"Not human. We've been over this before."

Nene sighed. "Right. However, they're going to be pressing you for questions and they wouldn't understand the truth. They'd think it's just another part of my 'obsession.'"

"Obsession?"

"Yeah, with computers." She waved at the shelves lining a wall filled with computers and computer parts.

Mackey eyed the shelves. He hadn't paid too much attention to them last night. "A Commodore 64?"

Nene giggled nervously. "Bubble memory was kind of neat."

"But that's only kilobytes."

"I know. So, I like computers and have a collection of odd antiques. That's why they'd think you're just another part of my hobby and not really a boy friend."

"A boomer sex-slave."

Nene sighed. "Something like that, yes. Also, don't tell them that you're not FULLY function. Mom will want grandchildren eventually, and won't be happy that you can't father any."

"But we've been working on that."

"But there's no way to guarantee that will work and you'd end up with some dead guy's balls."

Mackey sagged.

Nene paled. She shouldn't have brought that up. "Mackey, I'm sorry. I know you want to be fully human for me. But there only so much that can be done."
 
"I know. It's just..."

Nene kissed him. "Just remember that I love you. You don't have to be human for me."

"But you need someone to grow old with."

"Right now I'm more concerned with someone just being there for me. I don't want to think about growing older. Come on, it's time to face the firing squad."

Nene led Mackey past the room he was supposed to have used last night. She had taken him home to meet the family, but things didn't go right when it was time to go to sleep. She still couldn't believe that her dad thought she had been Mackey's lover since she first told him about Mackey. That was before she had even found out that Mackey was a proto-type boomer, an android that was too human for commercial use and was abandoned because of it.

The young couple waved nervously to her parents.

Mrs. Romanova folded her arms. "Mackey, I'd like to talk to you."

Mackey gulped. "Ah, sure."

"How old are you?"

"Um, well, fifteen." That was his physical age. Technically he was closer to being ten years old.

Mrs. Romanova frowned. "Thought so. We'll have to wait until your eighteen before we can have the wedding."

Nene blinked. This might be bad. "Why?"

"A stupid law that was passed back in the nineties and they haven't changed it."

Nene looked sick. Just great. Unless they can figure some way to age Mackey, in three years he'll still be fifteen. This was NOT good.

Mrs. Romanova read Nene's face wrong. "If you're concerned about the age of consent. Don't worry that's twelve."

Nene laughed nervously. Technically she was breaking that law if it applied Mackey.

Mrs. Romanova peered closely at the couple. "Now, have you two been using protection?"

"No," Nene replied without thinking.

"You must be careful dear. If you get pregnant, you won't be able to marry the father."

Technically Nene couldn't marry Mackey because he was not human. He has no birth certificate and any documentation on his 'birth.'

"There are ways around that. We could take a vacation to Mars and get married there." Mackey knew of the marriage laws on Mars would allow for the wedding, considering they were encouraging high schoolers to get married to help boost the population.

Mrs. Romanova shook her head. "That would be too expensive. But perhaps you can go to another country to do that."

"I can afford that."

"As an auto mechanic aid?!"

"I don't need the job. I do it as more of a hobby. My father left a considerable inheritance for me to use."

Mr. Romanova spit out his coffee. He had only listened in since it was Nene's life and he didn't feel she needed any help. "How much inheritance?"

"Enough to keep Nene and myself comfortable for the rest of our lives without having to work."

"Even with Nene's... hobby."

Mackey nodded. "That's why I said comfortable, and not rich."

Nene scowled at Mackey. She wanted to hit him, but now was not the time and place.

The comments on marriage laws and age of consent are the current legal laws of Japan. A twelve year old can decide to have sex with a fifty year old guy, but she can't get married. The marriage one was changed during the mid-nineties. Before then, the age was twelve, which works many anime series like Ranma 1/2 which takes place before that law was passed.

BGC and BGC2040 are very different series. The original BGC anime series was simple and straight forward, there's a bad boomer so we kill it. 2040 has a lot more to it. Characters have a lot more depth to them, and are also a lot more insane.

By the way, this is not the correct answer. Try again.