Drops Of Jupiter In Her Hair

It seemed like most of their little family were diurnal, asleep during the night and awake during the day. Aoede had nothing to compare normal to, but she did always feel like she should be outside when the moon came up. She wasn’t alone in that either. She was mostly asleep when she felt her brother move beside her. The three of them were usually stacked in a cuddle pile while they slept, so it was no wonder Kore woke her in his attempts to sneak out of the den. Golden gilded eyes blink open to moonlight as the girl watches her brother slip through the entrance of their den.

With her coat glittering and glowing like the night sky above her Ao lets her tiny ebony paws carry her after Kore. The moon bathes her in its soft light and a deeper part of her connects with the magnificent celestial body. Her bright gaze catches the light, and however much she wants to sit and look she has to find her brother first. Her pace slowed as she found her galactic coated sibling, just as she desires she finds him sitting atop a small knoll. The perfect place for moon gazing.

Ao can’t quite put her toe on why she feels so drawn to the moon, but as she walks slowly to her brother’s side and sits beside him in the darkness she feels almost… whole. As they grow there is a feeling of something deeper missing. Aoede held nothing but love for their Auntie, she was the best mom they had, but part of her yearned for the woman that birthed them. She didn’t hear her brother’s plea but as much as he does she can feel it in her heart. Something was stolen from them, but knowing seems impossible.

"Do you think anyone else likes the moon as much as we do, Kore?” The tiny girl questions him softly as she leans into his starry shoulder. Warmth radiates through her, and the stars over her pelt glittered a little brighter when she touched him.


Buffalo Knolls / late night / warm
"Aoede Regni"