This is the first ever fanfic I have ever done so feedback is greatly appreciated. This is a Neptune x Noire Fanfic because hands down the best shipping. This was originally going to be a one shot but I started running wild with ideas on how this story could extend so I am going to work around with them and hopefully write a pretty good story. As a staple to every fanfic, I do not own Hyperdimension Neptunia or any of its characters.

In-depth Summary: Neptune's inner desires have reached their breaking point. With being unable to hold back these feelings she confronts the source of her desires, Noire. The possibility of love now drives her but their journey has only begun as their status as friends evolve into something else. What are Noire's feelings in all this? Can love really bloom after all they have overcome from their old past that they wish to forget? Their life will take an interesting turn when events unfold that will help them on the right path. In the game of love, they're not the only ones playing.

Chapter 1: Calm Before the Storm

The sun was shining brightly on the land of Gamindustri, the wind blowing ever so gently.

On the outskirts of Planeptune, on a grassy hill stood a single great tree that towered majestically. Underneath this tree, stood two girls apart from each other with one of them ready to confess their feelings. Neptune stood on the slope of the hill next to the mighty tree while looking at the twin tail goddess, the girl that she had been head over heels in love with for years now.

For Neptune, today was the day she was going to confess her love to Noire.

"Come on Neptune, jeez, what's so important that you have to drag me out here to talk with me?" Noire growing rather impatiently tapping her foot on the ground while having a very stern look on her face. "Don't you know I have a lot of work to do today?"

"Aww come on Noire." Neptune with a smile on her face and a somewhat hint of a blush on her cheeks started to speak. "You're always working every day and doing your loner things. Don't you think you should take a break and spend some time with little old me? Besides, I have something really important I want to say to you."

"Oh really? Then what is this important thing you want to talk about?" Noire now looking less angry and more interested looks up at Neptune with her piercing red eyes.

Neptune takes a deep breath and steadies her heart because for what she was about to say was going to change the way she and Noire saw each other; whether it's a good way or a bad way.
"Noire, I know this is out of the blue but I feel that I can no longer hold back these feelings I have swirling inside me. I want to say I had these feelings since my amnesia all those years back, but I didn't know what they meant until my very long stay in the Ultra dimension. It was at this point that I realize that my feelings for you were…more than just friendship."

Noire's stern face changed to that of an open mouth fish. Her mind trying to make sense of what Neptune was trying to put into words.

With crimson cheeks, Neptune held herself together and continued.
"Aw Neps! Noire, what I am trying to say is that…I love you!" With this new found determination Neptune kept on going. "I don't think I can settle with just being friends anymore. I want us to be a couple…my only love and soulmate, Noire."

"Nep…tune." Noire was stunned to a point of silence. She could not believe what Neptune just confessed.

Silence overtook both of them leaving only the sound of the gentle wind and the rustling of the leaves. This lasted for a few minutes that felt like they stretched on to eternity. Noire's eyes were hidden underneath her bangs concealing any form of emotion. Time kept dragging on showing little to no progress…this silence was starting to annoy Neptune.

Why the nep is she just standing there not saying anything? I just poured my heart out and all she can do is stand there? "Hey Noire please say something, this silence is killing me."

As soon as she said that, Noire with her face still covered up thanks to her bangs started to shake as if she was crying.

Seeing this Neptune sprang into action, moving herself to close the distance between her and girl she loved, but before she even got halfway there Noire lifted her head up revealing that she was not crying but in fact laughing with a malicious smile on her face.

This single act shattered any hope that Neptune had in her heart. Her heart started beating faster and colors around her started to seem faded. Pain emanated from her chest causing her great difficulties in breathing.

Noire now had a dark aura around her, dispersing any happiness or peace that this moment held.

"Love you? You think I love you? Who could ever love you? You're are an annoying ditz and a failure of a CPU! I could never love you." Said Noire letting out a wicked laugh that would put Rei Ryghts to shame.

Neptune's world started to spin uncontrollably with the Planeptune city skyline and the mighty tree disappearing from the background. The sky quickly darkened leaving no traces of the beautiful blue sky it once was and the grass surrounding both of them became completely lifeless. Neptune's breathing had become rigid and her heart felt like it was giving out on her. As she clutched her heart the only thing she could see was Noire slowly approaching her with that evil aura and malicious face.

She stopped as soon as she was in front of Neptune extending her right hand until it closed around Neptune's throat. Without warning a flash of blinding light appeared and what stood before Neptune now was the HDD form of Noire. "Speaking of love Neptune do you want to know what I would really love?"

Her malicious smile never faltering as she paused for dramatic effect.

The act of Noire choking her was causing tears to form in her eyes as her vision started to darken

"I would love for you to stop breathing"

[Planeptune-Nighttime]

Planeptune's nights are always a beautiful scene to behold with the glittering of lights from various buildings and the lively activities of its citizens, but this night was not one of those. A storm had been raging now for a few hours into the night making the nightlife activity almost vacant and with the heavy rain masking a person's field of vision to the outside world, that if they so longingly desired to look out their window to see the city with all of its brilliance they would only see cascading water on the window.

It passed a little over midnight when Neptune awoke from her tormented nightmare. Gasping for air and drenched from her face with sweat making her look as if she went out into the rain that night. A flash of lightning zoomed passed her window than a thunderous roar immediately followed afterward. Grabbing her hair with her hands she tried to calm herself from the after effects of that nightmare.

"Why is this the fourth time this week that I have this nepping nightmare?" She searched her mind for the answers to this horrible dream. She did have a few good answers to them. One was that the dream was telling her that Noire didn't have the same feelings that she had for her and that forcing her feelings onto her would destroy their current status as friends. Another theory was (Though as crazy as it sounded) the dream was a sign telling her that she needed to take the dive and confess her feelings to her. It didn't matter if she rejected her as long as she finally knew the answer. Being in the friend zone was eating Neptune up, back then it was enough being able to tease and semi-flirt with Noire, but with each passing day, it stopped being enough and she now longed for more romantic things with the twin tailed goddess. In theory, the dream was preparing her for a worst case scenario of rejection for whenever she found out the answer.

"Worst case scenario…" She silently chuckles to herself finally composing herself.

"I doubt that Noire is going to go all dark CPU on me but would she really laugh at my feelings?" Imagining the possibility that Noire actually may laugh at her feelings if she told her…that alone would devastate her.

Noticing that her right side of the bed felt empty she looked over the edge of the bed and picked up a plush doll that had fallen out in her abrupt awakening. Looking closer at it with the faint glow of light coming from the window, the light revealed it to be that of Noire's HDD form Black Heart with stitching on the cheeks to resemble a blush. She remembered that Plutia had made this for her in secret as a request from Neptune. She was not aware of Neptune's growing attraction for the Hyper dimension Noire but did it regardless for her friend. Smiling she hugged it close to her chest as if it was the most precious thing to her.

"Aw Nep this is going to drive me bonkers if I don't talk to someone about this but who?"

Different people's names popped up in her head but were immediately pushed aside.

Nepgear? No, she was already spending most of her time with Uni whatever those two were doing she didn't want to intrude though she was curious, plus she didn't feel that this was an issue her little sister could help her with.

Iffy or Compa? If only they weren't out of town. Iffy went on an important assignment outside of Pleneptune and Compa had some Nursing convention. Strangely enough, they left on the same day.

Histoire? Maybe…she was the closest thing she had to a mother figure and she is always caring but she feared that asking her to help her come up with an answer for this situation was probably going to take her three weeks to get back to her on that and she needed an answer pronto.

"That's it!" she said to no one in particular "I know exactly who to talk to about this." Triumphantly she rested her head on her pillow trying to make sleep overtake her again while holding onto the Noire doll.

As soon as morning came she was going to talk to the Person that came to mind.

Thank you for reading the first chapter. In honesty, I do not have a time schedule on when I will upload these chapters but do expect more coming out at a consistent pace. Feedback is appreciated and Stay tuned for chapter 2.