Hello all! Welcome to what will be my collection of one-shots revolving around Uni and Nepgear. I gotta say Unigear is one of my personal all-time favorites, and I have plenty of ideas I think are worth writing down. These will vary in length quite a bit, from shorter ones (like this first one) to ones I think will be quite a bit longer. Fair warning, while every single one of these will have Unigear as the main focus, there will be an array of side ships in these. (All my personal favorites are ones I've already posted on this account for the most part) I hope you all enjoy the wholesome goodness that awaits!

-marketvalueneps

Synopsis: Maybe Neptune is a bit too nosy. She needs answers to fulfill her own curiosity, and she and Nepgear have a little girl to girl as they both look towards a future they want.

Neptune liked to say she was far more perceptive than people gave her credit for, she was good at reading people, and could usually tell what they were thinking about a given subject, or person, in most contexts. She was a people person at the end of the day, and if you lived as long as Neptune had, you picked up on a thing or two over the years. Tact on the other hand was something even Neptune would admit she lacked, she failed to see the point most times, what was the point in how or when you said something if you planned on saying it regardless?

Regardless, Neptune looked on with intrigue as she saw her own younger sister walk back into their wing of the basilicom after completing her tasks for the day. Most times, Neptune figured, doing quests and filling out various requests from needy citizens was no reason to be as happy and bouncy as Nepgear was acting. That was when Neptune remembered a key detail from this morning,

It had started like any other average morning in the Planeptunian basilicom, with Histoire nagging Neptune, and Nepgear doing her best to assuage the ever-persistent tome,

"Calm down Histy, Uni said she was coming over today so we could handle some quests today, so that should help '' She explained trying to calm the wrath of the feared 'pissty'.

"Nepgear, you know as well as I do, that is no excuse for Neptune to continue to routinely ignore her duties as goddess of this nation, by the true Goddess I will get you to work today!" Histoire descended upon the goddess, and before she could worm her way out by deferring to her sister, said sister received a call, and politely excused herself from the room, all but sealing the fate of her sister.

While Neptune couldn't help but pout at the cruel existence that was doing paperwork, she also couldn't help but notice Nepgear's state. While she was already a fairly bouncy and upbeat girl, this was a bit much for even her. With a devilish smile, she quickly made up her mind on what the cause was for this. Furthermore, she had set in place a plan for what she had to do.

Neptune had long since known about the bond the candidates from Planeptune and Lastation shared, everyone knew at this point. But it wasn't until recently she began reading in between the lines a little bit. She had asked Noire about it at one point, only to receive the expected layered tsundere response, which Neptune couldn't help but roll her eyes at.

Already being quite a bit into the evening, Neptune didn't have to wait too terribly long to put her plan into motion. As after no longer than a few hours, Neptune and Nepgear prepared themselves for the night, and made their way to the room which they shared, with Neptune taking her place on the top bunk as per usual. Waiting a few moments before starting,

"Hey Nep Jr, you seemed a little happy today to just have done a little mindless grinding" Neptune chuckled a bit as she let her question hang.

"I mean after we finished our jobs, me and Uni did a little shopping and grabbed something to eat" Nepgear explained with a light smile on her features, which admittedly was invisible to the sister she was conversing with.

"Oh? Is there something I should be approving or disapproving of?" Neptune asked somehow even more mischievously, garnering the expected response of Nepgear nervously flailing her arms in front of her, only evident to Neptune by the sound of her blankets ruffling rapidly.

'W-what is t-that supposed to mean?" Nepgear managed to stumble out, her tone betraying her words.

"Oh you know teehee~" Neptune peered over the railing of their dual beds and gave her sister a wink. Garnering an even more embarrassed response from Nepgear.

"Stop teasing me…" Nepgear whined under the pressure. Her heart couldn't handle this.

"Say, Nepgear, shoot straight with your aged sister for a minute; how do you look at little Noire?" Neptune maintained eye contact with her sister as she asked the genuine question.

Nepgear took a moment to compose herself to answer Neptune's question. It wasn't often she asked a serious question and just wanted to talk heart to heart, so Nepgear wanted to answer her seriously,

"Uni… Uni is my best friend" She sounded less confident than even she suspected, which was easily picked up upon by the hawkeye that was Neptune.

"Hmmm, are you sure that's all that you want? Dear sister of mine" Neptune had returned to her smug attitude and continued putting pressure on the poor candidate, who did her best impersonation of a tomato.

Nepgear thought of anything to get herself out of having to admit to her sister how she actually felt about a rivaling nation's future leader, thinking quickly on her feet she tried her best to deflect the blame, "Well, well what about you and Noire? Aren't you two as close as me and Uni are?" She managed to squeak out semi confidently, to her horror, however, Neptune only shook her head gravely.

"My naive kid sister Nep Jr, for Nep, knows no shame, I know how much Nowa means to me." Despite her words, her face betrayed her with a red hue making its way over her features. "But this isn't about me liking Noire, this is about you and the second in common tsun" Neptune stared Nepgear in the eyes.

Nepgear was a bit surprised by Neptune's admission, and did the best to calm her racing in order to respond, she figured Neptune earned that right,

"Well, maybe I look at Uni that way, but you can't tell her!" Nepgear spoke quietly at first, before returning to flailing her arms after. Neptune could only chuckle as she laid back onto her bed.

"Hee look at my Nepgear becoming a proper lady. Don't worry I'm not that much of a blabbermouth. And besides knowing you, you probably just want to be a wholesome old housewife to her anyway" Neptune assured her sister while chuckling at her quip.

"Who said anything about marriage! And besides Uni is so responsible and driven, there's no way she has time for little old me…:" Nepgear explained dejectedly. Only to hear Neptune chirp up once more.

"Don't say so, my naive sister! Yuri knows no limits! You just have to break through that tsun wall" Neptune tried her best to give Nepgear reassurance as a good older sister should. And for the most part, it seemed to work, as the two lay in silence for a few moments before Nepgear felt her curiosity burn as she asked a question on her mind,

"Say, Neptune, when did you, you know, come to terms with how you felt about Miss Noire?" Nepgear asked, she knew the two were close. But she also knew it didn't start that way, and despite how much they tried to hide it, Nepgear knew about the console war that had taken place before her birth. She also suspected the only reason for said war's ending was the birth of her and her fellow candidates.

"Hmmm, now that's a toughie. I guess I would have to say during our time with Plutie." Neptune responded after a moment to think.

"The time in the Ultra Dimension?" Nepgear didn't quite get it.

"You see, during all that time we spent there, seeing the fakey Noire spend all that time with Plutie constantly in her grill bugged me a lot, you know? And I really couldn't figure out why, but then when I stopped and thought about it I realized I only ever wanted to see Noire being her adorable little mess of tsun and pride around me I guess." Neptune tried to explain the best she could, and it seemed to suffice as Nepgear nodded.

"I guess, I guess I understand. Remember that weird ninja robot that works under the general robot obsessed with busty blondes?" Nepgear started

"The moody ninja, how could I forget" Neptune chuckled, before yielding to Nepgear.

"Well, it's weird when they were talking about how he had a type for 'black-haired side updo tsunderes' I, I don't know I felt really jealous is all." Nepgear fumbled with her words a bit, but Neptune seemed to get the point nonetheless,

"And that's when my dear sister realized she had the digs for Lastations second in tusny" Neptune nodded to herself.

"I, I don't know, I think I felt this way from the beginning. I always looked up to her from the moment I met her in Lastation. And I always thought she was pretty and stylish and cool, but I guess I didn't really put it all together until then I guess." Nepgear smiled lightly as she reflected on the time she had spent with her best friend.

She had many terrific friends she had met over her time in gamindustri. From her fellow candidates to the makers, to the CPUs from this dimension, and others. But no one seemed to be as important to her as the black-haired gun enthusiast. Not only was everything she said how she felt, but even past that, they got along well, and they shared many interests. Most importantly more than anything, Nepgear knew beyond any reasonable doubt that Uni would always be there for her. She knew that for certain ever since they battled CFW Brave back to back.

"I know I can trust her, I wouldn't want to be close with anyone else" Nepgear smiled sweetly as she added the last point. Neptune couldn't help but feel proud of the young woman she was seeing grow.

"Wowzers Nep Jr that's deep isn't it" Neptune responded honestly. She knew Nepgear wasn't a shallow or bad person. But hearing her care so deeply for someone was something Neptune hadn't quite prepared herself for, though she supposed she knew it was coming at one point or another.

"Hmm?" Nepgear didn't seem to quite understand.

"Though I can't say I don't understand. Me and Noire have known each other for so long at this point, I know I can trust her when things get thick. Not that I can't trust Blanc or Vert or anybody else." Neptune nodded as she explained herself. It was tough to explain because she did truly trust and care about all her friends, but Noire was just a step above everybody in a weird sort of way.

Once more the sisters found themselves in a comfortable silence in their darkened room, that is until Neptune opened up again.

"Say, Nep Jr, you think you'll ever, you know, go through with it?" By this point, the two were teetering on the point of exhaustion and were emboldened by the sense of tiredness.

"I just don't know. I can just never get a read on Uni I guess, one moment I think I'm making progress and the next I feel like I'm back at square one" Nepgear lamented

"Ha! tell me about it! One minute it's her being glad to see me over, then it's all 'get out of my work Neptune! Don't you know I'm busy' yada yada yada" Neptune complained about her own situation, too, in which Nepgear could only feel a sweat droplet make its way down her face, knowing how her sister and the lastation goddess' interactions could go down. She couldn't say that she blamed Noire most times honestly, as much as she loved her sister, she could be a hassle to handle sometimes.

"I guess those two really are a lot alike" Nepgear softly chuckled at the similarities between Uni and her sister. They were very much from the same tree, not just physically, but they both shared a strong drive and sense of perfection. Though Uni probably got that from looking up to/comparing herself to Noire constantly, Nepgear figure.

"I guess that means the ol apple didn't fall far from the sharicite with us too," Neptune responded. Sure, many people questioned the likeness of the siblings on many occasions. But that didn't matter to them, they understood each other.

After a few more minutes the pair could feel the lure of sleep drawing them into the realm of dreams, but before the sweet embrace of sleep could take them, Neptune added one last line.

"Say, Nep Jr, if I can manage to get that stubborn mess of pride to settle down, whaddya say, will you give it a shot?" Neptune groggily offered her proposal. Nepgear could barely comprehend what the words she said were, but even still the words left her mouth,

"That sounds nice" She softly hummed as she considered a future with her and Uni. She looked forward to what they could accomplish when they finally assumed the mantels their sisters held. Whether as friends, or hopefully, more. Nepgear was confident she and Uni could lead Gamindustri to a peaceful and productive future. It certainly helped the other CPUs would likely be Rom and Ram in addition to whatever happened with Leanbox. But Nepgear doubted that CPU could be so hostile that she could go against the 4 friends. Even if she did... well they would cross that bridge when they got there.

Nepgear smiled lightly as she snuggled into her pillow, letting pleasant dreams overtake her.

Well, there's the first of hopefully many. I have quite a few ideas in the head of mine, but if you have any great ideas don't be afraid to comment them lol