[Caves]

The fire burns brightly as flames flicker about with a gentle crackling sound, filling the dark cave with warmth. A small purple-haired CPU lay awake, watching the mystical fire burn. She had only ever seen one of these in movies and animes. This bright orange thing was giving light and warmth, It was amazing. It was magical. Slowly, she reached her hand out. Her hand grew increasingly hotter as she inched closer. Suddenly, Noire slapped her hand away from the fire before she could touch its dancing flames.

"Ouch! Noire, what was that for!?" She whines as she rubs her hand.

"Because you were about to touch the fire!"

"So?"

"Neptune.. You idiot! The fire is hot! Very hot! You would have burnt your hand!"

"Oh..."

Noire lets out a sigh. Was there ever a time where Neptune was smart about things?

"Hey, Noire?"

"Yes?"

"Uhm.. There's just something I've been meaning to tell ya' and well, being alone with you in this cave and all is pretty cliché so I may as well use this chance to tell you.. Noire, I think yo- no. Noire, you are really beautiful.

Luckily for Noire, Neptune couldn't see her reaction. Her eyes widened as her face became the brightest shade of red. Her mouth opening and closing as though she was a puppet. Wordless. Why had Neptune said that? She's never said anything that nice to Noire before. Was she even being nice? Knowing Neptune, it was probably just some kind of joke.

She leaned her head back against the wall of the cave and waited for Neptune to start laughing and say she was joking. Although, she found the longer she waited, the more she wanted Neptune to say something.

The silence went on for a stinging amount of time, how long had it even been? It felt like forever since they'd talked. At this point she didn't mind if Neptune had been joking. She just wanted this silence to end. But, as if the silence surrounding Noire could hear her, it continued to remain quiet.

Little did she know that Neptune was being completely serious. In fact, this whole time Neptune had been waiting for a reply. She had an idea of how Noire might act, that being, getting embarrassed and acting 'Tsun' so to say. But Noire wasn't answering at all. Neptune wanted to roll over, to be able to see her face, but the more she thought about it, the more she dreaded it. What if Noire rejected her? What if Noire hated her forever? She couldn't live with that. She couldn't lose Noire. As the time slowly and painfully ticked on Neptune regretted spilling that bit of information. It was too out of the blue, out of character even. She had rarely ever complimented Noire openly, especially about her beauty, in fact, she had never ever ever commented how beautiful Noire is. Sure, she joked and teased her about it, but that was it. She decided this silence had gone on long enough. She had to fix this, even if it meant keeping her feelings locked up inside.

Neptune didn't know what to expect, so she prepared for the worst. She prepared for rejection, abuse and hatred. Although, even for Noire that was a bit far fetched. With a deep breath she carefully rolled over on the other goddesses lap. Her heart launched out of her chest as she found herself looking into those sparkling, red eyes of Noires. Neptune was at a loss of words. She had longed to tell Noire how she felt for so long and now here she was, about to take the cowards route out all because she feared rejection. All she had said was that Noire was beautiful. It wasn't that bad, was it? It wasn't a lie. No, it defiantly wasn't a lie. It certainly wasn't a confession either, it wasn't even close.

With a few deep breaths Neptune calmed her racing heart. She was Neptune, goddess of Planeptune. Main character of the game. There was just no way she could take the cowards way out. She had to tell Noire how she felt. And now was the time.

"..Noire-"

"Neptu-"

"Uh! Ah.. you go first.."

"..O-okay. Well, U-um.. About what you said earlier.. y-you were.. joking, right..?"

"What? About you being beautiful? No, I wasn't joking. Noire, I mean it, you really are so so beautiful. Your eyes, your hair, everything! Everything about you is perfect.. and I.. I love you.. so much. I have for a while now.."

and just like that, Noire was frozen. (Metaphorically)!

"Uh.. Hello? Anyone home..?!" Neptune asks, sitting up to tap her cheek.

No reply came from the Lastation goddess.

Fine. If Noire wasn't going to answer, then Neptune would prove her love. (and also hopefully unfreeze her).

Slowly, Neptune leaned forward towards Noire. Her heart raced and her stomach filled with butterflies as her face drew closer and closer, before -

[Church]

"Seriously, we could be in my basilicom right now, working on the damn satellite, but no, Neptune had to drag us out to have 'fun' and now look! we're stuck here for god knows how long!" Blanc growls.

"Shh. Please, lower your voice. Rom and Ram are still sleeping, you know."

"I know that!"

"Think of it this way, even if we had stayed behind to finish the satellite, there's no way of knowing if we would even have it done and ready by the end of today.."

"Who cares? We would have still made progress!"

"..I guess. But, Neptunes heart was in the right place."

"Yeah, but her brains not!"

"Now, really Blanc. How was she to know we would get stuck in a storm like this? Please, don't blame others. It was merely a coincidence."

"Tch."

".. I do wonder if everyone else is fine.."

"Sure, they're fine. The damn b*tches don't know how to die. If years of war with them taught me anything, it's that goddesses don't die easily."

"My.. Those were some good times."

"Yeah. The best. I loved the feeling of bringing my hammer down on you all."

"Bringing it down upon us? Ha. Hilarious."

"What are you saying? I kicked everyone's butt!"

"The only one getting their butt kicked was a certain flat-chested CPU.."

"Damn you-"

"Hey, look, sunshine!" Ram shouts, breaking the two arguing CPU's attention.

"Wow, you're right. The storm is clearing." Vert agrees.

"Rom, wake up. The storm is finishing!" Ram yells, shaking her twin.

Rom sits up on the bench and rubs her eyes. "Look there, Rom!" Ram says, pointing to the window. Rom turns to find a bright light beaming through the windows. "Woah!" Rom gasps, rising from the bench. The two candidates run over to get a closer look. "Well, what do you know.." Blanc says, looking to the window. "Hey, the snow isn't blowing around anymore! Can we go outside now? Can we?" Ram asks, eagerly. "Sure.. Lets go find everyone else." Blanc answers. "Yes!" The twins shout as they burst out the door. Vert and Blanc stand in the door way watching as Rom and Ram race around in the large build-up of snow. "I hope she didn't hear that conversation.." Blanc states. "You mean our little argument? I'm sure it's fine. Even if she did hear, seeing the storm pass will grab her attention for the most part." Vert answers. "Yeah, You're right. Well, lets get a move on. Who knows what trouble Neptune has caused by now.."