Ares usually woke up in a rather bad mood. He often grumbled of how Apollo intentionally shine a ray of light right to his eyes – which is why he also often to woke up at afternoon instead, he never even bothered to tidy up his bed either. His bad mood was caused by neglect from his parents, lost a battle from Athena, hatred from his siblings, and most importantly, being alone.
That was before. Before he found someone who truly cares about him.
The God of War smiled at the sleeping figure next to him. He doesn't know why but he often found staring at Nemesis when she's asleep is quite intriguing. She never bothered about it though as she thought it was sweet that Ares would actually do that – also quite creepy too. He preferred to wake her with his gentle kisses, sometimes softly whispers in her ear. This –way too early- morning however, he shakes her lightly to wake her.
"A-Ares? Is everything alright?" Nemesis groaned slightly, as being awaken from her slumber. She may be blind, but she could detect the nervousness from Ares.
"Nem. I've been thinking…" Ares said. "…I want to make our relationship official."
The Goddess of Revenge gaped at his statement – Ares thought her reaction to be cute as she looked like a gaping kitten. "A- Are you sure about this? I mean, what the other would say about us?" She then looked horrified. "By Tartarus! My mother! What my mother would say about us?!"
Ares gently place his hand onto hers. "Don't worry, Nemesis. We will do this together. If your mother – and my father – don't approve our relationship, to Hades with them! At least my love to you is true and you know it!"
Nemesis smiled, before she kissed him on his cheek. "I know that. Now-"She then pushed him away, playfully. "Get dressed already. I could sense that Apollo is about to pull his sun chariot in a minute."
Later that day,
Mercury looked at Athena, worriedly. "Are you sure this plan doesn't make me ended up dead or anything?"
Athena nodded. "I'm sure of it. Besides, Aphrodite will never try to harm you because you will be supported by the other pantheons for this."
The Messenger God gulped. Behind him, Cupid was currently giving a final touch for the plan. "Done! Here you go Mercury!" He then gave Mercury the object. "Don't screw this up!"
"And I have to make sure that Apollo remembered our plan." Athena said. "Don't worry, Mercury. Your part is simple and Aphrodite will never suspect it because you are also the Roman God of Lies. You will do fine and besides, we will pull you out when something goes wrong."
Mercury nodded, rather shaken. He knows that Athena never make a failed plan, so he should trust her judgments for this. So why he's nervous? He was currently holding a bouquet a flower from Cupid, dressed in a fine suit, and his hair is finely trimmed -courtesy from Serqet. Athena's plan required him to look like that. Why?
Because he has to seduce Aphrodite.
And he doesn't like this part of the plan, at all.
AUTHOR NOTE: Can Nemesis has her own tag in FFN list of characters? Can someone please request FFN to do that for me? Because I can't write email for them. Damn.
