Hello everyone! I got good news in the form that I finally got myself another computer after my old one finally kicked it. It feels great being able to comfortably type and it got me more motivated to write now. This one is a little short, but I found it goofy while writing it. Hope you all enjoy it.
Chapter 4: Bubble Panic
Nepmas had come and gone, and the CPUs now faced a new year at their doorstep.
"Scrubby dub dub, two scrubs in a tub!" The melodious tunes of a purple-haired girl with rolled-up sleeves filled the bathroom. Aside from the tunes, bubbles also filled the room with their transparent rainbow color reflecting in the light.
Neptune marveled at the bubbles that floated across her face. It was important to note that she wasn't the only one in the room. Her wife was kneeling with her as they both washed their little girl from head to toe inside a baby washtub inside their regular tub.
Euri actively looked all over the room with curious eyes. Her whole body, minus the face, was encased in heavy bubbles that made her look like she was in a cocoon.
"Neptune, get serious. I think this might be too many bubbles for anyone's own good," proclaimed Noire. A swarm of bubbles moved passed Neptune and toward Noire. She had little time to react when one landed in her eye. "Ah! That stings!" She whimpered with one eye closed.
"Sweetie! You want me to give your eye a blow?" Asked Neptune kindly.
"Y-yeah, just make sure your hands are free of suds."
Neptune blew softly in her wife's eye to reduce the irritation that she had suffered. "There, all better?"
"Much better." Noire noticed the empty soap bottle that laid discarded near her wife's knees. She picked up the bottle to see the label. "I don't believe for a second the this is irritation-free!"
Neptune had her attention to her daughter as she hummed sweetly to make sure her daughter was being entertained. "It doesn't seem to be bothering Euri."
One good look at the little one could tell that she was easily entertained by her mother's humming and the sight of floating bubbles in the air.
"It's all fun and games for her until it gets into her eyes. I say we finish this up now." Noire filled up a container of water, and Neptune angled her daughter to avoid the water from bothering Euri.
Euri approved of the delicate actions from her parents with a loud giggle that made Noire and Neptune beam brightly.
All was good when Noire gave her daughter another look. "Huh? Neptune, is it me or is Euri looking a little red in the face?" Asked Noire.
Neptune lowered herself to Euri's eye level to see that her expression looked bothered and focused. "What gives, Eu? Is the water a little too warm?"
Euri's eyes looked pained for only a second until her expression dropped. At the same time, non-soap bubbles had formed behind the CPU in diapers."
"Oh…" responded Neptune with wonder.
"Ah, crap! Don't tell… don't tell me…!" Noire's reaction was the highest and her panic was surely reinforced when a small brown object had floated and remained still on the water. "SHE…she!" It was like a dogoo had wrapped its jelly-like body around her neck and stopped her from finishing the sentence.
Neptune on the other hand, looked at the object from a different perspective, along with stars in her eyes. "Her first solid poop!" Shouted Neptune with all her might that passing civilians at street level could have probably heard. She wasted no time in running out of the bathroom leaving Noire with a pale face.
Noire was stunned at the turn of events and did what came to mind first. She immediately grabbed a blue towel and picked up her daughter from the quickly contaminating water. "No- no- no, we don't do that in the tub," she said with a frantic voice to her daughter who couldn't possibly understand the reason for the concerned tone.
Neptune blasted back into the room with a big camera around her neck.
"What are you doing?!" Asked Noire with her eyes still wild and her nerves still high.
"Memories, my dear. Memories!"
"Huh?" Replied Noire.
"This is her first poop. Her first solid poop. I want to record this so that we can never forget."
Noire looked at her wife as if she pulled out a pudding cup from her shoe. "Are you serious! You take that photo and she's never going to forgive you, especially if you bring it up every year like some old mother when their kid comes to visit with someone important with them."
"Ah, don't be like that. Hey, Euri, is it okay if I take the photo?" she said with a baby-like tone that instilled joy into her daughter. "See… she's totally fine with it."
"She's too young to understand the gravity of this humiliation. No kid wants to be reminded of… of… this!"
"To bad. You can't change this Nep-mindset. You might be against this today, but when she's older, you and I are going to look back fondly on this," she said with a kick in her step and a snap of the camera.
Unable to change her wife's mind, Noire defeatedly stepped out of the bathroom to let Neptune deal with the little mess that Euri made. The last thing she saw was Neptune putting on gloves to tackle the mess at hand.
Noire looked down at her daughter who remained uncaring of the situation. "Don't worry, if she ever tries to pull up that photo, I'll throttle her until she puts it away." This vow would spare her daughter the pain of embarrassment.
This chapter is a little short mostly to get back in the swing of things after finally getting myself another computer. Also, I've been more in the mood to write my new Azur Lane story that I recently put out. For those who are interested in an Azur Lane story, check it out on my Pen name link. My next chapter has already been decided and it's going to be my second Ultra chapter with Uzume and Ultra Vert being the key characters.
I had a few reservations about putting this one out, and after giving it some thought, I decided on going for it. A little goofy Nep time is always a blast. Plus, this is a side of Neptune that I'm going to bring out in which she becomes a photo junkie and is always ready to capture memories.