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Uranus always loved when he would cuddle with Jupiter and Saturn.
Though he couldn't say it out loud without being embarrassed from Neptune who would unknowingly tease him, even though he was literally snuggling with the others too.
They would take turns to where they were cuddling. It's when he was wedged in the middle of Jupiter and Saturn when Saturn spoke.
“Y'know it's weird.” Saturn said as he laid down and gazed at the horizon of Saturn's orbit to look at the trinary system of the Alpha Centauri (though Proxima Centauri is invisible to their naked eye). His mass pressing his body nearby to Jupiter, who was sleeping on Saturn's head as a pillow.
“What is?” Uranus lifted his head to him expectantly. Nuzzling at his bare shoulder, his hands trailing the small white spot that was periodically storming his skin every twenty eight Earth years.
Saturn would giggle when any of them would kissed it sometimes, saying it was ticklish.
“I'm technically a failed gas giant.” Saturn whispered to him and Neptune. (which he doesn't know as he might be asleep behind Saturn-)
And- what?
He's smaller than Jupiter, but he's still considered a gas giant, right? He arched up an eyebrow confusingly as his mind jumbled to try to think how Saturn, the second largest planet beside Jupiter, was a failed Gas Giant?
He could see Saturn caught on to his confused thoughts and insisted. “I am! I didn't get through the phase of rapid gas accretion like Jupiter.” he chuckled dejectedly.
“I just grew for a million years..and it just. Boom, disappeared.” he gave him a crestfallen smile as he then clutched his hand on his chest, which was covered by his sleek white robes.
(He really doesn't know how he still had it from the old Roman era intact..)
“So? You're still you mate.” he said softly, as he grabbed Saturn's hand and wrapped it between his fingers gently.
“But If I'm a failed gas giant, and I'm not an ice giant like you and Neptune, then what am I?” he crossed his arms around his chest with his hand tightly following with it.
He guessed Saturn being the god of time itself has some physical traits of how his slightly ticking core beats under Saturn's skin..
Uranus was halfway opening his mouth worriedly, when Saturn's half lidded eyes was immediately filled with regret, and he pinched the bridge of his nose and loosened his hand from his to wave his hand off frantically with a strained smile.
“Sorry, I shouldn't bring down the mood-” he didn't finish his sentence as he heard Neptune exhale behind Saturn.
“Hpmh..” Neptune groggily stretches as he unevenly blink both his eyes rapidly. Slumping lazily on a silk pillow that Saturn plopped everywhere when they sleep over in his orbit.
“Ah, sorry if I woke you up, Neppy.” Saturn stroke's through Neptune's curly hair delicately, Neptune's smile finally curling into his usual bright smile at Saturn's touch.
“Oh don't be sorry! I'm feeling energized already!” he said as he lifted his upper body and flexed his left arm, patting the weak muscle.
“So..why are you both awake?” he drawled curiously, noticing Saturn's face sour as he exaggeratedly plastered a fake smile.
“Nothing you need to worry about!” he flick his wrist dismissively as he scratch his cheek and went to stare back to the trinary system.
“Dont try to hide your feelings mate.” he whispered, and Saturn groans with a frown.
“Its that. It's the thought of what I could've been that is just eating me up, I don't know.” his hand gliding his floating hair soothingly.
“I don't look like any of you.” he explained.
“And maybe I would've been like Jupiter.?” he scrunches his face in confusion, as he hesitantly said the words as if he was trying to say something on the tip of his tongue.
“Im little out of the loop here.” Neptune smiled as he talked, staring at Saturn with a raised eyebrow, his lopsided eyes moving weirdly on his face.
Saturn took a deep breath (or multiple breaths) as he nervously explained to Neptune. Neptune's shark tail thumping on Saturn's knee as he silently listened.
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“Well that just makes you more special!” Neptune said cheerfully, wrapping his arms around Saturn's as he gave him a toothy grin.
“Your perfect as you are!” he bops his head as he wiggles his entire body and shifts it to make a makeshift ring of Saturn's rings as if it was that simple.
He made a hum and nods at Neptune for him saying what he was trying to say.
“Yeah, I wouldn't have you any more or any less mate.” he squeezed his other arm softly with a smile. He could see Saturn's hands fiddle at the robes, seeing his eyes still filled with doubt.
“Do you think Jupiter is a failed star?” Neptune surprisingly questioned, his eyes glinting with a weird shine, but it was probably the sunlight that was from the Sun.
“Of course not. Even if he's considered a failed star, he's still the most knowledgeable planet I know.” he said, furrowing his eyebrows with determined eyes, burning with confidence at his answer that he cuts in.
“Then even if you're a failed gas giant, we'll- I'm probably gonna sound really cheesy-” he laughs as he holds his hand again, feeling his face flare up in a vibrant hue as he took a glimpse at his eyes.
“We'll still love you because whatever universe there is, meeting you is the best thing i could've asked for.” he said and lightly squeezed his hand.
He chuckled as he saw him blooming a dark blush on his awestruck face that had the goofiest smile on as he shook his hands wildly, muffling a high pitched noise through his teeth to not wake Jupiter up.
“Oh you're such a flatterer, Uranus!” he cooed back quietly as possible and cups his cheeks, peppering his forehead with kisses. He leans towards him as he melts, feeling fuzzy in his core.
“Hey..! Where's my kisses?” Neptune sulked dramatically as his shark tail wrapped around Saturn's wrist to move his arm back and forth.
He sighs fondly when Saturn smiles as he gives one last smooch and goes to give Neptune quick kisses all over his face happily, who gleefully accepted them.
He faintly breathed in the smell of toffee softly from Saturn and the smell of almonds from Jupiter behind him as he closed his eyes with a yawn.
Sleeping sounds like a a good idea right now..