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Monty sighed sadly as he walked into his house, holding onto Earth's hand tightly.
She was still crying quietly and Lunar, who was slowly trailing behind them, had gone completely non verbal and hadn’t said a word the whole journey to Monty’s house. He quickly shut the door behind them and walked into the sitting room, letting Earth and Lunar get situated as Earth cried quietly into her knees with Lunar staring off into the distance, their eyes almost lifeless. Monty’s heart broke at the sight, Earth was an absolute mess and Lunar had completely shut down.
“Do you want to eat something?” Monty asked quietly, kneeling down and placing a hand on Earth’s knee and gently taking Lunars hand. Earth shook her head, still crying, Lunar shook his head as well, squeezing Monty’s hand a little- so little he almost missed it. Monty sighed sadly and gently cupped Earth's face with his hands, wiping away her tears and kissing her cheeks and eyes. He then turned to Lunar and pulled them into a hug. Lunar tensed up but soon relaxed as Monty picked him up and sat on the couch, letting Earth lean against him as he held Lunar tightly to his chest.
“Cuddles then?” Monty smiled weakly, earning approving nods from Earth and Lunar. “Why don’t we head up to my room then, I can set up a screen and play some videos if you want?” Lunar and Earth both nodded again, with Earth giving him a watery smile and a thanks, clearly still upset. Monty picked Lunar up and held them like a toddler and grabbed onto Earth's hand as they trudged up the stairs towards Monty’s room. Lunar didn’t object to being carried, clearly numb and tired from the events of the day. Lunar tended to shut down while processing difficult news or emotions.
They soon made it up to Monty’s room where he let Earth and Lunar climb into the bed and get comfortable before he grabbed his floating screen thing and set up one of the gang beasts videos from the channel in hopes of cheering them up. Lunar had curled up into a ball and was facing Monty’s monitor, covers pulled over their back in almost an attempt to hide himself. Earth was simply sitting on the bed, looking desperately at Monty.
Monty walked over and they quickly reached their hands out for Monty, clearly wanting hugs and cuddles to feel better. Monty smiled sadly and climbed into the bed beside them and pulled Earth close to his chest. They gladly accepted and cuddled up to Monty, sniffing sadly as Monty rubbed his hand up and down their shoulder and back. Monty then rested a hand on Lunars head and gently patted his head in an attempt at comfort. It took a few minutes of incoherent mumbling and shuffling before Lunar turned around and shuffled closer to Monty so he could wrap his arms around him and Lunar rested his head in his armpit, with their legs pulled up to their chest and their hands in small fists.
“I know it’s hard, but you’ll get through this okay? I’ll be here the whole time.” Monty reassured them, squeezing them both tightly for a moment in an attempt at comfort. Earth sniffed and shed a few more tears, curling up further into Monty’s chest as she started crying again. Monty shushed her gently, pressing small kisses to her forehead and rubbing her back. Lunar had started shaking beside him so he squeezed them tightly to his side and rubbed his thumb along his shoulder in comfort. He had no idea what to do, he hoped he was helping in some way by being a shoulder to cry on.
“Lets watch some videos okay? You want that?” Monty asked as Earth slowly stopped crying and rested in Monty’s arms- exhausted and upset. Earth nodded slowly and Lunar clung on tightly to Monty’s shoulder as Monty started the video. Though they were both upset, they watched the video and tried to forget about the pain for a little bit until they’re able to process what happened. Monty held onto them both until they eventually fell asleep, holding onto Monty for dear life. Monty sighed contently, a small amount of rage bubbling up inside him for Solars death but he stamped it out.
He soon got a ping from Moon after an hour or two:
Sun said Earth and Lunar are with you
How are they doing?
Monty frowned sadly, looking at Earth and Lunar sleeping contently in his arms. It wasn’t that late in the day but Earth's crying and screaming had really tired her out- and Lunar was always tired these days. They could fall asleep anywhere. He quietly took a picture of the scene on his phone and sent it to Moon.
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They’re doing better
Earth was crying a lot but I managed to get them both to sleep
Thank you Monty
No problem
How are you doing?
You know
With all that’s happening
I’m pissed and tired and missing a certain candy corn
I can imagine
Please don’t overwork yourself Moon
No promises
Moon .
I need to at least try Monty
You need to be there for your family
Yeah
Yeah I know
Your right
Of course I’m right
Now go sleep or something
You don’t need to work immediately
Solar would want you to rest
Okay
Thanks Monty
No problem man
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Monty sighed, putting his phone away and cuddling up beside Lunar and Earth. Might as well sleep now while he had the chance.
Things will work themselves out in the end. They always do eventually.