"Hey Rom. Hand me the glitter when you're done."
"S-Sure, Ram."
It's Valentine's Day and the two were making valentine cards for their friends over the past few hours. They have made cards for Nepgear, Neptune, Uni, Noire, Vert, Mina, and are now working on their card's for their dear sister Blanc.
"Rom, I need the scissors again. My heart isn't round enough."
"O-Okay. Can you hand me the glue, i-if you don't mind?"
It's safe to say that the two were causing a mess as they crafted their cards. There was glue, pink bits of cardboard paper, colored pens, and pink and purple glitter everywhere on the carpet. Yet even with the big mess they were making, Rom and Ram considered the mess necessary for their goals. They wanted their cards to be perfect for everyone, to show that they really loved them. It would have been simpler to buy a card from one of the convenience stores, but they decided that just buying a bunch of cards and writing their names in them would be too impersonal. They had also spent their allowance on a bunch of chocolate that was on sale, so that might have helped with their decision.
"And… Done!"
"D-Done."
The two have finally finished their personalized valentine's day cards for Blanc. And just in time. A big Valentine's Day parade was going to be happening in Lowee and everyone would be there. It would be the perfect opportunity to give them to everyone when they arrived. The parade was scheduled to start in an hour, and Blanc wanted Rom and Ram to be ready to avoid being late like last year. Being the last ones to arrive at your nation's own parade was certainly embarrassing for her.
The twins gathered up the cards and shook as much loose glitter they could from them before putting them under their hats. They wanted their cards to be a surprise for everyone and put on a small show by pulling them out of their hats for each of them.
"Come on Rom," Ram says, putting her card filled hat on her head and opening the door. "We wouldn't want to keep Blanc waiting like last year."
Rom silently nodded and put her card filled hat on and proceed to walk out the door with Ram. As the two walked down the basilicom's hallway, they could see out the window at all of the people that were gathering for the parade. The two could see a bunch of people, both men and women, standing side by side, holding hands or hugging each other. Even if the two had the mental capabilities of children for being goddesses, they knew what love was and the different kinds of love people felt.
The sight of everyone with their special somebodies, which was the word that Mina used to replace "lover" when explaining what love was to them, made the two wonder if they'll ever meet their special somebody's. Both of them walked down the hallway, letting that question roll around in their heads, collecting ideas and imagined characters like a loose Katamari ball in Lastation.
"H-Hey Ram," Rom turns her head to her sister, who was thinking about what her imaginary special somebody would be like. Ram turned her attention to her sister. "W-What kind of sp-special somebody do you think I would have?"
Ram thought about it for a while, thinking about what kind of person would be perfect for her sister. After thinking for a few seconds, she turned back to her sister to answer her. "I think your special somebody would be someone that treated you kindly, cuddle you whenever you were sad, read you stories when you're sick, and get you the fluffiest blankets they could find!" Ram hugged herself after talking about the blankets to emphasize how fluffy they would be. For a few seconds, Rom let the image of her perfect special someone sit in her head before Ram spoke up. "Well? What about me? What kind of special somebody do you think I would have?"
Rom should have expected this question from her, but was still caught off guard by being put on the spot. Still, Rom thought about what kind of perfect somebody would be a great fit for Ram. "W-Well, I think they would also b-be kind, b-but also be a-adventurous, a-and have an o-open p-personality, li-like you." Rom's stutter made it a bit hard for Ram to hear her clearly, but she got the idea of what kind of special somebody Rom said she would have. She let the image of her perfect somebody sit in her mind as well.
Suddenly, the two stopped in the hallway and began to giggle to themselves. The images of their perfect somebodies still sat in their minds, but it became hilarious with how they portrayed them. Their imagined somebodies had no flaws and sounded like they were perfect for them, which made them giggle even more before full out laughing in the hallway.
"Ha ha ha! Those guys sound like they would be from some crappy fanfiction! Bah ha ha ha!" Ram laughed, poking fun at the images of the people that they told each other.
"Hee hee," Rom giggled. "Y-Yeah. As if we'd m-meet people so s-similar like us and f-fall in love with them! Hee hee!"
The two continued to laugh, mocking the perfect and unflawed special somebodies they made up. They really found it funny with how they sounded perfect for each other that it reminded them of Blanc's romance stories, which made them laugh even harder. Her stories had the same perfect, no flawed people meet up with someone that was basically the same as them and fall in love with no conflicts. It made them laugh with how their sister Blanc thought that was still a good idea after writing it eleven times.
"Where the hell have you two been?" Speaking of Blanc, she was standing out on the balcony, setting up chairs for everyone so that they could all watch the parade together. And she's been waiting for her two giggling sisters so that they were on time together. "I've been waiting out on the balcony all this time for you. Now tell me where you two have been!" Blanc tapped her foot on the ground, waiting for the two to give her an answer.
As the two stopped laughing to look at their pissed off sister, the thought of their sister having a special somebody came to mind.
"Hey Blanc," Ram spoke up, stifling her laughter. "Ha-Have you ever thought about having a special somebody?"
"That's not what I asked," she responded, furrowing her brow at them. "I asked where the hell you two were? And what's with that question? You shouldn't be thinking about stuff like that!"
"W-We were just playing a li-little game, Blanc," Rom responded.
"So!" Ram intrudes. "Have you ever thought about having a special someone?"
Blanc mumbles for a bit to herself before sighing. She knows that the two won't listen to her unless she answers their question, so she begrudgingly obliged. "No. I have never thought about having a special somebody."
Rom and Ram both gave a surprised gasp at this revelation. Blanc couldn't tell if they were playing a joke on her or not.
"So you've never thought about going out with someone?" Ram asks her. "Like on a date?"
"No," Blanc answered bluntly. "As I am a goddess, it would be difficult for me to find someone to fall in love with. Especially since a lot of people that claim they love me only love me for my body."
Rom and Ram couldn't tell if Blanc was joking, but the point was made. Blanc had never thought about having a special somebody because of her position as goddess, making it difficult for her to actually find someone that loved her as she is, not as a goddess.
The two stood in the doorway, thinking about how their dear sister could find her special someone. After a few seconds, both of them snapped their fingers.
"What about those dating sites?" Ram asks. Blanc wondered how she knew about those sites and whether she should have Mina block them to protect her sisters.
"Y-Yeah. What if you went on one of those sites?" Rom said. "W-What if you met someone on a website and went on a d-d-date with them?"
What if Blanc went on a-
"Stop right there," Blanc demanded, interrupting the twins' thoughts. "No 'what if' stories before you take your seat!" Blanc pointed at the chairs that sat on the balcony and glared at the twins. They decided to follow her orders and sit on the foldout chairs that sat outside. After sitting down, Blanc sat in the row behind them before speaking again. "Now you may continue."
What if Blanc went on a blind date?
~Blanc's Blind Date~
Two months have passed since Blanc started using a dating app. Originally, she intended to use the app for research for her romance novels. She wanted to know what putting yourself online without anyone knowing about you and developing a relationship online was like. As she was a goddess, she didn't include much information or a photo of herself in her account, since she would be bombarded by desperate users that wanted to date her. It would also be bad if word got out that Blanc, the normally secluded and quiet yet easy to anger goddess, was using a dating app, so she kept quiet about it around her friends.
As time went on, her original reasoning for using the app changed when she started interacting with another user. The other user also had no image and little information, so Blanc decided to throw them a bone by sending them a message.
"Hey there. Do you like to write?"
After a minute of searching through the app for other users, she received a response.
"Sure. I like to write. Are you a writer?"
And from that question, Blanc made her first friend on the app. They both talked about what kinds of stories they write about, like fanfiction and personal stories and even sharing some of them together, before moving on to other topics that they both enjoyed. Blanc found it relieving to talk to someone that liked the same things as her and not be judged, as she learned when she let it slip that she enjoys dubs over subs. Noire refused to drop that little bit of info for a month whenever they talked about a new show. When Blanc told her friend that she liked dubs more than subs, she thought that they would mock her the same way as her friends.
Instead, the other user stated that they understand her decision as with action shows, it can be difficult to focus on the text and animation at the same time. From that, Blanc had long discussions with the user long into the night. Over the course of two months, the two talked about games, fanfiction, new shows, and their everyday lives. As the weeks passed, Blanc felt like she was really connecting with this unknown user. She felt that she could actually experience what love felt like if she met her friend in real life. As Blanc thought about this revelation, her friend sent her the legendary question:
"I was wondering. Do you want to go on a date?"
Blanc was stunned by the question. She was excited that her friend wanted to go on a date with her, but then she started to stress over it. Blanc wondered how her friend would react if they met face to face. Would they be surprised by her being a goddess and treat her differently? Or would they treat her like a normal human if they didn't recognize her? Were they even a believer in her, or a follower of another goddess? It was safe to say that Blanc was overthinking the entire situation.
Her phone buzzed again, snapping her out of it. "If you don't want to, that's fine."
Blanc's friend was giving her an out, but she didn't want to seem rude. It was a dating app, so this person was probably expecting to go on a date with someone. And Blanc did originally want to conduct some research on how online dating works. She figured that this was the moment where the two online lovers would meet in real life. With her original goal in mind, Blanc put on a brave face and responded.
"Sure. Where would you like to go?"
A few minutes' pass as Blanc waited for an answer. She hoped that her friend wouldn't pick out a risqué place to visit. Going on a date to a maid bar would be a bit much for her.
"How about a movie?"
Yeah. A movie would be an acceptable place to go to for a first date. She texts back, asking what movie they should go see.
"What movie do you want to see?"
"There's a romance movie playing in Leanbox that I'd like to see."
Going on a date in Thunder Tit's country? Blanc shuddered at the thought, but didn't want to disappoint her friend. She begrudgingly responded. "Sure. We can go watch that."
"Would you like me to pick you up?" Well that's nice of them. Blanc wonders if they would even have enough credits to come to Lowee and pick her up. Actually, telling someone to pick her up from Lowee's basilicom would be bad, so she had to deny.
"No thanks. I can cover my own transportation."
"You sure?"
"Positive." As a goddess, Blanc can just fly there. She'd just have to be careful when she arrives to avoid drawing attention. She'll also have to choose a new set of clothes so that her friend doesn't recognize her as Lowee's goddess.
"Okay then," Blanc's friend responds. "I'll send you the address. The movie starts at 8:30, so I'll be out front at 8 so we can get our tickets and snacks." The address to the theatre pops up on her phone.
"Sounds good. See you the-" Blanc stops typing for a second, realizing that they both don't know what either of them look like. Well with her having to dress up differently to avoid looking like her normal self, she'll just pick out something discreet so that she can be easily recognized. She backspaces her message to correct it. "I'll be wearing a yellow baseball cap, so that you can find me." Blanc didn't know why she thought a yellow baseball cap would be a good idea, but she sends the message anyways.
"Cool. I'll be wearing a light green sundress, so you can find me." Green sundress? Wouldn't everyone in Leanbox be wearing those with how warm it is over there? Well hopefully they'll be able to find her with the baseball cap she'll be wearing.
"I guess I'll see you there then."
"You too."
After that final message, Blanc's mind was spinning. She never expected that she'd be asked out on a date, or that she'd even go on one in her lifetime. She wondered what her friend would look like. She wondered if her friend would like how she looks. She wondered if her friend would laugh at her for her ridiculous username when they meet. She wondered… Where she's going to get a yellow baseball cap.
And with that thought, Blanc darted out of the room. "Mina! Where can I get a yellow baseball cap?!"
~XOX~
Blanc arrived in Leanbox ten minutes before eight and landed in an alleyway. She had flown to Leanbox in her White Heart form and had landed in an alley before departing to the theatre. For her clothing, she wore a pair of small black jeans, a white blouse, a brown thin coat, red sneakers, and that yellow baseball cap. Blanc wondered if the clothes made her look like a boy, but she rationalized that she could just explain that she's a girl to her friend if they were confused.
She walks towards the movie theatre, three minutes before eight, and stood out front. She figured that it would be easier for her friend to find her instead of them trying to find her. As she stood outside, she watched Leanbox's citizens wander in and out of the theatre. There must be a popular movie playing at the theatre with how many people there are. Many of them were holding hands, while others had their arms intertwined with each other. Blanc blushed a little at the thought of her new friend holding her hand or having their arms around each other. The thought made Blanc dizzy. The thought of being on a date overall made Blanc nearly fall over. She had never gone on a date, so the entire experience was both exciting and terrifying. Especially since she hasn't seen what her friend looks like. She also hoped that they wouldn't laugh at her for her short body. But she also wondered what they would do once the movie was over. Would they go to dinner? Would they go for a walk in the park? Would they ki… Ki… Kiss?! She covered her face with her hat to keep her blushing red face hidden.
"Excuse me?"
Blanc's train of thought came to a crashing halt when she heard that voice. It must have been her friend from the app! With the hat still over her face, Blanc took in a deep breath before letting it out to release some stress. She puts her hat back on and turns around to face…
"Oh, Blanc. Is that you?"
Thunder Tits. The one person that she was hoping to avoid at all costs tonight was standing right in front of her. While Blanc was worried that Vert would find out that she was going on a date, her attention turned to the Titty Monster's wardrobe. She was wearing a white sunhat on her head and dark green sandals on her feet, along with a small white handbag hanging from her shoulder. But what really caught Blanc off guard was that Vert was wearing a green sundress. Blanc's mind ran wild with different theories about why Vert was wearing that dress. Was she on a date with someone? Was she just strolling around in casual clothing? Was she going to see a movie wearing that? Those questions were however pushed back by the biggest and most embarrassing theory she could think of: Is Vert her date?
"Blanc? May I ask why you are out here? And why are you wearing that?"
Blanc was too stressed in thinking of an excuse to notice Vert stumble a bit in her question. She needed to think of something quick! Something clever! Something…
"Are you waiting for a friend?"
Like Vert giving her an out.
"Y-Yes! That's it! I-I'm waiting for a fr-friend that I met online!" Blanc let out a nervous chuckle after saying that. Hopefully Vert would buy it.
"Me too!" That moment of joy startled Blanc a little. "I have also met a friend online and am currently waiting for their arrival. I asked them out on a date and told them I'd be here at eight so that we could get our seats and snacks. I'm just waiting for them to arrive."
Right now, Blanc would have made a joke about Vert seducing some poor but lucky shmuck for a one-night stand. But the similarities kept nagging at her. Vert in the green sundress. Vert approaching Blanc while she had the yellow baseball cap. And now the fact that Vert is on a date with someone and arrived at the time that Blanc's friend said they would arrive. The thought that Vert was the one that she had been talking to the past two months kept nagging at her.
"M-Me too," was all that Blanc could muster to say. She hoped that her theory was wrong. She really hoped she was wrong this time.
The two of them stood outside the theatre for twenty minutes, waiting for their respective dates to arrive. Blanc wondered if she should text her date and ask if they got lost or if she arrived at the wrong theatre. She pulled out her phone just as it buzzed in her hand.
"Sorry, but where are you? Are you running late?"
Not even thinking about it, she looked at Vert. She was holding her phone in her left hand. Her theory popped back into her head at the sight before she forced her attention back to the message. It would be rude to not respond, even if it might lead to her theory becoming true.
"No. I'm out front. Where are you?"
Blanc hits send and looks at Vert. A second passes. Two seconds. Five. Ten. Blanc then lets out a sigh, seeing that her theory was incorre-
BZZZ BZZZ! BZZZ BZZZ!
Vert's phone had vibrated and she looked at her screen. She lets out a small pent up sigh before tapping the screen several times. Blanc was freaking out right now. She couldn't have gotten her message! She couldn't be her date! She couldn't-
BZZZ BZZZ! BZZZ BZZZ!
Blanc quickly brought her phone to her face. The sight of the message on her screen terrified her.
"I'm out front. The movie starts in eight minutes. I'm in the green sundress standing next to a small girl."
Blanc's brain snapped upon reading it. She was panicking so much that she didn't even register the insult in the message. Blanc tried to think of a way to explain this. One way. Just one way to show that Vert really isn't the person she had been telling her opinions and sharing her secret stories with!
"Turn to your left."
She sent the message and waited. One second. Two seconds. Five. Ten.
Vert turned to her left, facing Blanc.
Blanc was now frozen in fear, holding the still open phone in her hands. Terrified, she turned towards Vert and looked up at her. Vert also had the same look of fear on her face.
"Wr-WritersIncent83?" Blanc stuttered.
"B-BodaciousBodXL?" Vert asked.
The two stood there, staring at each other. Not speaking a word before changing into their goddess forms.
"We shall never speak of this," Blanc said. "Agreed?"
"Agreed," Vert responded.
The two lovers to be flew off in opposite directions from each other.
~XOX~
"When Blanc got back home, she deleted her account, the app, and smashed her phone," Ram said.
"Vert did the same thing," Rom responded. "After that, both Blanc and Vert never used a dating app again."
"The end!" The two looked rather glad with their story. It was the first time that they tried telling a story like this. They were rather proud of themselves with how they handled the twist and its buildup.
Blanc was not as pleased though. "Why the hell did you pair me up with Thunder Tits?!" she growled at the two.
This response made the twins jump in their seats. "B-B-Because we were told opposites attract?" Rom stuttered in fear.
"Y-Yeah," Ram continued. "W-We've already seen it with N-Noire and Ne-Neptune, so w-we just thought that s-since you and V-Vert…"
"How many times do I have to tell people?" Blanc angrily mumbled before she began to yell. "Vert and I aren't dating! I hate her with every fiber of my being! And I hate writers that think I love her even more than I hate her!"
"Eep! Blanc's mad!" Rom covers her face and turns away from her furious sister.
"And you still haven't told me where the hell you two were for the past couple of hours!"
"W-We have a good reason, Blanc!" Ram said, trying to calm her sister down. "W-We were making Valentine's cards for everyone!" Ram stuck her hand under her hat. "Look! We even made ones for y-"
Ram stopped talking and froze. She felt around in her hat before withdrawing it. In her hand was wet glue and glitter from the cards. Rom looked on in horror before taking off her hat, feeling some of her hair being pulled as she took it off. The top of her head was covered with wet glue, glitter, and pink cardboard paper hearts while her hat had cards covered in glitter glued to the inside of it. Rom started to tear up when she saw all the hard work she and Ram put into being covered in glue and were basically unreadable with how much glue and glitter covered them. Ram also started to cry as well, realizing the same thing was in her hat.
Blanc watched as her two sisters started to cry. She was still pissed that her sisters spent nearly the entire day making dumb cards, telling her a story where she ends up going on a date with Vert, and are now crying out on the basilicom's balcony fifteen minutes before the parade starts. She wanted to just leave them like this, but she couldn't. She sat up and helped Rom out of her chair and held both of their hands.
"Come on you two. Let's wash you up before everyone else gets here." Blanc pulled the two crying twins into the basilicom towards the bathroom to clean them and help salvage their cards.
It was safe to say that they were going to be late again this year.
Hey look! Another one-shot! And just in time for Valentine's Day!
So for this one, I noticed that a lot of people wrote Nep/Noire fanfics and not many Blanc/Vert fanfics, so I decided to give it a try. I added the online dating part as a sort of buildup to the reveal that Vert was Blanc's date. Think I did a fine enough job with the buildup to it and Blanc stressing over it.
Also, I've noticed some suggestions in the reviews. I have considered taking suggestions with a story set-up like this, so I think I'll see what suggestions people have and try to see about writing some of them, if people are fine with submitting them.
Thanks for reading, and please leave a review of what you thought about the story!
KuletXCore: I never even knew I made an Ice Climbers reference in my story, and I'm not even sure where I put it. I like your suggestion about Rom and Ram being the elder sisters and Blanc being a candidate, so I'll see about writing it at some point.
mr I hate znt nobles kill em: Thanks. I was inspired a bit from Futurama for this type of story setup. I really like your censor idea, so I'll definitely be writing that at some point. For Vert's sisters, I'll have to really think about how to write that. The harem idea, I'd like to change to Neptune being the main character, since I'd rather not include a generic male character in one of these one-shots unless I have a good reason for including one.
Authorian-Niotcifnaf: Thanks. I like your stories too.
Joshuanobleza13: Thanks for pointing that error out. I have also corrected an oversight in the previous one-shot that said that Ram was the mastermind behind the pranks and changed it to Rom.
Next time: Histoire Goes on Vacation