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A Simple Crush.

Today was Persephone's birthday, she was turning 14 and her father was throwing a party for her in Olympus. A party that Hades had to attend against his will, thanks to Hecate who order him to attend to his "family reunion" as she put it.

"I can't believe you forced me to come to this thing." Hades said as he spoke with Hecate through the phone while driving his car towards Olympus.

"They are your family Hades, you have to go!" Hecate said through the phone.

"Who is this kid anyway? Another of Zeus bastards kids?"

"You know that Zeus doesn't throw parties for just 'any' kid." Hecate pointed.

"Then she is special. Big deal." Hades said grabbing the present he had on his co-pilot seat.

"Just go Hades, just say hello, give her the cheap present you bought her. After that, you can come home." Hecate said.

Hades sighed as he entered Olympus, the city of the gods. The place was like a glorified Beverly Hills with their golden streets and all their designer stores, it was disgusting. Usually he stayed away from Olympus, but there was always something that kept him bringing him here again and again.

"Let the games begin." Hades said before parking his car and getting out.

Zeus Palace, Great Hall of the Gods.

The party was a bit overbearing for Persephone, she was happy that finally she was going to have a party for her birthday, but she wasn't used to the attention she was receiving from the other male gods. She just wanted a normal party where she could dance with Artemis, Athena and Hermes, but instead, she must be seated in her father's throne and hearing the compliments from the male gods; currently, Ares.

"You are truly beautiful, little sister! Is a pity the Demeter doesn't allow you to spend more time with us here!" Ares said in his loud voice that made her ears rumble.

"C'mon Ares! Leave the kid alone." Zeus said as he approached his daughter. "Today is to celebrate Persephone's 14th birthday! It's been 14th springs since you were born my child, and until now, your mother has allowed me to give you this par…"

Zeus words were cut off when Hades entered the room, his presence was dark and gloomy as usual, his tall and broad figure and his black business suit made him look threatening. He looked at the guest in the room and saw each of his family members, all of them with their pretentious faces and their lives full of luxury.

All of them disgusted him, except for a few of them, mostly his sister Hera; other than that, he hates them all. As he looked over each face in the room, his eyes fell upon the most beautiful girl he has ever seen in his life. The kid had long beautiful red hair and gorgeous green eyes.

The girl was siting in Zeus throne so that only confirmed that she was his daughter. She didn't look anything like him, but she didn't look anything like Demeter either, she is a daughter of the earth, just like he is.

"Zeus… family…" Hades saluted them all.

"Hades! Big brother! So glad you came here!" Zeus said as he went to hug his brother.

The god of the Underworld hugged him reluctantly as he wasn't very comfortable in doing so, he wasn't a being who like physical contact. The king of Olympus was happy to see his brother here, he always tried to get his brother to socialize more, but it seems that Hades was to reserve for that.

"Yeah… well, Hecate didn't give me a chance to say no, so here I am." Hades said in his monotone tone.

"Well then… remind me to thank her later." Zeus said giving his brother a friendly pat on his back before continuing the toast for his daughter.

Hades said hello to some of the other gods before going to the bar (of course Zeus would have a bar) to get a drink.

"Hello Lord Hades."

The god of the dead turned around to see who called him and to his surprise, it was the birthday girl herself. "Lady Persephone is a pleasure to finally meet you." Hades said taking her hand and kissing it as he normally does with any goddess of the royal family. As he looked at her, he noticed that she wasn't wearing any garments from any known designer that usually the royal family used.

She was dressed in white gown made of a beautiful silk, probably made by Demeter o Persephone herself. She had what looked like a tiara made of flowers and she was barefoot. Her smile was breathtaking and contagious.

"Thank you for coming Lord Hades, I have heard a lot from you." The girl said still smiling.

"Bad things I assume." Hades answered back with a smirk.

"The worst! But I don't believe it." She answered him, surprising him. "Usually I hear those things from my mother and sisters, but I know they don't like you that much."

"And you?" Hades asked.

"Well… I can't hate someone I don't know." She said still smiling.

Hades smiled as well, in his long life he has always met people who either hated him or feared him. Only his servants and his sister Hestia and his friend Hecate truly liked him (Hestia loved him like true family). And here was this lovely teen talking to him without fear, without hate, she just smiled at him.

"You are an interesting goddess, some may say strange for talking to the king of darkness himself." Hades said.

"Being weird is more exciting than being normal, I may say."

"Indeed."

"Would you like to accompany me to eat cake?" she asked him, a bit overly happy.

"I think I can eat some cake." He answered back smiling.

The party went smoothly for the teenager, she received a lot of presents from everyone in the room, she received a beautiful dress from Aphrodite, an awesome book about flowers from Athena, a pair of running shoes from Hermes, a book of poetry from Apollo and some other things.

And yet, there was no present from him.

"Lady Persephone, may I have a moment?" asked Hades.

"Sure!" Persephone said excited.

The two walked outside into the balcony, the night was young, and the moon shined in the sky and the stars could be seen. Persephone was nervous as she walked near him, she was happy that he wanted to talk to her but was nervous as to why he wanted to talk to her. She looked at Hades and saw his handsome face, she had heard from some nymphs that he was good looking, but she never thought he was this gorgeous.

His black long hair shined with the moonlight, and his pale skin gave him a godly glow that suited him well, but, his blue eyes seemed to harbor a sadness that she couldn't decipher.

"Lady Persephone, when I arrived at this party I was dreading the part of socializing with my family, but… when I met you… well, I stopped dreading that part. You are a good girl, and I will like to be your friend."

Persephone's heart stopped suddenly, and she felt a heaviness in her stomach, she didn't now why she felt heartbroken by him wanting to be his friend. She knew that a god like him would never look at a goddess like her, she was 14 and wasn't as beautiful as Artemis or Aphrodite. It was stupid of her to think that maybe he would look at her differently.

"Yeah… well, I'm glad that you came today, it was fun meeting you." Persephone said with an awkward smile.

"When I arrived, I brought you a present, a scarf that I picked at the local Walmart. But I realized that a lady like yourself deserves a better present than a cheap scarf." Hades said as he summoned a few precious rocks from thin air. He smashed them together creating a necklace in the form of a raven.

It was made of silver encrusted with tiny sapphire rocks. The neckless was very beautiful and unique and she was happy that he gave that to her in her birthday. It was the most perfect gift she has ever received.

"Every time you see this, remember that you are very unique, just like this necklace." Hades said as he put the necklace in her neck.

"This is beautiful Lord Hades…"

"Please, just call me Hades."

"Thank you, Hades." She said smiling.

"I have to go Lady Persephone, unfortunately the Underworld doesn't manage itself." Hades said with a smirk.

"Do you have to… go, you know, home?" the girl asked.

"Yes, I do, but maybe I will see you again on the next gathering." He said kissing her hand again.

"I guess I will see you around." Persephone said blushing.

After Hades left early, the party turned boring for her, not even the music or the food could change that. Artemis asked her if she wanted to dance with Athena and her, but she turned her down. Instead, she kept looking at her beautiful necklace that Hades gave her.

"Wow! That is a beautiful piece of jewelry, very Hades-like!" Hermes said scaring the poor goddess.

"Hermes! You scared me!"

"Yeah! So, the necklace… Hades gave it to you, right?" he asked inspecting his nails as if he had something on them.

"Yes. He gave me this beautiful gift." Persephone said with a dreamy look in her face as she blushed still thinking about his hands over her shoulders.

"Little Sephie has a crush on the big bad Hades." Hermes teased. "You know your mom would not approve. I mean, you're 14th and he's like 2000 years old, and the fact that your mom wants you to be a maiden goddess." He pointed.

"Don't worry Hermie, is just a simple crush. It will go away eventually." She said. "there's nothing wrong with me having a little crush, right?"

"Of course not!" he said smiling.

What Persephone didn't know was that it wasn't a simple crush, what she felt for him that day was going to grow into love. A love strong enough to leave her life with her mother behind to be with the man she fell in love when she was fourteen. At the end it wasn't a simple crush, at the end, it was just the meeting of two souls who were meant to be together.

"Aidoneus… do you remember when I was fourteen and you gave me this necklace?" she asked looking at the necklace through her mirror as she brushed her hair.

Hades was laying in the bed naked as he waited for his wife to finish, they just finished their "marital activities" (as Hades used to say), and Persephone was getting ready to sleep. He opened his eyes to look at his beautiful wife, who was also naked.

"I do, I remember that you were very beautiful in an innocent way." Hades said yawning.

"Innocent way?" she asked stopping what she was doing.

"You were fourteen! What I was supposed to say? That you look so hot that I wanted to jump you right there?" Hades asked.

"Well… some gods wanted to!" Persephone protested playfully.

"Yeah… well some of them are pigs." He answered back.

"Oh! and you are such a gentleman who waited until I was eighteen to woo me?"

"In my defense, Eros had a bit to do with it." He said.

"Yeah, yeah."

Hades stood up from the bed and walked towards his wife, he took the brush from her hand and started brushing it for her. She loved it when he did things like this for her, just like when he gives her massages or bathe her.

"That day I fell in love with you." She said.

"You did?"

"Well… I developed a crush on you that later turned into love." She confessed. "But, was fourteen and I was a kid, and you were this old god who looked to handsome for his own good."

"Old god?" Hades asked smirking.

"Well, you were like what… 2000 years old?" she asked.

"Excuse me, but I was 1993 years old." Hades said.

Persephone laughed before getting up and turning to face her husband, so she could kiss him. Hades kissed her back hungrily leaving the brush on the night counter so that he could carry his wife to the bed and make love to her all over again.

"I love you Hades." Persephone said breathlessly as she ran her hand on his face.

"I love you two, my queen." Hades responded before kissing her again.

Persephone was happy of how her life turned out to be, she had a loving and handsome husband, two beautiful daughters and after tonight, the Underworld couple would be expecting a third child, but that is for another story.

The end.

So! Here's the second oneshot about Hades and Persephone. I wanted to do this one for a while after reading my fic for ideas for this story. So, anyway… let me know what you guys think and if you have any suggestion of a oneshot you want for Hades and Persephone or Thanatos and Macaria. Just let me know and I will see if I can make it possible.

Until next time!