God forbid I'm seen just as an AVERAGE human being

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TWs: Feelings of anger/dissatisfaction, ominous behavior, blowing things out of proportion. Stay safe :)

Earth's eyes blew wide, looking from Neptune to Jupiter.

"Oh, yeah." Jupiter nodded, "I heard about what happened to your last manager, so I took it upon myself to assign you a new one, and who better than a good friend of mine?"

Earth stuttered over his words, staring at the older one incredulously, "Wha-What!?"

"Yeah! Isn't this great?" Neptune grinned.

"But- you- you're-" Earth waved his hands about, gesturing to all of Neptune.

Jupiter frowned, placing a hand on the younger's shoulder, "Earth, I know this is a lot to take in but believe me when I say Neptune is one of the best managers out there. He may be better than me!"

"Aw, that's not true." Neptune fiddled with a stray hair, wrapping it around his finger, "I'm not a very focused and timely person..."

"True, but you do get things done and that's what's most important."

"Mmh, yeah..." Neptune nodded.

Earth puffed his cheeks out, glaring at Neptune. This had to be a joke. Jupiter was setting him up with Neptune? The person he, for some reason, bumped into time and time again? The guy who appears lost in space all of the time?

Earth couldn't help but feel as if the world was against him. The world was a stage and Earth was tied on a single thread like a puppet. He hated people making decisions for himself. He was an adult, not the same teenager he was seven years ago.

"I found it!" A triumphant voice rang through the backstage, "My lucky pic!"

A person with messy taupe and viridian hair stepped out from around the corner, flipping only what Earth could assume was his lucky pic. The stranger paused upon seeing the others.

"Oh, hey, guys!" He waved with two fingers. His hazel eyes wandered to where Earth was, his expression dropping into a look of surprise.

"Titan, I'd like you to meet someone," Jupiter waved the other over, "This is-"

"No way. Y-You're Terra!" Titan's face lifted to pure joy as he awed at the singer.

Earth's eyes widened, subconsciously raising a hand and running it through his green and blue hair, "You've heard of me?"

"Of course! You have an amazing voice, I've been following you since you went viral a year ago! Well, not following following, but- you get the idea." Titan rambled.

Earth basked in the compliments, "Why, thank you. That's very much appreciated."

'At least someone appreciates me.' Earth smiled to himself, checking his nails.

"Well, Earth, Titan here is the lead singer of Cassini-Huygens," Jupiter spoke.

Earth hummed, analyzing Titan closely, 'Potential competition...'

"I've never heard of it." Earth crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow.

"W-Well, we only started the band a few months ago, so..." Titan muttered, playing with his fingers.

"What do you do? Besides singing."

"Well, I play electric and acoustic guitar."

"You look like someone who'd play guitar."

"Uhm... was that supposed to be a compliment?" Titan tilted his head.

"Sure." Earth shrugged.

"Titan! Are you ready to practice?" Saturn beamed as he walked over to the group.