Hi, I wanna say I'm sorry again for taking so long for this chapter to be posted. I couldn't get myself mentally "In the position" to write it. I know that sounds kinda dumb but trust me, if I'm not feeling it when I'm writing the story usually feels forced or I make easy mistakes in the plot. Speaking of that, a lot of people were confused as to why Noire was wearing the cosplay, and it was that since she had a scheduled outing with K-Sha that day gave her the inspiration to try on something relating to the military since K-Sha is into guns like Uni. When Noire said it was because K-Sha was coming over, that excuse was half true, the other half being she lied because she made the decision herself, not K-Sha. Just explaining some things and if there were any other parts that seemed confusing than just PM me or if you're a guest, review your question.
Day 6
Lastation
{6:34am}
Noire awoke, stretching her arms as the sun's morning rays shun through the curtains. She rubbed her eyes to rid the gound before looking to her right to check the time… K-Sha was next to her… Noire slightly squinted, thinking she was still slightly asleep and turned over to her left… Nepgear was on that side too… Noire sat up and carefully leaned over Nepgear to look for her sleeping bag which was on the floor. K-Sha's was on her side as well. She definitely wasn't sleeping anymore.
"Geez… They couldn't just sleep in their sleeping bags". Noire whispered to herself before crawling down to the end of her bed and climbing over the short railing.
She took another glimpse to the two girls in her bed, sleeping soundly without a stir which made Noire grin briefly before she walked into her washroom to take a shower, locking the door behind her.
"I didn't think Nepgear was the clingy type, even though Neptune said she acted like a baby at times". Noire said to herself as she began removing her pajamas.
"I know K-Sha to be one to not let things go by her so easily but Nepgear? I didn't think K-Sha sleeping in my room would have caused a reaction… I guess I have a lot to learn about her". Noire stepped into the shower after having adjusted the temperature.
Nepgear stirred a bit before sitting up, covering her eyes as the streaks of sun caught her a bit. She slipped out of the bed and headed to the bathroom Noire said was in her room to find the door was locked.
"Hm? Oh… hehe Noire must have just woken up. I guess I will go use the one by the kitchen". Nepgear made her way, carefully opening and closing the door to make sure not to wake the still sleeping K-Sha.
{6:53am}
Noire walked out of the bathroom fully dressed, having spare clothes lying in wait inside, and walked over to her dresser mirror to put in her hair ribbons. As she put in the first, she gazed over at the bed so see Nepgear was gone.
Nepgear's awake, she must have gone to the other bathroom. She should be done soon so I should get to making breakfast.
Noire quickly put in the ribbons and made her way to the kitchen, putting on her apron and getting to work. Nepgear arrived in the kitchen, refreshed from the shower and sat down at the table.
"Morning Noire".
"Morning Nepgear, did you sleep alright?"
"Yeah, just fine. Your mattress is a little different than the one Uni uses so it was a little bothersome but it was alright".
"Yeah, Uni use to say the same whenever she would climb in. I have a memory foam so changing positions isn't really the most comfortable thing to do unlike Uni's pillow top".
"So she uses the same type Neptune uses. Neptune always says it's the best mattress but I don't think there is a best mattress since everyone's opinion is different". Noire nodded in agreement as she fried some bacon on her pan.
"Neptune likes to think everything she does is the best. She's lucky she's a goddess so she can't get diabetes or she would probably have been long dead from the snacks and pudding. I don't know how Histoire puts up with it". Noire huffed.
"I guess so, though she is right sometimes". Nepgear added.
Noire put down the pan and grabbed some hotcake batter.
"Would you wanna help me make hotcakes?" Nepgear jumped at the opportunity.
"Of course! Any way I can help!"
Nepgear carefully and slowly showed Noire the directions as to making hotcakes while watching the bacon, occasionally stirring with a spatula. Noire stirred the batter with the other ingredients to make the mix, which she than poured down on a baking sheet to form the hotcakes.
"Just make them a bit bigger and we're all good Noire!" Nepgear said looking at Noire's first hotcakes which was about the size of a coaster.
"Thanks Nepgear, I always wanted to make hotcakes but asking the maids for help always drove them to making it themselves instead of instructing me how". Noire stated as she flipped the hotcake over to reveal its glossy brown underside.
"No problem Noire, anyway I can help my girlfriend!" Noire flinched slightly, not use to being called girlfriend still got to her slightly.
"Y-Yeah". Noire's gaze shied away from Nepgear.
"Geez now I can see why Neptune likes teasing you. You become shy so easy".
"Neptune's 'teasing' is more like abuse to me". Nepgear giggled a bit, leaning back against the countertop.
"Well it's just Neptune's way of having fun with you".
"I don't really think its fun either…" Noire sighed before flipping the hotcake onto a plate and adding another hotcake mix to the pan.
"I didn't think you were so bothered by it".
"I didn't think so either".
"So… What does K-Sha mean to you?" Noire was surprised by the question, not really anticipating Nepgear to ask such.
"Huh? W-What makes you ask?"
"Well it's kinda hard to not notice that she has you in a special place in her heart when she's constantly trying to hide the fact she's staring at me enviously" Noire sweat dropped hearing the information.
At least I know for sure now K-Sha is trying.
"Oh haha, yeah she has liked me for a while now. I know I shouldn't say that so casually since she is super serious about her feelings".
"Yeah that isn't very nice Noire". Nepgear giggled a bit as she took off the bacon from the pan and onto a large plate.
Noire flipped over the hotcake, almost mesmerized in the bronze look of the food.
"I don't know if not returning her feelings before now makes me a bad friend…"
"Well you can't force yourself to love someone right? It would hurt them more if you tried to".
"I guess, but-".
"Don't worry about it Noire, I'm sure everything is fine". Noire nodded in response.
"Yeah. How's the bacon?" Nepgear looked at the plate full of the cooked bacon.
"It looks good to me! Oh". Nepgear looked to the time {8:21}.
"Maybe it's time to wake up K-Sha?" Nepgear suggested which Noire shook her head.
"K-Sha is a short sleeper, she will probably be up-"
"Morning Noire! Nepgear!" K-Sha greeted as she made her way into the kitchen.
"Hey K-Sha, see I told you she would be up quick". Nepgear smiled as K-Sha admired the food.
"Oh! That looks good, did you make it Noire?"
"With a lot of help from Nepgear, I'm not a very good cook when it comes to baking".
"Really? I thought Noire was good at everything, I guess not". K-Sha sat down at the table.
"Just give me another.. Uh… five minutes and the hotcakes will be done".
"Alright".
{12:04PM}
"Noire let's go out like we planned to yesterday~" K-Sha requested, Noire working on some paperwork again so she would be covered for the day and the next.
"Just a minute K-Sha, I'm almost done here".
"Noire I was going to head out for some parts for tomorrow, I forgot to grab them last time".
"Alright, if you need any help just call me". Nepgear skipped out of the room to the Lastation seats leaving Noire and K-Sha alone in Noire's study.
"There, I finished, what was it you wanted K-Sha?"
"Um… I want to go out like we planned to, since we didn't yesterday".
"Oh right, you wanted to go shopping right? K I will get ready and we can head out in a few minutes. Let me shoot a text to Nepgear so she knows were gone out if she gets back earlier than us". Noire pulled out her tablet and sent a message to Nepgear.
K-Sha walked out of the room gleaming.
I have some time to just me and Noire~ Oh I can't wait! I wanted buy Noire something since she helped me out with the whole Order conflict so this is great!
After some time, Noire and K-Sha walked out onto the streets of Lastation, K-Sha arm locked with Noire which cause the CPU some discomfort. The two made their way into the mall, about a 5 minute walk away from the basilicom. As they entered, one of the services attendants signaled Noire over to the counter.
"My lady, your package came in some time ago if you would like to pick it up".
"Oh right! I forgot thank you, I will come by and get it when I'm on my way out, thank you for letting me know". The clerk bowed as Noire lead K-Sha away with her.
"What package did you order Noire?"
"Oh uh, it's Um… Well I-"
"Is it for Nepgear?"
"Actually… no, it's for Neptune".
"Hm? Neptune?"
"She kept bugging me about it so I ordered her one".
"One… what?"
"A… Pudding Costume".
"Oh. Does Neptune like pudding?"
"Like is an understatement, but never mind her, where do you want to go first K-Sha?" She looked around at the stores curiously.
"I don't think I've been here too often, so I don't know the stores that we'll, you lead the way Noire".
"I-I guess so. Well Um… How about there?!" Noire quickly pointed to one of the stores on the opposite side of the Plaza.
"Alright Noire! Let's go!"
Nepgear
"Alright, I need to get a fluid conduction transceiver, 20 electro junction cords, a micro crucible, and a 10PB data processor. The last one might be pretty costly so I should buy it first". Nepgear said as she walked down the outskirts of Lastation.
She had been thinking of building a Neptank Mk. 3 (since the Mk. 2 was destroyed) a smaller version of course. Nepgear had started to work on it in her tech room but hadn't finished since she was missing the parts and had planned to get them but then they got caught up in the whole switcheroo between her and Uni.
"Hm… Maybe I should call Uni and see how she's doing!" Nepgear pulled out her NGear and dialed up Uni.
Ring…
Ring…
No answer...
"Huh.. She must be doing something right now then, oh well I guess I will ask her tomorrow". Nepgear made her way to the mechanics shop in Lastation.
Nepgear entered the store, a smaller shop which had a steampunk vibe to it from the outside, being greeted by the clerk whom was a man who looked to be in his late 60s.
"Hey there, haven't seen you around before, you kinda look familiar though".
"Yeah, I'm the CPU Candidate of Planeptune, I've been staying at a friend's place and I wanted to buy some parts for a robot I'm making".
"Ah, that's why you look familiar, not many could guess such a youthful girl such as yourself could be the Candidate. It's not often you see a girl taking interest in mechanics either, so what can I do for ya?"
"I'm looking for a 10PB data processor, do you have one in stock?"
"Hm… quite the expensive piece that is, let me check, it'll take a few minutes so why don't ya go look around, I'm sure there's something round' here that'll catch yer' eye". Nepgear nodded as the elder man walked into his back area behind counter, leaving Nepgear to look around.
The store was filled with dated equipment which would make lots of tech savvy people jealous, which Nepgear was currently fangirling over seeing nobody was around. She eyed the rare parts, servos, and other nitty gritty which were carefully and alphabetically ordered on shelves which were rowed perfectly in the small shop to create a larger atmosphere. She felt like she was in an expert mechanic's workshop, being presented with all the parts needed to build hundreds of droids and bots.
"Hey youngster? I got that part for ya". Nepgear happily made her way over to the counter to be greeted with the heavy data drive.
"Oh yes, this is it! How much?"
"Hm… well it's kinda pricey, I use the autoparts website's pricing since my old brain can't do with them big numbers but it's gunna be about… 580 000 C".
"Yeah I thought it would be a lot, I have 650 000 from Histy so that leaves me with.. 70 000 which should get me the fluid conduction transceiver and at least 10 electro junction cords".
"Ya got quite the shopping list there".
"Yeah, I'm making a new robot and I want it to be better than the last one". The old man nodded in agreement.
"I use to be the same, a perfectionist when it came to constricting machines, always gotta have the next do everything the one before did and more. Quite time consuming but when it came out, the nostalgic feeling it gave you seeing your first creation turn to that of the future". Nepgear gleamed.
"Do you have any of your stuff still around?! I would love to see them!" Nepgear said transferring her 580 000 credits over to the man.
"Oh did he not greet ya? Geez the ole scrapper got a glitch again huh". The man came around the counter and lead Nepgear to the entrance to show her his robot.
The small bot sat limp against the wall, its head glitching slightly as its eye lights flickered on and off as it had detected the presence of the two nearby and was trying to start its greeting protocols. It was a small rusty and boxy looking robot with little arms and a sign that said welcome welded to where the hands would be. The arms were joint at the sign and its stomach area had a box which said its status which at the moment indicated it was low on batteries. Its head which was a rectangle on a rotary stand was rusty with its eye light guards cracked.
"Oh my goodness it's so cute!" Nepgear patted the robot on the head which it made no response to.
"He's like a broken record sometimes, just stops working and sits here trying to move, poor fella. Could never figure out what was the problem".
"Maybe I could check him out? I'm pretty good with fixing things".
"Really?! That would do me a lot, say, if you get him fixed and cleaned up I will give ya half the credits back as payment". Nepgear looked to the man nervously.
"A-Are you sure? Won't that hurt your business?"
"What's hurtin' ma' business is that he ain't doin his job, I gotta get him working so he can greet my customers. Show em I'm legit". Nepgear picked up the robot, heavy as it was she struggled slightly before putting him down.
"Geez he's heavy, what's he made of?"
"A custom Titanium Platinum alloy, heavy but pretty which is a win in my books".
"Alright, guess I have to transform then to pick him up". Nepgear stood outside and transformed into her purple sister form and easily lifted the data processor and the robot as she flew up into the air.
"Does he have a name?"
"Names A.G.R, I call him Edger tho since it sounds the same".
"Alright I will take good care of Edger and bring him back soon!" Nepgear flew off as the elder waved to the candidate.
Noire and K-Sha
{3:27PM}
Noire and K-Sha sat down at a table in the food court, both had gotten dinner for themselves. K-Sha ordered a Leek Ball Beef Bowl from Tsunkiya, Noire ordered a LAS Burger from LAS Burger.
"Your beef bowl looks good K-Sha". Noire complimented eyeing K-Sha's dinner.
"Really? Did you want to share food then Noire?" Upon hearing K-Sha's suggestion the CPU backed off.
"W-Well sharing food is kind of… embarrassing, and I don't think I can share a burger without completely splitting it".
"Oh, right, that's fine Noire". K-Sha submitted before looking to her bag of clothing.
"You sure do know a lot of clothing stores Noire, do you come here often? It seemed that you knew where everything was". Noire almost choked in surprise at K-Sha's question which had caught her off guard.
"I-I don't come here often! I-I just have, you know, friends and stuff who.. Uh.. Know the best stuff so they share it with me! It's not like I come here every week or anything!" K-Sha giggled before taking another mouth-full of her beef bowl.
"You're so cute when you're embarrassed Noire~". Noire blushed a bit before noticing and hiding it slightly with her hands while her head was tilted away from K-Sha.
"Oh stop teasing, we've been here for three or so hours so we should get back, I'm sure Nepgear is home right now waiting. I'm going to grab her something on the way out". Noire took an annoyed bite out of her burger with her head turned way to K-Sha who couldn't be happier.
"I'm so glad I got to spend today with you Noire, after what happened yesterday I thought you wouldn't want to be around me seeing I got pretty upset about you and Nepgear- Oh!" Noire whom had been listening in partially whilst eating took notice to K-Sha's sudden look of surprise and confusion.
"What is it K-Sha?"
"Why were you wearing an army uniform yesterday anyways Noire? I never got around to asking, and it's something I don't think you're interested in seeing Uni is the one who likes guns". Noire's face mantled at K-Sha's sudden curiosity, her head looking around quickly in a panic to come up with some form of excuse.
"I-I um well… you see-".
"Was it Nepgear who asked?"
"Huh? OH YES NEPGEAR ASKED ME! IT DEFINATELY WAS THAT! HEHEH..." Noire chuckled nervously, K-Sha giving a look of discontent towards the CPU.
I can't let her know that her request to hangout yesterday had inspired me! It would be so embarrassing if she found out my hobby! She wouldn't let me hear the end of it if she found out.
"... Alrighty then". K-Sha picked up the last of her food in the beef bowl with her chopsticks and picked up the bowl.
"I'm going to take back the bowl and thank them for letting me eat out here with it, be right back Noire!" K-Sha hurried off in the direction of Tsunkiya to return her bowl leaving Noire to finish her burger.
"I should finish up too, can't keep Nepgear waiting too long!"
Nepgear
{1:12PM}
The candidate sat in the living room, the carpet pulled over so she didn't get oil on it, Edger sitting in the center of the room with his stomach panel opened up. Nepgear had some gloves on and an apron from the kitchen so she didn't get dirty, crouched in front of the small robot about two and a half feet tall peering into its stomach to see what the problem is.
"Hm… well if it's the head, mobility, and the wheels that don't work than the rotary servo must be damaged in the DSU-V2-GHV. It uses some old hardware but nothing I haven't seen before… don't worry Edger! I will get you back up and running again!" Nepgear shun like a star as she tampered around with the bot whom if it were functioning probably would be scared out of its life at the mechanics Maniac in front of it.
{1:54PM}
Nepgear sat back wiping her now sweating forehead before stretching out.
"His auto-coolant system isn't working properly, it's making this a lot harder to work for longer periods. If I could get to it right now I would but his Binary GGSD Track isn't listening to me. For a broken bot Edger you got some sass, like my girlfriend…"
{2:27PM}
"Geez this is tougher than I thought, I didn't want to take his wheels off but I guess it can't be helped…" Nepgear checked the time.
Goodness it's almost three, I wanna be done by four so I can go get those last parts I need before Noire and K-Sha get home… Ooh~
{3:11PM}
"Alrighty, finally his mobility functions are fixed, now I just need to fix his head and I'm done!" Nepgear fist pumped the air before getting to work.
{3:45PM}
"I'M DONE!" Nepgear fell back after closing up Edger, her forehead covered in sweat from working nonstop.
"Alright, now to test him out!" Nepgear sat up and pressed the button on Edger's stomach to start up the battery.
Edger roared to life, making a shutter like vibration sound before his eyes blinked on. It looked around for a bit before panicking and driving around the room in confusion. Nepgear laughed at the robot before walked up to it and stopped it from wheeling around.
"I fixed you Edger! Now let's go back to your shop!" The robot looked at Nepgear notioning a looking of confusion but willingly let itself be picked up after hearing the words 'go home'.
Noire and K-Sha
The two girls walked up the path towards the basilicom, eat slower since they had just eating, Noire carrying a package and a bag of food for Nepgear. K-Sha held both their bags with clothing inside, happily skipping her way with Noire who none the less found it embarrassing to be around. As they reached the door they saw Nepgear fly off somewhere with something in her hands.
"Is that- Oh! NEPGEAR!" Nepgear kept flying unknown to which she was being called.
"Maybe she didn't hear you?" K-Sha said as she grabbed the door hinge.
"Yeah, she'll be back so I better put her food in the oven so it doesn't get cold". Noire followed K-Sha inside.
Nepgear
Hm?
Nepgear looked back to the basilicom.
Did someone call me? Maybe Noire and K-Sha are back, I'll talk when I get back.
Nepgear was about to fly when-
*Rumble*
Oh right, I haven't eaten since breakfast, I guess I will eat too when I get back, I bet Noire and K-Sha had something really tasty when they were out.
Nepgear flew on, her destination seemed to inch its way to her from the distance, Edger eyeing the ground in terror.
"Bzzzzz tch". Nepgear looked to Edger.
"Don't worry Edger, I won't drop you, your home is up ahead!" Nepgear could make out the man's workshop creeping closer in the distance.
After some time, Nepgear reached the man's workshop. The neon light for his sign seemed to be blinding but it made it noticeable. Nepgear entered the shop, Edger rolling up behind her as they entered.
"Ah! Hey ur' back eh? Got hi- EDGER!" The robot seemed to jump as its creator rushed up to hug Edger.
"You fixed him! How can I ever- Oh yes right I can thank you!" The elder got up and walked to his pad, tapped it a few times and transferred 290 000 credits back to Nepgear.
"I would give you more but if I did I would lose my business hehe, thank you really, I don't know what I could do if I didn't have Edger, don't wanna' replace the ole' guy now do I?"
"I know the feeling, the first robot you make always has a special place in your heart!"
"If ya' ever wanna drop by missy don't be shy, I ain't dying anytime soon! I still got a good step in these old bones".
"I sure will! I will bring something to show next time so don't worry. Also the glitch was his servo was damaged in a bad spot so I had to replace it". The man smiled to Nepgear.
"Well for that than next time you come you can have your next purchase of one item 50% off".
"Thanks! Also fixing him was pretty nostalgic too since his parts are all pretty antique". The man nodded.
"Never wanted to upgrade him, looks good how e' his ya' know? Anyways I will see you next time". Nepgear waved to the man and Edger as she flew back to the basilicom.
Noire and K-Sha
"I think I'm going to head home now Noire". K-Sha stated sipping her tea.
"Are you sure K-Sha? You're welcome to stay another night". Noire offered putting her tea on her plate.
"Well you said this is your last night with Nepgear when we were shopping. It wouldn't be fair to Nepgear if I stayed".
"If that's how you feel K-Sha than alright. Maybe you can come stay some nights another time". K-Sha nodded in agreement at the offer before putting down her tea and patting her skirt.
"I'm sure Nepgear will be here soon so I will take my leave, see you another time Noire!" K-Sha bowed before exiting the room, Noire waving to her before taking another sip.
My last night… with Nepgear…
{4:13PM}
"I'm back!" Nepgear called as she landed on the balcony, Noire got up from her chair to greet her.
"Welcome back, here, I got you some dinner". Noire handed the bag from LAS Burger.
"Oh thanks! I'm starving!" Nepgear took the bag and followed Noire to the table, Nepgear taking out the burger and fries inside.
"So how your time with K-Sha?"
"Oh it was great, I definitely needed to get out. We went to the mall and bought some clothes. How about you? Get those parts you wanted?"
"Yeah mostly, I still have to pick up the ones I don't have yet which I can get another day". Nepgear took a bite out of the burger, cupping her cheek at the taste.
That sounds good, I was hoping to have some time with you Nepgear but I did promise K-Sha we would hang out".
"Maybe tomorrow than we can go to that tea place again? Before I head home of course". Noire smiled at Nepgear's suggestion.
"Alright, would you like some tea?"
"Sure! Thanks Noire!" Nepgear poured herself some of the tea K-Sha and Noire had been sharing, still hot as of been made recently.
"Mmmmmmm! This is good! What kind is it? White tea?"
"Yep K-Sha picked it out when we got back and I thought it would be a waste if nobody drank it". Noire poured herself some tea and took a sip.
"Hehe, I bet it's because you wanted someone to drink it with that you saved it for me right?" Noire almost spat out her tea at Nepgear's quick remark.
"W-WHAT? Of course not I-I just… well I just wanted to be conservative about good tea you know?! It's not like I felt lonely drinking alone or anything!" Noire took a rather frustrated drink of tea.
"Hehe, it's kinda fun to see you react like that Noire, I can see why Neptune does it so much now".
"Geez…" Nepgear giggled at Noire.
"I love you Noire". Noire flinched at Nepgear's words.
That's right, I almost forgot we were dating now, geez it doesn't feel any different than normal… I read some of those books Blanc recommended since she said they were good but they were all romance, I guess it comes in handy now. Now that I think about it, there was a scene like this I think in… Chapter 8? I don't know, but the guy kissed his girlfriend. Since I'm the older one… Should I?...
Noire got up from her spot and walked over to Nepgear, Noire's move now having Nepgear's full attention.
"What is it Noire?" Nepgear stared at Noire who stared back at her twiddling her thumbs, their eyes locked.
Come on! Just do it! I know I can! Just-
Nepgear stood up, seeing what Noire was doing and kissed her girlfriend catching Noire off guard. The CPU quickly kissed her back, allowing them to take the time and enjoy it. After a moment, the two pulled away to look at each other, both flustered from the event.
"I-I love you too Nepgear".
I'm sorry this chapter took so long to make, between me being lazy, me having a lot of school work, and my Google Plus account being hacked, I haven't been very persistent with writing but I got it done. I tried to put as much emotion as I could into this chapter to make up for the other ones. Thanks for reading this story! We're nearly done too, and I already have plans for my next story which is another reason why it's hard to make this one now cuz I'm getting into writing the next one! Hope you enjoy this chapter (Which hopefully doesn't seem rushed) and stick around for the final chapter which will have the sisters meeting up in Planeptune!