~ Neptune ~

Walking into the cafeteria, I let my eyes wander the various restaurants spread the vicinity. Glancing at Seiji, I follow his gaze and quickly find the shop that he had been looking at: a simple ramen house. Why do I feel like I've eaten here in a different world? Definitely not Gamindustri. I shrug the thought off and the two of us continue to make our way over to the booth.

"Neptune?" I look at Seiji, who stops a few feet in front of the ramen house. "Would you like to select your own dish or would you like me to recommend one to you?"

Glancing at the menu, I shrug. "I guess you can choose for me. I don't necessarily care; I'm starving!" As if it were rehearsed, my stomach let out a growl, making me blush.

"When was the last time you ate?" He chuckles and I can't do anything but pout at him.

"L-last night," I say. "I'm fine! We're getting food right now, so there's no need to worry about my hunger anymore." I look up at him with a reassuring smile, getting a blush out of him.

"Well, I'm going to go ahead and order if this is what you'd like me to do," he says, walking up to the person at the cashier.

"Welcome to the Okinawa Ramen House. What would you like to order?" The cashier looks at the two of us with a welcoming smile.

"Two of your specials, please! I'll take a large…" Seiji then looks at me.

"U-uh, I'll take a medium!" I stutter, glancing down at my feet in embarrassment.

"That will be 1598 yen, please!" Seiji pulls out his money, but I gently put a hand over his wallet.

"It should be my turn to pay; you've already paid so much money for all of the clothing that I bought. I'll take care of this." I look up at Seiji with a smile and he nods, putting away his wallet. Wow. Talk about loyal.

Acting as if I'm pulling money out of my back pocket, I open my inventory and pull out 2000 yen.

"No change, please!" I set the money in the cashier's hand with a smile and he thanks us, handing us a number in exchange.

"Let's find a seat, shall we?" Seiji looks at me and I nod. Sitting down, I poke at the number card, which stood on the table.

"I thought you didn't have any money, Neptune. I had money to spare, you know," Seiji protests and I look up at him with a sigh.

"It's fine! 2000 yen wouldn't even hurt me. I have so much money that I can't even fit all of it in this whole mall even if I wanted to," I explain and Seiji's eyes widen in surprise. Well, of course he would. I doubt the richest person in Japan would have any more than what I have in my inventory. I had set up a bank account earlier while we were talking back at Seiji's house, and I stored three quarters of my total currency there.

"G-geez, Neptune! Who knew you would have that kind of money! I still wanna do my best to pay for you when I can. It isn't very gentleman-like of me to just have you pay for everything you or we buy," he insists and I can't help but smile at his comment.

"Aww, Seiji. That's seriously flattering, but seriously, if it hurts your balance too much, don't feel bad if I have to pay every once in awhile, okay?"

"Number 47!" One of the chefs calls out our number and Seiji stands up.

"Thanks a bunch, Neptune." He smiles and gets our lunch.

~ Seiji ~

"Man, Neptune, you're still awake?" I grin, letting out a yawn. I wonder if Neptune enjoyed the day out. I think to myself as we make our way back to my house.

"Yeah, this it nothing!" Neptune looks up at me with a smile.

"Note to self: Neptune has unlimited energy." I then hear a giggle.

"You know, Seiji," I glance down to find Neptune smirking. "You don't have to try that hard to impress someone like me, okay? We're going to be living together for a while now, so you'd might as well lighten up towards me. I wouldn't be able to stand you acting like this all the time around me."

"Wh-wha-!?" I cough and I feel the heat rise up in my cheeks. "S-sorry about that. I'll do my best to open up to you the best I can!"

"Here you go again." She nudges me in the side, making me cringe.

"Sh-shut up." I sigh as we turn the corner and down another street.

"Finally we're home!" Neptune immediately sets her bags down by the side of the couch and flops down. She sure has gotten comfortable to this place… or even world. I guess that's just Neptune. I smile to myself as I watch Neptune pull out some of the clothing that she had bought earlier.

"Goodnight!" She uses a few shirts as a pillow and curls up on the couch. It took me a few moments to realize what was happening.

"Seriously!?" I suddenly exclaim, making the smaller girl jump. "Oh hell no. You're not sleeping down here! You're gonna sleep in my bed for tonight. I'll take the couch for the day, okay?" I walk over to Neptune as she looks up at me with slightly surprised eyes.

"O-okay…" She gets up, but holds the shirts to her chest as she makes her way up the stairs. As soon as I hear the door gently close, I swore to myself.

"Fuck. I seriously screwed that up, didn't I. Talk about making a good impression. I bet I even looked like a try-hard." Clenching my fists, I sigh and make my way up the stairs and to my room.

Inside the room, I find Neptune with my pillow pressed closed to her chest. Suddenly, she turns her body to face me and I find her with small tears forming in her eyes.

"Oh… what have I done." I walk over to Neptune and kneel in front of her.

"You idiot, yelling at a girl who just wanted to have a place to stay," Neptune's voice catches me off guard. It was… adorable in the sense that she seemed so defenseless. Like she needed someone to help her because she had something powerful taken away from her. It also made me feel guilty. Guilty in the fact that I even did something like this to make Neptune feel uncomfortable.

Opening my mouth to speak, Neptune interrupts me. "Goodnight." Her tone immediately changed as she turned away from me.

What do I do now!? I groan inwardly and look at the beauty in front of me. Do I let her sleep and be uncomfortable for a while until I make things up with her, or do I comfort her by… petting her. What a ridiculous solution, but she seems like the person to want to be petted. Who knows. I'll try to comfort her for now. I sigh.

"Neptune, I'm sorry," I say, gently putting a hand on the purplette's head, gently rubbing it back and forth. She just flinched at my sudden move but quickly loosened up.

"D-don't get used to doing that…" Neptune mumbles, her voice muffled from the pillow, which she had buried her face in.

"S-sorry." I quickly pull away, but I feel something soft press against the palm of my hand. Man… This girl can't be real! I must be dreaming right now. She's too adorable! I smile to myself.

"J-just stay with me until I go to sleep, okay?" She looks up at me with her, almost glowing, blue eyes.

"Alright." I smile and watch as she closes her eyes. "Goodnight, Neptune." I softly whisper to her.

Hearing the girl start to take deeper breaths, I gently remove my hand from her head and sighed. Standing up from the bed, I silently make my way out of the room. Have I really fallen in love with a girl in less than 24 hours? I think to myself but shake my head. Nah, this all must be a dream. I even promised myself to not fall in love until my senior year! Damnit. I silently swear to myself as I flop onto the couch, letting myself bounce a few times before letting out another long sigh.

Whatever, it'll all be gone in a few hours anyway. I close my eyes and let myself drift off to sleep.

~Author's Note!~

Hey, everyone! I'm sorry if these last couple of chapters haven't been as high quality as they would normally be like in my other stories! It's hard to write about two dimension traveling stories with the characters from the unknown dimensions come to Earth. Anyway! If you enjoyed this story, thank you so much for the support and have an amazing day!