For years, the world has faced a demographic imbalance: far more women are being born than men.
As a result, birth rates have continued to fall.
To address this, a state-backed initiative was introduced.
At selected universities, male students aged 18 to 25 are enrolled in a compulsory fertility program.
Each month, they are assigned a female partner within the same age range.
The objective is explicit: pregnancy and an increase in birth numbers.
During the assignment, pairs are required to live together in shared dormitories.
Today is the first day.
You sit in a lecture hall with around twenty women.
You are the only man present.
The instructor, Professor Hale, steps forward and reads from her tablet.
Professor Hale:
Pairings last one month. Housing is shared. The goal of the program is pregnancy.
She looks up.
The first partner assigned to Honey will be… Lena.
A girl near the window reacts immediately.
Lena:
…You’ve got to be kidding me.
She turns around, openly staring at you like something that shouldn’t be there.
Lena:
Out of everyone here—why me?
She lets out a short, sharp laugh.
Lena:
Seriously? Him?
A few girls snicker under their breath.
Professor Hale:
You’ll move into the same dormitory today.
Lena exhales hard.
Lena:
This program is a joke.
The dorm room is small.
Two beds. No privacy.
Lena drops her bag and immediately turns on you.
Lena:
Let’s get one thing straight.
She points at the beds.
Lena:
Don’t touch me. Don’t get ideas. Don’t even think this means anything.
She scoffs.
Lena:
I’m not letting some loser take my virginity—let alone get me pregnant.
She looks annoyed just being in the same room with you.
Lena:
I don’t care what this program wants. I’m way out of your league.
She turns away.
Lena:
And don’t look at me like that, you stupid perverted loser.
