Deities and Threads

Rushing Waters

The two fell into a bit of a routine. At sunset Light would lower the sun and make tea for when Levi woke up. He made a slightly different one each day, and they would talk and maybe spend a couple of minutes outside, enjoying the colored sky before Levi rose the moon and Light inevitably fell asleep.

At sunrise, Levi would sit on the edge of the bed and show Light forest scenes he'd drawn, and sketches of the creatures that came out at night until Light begrudgingly got out of bed and wished Levi a day full of rest.

Time passed, and they became more and more attached as their knowledge on one another grew. Their time together was short, but they made the best of it.

Then Levi began to write letters.

He wrote to Light, asking him questions and telling him stories, describing his nightly adventures. In response, Light began to do the same, and they continued their conversations through their writing.

Levi found that Light's handwriting was messy, and at times illegible, though he eventually learned to decipher it. And Light quickly learned that Levi's handwriting was neat and pressed together, reflecting on the neat freak side of him that he'd seen a couple of times.

There was a reason almost everything he had was now spotless and easy to find.

Levi hadn't ever really focused on how lonely he'd been, until he found himself in Light's home, and realized that the solitude he had been accustomed to suddenly felt distant. That he couldn't imagine himself anywhere else. Because although one or the other was asleep most of the time, there was always the warm feeling of his presence.

Light found how much he'd really needed a bit of company. It felt... good. To have something to look forward to, to have someone to share his world with, to have someone who could make him laugh, as he would do the same in turn.

The sun and the moon worked hand in hand, as did their deities. They needed each other more than either of them would've ever guessed, as they leaned on one other and did their best to overcome the barrier of time.

Over about a year during each season, each day or night of rain, snow, wind, storms, and peace, the two began to see, to build a completely new world between them. Where the sun and moon were never apart. One where they learned new things about the two sides of one world, where they learned about each other, and where they realized that somewhere in between, they had found themselves in the process.

Neither of them expected to find love.

Yet it took them less than two months to hopelessly fall into it.

It was left unspoken, but they both knew that the other felt it as well. This was more than roommates, partners, friends by chance. It was so much more. It was complicated, by the laws of their designated responsibilities, but far from forbidden.

They only had to admit it.

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"Leeeeeviiiiiiii!"

Light floated upside down above the bed, using one hand to keep his sunflower crown in place, and the other to poke at Levi's cheek. It was early sunset, and Light wanted all the time he could get, even if it probably couldn't be more than ten minutes.

He wanted to show Levi what he'd found, and he wanted to do it in person, rather than leaving directions scribbled down for the moon deity to see himself.

Levi huffed fondly, sitting up and taking a quick stretch. "Well then, hello to you too. How was your day? Did Fern fly off yet, or is she not ready?" "I checked on her wing earlier, and she seemed ready physically, but when I tried to let her go, she flew inside next to you, look!" Light giggled, covering his mouth and gesturing towards the avian curled up in the blanket next to Levi.