I don't need no light to see you SHINE

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TWs: Past collisions/death, more secrets revealed, attacking, past pettiness, insecurity, past near-death experience. Stay safe :)

Nine sighed, barely meeting his brother's gaze, "Half-blind. My left eye."

Everyone was silent at the revelation, so Nine decided to continue.

"I figured out Chrysalis was blind on my own. I urged her to tell Saturn about it, but she didn't want to be a constant bother to anyone, so we left it at that." Nine shrugged, crossing his arms, "I wanted to help her navigate better because it always looked like she was dragging further into Saturn's orbit. I tried to warn her about it, but... it was too late."

Saturn sucked in a breath, tears starting to fall from his eyes. He covered his mouth, trying to conceal his silent weeping, "Oh, my dear Chrysalis..."

"Then... what about Theia?" Jupiter asked. Earth raised his eyebrows, interest piqued.

"She was in my blind spot. I didn't see her," Nine replied, his voice becoming tense as he became increasingly uncomfortable. "I thought she was an asteroid at first, so I accidentally pushed her away."

"And Herschel?" Uranus frowned.

"Got caught in the collision that created your rings." Nine rubbed his arms, trying to soothe himself.

"And why did you do it?"

"Do what? Throw an asteroid at you?" Nine turned to look at the cyan Celestial, shrugging, "It's simple, really. I did it because I hated you."

Uranus blinked, "Huh...?"

"And I know that's not an excuse to throw an asteroid at someone, but I just couldn't stand you and your need for approval." Nine explained. Uranus started to curl up into a ball, trying to become as small as possible, "It was honestly pathetic how hard you tried to get the Gas Giants' attention, especially Saturn."

Saturn perked up from drying his tear-filled eyes, his gaze landing on the other ringed Celestial curiously.

Sedna cleared her throat, nudging her close friend, "Nine- tell him the rest."

"Eh, do I really have to say it...? It's embarrassing..." Nine uttered.

"Nine." Sedna glared.

"Oh, fine..." Nine huffed, "Ahem... plus I felt I had been replaced since you had moved to my orbit. Looking back on it now, I do feel guilty about it, so I'm sorry."

Uranus shook his head, sighing as he pulled his legs to his chest, placing his head between his knees.

Neptune patted him on the shoulder, smiling slightly, "Look on the bright side, Uranus! At least you're not dead!"

"Unfortunately..." Uranus muttered before letting out a low sigh, "I would rather die than live a life in constant pain."

"Same." Earth nodded.

Everyone was quiet, looking between the two in shock and concern.

"Reminds me of when I first met you..." Sedna whispered to Nine, "All emo and brooding."

Nine grunted, staring daggers at the smaller, who was smiling smugly.

"Anywayyyy, as you can tell, Sun," Neptune pulled away from his cousin, shifting closer to the Guardian, "It wasn't Nine's fault, he didn't mean to do those things."

Uranus coughed loudly.

"...Most of those things."

Sun knitted his eyebrows, shaking his head in dismay, "Even if you can prove his innocence-"