Rhadamanthys adapted one of the rooms in the apartment for Saga to sleep in, and had a small bed brought up for him, despite Saga's constant complaints that he wouldn't be able to sleep in "that disgusting place".
"You were far less arrogant when Lord Hades resurrected you," muttered Rhada, at the end of his patience with Saga.
Saga lifted an eyebrow at him. "I was putting up an act to trick him. It worked," he said.
Rhadamanthys clenched his fist, seriously considering the pros and cons of strangling the tiny bastard. Kanon entered the room.
"So, if we had a baby this would be the nursery?" he asked, looking at the tiny bed and the few bits of furniture around. "It looks a bit drab."
"Kanon, I swear if you don't stop…," warned Rhadamanthys.
"Nyeh, you're so boring," said Kanon and stuck out his tongue at him.
Rhadamanthys sighed and left them alone. Once he was gone, Saga went up to Kanon and pulled on his sleeve.
"Kanon, since I'm already here can you take me to see my dark side?" he asked.
"To the lowest circle?" asked Kanon in surprise. "I don't think so. It's a no children area."
"Kanon I'm serious!"
"Me too! You're five, what do you think it's going to be like facing it like that. When you get back to your own body we can see about that," he said, and went out of the room, closing the door behind him.
Saga sat down on the bed. Being so small and at the mercy of Kanon and Rhadamanthys gave him the most asphyxiating feeling of helplessness and he hated it. He hated his stupid, unstable body, he hated the underworld, he hated Rhadamanthys, and his hate made it impossible to calm down the storm of emotions in his chest.
As he looked at the low ceiling of the small, dark room he was in, he thought that anything would be better than being there. Even the great empty halls of Gemini, where he could hear the whispers of the darkness echoing after each of his footsteps.
He jumped off the bed and walked to the door, wondering if he might be able to slip past Kanon and Rhadamanthys and make his way back to the Sanctuary. He would call Kanon later and just tell him that he would be staying at the Sanctuary alone. He opened the door slowly, watching for any noise. He heard the soft padding of Kanon's feet crossing the living room towards the kitchen, where he could hear Rhadamanthys fiddling with something. Saga took a peek out of the small opening of the door.
Kanon walked towards the blonde and wrapped his arms around his waist from behind, letting his head fall on his shoulder.
"Sorry. I know it's hard," he said, his voice a whisper.
"Don't apologize for him. He's the asshole."
Kanon rubbed his face against Rhadamanthys' back. "Please, it will only be a few days. Try to be nice to him."
"I'm trying Kanon. Gods know I'm trying," he said, turning around to touch his lover's face and kiss him.
Rhadamanthys pulled him closer and Kanon relaxed against him with an easy laugh. "I know you are," he said with a sigh. "Thank you…"
Saga closed the door.
He'd seen enough.