So, this story is dedicated to one of my most favorite characters in myths - Hades. I have always though why Persephone didn't like Hades, he's so cool. And I think that he deserves a lot more than Persephone, someone who actually loves him. So this fanfiction will be about Hades x OC as usual.
I wrote this story some time ago, and I'm in the process of editing it, but I think it is quite ready to be posted, so here it is. I hope you will read this while you guys are waiting for me to update my other stories. I'll try to update it as soon as possible.
Enjoy~
Chapter 1: Love at first sight
Clarius was one of the most beautiful Goddess that had ever lived on Mount Olympus. Born from the purest drop of morning dew, she became the goddess of light, clarity and harmony. Many Gods had wanted to have her as their wife, Zeus was number one on the list, but she wasn't interested. Every time they tried to get her, she would find a way to untie the situation and with her ability to harmonize people, no one could argue with her or even in front of her. People would feel ashamed of themselves whenever they make a racket in her presence.
Though the other Goddesses didn't like her for gaining all the attention from their men, they couldn't help but respect her nonetheless. Even Hera, who was supposed to be jealous of her seducing Zeus, couldn't bring herself to hate Clarius or bring harm on her. However, the fact that Clarius was being a nuisance in their eyes was true, it's just that they couldn't harm her in anyway.
As for the reason why she wasn't interested in being popular with other Gods was because she believed in true love. She had already decided that she won't be with any man other than the one she loves. And she already had that one in her heart.
And so today was the yearly meeting of the Gods, where all Gods would gather on Mount Olympus and discuss about things that happened this year. And that 'all' included the King of the Dead – Hades.
The meeting lasted for a while, but eventually ended. All Gods went back to their own places, but that wasn't the case for Hades. He wasn't in a good mood after the meeting, as usual, but today, for once, he wanted to check out how Olympus was doing these days, if there was anything new around here.
'I might as well as go around and see whether there is anything new here.' he thought and decided to have a walk. 'Things are so different up here, my world is so dark, gloomy, boring… did I mention gloomy? I must admit that I might have gotten used to it, but I get bored of it after a while…'
After some time of walking, Hades came across a place he had never seen before 'Okay, this is weird, I know that it has been a while since I have been walking around this place, but that doesn't mean that I have forgotten how it looks… I'm sure this place is new… Well, I might as well as check it out…'
He walked into a garden, which was full of flowers. Even the air was different from that outside this garden. Everything seemed so peaceful, the wind was blowing lightly, the birds were chirping, the river was flowing slowly. He walked deeper and heard somebody humming a song. It was a woman, her voice was clear and smooth, it made Hades feel so very calming and soothing.
~x~
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong,
Mountain mamma,take me home
Country roads
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Hades followed the voice and finally reached he source of it. It was a woman, sitting in the middle of the garden of flowers under the sunlight, the birds gathered around her. She was wearing a white chiton and a flower crown on her head. She turned around as she sensed someone behind her "Who's there? There's no need to hide. Please, come and join me." She looked towards Hades' direction.
He walked towards her and sat next to her. He didn't say anything, just looked at her. 'She is really beautiful, I must say, but then why do I not know her?' he thought
"Is there something bothering you, God of the Underworld – Hades?" she asked
"Hm? Nothing really, I was just wondering why have I never seen you before."
"Oh! I'm really sorry for the late introduction." She stood up "My name is Clarius – Goddess of light, harmony and clarity. I was born from a drop of morning dew not long ago, so it's not a surprise that you don't know me." she bowed
"Is that so? Then I should introduce myself as well. I'm Hades, God of the Underworld."
"Yes, nice to meet you, God Hades." she smiled cheerfully
Her smile made Hades's chest thump from happiness. It has been a while since somebody, especially a woman smiled at him like that. Most people look at him with fear in his eyes, if not that then hatred… But this woman smiled at him… Clarius…
"So, God Hades, what brought you to my garden?"
"Nothing really, I was just walking to cool of my anger after the meeting. I came across this place on coincidence, I just noticed that this place was quite new."
"Really? Then I'm glad that you decided to take a walk then."
"Why's that?"
"If you didn't then I would never had the chance to meet you." she smiled again "So have your anger went away yet?"
Hades couldn't help but keep looking at her bright smile, which could have blinded him. "Y-yes, actually, I feel very calm ever since I came into this garden."
"I'm very happy to hear that my garden helped you calm down then."
They chatted until the sun started to go down and Hades said "It's quite late, I think I should go back now."
"You could have stayed for dinner, I'll be cooking it" Clarius said
'Believe me, I would love to do that' Hades shouted in his head, but "It's okay, we still have other chances."
"But you can only come up here once a year, right?"
"Sure, but next year I'll sneak out of the meeting and come here early."
She giggled "I'll be looking forward to that."
And so every year, Hades would sneak out of the meeting and go see Clarius. For him it was totally love at first sight. Years passed by and 10 years had passed ever since they met each other. Hades's affection toward Clarius just got stronger every time he saw her. Until he couldn't take it anymore
'I have to tell her today, I can't take it anymore…' Hades thought as he made his way from the meeting to Clarius's side
"Hades! You're early today" Clarius smiled at the sight of Hades
"Yes, I need to tell you something."
"Yes?"
"…" Hades fell silent for a while 'Wait, even though I said that I'm going to tell her today, I haven't actually thought about how can I say it… I've never felt like this before! What am I supposed to do right now?'
"Hades?"
"Clarius, I know this might be… a bit sudden, but please listen to me…" He kneeled down and reached his hand out to her "You are the first woman who made me feel this way… Every time I see you, I feel my chest becoming warmer… When we part, I miss you already. I love you, will you become my queen?" He then fell silent. His face was calm, but he was bursting from inside with fear of rejection. It was his first experience of being scarred. 'Well, a lot of first things have happened to me since I met her anyway… First time somebody smiled at me, first time feeling happy, first time feeling warm in the chest, first time eating homemade food… and finally first time feeling scared...'
Clarius didn't say anything at first, she was a bit surprised that Hades could actually say those cheesy, but filled with love lines. She knew that he was a good person from the heart, but for him to be saying these lines surprised her more than she had thought. She smiled and put her small white hand inside his bigger ones and said "I would love to."
Just as she said that, Hades stood up and put his other hand on hers, clenching it lightly
"Hades?"
"I'm never going to let you go. I swear I will make you happy. I love you, Clarius."
"Hades… I love you too."
They got closer to each other and slowly, their lips met each other and stayed that way for a few seconds.
"I'm going to take you to the Underworld, is that okay?" Hades asked, another unfamiliar feeling rising in his chest "That place is different from here. It's dark, scary, boring and -"
"But you are there" Clarius said simply "As long as you are here, everything will be just perfect" and leaned onto his chest
Hades was speechless again. He really wondered how could just a small, short, simple sentence like that can make his heart run a thousand mile per second. He was so happy this time that he couldn't control his emotions, his face was smiling. His hands gradually moved up to her back and hugged her tightly.
"Take me home, Hades."
"My pleasure, Clarius"