It's afternoon break at the IdeaHeart Daycare. Everyone is left to their own devices and apparently it is raining outside giving a cold atmosphere. Due to the cold almost half of the children in the daycare are fast asleep, one of them of course is Plutia. The others being Rom, Ram and Vert snuggled up next to the bookworm who never felt the cold this entire time.
"(It's warm. But I guess I don't mind)", Blanc just continues reading the book she has. The twins are leaning to both her sides while Vert is snuggling her jacket from behind
Also, it appears our purple ball of energy is not quite energetic today.
"Achoo!" a loud sneeze is heard throughout the room.
"Onee-chan, are you alright? Maybe you should've stayed at home today", says a worried Nepgear.
"Don't worry Nep Jr. Onee-chan is doing fine!", Neptune sniffs. "My nose is just stuf- *Aachoo!*", Neptune sneezes letting out a line of snot down her nose. Nepgear wipes out the snot using some tissues just beside her. "Thanks", Neptune replies and sniffles again.
"Geez. How did you catch a cold?", Noire crosses her arms and gives a worried look at Neptune. Neptune replies with a sounding "Uhh..". The sick girl is apparently in a drowsy state and she looks like she's half asleep.
"Umm, well...", Nepgear starts.
Just the night before, it was very cold even though it's not raining. The purple haired sisters were sleeping soundly close to each other. However, Neptune doesn't sleep like a log and occasionally moves around in her sleep. The shorter haired girl kicked the blanket they were sharing exposing herself to the cold. And then she rolled to the edge of the bed falling on the floor yet she was still in a deep sleep.
"And then I found Onee-chan sleeping on the floor", Nepgear finishes telling her side of the story.
"How did you know what happened?! You were sleeping!", Uni reacts with her eyes turning white.
"But the author just wrote it there. I didn't say it", Nepgear sweatdrops.
"In any case, shouldn't Neptune be sent home early?", Noire said.
"But there's no one who'll pick her up at this time", Nepgear frowns.
"At least we should tell Miss Compa about this", Uni said.
"I'll go get her", Noire goes out of the room.
"...re...n't g...", Neptune mumbles weakly.
"Huh? Onee-chan, did you say anything?", Nepgear turns to Neptune.
"Her head must be feeling pretty heavy and hazy", Uni comments. "She's probably just complaining about it".
"Maybe? But it doesn't look that way" a floating question mark appears on Nepgear's head metaphorically.
Noire returns with a worried Compa walking hurriedly to Neptune.
"Oh no. I wonder how we didn't notice this sooner", Compa performs some quick check ups on Neptune. Compa let's out a sigh.
"How's Onee-chan, Miss Compa?", Nepgear asks.
"Nep-Nep is doing fine. She has a slight fever but she can rest her way to recovery", Compa said with a smile. "But we need to move her to the next room. She won't do to well on the floor even with the mats covering them", she picks up and carries Neptune in her arms.
"Can I come with you miss Compa?", Nepgear looks at their caretaker pleadingly.
"Of course Ge-Ge".
"Thank you!", Nepgear's expression brightens up.
"...", Noire stares at Compa and Nepgear as they exit the room.
"Onee-chan, are you worried about Neptune?", Uni asks her sister.
"Wh-What?! No way I'm worried for her!", Noire flusters.
"No use worrying about her. She'll be back like nothing happened", Blanc says while still unmoving from her position.
"H-how do you know that?!".
"I just think so. Besides my entire existence from this chapter will disappear if I said nothing until the chapter ends".
"By the way, are you alright, Blanc?", Noire sweats. "You look kinda...stuck".
"I'm fine", Blanc answers and returns to reading.
The twintailed sisters feels warm just by staring at Blanc being snuggled by Vert and the twins.
"Umm, Onee-chan. We could go see Neptune, if you want to", Uni said.
"N-no way! Blanc's right! She's just going to get better in no time", Noire huffs.
"Okay. I'm going to see how Nepgear's doing. Later, Onee-chan!".
"A-alright! I'll go!".
Uni smiles as they left the room.
The Raven haired red eyed pair goes to the spare bedroom of the daycare.
A knock was heard on the door. "Yes?", Compa answers to the door. "Uni? Noire? What brings you here?", Compa said.
"We're here to see Neptune", Uni answers. She looks at her sister, who's trying to peek through the room.
Compa smiles as she saw what Noire's trying to do. "Alright. But don't be in there too long, okay?".
"Yes! Thank you Miss Compa!", the two answered in sync. Compa opens the door for the twintailed pair.
"Hey, Nepgear", Uni greets.
Nepgear is sitting on a low stool and is watching her older sister. "Uni! You came!", she gets off the stool and ran to her friend. "Noire's here too!".
"L-look, I'm not here to see N-neptune!", Noire stutters.
"Yes, yes. We get it Onee-chan", Uni gives a teasing look to her sister.
"Uni!", Noire reacts.
Neptune grunts in her sleep. This catches Noire's attention, and the older twintailed girl goes to Neptune's side.
"Noire...", Neptune said while asleep in a futon.
"Are you awake, Neptune?", Noire asks.
"...so lonely...".
"Wha-?", Noire is doing her best not to hit Neptune right now. "So you're even teasing me in your sleep, huh?".
"...Don't worry...I'll...be...your...friend..".
Noire's face becomes a bright shade of red. "Wh-what're you saying?!". Noire's reaction was heard in the room.
Compa rushes to Noire to see a steaming tsundere. "Noire, are you alright? Did you caught Nep-Nep's cold?".
"N-no! I just-", Noire feels a touch on her forehead.
"Oh no! Noire your temperature is rising quickly. You need to lie down and rest", Compa panics. "But we only have one spare futon", she worriedly looks at the raven haired child. "Are you okay with sharing with Nep-nep?".
"Sh-share w-with N-n-neptune?!", with that Noire fainted and becomes a pile of steamy mess.
"Ah! Onee-chan!".
"Noire, are you alright?".
Author's Notes: Whew! I finally have a work in Gamindustri- I mean Mobile Game industry. Also, Blanc looks really cozy.
So yeah this chapter feels short of something and I can't quite describe it. Well setting that aside. See you in the next chapter!