Hey, who could it be? (No, it's gotta be...!)

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TWs: Brief crying, worrying, feelings of anger/fear, kidnapping. Stay safe :)

Neptune clenched his fists, feeling the way his liquid fingers lapped against the palms of his hands. A smile formed on his face as he tensed the water.

"I'm awake..." He uttered, "That means I can see my moons, and... Uranus."

A couple of units away was a cyan-ish figure with a canvas before them, softly going over the portrait with a paintbrush.

"Uranus...!" A grin rose on Neptune's face as he flew over to meet him, "Uranus!"

The other Celestial perked up, his eyebrows raising as he heard the familiar voice. His eyes widened as he got a glimpse before being bombarded with a tight embrace. He gasped, watching his paints go everywhere and losing his grip on the canvas. Uranus was frozen, watching as his creation floated away.

Neptune realized what he had done, "Agh, sorry Uranus- I ruined another one of your paintings. I can go get it-"

Before Neptune had the chance to pull away, Uranus pulled him closer, clutching at his blue sweater.

"Neptune..." He uttered, letting the silent tears fall on the other's shoulder, "Thank the stars you're awake."

Neptune returned the hug, grinning from ear to ear. Uranus wasn't much of a hugger, always cringing away from Neptune's reach, so Neptune used this to his advantage.

After a few moments, Uranus pulled away, his eyes scanning over him, "Are you still hurt, mate?"

"Mmnope!" Neptune shook his head, "I feel great, actually! How long was I out?"

"Uhm... three weeks."

Neptune grabbed the other's shoulders, squeezing them, "What!? Oh no-"

Neptune flew past Uranus, looking out at the solar system.

"Neptune?" Uranus grabbed his hand, "What is it, mate?"

'Nothing looks different... it's been three weeks, why has X been waiting this long?' Neptune thought. He looked over at Uranus, "We have to talk to the Sun."

"What? But you just woke up, mate. You still might be disoriented."

"If we don't go now, everyone else will be in danger!"

Uranus looked into Neptune's eyes, seeing the desperation. He sighed, letting go, "Fine, but- you still have a few ice particles stuck on you."

Neptune looked down at his torso, seeing the bits of ice caught in his sweater. He shrugged, "Eh, I'll live."

Neptune grabbed hold of Uranus' arm, pulling him along.

"Come on, cousin, it's time to face the Sun. Again."

While crossing the middle rings of the system, they happened upon Saturn who spotted them quickly.

"Oh my- Neptune! You're awake!" Saturn exclaimed, bouncing up to them. On his way over, he shifted his physique, wrapping his arms around Neptune, "We all missed you so much!"

"Good to see you too, Saturn!" Neptune returned his hug, backing away once he spotted familiar figures among the ringed Giant's moons, "Hey, are those...?"

He flew closer, his face lighting up once he realized that they were his moons.

"Proteus, Thalassa, Sao, Psamathe, Neso, Nereid, Naiad, Larissa, Laomedeia, Galatea, Halimede, Despina, Hippocamp! All my moons are here!"

"Neptune!" The satellites exclaimed.

"You're awake!" Larissa grinned.

"We missed you, Neptune!" Proteus flew up to the Celestial, "We were so worried you wouldn't make it!"