forum The Solar System (CLOSED I THINK STALKERS WELCOME)

Started July 25, 2018 by @Fraust

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Pluto followed the group in silence as he pulled himself together. Don't cry in front of Mercury. He's happy to be home, and you don't want to ruin that. Not to mention he'd ask questions.

Mercury grinned and stuck his entire face into the pudding. He brought his head up a second later, unable to open his eyes. He wiped some of it away with the edge of his shirt. "I can't bring myself to regret that." He said, looking around for somewhere to put the bowl. He walked toward the kitchen and stuck the bowl on the counter. He grabbed a washcloth from the side of the sink and wiped his face with it, getting most of the pudding away from his eyes and nose.

He looked over at Pluto, noticing that he was about to cry. "Hey, Pluto, can I talk to you for a second?" He asked, standing up and walking towards him.

Pluto hesitated, sighing softly before giving in. He took Mercury's hand and left the room with him, walking off to some secluded and quiet part of the house.

Mercury knelt down so he would be closer to his brother's level. "Hey," he said softly, rubbing his shoulder, "do you wanna talk about something? I'm always here to listen, you know that."

"I know you are." Pluto said quietly, biting back tears. He was silent for a moment as though considering whether he should really tell Mercury or not. "You… do you know Jaxon? That kid from my school, third grade, pretty tall for his age?"

Mercury wrinkled his nose. "Ugh, yeah. He's the worst. I know his brother."

"Well, he's… he's…" Pluto seemed to be struggling to get the words out. The tears were tightening his throat. After a couple seconds he just pulled off his hoodie so that the recent bruises were visible.
(He has a shirt on underneath btw he didn't just go shirtless lol)

Mercury gasped. "Did he do that?" He asked, and without waiting fr an answer he pulled his younger brother closer, so that they were hugging again. He made sure not too press too tightly too the bruises. "Hey, you know what?"

Pluto blinked tears from his eyes and looked up into Mercury's. "W-What?"

Mercury smiled. "Because I used to be really close friends with his older brother, I happen to know that he is insanely afraid of spiders, and that we have an unlimited supply of fake ones from Halloween. I wouldn't encourage you to go around scaring him with fake spiders when he bullies you, but I wouldn't tell anyone if you did. And I can also talk to his brother, and he can make him stop if you don't want to do that."

"I… I mean, I'm sure that'd be interesting, but I don't think I could do it…" Pluto looked down at his feet and fidgeted with his hands. "I would feel really bad, no matter what he's done. He's not exactly exploiting my worst fears or anything, just… um, normal… stuff…"

"I can talk to his older brother then, okay? He owes me a couple favors, he can get Jaxon to stop bothering you. And in the meantime," Mercury slipped his backpack (that his creator has suddenly added) off his shoulder. "I brought presents!"

"Presents?" Pluto brushed the stubborn tears from his eyes. "Should we go back to the others?" He assumed that the answer would be yes and lifted his arms to be picked up.

"I mean, we can, but you can have yours first if you want," Mercury said, smiling. He dug through his bag and brought out a gray sweatshirt with a drawing of aliens on it. "One of my friends gave it to me, I thought you might like it." He explained. "If you don't, I have other stuff."

Pluto took the sweatshirt gingerly, admiring it in silence for a few moments. "Mercury… I-I… thank you, I love it." He hugged Mercury, who was still crouching down.

"Yessss!" Mercury hissed quietly, hugging his brother back. He wiped the remaining tears off Pluto's face. "We can go back to the others now, if you want."

Pluto pulled the massive sweatshirt over his head and held his arms up to be picked up.

Mercury laughed and picked him up with familiarity. He shifted his grip on Pluto to grab his backpack, before heading back to the others.

(I have to go now, sorry)

(I'm back)

Mercury dropped his bag on the floor of the kitchen with a grin on his face. "I have returned with gifts from the land of my college!" He announced to his family, shifting his arm to get a better grip on Pluto.

(Pluto exists lol)
Pluto looked between his family members silently. He may have talked to Mercury and Beau, but that didn't mean he was willing to talk to anyone else. Not now, at least.

(pokes Hey. Pssst. Hey guys. pokes again

Are any of you alive?)

Venus rolled her eyes with a grin, "Oh joy. College."

“Shush your face, I got you something as well, even though you refuse to hug me.” Mercury said, digging into his bag.

Venus became very attentive, "I'm sorry, but hugs aren't my thing. However, free stuff is."