his chest, though not to rejoin its twin. Instead it caressed Caleb's neck, making him turn slightly to see what was going on, already suspecting where this might be headed.

Unsure how to feel about this new situation he cleared his throat softly as he felt Dave shifting in place, his face appearing right in front of his own. Before he could think of something to say Dave had already pressed his lips against theirs and began giving him small kisses as their hands roamed freely up and down Caleb's chest.

"Uhm," Caleb uttered, not intervening although he thought that he ought to. He tried to find a neutral way to hold Dave that wouldn't seem like he was pushing him away. Meanwhile Dave had turned and moved one of his legs so that he was now straddling Caleb, rubbing his body up against that of the retired, though youthful, scientist.

Aroused against better judgment Caleb felt a hunger rising inside of him that he had ignored for all these years. Struggling with the moral issue of the situation he tried to fight this urge, feeling that he might be taking advantage of the young CML's 'programming' if he were to give in.

Dave had stopped giving him small kisses and moved on to slipping his tongue in and out of Caleb's mouth playfully; it caused Caleb to become aware of nerve endings he never knew he had and so he responded in kind as Dave's hands slipped under his sweater to make direct contact with his skin.

'I'll worry about the moral consequences later,' he thought, excusing his weakness as his brain was flooded with bodily sensations he'd never felt before, 'I need this.'

Resistance now broken Caleb held Dave close as he instinctively rolled on to his side, then on top of him. They continued to kiss passionately as they each took turns to rid themselves of a piece of clothing until both of them were naked, their warm bodies rubbing together in what felt like a desperate act to become one.

Dave's hands slid way down and wrapped themselves gently around Caleb as Dave stopped kissing him and stared deeply in to his eyes.

"Love me," they said breathlessly.

He did.