At some point during the night Hades had drifted off into sleep, his body finally giving in and relaxing even though his innocent wife lay beside him sleeping soundly. He had resisted the dark thoughts that had crept into his mind, and had more than once stopped his body from coming to close to hers for fear she might wake up and he would forever be tainted in her mind. It was getting very hard to be good around Persephone, especially when she just kept putting them both in situations where he wasn't sure he could control himself.
But as sunlight came in through his windows he awoke to an empty bed.
He leaned up from bed and examined the covers that had been neatly pulled away and placed back as if Persephone had never been there. A slight hint of disappointment hit him in the chest, but at the same time a huge wash of relief came over as well. It was well enough she had spent the night with him, it was a whole different situation to wake up to one another.
He stretched out and heard some of his muscles start to creak in his body. It was probably time for his dose of ambrosia that all the gods had to eat at some point to keep their godliness up. Hades got up, took a quick hot shower and dressed in his usually dark shirt and pants, some things in his life never changing including his color schemes. Even in the new world his house was nothing but different variations of darkness, with the only exception being Persephone's room which was all ivory and lace made for a queen.
As he walked down the hallway he could hear some chattering going on from the kitchen and he quickly upped his pace to see who was exactly in his home now.
Sitting at the black marbled counter was a woman with dark hair all pinned up with various sparkling barrettes and green eyes watching while Persephone cooked in the kitchen happily chattering on, not noticing Hades standing behind both of them.
"Hecate?" Hades said coming round the counter "What brings you into the House of Hades?"
Hecate, Goddess of Witchcraft and Change turned her sparkling eyes towards Hades with a magenta colored smile.
"Your beautiful wife let me in this morning" she said with a wink "She said you were still snoozing but I was welcome to come in. I've heard a great deal about the whole Demeter and Zeus situation while she's cooked me a amazing breakfast. I think she might give Hestia a run for her money."
Persephone turned with a pan full of two tasty looking omelets as she smiled up at him like nothing had gone wrong last night. She was wearing a mint green dress that stopped right above her knees in curls and waves, showing off her beautiful curved legs and hourglass body. He could definitely get used to her dressing like this...
"I made you some before you have to go off to work" Persephone said interrupting his thoughts that were turning inappropriate in front of company.
"Perfect" he said coming towards her and kissing her lightly on the cheek "I'll eat while Hecate explains why she is in my house so early in the day."
Turning away he came and stood next to the counter as Persephone plopped the omelets on a black plate set it up in front of him.
"As I was telling Persephone" Hecate said looking over at the goddess with a smile "I'm in need of certain minerals for my potions and was wondering if I might be able to sample some of yours that you like to keep hidden away."
"That depends" Hades said putting a piece of omelet into his mouth "You know I never do anything for free Hecate."
"I know that all too well" Hecate said sipping her coffee as Persephone watched them both curiously.
"So I'll make you a deal" Hades said "You take Persephone out around your parts, give her a good time, and then you can sample all the minerals you would like."
"Well if that's all" Hecate said waving her hand "I would have done that for free. I do so like her" she said smiling at Persephone who felt odd being left out of the conversation.
"Then it's settled" he said wiping his mouth "I have some work to be done tonight, so what do you say dear, should Hecate pick you up around, say six?"
"That sounds fine" Persephone said a little timidly.
"It's a date!" Hecate said happily hopping off the chair from the counter "I'll swing by to pick up you up and we will have ourselves a swell time!"
Hecate swayed out the door as Hades watched her go before turning back to his wife as soon as the door clicked shut.
"You know I don't really appreciate you making decisions for me" Persephone said putting the frying pan down "If I had wanted to go out I would have asked myself. Plus aren't we supposed to be going out together?"
"We are, but tonight I have something to attend to" he said checking his phone and his wallet, a very mortal thing to do but necessary none the less.
"Like what?" she said curious.
"Like things you shouldn't concern yourself about" Hades said a little too cooly.
Ouch. He didn't mean to sound so cold towards her as he watched her frame sort of fall and turn away from him, a feeling of rejection surely hitting her hard where he didn't want it.
"Tonight you can go out, be free and have some fun" Hades said walking away from her "You don't need to worry about a thing."
"I'm not worried" Persephone said softly as she heard him move towards the door.
"Well I'm off to work, I'll be home for a minute before you head out" he said as his hand went for the door handle hesitantly. He felt like he should say something more, something that would ease her from his harsh response. But nothing came to him as he watched her start to clean up.
"Alright" Persephone said detached "Have a good day."
"You too" he said although the words felt wrong.
But he exited the door, his head not feeling right about the situation. But he had to go to work, the Underworld wasn't going to run itself. Hades had his fingers in many pies, although not as much as Zeus, but he ran multiple corporations all the way from the jewelry business to the local funeral parlors in town. Tonight he needed to have his meeting with his cyclopes, Thantos, and Hypnos to discuss the upcoming renovations they were planning on some of their companies. He couldn't have Persephone there to distract him, or else nothing would get done.
Persephone heard the door close behind her and felt a wave of mixed emotions hit her all at the same time. At first she was angry at Hades for just assuming Persephone wanted to go out with Hecate, not that she had a problem with the goddess, but it was the principle of the matter. Second she felt confused on what Hades had to do tonight, but quickly felt rejected when he talked to her so coldly, as if she were just another mere mortal to inconvenience him.
"I'll show him inconvenience" she muttered to herself as she let the frying pan slam into the sink. She took off for her bedroom, determined to find the most slinky dress she could find before going off into the night with Hecate. She would show Hades how it felt to be rejected, that jerk.
It was either one extreme or the other with him. Either she cared for him deeply and would do anything for him, or she would hate his guts and wish he would disappear down into Tartarus for a while.
Persephone slammed open her door and started throwing clothes everywhere in search of something that would make Hades blood boil when he saw her in it. All the dresses were so pretty and lavish, but nothing screamed come hither to her as she glanced around all the fabric.
Persephone looked at the clock and realized it was almost noon. Time flew when you were angry and on a mission she guessed. She took a break and ate some lunch, a nice turkey sandwich with a side of ambrosia before going at the search again. After about an hour or two, Persephone really couldn't tell because she felt like she had seen all the fabrics of the world, she finally found the right one.
It was jet black, skin tight, and it stopped right in the middle of her thighs where bright blue patterns that looked like a tree formed from the skirt of the dress. For what it lacked in length at the bottom it made up for at the top as it's sleeves were long and the neckline was nice and high. When she slipped into it she felt very unlike herself. She was so used to innocent, nice dresses, and this one just screamed trouble for anyone that looked at her.
But it was perfect to get under Hades skin as she started to fluff up her hair to just had sex style and bright red lipstick to top it all off. Yep, she looked ready to eat if the occasion called for it, and she knew this was just the right thing to show Hades that if he was going to make plans for her without asking he was going to regret it.
It was almost time to go as Persephone looked at the clock. Hades would be home soon, just in time for her to walk out of the bedroom, walk past him, and walk right out the door.
She took another look at herself and thought something was missing. She held open her hand and from it sprang a dark blue lily with bright white spots that looks like stars sparkling from the petals. She had the stalk start to twist and turn until it was a dark headband that fit into her hair perfectly.
"That's better" she said to herself as she heard the door open from outside.
She quickly heard Hades voice and Hecate's commenting on what they would be doing this evening. It didn't matter to Persephone though, all she wanted was to steam up Hades a bit and have some fun with Hecate.
She took a deep breath and walked out her door, her legs managing to saunter down the hallway toward the pair.
Hades turned as he heard Persephone coming, but his whole body froze when he saw the look she had on this evening. The dress was tight, so tight that Hades could make out every curve of her body as her legs showed so much skin he felt his body heat up just be looking at them. It didn't help that she had her hair wild and wanton as her lips smiled in such a sexy way he wanted to kick Hecate out the door and have her all to himself with those lips placed right on his.
But instead Persephone walked right by him, the air around her heavy with a dark perfume that ignited his senses and left him numb as she talked to Hecate ready to leave.
"I'll have her back safe and sound' Hecate called before they walked out the door, Persephone not even turning towards him to say goodbye as she disappeared out the door and into the night. Any god in his right mind would fall over himself when they saw Persephone, and they hadn't fully convinced everyone that their marriage was very strong to begin with.
Hades popped out his phone immediately and dialed Thantos.
"Than? It's me, I'm going to have to postpone our meeting tonight" he said as his voice grew dark thinking of some other god's eyes all over Persephone, their lips thinking about her skin and her scent "Something's come up."