TWs: Crying, brief panicking, brief pain. Stay safe :)

"Earth, please- you need to sleep," Luna spoke, noticing the bags under Earth's eyes.

"I'm fine, Luna! I'm not paranoid." Earth turned away.

"I didn't say you were..." Luna muttered.

"What do you think Uranus is up to? I bet he's lonely. I know he has Saturn and Jupiter, but even then, they don't talk to each other much. Maybe Mars is..." Earth's eyes traveled to the desert planet, who looked to be in the middle of a solo card game. He frowned, "Mmh, never mind, he seems busy."

Earth sighed, blinking his eyes closed. He felt Luna's staring, feeling a certain unease set in his core. He huffed.

"Do you mind-" Earth froze upon opening his eyes and not seeing his moon, "Luna...?"

He looked around, shaking as he took in what was around him. The Sun, Mercury... his mouth dropped open as he saw the last planet he expected to see.

'Theia...?' He thought, his eyebrows scrunching as he felt his eyes watering.

The planet beside her looked like Venus, yet he had water on his surface.

Earth turned around, aweing at the rest of the planets' conditions.

Mars also had water. Saturn and Uranus had no rings, and X was still a part of the solar system...

"This has got to be a dream..." He muttered to himself.

There was a giggle behind him, "Of course... what did you think it was?"

Earth raised his eyebrows, turning to look at the one who spoke, "Theia...?"

"Who else, Pr- mmh... Earth." Theia smiled.

"What... are you real or is this another illusion?" Earth glanced away uneasily.

Theia raised an eyebrow, confusion marking her sphere, "I don't know about 'real,' but I'm not an illusion either."

"Then, I can..." Earth inched closer, trying to get as close as he could to the other. Theia rolled her eyes, filling the gap as she pulled him closer.

Their gravities came together, making them spin in the atmosphere. Earth's eyes widened as he let out a surprised laugh, Theia following after. The Earth felt himself shifting, pulling the other into an embrace. They came to a stop as arms wrapped around each other, tears streaming down the bigger one's face as he laughed wetly.

"I'm sorry..." He uttered, squeezing his eyes closed.

"You have nothing to apologize for, love." She whispered, rubbing his back, "It was bound to happen eventually..."

"Even so, I didn't want you to shatter. It should've been-"

"Don't. Don't say it." Theia tightened her grip, "Think of all the good things that came out of it..."

"Good things...?" Earth uttered, letting out a breath, "My life."

"And?"

"And... Luna." Earth opened his eyes, "I- I don't know what I'd do without him."

"Exactly. I'm not completely gone, Earth. I'll still be with you, just... in a different plane of existence." Theia pulled away, grabbing his shoulders, "You can't hear or see me, but I can see and hear you just fine, and I know how you feel..."

Earth averted his gaze, cracking a strained smile, "Everything is just too much to handle, y'know?"

Theia nodded, "You'll get through it- you all will."

"How do you know that?"

Theia gave him a look, "Because I know you, and I know the solar system. And because I'm an optimist." She gave him a light jab with her elbow, prompting Earth to chuckle softly.

"Yeah, okay..."

The world around them shifted. Earth looked up, spotting a white light.

"Wh-What's happening?" He grabbed onto Theia's arms.

"Looks like you're waking up." She spoke, smiling sadly.

"But- I- I don't want to leave you alone!"

Theia hummed, "I'm not alone if I'm right there beside you."

Earth could feel himself slipping away from Theia's grasp.

"Trust me, Earth. You have other Celestials who care about you just as much as I do. You need to..."

Earth gasped, his eyes wide as tears cascaded down his face. He took a few sharp breaths, coughing.

"Earth...?" A small voice piped up.

"L-Luna! Thank the stars, you're here!" Earth smiled, quickly wiping away his tears.

"Why wouldn't I be? I orbit around you." Luna spoke, spinning a notebook in his gravity, "You're in your Celestial form."

Earth inched away, looking at his hands, "That I am..."

"What was it about?" Luna asked.

"What was what about?"

"Your dream."

"I..." Earth looked away, shaking his head slightly, "I don't want to talk about it."

Luna frowned, knowing if the Earth bottled up too much, it would end badly for him.

"That was the most sleep I've had in a week," Earth spoke.

"It was only 30 minutes." Luna raised an eyebrow.

"Exactly." Earth placed his hands on his hips, smiling at the annoyed look Luna gave him. Earth floated close to him, noticing the book in his gravity, "What do you have there?"

"I found it floating near Mars' orbit. It belongs to Uranus." Luna spoke, showing him the front cover.

"Uranus has a diary...?" Earth was intrigued, reaching his hands out to take it only for Luna to raise it higher.

"Ah uh-uh, Earth, this is Uranus' diary." Luna snapped.

"And?"

"And personal items are not meant to be read or shared by anyone! We should return it to Uranus."

"Uh-huh, sure... we'll return it to Uranus and halfway there, we'll just freeze to death! Good plan, Luna!"

"Ugh, then we'll wait for Uranus to come over here, how does that sound?"

"Perfect, it's my favorite game; waiting!" Earth crossed his arms.

Luna rolled his eyes, staring at the notebook tentatively. He did wonder what was written inside, yet he knew better than to snoop around. Curiosity did kill the cat, after all.

'Earthlings say the weirdest things...'

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Fuzzy... why was everything fuzzy? His head, neck, chest, arms, legs... everything felt so fuzzy. His eyes were glued shut- he had trouble opening them, but once he did, he saw a big blue blur in front of him.

Oh, that was him. He was looking at his legs. He was sleeping in a weird position. It wasn't comfortable at all. It made something inside pinch deeper into him, making him grunt.

He reached a hand into his chest, going straight through the liquidy surface and grabbing whatever was hurting him. He took it out, seeing an ice fragment. He frowned.

What happened?

Starting to stretch out, his limbs made all sorts of swishing noises, faintly hearing the roaring of the storm whirring deep inside of him. He smiled, moving his head a full 180.

He let out a big yawn, rubbing at his eyes.

"No time for sleeping, Neptune." A voice spoke.

"Wha-!?" Neptune looked around.

"It's me, Messier."

"Messier...? Then," The blue Celestial floated still, his eyes slowly taking in the scenery as he came to a realization, "I... woke up?"

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Aye, he's awake :D

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