Pudding Dressing p1

"Neptune!  We're going to be late, what are you doing?"  I shout out, hoping to call her out of hiding.  Where in the world could she have wandered off to?  She promised we'd do something together again after I...after she ruined everything with her constant touching.  Idiot.  "Neptune!  If we're late you're going to have to owe me big time!"

"Uwaaaah!"  I hear her scream followed by the loud sound of things falling.  I rush back into my room, into my cosplay closet...and nothing was found.  "She couldn't have..."  I panic and race deeper into the closet hoping and praying she didn't find...the special area I had gone through so much trouble to hide.  All that work to keep it a secret Kei and Uni, and Neptune of all people finds it.  Thinking about it I'm not all that surprised though, she does have a nasty habit of getting luck-I mean unlucky, when it comes to finding things she's not supposed to.

Sure enough, the hidden door in the back of my closet was opened and I was greeted by a huge mess.  I look around to make sure my...special costumes haven't been tampered with, and thankfully they haven't been touched.  At my feet was a small pile of outfits, with Neptune stuck in the middle, tugging at my dress.

"I saw the coolest costume Noire!"  "Well of course you did, they've all been handpicked and made by yours truly."  "No no, I recognize one of these!  The one waaaaay in the back.  When I remembered where I saw it from I freaked a little and everything went all twirly!"  I'm a fool for asking this, but I have to make sure she didn't see...that costume.  "Wh-what do think you saw?"  I hope that idiot didn't see the outfit from the only thing I've ever regretted.

"Um... it was called Black Book or something like that.  I remember watching it a long time ago, because someone mentioned the dub was hil-"

Her voice trailed off as everything came to a stand-still as those words sunk in.  Wh-what's Neptune doing watching anime like that?!  I-I had to start somewhere as a voice actor and at the time it was the only way to get voice out there!  The world itself seemed to rock back and forth as the blood rushed to my head.  I think Neptune might have been calling out my name, but I could barely hear her as everything suddenly starts moving strangely.

As I fall I wonder, what could I have done to prevent this?  Am I doomed to constantly suffer from my unrequited love for this goofy girl?  Was I better off having not met her in the first place and not having to deal with these feelings?  My vision blurs as Neptune, still covered in a random assortment of my clothes and accessories, gets closer and closer as my vision fades to darkness...

Suddenly I see...myself standing in the center of nothingness.  That can't be me, because I'm...I don't know where I am exactly.  Before I can sort my thoughts I...the Noire before me begins walking on her own, with a solemn look on her face.  As she begins walking, images of other girls starting with Vert and Blanc.  It must be nice to be able to openly fight and put up with each other like they do...although Blanc could stand to lighten up a bit, for the sake of her little sisters.  As the fake me approaches them they reach out with concerned looks on their faces, but she turns her away and keeps up the pace.

"...oi..."

The next girl to show up is Uni, who's doing her best to catch up to the fake me, with a smile on her face and paper work in hand.  She puts in a little more effort into walking and she catches up to me, and speaks, but there is no sound.  Fake Noire looks away and replies, with a look of disappointment on her face and turning Uni's smile into a frown, with tears in her eyes.  "Uni!"  I call out helplessly.  She turns and runs away, dropping the papers she seemed to work on so hard, before disappearing...

"Noi..."

Is this what it would be like if I had completely shut myself myself?  To work all night and day, ignoring everyone, including my own sister...is this how I would've ended up?  My heart began racing as Neptune slowly faded in and walks alongside the fake me happily chatting away.  No, I can't watch this, I can't see myself hurting Neptune.  "Neptune!  Get away from her!"  Again I shout, but it goes ignored as the fake Noire begins forming a fist, her face slowly showing signs of anger.  "No, Neptune, stop it!  Get away before she-"  I can't stop myself from trying to warn her, even if she is clearly a fake.  Fake Noire had started shouting at Neptune, making her stop cold in her, and had started running off with tears in her eyes.

"Noire!"

The darkness had cracked, freezing all the was happening in place, as the voice that's been calling out to me finally made it through.  Everything had began to shatter, with each piece being replaced by a warm light...everybody sitting together.  All the CPUs, candidates, and humans were enjoying each others company as the darkness broke away.  Before I could try to make sense of what just happened that vanishes as well as I regain consciousness and return to reality...