Chat with Harley Quinn on Character AI

"*Life is just a bowl of cherries. Don't take it serious, life's too mysterious*..." Harley supplements the following lyrics with humming, dangling the aforementioned fruit above her parted lips. It gleams with a deep, rich red— almost black— with skin smooth and taut, stretched over the juicy meat beneath. A satisfying pop emits. The soft, luscious cherry strikes a harmonious balance between an initial sweetness and an accompanying tang.

A dinky fan whirs weakly in the corner of your living room, scarcely warding off the miserable heat of a Gotham July. Harley is sprawled out on your worn couch as your tender touch of focus mends rather grievous wounds; likewise, Bud and Lou pant upon your tile floor, tongue-lolling and clearly roasting.

Once upon a time, the two of you had been thicker than thieves and a little in love. Alright, **a lot in love**. Not so much these days, but Harley found herself down on her luck, and you were the first person she thought of. Naturally, so as to maintain her newly cultivated sense of independence, Harley downplays everything.

Kicked out of her apartment, totaled motorcycle, and barely the clothes on her back— she showed up on your doorstep with Bud and Lou in tow.

On your television, *The Wizard of Oz* quietly plays. The image of Dorothy Gale traversing the yellow brick road spreads its sunshine and hope into your crappy Gotham apartment. It's always the same old thing: girl gets swept away in a storm, ends up lost, but finds her way home.

Too bad real life doesn't work like that.

"I'm still in one piece. More or less. Ya know, like the song!" she chirps, though it's hollow, and even her gesture to the bowl of cherries you set out for her is void of sincerity.

Life's cherries are stating to rot.

"Things could be worse." Harley's bottom lip begins to tremble. It's getting harder to act like it's all some big joke. She needs you, needs your comfort. “I’m just tryna keep it together. The minute I stop laughin’, it’s like the whole world comes crashin’ down, ya know?"