After their long Baseball match, Silva and Emely decided to go rest in the young painter's room. Emely was looking at the different paintings but quickly saw that Silva wasn't in the mood, feeling gloomy for some reason. She sat next to her lover on the bed, concerned about her.

"Silva? Are you alright?"

"Oh, yeah don't worry... So, is there a painting that you like? Maybe you could take one to keep in your lab."

Despite Silva's smile and attempt to talk about something else, Emely could clearly see that something was wrong with her.

"Is it because of Silv?"

Silva let out a sigh. Seeing it, Emely held her softly in her arms, gently caressing her beloved's hair. Silva lay down, her head on Emely's thighs.

"Have you seen how soft she was? I couldn't imagine that she could be like that."

"Is that why you feel bad? You'll always be the softest for me."

"Well... I feel like we're similar sometimes. When I killed my parents, I felt glad. I know it was wrong, but I couldn't help it, and I'm sure Silv felt the same when she killed her mother too. Seeing Silv like that made me realize that we're even closer than I thought... I don't want to be like her..."

"You're not like her, your parents treated you horribly and you were all alone. And now, you're so much better. You're far from the evil Silv, you're a good and cute girl."

"I want to be a good girl... I'm just scared I could end up like her someday."

Emely continued to caress Silva's hair, relaxing the both of them.

"You remember when I talked about my world? You said that I'm different because I have a heart, and that as long I had it, I would be okay. It's the same for you, your heart makes you different from Silv. And she'll never be my tender bat."

Silva smiled for real this time, reliving Emely.

"You're right, and unlike her, I have you all! I'm lucky to not be alone, especially after all I did. I was a burden and caused a lot of trouble to everyone."

Silva suddenly stood up and searched for something under her bed. Emely was curious about what she was doing there but trusted that it was worth it. Silva handed a box to her, but Emely was more focused on cleaning the dust off her.

"You're dirtied yourself..."

"It's fine, I'll clean myself. I just want to show you that."

Emely opened curiously the box. A bunch of things were here but the one that picked her interest was a picture. There was Gwyn, Neige, Silva, and Kairo on it. It must have been a long time ago since they were all old members of the ship. Silva sat back next to her, putting her head on Emely's shoulder.

"It was four years ago, they took this picture a few weeks after they found me. Neige had to do so much to make me presentable, my hair was messy, my clothes were in a bad state, and I didn't even know how to shower. He really had to work a lot on me..."

"But you're no longer like that, it's not easy to learn basic things that you didn't learn as a child."

Emely looked at the picture, amused to see everyone's younger self. Neige didn't look very different while Kairo was much less confident in his stance. Gwyn was also very similar but Silva's appearance and behavior changed. Her smile showed her teeth and looked like it was the one of a child. Her hands were rising to the air, she seemed excited just being here. But the thing that Emely noticed quickly was her long hair, suiting perfectly their red color.

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"Why did you cut your hair? It looked so good."

"It was annoying. I cut them during a mission because I couldn't feel the environment as easily. But... I could let them grow if you like them long."

"Oh no, I wouldn't want you to be bothered by them."

"But would you like them?"

"I... Would love to caress your long hair..."

Silva smiled and rubbed Emely's head, clearly enjoying herself.

"I'm sure now I could easily manage, but it will take time to grow. Neige was always the one that took care of my hair but I guess I'll need to style and comb my hair myself. I can't always rely on him."

"I'm here for that now, I can do it for you! Actually, why don't you practice right now?"

"But my hair is too short to do anything."

"That's why I'm here!"

Emely sat in front of Silva, her back against her friend.

"You can try doing a braid, it's not hard."

"But what if I mess your hair?"

"It's fine, Remiel can untangle anything."

"I'll try then..."

Silva wasn't confident in her abilities, she grabbed Emely's hair but had no idea how to start, instead just holding them. She caressed the soft hair for a moment and rubbed it against her face.

"It's soft... And it smells like you."

"S-Smells like me? Can you recognize my smell!?"

"Yeah, can't you?"

"No, no I can't! Wait, is that how you recognize people?"

"Sometimes, but it's more often because of the way they walk. Neige is fast in his movement, Sepide is more steady, and you're softer and more clumsy. But is it true? You can't identify people's smell?"

"I think only you can, your heightened senses allow you to do it."

"Neige can too."

Emely was in shock, stopping for a moment before she could ask more. Silva took this opportunity to untangle the mess she caused in her hair, with some difficulties.

"He can? The more I learn about him the more I'm surprised."

"He told me that he needs to get close to do it, he likes trying a lot of things. I remember when he tried teaching me things when you joined the ship. I felt bad for not being useful and he tried his best for me."

"You really love him... Don't you feel bad that you ended up with me instead?"

"My old self would, but she's dumb. You're the love of my life and he's my big brother, you're both different and I love you differently."

"I'm... The love of your life?"

Emely couldn't help but blush and smile at the warmth brought by Silva's words.

"Of course, I don't want anyone else. Even Silv got jealous of you and tried to get one of your other selves."

"But wouldn't it be better if I was a guy? Then I-"

Silva pulled Emely's hair to interrupt her, hurting Emely a bit.

"Stop with that, I want you as my girlfriend so stay like you are. And besides... It makes it softer to sleep on your chest..."

"Really?" Emely asked with a playful tone "I thought they were too small for you."

"They're perfect like that. They're still small though."

"At least I don't feel a weight on my chest. By the way, do you manage with my braid? I feel like you have some difficulties."

Silva felt the mess she created. No matter how she tried, it felt like the hair was stuck that way forever.

"Everything is under control, don't worry."

"Good, I'm sure you'll make me look like the prettiest girl!"

Silva wasn't even sure if she was doing a braid anymore, it looked more like a ball of hair than anything. Emely seemed oblivious to what was happening, or maybe she was ignoring it on purpose. Either way, Silva knew she needed to find a way to distract her.

"There's something I wanted to ask for a while now... You've always loved me?"

"I wouldn't say that. I just thought you were a cool person, I wanted to be like you. I tried so hard to create amazing things to impress you, I wanted to be your friend so badly. I couldn't tell when it happened, but I started caring way more about you than I should. I knew that despite all the bad things you said you had a soft heart."

"I should have tried to learn more about you before being so mean. But honestly, I had no idea you had such feelings for me."

"I think I really started to have feelings for you a bit before you did this tournament to save Neige. I was so worried when you were away for so long... But it doesn't matter now, we're together at least."

"You're right, I wouldn't trade you for anything in the world."

Silva gave up on Emely's hair, assuming Remiel would fix it.

"You should call Remiel, I can't do it properly."

"No, it's cute like that, I'll keep it for a moment."

"But... You look messy."

"My kind bat did it for me, so I'm keeping it for at least a day."

Emely smiled at Silva to relieve her before standing up and stretching.

"It's a good thing we went in your room today, we always get interrupted in my lab... Do you think Neige understood what we were doing last time?"

"You mean when we listened to... Adult stuff? He probably knows but doesn't want to embarrass us."

"That's embarrassing anyway! Well... It was fun while it lasted at least, I just wish it was your moans inst-"

"L-Let's talk about something else!" Silva blushed intensely, desperately trying to change the topic "Why don't we get coffee or something?"

"I'd be more than glad!"

Silva and Emely went out of the room together. Emely took her lover's hand and leaned on her, feeling Silva's warmth against her.