TWs: Crying, anxiousness, awkwardness, teasing, cliffhanger. Stay safe :)
Mercury, Mars, and Venus glanced at each other once they were gathered in the Goldilocks Zone, a question hanging over them as they turned to look at Luna.
"Sorry for gathering you all on such short notice, but... Earth would like to tell us something." The moon gestured to the planet next to him, nudging him gently.
The normally lively planet fidgeted with his fingers, his body growing tense under everyone's stare. He bit his lip, his stomach reeling as he tried to meet their gazes. He opened his mouth, letting out a few stutters. He rubbed between his eyes with his index fingers, shaking his head.
"Earth?" Mars placed a hand on the other's shoulder, eyes full of concern for his best friend.
Earth looked at Mars, an unrecognizable emotion swirling inside him as he gazed into those apprehensive eyes of the other. He looked away after a few moments, taking a deep breath like Theia taught him whenever he felt anxious. He breathed in and out slowly before blinking up to meet everyone's eyes.
"I-I..." He stuttered, jerking his head in annoyance as he did so. Mars backed away to give him space. Earth found the loss of contact dispiriting. He cleared his throat, speaking up, "I need...help."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, it all came crashing down. Earth found himself shaking uncontrollably, tears springing into his eyes as he tried to blink them away.
"Earth-!" Luna rushed forward, attaching himself to Earth and clinging onto him. The moon buried his face in his parent's shoulder, rubbing his back to try and calm him down.
"I'm fine, I'm..." Earth inhaled sharply, tears streaming down his face as he placed his head near Luna's, bumping their heads together, "S-Sorry, I'm s-so,so sorry..."
"What for?" Luna peered up at him.
"Making you worry," Earth sniffled, "And not telling you anything..."
"Earth..." The moon frowned, eyes full of worry and care, "You don't have to apologize."
"But Th-Theia-"
"You don't have to tell me what happened." Luna spoke, "Not if you don't feel like it."
"So you aren't upset?"
"I mean, worried, yeah, but upset? No..." Luna shook his head, "I just want you to feel okay."
Earth blinked, stray tears still rolling down his face. Slowly, the corner of his mouth lifted. He pulled the smaller one close to his chest, "You're the best moon any planet could ask for."
Luna nuzzled his face in the other's torso, a smile on his face, "I know..."
Mercury, Mars, and Venus watched them for a moment, silently knowing they both needed this.
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Saturn groaned, slowly opening his weary eyes. He blinked away the tiredness, moving to straighten out his limbs.
"Rise and shine, sleeping beauty." A voice spoke.
Saturn barely cast a glance over at the other as he rubbed his eye with his right hand. He gruffed, uttering, "Hello, Jupiter..."
The ringed Giant froze, his eyes going wide, 'Wait...'
"J-Jupiter!?" Saturn turned his full attention toward the other Giant. He felt his face go impossibly red as he stuttered, "Wh-What are you doing here- in m-my orbit?"
The bigger one paused in his reading, gesturing down, "You're the one who didn't want me to leave."
Saturn looked down, seeing their hands interlaced together. He squeaked, yanking his hand away as if the touch had burned him. Jupiter frowned, hurt at the reaction.
"Saturn-"
"I'm terribly sorry, Jupiter!" Saturn awkwardly smiled, "I didn't mean to keep you here."
"I don't-"
"Anyway, I feel much better, so if you'll excuse me, I'll just be going now. Farewell~" Saturn flew away, not waiting for a response from the other.
"Bye..." Jupiter sighed.
"Wow."
"That was hard to watch."
The Giant glanced down, spotting his A-Team looking up at him.
Jupiter winced, "How much of that did you see?"
"Unfortunately, all of it," Ganymede spoke.
"If you want to ask him out, you best take a different approach." Europa fluffed her hair, "Take it from us, the hottest couple around."
Callisto scoffed.
Jupiter raised an eyebrow, "Since when were you two...?"
"It's best not to ask questions!" Europa quipped, "Do you want our help or not?"
"Uh, well..." Jupiter squinted, "Sure, I guess?"
"Perfect! Cause I have just the idea..." Europa smirked.
Jupiter huffed before casting his gaze over to the others, "And what about you two...?"
"Eh, we're just here for the potential that things may go wrong." Callisto shrugged.
"I-I thought it was because y-you were going to get pointers f-from Europa?" Io questioned.
Callisto snapped her head to look at him, glaring, "Io, you-!"
Europa gasped, a teasing grin rising on her face, "Oh- my stars. Callisto!~"
"Oh no..." The dark moon huffed.
"You- want to get pointers- from me?" Europa clasped her hands together.
"Kill me now..." Callisto uttered.
"You must tell me who! I'm obligated to know!"
"You're not obligated to anything."
"Oh, come on! Give me a hint, at least! Is it a Saturnian moon? Possibly one of Uranus' moons?"
"As if I'll-"
"I-It's Triton!" Io grinned.
"Io!" Callisto glowered, her face lighting up red, a stark contrast from her dark skin tone.
"Wh-What? You w-weren't going to say anything." Io spoke.
"Obviously. Why would I?"
"Triton?" Europa raised an eyebrow.
"Isn't he the only Neptunian moon who doesn't act like a child?" Ganymede asked, "He acts as a babysitter to them."
Jupiter quirked an eyebrow, "Really? Last I checked, Triton still roamed free in the Kuiper belt."
"He visits the dwarf planets from time to time," Callisto spoke.
The Giant hummed, "I guess since he technically is a captured dwarf, it only makes sense for him to be back and forth between places."
Europa made a noise of agreement, "Huh, I never thought you would like someone like him, Callisto."
"Got a problem, Europa?" Callisto frowned.
"Oh, no, no, no! Of course not..." Europa cleared her throat, "Anyway, we'll help Jupiter first seeing as he desperately needs it."
Jupiter gave her a pointed look.
"What? It's the truth." Europa sassed, "And we're going to need to pull out all the stops to make this happen!"
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this...?" Jupiter muttered.
Callisto sighed, "You're not the only one."
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The Sun sat cross-legged in the middle of the solar system. Breathing in and out, he placed his hands on his knees, the tips of his index fingers and thumbs touching.
Something was wrong-very wrong.
And he was going to find out what it was.
He closed his eyes, plunging his mind into the dark depths of his headspace.
Breath in. Breath out. Breath in. Breath out.
He opened his eyes, finding himself in a pitch-black wasteland of emptiness. His radiated light seemed so dull here.
He found himself pushing forward.
In the distance, there was a string of blue light.
He moved quickly through the inky abyss, his hand reaching out to grab the thread.
As soon as the tip of his fingers grazed the string, he inhaled sharply, feeling a jolt radiating through him.
"Well, well, well, look who finally decided to show up." A voice spoke.
Sun opened his eyes, meeting the audience of his friends. Spica had her arms crossed, Sirius had a serious expression on his face as always, Proxima smiled upon seeing his friend, Regulus merely huffed, and Toliman gave a nod of acknowledgment, yet also had a small smile gracing his features.
"You're late," Sirius spoke.
"Late? I didn't even know we were meeting!" Sun glared.
"Give Sol a break, Siri, he's only ten minutes late." Spica placed a hand on her friend's shoulder.
"I'm guessing Gliese is on time-out?" Sun joked, looking around the abyss as he didn't see the brown dwarf.
"Gliese isn't here for a reason," Regulus said.
Sun hummed, raising his eyebrow, "That reason being...?"
"We have a major problem, Sol." Spica spoke, "Regarding your part of the galaxy."
The yellow Star blinked, furrowing his eyebrows, "What...?"
"We're talking," Regulus looked up to meet the Sun's stare, "BH S A-Star..."
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*Maniacal laughter in the distance*
Ayyy, it's the guys from the last story- I never thought we'd see them again :D
Any guesses on who or what BH S A-Star is...? :)
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