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Chaos and Anubis stayed there for a while, floating beside the sun in a comforting, yet still rather depressed silence.
It was Anubis who broke it. “...M’rr’w ‘n L’cky…”
“Hmm?”
“Marrow and Lucky…” He spoke a bit louder. “What… where are they?”
Chaos hesitated for a while, “...They left. Centuries ago. I… don’t know if they’re still in contact with any of us…”
Anubis buried his face in his sibling’s chest again. “Mm…”
Silence fell once again until Chaos broke it. “...And the others?”
“My place…”
“Let’s go-”
“No…” He whimpered. “Let’s just… stay here. Just for a bit longer.”
Chaos frowned, concerned, but relented and curled up around its little brother. “As long as you need, Jupie…”
He nuzzled closer and closed his eyes, nothing but a painful static ringing in his head.
After yet another while, he opened his eyes and pulled away. “I’m ready…” he mumbled, “let’s go.”
Chaos just watched him. “You don’t sound ready, little brother…”
“...I… You guys need me. I need you… we’ve all been alone and hurt enough.” He looked back at it with a pained smile. “Besides! What’s a bit more pain to keep in in favor of my angels?”
Chaos pulled gently on its hair, stressed and worried. “Anubis nooo… that’s not healthy…”
“It works.” He muttered. “Anyways, let’s… let’s go back to the others… please?”
It sighed and nodded, giving Anubis a loving squeeze and teleporting them both to Jupiter and into Anubis’ home. It kept holding and cuddling him as it walked around, looking for the other pierrottes as its flaming hair lit up the hallway like a giant torch.
It turned into Anubis’ bedroom and there were the others, snuggled up into a giant heap of sleeping pierrottes.
Anubis and Chaos smiled and exchanged a fond look… before Chaos carefully crept forward and lit the bed on fire. It and Anubis quickly changed into their baby forms and darted under Anubis’ desk, fighting giggles as their siblings began to stir and wake up, then ran around like headless chickens in confusion.
Chaos and Anubis kept laughing, the heavy weight on their shoulders lifting even if for just a moment.