A look that did not suit Neptune in the slightest.
For the first time in...well ever, Blanc felt guilty.
And it didn't help that everyone found out the reason for Neptune's behavior was because of her visit to Lowee. This had lead to an angry email from Nepgear (an email that contained words that Blanc didn't even know the Candidate was capable of using, and even a few words that she didn't even know herself). Histoire was upset with her too, but she did a much better job at hiding it than Nepgear was. Though Histoire had said that she was upset because Neptune wasn't getting any work done, it'd be impossible not to notice the worry in her voice whenever she spoke of the situation. Noire and Vert seemed to treat it with indifference, but last time they got together, Vert had given her a look of disapproval, while Noire was-oh she couldn't even THINK about what Noire was doing.
Apparently when news of Blanc's rejection reached Noire, she had payed frequent visits to Planeptune to "help Neptune out". She was being the most smug bitch during the meeting, and Blanc was doing everything in her power to NOT jump up and attack Noire. Nepgear seemed to appreciate it, and was practically welcomed with open arms every time she visited. It pissed off Blanc to no end.
They were having another meeting right now, and Noire was practically shoving it in her face.
"She looks like she's getting better, of course, I HAVE been there for her after all"
Blanc felt a piece of the chair she was sitting on break when she gripped it just a LITTLE to tightly.
"Anyway, I need to get back to Planeptune, Neptune may need me again." Blanc grit her teeth as Noire transformed and flew out the window, that smug grin still on her face the whole time. Only her and Vert were left in the room.
"My, it seems our little Blanc is jealous" Vert proclaimed, a smirk growing on her lips when she saw Blanc stutter.
"I-I-I-I don't know WHAT you're t-talking about! Why would I be jealous of that pretentious bitch?!" The mad blush on Blanc's face was instantly betraying her words, making Vert's smirk grow.
"Because she's making Neptune feel better, and THAT is destroying you" Blanc backed up a little at Vert's confident tone. But no way in hell was she going to admit this to her!
"You're insane Thunder Tits! I could care less WHAT she does with her!" Blanc was facing away from Vert, her blush would be an insane giveaway.
"If you don't, then why are you looking away?" Vert was on a roll. She was going to make Blanc confess whether she liked it or not.
"I-I..." Blanc couldn't respond to that, giving Vert the upper hand.
"Face it Blanc, you're in love with Neptune, but you're too stubborn to admit it"
"I...but...ARGH!" Blanc stomped her foot on the ground, no doubt leaving a dent in it "FINE! I'm in love with Neptune! You happy you goddamn bitch?!" For some reason, it felt good to get that off her chest. Of course, she didn't expect to say this to VERT. And said CPU was smiling victoriously.
"Yes" Blanc growled at Vert's casual response "Now you just have to say that to Neptune. Erm, WITHOUT the goddamn bitch part"
"And what makes you think I'm going to go over to Planeptune and do that?" It looked like Blanc needed one last push, and Vert had the perfect line.
"Because if you don't, Noire will get to her first, and do you REALLY want to lose Neptune to Noire?"
"..." The very thought of losing Neptune to Noire, NOIRE of all people, was sickening. It shouldn't even be an option. Blanc was NOT going to let that happen.
"...I'm going to Planeptune"
Vert gave Blanc a smile that said "Thatta girl" as Blanc transformed and flew out the window. Mission accomplished.
Blanc flew in through the conveniently open window and transformed back. She was greeted by the sight of a surprised Nepgear (which quickly turned to silent fury) and Histoire.
"Blanc? What on earth are you doing here?" Histoire was genuinely surprised. Did Blanc leave THAT bad of an impression? She had to fix this fast...
"Where's Noire?" Said bitch in question was nowhere to be seen. She didn't leave that long ago, and was more than prepared to take her on if she got in the way.
"She had to leave early. Something came up in Lastation" Blanc locked eyes with Nepgear, and never before had she seen such cruel intent emit from them. Blanc was shocked. Nepgear was supposed to be the sweet and innocent one! It was a good thing Histoire was here, or there most likely would have been a big throw down between them.
"W-Well, I want to talk to Neptune" One look at Nepgear's face made it clear that she didn't approve of that "I feel really sorry for what I did, so...I want to apologize" Blanc wasn't going to tell them the real reason, or Nepgear would lose her mind.
"So, it's taken you a week to finally do something that you probably could've done in 10 minutes. Yeah, I'm sure you feel sorry" Blanc actually had to take a step back. Nepgear's words hit her hard.
"Nepgear, please" Histoire gave her a disproving look, and Nepgear held up her hands in defense.
"Fine, let her talk to Neptune, see if I care. I'm going to make her dinner" Nepgear turned and left, and Histoire gave her an apologetic look.
"I'm sorry, she's been acting like this for the past week"
"Don't apologize, after what I did, she has every right to be mad at me"
"...You're not here just to apologize, are you?" Blanc sighed, Histoire caught on quick.
"I hurt her, I...want to make this right." Blanc wasn't even going to try and deny it.
Histoire nodded in understanding "She's in her room, and good luck"
Blanc smiled softly "Thank you"
Blanc had eventually made her way to Neptune's room, and gave the big door in front of her a good knock. When no one answered, she gently opened the door. She was greeted with a barely light and close shaded room. It was quite messy, but that was expected from Neptune. What WASN'T expected, however, was Neptune's supposed sleeping figure, with a huge body pillow that had an image of Blanc on it (she wasn't even going to ask where she got it).
"Neptune? Are you awake? It's me...Blanc" Blanc's voice got an immediate reaction. Neptune turned, and her expression made Blanc's heart drop. Her eyes were red and her face was wet from tears. The poor girl looked like she had just finished crying. Blanc was mentally cursing herself for doing this to Neptune, but she was here to make this right, and she sure as hell didn't want Neptune to look like this any longer.
"B-Blanc? W-What are you d-doing here?"