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

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TWs: Getting slapped with realism (metaphorically), kinda sad towards the end. Stay safe :)

"Psst..."

"Mmh...?" The Sun opened his eyes, "Wha...?"

"Psst-!"

He blinked the tiredness from his gaze, looking around wearily, "Where...?"

"Sun, can you hear me?"

The ball of plasma opened his mouth, his eyes enlarged, 'Spica...?'

"Finally! You would not believe how long it took to find the right opening..." She uttered.

'How-?'

"Never mind that! Are you okay?"

'Yes, why wouldn't I be?' The Sun rolled his eyes.

"Don't roll your eyes at me, Mister I'm-so-great-and-powerful-yet-I-got-my-ass-handed-to-me-by-a-Star-smaller-than-me," Spica remarked.

'That was one time!' The Sun seethed, containing all his anger as his eyes and mouth twitched.

"Uh-huh, keep telling yourself that." The Sun could feel Spica's smirk from lightyears away.

'Where are you? I thought you would be with the others.'

"I live further away, dummy. I'll be there in a few more days." She responded.

'And...? Will you be with the others?'

Spica didn't respond, prompting the Sun to let out a huff.

'I totally get it. Everything that happened was my fault-'

"What? No- shut up, Sun." Spica snapped, "Everything that happened was in the past... and it should stay in the past. Besides, Gliese is also to blame."

The Sun snorted, 'Don't let her hear you say that.'

"Ooh, I would love to say that to her face." Spica laughed.

Mercury shifted, his eyes squinting as he stared at the ball of plasma, "Sun...? Isn't it a bit early to be laughing to yourself?"

"Heheh, sorry, Mercury... go back to sleep." The Sun smiled, albeit awkwardly.

"Okay..." Mercury huffed as he moved further away, opting to sleep somewhere else.

The Sun released a breath he was holding, his eyes wandering to the other planets; the other rocky planets were sleeping while the Giants seemed to be talking on the other side of the asteroid belt. Sun wished he could hear what they were saying.

"Friend of yours?" Spica asked.

'Huh? Oh, yeah, I guess you could say that.' The Sun smiled.

"You guess...?"

'Haha, let's just say, I can be a bit threatening.'

"A bit...?"

'...Okay, a lot threatening. You know I can't help it.'

"Just yellow dwarf behavior."

'Hey! What about the others? They're worse than I am!'

Spica laughed, "Hahahah! I almost forgot how fun it is to tease you!"

The Sun's eyes widened as he clenched his fangs, 'Yo- That-...'

"Blackhole got your tongue?"

There was a moment of silence.

'No...' The Sun frowned, 'I'm just...'