Javelin, Z23, Kalk and Hobby are outside the academy, with the sun bearing down on them. Kalk melts to the ground as Hobby fans herself.

  A few soldiers walk past, carrying a couple coolers. A few Manjuus py in the coolers.

  "It's so hot." Javelin compins as she brings up a hand to block the sun.

  Z23 watches Baltimore race against a couple other ships. "That's just like Baltimore."

  "How can everybody run this hard in this heat?" Javelin asks.

  Kalk slowly fps her arms. "It's too waaaaarrrmmm!"

  "Hobby agrees." She pants a few times.

  Nearby Laffey is standing in the water of the nearby statue pool, with Ayanami sitting on the edge.

  "At this rate, I'm going to melt." Ayanami compins.

  "I'm going to evaporate, too." Laffey states.

  Ayanami falls backwards as Laffey falls to her knees. Javelin panics and runs over. "Hang in there, you two!"

  Javelin grabs a rag and wets it, then puts it on Ayanami's head. Hobby and Kalk sit next to them.

  Baltimore walks over. "What's going on?" She then grabs something out of her bag. "You need to keep hydrated, you know."

  Baltimore puts a water bottle on Ayanami's forehead. Ayanami grabs the bottle and sits up as she drinks it.

  "Are you done with your club activities?" Z23 asks.

  "No, I need to go help out another club." Baltimore informs.

  "You're still going strong after running so hard."

  "I wish I had your strength." Kalk falls onto Hobby, said girl starts to blush.

  "That little bit was nothing." Baltimore cims. "It feels good to work out and break a sweat."

  "You're right." Laffey states.

  Ayanami takes a break from drinking. "You are breaking a sweat."

  "Huh?" Baltimore questions, and then looks down to see her shirt drench with sweat, making it see through letting everyone see her bra.

  Baltimore blushes and covers her chest. "Hey, don't stare at me!" She puts her bag over her shoulder. "But yeah, that reminds me. I've got to get going to my next club."

  Javelin hands Balitmore's water bottle back, after getting it from Ayanami. "Are you helping out a lot of clubs, Baltimore-san?"

  Baltimore grabs the water bottle and puts it in her bag. "I guess so. Which is why sometimes, they overp and it's hard to keep up." Baltimore hands Z23 a notepad.

  "That's not good." Z23 reads the notepad.

  "Then why don't you go and help, Niimi-chan?" Javelin asks.

  "Huh?"

  Alicorn walks with Clevend and her sister in the background.

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  The group arrives at a gym where they see a group of Ship girls pying basketball. A rge group of soldiers are cheering from the bleachers. There's also a volleyball team pying in another court.

  "So which of these clubs are you helping out?" Z23 asks.

  Baltimore sets her bag down. "Both of them."

  "Both?!" Z23, Javelin and Kalk shout in question.

  "She's crazy!" Hobby states.

  Baltimore runs into the basketball game and dunks the ball. Then she jumps over to the volleyball game and scores a point.

  "This is what she means by both?!" Z23 questions.

  "Doing them both at once?" Javelin asks.

  "She's cool!" Kalk fps her arms in excitement.

  They all look over to see that Baltimore's basket ball team is nearly starting to lose.

  "They're catching up because Baltimore-san went over to py volleyball!" Javelin states.

  "In that case..." Z23 pushes Ayanami over to the basketball court. "it's just for a little bit, but fill in for Baltimore-san!"

  Ayanami goes over to the basketball game and start to py, using her high speed to her advantage.

  "Ayanami-chan is so good!" Javelin states.

  "She's so fast!" Hobby observes.

  Laffey looks over to the volleyball game. "They need help over there, too."

  "Keep it up, Ayanami!" Z23 calls out.

  Kalk runs over to the volleyball game. "I'll help!"

  "Kalk, do you even know how to py volleyball?" Javelin calls out.

  Kalk shakes her head. "Nope."

  The ball heads straight towards Kalk and she fps her arms. "I got it, I got it, I got i-!"

  The ball sms right into Kalk's face. After a second it falls to the ground, revealing a massive red mark on Kalk's surprised face. Tears slowly form in her eyes before she runs off the court crying.

  Everyone cringes a little as they watch Kalk cry in the corner, with Hobby consoling her.

  The volleyball game continues on.

  Z23 brings her hands up to her mouth and yells. "Baltimore-san, twenty more seconds, and you've got to switch over to basketball."

  Baltimore serves the ball over the net. "Got it!"

  Z23 turns to Javelin. "Javelin, go and fill her spot!"

  "What?" Javelin questions. "Just like that?"

  Laffey holds a stop watch. "It's time."

  A whistle is blown and Baltimore runs over to the basketball game. "I'll leave this to you!"

  Z23 pushes the nervous Javelin onto the volleyball court. Then turns and yells to Ayanami. "Ayanami, switch!"

  Ayanami tiredly trudges off the court. "I did good."

  "Yes, but once Baltimore-san scores, you've got to switch again."

  Baltimore immediately dunks again.

  "Switch." Laffey informs Ayanami.

  Javelin nervously shakes on the Volleyball court. The ball sails past her, but Baltimore hits it into the air before it touches the ground. Then Baltimore goes back over to the Basketball game and scores again.

  The games end a while ter, with both of Balitmore's teams winning. Kalk has returned to the group as she rubs tears off her face, Hobby still patting her back.

  Javelin ys on her stomach on the court. "I wasn't much use." Ayanami sits beside her.

  Baltimore rubs her face with a towel. "Thanks for your help, everyone."

  Javelin props herself up. "Weren't you basically doing all of it though?"

  "I'm so tired." Ayanami compins.

  Baltimore hands Ayanami another water bottle. "Wasn't that a good workout though?"

  Ayanami does reply and just grabs the water bottle and drinks from it.

  "I can't believe you've been doing this all by yourself when juggling all these schedules and positions is so hard." Z23 says to Baltimore.

  "I just can't say no when they ask." Baltimore states and pulls a notepad out from her bag. "And then I have fun in all these clubs." She smiles. "Alright, let's go help out the next ones."

  "What?!" The group nearly shouts.

  Baltimore points outside. "Next up, we've got tennis and soccer and baseball and a triathlon."

  "I can't!" Javelin shouts.

  "I don't even watch to attempt to py those!" Kalk fps her arms in anger.

  "Hobby's too tired from watching you all py." She cims.

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  The girls all gather back at the dorms and head into the baths.

  "It's amazing that Baltimore-san can move around that much without colpsing." Javelin says.

  "I couldn't do that even if I had unlimited bodies." Ayanami states.

  Z23 moves over to Javelin and starts to message her legs. "Good job. I;ll five you a massage."

  Javelin's face turns red as she lets out a moan. "Aah, it hurts so good!"

  Hobby and Kalk gnces at each other, before looking away with blushes.

  Laffey moves behind Ayanami. "I'll give you one, too."

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  The girls head back towards the dorms, all refreshed, except Ayanami. Ayanami holds her right shoulder in pain.

  Z23 leads the group with a smile. "A bath really takes your exhaustion away."

  Laffey stops and looks at a door at the other end of the wall. Javelin notices and turns to her. "What is it, Laffey-chan?"

  "I smell something good." Laffey states as takes a couple steps towards the doors and sniffs the air.

  Laffey bursts into the room. She heads over to a counter and looks in spotting a kitchen with Prinz Eugen cooking something.

  "Something Chocotey." Laffey states.

  Eugen turns around.

  "Oh, did you get lured in by the smell?" Eugen asks.

  Laffey heads into the kitchen as everyone else follows behind her.

  "I guess Eugen-san's chocote making was the cause of the sweet smell." Z23 states.

  "Since lots of activity made me tired, I want to eat something sweet." Ayanami says.

  "Want to try to make some with me?" Prinz Eugen asks.

  "Oh, Echo is gonna be so jealous." Kalk snickers as Hobby nods along with her.

  "We've got a lot of people. Let's try making a lot of different kinds."

  "Haaaai~!" Everyone cheers as they put on aprons.

  Suddenly a loud bang rings out and the double doors go flying across the room, smming into a wall. Alicorn walks into the room with a serious face. "I smell chocote."

  Everyone sweat drops as Alicorn enters the kitchen and puts on a apron.

  "I want chocote so I'm helping." Alicorn states as she puts her hair into a bob.

  "Alright, then, Niimi, please heat up the cream." Eugen asks.

  Z23 puts a pot of cream on the stove, as Ugen helps her by being really close.

  "Sure." Z23 says.

  Javelin and Kalk chop up some chocote.

  "While you're doing that, Javelin and Kalk can cut up the chocote." Eugen says.

  "Got it!" Javelin says.

  "Yeah!" Kalk fps an arm around.

  "Then Laffey, you melt the chocote pieces in the double boiler." Eugen says.

  Alicorn, Ayanami, Laffey and Hobby all help with melting the chocote and stir it.

  "It smells so good." Laffey starts to stiff the chocote.

  "Hmmm, it's making me hungry." Alicorn smiles as she stirs the chocote.

  "Hmmm, such a sweet smell~" Hobby smiles.

  "I want to eat it already." Ayanami states.

  "Not yet." Eugen says as she puts an egg into Ayanami's bowl. "Ayanami, you can mix the yolks and the sugar." She then gnces over to the three mixing the chocote. "Once it's smooth, mix it with the warm cream."

  "Got it." Laffey, Alicorn and Hobby say.

  Javelin brings over a hot pte.

  "Ayanami, keep mixing until the sugar's completely dissolved." Eugen orders.

  Ayanami shows her the bowl. "Is this good?"

  "A little more. Keep going until it gets all creamy." Eugen then grabs Ayanami's hand and helps her mix. "Try doing it this way. Once it's all blended, you can add the cocoa powder and the cream."

  "What about us?" Laffey calls out.

  "Once you mix the cream and the melted chocote, strain and then heat it until it starts to thicken."

  Laffey, Hobby and Alicorn drain their chocote into the cream. Then Laffey starts mix the cream and chocote.

  "Keep stirring it, to make sure it doesn't burn." Eugen calls out.

  Laffey starts to mix to hard and some chocote goes flying, some onto Eugen's breast, some on Alicorn's cheek and a little in Hobby's hair.

  Eugen wipes the chocote off her breast. "You might be doing it a little too hard." She licks the chocote off her hand. "Stir it gently."

  Eugen walks over to Alicorn and suddenly licks the chocote off her cheek. Alicorn's face slowly turns red as her eyes slightly widen in shock.

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  "Put a baking sheet in that vat." Eugen orders and the others do just that.

  Alicorn is sitting at a table with her hands covering her face as steam flows from her ears.

  Laffey rests over Eugen's p, as said girl pats Laffey's. "Niimi, put your chocote in the vat. Ayanami's chocote will go into the loaf pan. Ayanami's dough needs to go into the fridge. It needs to be stirred every hour to fold in air. Oh, yeah. Let's put the leftover chocote into small molds."

  Ayanami was going to lick some of the extra chocote, but stops at Eugen's words for making small molds.

  Ayanami dumps the leftover chocote into small heart shaped molds and put them in the fridge.

  "Then we put it in the fridge to harden, and it's done!" Eugen states.

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  Everyone sits at a table with a bunch of different chocote sweets in front of them.

  "Wow!" Everyone admires the sweets.

  "Go ahead and eat." Eugen says.

  "Let's eat!" Javelin calls out.

  Everyon swiftly digs in. Kalk happily hums as she eats some icecream and Hobby snaks on some chocote hearts.

  Alicorn shoves all her ice cream in her mouth at once, then grabs her head in pain. "Brain freeze! Should not compute!"

  "This is so good~" Ayanami smiles.

  "It's so sweet and delicious." Laffey states.

  "It's especially good because we all made it together." Z23 says, she gnces at Eugen. "But why were you making chocote?"

  "Our Commander was looking tired, so I figured something sweet would be good." Eugen states.

  "Shouldn't we not be eating this, then?!" Javelin questions.

  Alicorn sms her head on the table and keeps holding it. "IT WON'T GO AWAY!"

  Hobby and Kalk keep throwing chocote into their mouths.

  "That's fine." Eugen says. "I already set this aside." She pulls out a bar of chocote from breasts.

  "If you keep it there, though, the chocote is going to melt and stick to you!" Z23 states.

  Eugen smiles. "Maybe all of me with that melted chocote could be the present, then."

  Hobby and Kalk freeze and blush as they stare at Eugen. Alicorn's face slowly heats up, then her brain freeze goes away.

  Javelin blushes. "That's allowed?!"

  "I would never have the confidence to go that far, though."

  "It'll be fine, Niimi-chan!"

  Suddenly Laffey grabs Z23 from behind and holds her tight. Javelin grabs a bar of chocote.

  "Let's give this tactic a try!" Javelin says.

  "No!" Z23 screams. "Stop it!!"

  "NOT IN FRONT OF THE CHILDREN!" Alicorn screams.

  "You're next Alicorn!" Javelin states.

  "E-Ehhhhh?! W-W-W-W-W-W-What?!"

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  10-25-2023

  2250 words