Yui wasn't sure how the Gods were going to respond to her poem.

Sure she related to it, but she had a feeling that the Gods were going to take the message differently than she intended…..

She sighed as she saw Thoth enter the room, silencing everyone.

He walked up towards her, "You have the poem Kusanagi?"

She nodded her head shyly and made her way to the front of the room. She had the poem memorized since it was one of her favorites. 'At least I don't have to look at them during this.' That thought gave her courage as she turned around to face the class, closed her eyes and started reciting the poem.

(The Loneliest Sweet Potato) By Sabrina Benaim

So, I'm at the grocery store because I feel sad.

I feel sad because nobody is in love with me.

Nobody is in love with me, but everybody loves me.

Everybody loves me because I'm good at making people feel good.

I'm good at making people feel good because I have had a lot of practice on myself.

Practice on myself because I feel sad a lot.

I feel sad a lot but when I make people feel good I feel good for a little bit.

I feel good for a little bit and then I get lonely.

I get lonely and I am uncomfortable in my lonely.

In my lonely, at the grocery store,

I practice trying to make myself feel good by pretending I'm a regular person.

Buying her groceries.

Not a very sad person trying not to cry.

Crying gives me a headache.

Headaches make me want to crawl into bed

And crawling into bed is what sad people do.

What sad people do when they are lonely looks a lot like me at the grocery store.

In my lonely, at the grocery store, I feel sad,

But I look like just like everybody else while picking out avocados and lemons.

Items that nobody refers to as "comfort food".

Comfort food makes me want to crawl into bed.

Crawling into bed reminds me of two things;

I am sad, and I am alone.

I am alone at the grocery store moving slow in the condiment aisle.

Everybody knows that in the condiment aisle it is perfectly acceptable to stand around for too long.

Stand along for too long and I will begin to tap dance.

Tap dance lonely in the grocery store is a fantastic name for a book,

I think to myself while waiting in line to reach the cashier.

The cashier seems surprised when I ask her how her night is going.

Her night is going, "okay" she says.

She says nothing else, except cash credit or debit?

She waves goodbye.

Goodbye is the saddest word I know.

The saddest word you know is my name.

My name walks around at the grocery store and feels less sad.

Less sad, because at the grocery store at least nobody knows there is nobody in love with me.

A few seconds after she finished, she heard, "Wow."

She opened her eyes, and instead of being met with hypnotized faces, she was met with slightly confused faces.

"Guys?"

Apollon stood up, "But fairy, we all love you."

She smiled sadly at him, "Yes, but loving someone and being in love with someone are two different things. Loving someone is reserved for loving a friend or your family. Being in love is reserved for those who you want to marry. It's….. deeper."

Apollon nodded and sat down, seemingly deep in thought. She looked at the rest of the gods, and they seemed to have the same expression.

She looked over at Thoth and raised an eyebrow.

He sighed and made his way to the front, "You may return to your seat Kusanagi."

She nodded and sent him a thankful look before returning to her seat.

-x-

"Hey, weed!"

Yui turned to see Takeru running towards her. She had just left the cafeteria and she left so she could have some down-time. She stopped and smiled at him, "Hey Takeru! Did you need something?"

He nodded before stopping in front of her, "I just wanted to talk to you about that poem from earlier."

She smiled nervously, "O-oh what did you… think of it?"

He seemed to blush, "I-it was….. good." He avoided her gaze, "I-….. I mean we…. it gave us something to think about."

"Thank you, Takeru. It's one of my favorites."

He cocked his head to the side, "Do you know any more of them?"

She smiled and nodded, "Y-yeah…. do you w-want to see?"

He seemed to hesitate but nodded and followed her to sit underneath a tree.

She pulled out a notebook and handed it to him, "When I first came here, I wrote down all of my favorite poems that I could remember so I wouldn't forget them while I am here." She looked at it knowingly as he took it from her, "They're….. comforting for me."

He took the notebook and shuffled through them.

They sat there in silence as Yui laid her head back and Takeru read the poems in her notebook.

He looked over and saw her relaxed expression and smiled, "I like these Weed."

She looked over at him. "Really?"

"Yeah, they're different from the poems that I am used to that is for sure. I think I like them better though. We had to go into hiding after the humans stopped believing in us so I haven't had a chance to see how these things have developed."

She giggled, "I always seem to forget that you guys only know things from centuries ago."

He smiled and handed back her notebook.

Once she was done putting it back in her bag, she saw the contemplative look on his face, "Takeru?"

His eyes widened as he whipped his head to look at her. He blushed, "I was just thinking back on your poem earlier…."

She blushed, "O-oh." She bit her lip, "W-what about i-it?"

He looked in her eyes and she gasped at the sweet, caring eyes that he held, "You know, we all care very much about you weed. You're….. special... To all of us."

She nodded in agreement and heard the chime of the campus clock tower, "We should get back."

He nodded sadly, "Yeah, whatever." He stalked away with his hands stuffed into his pockets and a blush remained on his face.