Whenever she played games, she wanted Noire to play with her,
Whenever she ate, she wondered what Noire was eating.
It was a giant mess.
It also didn't help that Uni would have frequent dreams about her. They weren't bad dreams either, these were the type of dreams that a little girl like herself should not be having. She remembered one dream in PARTICULAR. It involved a lot of kissing, and a severe lack of clothing. Uni remembered when the dream Noire kissed her passionately, whispering in Uni's ear that she loved her, before she started kissing her lower and lower, until...until...!
"GAH!" Uni slapped her now burning red face, trying desperately to forget about that dream. She remembered how her underwear was soaked (she still didn't know why that happened, and she wasn't about to ask Noire) when she woke up. She wanted to call it a bad dream, but it had felt so GOOD that it made her think otherwise. Pausing her game, Uni chose to stare at the ceiling. She was torn. As much as Uni wanted to confess, to tell Noire how she felt and get these stupid feelings out of the way, just the very knowledge of how much backlash and negativity she would get, made her stop. She wasn't even sure if Noire would accept her, for all she knew, she would probably call her a freak for even having feelings about her own sister in the first place.
Uni trembled.
In all her life, Noire never felt more helpless then she did right now. The whole situation with Uni caused her to cut down severely on her work time, as she spent most of her time thinking. She wanted to fix things with Uni, but she so rarely came in contact with her that she never got the chance to do it.
Uni was upset with her, that much was clear.
The worst part, though, was that Noire had no idea why.
Ever since Uni's recovery, Noire simply did not see what she could've done wrong. She was trying her best to reconnect with her little sister, but Uni was treating her like the worst person in the world! What in the name of the True Goddess did she do wrong?!
Regardless, Noire had tried to distract herself by working, and had just finished when Kei came in with the next work load. It was so big that you couldn't even see her face.
"Here are the documents, Lady Noire" Kei said in her usual polite tone, but it was a bit strained considering the enormous work load in her arms.
"Thank you Kei, just put them right here" Noire motioned to the center of her desk, and Kei practically dropped the papers on her desk, before breathing a sigh of relief. Noire immediately began to work on the next pile, despite the enormous cramp she was getting in her hands.
Kei stared at Noire for a moment. She normally wasn't one to dwell into the CPU's personal affairs, but Noire had been acting strange for a while now and she was a little concerned, if only a little.
"Lady Noire, I sense something is bothering you."
Noire looked up. "Is it really that obvious?"
"Would you care to tell me? If you don't I completely understand"
Noire sighed. She was about to send Kei away but...she supposed she needed SOMEONE to talk to. She placed her pen down and massaged her wrists. That didn't go unnoticed by Kei.
"Well, I-It's about Uni" Noire admitted feebly
"I suspected as much. I haven't seen you two around each other recently. Did something happen between the two of you?"
"Well, we sorta had a fight a week ago. I don't even know what I did wrong to make her yell at me like that" Noire trembled at the memory "She's been avoiding me at all costs. I don't know what to do Kei."
Kei pondered this for a moment. She was terrible at this sort of thing, but she had to help Noire out somehow, or else this whole conversation would be pointless.
"Well, I don't know what to say since I have no siblings to speak of..." Noire's face fell "...But why don't you try asking the other CPU'S?"
Noire raised an eyebrow "What?"
"Lady Neptune and Lady Blanc have little sisters of there own, perhaps they can be of assistance to you"
Noire slowly nodded in understanding "I may just do that Kei, thank you"
"My pleasure" Kei bowed, then left for the door, but stopped suddenly. "Oh, and if you want a proper massage, do let me know"
What a lot of people don't know, Kei was actually a licensed masseuse, and she could give a damn good back rub if she wanted to. She frequently gave massages to both Noire and Uni, which was expected considering they were the two hardest working CPU'S in Gamindustri. The frequent massages never bothered Kei, as she once stated that the massages had "prevented her from getting rusty".
Noire smiled "I'll be sure to take you up on that"
Kei smiled back, then left the room and closed the door.
Noire sighed. As much as she hated it, she supposed that enlisting Neptune and Blanc's help was the only option she had. Picking up her cell, Noire went through the contacts and dialed up her fellow CPU'S.
"So, you both know why I called you here, right?"
The two CPU'S in front of Noire had simply nodded in understanding. They were both sitting on the couch while Noire was standing in front of them. When Noire had rang them up, Blanc was indifferent to the whole thing, but Neptune was treating it like it was something that could very well change the fate of Gamindustri as they knew it.
"It's because Noire's having little sister issues, so she needs our help to dig her out of this hole!" There was Neptune, giving a Neptune smile (Trademark, Restricted, Copyright) while looking at Noire in a teasing manner.
"W-Well it's not like I WANTED your help or anything!" Noire exclaimed "I just...don't have any other options"
"Riiiiiight..." Noire's eye twitched as Neptune blew off her excuse.
Blanc pinched the bridge of her nose. "Can we get on with this?"
Noire focused her attention to Blanc "Right. Well, I think Uni is upset with me, but I don't know why. Do you two have any advice?" Noire was mostly talking to Blanc, she didn't really expect Neptune to give her any sagely advice.
Blanc just shrugged "Well, on the off-chance that Rom and Ram are upset with me for more than ten minutes, I just buy them back with a few new games. Maybe a couple of coloring books, I don't know"
Noire sighed. She expected as much, the twins WERE little kids after all.
"What about you?" Noire turned to Neptune, as much as she hated asking HER of all people for advice. Who knows? Maybe she'll surprise her.
"Wellll, on the ultra rare occasion that Junior could ever POSSIBLEY be upset with yours truly..." Noire and Blanc rolled their eyes "I give her some sort of gadget or gizmo to play with. You know how much she loves that stuff." Neptune leaned in, and whispered "I heard she was making a robot in the basement"
Noire facepalmed. This whole conversation was going absolutely nowhere.
"Buuut..." Neptune interjected "If that doesn't work, I just tell her how much I love her, and she always comes back with sparkles in her eyes." Neptune had the stupidest grin on her face, and Noire felt a migraine coming on.
"You said that you didn't know why Uni is upset with you?" Blanc asked, trying to steer the topic back to normality (yes that's a word, do not question White Heart).
"Exactly. Every time she looks at me, her face goes red and she practically runs away. It's like she gets sick or something."
The temptation to make a comment about that was sickening, but Blanc decided against it.
Meanwhile, Neptune was doing something. Something that nobody ever thought Neptune could possibly do, and could quite honestly shock some people into a coma if they found out.
Neptune was THINKING. Quite hard at that. She was thinking about how Uni was avoiding Noire, how she would turn red and run away whenever she looked at Noire, how she would lock herself in her room all day...because she wanted to be away from Noire...
Then it clicked.
It was the only possible conclusion that Neptune could reach, and the worst part was it was totally on the ball too. Neptune let out a light gasp, and the two CPU'S turned their heads.
"I think I figured out what's wrong with Uni..."
Surprise had become evident on the CPU'S faces. They certainly hadn't expected NEPTUNE to figure this out. Maybe they didn't give her enough credit?
"What is it?" Noire asked, leaning ever so closely.
"Ok, this might be more than a little strange, but..." Pause for effect "I think Uni may be in love with you"
A pin could have sounded like an explosion in that atmosphere. The two CPU'S looked at Neptune like she had grown a second head, while she was smiling awkwardly.
"Y-Y-You mean the s-sisterly type o-of love, r-r-right?" Noire asked
Neptune shook her head.
"W-W-Whaaa-?" Noire's mind was on a ride. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her existence was glitching out.
Uni was...in love with her?
No. That couldn't be it. That couldn't POSSIBLY be it. Noire refused to accept that. There had to be another reason. It couldn't be something as OBSCENE as this! It just couldn't be!
"I'm not saying it's true, this is just a theory. If you want confirmation, your gonna have to talk with Uni"
"...Please leave. Both of you. I...n-need to think about this" Neptune and Blanc stared for a moment, before nodding their heads, then transformed and flew out the window.
Noire was standing outside of Uni's bedroom. This whole thing had been bothering the hell out of her.
It was just...no. It was weird. It was disturbing. It was something that flat out disgusted Noire. She absolutely refused to believe that Uni could have feelings for her. Her sister was better than that. All that hard discipline wasn't for nothing!
Sighing to herself, Noire knocked on the door. She hoped Uni would prove Neptune wrong. She hoped that this was just another Neptune moment. She never wanted someone to be so wrong in her whole life.
"Come in Noire"
Surprised, Noire opened the door and saw Uni, currently lying down and facing away from Noire.
"H-How did you-?"
"When was the last time Kei ever visited my room?"
Noire qwirked a brow, then nodded slowly.
"So, what do you want?" Uni wanted Noire out as soon as possible, her face was already burning and her heart was beating faster than normal. To Noire, that just sounded hurtful.
"I-I wanted to t-talk with you, about something" Noire sat on the bed, and flinched when Uni moved away from her.
"What is it?" Uni asked dully
"Well, I w-was talking with Neptune a-and Blanc about...stuff" Uni raised an eyebrow "and Neptune h-had this CRAZY idea" It was a good thing Uni couldn't see the blush on Noire's face.
"What kind of idea?" Uni asked in the same dull tone.
Noire gulped. She was crossing everything she had. She was hoping with all her might that what Neptune said wasn't true.
"W-Well, she...um...thinks t-the reason you've b-been...um...avoiding m-me was...uh...b-because..."
Noire paused to recompose herself, then-
"You were in love with me"
Uni froze.
There were no words physically capable enough to describe the amount of shock she was feeling at that moment.
"W-W-What?" Was Uni trembling? Was that even the appropriate word? Shaking was more like it.
Noire sighed in relief. Maybe Neptune was wrong after all? "I know, crazy right?" Uni tensed up, another wave of tears setting in "It's not true...right?"
There it was. Uni knew that Noire was looking at her expectantly, and she was going to deny it, but...
This was her chance. Uni knew she would never get another opportunity like this, and here was a prime chance right here. Rejection or no, these feelings were absolutely killing her. Sitting up, she looked at Noire, her eyes were red, tears were falling, her chest was heaving and her stomach was doing flips.
"Yes"
Noire was shocked both at the sight of her sister and her answer. "Yes what?"
Uni took Noire's hands, and entwined them with her own. Noire gasped as Uni looked at her with a hopeful, yet heartbreaking expression. It made Noire's chest tighten.
"Noire.." Uni pulled her sister closer, until their faces were only centimeters apart.
"I love you"