Keeper

3rd pov During these couple of weeks Rusty was planning with Carmine of good certain places to confess his feelings for sun, what He did not expect was some of his attempts were failures, Rusty as prepared as he is did not expect for surprises, some his attempts either failed due to certain unexpected interruptions. For his first attempt he had taken Sun to a good bar that he knows but when all was good he went in to ask sun “Hey Sun i was wondering that… uhm ” but the words did not come through. He was so nervous that he forgot his word for a bit, then he blushed out of embarrassment because he now sees Sun staring at him smiling but a bit concerned, “you ok Rusty?”. He was so focused on remembering he did not see Sun leaning close with his hand in his forehand “Rusty you ok, you seem warm”. Rusty fell over in surprise making sun laugh but then smiled while he lent a hand “you seem to have too much to drink, why not call it a day”. Even though Rusty was completely embarrassed of his attempt he was happy to see Sun smiling “yeah i guess”. The next attempt was in an art type class, he had remembered that Sun wanted to go in one of these with someone but no one wanted or was interested to come. They went in and everything was great during class, today was a pottery type class. They were tasked to make their own design of pottery. Some time has passed and all Rusty could make was a classic pot, when he turned to check on Sun he saw it was a vase with some handles. Sun seemed to be proud of it and he glanced toward rusty showing off his design with a bright smile “look rusty”. Rusty was stunned by Suns smile and blushed hard at Sun. He closed his eyes and mustered his courage “ hey Sun..” while trying to tell Sun an unexpected blue visitor yelled to interrupt them “SUN!!”. Blue grabbed Suns hand “ hang out with me Sunrise”but then Sun pulled away in disgust “what are you doing here!” while Sun was trying to get away from Blue, Rusty was boiling mad. For one he was mad that he was interrupted in the confession, and second he was so pissed that someone was getting too close to Sun. so he got up,ran and punched Blue in the face and a couple more punches for good measure. He turned to Sun then grabbed his hand then portal away to his home. While dropping Sun off he turned “ I am sorry for you to see my anger”. Sun smiled then laughed “Don’t be, that guy has been after me and my family for years and what you did was the best show i have seen, so next time next week”. Rusty blushed and smiled “yeah, see you then”. Then Rusty portal to Carmines coffee shop.

Rustys pov

“Carmine another failed attempt happened”. I said in utter frustration. Carmine looked confused “What has happened this time? Did you froze". I turned to carmin in embarrassment and anger "no it was not that, some blue guy came in and decided to disturbed Sun and that happened while I was trying to confess to him”. “ Oh that's ,wait Blue guy” Carmine said as he tilted his head still in confusion. “ Yeah and get this, this guy has been harassing him and his other family members before.” I said in frustration. Oh well that is disturbing,and what did you do, i dont believe you would let Sun deal that guy”. I proudly smiled towards carmine, “I punched him a lot then took Sun’s hand and ran for it.” Carmine looked unsurprised “and what was Sun's reaction to all of your action”. I smiled with a hint of blush” well he did not mind, he was laughing and said it was like a show seeing the guy being punched badly.” Carmine looked surprised “Oh, well it is understandable but before all that did you guys enjoy the date” i layed my head” yeah it was great, but it would have been better if that Blue guy did not interrupted us. I was finally going to confess” Carmine patted my shoulder “ well don’t worry about it some plans don’t go as we thought but at least you had fun with Sun and he enjoyed himself right”. I smiled “yeah he liked it, he was smiling the whole time and was so proud when we did our pottery. He was so cute.” carmine smiled “well i guess you will be planning another date then. If you don't mind me suggesting why not find a place where you too are just alone together, maybe a sort of picnic. I doubt you would have any interruptions if you do that.” I thought for a moment, “maybe, that is not a bad idea, thanks carmine”. “Don’t thank me until you confess to Sun” I blushed but I started to plane and I knew what perfect place it would be.

After Rusty dropped off Sun

In the Moon Haven

Rustys pov

After the whole thing with Sun I really needed to talk with someone so I walked over to a cafe to get some advice. I called out “Carmine can i talk to you, it's important” Carmine looked over “hello rusty, what can with today help”. I looked at him seriously “I need you to promise that this stays between us” , he nodded, I covered my face and blushed in embarrassment “ I kissed someone yesterday”. Carmine looked at me frozen for a minute till he said “well that is a surprise,are you happy about that or is there something else?”. I thought for a moment “ I don't know, it's just that each time we hang out I feel relaxed,” I started to blush “but there is a warm feeling in my chest when I am near them.” “Oh, is there anything else you feel with them besides the ‘warm feeling’?” he said in a teasing tone. I blushed some more “when he gets nervous he rays shrink in, its cute but when he smiles he looks so beautiful to the point that i want him close around my arm. Not only that, he is caring and protective towards his family which I admired, from what he told me most crazy stuff has happened in his life and he survived all but had no one to support him” i looked in Carmines eyes in “ i want to be there for him, someone he can rely on when he's down,but is what i feeling for a friend or something else entirely,” I shrugged back down on the table “this is strait up new to me”. Carmie just looked at me and smiled “ well i do say that it is something different then what you believed, but I will say you seemed to know this person very well. If I may ask, "Do you hate this feeling?” I looked at carmine in confusion “what,no,well i don't think so? ” “Well my friend i will say that the thing you're filling is something you sometimes hate, that it is a distraction to one's work”. I looked at Carmine in confusion “what are you getting” then it clicked to me “ you don't mean” carmine smiled “yes my friend, you are I love.” I paused for a moment then chucked. I guessed it before but I had no idea that it would feel like this. This warm feeling in my chest every time I spent with Sun was love, and when I said about us being friends made me want to say something other than that. But thinking of it now with realizing my feelings, how would I approach Sun, should I talk to him, would he feel the same or uncomfortable with me . I face carmine “how should I tell him about my feelings. Or should I hide it" I started to panic a bit thinking of it. Carmine signed “you don't have to do anything now you could slowly approach the subject with sun, you could ask if he is sexually attracted to males,” i thought for a moment, he is right i still don’t know if i could have a chance with him so should i try with small hints with each of our meetings. “Thank you carmine, you have got me alot to think about”, “It is not a problem but do tell me the details if thing go well” he chuckled, “alright” as i waved goodbye i walked out and i started planning events we could do when we meet

At the celestial house

Suns pov

The next day

3rd pov-

The day after the bar Rusty texted Sun to make sure he was feeling ok. He responded back, “I've been better, At least I'm not having any withdrawals after drinking so much”. He laughed and felt relieved that suns was feeling better,still had this feeling that he does not want to leave yet so he to continuous talking with sun, his went on telling some stories that would entertain sun, Sun text back to some stories of his own but overall lovely little chat here and there over a few days each time cutting off with their continued work.After one day Rusty texted Sun about something important so they planned a meet-up spot. Sun agreed and He gave the coordinates to go .

Suns pov

I have been wondering why Rusty wanted to meet me here. He did say it is important but this meet up spot is nice. I looked around and saw a plane filled with flowers with fireflies in the night sky. It was relaxing. I heard a noise behind me “Sun” rusty called out “sorry for being a little late” he said in concerned, “it’s fine it was not that long anyways, besides i was admiring the view” looking back and just seeing the scenery, “so what did you want to meet up for Rusty” looking back to him in a bit of confusion, “well i have some news in the haven that you may need to know” i looked at him worried hoping if it's anything bad. “ We've decided to form a contract with the sun sanctuary in a few days” he said with guilt. “What kind of contract and what for” i said in quick response, wasn't the deal that you hand the information logs that they need to them. I thought that is why we did the experiment," I said in frustration. “You are right, we did make a deal but” he paused for a moment “ but the deal was to trust your brother , not the sun sanctuary". I got up in frustration “so all of that was for nothing” Rusty came up and held my hand “no it was not, for one thing, we now have trust with you and your brother for helping us to get what we need, and two, this contract is for our safety in case anything happens.” he held my hand tight “ We didn't build trust then because we see no reason to but if we are giving our transport information to them,then this is the least they can do.” I have calmed down a bit and sit back down with my arms holding to my legs and in a few moments i turned to Rusty “So what does it say in the contract” rusty turned back to the scenery “ it said that if any party tries to hurt one or another then there will be severe consequence, and to make it fair it is a magic contract so it cannot be broken”. I looked back to the scenery “ I guess that makes sense, though I doubt the other suns will be happy about it. Rusty grins a bit, “Well they have to if we are giving our transport logs, i’d say it’s fair so they don't backstab us”. After a few moments of silence I turned to rusty with a faint but sincere smile, “thank you for telling me this, really” even though I was still mad of the circumstances that it took, I understand that trusting someone would not be easy. I guess that is how moons are in a sense they just want to keep themselves and others safe from any future harm.

Rustys pov

I dont understand, I thought he would still be mad but he is thankful. “ why are you thanking me”. He just stared with a smile on his face “ you must have trusted me enough to tell me this even though i think this should be confidential. Seeing his expression warmed my chest a bit, I turned away hiding my face. Why did I even tell him of this, he has no reason to know but thinking of it more he deserves the truth since he is involved in the sanctuary and the way he is looking at me now makes me want to hold him. I paused in my thoughts and felt heat in my face for a moment. What was I thinking and why am I still getting this warm feeling for Sun. I still was not confident to look at Sun but I said “ it is no problem besides we are friends aren't we.” I felt a bit bitter when I said friends but I wanted to make sure if we were still good after that whole thing, “yeah we are” sun said in a sincere tone. I took a peak to look at Sun. He was staring in the meadow enjoying the view but how he looks right now “ krasivyy” I realized what i said and hid my face back with now feeling the embarrassment in my face. I think he did not hear me, till i heard back “what did you say” I looked towards him in a panic thinking of passing the topic “ nothing, um what do you think of the scenery” hoping to change the topic. “It looks lovely, and it feels relaxing too,” he said as he laid down. “ I am glad, this place always has this feeling, which is why I chose here to talk to you about the news, hoping it would make it less tense afterward, I said as I laid down.” “Well you are right, it does feel relaxing” he said in a relaxed tone. I felt a bit drowsy so I shut my eyes for a moment, till I woke up and checked that an hour had passed. I was about to get up till I felt something in my arm. It was Sun holding me. He looked so cute, I was about to wake him up for him to go home but I couldn't with how cute he looked sleeping. I caressed his rays with the wanting to touch him more then without thinking I kissed him on the head. I stopped and pulled back, I felt so much heat in my face that i could smoke at any moment. I laid back down looking at the sky, “Fuck, I need to take to someone about this”.

A few hours later

Rusty’s pov-

After finishing many reports in the Moon Haven I checked the time. I hunched over and stretched with a sigh of relief of finishing my task on time  “well seem a good time as any i should go and pick him up”. I had placed down a portal and headed to the house. 

When I knocked on the door Sun answered with a nice tone “ hi Rusty, are you ok”. “Hello Sun, and yeah im ok, just need a drink.are you ready to go?”. Sun paused for a moment “ yeah but where is this bar… is the place you wanted to go in moon haven.” he said with a nervous tone. I assured him “ no, this place will be somewhere else,” as I placed down the portal I turned to Sun. “This place may not be what you're used to but I guarantee the drinks are great.” Sun looked confused but shocked that feeling of and proceeded to follow me through the portal.

Suns pov-

 As we went through the portal I started to question if he is really ok to go somewhere. He seemed more tired when I last saw him but I was shocked by that feeling as I remember how moon always acts without getting a proper rest for days. Now that I think about how he mentioned a bar I am not used to thinking of what kind it is, I hope it is not weird. Then I saw it, I was not expecting…” AN AX THROWING BAR” I yelled surprisingly. “Yes,” He said in a happy tone “I sometimes come here to get a good drink and vent out my anger after or during my work ”as he said looking away with a dark expression, “come now you can't judge till you try it.” as he guided me in and we had taken our seats.“So Sun what kind would you like, like i said it is on me.”

I thought for a moment and said “anything that is strong” He looked at me with a grin on his face “alright then, lets get vodka”

A few Drinks later...

Rustys pov

“You can hold your liquor, huh,” I said surprised that he can hold out this long

“ Well it's not often that I drink this much but when I do  i usually handle better depending on how much i take” he focused on his drink “ beside i need it with the shit i just went through” he said as his voice was about to crack and tears were flowing in his eyes. 

“Shit” I came in closed and padded on his back “are you ok Sun?” I said calmly till he shouts angrily “NO, I AM NOT. I.am.just.tired” he put his head on the table,”shit is happening to us again. 

I thought that everything was put behind us. But nooo, stuff had to happen and I had to see someone I care about die ,which he had no reason to be in that situation.” I stared at him thinking what I could say but nothing came out. 

Till I saw the axes, I grabbed sun in my hands and gave him an axe “throw” . He looked at me in pure confusion. “Listen, remember what I said that this place is where I throw my anger, now it is your turn.” he looked at me and looked back at the target but when he threw he just missed and was not throwing too early. “Wait Sun” I said as I grabbed his waist and hand to help at least to aim better. “ keep still,and don’t throw to early just wait a bit more before throwing the axe or you'll get hurt”. As I turned to Sun to see if he had gotten it ,his face was bright red and his rays retraced a bit,it was kinda cute.Wait what, why did it think that.

Suns pov-

I was a bit surprised when Rusty touched me in the waist but I tried to not think about it. When he let go I thought of what he said and just  threw it hoping it would at least hit the target.  When I looked at the board I saw that it was in the center, I turned in excitement, "I did it! I thought I would just throw till I have no strength left but I hit the center”. I went in and hugged Rusty in excitement but then I realized what I did, “ I'm sorry, I just got emotional there.” I stepped back to give him space “but thank you for taking me here” as I looked at his face and saw he was blushing in a grey tone till he turned away. I guess he was surprised with that unexpected hug. We continue with our time with the game and a few more drinks.

Rustys pov-

Next day after the wither shared experiment in the moon haven

Rusty mind-"I have been checking the results of Suns ability but I've been having this feeling in my chest since that incident. sure it was my fault but I should have noticed the signs how he was acting in that tube and how he was unable to speak overall and he was in critical condition with that massive temperature but i still sent him off in that state.I should go formally apologizing."

Few mins later....

I have arrived at the house but I must say it is quite large then I expected. I knocked at the door and Moon had shown up.

Moon-"what do you want, it's new that you have shown up here" Rusty -"yes well I have wanting to talk with your sun." Moon-"About?" Rusty-"I want to formally apologize to him the last time he had visit. I have said to you that this experiment would not hurt him but overall he was in a critical state" Moon-"Yeah, he does deserve it, he was overheating a lot, we were lucky to cool him down.... all right come in he's in the kitchen just head straight." Rusty-"all right, thank you"

Sun was making snacks for her daughter.

Rusty-"Hello Sun." Sun-"oh hi,are you looking for Moon? I could go get it if you like." Rusty-No, I'm actually looking for you. I want to apologize for what happened the other day. Sun-Oh really, that's fine. I know how it is when getting caught up in the experiment, Moon has the same attitude when he is In deep thinking." Rusty-"No... I really do need to apologize, we promise to your brother when we started this but it happened. I did not even help you when you were overheating, it could have damaged your systems." Sun-"Ok, Well then i accept your apology. I actually did not expect you to even come to apologize to me." Rusty-"Well how about i take you to a bar for a drink as my form of way apology, it is my treat." Sun-"Sure that sounds great. Rusty-I'll come back later in noon if you're fine with that. Sun- sure. see ya then