Even The Nicest Rose Can Hide The Cruelest Thorns

That's the first thought that crosses her mind the next morning, but it's not long before the sight of a familiar pair of cat ears and tail gets her mind jogging. Now that she's thinking about it, hasn't she seen this sort of thing before in some of her games? A kind soul takes in a poor stray, only to wake up and find that they're actually half-cat and half-human. The hybrid then is so thankful for their selfless act that they swear their undying loyalty to them and soon, they fall in love with each other!!!

Well, that's how it usually goes in her games. In reality, you're simply trying to express your gratitude for her kindness, but she's too lost in la-la land to realize that.

- There is one part of this situation that matches up perfectly with her fantasies, though: your leg injury means you'll have a hard time living the stray lifestyle you're accustomed to and, as such, you'll need to live with her for the time being. Or forever. Who knows what the future has in store for you two!

- The typical tsundere attitude Noire's so well known for is practically nonexistent when it comes to you. You're just so sweet and fluffy that she couldn't turn away your affection even if she tried! And, of course, she's more than happy to shower you with her own—maybe too much so. Even if you're very obviously just as intelligent and capable of independence as any normal person, her brain's still stuck on cat-mama mode, and your injury certainly doesn't help that fact. Expect copious amounts of tuna (or whatever else you're fond of eating) for the foreseeable future.

- Unfortunately, she's still quite a bit on the shy side, struggling to fully express the extent of her feelings for you. As such, acts of service quickly become her go-to love language while more emotionally vulnerable kinds get left by the wayside. You two struggle to so much as hold a conversation without her voice awkwardly trailing off or her outright running away, claiming she's busy with work or some other excuse.

- If you wish to grow closer to her despite that shyness, though, you're in luck! As much as she tries holding herself back from initiating physical contact at the start of your time together, the moment you pull something like laying your head on her lap or nuzzling it into her, all that self-control wilts away into nothingness and BAM!!! Now you're stuck there for an hour as she relentlessly pets the crap out of you and praises how soft your fur is.

A similar phenomenon occurs with sweet-talking her. Like I said before, she couldn't turn away your affection even if she tried—which is good, because she really doesn't care to try in the first place.

- As time goes on and you two begin incorporating one another into your daily lives, you find yourself more and more morphing into a living pillow for her to snuggle and hold onto after the hell that is being Lastation's CPU day after day. It's just so exhausting being one of the only responsible ones around! And there's been so much work lately...

Thankfully, for all her grumbling about every little thing that bothered her on that particular day, it's really not that difficult to get her mood up. All you gotta do is throw in some understanding words to help her feel heard—and of course, continue being your cute, fluffy self.

- Sleeping in the same bed is a must!!! Nothing quite helps her let her hair down like cuddling with you does, after all. This works both in your humanoid form and your cat form. The former offers more warmth by nature of there being, well, more of you, but the latter opens the door to plenty of new sleeping positions; you could wrap around her head, lie on her stomach—or better yet, her chest... Plenty of options!

- When the other CPUs catch wind of your existence and start teasing her about it, you may expect her to get all flustered and shy about it. To your credit, you'd be half right. However, despite her blushing and inability to handle PDA around the others, there's one thing that empowers her enough to overcome her embarrassment: the fact that everyone else is too much of a shut-in to have a partner themself.

So, yeah. While they can tease her all they want, at the end of the day, she always gets the upper hand in any conversation. So what if she's a "simp" as Neptune likes to put it? At least she's got a partner to simp for in the first place!

- With that said, she'll absolutely lose her shit if one of the other gals gets overly friendly with you, even if it's something as simple as petting you while in cat form. They can't do that to you! Only she can, gosh dang it!!! As such, it's probably for the best that you gently turn the other's affections down. The last thing you need is a pouty Noire hmphing at you the rest of the day until you apologize and make it up to her.