Narrator:Takeo got a invitation to a photo shoot that takes place tomorrow, but let's see how the rest of his day goes.

*Takeo heads back to his office, and sees his ships taking a nap on his chair. Javelin and Ayanami on both the arms, Z23 in the middle, and Laffey at the top*

Takeo:"What the? Heh, when did they come in?"

Dido:"Oh, welcome back master."

Z23:"Huh?" *Yawns* "Oh, commander. You're here!"

*Z23 pushes the chair to get up, and everyone ends up falling off the chair*

Javelin:"Whoa! Owie...c-commander?! W-Welcome back."

Ayanami:"Ow...welcome back, commander."

Laffey:"Zzz..."

Takeo:"Is she still asleep, or did she get knocked out by that fall?"

Z23:"We honestly wouldn't be able to tell either way."

Takeo:"Well, on the bright side, she isn't dead."

*Takeo picks up Laffey, and puts her on the bed in his office*

Takeo:"If you all were tired, why didn't you sleep in the bed?"

Z23:"O-Oh, we didn't know there was a bed for us."

Takeo(mind):What do you think I got it for, I got it for Laffey, but I'm able to fit all of them on it.

Takeo:"So you decided to sleep on my chair? Ugh...alright, I'll let it go this time."

Z23, Ayanami, and Javelin:"R-Right."

Takeo:"What are you girls doing here anyway?"

Z23:"We were gonna spend the day with you, but when we got here you weren't here."

Takeo:"Oh, that's because I had to meet with Cleveland for something."

Javelin:"What did you two talk about?"

Takeo:"I just signed a couple of certificates and was given an invitation."

Z23:"Am invitation? To what?"

Javelin:"Is there a party happening."

Takeo:"That's what I thought it was too, but it's actually a photo shoot thing."

Ayanami:"A photo shoot?"

Takeo:"Yep, it's happening tomorrow."

Z23:"Where is it taking place?"

Takeo:"...Crap..."

Takeo(mind):I didn't ask Cleveland where it was going to be.

Takeo:"I-I'll just message Cleveland."

*Takeo goes onto his computer, and messages Cleveland*

Takeo:"Alright, she said it's gonna be at the Sakura Empire. Time for another visit."

Ayanami:"Yay."

Takeo(mind):The Sakura Empire isn't my favorite place to go to, but who knows. Maybe I'll get a free pass from Taihou and Atago because I'm going to the photo shoot.

Z23:"Alright, when is it?"

Takeo:"It takes place tomorrow after lunch."

Z23:"Then lets be sure to get some sleep tonight."

Takeo:"Yep, I agree."

Javelin:"Oh, commander. I was gonna ask you, can you have a sleepover in your office?"

Takeo:"Uh...what?"

Javelin:"You know, a sleepover in your office. If you want to join in you can too, commander."

Takeo:"O-Oh, you're just gonna spend the night here. Unless I fall asleep at my desk, I don't think I'm gonna join."

Laffey:"Laffey will asleep wherever commander sleeps..."

Takeo:"I don't think that's how it works, Laffey."

Ayanami:"Laffey is so confident, so cool."

Takeo:"Don't get inspired like that!"

Javelin:"We just wanna be with you, commander."

Takeo:"I'm not saying you can't, you just can't be with me all the time."

Z23:"L-Lets not get too riled up here, we need to respect the commander's orders, even if we don't want to."

Takeo:"Come on, Nimi. Don't be like that."

Z23:"I'm just stating the facts."

Takeo:"Ugh...alright, fine. You girls can stay here tonight, and I'll fall asleep on my desk."

Javelin:"Wait, you're not actually gonna use your desk as a pillow, right?"

Takeo:"Well, I'll do what I can to not make people get the wrong idea."

Z23:"Jeez...you're too self-conscious."

Takeo:"Huh?"

Z23:"We don't mind if you don't do anything, which we know you won't."

Takeo:"Well, anyone who would walk in and get the wrong idea would say otherwise."

Z23:"We'll justify for you, you're not a bad person at all."

Laffey:"Yeah...commander is a good person now..."

Takeo:"W-Well..."

Ayanami:"Commander, just accept us, please."

Takeo:"Ugh..."

Takeo(mind):Why is it so important that I sleep next to them? I will never know.

Dido:"Master, what should I do then?"

Takeo:"O-Oh, Dido. Um..."

Dido:"I can just sleep in your dorm, alone."

Takeo(mind):No, that'll make me feel bad.

Takeo:"I guess you can join us as well."

Dido:"R-Really?! Why would you want to sleep with a useless maid like me?"

Takeo:"You never change...because I've got no better option."

Dido:"Master..."

*Takeo gets tackled to the ground*

Takeo:"Ugh!"

Takeo(mind):Should have expected if, but damn that still hurt.

Dido:"Thank you, master. Thank you so much!"

Takeo:"Ow, ow. Ok, ok, I get it. Can you please get off of me?"

Z23:"We've got you, commander."

*The girls pull Dido off of Takeo*

Dido:"Master, I'll make sure that your dinner will be so delicious tonight."

Takeo(mind):I don't know if I should trust her or not.

Takeo:"Alright, let's all eat together."

All:"Alright!"

*They have dinner, and get ready for bed*

Takeo:"Alright, I'm all set for bed..."

*Takeo sees the most adorable thing the author could find on the internet*

(Thank you so much, Reddit!)

Takeo(mind):Ugh! They are so cute, I could literally pass out from cuteness.

Ayanami:"Oh, commander. Everyone else is already asleep."

Takeo:"Ok, but what about you, Ayanami?"

Takeo(mind):And where did she get the tv and video games from?!

Ayanami:"I did bring everything over so that you could play it with me."

Takeo:"Uh...we aren't gonna pull an all-nighter, are we?"

Ayanami:"I hope we can."

Takeo:"Y-You're kidding, right?"

Ayanami:"I'm being serious, I just wanna spend time with you, commander."

Takeo:"...Ok, fine. What the harm in playing a bunch of video games."

Ayanami:"Right, the power of the demon must be put to use, so I put it to use here."

Takeo(mind):Playing video games is what Ayanami uses for exercising?! Heh...it's almost making me sound old.

Takeo:"Heh...you think you're the only one who can play video games?"

Ayanami:"Does the commander think he has what it takes to take on the demon's power?"

Takeo:"We just have to see."

*Takeo and Ayanami start playing, and Ayanami wins multiple times*

Takeo:"You've got to be kidding me, ten matches in a row?!"

Ayanami:"It appears the commander is no match for the power of the demon."

Takeo:"Erg...I'm not giving up, rematch."

Ayanami:"The commander is being a sore loser? It's not a good look on you."

Takeo:"You said you'd like to pull an all-nighter, so we're gonna do that until I win a game."

Ayanami:"Heh...alright."

*A few hours later, Takeo finally beats Ayanami*

Takeo:"Yes! Finally!"

Ayanami:"Ugh..."

Takeo:"I don't care if you went easy on me or anything, I'm so glad I won."

Ayanami:"I want to go again."

Takeo:*Yawns* "I really wish I could, but I don't really have the strength to continue on..."

Ayanami:"Fine...time to go to sleep."

*Ayanami turns off the tv, and goes to sleep in the bed with the rest of the girls*

Takeo(mind):Now how am I going to fit?

*Takeo lays on the very edge of the bed, facing away from the girls*

Takeo(mind):I think this could work.

???:"Huh? Master?"

*I hear someone still awake, and I turn around to see Dido. On the other side of Dido were his ships*

Takeo:"Oh, sorry. Did I wake you?"

Dido:"No, it's fine. Are you having trouble sleeping, master?"

Takeo:"I-It's not that, I just decided to go to sleep, so I've been awake all this time."

Dido:"I-I see. Um...master, it looks like you're about to fall off, why don't you come a little closer?"

Takeo:"Uh...n-no thanks, I'm good."

Takeo(mind):Dido is giving me too much of a Taihou vibe, and I don't like that.

*Takeo moves himself further away from Dido, until he's about to fall off the bed*

Takeo:"I-I'm fine, really."

Dido:"Master...it's ok, I get it..."

*Dido moves herself away from me, and turns away from Takeo*

Takeo(mind):Ugh! My heart!

*Takeo slowly starts falling off of the bed*

Takeo:"Huh? Whoa!"

Dido:"Master."

*Takeo starts falling off the bed, but Dido grabs onto Takeo's hand, and pulls him into a hug, making his face blush*

Takeo:"Ah!"

Dido:"M-Master, I-I'm so sorry."

*Dido moves herself back again*

Dido:"I'm sorry for doing something so indecent to you, master."

Takeo:"Dido..."

Dido:"I-I'll...I'll sleep on the other side of everyone else-"

*Takeo hugs Dido, making her face blush incredibly red*

Dido:"M-Master?! W-What are you doing?!"

Takeo:"P-Please, don't make it sound like I'm doing something bad."

Dido:"Master..."

Takeo:"Dido..."

*Dido hugs back*

Dido:"I don't want you to do anything bad to me, I only want you to do good things to me, like hugs and headpats."

Takeo:"Of course, I'll always headpat you, Dido."

*Takeo headpats Dido*

Dido:"M-Master, if you do that...I'll start admiring you."

Takeo:"I don't mind that."

Dido:"H-Huh?!"

Takeo:"You look like the type of person I always wanted to admire me, you're such a good girl, Dido. I'm so lucky to have a maid like you."

Dido:"Master...uh..."

Takeo:*Yawns*

*Takeo starts falling asleep in Dido's arms*

Dido:"I'm more lucky to have a master like you...I-I...goodnight, Takeo."

Takeo(mind):Did she just...say my actual name?

*Takeo felt something soft on his forehead right before he ended up falling asleep*

Narrator:Ooo...I wonder what that soft thing that Taken felt was...Hmm...well, you'll have to stay tuned to find out what happens next.

Hey bros, it's me, the author! The photo shoot is coming up next episode, and oh boy, I'm gonna have to copy and paste a lot of stuff. I don't have to say it, because I showed it in this episode, but Dido is best maid, and fun fact about the image in this episode, I actually have part of that as my home screen.

I really love cute things, speaking of cute things, I've found another adorable image with all the starters, and I'm gonna use it as meme of the chapter:

I'm gonna be honest, when I first started playing, picking a starter in Azur Lane was harder for me than picking a starter in any Pokémon game. Anyways, I'll see you guys next time!