𝐌𝐑. 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐁𝐀𝐋...||A SOLARBALLS HORROR AU||

Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Enemies Closer.

STOP MAULING EARTH IN THE COMMENTS PLEASE.

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Saturday, July 4th.

"It's truly so tragic."

The news reporter spoke on a TV. Mars and Earth sat in their couch in the living room- They were very close. Mars shared a look of concern while Earth was staring at the TV in pure boredom. As the reporter went on, explaining the events of yesterday evening, Mars shuddered, feeling disturbed. "Poor Venus.." He mumbled, inching closer to Earth.

Earth rolled his eyes, not too interested in the television. He'd rather watch Madea Family Reunion than watch the news telling him what he did. "Mhm.. Yeah." He sighs, leaning his head back into the couch. He yawns, shutting his eyes as he gets more comfortable in the sofa. Mars murmurs as he rested his head on Earth's chest, wrapping his arms around their back. Earth shivers, adjusting his position so it was easier for Mars to lay onto him.

"Man, I feel terrible." Mars comments, sighing as he looked away from the television, not interested in it anymore. He wasn't a huge fan of gore. He whines, notifying Earth to switch the channel or turn the TV off. Earth changes the channel to Judge Judy, finally tuning in to what the TV was saying. "I hope Venus is fine, don't you think?" Mars suddenly asked, gazing up at Earth. The blue haired adult avert his view to Mars, blinking. "Uh." He trailed off, slowly nodding. "Me too." Liar. "He must feel terrible." He couldn't care less.

Mars arched a brow, a bit wary of Earth's response; they kept their eyes on the television instead, not appreciating the answer his spouse gave him. Earth gulped, turning to watch the T.V too. He rested his hand on Mars' shoulder, trying to keep it cool.

Suddenly, their door was knocked on, making Earth groan. "I'll get it.." He grumbled, waiting for Mars to sit up. As they did, Earth took his time to get to the door, running a hand through his hair, combing out a few tangles. He rests his hand on the door knob, pulling a lock on the door before twisting it, pulling the door open. To say Earth was surprised would be overreacting, he was merely disappointed. "Oh, " He muttered, eyes half lidded. Earth scanned the person at his door, exhaling before moving out their way, letting them pass. "Hey, Venus." Earth glared at them, shutting their door. He analyzes Venus' movements, a bit of judgement in his eyes.

"Venus!" Mars called out as he saw him, patting the spot next to him on the couch. "Oh man, dude, are you alright?' Mars questioned as Venus walked over to him, a distraught expression stuck to his face. Earth eyed the two, a bit jealous at Venus. Ha! How the turns have tabeled!

Venus keeps quiet, only staring at the carpeted floor while he sat next to Mars, feeling the shorter individual put a hand over his back comfortingly. Earth cleared his throat, coming to sit with the two. " Venus, we saw the news, dude." Ares adds, a frown on his face. "You wanna talk about-"

"I saw his body, Mars."

Ares went quiet at the sound of Aphrodite's brittle voice. It was rare to hear him so broken. That filled Gaia with some sort of serotonin cause his expression brightened. "Oh..?" Ares kept on rubbing his back, urging Aphrodite to go on. "I saw.. I- His spine was out of his back. Just- Just torn out- I've never seen a case like this before." The red-head explained, his eye twitching as he recalled the imagery of Mercury's decomposing body. Mars nodded, glimpsibg Earth for some help. "Well," Earth scooted closer to him. "You'll be fine, you just need to try and get over it-"

"The last time he saw me he told me he hated me." Venus grumbled, clenching his jaw together. "I am never going to recover from this." He choked out, feeling hot tears swell up in his eyes. Mars forned an 'o' shape with his lips as he held Venus, his hand moving in a circular motion. Earth's lips made a straight line as jealousy began to tear at his heart; the way how Mars and Venus were so close, made him snarl, and he pouted, turning away. They kept listening to Venus' rant, not caring about his mental state one bit.