Oh, how she misses Astrid so dearly.

Aaaasheeeee. . .

. . .Nep?

Z z z. . . She's tired. . .

wee!

Weird. . .guess she just didn't notice them until now. They look cool, though!

She looks very pretty! Though, what do the horns symbolize. . .?

“K-kyaaa. . .!” Instinctively furling her arms around Astrid's waist, Neptune kept the hacker close to her, allowing herself to become lost in the pleasant sensation.

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Good, good...~" She buries her face into Neptune's neck, rapidly planting kisses while gently nudging the toe of her boot into her leg.

"O-oh. . .yeah, of course! I mean, why wouldn't I be. . .it's with you!" Her face became filled with excitement again!

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

She pats Neptune's head to calm her down a tad. "Just to check – you okay with this, yeah?"

"A-awawaaa. . ." Her face is completely flushed. Red as a beet, warm like a dried ball of fluff. She doesn't even know how to counterattack in a situation like this! "N-nooo. . ."

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

She flips the two of them around and pins Neptune to the sofa, one knee pressing into her leg. "Cutie~" Stroking her cheek with her thumb.

"W-well, I. . .can't say I don't!" Sweating bullets right now. . .just what might Astrid do to her?

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Mmm? Does someone like that?~" Squiiish~

"U-uwah?!" Feeling the clamping force of Astrid's legs wrapping around her, essentially trapping her, the Goddess starts losing her composure and quickly falls into flustered territory.

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

She casually wraps her legs around the goddess, her boots lightly squishing against her.

"G-goodness. . .now I know where your softness really comes from!" Her hands are moving up, too!

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Hmhmhmhm~" Her expression becomes even more smug.

"Nepu--!" Her head now being pressed against Astrid's chest, Neptune's face became even redder. Not just from the warmth, but the embarrassment as well!

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Astrid receptively pulls Neptune's head directly up against her chest, a covert smirk adorning her expression.

"Cuddling's the best when it's with someone so. . .soooft and waaarm. . ." Slooowly lowering her head near Astrid's bosom.

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Yeah, me neither." She shifts her position a little, allowing for more comfortable cuddling.

"Oooh, like pudding? Heck yeah, I'm down for that!" she exclaims, her eyes lighting up with a childish excitement. "Buuut, I don't wanna move for a while. . ."

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"...You know, after this, we should go and get some dessert." She softly strokes the other girl's back.

Well, I would've said that, but they're not quite there yet-- The softness of Astrid's body was so comfortable. . .it's like she was a walking pillow! "Mmh. . .sooo nice~. . ."

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

They were both botto— oh, uh, yeah. That works too. Astrid gently squishes Neptune against her body. "Mmnnh~"

"Hmph! Fine!" And so they realized. . .they were both extremely susceptible to affection--

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Internal abababa— "F-Fine, we both are, then!"

“Nooo, you're the cutie!” Returns fire with three kisses!

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Heheh, cutie." Another two kisses!

Overwhelmed by all of the love and affection she's receiving, Neptune's face turns red. Nervously rubbing the back of her neck, she leans forward and hides her face in Astrid's shoulder. “Uwaaaa—”

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Immediately, she pulls Neptune into a super tight and comfy hug. "...Thanks.~" Gentle forehead kiss.

“Heh. . .I guess you and I have a lot in common when it comes to taking care of the nations you love, eh?” A cute laugh escapes from her lips as she promptly turns around in Astrid's lap, hugging her softly. “Well, I'm always here if ya need me, okay?”

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Mmm... well, you know... being a big sister and a city leader *and* its defender gets stressful sometimes... Sometimes my sister isn't even home." She awkwardly plays with her own hair, as if she was embarrassed to admit to exhaustion.

“Hmm. . .well, I can't really argue with that. I just can't help but feel like you've been wanting this for a long, long time. . .” Pat pat. She won't object to showing Astrid some love, of course.

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Eheh, yeah, yeah. Everything's been fine." She just sort of lets herself be pampered, as if she's been waiting for this all day.

“Welp, that solves that, then!” Quickly dematerializing all of the accessories she summoned out nowhere, Neptune carefully stroked Astrid's arms, smiling softly. “You've been doing well, right? Nothing really bad happened?”

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Ahaha— that's a *huge* oversimplification, but pretty much, yeah." She buries her face into Neptune's hair a little, squeezing her a bit tighter.

Scribbling everything she's saying onto a piece of paper! And she's even wearing glasses somehow! “Mhm, mhm. . .okay, so basically, my analysis is. . .you're a super codebreaker. M'kay? You, like. . .take the code of the world and make magic happen with it. Is that accurate?”

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

She scratches her cheek. "It comes from my connection with the natural entropic noise in the world – I can see it *as data* and 'refactor' it, so to speak. Basically, I can convert the universe's background noise you never see, and turn it into usable power."

"Sounds good to me, then!" Closing her eyes and resting her head against Astrid's shoulder, the Goddess lets out a peaceful sigh. "Y'know, I've always wondered. . .how'd you get your powers and stuff? I mean, surely they didn't just. . .come outta nowhere, right?"

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"Mm, not really. I'm quite happily just cuddling."

Making an adorable X3 face, Neptune hums and puts her hands on her legs, content with sitting in Astrid's lap. "Sooo, you feel like doing anything?"

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"Dummy." She rolls her eyes, sitting down and pulling Neptune onto her lap.

"Yaaay, you finally admit it!" Nep's cheeks light up with a hot pink color as she's kissed by Astrid.

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"Fine... maybe I'm cute as well." She smirks and kisses the other's cheek.

"N'awww. . .what a cutie!" The Goddess nuzzles the hacker cheek-to-cheek, smiling the whole time with little care in the world.

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"Mmnnhh..." She pulls Nep into a comfy hug, rubbing her back softly.

"Heh. . .see? You're just proving my point!" She eventually goes into full affection mode, hugging Astrid, patting her head, and stroking her soft, silky hair.

Astrid Celestrixia 🌌 🏳️‍⚧️@refactorqueen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"A-Awaa..." She stops resisting and leans into it.