By the time we made it back to Planeptune, it was close to nighttime. So, all 8 of us decided to crash at the Basilicom. The worst part would be convincing Histoire to allow us to-
"Of course I'll let you call it a day." Histoire told us. "I know it's completely out of character, but I'll allow you all to chill out, just be asleep by midnight and we won't have a problem." She flew over to the kitchen. Big Nep sighed. "I'm all hot and sweaty." she sighed. She unzipped her jacket. My face went hot. "Oi! What the hell are you doing?" She unzipped the jacket the rest of the way.
"I'm just cooling off." she replied, laying onto the sofa. "If you wanna judge, you can do it through the glass of that door."
My mind felt like it was at 2 FPS. "I-I'm not judging. It's j-just that I haven't met many girls as... bold as you." Big Nep smirked. "Where are you looking, Kenji?" she asked. I looked away. "You're... not wearing... A bra..."
"Very good." she cooed. "I am indeed braless. It's because the bras aren't comfy at all." She stood up and walked over to the kitchen. A startled yelp came from Histoire. "B-big Nep! Have you gone mad?" Why are you dressed like that?" The dimension hopper sighed. "C'mon, Histy. I'm burning up." Histoire stood her mental ground. "I never thought I had to remind you of this, but there is a boy in the other room. If you haven't realized, he can see you."
"Well, I don't mind." Big Nep replied. She came back with a pudding cup. I had forgotten for a moment how exposed she was, but I was corrected after I got a good look at the older Nep's left nipple, which had slipped out from under the jacket. At this point, I completely turned around. I didn't see the issue of me seeing the older Neptune's fully exposed breasts, but the other girls wouldn't appreciate it if I was staring at Big Nep's knockers.
Nepgear smiled slightly. "Hey, umm, big Nepsy?" she asked. "I know you're hot and all, but do you mind covering up a bit?" she asked. "You're making everyone feel kinda uncomfortable. No offense." The older Neptune sighed. "Oh, alright." she replied, reluctantly zipping up her jacket.
I sighed, looking back towards Big Nepsy. The time traveler smirked at Blanc and cupped her own breasts. Blanc frowned, but looked less agitated than usual. "Huh?" asked older Nepsy. "Usually, you'd be pissed off by that." she asked. Blanc leaned close to Nepsy and whispered into her ear.
"He really said that?" she asked aloud. Everyone stopped what they were doing and crowded around Blanc. They listened to her, then they slowly looked towards me, smirking. I looked around. "What?" I asked.
"Kenji. Quick question. Do you know what the phrase "What she doesn't have in the front she has in the back" mean?" asked Noire. I shrugged. "No. It's just something my mother told other women with smaller chests to make them feel better." Vert started giggling like mad. "What's so funny?" I asked.
Uni sighed, trying to hold in her laughter. "Kenji. You basically told Blanc... that... she has a nice ass!" Everyone burst out laughing. I didn't understand why it was so funny, since I had given Blanc a good compliment. But I didn't see any point in killing the so-called joke, so I kept quiet.
"Alright, let's find something to do. How about we play some Jump Force?" asked Vert. I grinned, and she turned on offline PvP mode.
In the first match, it was me versus Blanc. I chose my team- Isuku, Jotaro, and Goku. Blanc chose her team of Kenshiro, Sanji, and Vegeta. We began the battle. There was a stark difference between my play style and hers- I preferred to keep distance between me and her and close in quickly for quick attacks, while she tried to get in close to chip away at my health. I managed to defeat her by rushing her with Deku and using his ultimate during the final round, so she couldn't block the attack.
Blanc set down the controller. "Well, GG." she sighed, setting down the controller. I looked over. "You guys go ahead and decide who wants to take my spot. I might feed you guys. None of you have eaten since the mission, correct?" I asked. Neptune stopped me. "Waaait a minute. You can cook?" she asked. I nodded. "Yep. I was in the cooking club in high school. I also minored in cooking." I replied. "Some of the things I can cook is shiitake steak ramen, pudding, pumpkin pie and cake."
Nepgear looked at me with a glint in her eye. "Really? Can I watch?" she asked. I nodded, walking into the kitchen. Histoire looked at me, curiosity in her eyes as I pulled out the ingredients to make ramen dough. I mixed the dough ingredients until I got a sticky dough. I added flour until it became tacky, and it was no longer sticky.
"Meat of preference?" I asked, glancing over at the group, at which point an intense debate began. Soon, Vert called for a vote, and the current choices were: salmon, squid, octopus, yellowtail, or eel. (The last one was a joke.) When I heard this, I suggested throwing all of the remaining choices together to make an oceanic bazoogle. "Bazoogle isn't a word!" Blanc said calmly, glancing at me.
"I just invented it." I replied, while rolling the dough out a couple times, and then I plopped the dough into a bowl and wrapped it in plastic wrap while I began to make the stock, which included throwing some veggies in to add an earthy and seaworthy flavor, along with some fish bones I had popped into the oven yesterday. (The bones were from a southern giant trout) gently sliced up and cooked the fish, grilled the shiitake mushrooms, giving everything a gentle coating of salt and freshly ground pepper.
After fifteen minutes, I plopped the dough onto a well floured work surface and rolled it out. "So, you guys took care of Trick. Was that a hard fight?" asked Nepgear. I sighed. "The Felons were some of the best side villains in the Rebirth series, since each had good personalities." I sighed. "But... this time was different. Trick was... just a husk of what he used to be. He couldn't even fight us. I just told Blanc to end his suffering."
I began cutting the dough into noodles. Nepgear sighed. "Geez. You couldn't even get to have a proper fight with him." she replied, sighing. Sensing a dull mood, I decided to add some humor. "Should I add some eggplant in for Neptune?"
The group, aside from both Neptunes roared with laughter, and both Neptune and Big Nep shot me a Don't you dare look as I chuckled and continued. "By the way, could you leave the eel out of mine?" asked Noire. I looked over. "I didn't know you hated eel." I replied, taking the most tender and delicious cut of eel and cutting off a bit. "Will this change your mind?" I asked, tempting Noire with it. She shot me a look of disgust. "I won't touch it with a 10 foot pole."
"Hmm. I wouldn't expect the CPU of Lastation to back down from a cha-"
The piece of eel was snatched from my chopsticks in half a second by Noire, and she ate it. "Hmm. Alright, fine. You can put eel in mine." she muttered. I chuckled. "Did that mean you-"
"Shut it." Noire snapped, grumpily returning to her seat. Returning to my work, I began to boil the noodles. I looked over at Blanc's hammer. "Perfect."
Blanc looked over. "What's perfect?" she asked. "Kitchen defense." I replied.
"That's my hammer."
"You left it in the kitchen, so the chef can use it to fend off bandits. Like this one. State your business, fishy bandit."
Uni looked at me like a deer in headlights. "I was just... using the bathroom." she replied. I put down the hammer. "Alright." I continued preparing the food, assembling the bowls one by one. Almost as if everyone was waiting for the first bowl to be set on the counter, as soon as I set the first bowl down, it was quickly picked up. The whole house smelled like fish, garlic and other aromas, so everyone was hyped about getting some.
I waited until everyone got their food to get mine, but Nepgear had the same idea. She offered me the bowl. "Here. I'll serve myself. You go sit down." she offered. I offered her some. "Why don't you go sit down? I have to prepare the sushi." Nepgear sighed. "Fair enough." she sighed, walking over to the couch and sitting down in the empty spot.
I looked over at the pot of conveniently prepared sticky rice, and started making sushi. As soon as I was done, I joined the others. Noire had gotten over her hatred of eel, because she wolfed down her piece of eel. "I knew you wouldn't hold that hatred for long." chuckled Uni. She must have decided to explain it. "She was served a badly cooked piece of eel a while ago. She's hated eel ever since."
"Fair enough." I replied, enjoying my udon noodles. Not wanting to slurp, even though everybody was chill, I awkwardly shoved the noodles into my mouth with my chopsticks. What time was it? 9:00 PM.
"We have 3 more hours to do whatever we want." Neptune confirmed with a grin. "How about a game of spin the bottle?" I frowned. "Spin the bottle?" I asked.
"Absolutely not." Blanc interjected.
"It might be fun." Vert observed.
"The twins are not playing. I'm not going to jail, thanks." IF sighed
"Aww, you're no fun." both twins complained.
Everyone shot the twins concerned looks.
"I'm not playing." Noire said quickly.
"Alright, I'll play." Uni sighed. "But I spin the bottle first."
"What is Spin the Bottle?" I asked.
Big Nep sighed. "You spin the bottle, and whoever the bottle points at, you kiss." she said with a grin.
I thought for a moment. "I won't be the party pooper. I'll play." I replied. Uni spun the bottle. It pointed at IF. She looked at the bottle. "Fishsticks. Alright, come 'ere." IF sighed. She kissed Uni on the forehead. Cute. Vert spun the bottle. "Whoever this lands on gets full on kissed." she warned. The bottle spun and spun... then landed on Blanc. Her eyes widened and she tried to run for it, but Vert was faster.
"Pucker up, buttercup." chuckled Vert, as she kissed Blanc. It was a full on kiss. Blanc pulled away 10 seconds later. "A-alright! You kissed me. Next person." she stammered. Noire sighed. "Fine. I'll play." she said. Neptune spun the bottle. It landed on IF. "Goodness, you're getting all of the kisses, IF." Neptune giggled, walking over to IF. "Close your eyes, this is embarrassing." IF obliged. Neptune leaned forward...
And licked IF on the cheek.
"Gah! What the hell?! IF sputtered. Neptune giggled. "Gotcha." Everyone aside from IF roared with laughter. IF joined in reluctantly. "My turn!" shouted Big Nep. She spun the bottle. "I'm French kissing whoever this lands on!" The bottle spun and spun and spun...
It landed on me.
Both me and her froze and looked at each other. Big Nep made the first move. Time seemed to slow, like when Sadie kissed me. Big Nep pulled me into the kiss. I melted into her arms. It was long and drawn out. When she pulled away, I was dizzy. I was out of breath. Everyone was dead quiet.
"Well then... let's move on to the next activity, yeah?" Neptune said, looking towards the TV. "Truth or Dare?"
"Nah." IF sighed.
Neptune smirked. "7 Minutes in Hea-"
Everyone except for me and the twins shouted no. Should I ask? Nah, I won't. It was dark. Neptune started up the sauna/bath, and everyone went in. Except for me, because I'm a guy. I sat on the couch, reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Big Nep sat next to me a little while later. "You need a shower." she said to me. "I'll take one in a bit."
"C'mon! Blanc and the twins got out early, so you should be fine!"
"Oi! I can't just go in! They'll kick my ass!"
"C'mon! Stop being a-"
A spear flew past us, hitting the wall next to us. Vert peered out the door at us. "What do you think you're doing?" she asked. "Kenji's not permitted in the bath while we're in here. Uni's sensitive about that." I started to explain myself, but she glared at me. "I don't want to hear a word from you." Her glare went to Big Nep. "Bring him in when Nepgear and Uni leave, but not before."
"But I want to-" She shut the door before I could explain that I wanted to shower alone. 10 seconds after that, the two lovebirds left. Vert peeked out, then yanked me into the bath/sauna.
My arrival, though against my will, was met with complaints.
"What the hell are you doing?!" shouted IF.
"Don't drag him in here, you perv!" shrieked Noire.
"You should have warned me." Neptune sighed.
Vert efficiently ripped my clothes off and hurled me into the bath. It was surprisingly deep. With my height (which was 4 feet 9.8 inches) the water was at chest level. Noire had looked away.
I was completely naked in front of everyone. This was the equivalent of throwing me into the ocean to drown me in shame. I looked over. "Can I have my arm back?" Vert realized she took my prosthetic arm and returned it. I popped it back in it's socket, locking it. She also tossed me a towel.
Big Nep jumped on me. I went down like a sack of potatoes. When she backed off, I pulled my head out from under the water, coughing. Vert had hopped into the water next to me. I was being crushed between them. IF looked over. "You people are gonna suffocate him." she warned, shaking her head. Not like the two girls cared. They were busy washing me, ignoring my pleas for them to just let me wash myself.
I eventually gave up trying to get them to stop. It felt weirdly nice, in a way. It was cold out, so I allowed them to wash me. But Neptune quickly separated us when Vert made a dick joke. (that I didn't understand.) After that I was free to finish up and leave.
After that, I decided to head to bed. I was bone tired. It was 11:00 PM. "C'mon Kenji. One more game?" pleaded Big Nep. I sighed. "Okay." So, another round of Jump Force. I... lost. Not surprising, because I conked out in the middle of the match.
I was tired.
