Star Crossed Myth Collection Chapter 10: Now And For Eternity -Leon, a star-crossed myth fanfic

Leon's POV

Sitting at the desk in my room I carefully look over important documents. ...Well it was more like that was what I was trying to do but my mind just wasn't focused on my work. I shuffled through several files but they all register as a blur to me. In frustration I slam the documents on the desk and lean back on my chair.

Absentmindedly, I stare up at the ceiling. I was lost in my thoughts, going over something _ had told me not too long ago, 'Our anniversary... she made it sound like a big deal. These humans celebrate the strangest things. Why should it matter how long we have been together?' I found myself sighing as I thought about it.

I wasn't sure what to do for this anniversary. I tried to understand the meaning of it but it was all so foreign to me. I intended to stay with her forever so why should we need to celebrate how long we have been together?

I recalled how she seemed so excited about it... I didn't know what this feeling was inside of me but seeing her so happy made me want to please her. Though I didn't care either way I wanted to make her happy in my own way. I wanted to show her as many times as it was needed just how much I loved her. I would spend my life proving to her my heartfelt feelings.

'...I like seeing her smile.' I slightly nodded to myself as I accepted it. Though I wouldn't so easily declare how I felt, that's just not who I am. And she knows that. It's the kind gestures that I only show to her that tells her just how I feel.

Still, I didn't know what to do in my predicament. I was wracking my brain but couldn't come up with a single clue on what I should do for our three month anniversary. I didn't have much time left to think. With every ticking of the clock my time dwindled away. The fated day of our anniversary, it was...tomorrow!

I decided to leave my room behind me and go relax in the living room with my thoughts.

When I arrived there was no one else around. I went to sit on the couch and began mulling over what to do. It wasn't long before the silence around me was Interrupted as Ichthys, Dui and Teorus walked into the room. They were idly chatting away together with grins on their faces. I could only imagine what that problem child might be plotting.

'Oh great. The terrible trio.' I rolled my eyes, attempting to ignore them.

But that was easier said than done. They seemed to have picked up on my unease and started to question me but I continued to try zone them out.

"Hey. Don't just ignore us." Teorus whined, looking sulky.

"There must be something wrong. It's not usual to see him so lost in thought." Dui remarked and the other two looked at Dui for a moment before turning back to me, slowly nodding their heads as if they understood.

I could feel my blood start to boil. I just wanted peace and quiet but they insisted on being a pain. They should consider themselves lucky I don't have the time to threaten them right now; they wouldn't be so readily annoying me if i did.

They had now formed a little circle and started talking between themselves trying to work out what might be bothering me. I swore I even heard the word 'prank' mixed in with their chatter.

'The hell. They better not dare think about pranking me now if they value their lives.' I was silently glaring daggers into their backs from my seat when another god stepped into the room. The last person I wanted to see... The annoying Scorpion.

I quietly clicked my tongue and folding my arms, I made sure to avoid eye contact with him and focused on my lap instead. But that didn't stop him from speaking to me.

I could feel his steady gaze on me as he spoke, "Tch. I was hoping to not run into you today." The annoyance in his tone shined through. It wasn't like I was any happier seeing him.

I lifted my head and replied, "I could say the same to you." A sardonic smirk tugged on my lips as I coolly stared straight at him. Scorpio glared right back at me, standing just inches away from where I was seated.

We were locked in a fierce staring contest of who could make the scarier face when suddenly Dui shouted, stunning us both.

Abruplty shaken from our heated glares, we both bark at the same time, "What are you shouting for?!" Scorpio and I both snapped at Dui. Dui realizing what he had done quickly turned around and seeing the scowls on our faces he briefly froze before quickly bowing his head in apology.

"Sorry. I got a little carried away..." Dui smiled awkwardly.

"Well? What did you discover?" I asked in slight irritation. I could feel my patience wearing thin, I didn't have much time left and everyone insisted on taking up what little precious time I did have.

Dui smiled brightly for a moment before replying, "It's your three month anniversary with _, Isn't it?" He happily responded.

I gasped in utter surprise. I found myself questioning Dui in my thoughts on how he would even know such a detail. It's not like he was dating her so why would he know the date of our anniversary?

Seeing the obvious confusion on my face Dui smiled like he knew what I was thinking.

"I overheard _ talking about it a little while ago." In a soft voice he informed me of how he knew what was on my mind.

I softly nodded and said, "I see. Then you must know I don't have times for games right now. The anniversary is tomorrow and I have yet to come up with something that would make _ happy." I dropped my gaze and sighed.

"It's your anniversary?" I heard a voice coming from the entrance of the room. I looked in the direction and saw Huedhaut holding a book walking towards us.

"Yes." I curtly replied, still irritated, not only with the other gods but with myself as well. 'What would she want me to do?' No matter how much I wracked my brain I just couldn't come up with an answer.

"Maybe I can help." With a wry smile on his face, Huedhaut took a seat besides me.

"What do you know?" I questioned him. At this point I'd take any help I can get and out of all the gods I trusted Huedhaut's advice the most.

"Well..." I closely listened to his every word. I was surprised to see the other gods, even Scorpio, following his every word along with me.

And that was how I ended up relying on the other gods to help me with my very first anniversary.

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_ POV

I was on my way to the house of the gods for my anniversary with Leon. I purposely got all dressed up and even put extra effort into my makeup than usual. I don't know how long I had spent in front of the mirror this morning but it was a long time I can tell you that.

Last night, though it was only brief, Leon had come by my place telling me to come to the house of the gods today. I couldn't begin to explain the excitement inside of me when I realized he remembered our anniversary. Of course he wouldn't directly tell me that was why he asked me to come. I just knew in my heart that was the reason.

I finally arrived at the house, though it was more like a castle going by its size. On the outside it looked tacky enough to be labeled a haunted house but on the inside it was like stepping into a whole new world with its regal setting.

I reached out to the door and gave it several light knocks. I immediately heard the sound of foot steps from inside.

The door slowly opened before me and I was greeted by... "Oh, hey, _!" Ichthys stood at the entrance, a bright smile lit up his lips.

"Hello. I've come to see Leon." I greeted him with a smile and informed him of my appearance at the house.

"Soooorrry. Leon isn't here right now." He replied in a rather cheeky tone. I was completely besides myself after hearing what he said.

"What? But Leon told me to meet him here today. How could he not be here?" I immediately questioned him in my confusion.

"He was called to the heavens for an important meeting with the king. I don't know when he will be back." Ichthys replied. I couldn't put my finger on it but I felt like he wasn't being completely honest with me. And there was the fact he hadn't stopped smiling even for a second as he spoke to me.

"I see... I guess I'll wait around inside until he returns." I said, feeling like the wind had been knocked out of me. I had been looking forward to this day for the past several weeks and now it felt like the day would be Ruined.

"You know... If you REALLY want to I can take you to see Leon." Ichthys sudden declaration made my whole being perk up and I stopped in my tracks.

"Really? But he is busy. I don't think it would be wise to disturb him." There was excitement mixed in with sadness raidiating from my tone.

But Ichthys looked all to eager to convince me. Just as he took a few steps closer to me, the other gods suddenly appeared. I was surprised to see them all surrounding me at once.

'What is going on?' I carefully glanced between them all but I couldn't make out what they were thinking.

"Here to see Leon? How unfortunate." Huedhaut cast me a sad gaze.

"You can just go to the heavens if you really want to see him." I was utterly shocked to hear those words come from Scorpio's mouth. Now I just knew something was up.

"Usually humans aren't allowed to enter the heavens without reason. But just this once we can grant you this favor." Dui's sweet voice chimed in my ears.

Everyone seemed to be urging me on to go to the heavens. I didn't know what they had up their sleeves but I found myself growing weak against their onslaught, how could I say no now?

'It's not everyday I see them all working together to convince me... Seriously, what is going on?'

I now stood at the door that led to the heavens. All the gods stood behind me. I still held my doubts if this was the right thing to do but my desire to see Leon was stronger than my fear.

Huedhaut volunteered to take me to the heavens. ...Okay that's not exactly what happened. It was more like Ichthys, Dui and Teorus fought over who would take me and to shut them all up Huedhaut declared he would be the one to take me, and no one dared go against his decision.

The three gods sulked behind me, while Scorpio had a sinister smirk on his face, 'Creeepy... Why is he smiling like that?' A little shiver coursed through my spine. Steeling my resolve, Huedhaut opened the door to the heavens. I was immediately met with a bright light which caused my eyelids to narrow. Together with Huedhaut, we left for the heavens.

...

When I opened my eyes I was met by the beauty of the heavens. No matter how many times I've set foot here it still continues to leave me in awe.

"Shall we go find him?" Huedhaut kindly smiled from besides me. Though he was smiling I couldn't help but feel there was a sadness deep beneath his eyes as he looked at me.

"Yeah." I nodded and together we headed to the large towering building where all the gods of the zodiac resided along with the king himself.

As we were walking, at some point Huedhaut vanished from sight. I didn't even notice him leaving me.

"Huh...Hue?" I carefully scanned my surroundings, spinning around several times but he was nowhere to be seen. This only furthered my suspicions that something was aloft.

As I pondered what was going on I was met with a familiar voice. One I had been longing to hear.

"Leon?" I quickly turned around and there he was, Leon with his cocky grin was standing tall in front of me.

"You came." He said. I didn't know if I was imagining it but he looked less confident than usual. Almost like he was worried.

"Le- Ah!" I was about to question him on my suspicions when he grabbed my hand and started to drag me away.

"Where are we going?" I asked but received no reply. It didn't take long for me to realize where we were headed.

Leon had taken me to his favorite spot. The place he often goes to relax when needed and when he wants nothing but silence. The beauty that filled the area was far prettier than anything I'd ever seen on planet earth. It was like stepping into a magical garden filled with dreams.

Wondering why he brought me here, I carefully studied Leon's face before speaking, "What is going on? Everyone has been acting, well, not themselves today. Besides Ichthys that is. I'm pretty sure he-" I was suddenly interrupted by Leon sealing my lips with a quick kiss, it completely threw me off my train of thought.

"That was because you wouldn't shut up. Don't talk about another man while I'm here." Leon said, there was a hint of jealously in his voice.

'Ohhh, right. Of course I shouldn't ramble on about Ichthys in front of him. ...Wait, I probably shouldn't be thinking about him in front of him either. I'm glad he can't read my thoughts...' I thanked the heavens for that.

I was still left wondering what was going on. Leon hadn't explained anything to me. I was about to ask him again when he suddenly clapped his hands.

"Huh?" My eyes went wide, curious at what his sudden gesture meant. Leon turned his head and was gazing into the distance, I followed suit and looked in the same direction. My eyes went even wider than before from what I saw.

In the distance was little Vega and Altair pushing a small trolley table. On that trolley table lied a cake. It must have been about three layers tall.

"What is this?" I softly breathed admist my confusion. Leon chuckled in response. The two little gods brought the cake right up in front of us and no sooner had they came did they also leave.

Filled with curiosity, I took a closer look. The cake was white as snow and in the shape of a heart. But that wasn't all. What was written on the cake surprised me most of all.

I read aloud the red writing that perfectly contrasted against the white chocolate cake, "To the one who has stolen my heart, happy anniversary." I could feel my chest swell with emotion as I finally realized what was going on. With tears in my eyes I thrusted my head to the side to look at Leon but was surprised to see the faintest stain of red on his cheeks.

"You weren't supposed to read that aloud." Leon grumbled. It only made the smile on my face grow larger.

"You really didn't forget our anniversary." I was so overjoyed, it showed in my tone of voice.

Leon huffed, "Of course not. Do you know the trouble I went through to make sure I did this right?" I could see on his face just how hard he must have worked on this.

With a few tears streaming down my cheeks I jumped at him and wrapped my arms around his muscular form, "Thank you. This means the world to me." I cried happily against his chest.

Leon seemed shocked by my words as he just stood there with me hugging him before finally wrapping his arms me in return.

"As much as I'd like to take the credit, I didn't work on that cake alone." Leon suddenly announced and I slowly leaned back enough to look him straight in the eyes.

"Are you saying they also helped?" I asked , my eyes big and round.

Leon nodded in reply and went to explain how it all happened.

It turned out Huedhaut mentioned that girls love it when their guy makes something with their own two hands. Leon didn't want to use his powers in this case because he felt it would lessen the value of his gift. And he wanted this to be a special occasion. Huedhaut suggested he tried to bake me something as I loved sweets. But Leon wasn't very knowledgeable when it came to baking and so all the gods offered to help.

Huedhaut came up with the perfect recipe and instructed the gods on how to make it. Even Scorpio did his part, though he spent most time as more of a supervisor he did occasionally help by passing them ingredients and cleaning utensils when needed. Dui, Teorus and Ichthys apparently were thrilled to be baking a cake for me and really got into it. Though that didn't stop them from getting a little wild at times and throwing baking powder at each others faces until Huedhaut scolded them. They all worked together to present me with this delightful cake. They even went so far as to make it three layers to represent the three months we have been together.

It warmed my heart imagining them all working together to try make this day perfect for me. I couldn't ask for better friends, even if my friends were far from ordinary.

I could feel the tears coming on even stronger, "You guys... I couldn't ask for more." I silently sobbed in my happiness.

Though Leon looked a little fidgety, it was like he wasn't happy about something, "It feels like it was them giving you a gift and not me..." He sighed and began to pout.

"But it was you who wanted this most. It was because of you we are here right now." I smiled cheerfully at him, trying to show just how much I appreciated his thoughtfulness.

Leon still didn't seem satisfied though. While I was thinking on what else I could say, Leon reached into his clothes and pulled out a small package, "Here." He put the package in my hand.

"Oh. Can I open it?" I asked.

"Of course. Why else would I give it to you? Not to just sit pretty in your hand if that's what you thought." Leon teased me a little.

I hurried to open up the small package, delicately removing the flowery wrapping.

My eyes grew wide and my mouth hung open from what I saw, "These..." I could feel myself growing even more emotional.

Overwhelmed by this new surprise, Leon spoke, "I made these on my own." In my hands rested two heart shaped cookies. They were a little burnt around the edges but I could feel the love that went into making them.

"I'm sorry they aren't that great. I failed many times. Those two were the only ones to survive the oven. I didn't realize baking was so difficult..." Leon let out a sigh, looking troubled as he thought back to when he was trying to make the cookies.

"I love them."

"Huh."

"I love them!" I repeated myself. Leon looked surprised to see just how happy they made me.

"Good... I wanted to give you something I made. I waited for the other gods to leave before I made them in secret. I'm glad they made you smile." Leon awkwardly mumbled, he was acting a tad shy about it.

I couldn't even begin to express how I felt. It was more than I could ever ask for. I had the most wonderful boyfriend. I truly was blessed.

"I thought about it for awhile. What to give you. Though I just couldn't come up with an answer. But through all that thinking I realized something more important than just giving a simple gift." Leon said, there was a small smile playing on his lips.

"And what is it?" I asked. Leon locked me into his gaze and reached a hand for my cheek, softly tracing a finger down my soft skin before grabbing me by the waist and pulling me against him.

I could feel my heartbeat starting to speed up. In his eyes was a longing he held for me. My body grew warm from his gentle touch. I knew things were about to get a lot more intimate.

Leon slowly brought his lips to my ear, "Being together for eternity. Spending our lives together and growing together. No mere gift could ever rival the love I hold for you. Nothing in the heavens or earth is enough to show just how strong these feelings I have for you. You will always be mine. Six months from now. A year from now. Until forever. I'm never letting you go." His raspy breath warmed not only my ear but my entire being.

I had to catch my breath at his words, I could feel myself growing numb and mind go blank as I was completely lost in his affection. Leon softly nibbled on my ear before pulling back and gazing straight into my eyes. In their depths I could see a love stronger than any jewel, a love deeper than any ocean, his love was too great for words.

"I love you..." I softly whispered, lost in the moment. Leon had a look of satisfaction as he gazed kindly at me, "I love you too." He breathed before sealing my lips with a kiss. A heated kiss that showed just how strongly he felt about me. The kiss gradually grew deeper and I could feel myself melting under the intensity of it all. I steadied myself against Leon and he tightened his grip on me as he supported me against his tall frame.

I really was the luckiest girl in the world to have such a loving boyfriend in my life. I couldn't wait for the day I could call him my husband. With him by my side, even if we have to face the entire heavens to be together, I know we will be okay. After all nothing is stronger than the love we shared.