When the Stars Align

Playtime!

Moon's p.o.v.

"Where is she? She should've been back by now." I muttered to myself while looking at the clock. Nap time was almost over and Naya had yet to return. Unfortunately I couldn't leave the daycare to find her so I was stuck waiting for her to come back. As I began pacing I heard the doors to the daycare open and looked up to see Naya trying to sneak back in.

"What took you so long?" I asked crossing my arms and she yipped startled by my sudden appearance in front of her.

"Sorry Eclipse stopped me on my way to El Chips and we got talking a bit." She apologized and I frowned hearing Eclipse's name.

"Well nap time is almost over so I'm going to switch out with Sun here soon." I explained and she seemed a bit upset with this.

"Is something wrong?" I asked but she shook her head a bit. I didn't believe her but I didn't push it not wanting to upset her more.

"Alright. I'll see you when the daycare closes. Don't overwork yourself." I said and gave her a quick peck on the lips before attaching my cable and gliding up to our rooms.

Naya's p.o.v.

I watched as Moon left and sighed feeling bad I didn't get to spend more time with him. I hadn't meant to spend my entire break out with Eclipse but we got talking about different things we were interested in and it was nice getting to know him better.

Going back to my desk, I sat down and began filling out the paperwork again when the lights came on and the children were woken up by Sun. He didn't seem to need my help with anything so I kept my focus on my work while he handled the children. That was until I was suddenly picked up from under my arms.

"S-Sun what are you doing!?" I exclaimed pulling my shirt down from where it had risen up and he gave me a wide grin.

"You are going to help me with the children! It's playtime and they want to play with you too!" He exclaimed happily making me sigh.

"Sunny I can't I-"

"Nope! No more paperwork! I can tell it's making you stressed so you're coming with me!" He interrupted and I could tell he wasn't going to give me any other choice so I sighed in defeat.

"Oh alright but I have to finish before I end my shift today." I Pointed out and he set me down.

"Okie dokey Sunshine! Moon and I will even help you so you can get done faster and we can spend time together!" Sun offered and I smiled.

"That would be great Sunny thank you. Now what are we doing?"

"We are going to play Butterfly Catcher!"

"That game sounds familiar" I pointed out recognizing the name.

"It should! You made it up Sunshine!" He clapped getting the children's attention and they gathered around us. There were about 15 children with us today and I felt a bit overwhlemed with all of them but I knew as long as Sun was here that everything would be alright.

"Alright Superstars Miss Naya has agreed to play a game with us today. Can you guess what her favorite game is?" Sun asked and the children began raising their hands which honestly surprised me.

"Yes Iris?"

"Does she like tag?" A little girl with blonde hair put into a braid asked and I smiled. She was adorable and so polite for her age.

"I'm sure she does but I don't think that's her favorite game. Anyone else wanna guess?" Sun asked and three more kids raised their hands to get a chance to answer.

"How about you Micheal?"

"Hide and seek?" He asked unsure and Sun hummed in thought.

"That's close but not quite. I'll give you a hint. She really likes butterflies!" With that said six more kids raised their hands.

"What do you think it is Nova?"

"Butterfwy catcher!" She cried and I did my best to not aww at the way she pronounced it.

"That's right! Now since you got it right you get to choose if you want to be the butterflies or the catchers." Sun offered and she started bouncing up and down.

"Butterfwy! Butterfwy!" She exclaimed happily and I couldn't help but put a hand to my heart awing at her.

"Alright superstars you heard her. Get into your cocoons and we'll come a catch you!" Sun exclaimed and the children took off into their hiding spots. After they all hid Sun turned to me and smiled.

"Do you remember how to play Sunshine?" He asked to which I nodded.

"Yeah I think I remember. Let's go count and catch those butterflies." I said and walked to the desk with Sun.

Sun's p.o.v.

I'm glad Naya agreed to stop working on that boring paperwork and play with the children with me. They've been asking to play with her all day and I could tell it was starting to make her stressed.

"1, 2, 3..." Naya started counting out loud and I smiled counting with her. By the time we got to ten I could hear little footsteps running around and when we turned around the children were running around flapping their arms and pretending to be butterflies.

"Oh my goodness look at all these butterflies we should go catch them shouldn't we Naya!?" I encouraged and she smiled at me shaking her head s bit.

"Yes we should Sunny." She said and I watched her take off after the children. It was cute watching them play together and I was quick to join them.

Within a few minutes we managed to capture all of the children except for Nova who had managed to elude both of us. Eventually she stopped and both Naya and I ran at her only for her to suddenly run away causing us to crash into each other and fall down. As the children giggled at us I heard Naya laugh as well letting me know she was alright and I couldn't help but laugh at the accident myself. Once we got up I spotted Nova blowing a raspberry at us.

"I'm gonna get you butterfly!" I exclaimed skipping towards her and she squealed and ran away only to run straight into Naya.

"I got you!" She cried picking her up and tickling her making her giggle in Naya's arms.

After that the parents began arriving and Naya and I gathered the children and began doing handover to the parents letting them know how their children's day was.

"Thank you for coming and have a fazerrific day!" I said as the last child left and turned to see Naya already cleaning up the daycare.

"Wasn't that fun Sunshine!?" I asked and Naya smiled up at me sweetly.

"It was. I'll have to play with you and the children more often. For now though we need to clean up so I can finish my paperwork." She said picking up a drawing one of the children had left.

"Oh I'm so glad Moony suggested you play with us!" I exclaimed with our thinking and Naya stopped to look at me.

"So moon put you up to this?" She suddenly asked crossing her arms and I felt my rays retract as I fiddled with my hands.

"W-well yes b-but he just wanted you to take a break from all that boring paperwork. A-and so did I. Sunshine. That work makes you so stressed and I don't like seeing you that way. Neither of us do. Please don't be mad Sunshine." I rambled stuttering and she sighed.

"I guess I understand but I still need to finish that work. It is part of my job after all and ot everything about it is going to be relaxing and fun. That's not what a job is Sunny."

"I-I know that but you do need to take breaks every now and then." I argued and she shook her head.

"If it makes you two feel better then I promise I will take breaks and take better care of myself."

"Good because if you don't then I will make sure you do whether you like it or not." Moon said walking up beside me and Naya sighed.

"I seriously can't get anything past you."