Neige entered in Polyetta's room, who immediately held him in her arms. He was a bit surprised but quickly relaxed and held her back tenderly.

"I feel like it's an eternity since I hugged you Neige!"

"It's been a while yeah, you should hang out with us sometimes, you still stay alone most of the time."

"Maybe one day, but... There's something I wanted to ask you." Polyetta stepped back and took the picture they all took together a few weeks ago and showed it to Neige "Isn't it scary? We lost two members lately. If we didn't take this picture, we would have nothing left of Shiro."

"Yeah, but what can we do? We're trying our best already."

"Let's make memories! We'll take a lot of pictures and do a lot of things together, and we should start now!"

"You have an idea in mind, don't you?"

Poleytta nodded and searched for a video game in the piles of boxes in the corner of her room. Once she found it, she handed it to Neige, who looked at it confused.

"Super Baseball 30XX? You want us to play that game?"

"No, it's only single-player. But doesn't it sound fun? I'd like to try playing Baseball with the others."

"But I thought that the missions were more important than anything, we barely did anything."

"Forget about it, I... Don't want any of you to die with regrets. I have a bad feeling and I don't want to regret anything."

Neige stayed silent and took his friend tightly in his arms, enjoying Polyetta's warmth.

"You're so much taller..."

"But being small makes you badass, you'd look like a dork if you were tall."

"You don't look like a dork." Neige blushed slightly at her friend's compliment and tried to quickly change the topic "Anyway, when do you want to organize your baseball match?"

"We'll need a ninth player first, and a team to play against. I'll take care of everything don't worry, it will just take a bit of time."

"A ninth player? We're only eight on the ship?"

"We're nine if you count Cinnamon, but we're not making the cat play."

"You think everyone will accept? I don't think Gwyn will be in the mood for that."

"I'll make sure she is. I think we should organize it so it happens in a few days, could you try to convince everyone?"

"I'll try, I'll start with Silva, she'll be the simplest to convince. Then Emely will follow Silva's lead, and Remiel will agree too."

"Why would Emely follow Silva?" Polyetta asked, confused "Don't they hate each other?"

"Wait, you... You don't know about them?"

"I'm afraid not, what about them?"

"Silva and Emely are not like that anymore, Emely managed to tame Silva, and Silva apologised for the bad she did. They still insult each other, but I think it's purely affectionate now."

"I'm so glad!" The leader said with a bright smile "I heard they were less mean, but I didn't know it was fixed between them."

"It's actually more than fixed, Emely confessed her love to Silva."

"She... What?" Polyetta stared at her friend in shock, trying to see whether Neige was joking or not "Why didn't I know? What happened?"

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"I don't think it's officially official, but it's on the way to be, they even had their first kiss together."

"Their... First kiss?" Polyetta couldn't believe what she hearing, even taking a few minutes to think "Are we talking about the Silva that touches people's private parts?"

"Silva can be quite romantic, she probably dreamed of that deep inside her."

"Should we celebrate? We could organize a wedding!"

"Err, I think you're going a bit too fast. If you did that, they'd probably both have a heart attack."

Polyetta thought for a moment, not listening to a word from Neige.

"Maybe I should gift them something... I can give them advice!"

Polyetta searched around her room for anything she could gift the two lovers, already imagining going to a wedding.

"You know a lot about love?"

"I played some dating games, I think I should manage."

"I think that will just make it worse, at least wait until they're officially together and announce it."

"Oh, not everyone knows?"

"They're not hiding it, but they're not showing it. But Silva stays Silva, she can't keep a secret. Gwyn probably knows so only Ina and you didn't know I guess."

"Are there any other romances?" Polyetta asked with too much excitation in her eyes "Do you think Sepide has a crush?"

"Calm down, you play too many dating games I think. And as for Sepide, I think she's focused on other things, like her rivalry with Remiel."

"That's true, how is it going between them? Did the cooking thing make them closer?"

"Not really, I feel like Sepide accepts her more but still hates her for some reason."

The leader looked away from Neige, suddenly wearing a sad expression on her face.

"There's so much happening... It's my ship and I don't know anything that happens in it."

"You can always change that."

"You're right, I'll install cameras."

"That's... Not what I meant. Why don't you spend time with Sepide, like playing a game together or something? Or paint with Silva, anything to get close to them."

"You're right, and I want to create many memories with everyone." Polyetta suddenly realized something, visibly having a great idea. She took her phone with a smile and went next to Neige "Let's take a picture!"

"With your phone? How?"

"Neige, you need to catch up with technology..."

The two friends took a picture together, both smiling cheerily. Once it was done, Polyetta looked at it with softness in her gaze.

"I'll send it to you by text later."

"You can send it on my phone?"

"Seriously Neige, do you even use your phone for anything else than making calls?"

"I don't make calls, I only use it to receive messages."

"You're hopeless... Anyway, you should go talk to everyone about our Baseball game, I'll need to prepare a few things."

"Yes, I will. See you later."

Neige headed toward the door to leave but was called by his friend before he could.

"Neige?"

"Yes?"

"... I love you, you're the best friend I ever had."

"I love you too, Polyetta."

Neige walked in the direction of Emely's lab, already knowing Silva would be there. On the way there he saw Remiel, standing still in front of the coffee machine. A bit curious, Neige approached her and stared at the coffee machine as well. The two stayed like that for a few minutes until Neige interrupted their silent moment.

"I don't see anything wrong with it."

"Neige, what are you doing here?" Remiel turned toward Neige, visibly surprised.

"I was going to see Silva, what about you? You like the craftmanship of the coffee machine?"

"While I can enjoy craftsmanship, this is not my intention. Emely asked me to stay away from her lab for a moment, afraid it would cause problems to my mechanical body."

"Ouch, I'm sorry for that, I know how it feels to be left behind."

"I do not feel hurt by this action. However, Sepide is with them, leading me to not know what to do."

"I see, I'm actually glad to see you, have you heard of Baseball?"

"Let me see."

Remiel closed her eyes for a few seconds and opened them again with a smile.

"I have learned everything about Baseball."

"That's... Good, I guess. Anyway, the leader wanted to organize a game of Baseball, would you want to participate."

"As much as it is tempting, I have to decline, my mechanical body would bring an unfair advantage."

"I'm sure it would make Sepide and Emely happy if you accepted."

"Really?" Remiel focused for a moment before nodding her head "They might actually agree to play with me. I accept."

"Great, can you try to convince Gwyn and Ina too? I'll talk about it to the others."

"I can and will, but first, I wanted to ask you something."

Neige was surprised by the sudden demand of the robot and stayed to listen to her request.

"Does Sepide hate me?"

"That's a tough question... I think she's jealous of you."

"But why would she be?"

"You should try asking her, if I had to guess, she's jealous of your innocence and happiness. Life wasn't easy for her, she was created artificially and had to work since her birth. She misses the days when she just obeyed her orders without thinking, but don't worry, she'll realize what's important in life."

"What is... Important in life? Did she not reach this point yet?"

"Far from it, it's something everyone has to find, and it's never easy."

"I understand, I shall talk to Gwyn and Ina while reflecting on this information."

Remiel cut short the conversation by walking away. Neige was a bit worried about her but knew that she and Sepide would get along soon enough.

Neige finally arrived at Emely's lab. Since Sepide was here, he imagined there wasn't any need to knock on the door. He entered the room and was immediately greeted by the three girls yelling the same thing to him.

"NO!"

A white flash blinded him, making him lose consciousness in an instant.