Rom's Love Story:
"Um…"
"…"
The boy and the girl just stare at one another, his blue eyes, that almost takes the color of the sky, meets her own blue eyes. And though both of them are strangers to each other, somehow, in some way, an incomprehensible feeling, bursts out in between. It's a feeling that can't be put into words. So they continue to stare more…
"Um…"
"Rom?"
"Ah… Miss Nepgear…" suddenly Nepgear called out to Rom. In the boy's eyes, it's more akin to just popping out. The suddenness made them almost jump to their feet.
"C'mon, you really shouldn't disturb other people when it's time for shuteye…" Nepgear advised the young CPU candidate.
"…Mhm"
"Sorry for this…" Nepgear apologized.
"…Sorry…" and Rom did so as well.
"…" the boy nods silently at the two.
Taking her hand, Nepgear and Rom silently leave the doorway, each both holding a drink on their hands. Rom looks back, and from her angle, she can see the open doorway a Silverlight that is a shining from the room. The boy stands at his spot, staring the doorway from where he last saw her. He takes a look back at the full moon.
"…It's a first, after a long time, that I've felt something…" he muttered.
"It's not that I don't enjoy the company or anything but when in next month is Blanc going to pick you two up?" the passerby asked the twins, currently playing a card game while he shuffles some papers.
"We're going to be here until I beat you properly!" Ram exclaimed.
"Try beating Rom first…"
"Huh?"
"…I win" Rom lays down her cards.
"Gh! Royal flush!? When did she…?"
"…Lucky draw, I guess…"
"Lady luck favors the meek, as they say…"
"Let's play again, Rom! I'm going to beat you next time!" Ram demands a rematch.
"…Okay" Rom started to collect the cards into one deck and shuffles them for the next game.
It's been over a week since Plutia's release and the twins are still staying at Planeptune tower. Plutia is up and about now, albeit she needs walking sticks to help her walk. The enjoyment in their pre-release and post-release parties that they held for her is still fresh on their minds. Everyone gets drunk and about, did some games, sang some karaoke, took some pictures, and ate some cake. It was complete mayhem. Luckily, the mayhem didn't arise any complications in Plutia's health.
After that, Plutia went back to her own dimension, escorted by the CPUs. And ever since, it has been the same shenanigans.
"…There, that would be good for tomorrow's grind. Time for lunch…" the passerby said, standing up from his work chair.
*DING DONG*
"Obligatory doorbell" he said, redirecting his direction and heading straight for the front door. Upon arriving, he presses a button that opens the automatic doors.
"Hello"
"Good afternoon, Jared" the visitors greeted.
"Iffy, Compa here for some free lunch I guess…" he assumes of that fact.
"Ahaha, we got caught. But here's our payment" IF lifts up a basket with a cloth over it.
"Oh? What's this?" taking the basket, he lifts the cloth slightly to peek at what's inside.
"Food for food huh? And damn, these are some good apples"
"Compa picked them up"
"The old lady from the store was really nice to give me these apples"
"In any case, come on in. I was about to start and make lunch anyway"
The two girls stepped inside after the passerby's beckoning, letting the automatic doors behind them close. The two help walked into the Living/Dining/Study room. Where they saw Rom and Ram still in their intense poker game. As though the very foundations of Gamindustri is on the line.
"…Those kids are really at it…" IF comments.
"Rom and Ram are always playing nice" Compa adds.
"Really? Aren't they a little too competitive?"
"That would be Ram's fault. But they're pretty close"
"…Hehe… Okay, here…" Ram lays down her cards.
"It's a full house…"
"Hehe! How do you like them apples?"
"…Wow. Should I just put down my cards?" Rom asked after her amazement.
"Sure, whatya got anyway?"
"…Here" she puts down her cards.
"Geh! It's another royal flush!" Ram is surprised to see that her twin can do a second Royal Flush.
"It must be her lucky day then. Sorry Ram, better luck next time"
"Uuuh…"
"So anyway, putting aside the almost depressed Ram, what are you guys craving for?" the passerby asked.
"Hrm… I might want something vegetables, I've been eating a lot of meat recently…" IF answered.
"I want some low fa-!" Compa covers her mouth.
"It's not a shame to desire some low-fat food. So, is soup good?"
"Yup" they both answered.
"Aah~ Good as always…" IF said blissfully on the chair of the dining table.
"Jared's food is always delicious!" Compa comments.
"I try to impress" he said picking up two empty bowls.
"…Mister's food is always so delicious" Rom said.
"Mhm, I could eat it all day!" Ram adds.
"If you eat food all day you're going to get fat…" he picks up their bowls as well.
"Gh!" his words struck Compa like a sword through her heart.
"Having body mass issues Compa?"
"N-No, no!"
"…I heard that if you don't tell people up front you won't be able to get any thinner…" Iffy said.
"Gh!"
"You're going to blow up like a balloon they said. A really big balloon…"
"Hg!"
"Oh yeah, if you also keep worrying about it also, it also gets big"
"Right, right. I also heard if you keep hearing the word 'big' you'll get big as well"
"…I think Miss Compa just passed out"
"Hey, hey. Are you okay?"
True to what Rom said, Ram shakes the lifeless Compa without any reaction. Her head shakes forward, backward, left and right. Even her eyes show no signs of emotion. Probably from all the teasing that the two have done that her brain crashed.
"C'mon Compa, it's only a kilo. You can burn that off while you work" Iffy said.
"Ah… Really?" her words returned life to the lifeless.
"If you walk a little faster and hold your stomach in, you'll burn those fat away"
"Okay, I'll try that later" Compa said.
"How about you Iffy? Any body-mass problems?"
"Nah, I'm doing some quests in my free time so it burns a lot of calories"
"You know, I miss doing those. All I do now is shuffle some papers"
"I'm surprised that you don't get big" IF comments.
"I run around Planeptune bright and early"
"Hey, it's no fair that we're not in the conversation!" Ram suddenly shouts.
"You know, you really shouldn't butt into adults when they're talking..."
"Why not? We also have another reason why we came here" IF said.
"You have another reason other than free food?"
"Mhm. Where's that flier...?" Compa look takes a look at her purse. She puts her hand in, but her facial expression suggests that she couldn't find it. Then she puts her hand deeper into her purse, up until her whole wrist. She puts it in deeper until it up until a quarter of her forearm.
"Oh, I got it!" Having declared her find, she pulls out her arm from the bag and brought out a single piece of paper.
"Ta-da! There's an event at the hospital I work at!" She shows off her paper.
On the paper, there's are oddly shaped scribbles of what could be the hieroglyphs. There seems to be a big phrase that is on the very top of the paper. But because of how it was written they can't seem to understand it. There are also shrewdly shaped drawings of stick people as well. They seem to be enjoying themselves as they surround a flower of sorts.
"It's an event where we get to cheer people up!" she said cheerily.
"I see, I see... So it's more like we put on a show, right?"
"Yup. Mysteriously, Nep has a knack for this..." IF said.
"Hey, that looks like fun, right Rom?"
"Mhm!"
"Rom and Ram can come too!"
"When is this? Tomorrow?"
"Yup! It's tomorrow"
"Hrmm... Neptune would definitely like it. Sign us up, Compa"
