Bittersweet

"Suddenly, I noticed another tiny little thing appear near the blue ball. But instead of being a circle, it has a very long shape. Kinda like a rectangle but with a pointy end. Then all of a sudden, the pointy end started to separate from the rest of its body, thrusting forwards. After that, it started to turn. Soon, it was starting to orbit the ball too, just like the tiny silver circle. The new object however had three sides on it…"
"A triangle?" Polka-dots cuts in.
"Hee-hee, you beat me to it! Yes, it was. Like the silver circle, I paid close attention to the new object, watching it slowly disappear behind the ball and then show itself again."
"With all these new forms, as you know, I turned towards the sand and made hundreds of copies all around me, hee-hee. Pretty soon, there were triangles everywhere in my area."
"Things went on quite slowly for a while after that. I drew and drew while also playing 'fishing' with my crater friends. As usual, the one who catches me gets a free drawing from me. As a big one finally did so, it was then that I noticed that the craters were the same shape as the blue ball. This gave me a very grand idea! I rolled up my sleeves (figuratively) to start the biggest drawing I ever could! I would draw the entire blue ball using the crater's edges as a border. Now, this is when my inner artist started to show itself to its full glory. I was ambitious to make this drawing the best there ever was! I wanted to learn from my old drawings and improve from them. To unlock my heart even further to create something even more beautiful for the world!"
"As I drew and drew and drew, the colors on my body became brighter and brighter! Eventually, I looked very similar to how I am now. I drew, slept, played for a bit, drew, laid down to look at the stars, and drew again. As my masterpiece was coming together, many more tiny objects appeared from the blue ball. Strangely though, the first few of them seemed to disappear all of a sudden. After the fourth or fifth object, I never saw the first two again. It took me a while to notice though."
"I should mention that I could've drawn a lot faster if the craters didn't get so naughty! Sometimes, the other craters would bump into each other like hockey pucks. Sometimes, my crater would suddenly move away and run, in which case I had to chase it down! Sometimes, when I'm inside, it would just whizz around with me in it! Hee-hee. Just like a Naughty little puppy. That's why I call them pups."
"But believe it or not, I was able to make it behave. I did the silent treatment and left in a huff. I guess that made it feel bad because it slowly followed me again, trying to make me change my mind. Finally, I gave in: I couldn't stay mad for long!"
"Then, before I knew it, nightfall came. The Sun once again disappeared beyond the horizon behind me. Once again, everything got darker. I started to feel a bit sad again but this time there was something different: I have a new light source. The blue ball strangely didn't go dark and kept shining its beaaautiful colors to me. So now, I can see much better as I'm drawing. Hee-hee, it's kinda strange how the very thing that helps me see is the very thing that I'm drawing."
"Color is something that always needs light; kinda like how our canvas inside us is able to shine once we are willing to let it. Confidence is the light in our painting. That little spark in us is what helps us keep going in our lives. Even on the darkest night, a brave soul can still light up the hearts of people around them. Come to think about it, maybe the universe made space black on purpose since the blackness allows the colors to freely shine so brightly in it: nothing to distract it, just a warm body on a black canvas. When I see anything around me with light: the Sun, the Earth, the stars; it keeps me thinking of all creatures that we both know of and don't that are alive in our universe, trying to live their lives and to add their mark towards this giant, giiiant masterpiece. I think it is truly wonderful to be able to work together to add color to what is basically a boundless canvas. Hee-hee, I wonder how much of it is already painted. Probably not even half."
"And at that moment, I was adding my part. It may not be the most eye-catching piece of work but I can tell you I put my whole heart into it. I always do when I draw: I just love doing it so much! Another thing about drawing is that anyone can do it. You don't need any magic to do so. Just follow your heart and turn your beautiful mind loose to the world!"
"It took a veeeery long time to finish my drawing. Even with the Sun gone, I kept on drawing. I was sad but a bit happy at the same time. It does sound strange, doesn't it? It's as if only half of me was shining inside. I missed the Sun but I was strangely still reminded of its warmth by the blue ball. It felt like the Sun had shared some of its warmth with the ball and it's now the ball's turn to look after me while the Sun took its rest. Like a child's first day of school where the parents have to work and it's now the teacher's turn to nurture them. I would say I felt… bittersweet."
"Bittersweet?" Joe questions.
"Mmm-hmm! It means to have some happy feelings but some sad ones too at the same time. Some kids may feel bittersweet at school because they've had so much fun but they also wished their parents could stay with them and play."
I paused for a bit before looking at the Moon again.
"Mommies and daddies truly are wonderful people. How they are able to give so much love to their child for so long, no matter how hard it gets. It's just… It's just…"
"Moona, are you alright?" Joe asks suddenly. "Your lips seem to be quivering."
"Oh, uh whoops, hee-hee. Sorry about that. A thought just appeared in my mind."
"You have nothing to be sorry about Moona," Blue follows.
"Oh, uh right. Moving on!"