Rom's Love Story:
*CLANG!* *CLANG!*
"…Picture Books?" the passerby is perplexed by the sudden request.
"Mhm, do you have any?" she asked the passerby again, who is washing the dishes.
"Hrmmm… If I remember right, Neptune mentioned something back then. Go ask her" he answered.
"Mhm" she runs off.
"…" the passerby stares at her back as she runs off.
"…I wonder if something good happened today…" he mumbled to himself.
"Uwaaah! Don't shoot me! We're on the same team!"
"Ahahahahahaha!"
"Hey stop it! We're going to lose if you keep on shooting me"
Neptune and Ram are playing their usual shooting game in front of the TV. And onscreen it seems that Neptune is about to die from Ram's constant team killing.
"Miss Neptune?"
"Nepu? What is it little Romy?"
"…Do you have any picture books?"
"Picture books? Oh, Picture books I remember those! I used to read them all the time to Nep Jr. Man, she really couldn't sleep before I read her a book or two"
"Then…"
"Mhm. Nep Jr. is sure to have those hiding under her bed"
"Mhm" she runs off to the second floor.
Landing onto the second floor, Rom didn't take much long to find Nepgear's room. Approaching the room, she knocks and then gets the "what is it?" statement from the occupant inside. She opens the door to see the person she's looking for is wiping the floor with a mop.
"Oh, Rom. What is it?"
"…Um, are there any picture books?"
"Picture books?"
"Mhm"
"I do"
"Really?"
"Mhm. I just tied them together since it was taking up space. You can have it all if you want"
"Mhm, mhm" she nods with earnest and excitement.
"Just wait there. I'm going to get it" Nepgear walks to the far corner of her room where there are a bunch of books that are tied together.
It didn't take long for her to look at the pile of tied books before she takes the pack by the string and brings it to her.
"It's kinda heavy. Are you gonna be all right?" Nepgear asked.
"Mhm" she readies her hands to catch it. Nepgear lays the pack of books gently on Rom's arms. Rom found it a tad heavy, but not enough to keep her rooted on the spot.
"Thanks Miss Nepgear" Rom said before walking off slowly towards the living room downstairs.
Rom puts down her what she was carrying on the floor. The journey didn't take a lot out of her. She unties the knot by pulling on one end of the string, releasing the books from its confines. Counting, there are 13 books in total. She takes the first book on top and began reading its contents.
"…I'm going now"
"Ah, yeah. Take care…"
Rom runs off with a backpack that she borrowed from Nepgear. The crew that was left behind look stunned by her sudden excitement. Rom is quite known to be shy and is always the victim of being pulled around by Ram. And her excitement, such as this one, is only reserved to people that she knows.
"…I wonder if she ate good pudding lately. Got any ideas Nep. Jr?"
"Um, no actually"
"Well, whatever it is. At least she's not down in the dumps anymore" the passerby said.
"Geez, no fair. Rom is out doing some fun and stuck with stupid Neptune" Ram complained.
She arrives at her destination faster than she expected. After passing the front doors, she proceeds to head towards the elevator and reaches for the up button on the panel. She waits a few before the elevator doors opened for her. She enters and reaches for the 17 button.
The elevator rises, experiencing the feeling of someone lifting you up from the feet. She's not alone in the elevator. There are a number of people inside other than her. Most of them don't seem to mind that a child is in a hospital with a backpack. They brushed it off as 'she is merely visiting someone'.
*TING!*
Once the elevator reaches the 17th floor, Rom walks out and looks around her surroundings for a second. She takes her time for a second to remember where her destination is. She takes a look at the nearest hospital room, and saw that its number is 3, and looking at room beside it, she found room 4. The room where the boy stays in.
She knocks a few times, but didn't get any response from the inside. She tried talking through the door but didn't get a response from the inside. She reaches for the knob and twist it to open the door. She peeks inside the room. The white curtains aren't fluttering, the window is closed and the bed seems to have been used recently. She looks around the room, but there doesn't seem to have any signs of life.
"…Where is he?" she asked to no one in particular.
Remembering the first time they talked, Rom walks back towards the elevator and pressed the down button. It didn't take long before the elevator chimed its digital tune. She walks out, turns her head towards the lounge and head towards it.
Standing at the entryway, she takes in her surroundings. At this time, there aren't much people here staying in the lounge. It's a silence that is very comforting for her. She looks around some more, but really there isn't anyone here at this time.
"…He's not here either…" she said to herself, feeling quite disappointed.
'Maybe if I wait a bit...'
She heads towards the table where she they first talked. She settled her bag on the table and sits on the chair. She stares out into the futuristic city of Planeptune, looking for things that interests her while she waits for the boy. Her legs swinging, slightly excited for today.
"…" it wasn't as though that he wanted to escape. But seeing the exit towards the far fields outside of the city the thought crossed his mind.
Roughly about four blue-tube's entrances from the hospital. He arrived at the entrance/exit of the city proper. And there are a lot of people here, most of them are from the Guild about to partake their quests outside of the city. He stood out in his hospital gown but he also felt that if he could just take one step out, he might not want it on the 17th floor anymore.
He stood there thinking those kinds of thoughts as he's blank gaze watched as the people rapidly pass him by.
