Noire slowly opens her eyes, she sees a pair of something but can't see it properly because her vision is still blurry. Not long after that her vision becomes clear and she finds a pair of eyes, purple eyes, staring directly at her.
"Mornin' Tsundere Heart !"
Noire jumps back in surprise and realizes that she has slept with Neptune the whole night. On her chest to be exact.
"Whahahah! Why did you jump? Am I a ghost or something?"
"Nooo! It's just ... I'm just surprised that's all!" Noire's face becomes red. She just slept on that purple haired ditz's chest! It doesn't have much 'squishy' feel to it, but somehow she enjoyed sleeping there, without realizing it of course.
"You looked like you enjoyed being there... on my flat chest." Neptune smiles with a slight blush in her cheeks. "I don't want to disturb... sooooo I just watched over ya."
"Wha - since when? Why are you staring at me anyway!? And also your chest is so flat that I doesn't feel anything!"
Neptune looks a little hurt by Noire's word. "It's not that long... and sorry my chest is not comfortable enough." Neptune pouts.
Noire regrets saying that now. She doesn't mean it to be serious at all!
'grrrr darn me, her chest felt not bad when I slept there, but that doesn't mean I need to bash her like that. Darn this tsundere thing-y inside of me!'
"I mean... I know it's flat, but it's not that bad actually... not that I enjoyed it or anything!"
The purple haired goddess smiles. "Well glad that you don't dislike it then !"
For a moment there's silence and things become more awkward. The two goddesses don't know what to say until...
"Uhh is Compa here?" Neptune opens her mouth to end the silence in the air.
"Oh right! Where is she?" Noire stands up and goes to the other side of the house. "Compa? Are you home yet?" She searches left and right. "She should be back home last night." She arrives at the kitchen and finds a note. "Huh, is this a note?" Noire takes the note and sees a bag with some fresh vegetables and meats among other things in it on the kitchen table. She then reads the note:
'Hey Noire, sorry I left early this morning. You girls looked tired so I didn't wake you two. Hope you understand. And I wanted to make something but I ended up being late for work.
Could you do me a favor, please? I knew you can cook, so can you make something for IF and Falcom? They said that they wanted to check on you girls today, and they must be tired from working with the Guild.
I'll call you when I have the chance okay?
- Compa'
"Are all of the Neptune's friends like this? Most of them are nice persons." Noire grabs some kitchenware and the bag. "Must be nice to have so many friends huh..." She speaks to herself and walks back to the living room and places them on the table.
"Uhh what are you gonna do with those ingredient?" The purple haired girl looks at those stuffs one by one, and notices some purple thing in the plastic bag. It's long, familiar and traumatic at the same time. "NOOO! Throw that thing awaaayyy!" It's an eggplant.
"What?" Noire looks at the bag and noticed what made the other goddess freak out."Ohhh... since you can't move, I'll make you eat this!" Says Noire with evil tone while pulling the eggplant out from the bag.
"Noooo pleaseee NOOOOOO!" Neptune is terrified at the evil plant, and Noire's expression.
"Hehehe, don't worry I won't." Noire drops it, making Neptune sigh in relief. She then starts cutting the vegetables out and the eggplant is one of them. "Compa wanted to make some cooks but she ended up late and couldn't even make one so I'll help her out." Noire grabs one of the carrots and cuts it. "She said that IF and Falcom are going to check you today, don't know when though." After having done with the carrots she grabs another vegetable .
"Hey, you know you can cut those things on the kitchen right?" Neptune asks in confusion.
"I know, but I can't let you be alone right now, not with your current condition."
"Well, okay then !"
"And by the way, what makes you hate eggplant so much Neptune? I don't remember that you ever told me the reason behind it all." Noire asks curiously.
"I guess not everyone knows huh? Or maybe it's just me that knows why..." Neptune looks up to the ceiling. "It happened long time ago, back when we were still enemies. No Nepgear, no Histy or everyone to be honest. It's just me... all alone, the Lady of War and Progress."
Noire stops for a moment after hearing it, but chooses to keep cutting and let Neptune tell the rest of the story.
"During the time, I wanted to try to cook something, and something catches my eye, and it was an eggplant. Well you know, because I'm purple and those things are purple too. Ahhh, I can't remember much, so anyway... after that I went back home and tried to cook it by looking at a book that I've read, written by the previous CPU, Saturn. It said it was her favorite food, so I guess I could try it."
Noire is now interested at the story and turns to Neptune, and Neptune looks back at her.
"And oh boy I was so dumb. It tasted awful!" Neptune shudders after remembering it. "I chocked hard and was about to enter the game over screen after taking a bite of it."
One of Noire's eyebrows raises, she's confused. "Uhh..."
"I mean, it tasted so bad that I almost died or something back then."
"But... I don't think eggplants could do that to you. Maybe you were just not that good at cooking or something."
"Rude. I don't remember much, but I bet I really nailed the cook. But the food that I've made... the one that Saturn liked, it's just bad. She must have some kinds of weird taste or she just into that kind of thing~"
"Hahahahaha! Ohhh, all of you Planeptune CPU's... Hahahaha!" Noire laughs out loud, finding the story hilarious.
"Uhh, what's so funny, Noire ?" Asks Neptune in confusion.
"You didn't realize that all of you Planeptune CPUs have something ODD with them ? You don't remember Plutia?"
"Ohh... right... yeah hehehe... she has the most extreme fetish out of all. And ~ she's Planeptune's CPU too."
"Don't worry, you're not that weird comparing to her. Well, at least, in my opinion~" Noire is somehow embarrassed by her own comment. And she's almost done with the ingredients.
"I know that already, hahaha! *Cough* So anyway, what kind of food do you want to make?"
"Hmm? Some soup I guess ... I haven't thought much about it." Noire confesses.
"Hey, it's okay. You can go to the kitchen now, you need to focus." The shorter girl gives the other girl an understanding look.
"Alright, I'll turn the TV on then." Noire does so and brings all of the things back into the kitchen. The TV shows a News Program, and it's hosted by Dengekiko.
Sometimes later..
"Hey Neptune, can you try this?" The raven haired girl brings out a bowl of soup. "Tell me how it tastes." She feeds Neptune a spoonful of it.
And Neptune likes it: "Ohhhh wowieee! This is perfect Noire! Like yo-... I mean, like always!"
"You like it? Great! That me-"
Suddenly a bell sound can be heard from the front door.
"Yes, come in."
The door opens and reveals a certain not-so-short girl with a pony tail and red outfit.
"Excuse me." Falcom gets inside and closes the door. "Lady Neptune, how do you feel?"
"Actually I feel great somehow, I don't know why though." Says Neptune with a smile.
"Great, that's lady Neptune I know." Falcom smiles back.
"Hey Falcom, I gotta ask... how did you end up here ? Far from your own Dimension? Tell me the details."
"That's.. a long story" Says Falcom, followed with a giggle.
"Here. You must be tired." Noire brings some food and tea to Falcom. "Hey, where's IF?"
"Thank you Noire. About IF, she is going to the Basilicom to find Nepgear, or Neptune herself if lucky and ask for help."
"Uhh is Neptune in this dimension super busy ?" Noire asks.
"No... I don't think so. She spends a lot of time with you Noire, the other you I mean." A pause. "They've been closer than before, maybe way too close..."
Hearing that makes Noire's face turn red as she tries not to remember about her and Neptune's counterparts kissing several days ago. Her heart still couldn't handle it.
The little goddess notices the blush on the Lastation Goddess' face. "Noire, you didn't know anything about this do you?" She asks with a curious look.
"No! Of course not!" Noire turns her face to the other way. "*Cough* Anyway, how did you end up here Falcom ? I mean the whole story from the beginning."
"That was a normal day in Lady Plutia's Planeptune, I was on my way to explore PC continent by a ship when suddenly a dark cloud just appeared out of nowhere *sigh* And there's that laugh... that laugh... and after that a lightning stroke me and a second later I was transported to an industrial sector of some sort, and a voice told me to help her finding 'Doc. P' thing and try to blend in."
"MAGES. is at it again. Do that thing actually exist anyway?" Asks Neptune.
"I don't think so, but I guess she's the only one who knows." Falcom replies.
"Soo how did you find MAGES. and the others?" Asks Noire.
"Actually I found you first lady Neptune, I mean the other you. She asked directions since she said it was the first time she went to Lastation and if I remember right... Lady Neptune and the other CPU's were enemies at that time."
Neptune and Noire look at each other, somehow remembering their past self. "Well, war is never a good thing." Say the Planeptune Goddess.
"Yeah right !? But then we went on adventure, which was too cool that I forgave MAGES. for blasting my butt off and sending me here. And I got to witness the 4 goddesses slowly becoming friends! Especially you two... I mean two other you." Falcom gives out a grin.
"Uhh what's up with the other us?" Asks Neptune.
"Well, somehow this dimension version of Lady Neptune is super clingy to Lady Noire. Lady Neptune hugs her frequently and pouts when someone is too close to Lady Noire."
"..." Both goddesses glance at each other for a second without comments, then shift back to Falcom.
"Oh oh ! Then there's this time they talked about 'doing anything they want' at the Hot-"
"Whoa whoa whoa hold it right there!" Both Neptune and Noire say at the same time. They are both blushing hard at this point.
"Oops, sorry. It's just that, I wonder what kind of topic they talked to each other at that time."
"...WHAT!?" Both goddesses say in unison.
"Bwahahaha. Just kidding! They are just so close to each other it looks kind of cute to be honest." A pause. "But that talk about hotel part was true."
"Ohh good... wait, what ?" Unison speaking again. Both of the girls take a look at each other several seconds before facing in other direction, hiding the embarrassment on their faces.
'Seems like my Lady Neptune is not so different than this dimension Lady Neptune.' Thinks Falcom.
Suddenly someone's phone rings up. It turns out to be Falcom's.
"Hello?" Falcom answers her phone.
"Hey Falcom. It's me, IF."
"Well it's written on the screen..."
"Yeah I know, just confirming it. Mission failed, by the way." IF says.
"We'll get them next time." Says Neptune, earning looks from the other girls. "I always wanted to say it."
"Damn right we will. Hey, can you active your speaker? They both might want to know about this."
"Sure thing IF."
Falcom sets the call to speaker mode.
"Hey Nep, and you too Noire. I ran into a bit of a problem getting your sister. I mean, your other Dimensionalist-ion thing-y Nepgear, to come by to Compa's house."
"Why? Does Nep jr. here hate her sister?" Asks Neptune confusingly.
"It's the opposite, Nep. She loves her sister so much that it's creepy."
"Then why didn't she want to check her other Cross-Dimensional sister here?" Asks Nep.
"She said that you were on 'vacation' and was with Noire, which you are too now, and she doesn't want to interrupt you. She didn't believe it when I said there's another Nep."
"Whaaaaattt? And where is the other - other me then?"
"I don't know, but I'll tell you the details later okay? I'll come over there a bit."
Not long after that
"Nepgear said she didn't know where her sister is now, but she managed to catch some of other Nep's words before she left. 'Hey Nep Jr., your big sis is going to take a vacation break for a while with No- I mean the other CPUs, so see ya later my Lil Sis!' or something similar." Says IF while trying to imitate Neptune in the last part.
"That's a bad impression of me Iffy." Neptune chuckles a bit.
"Shut up Nep. Actually, Nepgear also heard Noire voice too, but it looked like she's being dragged somehow. She said something like 'Neptuneee! Calm down a bit! We'll get there, not that I want it or anything!'." Says IF while imitating Noire this time.
"Bwahahaha ! That's a really accurate impression of Nowa!" Neptune laughs out loud.
"Hey! I didn't sound like that... Did I?"
"You are! Wahahahah!" Noire blushes from the embarrassment.
"Anyway, it looks like it might take a while for you girls to meet each other. Our best bet is to get Nepgear here and figure out whom to find next, Histoire or Nep."
"Well, you could take a picture of both Lady Neptune and Noire here to prove it." Falcom suggests.
"Well that's exactly what am I going to do, but I think I need to record them saying something that this Dimension Neptune didn't know."
"That's a great idea IF! It would be great if we could just stream it straight to Nepgear. But I guess the internet connection here is not exactly good, since we are in the outskirts."
"Yep, gotta do this in old fashioned way. Alright you two, say something." IF turns on the camera on one of her phones and starts recording.
"Bwah, so sudden !? Umm, hey Nep Jr., uhh I mean Nepgear from this world..." Says Neptune awkwardly.
"Hey Nepgear, we are the CPUs from Hyperdimension. We might need some help here, please come by if you have time." Says Noire politely.
"Umm.. ohh how do I put this.. *inhale* NEPGEAR PLEASE COME HERE, WE NEED YOUR HELP. I'M A DIFFERENT NEPTUNE BUT I'M STILL NEPTUNE TOO! I'LL GIVE YOU A CUTE NICKNAME IF YOU COME OVER! *exhale*... Alright I think that's all."
Everyone else in the room is surprised at the outburst and they have those comical eyes with black outlines on their faces. IF then stops her recording. and just hopes for the best.
"Well that's... something." IF chuckles.
"It's going to be effective... I hope." Falcom tries to think about it positively.
"Don't worry. If what you said is true that she loves the other me so bad, that means this Nepgear is still having a sister complex and she likes having a cute nickname too." A pause. "Actually, my Nepgear is still having that but not that strong anymore."
"Geez Neptune..."
"Alright, let's just hope that she will change her mind tomorrow. I need to go back to Guild and finish the contracts in an hour or so." IF says.
"Okay then, why don't we eat together while we are at it?" Noire suggests and heads towards the kitchen, then brings her soup and a couple of other food and drink back to the living room. "Please enjoy."
"Whoa, you made all of this?"
"I did... but Compa's the one who provided the ingredients."
Falcom realizes that she hasn't eaten her served food. yet. "Oops, I forgot to eat it .. sorry."
"Don't be." Noire replies. "Alright Neptune, let's eat okay?"
"I'll help you too, Lady Neptune."
Later that Night
"Hey Neptune? Why don't you sleep yet?" Asks Noire who are ready to sleep but notices Neptune just staring at the window.
"Oh, Noire? Sorry, didn't know you were there... hehe." A pause. "Ya know ~ just looking at that distant light, it's pretty..."
The black haired girl approaches the window that shows a beautiful view of the surrounding land that is filled with trees and flowers, along with some several other plants, with a light in the distant that looks great in the dark of the night. "Yeah... it really is..."
Neptune notices that Noire changes her outfit into a nightwear that is mainly black and blue colored with shorts that somehow fits Noire and she sees that her hair is not tied with her usual ribbon and it's letting down over her back. The Planeptune Goddess sees Noire's face being illuminated by the light and her red eyes shining bright in the night.
Neptune is stunned by the view and unconsciously smiles.
'Is she always this pretty?'