Later that night, Simon couldn't seem to sleep as the thought of Echo being Kamina's brother raced through his mind. 'Why didn't Bro ever want to tell us about Echo? Is there something wrong with him?'

Without noticing until this point, Nia had walked into the room and sat down on a chair next to the bed. In the darkness, Simon could see Nia with a small smile on her face. He felt the blood run to the surface as he noticed that Nia was in her nightgown with a small stuffed bear in her arms. She yawned and smiled sleepily at Simon; "I had what you call a nightmare." Simon was confused as his thoughts went blank for a moment. Nia slowly rose and approached Simon, still holding the bear in her arms. She sat on the bed next to him, laying her head down on the edge of Simon's pillow and curling up slightly with the bear held close to her. She was facing Simon when he began to breath oddly, causing Nia to look up at him. "Is this not the proper way to get rid of a nightmare?"

After a moment, a slight smile crossed Simon's face. His cheeks were cherry red, but appeared dim in the darkness of the room. He covered Nia's body up to her shoulders with the cover and watched as she smiled. Slowly drifting to sleep, Simon felt butterflies in his stomach as he dreamed warm and happy dreams.

The alarm clock beeped loudly, causing the awakening of the couple still in bed. Simon reached up to his headboard and hit the snooze button on the alarm. With a yawn, Nia stretched and looked into Simon's eyes; a smile crossed her face. Simon, after turning the light on by flipping the switch next to the bed, noticed the sparkling of Nia's eyes. They both blushed as they stared at one another. Suddenly, the door opened. Behind the door, caught off guard by the sight of the two, was Yoko. A look of surprise and confusion filled her gaze as they blushed even more. "Wha...What is going on here?!" Nia smiled awkwardly as Simon crawled out from the covers and stood next to the bed, trying to make the scene look a little less suspicious. Yoko looked at Simon with a deadly stare: "Why was she in your bed Simon?" He played off am innocent smile, rubbing the back of his head, nervously chuckling. "Oh her? Well, she was... Sick! She was sick and I told her to sleep in my bed so I could watch after her and yeah."

"Sick, huh? How come her gown strap is pulled down over her shoulder?" Simon turned to look, knowing that it wasn't. But as Yoko said, it was down, revealing Nia's bra strap. The color in Simon's face drained to a pale white as he looked at her with confusion and shock. She shrugged and smiled at Simon. "I thought we were going to get dressed together. Simon almost fainted as Yoko began to walk out of the room. "Just come get some breakfast when you are done Simon."

"Nia, why did you pull your strap down?" She blushed, the smile still on her face; "I thought you wanted me to get dressed, Simon."

After about an hour or so, Simon and Nia entered the mess hall with the smell of bacon and coffee making their stomachs growl. After getting their food, they sat down at a table. Yoko, opposite of Simon, looked at him strangely. She shook her head and took her leftovers to the trashcan. "What?" Simon asked without a response. Dayakka, next to Simon and Nia, looked at him. "She has been like that all morning, after she went to go get you and Nia. She must have seen you two doing something. What was it?" Simon blushed as he frowned at Dayakka; "We didn't do anything." He chuckled, then took a sip of his coffee. The ice inside it rattled around in the cup causing a clinging noise. "Young couple jumping two spaces forward, huh?" Simon shoved him lightly as Dayakka began to laugh loudly. Nia smiled at Simon, catching his attention. "Two spaces forward..."

Simon was on his way to Lagann, waiting powerlessly on the top deck, when Yoko cut him off unexpectedly. Simon looked at her nervously as she looked down at him. He tried to move to the side, but Yoko was blocking him. "So, Simon, are you and Nia there in your relationship?" He didn't know what to say, let alone how to feel towards the question. Then the thought came into Simon's mind 'Where is Echo?' He noticed that he hadn't seen him all morning. "Uh Yoko, where is Echo?" She ignored his question and hugged him, her breasts pressed in his face. He was shocked, his face blushing as she held him tight. A small tear built up in Yoko's eye as she thought of what she used to feel towards Simon. The tear ran down her cheek and fell to the deck of Dai-Gurren. After she sniffled a little, she walked away, her hair brushing against Simon. He stood, dumbfounded by what just happened. He tried to think of why she would do such a thing, then walk away. Then the thought crossed his mind;

'Is she jealous?'

After shaking it off, Simon continued to Lagann and climbed inside. After turning Lagann on, he walked into the mech bay and looked for Leeron. After searching for a good five minutes, Simon found Rossiu reading a book he had found on Dai-Gurren. "Hey Rossiu, have you seen Leeron? He was supposed to work on the reaction time of Gurren today." Rossiu looked up from his book and looked at Simon. "Yes, but Leeron is ill from a little virus he picked up a few days ago. He can't work today and possibly tomorrow." Simon sighed. "Well, do you want to take Gurren for a little spin?"

Rossiu smiled and folded the corner of the page he was on. Setting the book down on the bench, he walked alongside Lagann towards Gurren. After entering Gurren and the hatch shutting, the two quickly combined and hopped off Dai-Gurren, who stood motionless. Yoko watched as the two ran around, laughing and joking as friends would do. She frowned as a tear fell from her cheek. 'Echo has run away, Kamina is dead, and you Simon, you don't even care about me anymore.' She walked slowly away, trying to push her feelings towards Simon away. She felt a hand on her shoulder, freezing her in her tracks. Echo's voice calmed her nerves; "Why the long face?"

She sighed and wiped her tears away with her arm. "Nothing." He rubbed her shoulder and smiled. "Then there is no reason to be sad." She nodded and, with a sniffle, walked away. Echo watched as she descended into the hull of Dai-Gurren. He turned his gaze to Simon and Rossiu, who were messing around as Gurren and Lagann separated. A smile crossed his face as he thought of his little brother. 'I miss ya, little bro...' With one final look at the two, he descended into Dai-Gurren as Yoko had, but a smile of remembrance on his face.

'...Kamina...'