"Over here, Casshern." The purple haired woman called out to the man in white, waving her hands in the air to get his attention. She was standing in the middle of the front row which was directly in front of the stage where the popular J-Pop singer, Kizumi Nana, would be performing.

Neptune had recently bought tickets for a concert in Lastation which she had initially planned to take Nepgear to but decided to bring Casshern along instead. She wanted him to experience new things as she tried to navigate his mind from his own personal conflict even for just a small moment.

Casshern took notice of the woman and swiftly made his way towards her. "I'm sorry, I was looking around and lost sight of you…" he explained, holding his head down slightly. Neptune smiled and lifted his chin up with her index finger. "No need to apologize, I completely understand. Let's sit, shall we?" she said, sitting down in her seat as Casshern did the same.

Casshern looked around the large room, seeing more and more people enter and occupy the available seats. "Neptune, why are there so many people here?" he asked, still gazing around with curiosity visible in his eyes. Neptune handed him one of the glow sticks crossed her legs. "They're here for the concert. Once everything gets set up we're going to hear someone sing." She explained to him, waving her glow stick around slightly as she spoke.

"I see. And what is this for..?" He questioned, looking over the strange item she had just given to him. "That is what we call a 'glow stick.' You bend it, and it starts to glow. Like this." Neptune held her glow stick by both end and gave it gentle bend causing the blue liquid on the inside to glow as she said it would. Casshern's eyes lit up in awe as he saw the dull blue water turn bright. "Now it's your turn~"

The robotic man held the glow stick by both ends just as she had done before him and proceeded to bend it with just enough force to make his glow as well. "I did it…!" he said with a small hint of excitement in his tone. The blue-eyed goddess released soft giggle at his reaction and nodded her head. "Indeed you did. Good job." She congratulated him as the lights in the concert hall started to dim.

Every seat in the room was filled as the concertgoers waited silently, readying their glow sticks for when the song started. "Now just copy what I do next…." She informed him right before the playing of a harp and violin could be heard onstage. Casshern looked at her and nodded his head, watching her closely.

The spotlight appeared on Kizumi Nana as she began to sing the song SUPER GENERATION ~Museum Style~. Everyone, including Neptune, slowly raised their glow sticks into the air and began to wave them back and forth. Casshern copied her just as he was told and began wave his as well, turning his attention towards the woman on stage.

The beautiful voice of the singer, resonated throughout the entire room as everyone watched her perform with a smile on their face, enthralled by the beauty of her angelic singing voice. Casshern's glow stick eventually came to a stop, bringing his arm down as he began to stare at the woman on stage. "Casshern…?" Neptune said softly, still waving her own glow stick as she turned her head over to face him. Casshern seemed to be in a trance for he gave the female no response.

Suddenly tears began developing around the brim of his eyes which completely caught the woman off guard. Was he…..crying? How was that even possible? Robots weren't capable of such a thing. So how could he...

Casshern slowly raised his hand, reaching out for the singer on stage which of course caught her attention when she saw his face. She walked over to the edge of the stage and grabbed his hand which led to all the cameras being faced in his direction. Neptune was at a loss for words as she watched the man in white get on stage with the pop singer and be sung to by her.

Meanwhile in the VIP Section of the concert hall, Noire, the goddess presiding over Lastation but more formally known as Black Heart, was also attending the concert. "Whoever that guy is, is very lucky. It's not every day you get be on stage with someone like Kizumi." A soft sigh escaped the flawless goddess' lips as she lightly flipped her long black twintails back, completely unaware of Neptune who was also attending. "Perhaps I'll get on stage with her during the next concert." She said to herself as she watched the events unfold on stage.

Tears slowly streamed down the brown haired male's cheeks as the voice of the woman began to resonate in his soul. It was truly the most beautiful thing he had ever heard in his life. Never had he thought a single person could be capable of producing such an ambrosial sound.

The audience and Kizumi herself also began to cry at the heartwarming scene onstage while Neptune continued to stare in shock and utter bewilderment at the very fact that a ROBOT was crying. She seriously started to doubt if he really was a robot at all. Machines didn't have emotions. Machines couldn't produce tears. Unless…

The song eventually reached its end and Casshern thanked the singer for her song. He then made his way back over to Neptune and smiled at her for the second time. "And thank you…for letting me experience this wonderful moment…" he said. Neptune was silent for a moment before returning his smile, placing both of her hands on his cheeks to wipe his tears away. "You're very welcome…." Was all she said in response.

After the concert Neptune and Casshern proceeded to head home via shuttle back to Planeptune. After exiting off, they began to head back to the Basilicom on foot. "So, I couldn't help but notice you seem to be much more comfortable around me in goddess form now." Said the purple haired female as she placed her hands behind her back and looked up at him. Casshern looked down for a moment before nodding his head.

"Yes, I am. I was just caught off guard when you changed so suddenly. I'm fine now, though." He said in confirmation to her earlier statement. "I'm glad." She said, walking in front of him and stopping. "In that case, I want to show you another place. We still have daylight left."

The brunette tilted his head in interest. "Somewhere else..?" he said in a questioning tone. Neptune nodded her head and took hold of his hand, running off in the opposite direction of where they were initially headed. As usual, Casshern willingly allowed Neptune to drag him along to their next destination.

Within twenty minutes they had arrived at the hot springs. "Where are we now?" Casshern asked curiously as he did his routine scan of the new place. "This is called a hot spring. People come here to relax." She explained, purchasing access to a private spring for the two of them and leading him to the changing area.

Casshern followed behind her, still looking around everywhere as he walked. "This is the changing area. You leave your clothes and personal belongings here so they don't get damaged." She said. "I see. So I have to remove my suit before I can go any further?" he asked her. "Yes, that is correct." She answered.

Almost automatically, Casshern began to remove his suit, making Neptune's face turn light red as she quickly faced away from him. "Why is he getting undressed in front of me like it's okay?!" she thought, looking over her shoulder and seeing only his bare chest area. Casshern, now completely undressed, tilted his head. He was rather confused by the purple haired woman's actions and wondered if he had done something wrong. "Neptune, is everything okay?" he asked her with a bit of concern.

"Yes, it is." She lied, her face still red. It was obvious to her that Casshern was far too innocent for his own good. He clearly had the sexual mind frame of a newborn child, and knowing this, set her mind at ease somewhat. Neptune made her way over to the towels, grabbing one and handing it over to him while keeping her eyes from wandering 'down there'. "Wrap this towel around your waist like this." She said, giving him a brief example of what she wanted him to do.

Casshern nodded his head and did exactly as he was instructed do as Neptune removed her Chest processor which removed her clothes entirely in the blink of an eye. The cybernetic male looked over at the now entirely nude female, staring at her in a non-sexual way of course.

Neptune grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body before grabbing a second one to wrap her hair up to keep it from getting wet. She then turned her attention back to male, smiling. "Now we can go." She said, walking out the changing area and out to the hot spring.

The male followed behind her and watched her closely as she entered the steaming spring water. He instinctively copied her and got in as well, now standing beside her with his normal blank expression. "ah…doesn't the water feel nice?" said the goddess as she gave a relaxed sigh, looking over at him for confirmation.

Casshern simply nodded his head to answer her, feeling the hot water up against his skin as he watched the steam in front of him. "…so he can feel too?" Neptune thought. "Well you don't have to stay next to me the entire time, feel free to move around if you like." She offered him, giving him an assuring smile to go ahead and do so.

Casshern moved forward in the water, making his way to the other end of the spring. His train of thought had drifted off to the ruin he had caused in his own world. People were dying at this very moment due to his actions. The extreme guilt he had felt was eating him apart, knowing that he was the cause of an entire planet's destruction. Would he ever be able to atone for such a heinous sin? How could one continue living knowing they were the reason for everyone's pain, suffering, and deaths? These thoughts… he often felt like they were suffocating him.

Neptune watched her friend from afar, sensing that something was wrong based off his expression. She wanted to call out to him and ask if he was okay but on the other hand she didn't want him to bother him either. She merely waited there and stared over at the man who, unbeknownst to her, was suffering a great deal on the inside.

The brown haired man eventually took notice of the goddess' staring and turned his head over to her. "Is something wrong, Neptune? Do you want me to come back over?" he asked, thinking that was the reason for her staring. "A-Ah, no! Well, only if you want to come back over." She said, waving her arms from side to side in front of her.

Casshern decided it would be best to go back over so he did, taking his place beside her once more as he looked down at water in silence. Neptune noticed the same expression still plastered on his face and decided to finally ask him what was wrong. "What's on your mind?" she asked him, looking over at the dejected male with her bright electric blue irises. Casshern shook his head. "Nothing…" he answered.

The goddess sighed and decided to try again. "I know something is wrong. Just tell me…That's what friends are for. You can confide all your feelings and thoughts into me." She said, trying to get him to open up to her. Casshern looked over at her from the corner of his eye and the back at water. "I've just been thinking about...my world…" he started to say, closing his eyes. "Everything and everyone is dying…and it's all my fault." he said.

"It's not your fault, Casshern. I'm sure it was an accident. There is no way you would ever do something like that on purpose. I know we haven't known each other long but…. I can tell you're a good person." She said, trying to console him.

"I'm a monster…only capable of bringing death to everything around me." He said, turning his to face the other direction. "Casshern…." She whispered, bringing her arms up slowly and wrapping them around the melancholic male, bringing him into a gentle hug. She couldn't help but feel bad for him. How could she not feel sympathy for someone suffering so much on the inside for something that probably wasn't even really their fault to begin with? Seeing him acting this way only made her further believe he couldn't be a robot. The again, there were different types of robots. He could easily pass for two of them, though one seemed more likely than the other. In fact she was almost certain she knew exactly what he was at this point.

"I don't want to be like this anymore…" Casshern suddenly said. She immediately thought he was talking about her hug and laughed nervously. "Yeah, I can see how a random hug in the hot spring can be awkward. I'll just let go now." She said, preparing to pull away from him. "Not that… I don't want to live feeling this way anymore…" he said, pulling her into a tight embrace and burying his face into the side of her neck.

She slowly put her arms back around him as well, her face slowly turning red due to their closeness. She was thankful he didn't understand the concept of things such as the situation they were in at the current moment. The brunette pulled away shortly after, getting out of the water and starting to walk away.

"W-Wait, Casshern," she called out, getting out as well and proceeding after him, slipping and falling as he turned around at the same moment. Neptune crashed right into Casshern, falling on top of him as her towels fell off entirely in the process.

There they were, staring each other in the eyes. The goddess, now completely bare skinned on top of the half nude brunette. "Are you okay?" Casshern asked her, as if he was not at all fazed by their current position. "Y-Yes…" she said in a complete whisper, practically paralyzed from the awkwardness. They sat there for a few seconds until Casshern began to feel as if something was off about the way they were. "Um.. Could you…" before he said another word further, Neptune quickly stood up, grabbing her towels and walking back to the changing area.

She placed her hand on her chest over where her heart was and released a long drawn out sigh. "My heart's racing…that was so embarrassing… even if he doesn't understand things like that…..I do…" she said as she dried off and placed her HDD Bodysuit Chest processor back on.

Casshern, who had walked in afterwards seemed to have noticed her strange behavior but said nothing of it as he dried himself off as well and began to change back into his own suit.

Once he had finished the two of them began to make their way back to the Planeptune Basilicom. Neptune desperately tried to erase the memory of the moment that had just happened not long ago away from her memory. It could have been worse, but still….

Nightfall had reached the capital city as they finally entered Neptune's room. The goddess couldn't help but notice her sister was still gone. She assumed that she wanted to spend extra time with her Uni since they hadn't seen each other in a while and left it at that. She was actually pretty tired and it wasn't due to being in HDD so long either.

Unlike the other goddesses, to her knowledge, she was the only one who had finally figured out a way to remove the strain of HDD entirely. Neptune was free to stay in her goddess form as long as she pleased thanks to the help of a certain ring which was now in her sister's possession.

After changing into her bedtime clothes, Neptune rested on the bed the same as last time. Casshern did the same as her, remembering what she had told him the previous night. "Oh so you remembered? I'm proud of you." She commended, poking his cheek once before turning on her side and relaxing. "Well anyway… Goodnight Casshern." she said as she closed her eyes. "Sleep well…Neptune…" were the 'robot's' final words before he closed his eyes and became motionless.