Why hello once more I bring to you the glory of yuri! This one-shot I had originally thought up as a definitive Unigear one-shot to post on my page, but as I made this a collection of them, I figured I could post this here, although it is stretching how long I will probably make these. Either way, as always, I hope you enjoy!

Synopsis: Nepgear finally manages the courage to ask Uni out on a date, how will the pair handle their first date together? And hey, who are those two hiding in the bushes?

Nepgear checked her phone for what felt to be the hundredth time in the last minute alone. She could feel her heart beating out of her chest beyond anything she had ever experienced. Seeing the time she let out a sigh, she was still well over 30 minutes early, and she had been there for over 45 minutes. She was just so nervous. Sighing once more, she tried to calm down.

"It's gonna be ok… No matter what happens Uni won't hate you" She tried to tell herself to reassure herself as she waited for the girl she had mentioned.

The truth of the matter was she was waiting for the girl for them to go on their first date. The meeting location had been set to be in one of the Planeptune's numerous parks, and the girls planned on taking the day from there as they explored the city. Of course, this task was more so for the benefit of the girl who wasn't a ruler of the city they were exploring, but Nepgear was more than happy to accommodate.

Nepgear could still remember exactly how it went down when she had finally managed to work up the courage to ask the Lastation candidate out,

4 days ago…

It was in the late afternoon, and after many months of bemusing how little progress she had been making in working towards her goal of one day asking out the black-haired tsundere. However unbeknownst to her at that moment she was not alone in the room, and the set of ears that happened to be listening on was that of her older sister, who happened to be more than willing to provide the extra push her sister seemed to be missing.

"What are you scared of?" Neptune asked, startling her sister in the process.

"What the goodness, Neptune, you scared me!" Nepgear yelped out at the unexpected voice that had interrupted her thoughts.

"Don't ya know Nep Jr I maxed out my sneak skill eons ago!" Neptune chuckled at the reaction she had generated, before narrowing her eyes once more, "But I'm serious, what are you afraid of? Is it rejection? If that's all it is, then why hold back?" Neptune questioned her younger sister.

"..." Nepgear was silent for a moment as she listened to her heart. It just seemed like every time she finally got the motivation she needed to actually talk with the girl, something else would stop her. Concentrating, all the thoughts seemed to revolve around one thing, "I can't lose her, if, if I ask her, and she hates me, I don't know what I would do." Nepgear looked down as she explained it. Looking up as she felt a hand make its way onto her shoulder,

"Let me ask you something Jr of mine, do you think Noire Jr is that shallow?" Neptune asked while looking Nepgear eye to eye, or at least as much as was possible considering the younger of the two was actually the taller.

"What do you mean?" Nepgear didn't seem to understand the question.

"Do you think Uni would throw away all you two have been through just because you asked her on a simple date?" Neptune reasoned. She didn't often have to use it, but she did have some wisdom hidden under the endless layers of irony and references, but she could see her younger sister was going through something serious, and she had to do her duty as an older sister.

"...all we've been through" Nepgear smiled as she reflected on all the time the two had spent together since their meeting in Lastation all those years ago. She was the first girl Nepgear had met and befriended on her own merit, sure IF and Compa were dear friends, but it almost felt as though they had been friends with Neptune first, and had grown to like Nepgear herself after that. But Uni was different, she was the first girl she had met around her age, and they had hit it off, and although they had had their disagreement, and had even full-on fought one another at one point, they remained close.

Nepgear could never forget the moment that had cemented Uni's place in her heart, after finding her strung out from fighting and losing against the admirable CFW Brave, she had comforted her, only to be ambushed by the same foe. At that time the two girls fought back to back for the sake of one another and had emerged victorious. Nepgear had decided, at that moment, that she would never let the black-haired goddess fight alone ever again.

Not everything had worked out perfectly, and the two had had to fight battles on their own, with new foes, new allies, and new environments, and through it all they had endured, growing to be better goddesses and people because of it. Everything they had done warmed Nepgear to the young goddess. Even recently their endless grinding on 4GO2 had been events Nepgear genuinely looked forward to, just being able to spend time with her was something she cherished, and despite the limitations of her personality, Nepgear just knew the feeling was mutual.

"I know it can be nerve-wracking to step into the unknown, I felt the same thing when I got with my lovely Nowa. But I also know that living in that lie is painful, you have to remember, even if she doesn't feel the same, Uni isn't heartless, she wouldn't discard you." Neptune brought her sister close in an embrace. Before stepping back adding one more line, "Besides, being an awesome protagonist is in our blood! And hey Nep Jr the time you got the ol crack at the protagonist is now a cult classic among some of the fans! So, my lovely sister, go get the true ending like a true lead!"

Nepgear nodded as she felt emboldened by the words her sister gave her, deciding to not waste the opportunity, she quickly jumped out of the nearest window, transforming as she fell, she quickly blasted off towards the smoggy nation of progress. Leaving behind a slightly surprised goddess,

"I uhh I didn't mean right at this moment, but go get it Nep Jr!" She yelled out despite knowing the recipient could not hear her at the moment. At that moment she could hear the gentle floating towards her, which signified the arrival of the oracle of her nation.

"What in gamindustri happened to the window!" Histoire bemused

"D-oh! Nep Jr you kinda left me hanging here!" Neptune cried out as she prepared for a lecture from the less than pleased tome.

In the skies, Nepgear sped along as fast as her processors would allow, she had to do this as quickly as possible! If she didn't, her heart may catch up to her and weaken her resolve. Luckily for the lilac future CPU, the nation she was traversing to was the closest to her own, which made the transit shorter. But still, Nepgear couldn't help but think this was the longest this trip had ever taken!

After what felt like an endless voyage, Nepgear could see the approaching figure of the oddly shaped, but still magnificent Lastation basilicom. Electing to show at least a little more courtesy than her older sister, who would usually show by landing on the balcony, she landed by the front entrance, greeting the front attendant with a bow.

"Why hello, Lady Purple Sister, what can we help you with today?" The attendant greeted pleasantly.

"I thought I told you guys you can just call me Nepgear…" Nepgear scratched her cheek in embarrassment, she hated being titled formally, maybe it was a trait she got from Neptune. Her plea receiving a chuckle from the guard as she responded,

"Sorry no can do Lady Purple Sister, direct orders from Lady Black Heart and Sister" She saluted as she explained.

"Why would Uni do that…" Nepgear bemoaned.

"Why would I do what?" A familiar voice responded directly behind Nepgear, causing the gearhead to jump a good three feet in the air.

"Eep!" she squealed as she made the impressive physical feat look like second nature. Landing, she quickly turned around to find herself face to face with the very person she was there to talk to in the first place. "Goodness Uni you scared me!" Nepgear gave a pout to the girl.

"Sorry, sorry, I couldn't help myself" Uni offered a sympathetic chuckle, shooting her hands up to show her innocence, before placing them on her hip as she stared at the Planeptunian girl. "Say, what are you even doing here anyway?" Nepgear could feel her bravado waver as she was now face to face with the target of her affections, steeling herself by playing back the talk she had received from Neptune, she began.

"I uhh, I just wanted to talk, do you have the time?" Nepgear asked with determined eyes, which Uni thought was odd, it was usually a face reserved for serious matters.

"Uhh sure, I just got back from my daily quests, so I have time, we can talk in my room" Uni diplomatically said as she led the way to her room as if Nepgear hadn't been there numerous times regardless.

Walking through the elegant halls Nepgear could feel her heart in her throat as they neared the room. Although she figured it couldn't go much worse than it had with her sister, apparently Noire had taken Neptune's confession as a joke, telling her it was a shitty joke and walking away. It would take Neptune 4 more attempts to convince Noire she was sincere, at which point the elder tsundere had promptly fainted, requiring yet another attempt on Neptune's end to convince her it was not, in fact, a dream.

Nepgear let herself chuckle lightly at the memory, easing her ceaseless heart for a moment as the pair arrived at the large doors that led to the chamber of the goddess. As they made their way inside, Uni allowed herself to plop down on her elegant bed, easing her sore muscles. Twisting her face in the direction of the guest, she started.

"So shoot, what was so important you flew all the way over here" She laughed slightly as she critiqued her friend, surely what she wanted to say could be said over the phone right? Though as Uni looked over she was slightly confused at the look on her friend's face, she looked to be struggling, like she was trying to force herself to say whatever it was that was on her mind. Honestly, she wore her emotions like a dress, so Uni could see exactly what was going on in her mind.

"Jeez, if it's that important, sit down and talk" Uni huffed as she sat up and patted the spot next to her, Nepgear stared for a moment before taking the offer, sitting down nervously, "you should know this isn't like you," Uni said as she flicked her hand through her hair.

Nepgear swallowed hard, as she gathered all her resolve. This was it. This was the moment she had been waiting for for years. All she had to do was speak. Nodding, and turning to face the girl next to her, she grabbed her hands close to her, ignoring the 'eh?' that resonated from her as the lastation gunslinger burst into a hue of red, she started. "Uni! Will you go on a date with me!" She stared at the girl as her question hung in the air.

Eventually the string of words that Nepgear had said processed in the brain of the target of the words. Causing her mind to short circuit as a rush of emotions overtook her, "Ehh? What a date with Nepgear? A date, Nepgear? A date? Sure I guess it's the 3rd" Her mind tried to take the easiest route it could, though it was quite odd to fly over a country just to ask for the day. But Uni figured that family had done weirder things, like date her sister, for example, wait a second?

"Eh? No, I asked you on a date… Like we could go out, get something to eat, maybe watch a movie I don't know…" The confidence Nepgear had shown not a moment ago quickly faded, as she poked her fingers together gently.

"I mean I guess that's probably what they do, though it's kind of weird to ask me that question, I'm sure Neptune would tell you" Uni's mind still refused to comprehend what was being asked of her, surely there was just no way that Nepgear of all people would ask her on a date, right? She could get anyone she wanted, why would she settle for a workaholic who couldn't express herself?

"What?" Nepgear was confused, this she had to say was not something she had expected. Waving her hand in front of the glossed-over eyes of her to be partner, she found no reaction. "Uhh, Uni? Uni. Unnnniii" She called out to the girl, and eventually, the girl sprang back to life with a yelp.

"Uhhhh I'm sorry, I didn't hear you, could you repeat yourself, I think I'm having trouble hearing," Uni asked, Nepgear tilted her head as she quickly opened her mouth to respond,

"I just asked if you wanted to go on a date with me?"

"That's what I thought….. EH!? Y-y-you can't mean with me right?" Uni finally caught up, stuttering her response out.

"Well, who else is here?" Nepgear pouted slightly. This wasn't something she had anticipated.

"B-b-b-but why me… I'm no good anyway" The last part came out as a quiet whisper, that nonetheless was picked up by the other goddess.

"Because I like you Uni, so won't you go out with me" Nepgear brightly beamed.

"N-no!" Uni denied it with a furious shake of her head.

"What? Why?" Nepgear could feel her heart breaking, but only partly because of the rejection she seemingly was being dealt. She could tell that Uni wasn't even confident in her own answer, and Nepgear couldn't figure out why.

"Because… Because you're so perfect! You're so perfect! You aren't allowed to settle for someone horrible like me!" Uni practically yelled out in a shaky voice.

"Uni…" Nepgear could feel herself breaking at the moment, all she wanted to do was give the girl in front of her the biggest hug she could.

"I- Im not pretty like you, I'm not as responsible as Noire, I'm not honest with myself. I refuse! As your friend, I refuse you to settle that far!" Uni pointed a shaky hand at Nepgear, to which the girl quickly grabbed and pulled it to the side.

"What do you think of me Uni?" Nepgear asked warmly. Her eyes pierced the facade of the raven-haired goddess.

"I- I love you… I have ever since you saved me…" Uni could barely manage a whimper.

"I could handle rejection if you were honest to yourself! But I refuse to be rejected because you don't love yourself!" Nepgear startled the sheepish girl with her booming declaration.

"I don't care! Move on!" Uni yelled back

"No!"

"But- But!"

"No buts! I love Uni! I won't love anyone else even if you tell me! I will never stop!" Nepgear grabbed the girl by the shoulders as she looked her in the eyes, Uni could barely meet the determined stare of her fellow candidate.

Uni could only stare for an extended period before breaking down, clutching to the girl as she brought her close. She really couldn't compete with Nepgear when she got into one of her determined moods.

"I would be a horrible girlfriend…"

"But you'd still be you and that's why I love you so much" Nepgear whispered quietly. Eventually, the pair would work out plans for what would be their first date. However, unbeknownst to either, they had neglected to actually shut the bedroom door before starting their little conversation.

"Uni…" Noire could only look on in a mix of pride and shame as she heard all her sister's emotions laid bare to the world. After quickly scurrying away haven invading enough privacy for the day, she made her way back to her own room situated just down the hall. Eventually having the thoughts worm their way through her brain, seriously distracting her from the work she was trying to accomplish.

"Jeez…" The goddess managed out, looking around her to ensure what she was doing was a matter of privacy, before dialing the familiar digits on her phone. Ringing for a moment, before the bouncy voice on the other end picked up.

"Nowaaaru" The ever cheery voice of Neptune called out, already doing a job at improving the mood of the twin-tailed woman, although she'd never say so. "I'm actually glad you called! See! See! It's totally unfair I just had to sit through a whole lecture from Histy because Nep Jr decided to go full action movie and jump through a window for no reason!" Neptune voiced her complaints, of course, unaware of the fact the very oracle was situated close enough to listen in, resulting in her receiving another lecture after the call ended

"Nepgear jumped through a window?" Noire bemused with slanted eyes, she had a tough time believing the responsible goddess candidate would do such a thing, "Although, that does actually remind me of why I called…" Noire started, receiving a curious glance from her partner…

Back in the present, Nepgear fidgeted as she continued her waiting. Perhaps she had shown up a tad early? Though, as she pondered the thought, she found herself brought out of her thoughts by a voice emanating close to her, although they seemingly tried their best to speak quietly.

"Crap, it's Nepegar" The voice of the Lastation candidate quickly caused Nepgear to whip her head around.

"What do you mean 'crap, it's Nepgear'..." The lilac woman pouted.

"Ohh uhh, I uh just wanted to show up first is all, did I keep you waiting?" Uni quickly tried to defuse the situation as she explained herself.

"No, not at all!" Nepgear quickly was beaming once more as she blatantly lied, quickly bouncing over to her date for the afternoon. "You look really pretty today, Uni" Nepgear complemented as she latched onto Uni's arm. Uni was not wearing her usual black dress, instead opting for a frilly black top with white trimming near her waist, with a matching pair of very short shorts, with a pink belt holding a bag to her hip, which if Nepgear had to guess probably had a handgun in it.

The compliment from the girl caused the target to short circuit for a moment, taking a few deep breaths to calm herself, before responding, "Thanks… you look pretty cute yourself" Nepgear had also opted not to wear her standard outfit. With today her outfit consisting of a white and pinkish-orange placard striped sundress, of course, accompanied by her white d-pad hair clip. Uni couldn't remember any time the girl had chosen to forgo her hair accessory.

"Are you hungry from the flight? I know there's a really good crepe spot nearby on the Planeptower street" Nepgear pointed out as the two started walking out and around the surrounding area. Despite what Uni may have wanted to respond to the question, her body soon betrayed her with a growl emanating from her stomach. "Hehe, I guess that settles it," Nepgear said as she took control, grabbing Uni's hand as she quickly made her way towards the shop.

"W-wait! What if someone spots us?" Uni was embarrassed by the close contact, and besides what she did was just reflective of her thoughts. She represented a whole nation, hell what she did would reflect on her sister. Slowing to a stop, Nepgear turned to face her date, tilting her head.

"Huh? But isn't this what we're supposed to do on a date? I don't mind if anyone sees, I'd tell anyone how much you mean to me" The girl brightly beamed, quickly defeating any faux resistance her partner could have had, as the two sped off towards their destination.

Away from the scene, but still, within earshot, two mysterious figures stood wearing completely concealing trench coats with matching hats, one trimmed with black, the other with purple.

"Their moving" The first one spoke.

"Ugggh Noiiire isn't it so dirty we're spying on our own sisters? Plus it's sooo hot out. I feel like I'm melting like an adorable little snowman out in the summer heat." The person who revealed herself to be Neptune complained to the clothed figure, who was Noire. They even added a layer of mystique to their disguises, for you see Neptune wore the black-trimmed hat, and Noire wore the purple trimmed hat. Neptune knew full well why Noire found it necessary to follow the pair, but Neptune thought it was silly, plus it was scorching!

"Stop complaining! And I thought I told you I'm agent purple!" Noire gently thumped the girl beside her, causing a soft yelp.

"Ughh why do you even have these things?" Neptune asked rhetorically, she knew why Noire had these. "Orr wait, did you just want to cosplay with your adorable girlfriend?" Neptune gave a mischievous chuckle, however her partner didn't seem to be playing along.

"Enough, let's tail them agent black!" Noire shot out, causing Neptune to groan.

"Ooook" She gave a weak salute as they continued their trailing.

The pair who was unknowingly being followed made their way through the crowded streets of Planeptune's capital city towards the landmark building of the nation. As they skillfully weaved their way in and out of the crowds, Uni couldn't help but notice the murmurs she heard among the populace.

'Is that Lady Purple Sister?'

'Isn't that Black Sister from Lastation she's with?'

'Fuckin told ya! Pay up bitch'

'Never thought it'd actually happen…'

Uni could feel her nerves build up again, did Nepgear really insist on going through the most crowded part of the city at this moment? Sensing the growing discomfort in her partner, Nepgear gave a gentle squeeze of her hand, turning around while giving her a beaming smile.

"We're here" She gently said, pointing towards the small crepe shop nearby. It really didn't look like much, Uni thought. But to Nepgear this place was a place she was quite fond of. It was the very same she had shown Uzume upon her resurrection into Gamindustri.

Walking into the small parlor, Uni was immediately greeted by the pleasant aromas of fresh crepes, worsening her already famished state.

"Why if it isn't Lady Purple Sister" The owner of the small establishment beamed as he spotted one of his frequent customers, causing Nepgear to nervously mumble, knowing full well the man would absolutely not drop the title. "And I see you have brought a date! Do not fret, meals on the house" The plumpy man wearing a chef's hat with a surprisingly intricate mustache bowed as he offered. Uni could only tense up upon hearing the man easily deduce the intent of this vist.

"W-what? No way, I'm fully capable of paying!" Nepgear immediately insisted, only to receive a shake from the owner.

"Why, Lady Purple Sister, if it wasn't for you bringing attention to this small store of mine, I'd have surely had to close my doors by now. I refuse to let my star customer and her date pay." The man insisted, and slowly Nepgear caved,

"Ok… But only this time! I refuse to mooch off the goodwill of my citizens!" Nepgear gave the constraints of their agreement, to which the plump man could only chuckle.

"Why, we wouldn't have it any other way, that is why we are so faithful." He bowed once more, before pulling out a notepad from his apron. "And what'll it be this time Lady Purple Sister?"

"Hmmm" Nepgear pondered as she seriously looked over the menu up and down. Uni couldn't help but chuckle at the sight. Only Planeptunes goddesses could take the act of ordering a sweet so seriously. Although she supposed that was yet another thing she found charming about the girl.

"I'll have the chocolate crepe please" Nepgear placed her order, and Uni could swear she could see a small amount of drool making its way down her cheek as her eyes were full of stars.

"An excellent choice!" The owner enthusiastically noted as he wrote down the order, before focusing his attention on the other girl present. "My, upon looking closer if it isn't Lady Black Sister of Lastation! My, it seems the pride and joy of Planeptune hooked a big fish!" The man gave a hearty chuckle as he embarrassed both girls. "And what will you have today?"

After taking a moment to cool herself, Uni looked up and down the menu, quickly deciding, "I'll take the strawberry crepe!" The man behind the counter nodded,

"One chocolate and one strawberry, that'll be right up!" The man turned to his equipment, before quietly pumping himself up after all two goddesses were enjoying his wares.

"Say, Nepgear?" Upon seeing that the girl was indeed listening, Uni continued, "Do you really not accept anything from the citizens?" She asked, for as long as she could remember she and Noire had simply thanked them before accepting anything the citizens of Lastation offered, and it was often, Uni rarely paid anywhere she went.

"No… not really, I don't think it's right in my position to accept, I mean if it's a gift then I'll take it. But me and Neptune don't think of ourselves as higher than anyone else, and besides if Neptune accepted anything that was offered for free, the basilicom would be full of the pudding" Nepgear chuckled slightly.

Uni thought pondered for a moment, it really did showcase the different attitudes of the nations. Whereas Uni and Lastation held a very professional relationship, it appeared the goddesses of Planeptune were far more familiar with their citizens. And honestly, Uni couldn't think of a better fit. While she obviously considered her and Noire's methods to be superior, and she believed the results spoke for themselves, she had to admit it was sweet witnessing the interactions between Nepgear and her citizens.

Although Uni seemed to stumble upon an unfortunate line of thinking in her line of thinking if the two remained dating when they became CPUs on their own, how would that affect the balance of the world? She knew that Noire would be able to manage despite her relationship with Neptune, for one that information had not managed to leak yet most likely due to the tireless effort of the twin-tailed CPU. But past that, Noire and Neptune were beyond competitive, they fought each other for many years, and no matter what they were now, the thought of losing was something neither relished.

But what about her and Nepgear? Would they be able to maintain a healthy competition? Uni, however, was unable to ponder the thought any further, as she was pulled out of her thoughts by a lovely smell near her, turning to see their crepes had arrived.

"Sooo goood~" Nepgear quickly nomed into her chocolate crepe, her eyes full of stars. Uni smiled as she took a tentative bite of her strawberry crepe,

"Wow! This is really good!" She exclaimed before taking a large chomp out of her own. It was sweet, with the berries providing a great foil for the treat. The two quickly ate in silence, thoroughly enjoying their dishes.

"Woooow no cute nomming on each other's crepes? This author really is an amateur" The muffled voice of Neptune complained outside the shop, as the secret pair looked on. "Also hey, No-" Neptune quickly stopped at the glare her partner gave her, rolling her eyes before starting up again "sorry agent purple, don't ya think these ridiculous costumes give us away from more than hide us?" She pointed out as she could feel the gaze of almost everyone who passed by.

"Shut up, they're looking at the clothes, not us" Noire pointed out, as she looked on at the pair getting up inside the restaurant.

"Thank you!" the two said in sync as they bowed before exciting, hand in hand, once more.

"How'd you even happen upon a shop like that?" Uni asked, while it wasn't far from the basilicom, it was a bit tricky to find, with how it was situated.

"Hmm, I think Sis found it one day when she was out with the citizens, she's always finding new places to try" Nepgear gave the most honest answer she could.

Uni smiled once more, maybe she should try interacting with the citizens more friendly from now on? She pondered it but ultimately decided that perhaps she should leave the things the Planeptunian goddess was good at to them, and stick to what it was she was good at. Although, she reasoned, it wouldn't hurt to branch out and be a more well-rounded goddess.

As the two walked, Uni could feel herself becoming more and more comfortable, her hand felt good intertwined with the other goddess. Easing up, the two made conversation as they idly walked the busy streets.

"Say, did you hear? Rom and Ram threw snowballs at Miss Blanc while she was reading, and she strung them up on the clothesline" Uni laughed as she explained the story she had heard. Noire had walked in for a meeting with the petite goddess, only to see the young girls hung up from the line with the wet books by their side.

"Goodness no! Jeez, those two need to learn when not to press Miss Blanc's buttons…" Nepgear gave a wry laugh at the story, those two had a habit of pushing their sister way past the point any rational person would, so it only came as natural the two suffered the consequences their fair share of times.

"I can't imagine having Miss Blanc as a big sis" Uni chuckled, before spotting a store in the distance, "Ooo! Let's go there!" She called out, taking control and running forward, with Nepgear barely able to keep up.

"Goodness, Uni! Where are we going" Nepgear tried to ease up, but looking up she noticed the direction the two seemed to be heading in. It was one of the local gun parts shops in the city, Nepgear could only chuckle at the enthusiasm of the weapon enthusiast she was on a date with at the moment.

Entering the store, Nepgear could see the stars in the eyes of the girl as she looked all-around at the various displays of parts. While Nepgear could confidently say she had more than a baseline knowledge and definitely partook in helping Uni with building and maintaining her firearms, a lot of this was well beyond her.

"Nepgear! Nepgear! Check this out! It's an AI-96A1!" She pulled Nepgear along as she pointed to the display.

"Isn't that a bit of an older model?" Nepgear bemused, with her hand to her chin.

"Tsk tsk, silly Nepgear. These types of places usually have classic expensive models on display, just to showcase how nice of an establishment it is, they often don't even want to sell those types of parts, I mean look, they have this listed for 60,000 credits!" Uni flicked a hand through her hair as she explained the basics of display pieces. Nepgear could only smile softly, haven listened to a similar lecture from Neptune on multiple occasions involving used game stores.

"Well hey now, if it isn't Gear and Uni, what're you two kids doing here?" Turning to face the familiar voice, finding it to be IF.

"Hey Miss IF, me and Nepgear are… uh… we're on a date" She tried her best to sound confident while saying it, but her voice betrayed her. But even still, Nepgear could feel her heart swell at the progress her love was made.

"Well hey now, I guess that finally came around, huh? Congrats" She gave them a thumbs up, as the two girls thanked her before Nepgear felt a question burn.

"Say, IF? What're you doing here? I mean you use dual qatars don't you?" Nepgear asked,

"Well I mean I have this" IF was confused as she summoned her (unloaded) pistol from her inventory, "Don't you remember?"

"Well I mean the game never lets you equip them right?" Nepgear pointed out.

"Uh"

"Uhm" The two girls were baffled by the response.

"I think you're hanging around Nep too much, Gear" IF stated as she put her hand on the shoulder of the candidate.

"What do you mean by that?" Nepgear didn't understand.

"I think that'd be better explained by your little girly friend, no?" IF did her best at teasing the girls, as she picked up the ammo she had come in for, quickly checking out and making her way out of the store. Immediately she was greeted by the sight of two suspicious characters in large trench coats. Looking closely at the pair, she could vaguely see the outline of two characteristic d-pad hair clips. Sighing as she approached the pair.

"Nep, what the hell are you doing?" Her voice startling both of the shady persons.

"Ack! We've been booked!" Neptune looked over to the other figure.

"Shut up Neptune!" Noire blurted out.

"Lady Noire? Is that you? Jeez, Nep, I told you to stop dragging decent people into your nonsense, and leave those two alone!" IF lectured, however, Neptune didn't react as she had expected, instead of looking over with sympathetic eyes to her partner.

"I'm sorry, it's uh, this was my idea" Noire quietly spoke, and IF could only raise an eyebrow at the idea.

"Why?" IF couldn't seem to rationalize why she would, Nep would definitely do something like this for shits and or giggles, but Noire was usually more responsible.

"Sorry! That's top-secret!" Neptune stepped out in between the two making an x with her arms.

IF looked at the two CPUs, before sighing putting an arm up, "Jeez, you two do what you want, just don't call me if this backfires!" She didn't have the time, nor the inclination to unravel the needless mystery there.

The duo let out a sigh as they tried to look back into the store, however, they noticed they no longer had an eye view of the pair,

"Crap, they might have moved on!" Noire exclaimed, dashing forward, however she soon felt a bumping into her body. Looking down, her breath caught in her throat spotting the form of Nepgear on the ground.

"Hey now Nepgear, you have to pay attention, I'm sorry for her Miss." Uni bowed as she looked at the person her date had bumped into. "Hey… I've seen those before!" Uni pointed at the costumes.

"I… I" Noire couldn't form the words.

"Yea! Noire made those so she could hang out with Miss Neptune!" Uni pointed an accusatory finger.

"Ha knew it!" Neptune laughed out, before realizing her mistake.

"Wait, sis?" Nepgear said as she picked herself up, causing Uni to squint as she took off the hat of the person nearest, revealing the face of Noire.

"Sis!?" Uni was shocked. "Were you two following us?" Uni glared at her elder sister, who couldn't return the look.

"Well, I uh…. Yea" Noire saw no point in attempting to lie her way out of the situation.

"I bet it was her idea huh?" Uni reserved some sympathy as she pointed to Neptune, who let out a sigh of relief finally getting out of the confining and sweltering clothing. "You should really tell her off sometimes, I know you love her and all bu-"

"No, it was my idea" Noire cut her sister off. She deserved all the blame for this, Neptune didn't deserve to take any heat for this.

"B-But why?"

"I don't, well I mean, I happened to overhear your plans and well I heard how you talked about yourself so I thought…" Noire tried to explain herself, but could only feel the glares of the two candidates intensify. Fortunately for her, she happened to be dating an absolutely shameless ball of fluff, who had harbored no qualms with jumping to her defense.

"Oh hey now, gals, let's just take a chill pill. I'm like a master in tsun speak after these past few months, so allow me to translate. Noire here was super duper worried about you, she even called me about it. She heard how you went all hard on yourself and stuff, so she just wanted to make sure you were happy" Neptune did her best to diffuse the situation.

"..." Uni looked at her, sighing and she asked, "Is this true?"
"I mean more or less"

"Stupid big sister!" Uni yelled out, leaving all the remaining girls startled. "I- I didn't ask you to worry about me, you- you didn't have take time out of your busy day to worry about me."

Noire could only look at her younger sister, that's what she had an issue with? The two girls had to have a conversation in the worst possible way, yet the words didn't form in her mouth.

"I mean she did, didn't she?" Neptune was the one to speak up, her hands behind her neck casually. Uni looked at her in curiosity, "Noire might be the biggest Tsun there is, but she realllly cares about you, you know?" Neptune patted on the back of her partner.

"Y-yeah what she said. I just wanted to make sure you were happy, Uni." Noire added, through her embarrassment.

"Well? What do you say, Uni?" It was Nepgear who spoke up this time, grabbing onto the arm of her date.

"Y-yea, I'm happy with Nepgear" It barely came out as a whisper, yet everyone present could only smile at the thought.

Though, after a few moments, no one knew where to go from there. That was until Neptune grabbed onto Noire's arm, tugging her in the opposite direction,

"Say, you two enjoy the rest of your Co-op! Me and nowaru are gonna start our own campaign, right?" She asked as she sped off.

The younger pair continued walking for a bit, before electing to rest their feet at a nearby bench. Somehow the energy around the date was not ruined by the interruption, although Uni had to admit it was heartwarming in a sort of way. However, seeing the two older sisters made Uni circle back on her earlier thinking. Having warmed up quite a bit throughout the date, she looked over to the very woman she had spent the afternoon with before beginning.

"Hey, Nepgear?" She asked

"Hmm? What's up?"

"Do you, do you think we'll be able to keep like this if or when we become full CPUs?" She asked, and for a moment Nepgear considered the question seriously.

"I don't see why not? I mean Sis and Miss Noire are able to" She pointed out.

"Yeah, but those two are just so competitive, it keeps them making progress" Uni countered, and Nepgear pouted for a moment.

"But I don't see why we always have to compete. I mean isn't the point of having allies and friends to be able to work together and share knowledge and experience, especially for us as goddesses. Shouldn't we be able to look to our friends to help us make our nation's better places? I mean it's not going to be just us, we'll have Rom and Ram with us too." Nepgear voiced her opinion on the matter, and Uni couldn't help chuckle at the wise words. "Hmm?" Nepgear added.

"Nothing, I was just being stupid again, overthinking everything. Of course, you'd make it easy, you always seem to be able to make it make sense to me." She said, and before Nepgear could chastise her for looking down on herself again, she felt a head lean over on her shoulder. "Say, Nepgear? You think we can do this again?" She asked as she nuzzled into the shoulder of her muse.

"As many times as you want" Nepgear cooed as she put her arm around the smaller girl.

"That sounds nice" Uni smiled warmly as she melted into the embrace. At that moment the whole world seemed to be revealed to the young goddess. It didn't matter what the world could throw at her, as long as she could stay with her forever, she could figure it out, together with the girl who would forever be at her side.

-Bonus

"Ah, Steamax, you return. What bounties to you bring with you this time for my generalsummarysite" The gilded robot, Affimojas called out to his longtime companion in his booming voice.

"...life is meaningless" The said ninja robot responded dejectedly.

"Oh dear me, what seems to be the matter, Steamax?" Knowing the tendency for his compatriot to overreact, he suspected no less of this situation.

"The fair Lady Uni… She had been taken!" The ninja cried out.

"Oh my, by whom?" This certainly was serious, while he had no intention of meddling in the affairs of CPUs again, Affimojas couldn't help but feel bad for his oldest friend.

"..." Steamax couldn't face the general.

"Steamax! It is of no shame to lose! But I must know who you have lost to!" Affimojas issued his command.

"Eep! Uh, it seems Lady Uni had begun going out with the candidate of Planeptune, Nepgear." Steamax gravely explained.

"..." Affimojas looked at his friend. "I see…" he pondered for a moment, "did you happen to capture any photos?" He asked.

"Sadly I was too devastated I couldn-"

"You fool! Do you have any idea how hot that story would have been! Not just yuri, but between two goddesses!" Affimojas lashed out at the thought of lost profits.

"Eep! If it pleases you, general, I will take my own life!" The honorable ninja called out as he drew his blade.

"Fool! There is no replacement for a friend!"

"General!"

"Steamax!"

"General!"

"Oh my, I had followed the moody ninja back to interrogate him for following my lovely sister Nepgear on her date, but this is worth the price of admission" Vert spoke to herself as she hid from the two, blood pouring from her nose. The two would keep at that manner of yelling for well over 15 minutes.

Thank you all very much for keeping up with my nonsense, I figured I might as well take the time at the bottom lines to respond to reviews, so if that isn't your cup o tea, just skip the bolded bottom lines.

fedacheese- why thank you, I don't quite see how you could come to that conclusion, but I'll take it lol

joanjoanlenoar- It is my pleasure, it's remarkable how little actual just straight Unigear is on this site.

end5- I swear I see you on everything I write, seriously big thanks.

guest- see I've read and seen so many things with various names Neptune could have for Uni (none of which are canon btw, I'm pretty sure Neptune exclusively calls Uni 'Uni' but I think its a nice touch) So I have a nice list of nicknames to pull from.