Chapter 4
Moon Shedded Tears
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Les sat up in the middle of the night, rubbing his eyes. He strained his ears to a small sound, mice in the walls? He climbed out, careful not to wake David up. He crept along the floor, using his ears as his eyes. The shadows and moonlight glazed over his crouched form, watching his every move. He stopped and turned to a door. Slowly, he turned the knob, flinching every time the door creaked, and crawled inside. The sound could finally be identified as tears, probably being shoved into a pillow. He glanced over each of the bodies, landing on the heap beside the window. Adelaide leaked onto her pillow, tossing her body around every now and then.
"A-Adelaide?" He whispered, nudging her form. Nothing changed.
"Crying in her sleep." He thought to himself.
"Doesn't it make your heart break?" Star whispered next to him. He jumped slightly, clutching onto the bedpost.
"She's been doing this every night… It's usually much more quiet than this. I'm almost surprised no one else woke up." Star continued, her eyes glazed over.
"So, no one else knows about this?" Les whispered.
Star shook her head, blonde curls bouncing on her shoulders.
"Ten told me… that kids see things more clearly. Because the adult mind is so complicated." Star whispered.
"So, we see this because we have simple minds?" Les couldn't help but to feel a little hurt by that comment.
"She says it's a gift. One that we lose along the way." Star continued her mind somewhere else. A moment paused between the two, till Star spoke once again.
"Can you hear it?"
"Hear what?" Les asked, confused.
"The shattering of her soul hitting the floor… it's so sorrowful."
"She seemed ok during the day."
"Doesn't mean she is."
The two stood there, listening to the sobbing, wondering. The crickets chirped outside, calling to the stars. The moon watched them in neutral silence.
"Should we wake her?" Les whispered.
"I've tried. She won't wake till the dawn comes." Star sighed, and climbed into her own bed. Les gave one last concerned glance back to the bunk, and floated back into his bed, where sleep returned.
A/N: Sorry, I haven't posted in... forever really. So people might have forgotten about all of this but... I'm trying to be better at posting!! I really am!
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