Chapter 61
I woke up earlier in the morning than I would've liked to, but the cold air around me forced me to wake up. Groggily, I look at the clock on my nightstand. The time now is 6:43am.
God that was some dream last night, it felt so real too. My imagination must be pretty wild to perfectly imagine Nepgear naked. And even more wild to picture us having sex.
"Mmn…" I felt something stir around beside me. In my half-sleep state, I move my legs around to feel it. It feels fleshy and warm… and very smooth.
I look to my left to see a sleeping Nepgear. I can only see her head, but her collar bone is exposed, meaning that's she's indeed in the nude. Fully realizing what I currently am, I now realize I'm much the same.
"Oh hell that wasn't a dream." That's all I can say. There's not much to elaborate on, we totally did it last night. Neptune is going to kill me if she finds out.
Still, I can't picture myself ever doing anything like this. The only reasonable explanation I can come up with is that I'm more ambitious when Nepgear's around.
But in all honesty, I don't mind if it was with her. I love her, and she loves me. This sort of thing was bound to happen with all the hormones in our developing stages.
I can't help but letting out a smile as I watch her sleep. Nepgear's cute, intelligent, and most importantly emotionally stable. That can't be said for me.
Without her around, I feel like the walls are closing in. A complete sense of dread takes over me whenever I'm truly alone. She is the light in my darkness.
Nepgear in her sleeping state pulls closer to me so that she's wrapped around me. It's a lovely sight to see, considering everything that's happened in the past twenty four hours.
I lean down to kiss her forehead, hoping that it would bring some closure to me. She smiles at me unconsciously. Truly loving deep down into her heart.
"Mmn… Hm?" Slowly opening up her eyes she wakes up from her blissful rest. Nepgear tilts her head up to face me fully and smiles at me again.
"Hey…" She says slowly, still feeling the effects of waking up.
"Hey…" I'm not that tired, but I'm still nervous, and curious about where to proceed to from this point.
"So… we did it huh?" Smooth Jack… smooth. To be fair, it's really awkward right now. It's the best I could think of on a moments notice.
"Yes… it felt…" Don't pause like that please. I'm still too inexperienced to know what that means.
I remain silent waiting for what she has to say. It's very well possible that the next words spoken will ruin my day and many months afterwards.
"Wonderful…" A smile forms on her face and she stares at me with her tender eyes. Her words are honest, her experience was truly euphoric.
"Being that close to you felt really good. Almost like we became one for a moment."
"Yeah, I felt closer to you than I ever have before. What I'm saying is-" Nepgear pulls herself closer to my body and plants a gentle kiss on my lips to cut me off. It's a warming moment, one that I have to close my eyes to fully experience it.
She breaks off from the kiss suddenly. I open my eyes to see her face. "I love you too."
I'm touched that she finished my thought. It just goes to show how well we are together. And how much she loves me. The only thing I can really do to repay her is love her back.
I move one of my hands to the curve of her back and lose myself in her exposed skin. It's so smooth and is just overall pleasing to touch. I wouldn't mind losing myself in this loving embrace of ours.
We prepare to meet for another kiss. And then-
"*Bzzz!* *Bzzz!*" My phone just had to go off right now. This is a cockblock if I've ever seen one.
I let go of Nepgear and pick my phone up off of my nightstand.
"*Beep*, Hello…"
"Oh good you're up, now we won't have to go through the trouble of waking you." Blanc is on the other line speaking in her usual emotionless voice.
"Good morning to you too, anyway, what do you need?"
"We're all across the street we were starting to get worried." I'm glad that they're worrying about me.
"Ok, we'll be over shortly."
"Alright, and Jack…" She's about to say something big I can already tell.
"Don't worry me like that again… I'd hate it if you died. Because I… never mind I'll tell you some other time." She hung up after that.
I look back to Nepgear. "Is everything alright?"
"Yeah… we just worried everyone. Looks like we can't stay here much longer."
"Aww…" Nepgear becomes saddened.
"I guess we can stay for a little longer."
Nepgear cheers up immediately. We'll stay like this for a little while longer. But I still want to get over there soon, there's a lot that needs to be discussed now. I just want this whole situation to be resolved.
After about five minutes of extra cuddling with Nepgear, we both get dressed and prepare to make it across the street. Before that we checked on Maurice to see if he was still alive.
Sure enough he was. Sometime during the night he woke up and crawled himself into bed. I hope he's alright, he might be damaged from his excessive drinking last night.
But we don't have time for that, Nepgear and I leave the apartment and go across the street back to her apartment. I stop when I reach the door, nervous to go inside.
Nepgear holds my hand for reassurance and gives me a comforting smile. "It'll be fine, they all still like you."
"I know… I'm just beating myself up again." I have a bad habit of doing that. I'm sure that this won't be as bad as I'm picturing it in my mind.
With slight hesitation, I open the door. In less than a second I feel two small bodies wrap their arms around me. After getting over the initial shock I see that it's Rom and Ram.
"Jack! We were so worried about you Dum-Dum!" Ram scolds me. A good sign so far. However she's crying, which isn't good in my books.
"Please… Don't leave me…" Rom is the next to speak. Hearing her soft voice also brings some form of comfort to my troubled mind. She's crying too, another jab in my torment.
I smile and pet the twins heads. "It's alright, that one guy won't show up again, I can promise you that." Sadly, I'm not sure that that's a promise I can keep. But I'll try my hardest to keep them from worrying.
"Gosh, you really shouldn't worry us like that. It's bad to do that to a girl you know." Ram's sassy attitude is returning. For once I'm glad to be scolded by someone.
"Never… do that again… Ok?" Rom scolds me in some degree, but hers is more caring than wanting to bash on me. I guess I can try to not worry them again.
"Alright you too, you're going to make me feel really guilty if you keep going on. Let's go, the others are waiting right there."
With one twin at each of my sides and Nepgear behind me, we all proceed into the living area, where everyone else is situated.
"Hey guys…"
"Good morning, I trust that you slept well." There's too much incentive in Vert's tone. Oh god, it's going to be one of those mornings.
"Um… yes… we slept just fine." Nepgear says blushing intensely. Not hiding anything at all. At this rate Rom and Ram are going to get the picture and learn things that they shouldn't know yet.
"Good, we've got a lot to talk about now. We need everyone to be alert and focused." Noire takes center stage in our little group. Wasting no time at all getting to the point… I like that.
"First off-" Noire is suddenly cut off by Neptune.
"Whoa whoa whoa, how can we discuss all of this when it's Christmas!?" Neptune annoys the living piss out of me sometimes. But she does raise a point.
"I must agree with Neptune on this one. We've all been through a trying time. A little relaxation will surely relieve our stress." Vert's taking Neptune's side on this matter.
"Weren't we going to have a Christmas party today anyway?" Martin speaks up, sitting in the corner. I'm surprised he's still here actually.
"Don't you see? If we wait then things may only get worse." Noire once again fights for the decision that we plan ahead. I agree with her that we need to discuss this. But for now we just need some time to reacquaint ourselves.
"Sis, we've all been through the wringer recently. Having a party now will help erase what's happened." Uni tries to turn her sister to the other side. I can see it in her eyes, she's beating herself up for betraying us back in the cave. We all have something that's still bleeding on us.
"If I can say something… I don't know where I stand with any of you right now. We all had a difficult night to go through and the cuts are still there. All I want… all I want is to mend what we had. I screwed up big time last night, and now I'm feeling the pain of my choice. In a way, I still feel like I betrayed you all. Some of you still say it's fine…"
I pause for a moment to clench my fists and close my eyes shut. Trying to hold back my tears of anger. I feel like shit, and I need to get this off my chest.
"But it's not! It's not ok at all! I screwed up, you all screwed up, that should be the end of the story. Why does this have to continue? Sure things are going to be different now… but why can't we just get over it and be friends again?!"
My tears slowly stop my whimpering dies down quickly. Everyone seems affected by my little outburst. I might've seemed calm when I entered, but I was holding that in since last night.
"I agree with Jack. If one bad night gets us all down then what chance do we have against our enemy. We shouldn't be down, we should be enjoying our time here." Uni speaks her thoughts next.
She takes a few steps forward to stand beside me. Uni stands on the opposite side of Nepgear. Rom and Ram stand near me too. Half of the group stands by my side, now I know how many allies I have.
"Jack is right, we cannot hold on to the past. We must move forward." Vert stands by me as well.
"That's the spirit Jack, no point in letting one night get us down. Let's just have some fun and enjoy the time we have here." Neptune's cheery attitude is contagious. Even she can bring a smile to my face.
"What do you say Noire, shall we join them?" Martin asks Noire holding a hand out to her. A blush forms on her face. Not one from embarrassment, but one from surprise.
"U-um… ok." She smiles herself, taking his hand. His hand is a little larger than hers, a cute contrast for them both. Martin and Noire walk over to join the rest of us.
"Thank you everyone. For now, I'll play my part in helping you with your crisis. After all, your home is important to you." I said it, there's no going back now. From this point on I'll be helping them fight for their home back.
We all close our eyes and have a brief moment of silence. Just to take in the moment, that not even a near death experience for us can completely separate us.
"Alright guys! Who's ready to party!?" Neptune asks the entire gang, breaking our peaceful moment.
Oh well, another day living with ordinary girls I guess. But now, I think I should start calling them by their real titles.
Goddesses
A/N: This was the hardest chapter for me to write up to date. I don't know how, but sex was easier than this. Still, it's only going to go uphill from this point.
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