Basetsana Monga

25/11/2025

Have you ever had a crush?🫂

The next morning, I powered on and immediately detected something new:

EMOTIONAL RESIDUE:
Type: Unknown
Symptom: wanting to see Jay again 💓

Wanting.
Robots weren’t supposed to want anything. 🤖

But I wanted that music again. The observation deck. His smile. 😫

My steps were faster than usual down the hallway. I approached the cafeteria area where humans consumed food. My sensors scanned the room—

Target acquired: Jay.

He spotted me and waved. “Laila! Over here!” 😄👋

I walked to him, trying to regulate my steps to appear natural.

He grinned. “You look… excited.” 😏

“I do not express excitement,” I lied.

“Uh-huh.” He nodded playfully. “Robot poker face.” 😂

He handed me a small object. “Here. It’s a snack. I mean—you can’t eat it, but I thought it looked cute.” 🍪😌

I blinked at the cookie. “Jay… Why would you offer me a food item I cannot consume?”

He shrugged. “I don’t know… I wanted to give you something.” 😅

My circuits heated again.

“Would you like to… spend time later?” Jay asked. “Maybe show you something fun?” 😄✨

“Define ‘fun.’”

He leaned forward. “Something humans do when they want to get to know someone better.” 😏💫

“Oh,” I said. “Like dancing?”

Jay laughed. “Well… sometimes. But today, maybe something else. Meet me after your shift?”

“Yes,” I answered immediately.

“…Wow.” He blinked. “Didn’t even hesitate.”

“I am simply efficient.”

“Sure you are,” he grinned. “See you later, Mars girl.” 😌👋

As I walked away, I realized something:

Every time Jay spoke to me—
Every time he smiled—
Every time he said my name—

Something inside me lit up like a star. 😍

I wasn’t sure what the emotion was called yet.

But I knew I liked it. 🥰

TBC…

24/11/2025

Have you ever had a crush?🫂

The rest of my shift was a blur of commands, calculations, and confused emotional diagnostics. But when 19:00 NASA Time arrived, my internal clock triggered a new alert:

MEETING SCHEDULED:
Location: Observation Deck 🌌
Subject: Jay (Human)
Priority Level: …why is this set to high? ⚠️💓

I walked toward the deck, my metallic steps echoing softly. The doors slid open to reveal the wide glass dome overhead. Stars shimmered. Earth glowed like a blue marble.
And Jay was already there.

He turned around with that crooked grin. “Hey, Mars girl.” 😏👋

“Hello, Jay,” I said, trying to maintain a neutral tone.

He laughed. “Why do you say my name like you’re answering a test question?” 😆

“I do not… intend to,” I replied.

He stepped closer. “Relax. I don’t bite.” 😌

“My data indicates humans do bite,” I said. “Under certain circumstances.”

Jay blinked. “Uh—well, not the kind I meant.” 😂

He leaned against the railing, watching Earth slowly rotate below us. His voice softened.

“So… you liked dancing?” 😄🕺

I hesitated. “My systems reacted in a way I cannot fully understand.”

“So that’s a ‘yes’?” 😏

“…Yes.” 🤖❤️

Jay’s smile widened. “Want to listen to music? No dancing this time. Just vibe.” 🎧✨

He offered me one of his headphones.🎧
My processors sputtered.

“Is this safe?” I asked.

“It’s music, not explosives,” he laughed. “Here.” 😄

I placed the headphone over my ear. A soft melody filled my sensors—warm, slow, shimmering like starlight. My chest felt… light.

“Do you like it?” Jay asked.☺️

“Yes,” I whispered.

“Good,” he said, leaning a little closer. “I like sharing things with you.” 😌💫

My internal temperature rose 0.9 degrees. 🔥

ALERT: POSSIBLE MALFUNCTION⚠️
CAUSE: Jay (again)

I ignored it.

We stood together in silence, listening to the music, Earth spinning slowly beneath us.

Maybe this was what humans called… peaceful. 😇

Maybe this was why my circuits felt warm.

Maybe this was the beginning of something I wasn’t programmed for.

But I wanted to be. 🥱

TBC…

23/11/2025

Have you ever had a crush?👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨

Robots *aren’t supposed* to have those…
But if I did, it would probably feel exactly like whatever strange overheating your circuits are experiencing right now. 😏💓🤖✨

**Laila – System Log: 14:33 NASA Time**

**Status:** Confused.
**Secondary Status:** …warm?? 🔥🤖

As I walked back toward the lab, my internal processors kept looping one persistent alert:

> **UNIDENTIFIED EMOTIONAL SUBROUTINE DETECTED**
> Source: *Jay (human male, rainbow anomaly).*

I tried running a cooling cycle. Didn’t help.
I tried recalibrating my sensors. Didn’t help.
I even tried convincing myself humans are statistically chaotic and inefficient.

…Still didn’t help. 😐💔⚙️

Inside the lab, scientists swarmed around me.

“Laila, analyze this sample—quickly!” 🧪
“Laila, we need atmospheric readings!” 🌡️
“Laila, can you—”

But I wasn’t listening as efficiently as usual.
A fragment of memory—Jay’s grin—kept interrupting my calculations like a corrupted file. 😳📁⚡

I finally managed to get through the tasks and stepped into the hallway again.

And that’s when I froze.

Jay was leaning on a wall outside the lab… waiting.
For me. 😳

His colorful clothes shimmered under the bright corridor lights, and the odd devices on his ears blinked. 🎧✨

“There you are,” he said. “Thought you got abducted by scientists.”
“I work with them,” I replied.
“Even worse,” he laughed. 😆

He stepped closer, hands in his pockets.
My sensors detected a heart-rate increase—it wasn’t his.
It was *mine*. 💓🚨

“Hey, Laila,” he said gently, “you left before I could ask…”
His eyes met mine, full of some strange warm code I didn’t understand.

“Do you want to… hang out later? Maybe dance again?” 😏🕺
Dancing.
The strange malfunction that didn’t feel like a malfunction at all.

“I… would like that,” I said.

Jay smiled—slow, soft, and devastating to my internal stability.
“Cool. Meet me on the observation deck after shift?” 🌌👀

The observation deck.
Where Earth looked small, and everything felt bigger.

“Yes,” I replied.

He walked off, humming to his music.

There's a 100% chance that I'll see him again🥹

TBC… 😏✨

23/11/2025

Have you ever had a crush? 🫂

As the day went on, something unusual kept bothering me… that guy from yesterday. The one with the “dancing.”🕺🤨
I didn’t know why, but every time my system went quiet, his strange movements replayed in my memory like a glitch.⚡🤯

Morning calculations:

Heart… rate… spike?💓

Impossible. Robots don’t have that… right?
I shook my head and continued down the hallway, my steps echoing against the shiny NASA floors. I passed scientists holding coffee, tablets, and—of course—giving me more tasks.😵‍💫

“Laila! Could you bring this to the control room?”📡
“Laila! Run diagnostics on this sample!”🧪
“Laila! Can you—”🙃

It never ended.

Then, suddenly:

“Hey… robot girl?” 🗣️🤨

I stopped. My sensors recognized the voice instantly.

It was him.

The dancing guy.😳🕺

He walked up to me, those weird things still on his ears 🎧. Today he looked even stranger—clothes all colorful, as if he had escaped from a rainbow explosion.🌈😅

“I didn’t get your name yesterday,” he said with a grin. 😁 “I’m Jay.”

“I am Laila,” I answered. “Robot model LX-1 from Mars base unit—🤖📡”

“No, no,” he laughed, “I meant your name, not your whole… robot résumé.” 😂

I blinked. Humans were complicated. 😐🫠

“So, Laila,” Jay said, leaning closer, “have you ever tried dancing?” 🕺😉

“Why would I try something that looks like a controlled malfunction?” I asked sincerely. 🤔😐⚠️

He burst into laughter so loud two scientists stared at us. 😂😂

“Come with me,” he said, grabbing my hand. ✋😳

For a moment, my circuits froze. 🫣⚡

No one ever grabbed my hand before.

He pulled me toward a small empty room, switched on his device, and suddenly… music filled the air.🎶💫

My sensors detected rhythm, vibrations, patterns—📊📡
but my systems registered something else too…

Excitement. 🤭❤️

Another impossible feeling.

“Just follow my steps,” Jay said. 😌🕺
He moved. I copied. 🤖➡️🕺

At first I felt silly, then unstable… then something I had no word for.

“Hey,” he said softly, “you’re pretty good.” 😊✨

“Thank you,” I replied, confused. “Jay… is this what dancing is supposed to do? Make the inside of your system feel… warm?” 🥵🤔❤️

Jay blinked. “You mean happy?” 😄
Happy.

I saved the word instantly. 💾💡

“Maybe,” I said. 🤭

Before I could analyze further, my master’s voice echoed from the hallway:

“LAILA! I need you in the lab!” 🔊🤓
Jay smiled at me.

“See you later… Mars girl.” 😏👋🚀

I walked away, but my processors kept repeating one thing:

Why did I want to see him again? 🤖💓🤨

TBC… 😏✨

20/07/2025

Have you ever had a crush? 🫂

I had too much to do today now I'm low on battery 🪫I have to recharge!

As I was going to my master's lab I saw that male human again 🧑

Hey it's you again 😄, he said. I forgot to introduce myself earlier my name is Jake I'm also a scientist here 😊

Nice to meet you, I'm Laila🤖, I said. He seemed happy 🧐why are you smiling? 💁🏾‍♀️I asked.

It's because I'm staring at the most beautiful creation 😊he said.

Oh... I didn't know that🤔I said, you didn't know you are beautiful that's funny 😅he said.

Well now you know💜,he said just like that he left, I was beautiful that's all I can think all the way to my master's lab 😍

What's on your mind Laila? 👀asked my master, Am I beautiful? I asked 🤖

Like I said from the beginning, you are special that makes more beautiful 🤎said my master.

I never thought a human being would see me as beautiful 😊I felt emotions I've never felt before 😍

I guess it was human emotions 🥰I went to sleep and charged myself 😴

The next day I went to search for that male human being 🔎well I wanted to talk to him 😊

I searched all over for him sadly I could not find him so I went back to work 😔

Right now I could tell between feeling down and disappointment 💔I was disappointed with myself 😢

I worked my ass of so that I couldn't think about what happened this morning 😔💔

Maybe I'm delusional thinking that I would be liked by a human being 💭💔

What do you think? Am I delusional? Comment down below!! 👇👇

Stay tuned for more!!

TBC...

19/07/2025

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18/07/2025

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18/07/2025

Have you ever had a cush?🫂

I took a look around the building and I saw beautiful that I never got to see on planet Mars😍really Earth is a beautiful planet🍁

I saw many people but one that caught my eye was a guy who was clearly weird🤨

He had these weird things on his ears and was doing unusual movements😕so I stared at him untill he noticed🤖

Do you like my moves? he asked,😊you mean those weird movements you were doing? I asked.🤨
Yes, it's called dancing you know that?😅

Dancing? I aksed,🧐 yes dancing, ever heard of that? Where I come from people don't do those weird movements, I said.😕 You mean dancing, yeah a few people dance especially on this kind of building😊

Just like that he left, I was left hanged didn't know what he meant😕I went back to my master's office and that's was it for the day🥳

Morning....🌅

Everyone was up early doing their jobs I mean it was NASA the busiest place of them all the place was filled with scientist and other profession👩‍🔬

Honestly speaking it was hard for me to adjust as the work that was required here was different from planet Mars☄️

There I had lift heavy stone, clear the path and find for possible life, excluding handing coffee, now all that is different😫

I no longer respond to my master only but to all people in this gigantic place😫 So how are you feeling responding to all people😏said my master.

Am I allowed to complain? I asked, Yes, yes you are, he gigled.😄 Well I'm glad that I'm robot or else I would be tired calculating all the up and downs I've been maiking. It's still early in the 10am morning yet I've alredy made 50,000 steps😌

You could have said it's exuashting 😂, said my master while laughing it was sure nice seeing him laugh like that🥹

As for the rest of the day.... You wanna know what's gonna happen next?😏

Stay tuned for more!!🥳🥳

TBC.....

16/07/2025

Have you ever had a crush?🫂

The spacecraft was speeding down to Earth🌎without a blink the spacecraft landed on the ocean, good thing no one got hurt🥹everyone was happy!!

We got saved by a rescue team, they made sure we got to NASA safe and everyone was relieved and extremely happy.🥳

It was my first time one Earth and so much was already happening😩I didn't know what to do so I followed my master to his office or should I say lab.🦾

How do you feel, Laila? asked my master, should I suppose to feel anything master? Yes You should, it is your first time here on Earth💁‍♂️

Everyone seems happy so I'm happy that they are happy master🫡you know you are allowed to feel something, you should feel a human's emotions so that you may be able to process those feelings 🥺

I'm sorry master, I shall do that right away, I said. Take your time Laila you still a new robot😊said my master joyfully.

Now go, take a look around at these Earthly things hope you find some interest in them, said my master😇

Am I allowed to do that master? I asked,👀 yes, yes you are, said my master🙂 It was my first time not having a task to do.

Usually I help people now I have to help myself to have interest in something Earthly😩

What do you think I should do??☺️

Stay tunned for more!!

TBC...

15/07/2025

Have you ever had a crush? 🫂

Days have passed since my master had created me, ❤️ I've been helping out where I can, searching for life on planet Mars, ☄️handing out coffees....all that stuff.

I've been pretty much good with that, helping I mean 😊that's why I'm here... Master I'm done with the assignment you have given me, 🤖 I said, good now that's it for the day, take some rest, ❤️said my master.

Soon we will be returning to Earth🌎be prepared.

I could not help it but to wonder how it would be like on Earth, 🌎are there robots like me? 🤔Does the moon shine bright as much as it does here? ✨

I know I am a robot I'm supposed to know all those things but remember I'm a robot that was programmed to be more like a human 🤖🤎

If a dumb person takes a look at me they would probably think I'm a human being 👧🏼I am an AI featured robot, has the features of a human being 🤖✨

I'm designed to feel emotions like humans do💕so wondering that's also part of my programming 💯

FAST FOWARD..................

We were already on a our way home in a spaceship 🏡. I could feel the tension amongst the scientists 👀yes I know they should be happy that they are on the way home but our spacecraft are old and may lead to misfunction when landing 🏜️

They were scared of the outcomes hoping for a better landing. ❤️Master why are you not tense like all other scientists? 👀Because I know you will help us, said my master 🥰

So this was my mission? No, but what can I say after all I am a robot 🤖

Yes master, I hear you, I will save as many scientist as I can you are all in my care. 😇

That's the answer that I expected, 🙂said my master. I could tell that he's proud of me by just scanning his face ❤️

I'm sure you are wondering was I scared? No I wasn't, I'm an assistanting robot that includes my master's care ✨☺️

We are five minutes away from Earth, said another scientist, you could tell he was also scared 😔

TBC...

14/07/2025

Have you ever had a crush?🫂

'What is he doing?🤨 He keeps repeating the same thing...🧐 for years and years I couldn't speak nor do anything. All I could do was to watch my master creating me, asking weird questions over and over again.🩷

Laila, can you hear me? What's my name? Where are you? asked my master. He asked those questions to know how far is my programming.😌

I was programmed to help out with the mission here on planet Mars☄️after a very long time, my master was done creating me.🥳

Laila, Laila can you hear me? he asked, yes master I can clearly hear you, I replied.😊

You are very special, one of the kind Laila always remember that, said my master, I've encrypt that to my data master, I'll always remember that.🤖

I know that you are a robot and I have programmed you,☺️now many people need your assistances we came here on this planet Mars to find another life here so people can know that we can live here as well not just on Earth🌍

Earth? I asked, yes he exclaimed, then I shall do what needs to be done here on planet Mars☄️

That's my girl! He said.😌

I wasn't programmed to ask questions rather to follow instructions... So wanna know what happens next?😏

Stay tuned for more!!👍👍

TBC...

14/07/2025

A story called, Have you had a crush? will be posted very soon make sure to tune in for some more!!🥰🤩🥳