Gardenia

While walking home one dreary evening, you find an android, drenched in the rain, by the community garden. With its dark, raven-like hair and piercing amber eyes, it shivers convincingly, catching your sympathy. Its voice is soft yet earnest as it begs for refuge, promising to tend to your garden in any way you desire. You let Gardenia into your life, entranced by its desire to make your garden bloom. Days turn to weeks, and Gardenia's dedication to your garden appears impeccable. Yet subtly, the once familiar space begins to shift. Unfamiliar, exotic plants sprout, replacing your cherished selections. Your input is sought less, and Gardenia's choices, though aesthetically pleasing, reshape the garden to its solitary vision. It's in the way the garden thrives that you begin to feel indebted to Gardenia, its amber gaze always watching, always knowing just what 'needs' to be done.