Welcome back! Sorry to report, but this is another time for me to self-indulge a bit, so if you don't like stories with OC in them, this is your warning, and if you need a refresher about this character, she was the one I introduced in ch25. I've wanted to write this interaction forever, so it was finally a perfect opportunity.


"Girls" a firm yet proper voice called out into the large room that served as the room for the ever energetic blue and pink duo of CPU candidates from Lowee, immediately upon hearing the voice, Rom and Ram both looked up from their consoles to the door to the room,

"What is it, Mina? We're kinda busy…" Ram mused as she tried focusing back on the match of Zapzoon 3 that her and Rom were playing, letting out a sigh, Mina walked in fully, standing in front of the twins as she put her hands on her hips,

"And I thought I told you both you had some work to do today!" Mina narrowed her eyes, as Ram gulped,

I- I finished my-" Rom tried to begin, but Mina only let out a sigh, as she gave the more gentle of the twins a soft look,

"I know, Rom, I know you always do your work, but you can't always let Ram off the hook so easily!" Mina explained, as Rom shyly looked to the side, as Ram only offered a pout, Mina letting out another sigh,

"Regardless. I expect that work to be done by the end of the day, young lady." Mina said in her 'firm' tone, as Ram gulped, knowing she was really in for it if she didn't do as she was ordered, "But, that's not why I'm here," Mina continued as the twins finished their game, turning off their consoles as they stood before their long time guardian, "I just received a call from Miss Nepgear, she said she's going to be over today-"

"Ok? Why didn't that dummy just call us-?" Ram seemed confused, surely Nepgear was respected enough to just show up, letting Rom and Ram know would be enough,

"Well… if you would let me finish, Ram, Miss Nepgear said she is bringing over young Miss Naomi for a visit to meet you two"

"We can finally meet her!?" Ram immediately shot to her feet after hearing that. It had been a few weeks since every CPU and candidate were called to Planeptune where Neptune said she had a 'big' announcement. Imagine the shock on every person's face when Neptune eventually managed out that Planeptune had a new CPU… and that it was her daughter.

Pandemonium would be a mild way of describing the scene after that. Though through all of that, there was one sentiment shared amongst everyone, yet, the first once to actually vocalize the thought was…

"Well. When can I meet her!" The sassy voice of Lowee's younger twin reverberated the walls, as she pouted, "You drag us all the way over here, just tell us that? Well… what good is that if we can't meet her!" Ram pouted, as beside her…

"Ram… you need to be nicer… maybe… maybe…" Rom had something on her mind, yet the words weren't finding her voice
"Well?" Ram pouted, as Neptune scratched the back of her head,

"Welllll… sorry to tell ya Ramster, but Naomi is doing some training with Histy right now, you'll meet her in due time" Neptune explained as Ram pouted even more.

Truthfully, that was only half true, yes, Naomi was doing training with Histoire, but in reality, she had practically begged Neptune to not have to meet everyone at the same time. It was something that had originally shocked Neptune and B-sha, but they both quickly started to realize…

Naomi was ridiculously shy.

They couldn't really deduce where she could have gotten a trait like that, but it quickly became evident any time they wanted to go out, Naomi practically hid herself behind one of her mom's or aunt's legs. That was another thing they had quickly deduced about their daughter; she had very quickly taken after Nepgear, much to the delight of the new aunt.

Back in the present, as Ram was practically bouncing from her excitement, Mina put her hand on Ram's shoulder,

"Yes. But Ram. You are to be on your best behavior, got it?" Mina demanded, as Ram pouted,

"Why do you never tell Rom that, huh?" Ram pouted, as Rom seemed to shuffle a little. It was something that always bothered her somewhat… her twin's seemingly endless and boundless energy and ability to talk and express herself in front of others, whereas Rom could barely string more than one sentence together…

It felt like Ram always spoke for the both of them. If… If Rom didn't change that then… people would only remember Ram! Rom… she wanted friends too! She wanted to befriend this new CPU… but her own way!

Why was she so damn shy…?

"...Rom!" A voice yelled out, as Rom was shaken out of her thoughts, lookin over to see Mina looking at her,

"Oh! S-sorry… I- I was lost in thought… I'm excited to meet Miss Nepgear's niece"

"Mmm, well you know what the expectations are. I trust you both to act like a goddess of Lowee should. Now, I have matters to attend to" Mina left with a bow, as the twins were left to their own devices,

"I can't wait! Rom this is like super totally exciting! We gotta show her all our coolest games!" Ram exclaimed as Rom fidgeted in place, that did sound fun… but… that's what Ram wanted to do… which was fine. Rom didn't mind it… but…

"W-what if we let Naomi decide what to do?" Rom meekly presented, as Ram only briefly considered it,

"She was born like a few weeks ago, how could she know?" Ram asked, as Rom thought it over… yet once again… no words came out.

And as it went, Ram went to and fro throughout their room, grabbing everything she could think of to show off to Nepgear's niece how awesome her and Rom were!

Eventually, the twins heard a knock at the door, with almost unlimited energy, Ram sprinted to the door, throwing it open to reveal…

"Nepgear!?" Ram asked, expecting there to be someone else…

"Rammm! Waiiiiit" Rom called from the back as she made her way to the door as well, soon greeting their friend, "Hello, Miss Nepegar" Rom bowed her head, as Ram was soon growing tired of this,

"Where is she!" She more or less demanded, as Nepgear felt a sweat bead form on her head,

"Well…" She mused, before she put her hand behind her body, soon pulling a small figure out, who had been hiding behind her leg, "Goodness… Naomi we talked about this" Nepgear presented, as Naomi seemed to fidget,

"I know… auntie…" She quietly spoke,

"Now… sorry Rom, Ram, but I actually have something I have to discuss with Blanc… Neptune is busy with a meeting in Lastation at the moment, so I was sent" as overjoyed as Neptune and Nepgear were with the little miracle that was Naomi, the sheer amount of meetings they had had with the other goddesses over the last few weeks was pretty ridiculous… Thankfully, Nepgear was able to use this one in particular as an excuse to get Naomi to meet her friends. They would be the first of the goddesses Naomi would meet, as Nepgear figured, the twins being close in age to her would make Naomi more comfortable…

"You'll do great, Naomi" Nepgear ran her hand through Naomi's peach hair as her niece gave her a quick hug, before she was left alone with the two twins,

"Hello, Miss Naomi, I'm-" Rom began, before…

"Heyo! I'm Ram! That's Rom!" Ram cut her off boisterously introducing herself and her twin as Naomi let out an 'eep!'

"H-h-hello…" Naomi meekly introduced herself as she grabbed her hand to her chest, looking around the room, she could see there was a giant heart-shaped bed in the middle, along with-

"Let's go play!" Ram brightly yelled, giggling as she grasped Naomi's hand, marching her over towards some of their games.

Ram remembered well when she had met Peashy, the only other goddess younger than herself, and since then, her and Peashy always had a blast together! They'd run around, playing games, pulling pranks on Blanc! It was a blast, so she was excited to meet another…

"Y-you're hurting my a-arm…" Naomi weakly called out, as Ram glanced back, seeing tears starting to well up in her blue eyes,

"O-oh!" Ram let go of Naomi's arm, as Naomi quickly retracted it, as Ram tried to laugh it off, "My bad… I'm usually not stronger than anyone" She mused, before looking around, "Say! You wanna try this!" She soon continued, pointing at one of the ingenious pranks she had set up, with her back turned, she couldn't see as Naomi seemed to look around for any place to hide…

This girl was scary…

Looking on from behind. Rom looked on with some type of wonder… and some type of disappointment. Clearly, her twin could not see how scared she was making Naomi. Clearly, this was all just too much for the young girl to handle at the moment. There was too much going on for her to get her bearings around her.

But… how did Rom know that…?

Gasping. Rom put on her most gentle smile as she slowly approached the peach haired girl,

"Hello" She gently began, as Naomi looked at her, her lip clearly quivering, yet, Rom continued as gentle as she could, "My name is Rom. It is good to meet you, Miss Naomi" Rom introduced herself with a bow, as Naomi took a deep breath,

"H-hello, I am Naomi" Naomi responded,

"It's nice to meet you, Miss Naomi" Rom smiled, as Naomi gently nodded,

"A-Auntie told me you were friends of her's" Naomi gently responded, looking towards Rom, yet-

"Mhm! We've known that dummy for years!" Ram added herself back in, as Rom felt something in her twitch a little, very rarely having felt this way, especially towards her beloved twin... but...

"Ram. You have to reign it in" She pointedly spoke, as she gave her twin as harsh a glare as her gentle features allowed for (which was to say, not very)

"Rom…" Ram felt her face torn, looking at her twins scowl, then looking at the new goddess, as she seemed to be putting Rom between herself and Ram, biting her lip, Ram stared at her feet,

"It's ok, Naomi. Ram means well, she just has a lot of energy" Rom explained, extending her hand she gave her a kind smile, "I know what it's like to be nervous and shy around others, it's tough not being like the people around you, isn't it?" She explained as Naomi felt her mouth hang open, some wonderment forming in her mind.

Everyone… just expected her like being around people. After all her moms both were like that… but… Naomi wasn't. And while her moms never had once even shown any signs they were disappointed in her, she was worried she'd let them down…

"Yea…" Naomi took Rom's hand, "It's nice to meet you, Rom" Naomi finally let a small little smile form on her face,

"What do you like to do, Naomi?" Rom asked, letting Naomi gather herself,

"Well… I like to read… especially about robots… Mom showed me this book she liked as a kid, and it was really cool" Naomi explained, as Rom smiled,

"That's cool. We have a really big library here, I can show you some of the books I like to read" Rom responded, "If you would like, that is" before clarifying, making it known they would do what it was Naomi wanted to do,

"Oh! Can we? Can we?" For the first time, it seemed as though Naomi was excited to be there, and as Rom and Naomi quietly made their way to the library, exchanging stories along the way, about their mutual admiration of Nepgear, or their love of books, left behind, was the brunette with long hair,

Despite being left all alone… she wasn't upset. She wasn't gonna throw a tantrum. She was a big girl now, right? The younger Ram threw tantrums when Nepgear befriended Rom.

But now… she wasn't upset.

Was this how Rom felt whenever Ram and Peashy would drag her all over, not caring one bit about what it was that Rom wanted to do…?


Hope you all enjoyed the little bean making her second appearance! Now, for reviews.

end5- Thank you as always!

Tony Anderson- Heh. To be fair... K-sha, S-sha, and C-sha basically asked for it this time lol.