{Fic.} Earth and Uranus- Their History
Bascially, this is the backstory between Earth and Uranus. Why they aren't together and such. I think I probably added in a bit more than I had originally planned, but...*shrugs* eh, finally just done with it. Pairings: Uranus/Earth, hinted-Jupitearth Words: 2,022 --
The grip on her hand surprised her. Blue-green eyes jumped downwards to their linked hands, surprised to see such. Not that it was surprising of the 'hand holding' as the action, but more...to whom was holding her hand. That is when her eyes slowly traveled up to the other's face. There was no real emotion there, just impassive as ever.
However, something was different, or at least she could figure. It was a good different. A different she hoped that she could enjoy for a little bit long with the other.
A warm smile appeared on her face, before it soon morphed into one of pain as she soon doubled over her slightly expanded belly. It was a small bump, but it was growing, growing painfully.
"These pains are getting to me, even this early on," the 'pregnant' planet muttered, soon straightening back up and feeling the other's comforting hands. One was on her lower back, and one was still holding her hand -though she was squeezing it quite hard and turning it whiter than his normally pale skin tone.
"I'm sure the pains will stop eventually," Uranus answered her, though not knowing if they really would or not. His statement earned him a tired and strained chuckle from Earth.
"As do I, but I think that 'they' have other plans." 'They' meaning the life, the life that she was being gifted with. While her own planet was active and churning, giving way into causing her darken hair, tanned skin, and dark rings under her eyes, her stomach was cradling new life. Her planet would soon have life, and Earth couldn't wait.
"I wonder what they'll look like," she murmured as the two soon began taking a stroll around the system. The other merely shrugged, silence between them after that. It was a silence she was coming to get to use to, since the outer planet seemed to be more of the quiet type. Earth didn't mind, too much at least.
They passed by a few floating debris that strayed from the asteroid belt, sometimes passing the other three inner planets, getting sometimes a greeting from them -though mostly towards Earth since Uranus seemed to either ignore the greetings or not response to them-.
Eventually, they both decided to head across the asteroid belt and into the outer planet's orbital rings. At the moment, they passed through Jupiter's and Saturn's path without seeing either planet. Earth wondering lightly where they were at, but soon let that thought die off as she notice Uranus's planet and home, smiling lightly. Even if the other's planet was one of wind storms and off-axis, it was a place she enjoyed staying at.
The larger planet lead the other to the front door of his planet home, opening it for her and allowed her to enter. Uranus's home, surprisingly, was well-kept. Then again, unlike most, the moons he had weren't ones that were rowdy without reason, especially around the home planet. Uranus's moons were known to listen to him without any other thought. Earth had a bit of thought that Uranus made sure it was that way, but didn't voice it.
"Come, sit," the outer planet told her, motioning and helping her over to the couch in the expansive area. The inner planet nodded, flashing him a small smile and taking a seat. It was relief that she was off her feet now, the pain starting to get to her more now. Earth was about to ask for something to ease the pain when she soon notice a silvery-blonde woman emerge from the next room. The other woman stopped in her tracks when she noticed Uranus and the other planet, light brown eyes growing a bit before softening.
"Uranus, I didn't know you were bringing a guest," she said to the other, holding a bit of an air of respect for the said planet in her voice. "Hello Earth." She nodded her head lightly to the brown-haired planet.
Earth nodded her head back and replied, "Hello Miranda, and this was a bit more of a surprise visit on my part."
"Of course," Miranda answered back, soon glancing to the male planet as if waiting to be told what she should do or wondering what he wanted. Uranus waved her away, the moon taking her leave from the living room, leaving the two in silence to sit on the couch together.
Earth spoke first between them, "Miranda looks well, as I am sure of your other moons. I haven't seen them in a while." Uranus made a small sound of agreeing, though not really focused on her words nor really hear. The brown-haired planet was puzzled a bit at the shift in emotions, wondering what was wrong.
"Ouranos," she asked softly and hoped she would get his attention this time. "Are you alright?"
"Hmm?" he hummed out, glancing over to her and noticing that her eyes were now filled with worry and confusion, "Yeah, just thinking, Gaia." Then he went back to being silent, Earth wondering lightly before leaning back on the couch, hands folded into her lap. The silence between them was usually normal, but Earth...Earth wondered sometimes. Sometimes if Uranus actually cared...
Soon, the distracted planet, who had been glancing around the room lightly to give her mind something to do, felt something cold placed on top of her folded hands. She glanced down, noticing Uranus's own hand on hers. A small smile wormed its way on her lips, feeling reassured in her small doubts. --
"V-Venus..." the pained-looking planet gasped out, soon reaching for and grabbing a hold of the blonde-haired inner planet's hand. She held tight to it, convulsing forward as the pain in her enlarged stomach continued. It was painful, very much so. The life that was dwelling inside of her and on her surface wanted to come forward. Wanted to be free. Her surface had calmed down and settled down enough that it was ready for new life.
That didn't mean Earth was exactly ready for the life herself. The pain behind them was giving her some many thoughts, most of them was that she didn't want this pain anymore. No matter what.
So, as she lay down on the bed in her planet home, convulsing in pain and on the brink of breaking down, Earth began having too many thoughts from doubt to anger because of the pain. Of course, her sister's soothing comfort next to her, sitting on the bed and helping out as much as she could, didn't fully help stop all the pain welling up inside of her. Venus could only do so much, and she was only one planet.
Though pain and now anger leeching off her emotions, the dark eyed planet glance around, eyes soon narrowing and teeth gritting together so hard the might have broken soon, "W-Where is he?!" The growl shocked Venus, however the blonde still held her sister's hand tight.
"I don't know. Please Earth, calm down," the other inner answered, wanting such and not knowing as well. Uranus hadn't been around the inner circle in a while, the second planet wondering just where could he be now! Earth was in so much pain, didn't he care?
Though Venus, never voicing it to Earth or anyone else, felt something wasn't right between Earth and Uranus. At first, she was happy that her sister enjoyed the company of another planet so close, but soon...something just didn't settle well with Venus. And now, it was beginning to become into a complete dislike with his absence.
"a-AH!" Earth screamed out after one hard push on her form, feeling a pain so greatly that her conscious soon slipped away from her. The birthing planet soon fell back on the pillows, clearly passed out though form shifting. Venus watched with shocked horror and fascination as Earth's stomach shrunk. After that, the blonde inner planet slowly let go of her sister's hand, running that hand through Earth's hair.
"You are strong, sister..." she murmured, leaning forward and giving her a small kiss on the forehead and let her rest, knowing that after she woke up, she would have much to do. Though Venus knew that would include questioning Uranus and his absence. --
He felt the presence before she arrived, it wasn't that hard to miss. After the news, her stretch of power was a bit greater and different from the other planets. It was like she gave off a different feeling, one that they were all getting used to.
But that probably shouldn't be his main concern. Oh no. As she soon appeared, dressed in a gown of green and blue, hair pulled back in a braid, and face set with a look that he knew she was fond of giving when she wasn't happy.
/Great/.
"Uranus," she spoke with a voice that could have rivaled the coldness that Pluto's voice usually held. He could tell that she was upset, upset probably with him.
"Earth," he replied back, only replying back with such. The outer planet knew that didn't help his situation as he watched the lines on her face draw more in and set into a glare.
"I suppose I could ask where you were, but it would seem I wouldn't get a answer. or at least one that I would like, isn't that right?"
She was sharp, always had been. Not exactly something that would be good for him. But lying or anything other wouldn't still be good for him. So, his only choice in the matter was to tell her the truth.
"Probably."
"So, where were you when I was giving life to my planet?"
There was a pregnant pause between them, when near-black brown stared down icy sky blue eyes. Neither one dared to look away, neither one backing down from this conversation/argument. Because Earth demanded answers and wasn't going to back down till she got them. Uranus wasn't going to back down merely because of his pride in the matter. So, there was a standoff between them.
"I was here," the outer planet replied, adding a small shrug of the shoulders. The flash of fiery anger passed in the inner planet's eyes. A fire that wasn't one of the planets liked to be on the receiving end of.
"Of course you were," she coldly replied, quite the opposite of the raging anger that was circling through her veins. Earth could even feel her planet being affected by it as well. It was just that...how DARE he do this to her. Have done this. Did he not care about her? Were her feelings meaningless...
A brief thought and realization passed over her, one that left a sickening feeling in the back of her throat. The planet didn't want to believe it. Didn't want to face the fact that was so true that it was painful.
A silence reigned over them, Earth noticing that Uranus was getting more bored with the situation. That didn't help anything at all.
"Ouranus," Earth began, her voice calm and not at all shaking as she thought it would have been now, "I bid you goodbye." And with that, she left the other alone. Uranus watched her leave, wondering if she had been really that dense to have cared so much. But, that was just the outer's thoughts of the matter, and he did think that to be true.
Of course, come another few millions upon millions of years, the same outer planet would be watching that same inner planet laughing and smiling as she was held in the arms of another outer planet. One that even the windy and cold twin of the outers could tell cared so much about her. Uranus would watched as the gas giant of the solar system would cradle the albeit smaller inner in his arms, planting loving kisses on her head while she laughed. Another inner, the sister of that inner, would be smiling and enjoying the company of another outer. Uranus would watch and fester over the attention he had lost to another. And that left a sour taste in his mouth.