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

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TWs: Brief fighting/arguing, brief autophobia (fear of abandonment)/Earth Alone reference. Stay safe :)

"Stop this at once, Gliese." An accented voice huffed.

Gliese scowled, "Regulus...? You dare block my attack?"

The Blue Star pushed back Gliese's weapon, throwing it to the side. He aimed his bo staff at her chest, "This isn't right and you know it. Back away or I'll make you."

Gliese scoffed, blinking unbelievably at the bigger Star, "Seriously...? Is everyone on his side now?"

"I'm not on anyone's side, I'm just stopping you from getting hurt further," Regulus said.

"Listen to them, Gliese." Proxima spoke, "You don't have to do this."

"Oh, really?" Gliese turned to face the others, her voice cracking, "But, don't I!? Look at what he did to me!"

"Gliese." Sirius cautiously moved forward, "Despite everything that happened, you're still going strong. You were knocked down, but you managed to get back up again. You have been permanently scarred, yes, but it shouldn't stop you from doing what's right, which is..."

Gliese sighed, gesturing to her Zweihänder, "Not doing this."

"Exactly." Sirius nodded.

The brown dwarf crossed her arms, "Even though I hate this, I know you're right." She sheathed her sword, turning toward the Sun, "But I do not forgive you."

"I know..." Sun uttered.

"Happy now?" Gliese frowned at Sirius.

"That'll do, I suppose..."

"Good, because I am not forgiving him." She moved away, standing behind Toliman.

"Wait, does that mean it's over?" Mercury asked.

"I guess...?" Venus shrugged.

"What a weird way to wrap up a fight..." Earth uttered.

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30 MINUTES BEFORE

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"I'm sorry, what did you say?" Uranus shook his head, his hand faltering as the arrow was clutched tightly in his grip.

Nine said nothing, biting his lip as he averted his gaze. He huffed, "I'm not going to repeat myself."

"You're not going to repeat that you said you made a mistake because you know what you did was wrong?" Neptune leaned forward, his face getting real close to Nine's before the latter pushed him away.

"Yes! Yes, okay, I... ad-" Nine clenched his jaw, his teeth biting through the surface. He hunched his shoulders, whispering, "Admit- I made a mistake."

"You act as if you've never admitted to making a mistake." Uranus rolled his eyes.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Nine scoffed, "Have you met Jupiter or the Sun? With their God Complexes rubbing off on everyone, it's hard to accept defeat."

"Okay, why don't we just relax and breathe for a second?" Neptune stepped between his cousin and brother, moving the arrow in Uranus' hand away.

"We don't have time to relax." Nine spoke, "By now, the Stars will have faced the Sun already."

"Well, what are we waiting for? We have to go!" Uranus spun around.

"Wait-" Nine's eyes focused on the smaller body a few units away. He moved forward, sweeping her into his grasp, "Hold on to me, got it?"