Sorry for no stories the last 2 weeks... I had like 60% of the Nepgear story written 2 weeks ago and then something came up... oops! Well I couldn't resist writing this one lol this one is also a continuation of Ch 31, so enjoy!
Staring in befuddlement at the letter in her hands, Ram could not reason with what she was looking at. Sure she knew what it was. But the circumstances for her to be receiving an official summon from the CPU of Planeptune were just far beyond her computing power. Staring at her twin, who only offered her a shrug, Ram stared back in confusion.
"What the hell does Neptune need with me anyway!?" She asked in pure confusion, next to her at the moment all her twin could offer was
"You ask as if I know" Rom shrugged as she answered, leading to Ram grumbling once more
"Neptune. That Neptune is asking I take time out of my busy day to fly allllll the way over there for what!?" She ranted. She supposed, she could rationalize this as a ploy to judge how ready the young brunette was to take over for her beloved older sister in short order, all the candidates were making their own preparations for this, but even then why her. "Ughhhhhh…." She whined, "This is totally bogus!"
"I'm going to try my hardest to ignore the fact that you just used the word bogus" Rom sighed, pushing aside some of the work she had on her desk, looking up, she gave her twin 'the look', "Besides I don't care, you have to go!" She ranted as Ram sighed,
"Yes yes I knoooow" she weakly saluted, she knew better than anyone how pointless it was to argue with Rom, she was far from the shy little girl she used to be. She was more than capable of putting her foot down.
"Good. Now, give Naomi my regards" Rom smiled thinking of the peach haired woman, seeing this Ram face grew increasingly smug,
"Oh c'mon Rom, if you wanna get a smoochie that bad, then you can tag along" she mocked with a wink, as Rom instantly turned around, her face a beautiful shade of red, just what Ram had intended,
"T-t-that's n-not!" Rom tried to defend only for Ram to put her hand to her mouth and give her a faux laugh,
"Oh c'maaan Rom. The only one who can't see you like her is that bookworm herself! Even Peashy sees it!" Ram mocked, her twin's affection for the miracle child of Planeptune was well known amongst the candidates, with Nepgear having particularly conflicted feelings about it… knowing full well Rom was a good woman, but also not wanting to slip into full protective aunt mode…
"...well you and Peashy are the same" Rom tried to retort, and although in her now older age, she wasn't as nearly shy, she still cloud revert back to her old ways when she was particularly embarrassed,
"Well duh she's my girlfriend I'm more than allowed to like her you know" Ram however, was having none of it, her smug response eliciting a grumble and a 'whatever' from her twin, Ram placing her hands on her hip in haughty declaration of her victory.
"You still have to go to Planeptune you know" Rom mumbled through her embarrassment, to which Ram could only mumble
"Yea I know… well I guess I'll get that over with…" She sighed as she turned around, soon leaving the short haired twin alone, who could only sigh, looking at her phone. If she was gonna be alone for the day… then maybe… she did have a book she wanted to read with a certain peach haired bookworm…
Soon thereafter, flying above the skies was the now more mature looking Pink Sister, soaring through the skies she sighed, before considering… if she was gonna be in Planeptune anyway… that would be the perfect excuse to spend time with Peashy! After she did whatever nonsense Neptune wanted, she could spend time with her new girlfriend!
It had only been a few weeks since Ram confessed on that ferris wheel, and since then they hadn't had much time to spend together and things felt a little awkward as they handled transitioning from friends to lovers, so this would be perfect!
With a rejuvenated spirit, Ram continued her flight eventually finding herself landing at the base of the Planeptower, stepping in she was, as she always was, greeted by the ever attentful basilicom staff, except this time…
"Ah! Lady Ram!" one of the staffers exclaimed, eliciting a confused look from the brunette in question, "Lady Purple Heart is expecting you! Please, continue to meeting room 1!" He explained further with a bow, Ram somehow feeling even more confused as she stepped into the elevator and rode it to the appropriate level and made her way to the meeting room, a room she had never been in before, yet, as she stepped in…
"Take a seat, young one" There was Neptune, already in the room as if she had been waiting, and Ram noted, all the lights in the room had been turned off, well all except a spotlight above Neptune's head, taking her seat, Ram looked at the goddess in annoyance,
"Mind telling me what the hell this is about!?" Ram questioned, not minding her language around the usually carefree goddess, but something about this seemed… off…
"I could ask the same to you young lady" Was all she responded with,
"What?!" Ram exclaimed in response, what the hell was going on?
"Do you really think you're good enough for my P-ko?" She coldly asked, skipping straight to the point, as Ram felt herself gasp,
"That's what this is about!? Are you kidding me!?" Ram yelled, glaring daggers at the goddess of purple, almost offended at the insinuation, yet… there was another part of her that was… nervous.
"Of course I am" Was all Neptune replied,
"You've known me for decades at this point!" Ram retaliated.
"And I never took you for the daughter stealing type!" Neptune exclaimed as Ram flinched,
"But I…" She tried to reply, yet, Neptune only grabbed the spotlight above and pointed it into Ram's increasingly sweaty face, unsure of how to justify herself,
"What's P-ko's favorite food!"
"Uh… pudding?"
"What's her bed time!"
"What?"
"Is she allergic to anything!?"
"Well…"
"Who's her favorite person in the whole world!?"
"..."
Ram didn't want to answer that one.
"Neptuna?" A soft but energetic voice called from the entrance to the room the two goddesses were occupying, as the two women both gasped,
"P-ko…" Neptune softly called out, as the blonde surveyed the situation,
"What's going on here? Why is Ram here? Histy told me to find you, and the workers told me you were here, what's going on?" She asked, confused, looking towards her girlfriend, who could only feel her eyes trace the floor,
"She was drilling me with all sorts of questions… she doesn't think I'm good enough for you" She explained, tone drained somewhat, yet, upon hearing the words, Peashy glared daggers at her mom, angrily stomping her feet over to meet her gaze,
"Neptuna!" she started with a huff, as Neptune gulped
"U-uhh well y-you see…" Neptune started to explain, yet, Peashy was having none of it.
"I thought we went over this already!" She yelled, referring to an earlier conversation between the two where Peashy had thought she had justified herself to her mom, "Ram is my girlfriend! Because I love her! So cut the protective mom bit out! You're acting like the most annoying character in those dating games Bert plays!" Peashy ranted, her yelling tone a tone Ram hadn't heard her take often if at all, and by the end of it, Neptune could only look at the floor, a shadow covering her eyes,
"C'mon Ram! Let's go!" Peashy grabbed Ram's hand as she prepared to march out,
"W-wait…" Was all Neptune replied, as she looked up, and something about the look in her eyes made Ram and Peashy stop in place. The look was regretful, saddened, and desperate.
"Miss Neptune?" Ram softly replied, as Neptune bit her lip, knowing that she only had but a few moments to explain herself, yet the words still burned her tongue like poison as they left it,
"Ram…" She began as she looked down again, "I know you're a good kid… I know that better than anyone… I've seen how much you've grown… I've heard it from Blanc… I've heard it from Nep Jr… But… P-ko is my little girl. She's suffered more than any girl should have to… It's… it's not fair what's happened to her. To be orphaned at a young age… to be kidnapped and turned into a human weapon against her friends and family… Ram… I can't bear the thought of her suffering again!" Neptune soon looked up, her eyes torn with tears,
Both of the young women at the other end of the room looked back with stunned sadness.
Peashy… had nothing to say.
Yet Ram… she didn't know why or how… but the words simply came to her, as she let go of her girlfriends hand, walking over to meet the purple haired goddess, she crouched till she was at eye level, looking her in the eyes, she gave her an earnest smile,
"It's ok, Miss Neptue. As much as you understand the bond between mother and daughter, I understand it the other way" She started, no further words needed to explain how Mina's departure had affected her as a young girl, "So I promise. I'll take care of her, so you won't have to worry, and I won't let her feel that suffering ever again" Ram gently grabbed Neptune's hands as she smiled, and in response, Neptune could only reciprocate the gesture, yet…
"Bleh! You two are soooo lame!" Peashy mocked from her spot, as Ram could only giggled spinning on her heel to go join her, grasping her hand as the duo left the room, yet, this time. Neptune could only smile, seeing the happy face plastered on her daughter's face…
"Hey! Let's go grab Naomi and play some games!" Ram presented, and then…
"Uhhh Ramster… Naomi told me she's heading to Lowee for the day…" Neptune broke the news, yet, as she looked at the pink goddess, all she saw was the smuggest look imaginable plastered on her face
"Ohohoho… so that loser decided to take my advice" She laughed
"What do you-"
"You might need to repeat this with my dearest twin Miss Neptune"
Heheh ain't it just cute? Anyway
Tony Anderson- Thank you! It's personally one of my favorite of these little stories I've ever written!
Nepdovario07- yesss! They're the mother daughter duo, and here they get to be it for real! Of course Histoire would become attatched after all those years, and its so hard to let go after all that, but she knows, Neptune will go on and live her best life!