AN: Hey guys! Happy Valentine's Day!
~HiddenSea
Aphrodite was still getting over her ruined dress. Sure, she was a 3000 year old goddess, but she was still a girl. And now she was a girl who had her dress ruined at a party. She sighed at waved her hand, her hairstyle changed itself, no hairspray or bobbypins needed. She sighed as it undid itself and fell in loose ringlets around her shoulders. It was blonde, for now. It had been black the past few days. she sighed and looked at the calendar. February 14th:
•Valentines Day.
•My Birthday.
•Remind Ares and Hephaestus of both occasions.
She smiled. It was afternoon already, where was that war god?
She found him bossing around some nymphs who were polishing his armor.
"Hi babe!" she called. "Do you know what day it is?"
"Zeus's birthday?" he asked.
"That was last month. It's February." she proded.
"I knew that..." he laughed. "just kidding."
"So... you know what today is?"
"Of course!" he laughed nervously.
The love goddess rolled her eyes. "You don't, do you?"
He turned to the nymphs. "There's a smudge right there. No no, to the left a bit."
"It's my birthday and Valentine's Day." she tugged on his arm.
"Happy birthday, baby!" he tried to act not surprised and prepare a legitimate answer for the next question.
"So... What did you get me?"
"Y'know... a..."
"A?" she proded.
"Surprise! It's a surprise! Yeah, that's it!" he declared.
"Hmm... alright. When can I get my present?" she asked, deflated then excited once more.
"Later."
She crossed her arms.
"It's... magic. If you keep asking then it won't work! Yeah!"
Aphrodite blushed. "it's MAGICAL? I can't wait to see it!"
"Neither can I." Ares muttered under his breath
"HERA!" Ares bellowed later.
"Yes?" Hera asked, slightly annoyed from being bellowed at.
"What are you getting Aphrodite for her birthday?"
"You didn't get her a present, did you?"
"I don't really think that's the point." Ares stalled.
"You're going to die. You realize that, right?"
"...but I'm immortal."
"We'll see."
"What do you mean 'We'll see'?"
Hera rolled her eyes, "Son, I'm just warning you, you had better come up with something for her before she gets done with the other gods' gifts."
"What did you get her? You've managed to change the subject."
"Oh, paid-for sessions of marriage counselling. She and that blacksmith have some serious issues."
His form started glowing, "Of course you did, Mother. Well then, what did Hephaestus get her?"
"A little pink canary automaton, and a box of chocolates."
He laughed. "That's it?"
"And Artemis gave her a... bouquet of exploding roses, compliments of her Huntresses."
Ares chuckled. "That's pretty good. I'll have to pummel that huntress later, though."
"Don't we all want to?" Hera asked. "I would try and come up with something... magical." she smirked and vanished.
"Magical..." he mused to himself.
"Hey little bro." Apollo greeted.
"I'm not your brother! And I'm not little!"
"Whatever, little bro."
"Hey, what did you get Aphrodite?" Ares asked.
"A personalized playlist and a pink iPod."
Ares grumbled to himself. That was a good gift. Why couldn't he think of anything?
"A gun!" He decided at last. "I'll get her a bright pink gun, with pink bullets... that smell like designer perfume! Yeah."
Athena walked up with a curiously coloured owl perched on her arm. "Ares, that is a stupid idea. But hopefully you would know, where's Aphrodite?"
"A pink iPhone 4s!" Hermes declared triumphantly. He walked in holding up the little device. It had hearts on the back. "All of the previous seasons of Hephaestus TV soaps AND about 1,400 love songs."
"Would anyone else like to rub it in that they have a present and I DON'T?" Ares yelled.
"My pink owl has more information than the Internet, just ask." Athena said.
"I will not be shown up by a hot pink owl!" Hermes yelled.
"Neither will I!" Ares declared, causing Athena to huff and walk away.
"Oh, Ares?" she asked with her back turned.
"Yeah?"
"Don't get her a gun. She'll shoot herself in the eye."
"YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!" he yelled.
"Goddess of wisdom."" she smirked. "You'll have to get Apollo and his pink iPod to fix her."
"Apollo. Got. Her. A. Pink. iPod?" Hermes started glowing.
Athena snapped her fingers and vanished with a pop, and Hermes stormed off toward the gardens screaming for Apollo.
"A mirror, a makeup kit, a rose garden-" he started listing off random and girlish things, trying to rack his brain for any ideas.
"Too late on the last one." Demeter appeared out of no where and smiled. "She LOVED it, said it would go well with your... magical gift?"
Ares groaned again.
"Sparkles." she suggested. "That'll do."
"Sparkles..." he mused. "I've got it!"
That night, in the rose garden, Ares stood in a white gazebo waiting for Aphrodite.
"I'm heee-eeeere!" she called, appearing out of thin air.
"C'mere, I want to show you something."
"Is it my present? Is it, is it, is it?"
Ares chuckled. "You'll see."
She looked intently out on the darkness before her, waiting for something. Something magical.
"What isit?" she said after staring into the starry sky for half a minute.
"It's pink, purple and sparkly."
As if on cue fireworks erupted, a full on set spelling out love. A heart flared up around the word before dissolving into smoke. The next sequence was a boy with a girl pirouetting into his arms.
"That is so sweet!" two more shot up and exploded into a flash of girly colours. Immediately after there was a BOOM and Happy birthday Aphrodite!exploded in the sky.
"Aww, honey that is so sweet!" she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"And 250 colours of designer eyeshadow!"
"So much better than a pink canary!"