"Buttercup!" my dad Hades calls me.
I groaned. "Yeah?" I call back. "Your uncle is here!" Okay, this time I was rushing. Dashing here and there. I finally got ready.
Oops, did I introduce myself? I didn't. Well, my name's Buttercup. I'm a goddess! Daughter of Hades, lord of the Underworld. I sometimes call it Hell. Yeeaahhh... Don't fucking judge me.
I came out the door, rushing downstairs to see my Uncle Zeus with my dad and mom, Persephone. I have to say that Uncle Zeus isn't related to us, so I just call him Uncle for the sake of it. "Hi," I waved sheepishly. "Ah, Buttercup! Nice to see you again!" he hugged me. I gotta say, my uncle is STRANGLING ME!
"Can't breathe..." I strained. He could possibly see my face turn blue. Uncle Zeus let me go, I finally can breathe! "Eh heh heh, sorry." he scratched the back of his head.
My dad spoke up, "Anyways, we have someone to see you Buttercup." I caught my breath. "Who is it?" I asked curiously. Possibly a little too excited.
A boy came behind my mom. Who was this kid? Wait, he has black hair and green eyes... Nope. Not a fucking clue. "Mom. Dad. Who's he?" I gestured to him.
"Right, right. You two haven't met yet." Uncle Zeus said. "Well, this is Butch. My son." Oh, I gotta admit, he looks like a bad boy. Heh.
My mom grinned. I raised an eyebrow at her body language. My eyes widened. Oh hell no.
"Well, we gotta discuss something." my dad said and left us alone. It was only me and Butch. Ohh okaay...
We both stayed in the silence for a while. "So what's your name?" he asked me. "My name's Buttercup." I replied quickly. He grinned. "You wanna eavesdrop on our parents?"
I was practically screaming in my mind. He's sooo hot! "Um, yeah. Sure." I followed him to the door where his and my parents are. We both put our ears on the door.
"We should arrange a marriage for them, should we?" Both of us heard my dad say. Marriage? What the fuck? I'm not ready!
I saw Butch make a disgusted face. He's still cute with that face, though. "I think we should." my mom spoke up. I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, in four years, we're sure." Uncle Zeus sighed.
I pulled my ear away from the door and faced the other direction. I can see Butch look at me. Marriage. Four years. To him? I like him, but I doubt think he feels the same way as me though...
"Hey, what's wrong?" Butch asked me. I turned around. "Huh? Oh nothing!" I lied, putting a fake grin on my face. He was still listening to the voices through the door.
What was that girl thinking about? Praising her favorite goddesses? I doubt it. I keep on listening through the door. Why were they talking about marriage? Am I really going to marry her? All questions are rambling through my head. Damn it.
Buttercup turned around and removed her ear from the door. "Hey, what's wrong?" I asked the girl. She turned around with a smile plastered on her face. It was fake, obviously.
"Huh? Oh nothing!" I can tell she's lying. My power is everything. My dad is Zeus, for crying out loud! He has the power of every single god or goddess.
I rolled my eyes at her and continued to listen. "So Buttercup and Butch?" I hear Persephone ask.
"I'm guessing." Hades said. "I think we should get a look on how they're doing. Yeah, they're wondering why we left them alone." I could hear my dad's voice getting closer and closer.
I grabbed her hand and ran to the living room and sat down. I saw her cheeks get red. I rolled my eyes.
I whispered in her ear, "Pretend we like each other." Buttercup's cheeks got even redder. So I put my hand on top of hers. The three grown ups came back in the room.
"Hades, look." I heard Persephone whisper in Hades' ear. "I know," he whispered back.
I saw my dad walk over to us. "So what's up?" he asked, grinning. I slung an arm over Buttercup's shoulders. "Your daughter and I am in love." I lied. Persephone, Hades, and my dad were gasping with joy.
"Really?" he asked me.
"Yeah, I am." I replied back.
I turned to see Buttercup's face. Very priceless.
Wh-what the hell did he just say?! Just... just please don't repeat it.
"Really?" Uncle Zeus grinned like an idiot. I felt my cheeks get hot again. Damn hormones.
"Yeah, I am." Butch responded. Okay, saying that I doubt that he likes me: True. Doubting marriage: True. I doubt my love life will happen.
He turned to see my red face. I looked away.
"Why did you tell me you like this kind of goddess?" I whispered in Butch's ear.
"Just play along," he replied.
"Okay," I mouthed.
Sneaky little bastard.
I could see my parents smiling and talking. His arm was still around my shoulders. When will he stop with this game?
"So, we're just 13, I can't let her go." Butch lied once again. I smirked to myself, my blush going away. Butch was looking at me, them my parents, then his dad.
Okay, okay. I see where you're going with this. I'll play along with the Divinity Game of Love.
