#NOOOOO SKIPPER BBY RUNNN /SILLY

[lunaoritur]

While normally, Skipper's voice was enough to make her heart flutter in delight, this time, it starts POUNDING, violently, as if trying to claw its way out of her chest and dash down the street. That, coupled with the sound of a nearby store camera whirring in their direction, and suddenly, Luna was surprised she could even hear his voice over the ringing in her earholes.

And then she hears it. Boss. Cutting through everything else.

" Moondoll ? Wait a moment...this is that BOYFRIEND you mentioned !! Oh, this is going to be fun~. Why don't you show him just how much you love him, hmm ? "

SHIT.

Before Luna can even react, her body swings around, and her flipper robotically reaches up...

...and grasps her sword.

He  knew  what  he  needed  to  about  the  way  Boss  had  treated  Luna  and  it  ignited  a  flame  of  anger  and  rage  within  him  .  Skipper  has  been  a  prisoner  many  times  ,  physically  and  mentally  and  the  truths  Luna  had  shared  with  him  ,  it  was  enough  to  send  an  ache  right  into  his  soul  .  The  cruelty  of  it  all  .  It  would  leave  any  penguin  bitter  .

Skipper  has  a  hard  time  trusting  it's  true  but  it  was  never  impossible  to  earn  it  ; 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲  𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭  ,  𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥  𝐧𝐨𝐭  𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲  .  𝐈𝐭  𝐰𝐚𝐬  𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞  𝐭𝐡𝐞  𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭  𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥  𝐨𝐟  𝐚  𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭  𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝  𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭  𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞  .  𝐀𝐧𝐝  𝐲𝐞𝐭  𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚  𝐡𝐚𝐝  𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝  𝐢𝐭  ,  𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫  𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩  𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭  𝐭𝐨  𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭  .

❝  Aha!  There  she  is  !  Where  have  you  been  ,  Moondoll  ?  Not  that  I  was  worried  I  just  thought  you'd  drop  by  sooner !  ��   The  minute  he  sees  her  ,  it's  odd  ,  he  greets  her  with  the  same  trust  he  would  his  boys  ,  of  course  with  the  added  layer  of  -  dare  we  say  the ' l  word ' ?  He's  smitten  .  Yeah  that  was  a  better  word  .  There's  a  glint  in  his  eyes  as  he  approaches  .  It's  unknown  to  him  ,  he  can  see  her  face  is  laced  with  concern  yet  he  has  no  idea  why  ,  it  only  draws  him  closer  .

❝ ...  ?  Luna  ?   ❞