Stand by Him | Sodo

𝑳𝑽𝑰𝑰 - 𝑨𝒖.. 𝒓𝒐.. 𝒓𝒂?

「𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒂'𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒗」

The next day...

I sat in my room and grabbed my sketchbook as I felt like drawing. I opened it to a blank page and started drawing whatever I could even think about. As I was drawing, I heard a light knock on the door. The door was wide open, so I didn't really bother to check as whoever knocked could just talk.

« Hello! » An unfamiliar voice said.

I looked at whoever said hello. « Hi! » I said before looking back at my sketchbook.

Wait...

I had to look a second time.

The person giggled as she noticed my confusion. « I'm Aurora! It's nice to meet you, Neptune! Your friend told me you'd be in your room so I had to come and greet you. I love your name, by the way! » Aurora said, walking towards me with a smile underneath her mask.

She seemed sweet.

« Oh... Thank you, Aurora! It's nice to meet you too. » I said, still a bit caught off-guard by her sudden presence here.

« What are you drawing? » Aurora asked, looking at my sketchbook as it rested open on my desk.

« Honestly, I'm not sure myself. » I said, chuckling quietly as I looked down at the drawing I did.

It didn't exactly look like something specific, but it looked like a girl in a way.

« Oh, well... It's still pretty, tho! » She said, smiling.

« Thank you! » I said, smiling as well.

Yeah, she was sweet. Perhaps we could be good friends.

Aurora and I ended up having a conversation. She was an overall loveable person, and I'm sure I was going to get used to having her with us quickly. I missed Sunshine, but Aurora was a great addition to the band just by seeing her energy.

By the end of our long conversation, Aurora told me she'd go back downstairs.

« Im going back with the others now. See you later, Neptune! » Aurora said. « Oh, right! My brother's here too! His name's Phantom. He just wanted to meet you guys. You can come meet him if you want! » She added right as she was about to leave my room.

« Really? Well, I might come downstairs for a little while! » I said back, smiling at her as well.

I then went back to drawing well... whatever I was drawing before, I guess. At some point, I decided to play some music as I drew, but I got distracted by the music and ended up singing quietly instead.

Later, as I was done drawing, I decided to go downstairs and see who Phantom was. After all, I had said that I would go downstairs to meet him.

As I arrived downstairs, I could already hear his voice from the living room as I heard him talking with the others. When I walked into the living room, I saw Sodo sitting on the right end of the couch and frowning as he side-eyed Phantom who was sitting on the left end of the couch and was talking with Mountain, Rain, Swiss, and Cirrus.

As Cirrus saw me enter the room, she smiled and told me to come with them. I sat next to her.

« Phantom! This is Neptune! » She said, introducing me to the man.

He smiled widely at me. « Hi, Neptune! Nice to meet ya! » Phantom told me, extending his hand out for a handshake.

« Nice to meet you too, Phantom. » I said, shaking his hand and smiling back at him.

Phantom was just as energetic as his sister, Aurora, was. Talking about Aurora, I had absolutely no idea where she was. Perhaps she was being shown her new room? Unpacking her stuff?

「The next day」

The tour was starting in less than two weeks. I was so anxious yet so excited at the same time. Sodo and I played guitar together a lot, and we had a few band practices planned during the week to make sure we were all ready.

I currently sat in the living room with the ghoulettes. I still had a bit of a hard time remembering that Sunshine was now gone. I called Aurora on accident a few times, but she found it a bit funny that I kept calling her the wrong name. At least she wasn't offended in any way.

All four of us were having a conversation, but I was mostly listening as I didn't have anything to say so far.

From what I had seen about her, Aurora was pretty similar to the three of us except that she had way more energy. Or at least way more energy than me... As the minutes went by, the conversation took a turn, and I just couldn't understand what they were even talking about. I told them that I was leaving and then went upstairs to my room. I sat in the bay window as I looked outside, watching the light snow fall from the sky. I heard knocking at the door...

« Come in. » I said, turning my head towards the door.

Sodo entered and closed the door behind him before he smiled at me and took a seat next to me, next to the window.

« Helloo... » He said in a soft voice as he laid his head on my shoulder while looking at me.

« Hi, my love. » I said as I looked at him.

Sodo took the opportunity to kiss me out of nowhere. I was confused but not complaining.

« Hm... what was this for? » I asked in a teasing voice as soon as he pulled away.

« Just because you're pretty. » He said, wrapping his arms around me and lying his head on my chest.

« Oh, well, thank you. I must say you're pretty too. » I said, smiling at him and wrapping an arm around him while my other hand ran through his long hair.

Sodo just chuckled in response to that. His sudden signs of affection at the most random time of the day were too cute to me. He would just randomly kiss my cheek-or again, my lips. He would also hug me, sometimes from behind, or simply compliment me.

« Do you think you could sleep in my room tonight? » Sodo asked, his voice slightly muffled as he literally had his face buried in my chest.

« I wouldn't mind, but why? » I curiously asked.

« ... Just because. » He answered.

I chuckled and continued running my hand through his hair. We stayed like this for a few minutes before Sodo sat straight, and we started talking.

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