DISCLAIMER: I don't own Hyperdimension Neptunia and its characters belongs to Compile Heart and Idea Factory International.
This story is a collab between YuriLover567 and I.
Also, sorry for the long wait, school started back up for me recently and next to my internship I have to do for my study, I have pretty long and tiring days.
But enough of that, I present to you Chapter 3 of Unrequited Interest.
7 AM
Today was the first time Noire looked forward to a workday in 2 months.
Yesterday, the Planeptune Police FINALLY found witnesses that can shed light on the shady kidnappings/Murders that have been tormenting the citizens of Celestia City.
Noire was frantically moving through the house, gathering her documents, setting up the coffee machine, showering and dressing up. "Miss Bouchard, are you sure you don't require some assistance?" Kei was doing chores around the house; it was normal for her to wake up before her Mistresses.
"Thanks, but no thanks, Kei, I can handle it myself." Quickly downing her coffee, Noire grabbed her coat and car keys. "Could you make sure that Uni wakes up on time? She tends to oversleep, especially when Nepgear stays the night."
"I'll make sure Mistresses Uni and Nepgear wake up on time." "Good," Noire let a big breath out. "I'll be going then, good bye." Kei nodded, "I'll await your arrival."
Noire opened the door, stepping through it and closed it behind her, stepping into the cold and fresh morning air, Noire's nose stung a little after taking in a big breath. "I hope that today will be the first step towards catching this bastard and locking him up…" She opened her hover car, stepped into it, started the motor and headed to the Police Station.
"Hrnm…" Uni groaned as she slowly woke up, the sun slightly burrowing it's way trough her black curtains, lighting the room slightly up. Her room was pretty large, enough to put a queen-size bed, a large closet, a desk, some beanbags and a standing mirror in it, not forgetting ample foot space of course.
Uni was about to get up, until she heard a grunt next to her, looking at the source of the grunt, she remembered she had a guest over. "Uni..," Nepgear sat up, rubbing her left eye and letting out a yawn. "What time is it…" Uni reached for mobile. "Its… 7:38 AM…" They had about 1 and a half hour before they had class.
"Ah, you are already up Mistress Uni." The crimson-eyed girl turned her gaze towards the silver haired butler. "Oh, good morning Kei." "Good morning" the voice of the purplenette behind Uni sounded.
"Do you have any preference for breakfast today?" Uni pondered the question for a few seconds. "Pancakes sounds nice, do you want something Nepgear?" "Pancakes are fine." She smiled. "They will be ready within the next 30 minutes, I may suggest that you make yourself ready for school in the meanwhile." After that Kei closed the door to leave for the kitchen.
Uni got of the bed, flicking her hair to sort of straight it out, "I'll go take a shower first ok?" Then she moved into the bathroom. "Alright." Nepgear looked at her friend disappearing into the bathroom.
After showering, eating their breakfast and thanking Kei for preparing it for them, Uni and Nepgear left for school, Planeptune Eastern College or PEC.
When they were finished with everything they had about a half hour left, luckily the building wasn't even 15 minutes away from Uni's house if you would take the bus.
The school was pretty tall, more looking like a tower, the building was silver colored, lined with a lot of windows. A lot of buildings in Planeptune were skyscrapers; this one wasn't an exception to that.
Finally arriving at their classroom, Nepgear opened the door; some of the students turned to new arrivals and greeted them, more specifically the girls that formed a little group with them. "What's up other wifey's!" The bubbly red head in the group greeted, sitting next to another redette and a bluenette.
Their names were; Red Livius, Falcom Emerson and Lyrica Levine
Red has long crimson hair worn with many bangs framing her face while her hair was worn in the shape of an R on the left side of her head, held with a black rope with two big tan beads.
She had white colored stripes in her hair, one on the lower half of one of the R-folds, the other covering almost the whole bang on the right side of her face. Her eyebrows are the same shade of red, while she has grey eyes.
For some odd reason Red likes to call her friends "Wifey's." The others don't exactly know why she does that but they ignore it just to humour her.
Falcom is a fair skinned girl She has orange eyes, long rusty brown red hair worn in a ponytail that reached her mid-back held with a white ribbon. She is the captain of the Swordplay team; she has won multiple awards for her accomplishments and has been the reining champion for 2 years.
Lyrica has fair-pale skin with bright pink eyes and a mole below the left one. Her blue hair is about elbow in length and worn straight, with bangs that stick up from the center and spike downward to frame her face.
Worn over her hair is a pair of black headphones with silver and pink accents and a small black microphone attached to the left earpiece. She also has black painted nails
Also wearing multiple accessories, such as small below the shoulder bands with pink frills and silver music notes going around the center, a black and pink bracelet on each wrist, a black frilled choker with studs and a heart piece with her icon on it.
She is also the start of the school radio station; sometimes singing on it for the students. Everyone had told her that she had a magnificent voice, but Lyrica was one of those people who didn't believe she could make it. In other words, and introvert.
Of course everyone was wearing their school uniforms consisting of a black jacket with three golden buttons on the right side, a white undershirt and a black and blue striped skirt with white lines running over it horizontally and vertically that reached the half of their thighs.
"Yo." "Morning," Nepgear looked at the rest of the group, noticing that two members were missing, "Where are Rom and Ram?" "I dunno, haven't seen them since I came here.., have you guys seen them?" Red looked at the redette and bluenette next to her. Both of them shook their heads in negative manner.
"I'll bet they will be here soon, you know how Ram likes to cause trouble." Falcom explained.
"All right students, please take your seats." Their room home teacher Miss Nishizawa walked in.
Miss Nishizawa was a tall, light skinned girl who has very long milk-blue hair worn in low pigtails held with big orange-yellow circled pieces with short bangs. Her eyes were dark blue with a red square pair of glasses in front of them.
Wearing a short white dress under a red, long jacket like robe worn open with gold lining and buttons. The sleeves puff below her elbow and have long cuffs; while at her neck is a collar and red bow with a golden badge.
"Alright then, now I will take the absence, please respond when I call your name;
Opening up her computer on the desk, she started calling names; "Prince Jeter?" "Present." "Tammara East?" "Here!" The name call continued for a while. "Uni Bouchard?" "Here." "Nepgear Lowery?" "Present."
Miss Nishizawa nodded. "Everyone is present, now, since your History teacher had a early doctor appointment, History and Math will be switched, so next hour will be Math instead of History. That announcement received a large collective groan from the entire class. "Now, now, students, that isn't a good way to start of the day is it?"
Uni sighed, immediately getting bored. She occasionally tuned the teacher out whenever she got TOO bored, and this had lead to her getting in trouble a few times."I wonder what Sis is up to…" She stared out of the window.
Noire's day could have started a little better, first off; the witnesses WERE under Planeptune Police Force custody but it was Noire's duty to arrive on the scene, but since she didn't another Head of the Police Force showed up instead, apparently someone from Leanbox.
That person requested that the witnesses stayed at Leanbox' station, this seriously bothered Noire, she was ready to unleash a stream of questions; what did the kidnapper look like, what articles of clothing he wore, did one of you hear what he sounded like. The disability to ask these questions as soon as they popped up in her was incredibly frustrating and annoying.
Then a knock came from the door, "Hmm, enter." Tarah stepped into the room, "The head of Leanbox is here, and she wants to speak to you before you start the interrogation." Noire sighed, "Just send her in, I want to get to the witnesses as soon as possible." She said with a dismissive wave of her hand. Tarah nodded, disappeared behind the door and then the door opened again, the head of Leanbox walked through it.
The women in front of Noire had long curled light blond hair with long bangs neatly framing her face. Her blue eyes that had a certain sad look to it. She was wearing a sea foam green office suit with a white shirt under it, white hand gloves and white pumps.
"Ah, so you are Miss Bouchard… Pleased to make your acquaintance, I'm Vert Hamilton, Head of Leanbox Police Department."