~Dark Kiss~ lV
Hades did not like Olympus. Well, he did, just not as much as the other Gods and Goddesses. He preferred his abode in the Underworld. There was always much less drama, usually it was quiet enough for him to do his work but not nowadays.
Now, he had a beautiful baby daughter Melione, Goddess of Ghosts. She was just a few weeks old. Persephone had delivered her a few days after she returned from the Underworld. Hades was relived that she ad had here, for he didn't want to miss the day that she was born.
But now because of her birth, a party for the three of them was to be thrown at Olympus. Even Hecate and Thanatos were to attend. But Hades didn't want to. The Dinner parties at Olympus weren't his glass of wine.
Persephone walked out of the bathroom with Melione in her arms. Persephone was wearing a long apricot chiffon dress, and Melione was dressed in fabric of light pink. She had a smile across her face as she came out.
"Why aren't you ready yet?" she asked cocking her head to the side. Hades sighed and rolled his dark brown eyes.
"Do I really have to go? I mean I still have so much work to do…" he said. As much as he despised disappointing Persephone, this was one sacrifice he didn't want to make. Her smiled turned into a glare.
"If you're not going to the party, then you can stay here, but you can't sleep in here either."
"Why not? I get tired, I need my sleep!" he snapped.
Persephone lay Melione in her crib made of wood, it was a gift given to them by Hephaestus. Though he was handy with metal and fire, he had a few tricks up his sleeve when it came to wood as well.
"Look, honey. You work hard all the time. Why not take a break for just a little while."
"B—" now Persephone had enough.
"No buts! Go and get Ready or I'll go by myself. And I bet you anything that my Mother will show up and I'll tell her all kinds of things about you." she snapped. Yes, maybe it was kind of a bitchy thing to do, but she really wanted them all to go as a family. She had one now, it was not just she and Hades. They had a daughter.
"You wouldn't." he said narrowing his eyes. She placed her hands on her hips.
"Watch me." He growled and muttered something under his breath as he grabbed his close from the wardrobe and walked into the bathroom slamming the door behind him causing Melione to cry out.
"Thanks a lot Hades!" she yelled at him as she picked up her daughter from the crib and rocked her back and forth in her arms.
As soon as Hades was ready the three of them left for Olympus. They were the last to arrive everyone else was already there. Hecate, Thanatos, Demeter, Aphrodite, Artemis, Apollo, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon and his wife Amphitrite, Hephaestus, Ares, Athena, Zeus, Hermes, Eros and his wife Psyche.
"Finally!" Zeus hollered with open arms greeting them as they arrived, "We thought you three would never arrive!" he said with a laugh. Persephone smiled and gestured towards Hades. "And hello there little Melione." He said leaning down to greet her as well. "How is she?"
"Fine Lord Zeus, thank you." Persephone answered. Everyone else began to greet them as well.
"Kore!" Demeter yelled happily. She ran up to her daughter to give her a hug. She wasn't much for gatherings but since Persephone was to come, she did. She didn't want to pass out on the opportunity to see her again, as well to meet her Granddaughter.
"Hello mother, how are you?" she asked sweetly.
"I'm fine thank you. How is she? Are you taking good care of her? Do you need any help? Because if you do I wo—" Persephone laughed and shook her head.
"No mother, I am fine thank you. Besides, Hades helps out just fine and Hecate and Thanatos are good for company when I need another se of hands.
"Oh alright. Do you mind if I hold her?" Demeter asked.
"No, not all here." She said placing Melione in the arms of her mother.
As Demeter held Melione in her arms she couldn't help but smile. Yes Melione was also half Hades, but she was half Persephone as well and Demeter loved her just as much. She looked at her carefully. She had Hades pale skin, and every now and then she would open her eyes. She had his dark eyes as well. She had Persephone's nose and pink lips. One thing however that made her stand out was the fact that her short baby hair was half white and half black. White representing the light, which was Persephone, and the dark, was Hades. Melione Goddess of Ghosts.
Demeter had walked off with Melione in her arms, but Persephone wasn't worried. She trusted her mother and she knew that she was in no way going to harm her.
"Persephone!" she heard two sets of voices. She turned around and saw Athena and Artemis walking up towards her, embracing her in for a hug.
"Hello." She said with a smile.
"How have you been? Tired?" Athena asked assessing her from top to bottom, Persephone shrugged.
"I'm alright. You?" she asked.
"Fine, fine. Where's Melione?" She asked. Persephone turned slightly and pointed to Demeter. Artemis pursed her lips.
"Are you sure you want your Mom off guard with your child?" She asked. Persephone placed a hand on her hips and narrowed her eyes.
"What is that supposed to mean? I trust her." She said.
"Do you ever." Artemis muttered under her breath, but Persephone was able to hear that.
"I heard that." She said, "Nice to see you two again." Persephone said marching off to go and find Hades.
"Someone's hormones are a little off…" Athena whispered to Artemis as the two walked off in the other direction.
Hades stood off near the end of the large hall with Dionysius and Apollo and a glass of wine in hand. He needed it more than ever if he wanted to get through the night here. Dionysius was just telling both Apollo and Hades about his latest flavor of wine.
"I like red the best, no actually pink. No wait white… hard to say actually." Said Dionysius as he chugged down his glass of pink wine.
"Does it really matter? You'll drink any kind." Hades said bringing the glass up to his lips, until someone took it away.
"Persephone, I was drinking that." He growled at her, not that he was mad at her for taking it, it was more like he needed, and she probably took it he wouldn't get it back.
"Well calm down, I'll give it back." She said taking a few sips before giving it back to him, in the meantime Apollo and Dionysius had left and were now taking to Hephaestus.
"What's got you all frustrated? You were the one that wanted to come here so bad." He asked drinking the rest of it down, "looks like I need more." He said filling it from a near by table.
"I just wanna eat and go home after." She said, he raised a brow, "What? I am hungry!"
"That, and the fact that my negative attitude towards things have taken its effect on you." He said with a smirk, Persephone smiled and kissed his cheek.
"Maybe it has." She said.
Dinner had begun and Hades sat next to Persephone on her right, and on his left sat his brother Poseidon and his wife. Beside Persephone on her left sat Aphrodite and Hephaestus. Hecate now held Melione and she and Thanatos were on the other end of the table with Psyche and Eros.
"Will you stop?" Persephone hissed at Hades, once again he began making incredibly loud and unnecessary sounds with his knife as he cut his roast.
"Sorry, not mu fault." He muttered.
"What's with you toady?" she snapped at him. He raised a brow and swallowed his meat. Pointing his knife at her from a safe distance.
"What's wrong with me? What about you? You've been snapping at me all day! What did I do?" he asked.
"What are you two love birds talking about over there? Come on! I bet we'd all love to know!" Yelled Dionysius from far off. Like always he was drunk. Drunk before the party even ended.
"Trust me, nothing interesting I assure you." Hades answered. Poseidon punched his arm in a brotherly manner.
"Come on Hades! Have fun; you work too much down in the Underworld. Why not get out once in a while?" he joked.
"I get out just fine on my own." He sneered drinking yet another glass of wine.
"Yeah! Once every hundred years. Come on brother, lighten up just a bit wont you?" Zeus added onto the joke, "Persephone, are you not taking care of him enough?" Persephone blushed slightly embarrassed catching onto what he meant.
"What'd I tell you Seph? They all turn out just the same." Hades muttered. However this time her answer wasn't her yelling or snapping. Slowly she reached for his hand under the table and squeezed it.
"Zeus, really stop it. Now!" Demeter glared at him. He did, no one wanted to get her into a bad mood. Not today and not ever.
"Yeah Zeus! Why can't you be more considerate towards your guests?" Dionysius joked gulping down another glass of champagne.
Soon everyone broke into small talk with one another. Aphrodite and Persephone were talking, or more like gossiping on Aphrodite's behave. Things between them had died down, they were on good terms with each other.
"So I was there in Athens this afternoon, me and Hephaestus and we were in the market place and there was this total slut flirting with him! Can you believe her? I mean could she not see that we're married!"
Well what about you and Ares? Has it ever occurred to you how he must feel? Persephone thought. She nodded along.
"I know the feeling." She said. Aphrodite smiled.
"Guess what I did after that?" She asked leaning into Persephone. She tilted her head and shrugged.
"What?"
"Drained her of her beauty. Not that she had any compared to you and me. But you know, I have more than you." Persephone shook her head and smiled. Yes it was somewhat rude, but this was who Aphrodite was. "Pulled that trick out of my dress from you." She said with a smirk.
"Looks like I've become a trend setter then." She said, Aphrodite laughed and nodded.
"Looks like it. Oh! That reminds me! Where is baby Melione?" She asked.
"Over there with Hecate and Thanatos." Persephone said pointing to them. Melione was asleep in Thanatos arms and he smiled. Amazing how much a baby can bring people together.
"Oh! I must see her! Trust me, after I bless her with my gift, she will become more of a beauty than she already is!" She said leaving her seat and taking Melione out of Thanatos arms.
"What is she doing?" Hades whispered in Persephone's ear.
"Nothing, just giving her a gift."
"She better not try anything stupid. Or she will get a punishment worse than life in Tartarus." He said to her.
"You're acting like my Mother. It's alright she's not gonna do that. She's smarter than you think."
"Aphrodite? Are you kidding me, I heard what she said to you. Does she not know who Ares is? Or the fact that she's married to another God? Yeah, she's smart." He said in sarcasm.
"Why not ask her?" she joked.
"Not sure she'd know what I asked." He said with his brow raised. He ate more and she wasn't able to hear his knife banging itself against the plate.
While Persephone conversed with Hades was talking with Poseidon and Amphitrite.
"I don't understand why you're in such a grumpy mood today Hades. Why not just enjoy a party for once. I mean, it's your very first with the two of them." Poseidon said to his brother.
"Yeah! I mean, Lord Hades look at Persephone, she seems to be having fun." Amphitrite said pointing her thin finger at Persephone who was now with Hestia and Hera.
How do you know she doesn't want to leave?
"Well, she's more of the… party type of person than I am." Poseidon laughed.
"Now, now. No need to lie! She's no more of a party person than you. Have you not met Demeter? Hades, the only reason she comes to these dinners on Olympus is because of you, and Demeter only comes because of Persephone. You used to notice every minor detail around you. What happened?" he asked. Hades shrugged and drank more wine.
He had no intention that he was going to get through this night sober.
Though the party was still progressing Melione had awoken from her sleep no thanks to Hermes and Apollo. Persephone gave up on keeping her quiet so the family retired for the night. The three were in their bedchamber; Hecate and Thanatos were still at Olympus.
After about an hour or so Melione finally slept after Persephone fed her and changed her. She lay in the middle of their giant king sized bed covered in blankets. It got awfully cold in the Underworld at night and both Hades and Persephone didn't want their daughter to catch anything.
Persephone changed out of her party wear as did Hades. He sat in one of the armchairs with a glass of water in hand and a fire burning in the fireplace behind him. He stared at Persephone as she combed her hair on the bed beside Melione.
"How was it?" He asked after a moment of peaceful silence. Persephone shrugged.
"It was okay. I was hoping for better though." She said placing her brush on the side table on the right. She held Melione's tiny fingers and smiled. "Isn't she cute?" she asked him.
"She's beautiful." He said with a smile walking towards them. He placed a long kiss on Melione's forehead, and one on Persephone's lips.
"Just like you Percy." He said, his breath tickled her cheek. She smiled and stoked his cheek in affection.
"She gets it from both of us…." She pursed her lips, "And Aphrodite." She added causing Hades to laugh.
"Right you are Seph."
"Can I ask you something?" she asked laying her head in his chest.
"Anything."
"Are we going to anymore dinners there again anytime soon?" she asked.
"No… I don't think so. Why? Are we going?" He asked. She shook her head against his chest.
"No, actually I think you were right about them. Some of them are completely... stupid."
"Took you long enough for you to realize." He muttered kissing her temple.
"Looks like you are rubbing off on me. That'll drive my Mother insane at one point."
"Isn't she already?"
"No. Not yet at least."
"That's what you think." She slapped his chest with the back of her hand.
"What was that for?"
"For making fun of my mother!" she yelled at him playfully, forgetting about Melione sound asleep. And once again they were disturbed by her cries.
Yes, Hades had no intention on making it through the night sober.
A/N: Hope you guys liked it, hopefully it's not so bad. I promise that the next one will be better. Thank you for reading though! :)
