(A/N: I'm doing a colab with Chisaku. It's an original story imagined by me. It's called A Timeless Death. You can find it in the Misc Anime/Manga section. You're gonna have to edit the filter to Rated M)

After Blanc's initial raging, the rest of the day had gone fairly normally. Of course, Segula had barely scratched the surface of the surface of games she had to play. It was well into the night right now, and Segula was still playing games. Her eyes trained exclusively on the T.V, the absolute picture of seriousness and determination as she played through the seemingly endless pile of games. Plutia had initially been banned from playing games with Segula, or just playing the games in general, for the sake of Blanc's health. So now Plutia was merely an observer, who in turn had surprisingly kept her cool when Blanc yelled at her. Maybe she was building a resistance? Either that or she was too tired. It was most likely the latter.

Either way, the risk of Iris Heart coming out was nonexistent (something that made Segula a little sad), and Ultra Noire had finally recovered from her initial trauma, and had settled on letting Plutia do whatever she wanted, before returning to her own dimension.

Needless to say, the Goddesses themselves were simply too tired to go back to their own nations, choosing to stay in the comfortably comfortable (redundant) Planeptune Basilicom. Unfortunately, Neptune had only one guest bed, so a lot of them had to sleep on the floor, but at that point they simply did not care. They all simply chose to crash anywhere on the floor, while Plutia had gotten in Segula's bed (again), and Segula did not object. In fact, they even snuggled a little.

The only ones that weren't asleep yet were Neptune (who was watching the display through the crack of the door) Nepgear (sitting on the couch, watching some random cartoon) and Histoire (who flat out didn't know what to do anymore).

"Aww, look at those 2 lovebirds, all nice and snuggly. It's so cute! (^-^)"

"Hey! Do NOT use emoticons! That is MY right only! (T_T)"

"Aww come on Histy! You weren't even using 'em before!"

"That is because the writer does not know how to use them properly, so stop using them"

"Aww...(;-;)"

"What did I just say?!"

"EEP!" Frightened, Neptune hid behind Nepgear for cover, who didn't so much as react as she continued to watch the cartoon.

(Later that night)

Segula got that feeling. The feeling of midnight snacking. She had done it frequently in the past, and her bottomless pit of a stomach beckoned for food. Unfortunately, this meant that Segula had to get out of the hug that Plutia currently had her in. Her head was nuzzled on her neck while her arm wrapped around her. As much as Segula wanted to stay in this position, she knew that if she didn't get something in her stomach it would likely suck in on itself. Carefully, she placed Plutia's hand on her side, and gently placed her head on the pillow. She immediately felt cold, having grown used to Plutia's warm body being wrapped around her. She was considering staying in bed with Plutia, but her stomach was telling her otherwise. She begrudgingly stepped over the sleeping bodies on the floor and made her way towards the kitchen. Opening the fridge, she pulled out leftover Chili Dogs from the other day. She didn't warm them up, in fear of waking someone up, and they were cold as a result. But Segula didn't mind, as long as it was edible, it was going in her stomach.

Biting on the chili dog, Segula noticed that Neptune was sitting by the window sill, while Nepgear was passed out on the couch. Curious, Segula made her way to Neptune's location, and apparently she didn't notice her.

"Can't sleep?"

Neptune turned, and gave Segula a warm smile "No, a lot of stuff's on my mind lately"

"Care to tell me?" Segula sat next to Neptune, and took another bite of her chili dog.

"Well, it's about these past few days, not to mention finding you. It's just a lot to take in"

"I can understand that. It's been so long. Everything changed, it gave me quite the culture shock."

Neptune placed her hand on Segula's shoulder "You'll get used to it. Give it a few weeks" Neptune gave her a reassuring smile, which made Segula feel a little better.

"I hope you're right"

For a moment, the 2 CPU'S sat in silence. Neptune wanted to bring up the subject, but she was afraid how Segula would react. But if not now, then when?

"Hey Seg?" Segula turned to face Neptune "About what happened, all those years ago I mean, I want to say I'm really sorry." Segula knew exactly what she was talking about, and it was a subject that she hoped to avoid as much as possible, but apparently this wasn't the case. "The other's may not want to admit it right away, but they're sorry too" Neptune was giving her an apologetic look.

"It's OK Neptune" Segula already felt herself trembling. The others should have been more than aware that Segula never wanted to talk about this, she wanted to forget that it ever happened, even though it was all her fault...

"No its not, we should've helped you. Your sister was dying..."

Segula slammed her fist on the ledge, which made Neptune flinch. She grit her teeth as she tried to regain her composure. Her eyes were already watering up.

"S-Sorry..." Segula's voice trembled, it was clear she was using all her power to not cry at that moment.

"No, it's OK. I shouldn't have brought it up." Neptune saw a few tears trail down Segula's cheeks. She felt bad, really bad. Her usual Neptune demeanor might not be any help here. Not that it ever WAS, at least to most people (mostly Noire)

"What's done is done I guess" Segula spoke after an eternity of silence "There's nothing we can do about it now" Her eyes were red, her shoulders were trembling, and she looked like she was going to break down at any moment.

"Hey, cheer up. I can't handle all the drama stuff" Neptune said, which caused Segula to laugh a little.

"Sorry, I'll try to lighten the mood" Segula wiped her face, and gave Neptune a soft smile. She sighed in relief. Crisis everted.

"So...You and Plutia huh?" Segula's eyes went wide at Neptune's statement "Oh don't act surprised, it's so obvious"

Segula sighed. What better way to break dramatic tension then by talking about your girl crush?

"I guess there's no point in denying it. I'm in love with her, so what?"

"So what? This is seriously big! You should tell her!" Neptune encouraged.

"I...don't know about that. Confessing your love to someone is a lot harder than it sounds"

"Oh come on, you gotta man up! It can't be that hard. I mean, I've been hinting at it for-" Neptune covered her mouth, but it was far too late.

"Oh? Is Lady Purple Heart in love with someone?" Neptune paled, the tables have turned. Segula was looking at her with expecting eyes, and Neptune sighed in defeat.

"As a matter of fact, I am" Oh, NOW Segula was interested.

"And she is?..."

"A certain twin-tailed tsundere named Noire"

Ok, Segula wasn't expecting that.

"It was like love at first sight, we have an amazing connection ya know" Segula doubted that "I love it when she acts all Tsundere and ALWAYS says she has friends" Wait, wasn't that true? All of Noire's friends were in this very apartment! "She's always so fun to tease, I can't get enough of that adorable blush" Neptune sighed dreamily, and one could practically see the sparkles in her eyes. "I'm in love with Noire. Now if only I had the courage to say that to her"

"And your telling ME to man up"

"Shut up"

Segula chuckled "Hey, I got an idea, how about a little challenge?"

Neptune turned her head, interested and confused at the same time "Challenge?"

"By the end of the week, if you can somehow confess your feelings to Noire, then I'll confess to Plutia"

Neptune perked up "Oh really?"

"Really"

Neptune grinned "OK Lady Blue Heart, I accept your challenge." Neptune and Segula shook hands, and both parted ways. Neptune carried Nepgear over her shoulder (who didn't wake in the slightest) and made her way to her room. Segula climbed back on her bed(careful not to step on anyone of course) and as soon as she laid down, the sleeping Plutia wrapped herself around Segula's body again, making the CPU smile in content, before falling asleep herself.