Chapter 8.
Hades looked in the mirror and saw what looked like a hobo, his hair was long, and his beard was messy; ("Shave and cut your hair! You look like you haven't showered in months." He recalled Hecate saying to him last night when she brought him his dinner.) he took his shaver and a pair of scissors and started cutting the excess of hair in his head.
"Not bad, if I say so myself." He said to his reflection once he finished, he cut his hair shorter than usual and shave of his beard completely. He looked couple of centuries younger, just like before the war with the Titans.
"My Lord! It is time." Said a male voice that belong to young Thanatos, his apprentice and god of death.
Hades opened the door of his bathroom and was greeted by the younger god and a very surprised Hecate. "Wow, you look younger milord." Said the Thanatos with a big smile on his face while looking at his hero. "Much better! I bet that when our queen looks at you she would not be able to keep herself away from you." Said Hecate with a smirk on her face making Hades blush.
"Enough! I must change so that I can leave for Olympus. Our queen is returning today, and I can't wait any longer." Said Hades making his way towards his closet. He was about to dress himself in his formal clothes but decided for a casual look instead. "Opting for a change, I see." Said Hecate when Hades took a pair of black jeans, a dark purple short-sleeve, V-neck shirt that accentuated his muscles, and a pair of black combat boots.
"Too much?" he asked his friends, Thanatos gave him a thumbs up and big smile, while Hecate roamed his closet looking for something. "No… but you're missing something…. AJA! Here." She said tossing a black leather jacket towards the king of the Underworld.
"You look like one of those old rock stars that Charon and Hypnos like so much. It looks cool on you." Said the young boy.
"I haven't used this jacket since that rock concert in the 70's." Said Hades looking at his old biker jacket with fond memories.
"It goes with your new bad boy look. I bet Demeter would lose her shit when she sees her daughter with you dressed like this." Laughed Hecate imagining the reaction the goddess of harvest would have.
"I don't think that's a good idea." Said Hades looking in his closet again.
At the end he settled for a nice white button shirt and a pair of leather shoes, he combed his hair backwards and use a bit of cologne that Poseidon gave him for his birthday last year, he said that a bottle of some Hugo Boss will score him some chicks; Hades rolled his eyes remembering his brother's words.
"Make sure to inform the judges that today I will take the day off, they can manage without me for a day. And please, don't let Thanatos play with Cerberus in the new gardens. I want to surprise Persephone when we arrive together." Hades said to Hecate who gave him a reassuring nod and told him not to worry.
Hades nodded in return and then used his shadows to teleport to Olympus. He was excited to finally have his wife back home.
Olympus, throne room.
Zeus watched his daughter being bombarded with tips and advice from her mother, she had a tiny 4-months-old baby bump, barely visible, that showed the fact that she was with a child, his brother's child. "And remember, don't do any heavy lifting, let that brute of a husband do that kind of job." Said Demeter looking at her Kore.
"Don't worry mother, I know for a fact that Hades wouldn't even let me get out of bed, you two have that in common, I must say." Sighed Persephone remembering how her husband was overprotecting her after knowing she was pregnant.
"Still… don't tire yourself. I will visit you in a month to make sure his treating you well." Said Demeter. Even if they were trying to be civilized towards each other, Demeter and Hades still had their differences that sometimes clashed against one another making Persephone mad at both, it was something alright.
"Lord Hades has arrived!" said Hermes before the King of the Underworld entered the room. Everybody was surprised to see a younger Hades at the throne room entrance, his short hair and clean face made him look younger than Zeus, and Hades was supposed to be the eldest.
"Uncle Hades? Is that you?" asked Dionysus, half-drunk/half-shocked, after seeing his old uncle enter the room.
"My love!" exclaimed Persephone jumping at Hades arms kissing him deeply making everybody blush (except for Aphrodite who looked excited). "You shaved and cut your hair." She said with a smile in her beautiful face.
"I did, just like you asked." Said Hades before kissing her again.
"I must say… the look suits you brother." Said Zeus looking at his brother. Hades rolled his eyes but nodded at his brother.
"I will be visiting within a month Hades! Be prepared." Said Demeter looking at him with a glare that made him shiver.
"I'll be sure to have your room prepared Demeter, I'll be an honor to have you in our palace." Said Hades bowing his head with respect towards her.
"I can't wait for you to see my home mother, is beautiful." Persephone's eyes sparkled with excitement as she talked about her 'home' in the Underworld.
Both Hades and Demeter were surprised to hear Persephone's excitement, the god of the dead blushed with a tender smile in his face, while Demeter heart broke after hearing her daughter said that the Underworld was her home.
"We should be leaving now." Said Hades in low voice.
"Do you need to work?" asked Persephone a little disappointed at the idea.
"No, today we are going to be together all day, no work. Just you and me." Said Hades placing his hand under chin. Persephone smiled at him with love.
"Then we shall not stall you guys." Said Zeus a bit uncomfortable at seeing his brother so lovey-dovey.
Hades and Persephone nodded before embracing themselves as dark shadows started to cover them, they were leaving for their home.
"She will be fine Demeter, stop worrying so much." Said Zeus while looking at his sister. "I know that Zeus, but it still hurts looking her go." Said the goddess with a sad look in her face.
She was going to spend to long without her daughter, without her little girl; she was bound to live 9 months without her Kore as she was going to be living with her husband.
The Underworld, Hades and Persephone's palace.
"I can't believe I'm home again, I missed this place so much." Said Persephone as her white dress changed to a black one that was a bit more reviling than what she usually wore in the surface. Hades noticed her baby bump as it showed more with the tight dress, he watched his wife as she looked more beautiful than ever.
"I love you." He said now standing next to her and giving her a kiss that took her breath away, she felt his tongue invading her mouth as she let out a moan when he placed one hand in her lower back and the other behind her neck.
"Mmm… I-I Lo-love you t-too." Said a blushing Persephone, still daze after the mind-blowing kiss her husband gave her.
"Come! I want to show you something." He said taking her hand and taking her towards a big door that was near his office in the palace. The door was made of dark wood, with carvings that showed case their story, the handle was made of silver that also had carvings in the form of flowers.
"What is this?" said Persephone excited at the door.
"This is your own special place in the Underworld. I know that even if you are the queen of the Underworld, you're still a nature goddess, so I had this made just for you." Said Hades opening the door.
Persephone gasped as she saw a beautiful garden covered in roses, sunflowers, tulips and many other flowers, in the middle there was a lake with a tiny island in the center, said island had a gorgeous pomegranate tree, the only one in the Underworld.
"Is beautiful! Thank you, my love." Said the goddess looking at him with tears in her eyes.
"Anything for you, and our little princess." Hades kneeled to kiss the baby bump where his baby girl rested, he was impatient to see her.
"Macaria." Said Persephone I a whisper.
Hades looked up at her with a confused look in his face, clearly, he didn't hear that last part. "What?" he asked his wife. She took a deep breath before telling him the name of their child again. "Macaria." Persephone was waiting for Hades disapproval for the name.
"Macaria…" said Hades with a thoughtful look in his face, he was meditating upon the name.
"Yes, that was the name I wanted for my first child, well if I had a girl. I know that you're suppose to decide with your spouse, but I always loved that name and…"
"I love it too." Interrupted Hades, making her stop talking to look at him. "My little Macaria. Princess Macaria." Hades smile at the sound of his daughter's name. "I love it."
Persephone let out a happy cry before jumping on top of him and kissing him with passion as she reaped his shirt off. Hades smiled into the kiss while pulling down the back zipper on his wife's dress, he looked at the door of the garden and with a flick of his hand the door closed.
They made love for hours and all over the palace: they made love in the garden, by the lake, in the lake, against the tree and over the grass, they made love in the library, the living room, his office, near the fire place, on their bathroom and finally, on their bed.
Hades was spent after the sex marathon he just had with his wife, he heard his brothers talk about how pregnant women had a crazy sex drive, but he just ignored them not believing them, oh how he wrong to do that. He looked next to him and watched his queen sleep in his arms, he smiled at the sight of her peaceful smile and happy face, they were finally together.
"Are you going to watch me sleep all night."
"I might, is a beautiful sight after all."
Persephone moved to press herself more against him, her naked bum rubbed his member making him gasp at the contact, he wrapped his arm around her waist placing his hand on her bumpy stomach feeling her baby bump.
"Sleep my love, you're going to need it because when the baby arrives you would not be able to sleep again." Said Persephone placing her hand on top of his hand that was over her bump.
"Is a risk I'm willing to take."
"You say that now, but when Macaria arrives you would wish you obeyed my warnings."
Hades laughed kissing her neck and closing his eyes, finally feeling Hypnos power over him. "I love you." He said before falling asleep with Persephone in his arms.
"I love you too."
Five months later. Mt. Olympus.
Hades was pacing desperately as his sister worked in delivering his baby to this world, Zeus and Poseidon watching him amused at seeing him like this as they never thought they would, it was funny.
"Can you just sit down! You are making me nervous." Said Demeter with an annoyed look in her face. She was kicked out of the room by Hera's orders as she said she was driving her insane, the goddess of harvest was escorted out of the room by Artemis as Athena, Aphrodite and Hera delivered Persephone's baby.
"I'm sorry sister, but it's taking them too long and I'm losing my patience." Said Hades now looking at Demeter with a worried look in his face.
He recalled the moment when Thanatos ran into the court of the dead and told Hades that Persephone was in labor. He jumped out of his throne in the judging table and teleported toward Persephone's garden in their palace, he saw his wife sitting against the pomegranate tree calling his name while Hecate and Demeter helped her calm down while they waited for him.
"She's fine Hades! Hera is the goddess of childbirth, she blessed Persephone's pregnancy, for gods sake! She is going to be fine.
Hades was about to respond when a baby's cry silenced him and the rest of the gods; they were the cries of his baby girl, Macaria. "She's here." He heard Poseidon say behind him, but he was in a daze.
It wasn't until Hera came out of the room and called his name so that he could see his daughter. He felt his brothers push him so that he could enter the room while Demeter complained about why she wasn't allowed to go inside just yet.
Hades saw his tired wife, she was even more beautiful than usual, her short hair was wet in sweat and in her eyes, he could see her exhaustion and yet, she had the biggest and most gorgeous smile as she looked at their baby girl, Macaria.
"Come a meet her, Aidoneus, she is beautiful."
Hades came closer to his wife and saw the little bundle in her arms, the baby had short white hair, pale complexion like his, and the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen, one eye was blue like his and the other was green like her mother's.
"My little Macaria, you will grow to become as beautiful and intelligent as your mother, and as feared and powerful as your father. You will be known as the princess of the Underworld, a true goddess of the Underworld." Said Hades with happy tears in his eyes before taking his daughter in his arms and sitting down next to Persephone.
He kissed his wife in the lips and murmured a low 'thank you' before spending the rest of the day looking at his daughter. They were now complete, and nothing would ever ruin that, he wouldn't let it happen.
Later that day the rest of the gods visited the new goddess of the Underworld, they all fell in love with the baby upon seeing her beautiful features, Zeus and Demeter were happy beyond possible with their new granddaughter, while Artemis, Hermes and Athena were excited to be aunts and uncle to little Macaria. Everybody in Olympus celebrated the new life with a party that lasted a hole week, with foods, dances, drinks and other things.
"It seems that your plan worked at the end." Said Hephaestus to his wife as she held the little baby in her arms. "Hades and Persephone's love is worthy of legends, and the little one is proof that true love can conquer all."
Aphrodite laughed at her husband's words, he looked at her confused. "You are right my love, even if my initial intention was to give Aidoneus a chance to love, I'm a little jealous! I never thought that his story would even surpass my love story." Said the goddess with smile. "But is okay, I can live with that knowing that this beautiful baby came to be thanks to me." Hephaestus rolled his eyes.
"Mmm… you are the loveliest little baby girl I have ever seen. I like you and because of that I will bless you with a love even stronger than your parents or any other god or mortal's." Said Aphrodite with a familiar smile on her face.
'This will be interesting indeed.'
The end.
Hello everyone! Here is the end for this story about Hades and Persephone's love. I know that it may feel rushed and I apologize for that, but don't worry as I will add an Epilogue for this. Plus, I'm thinking of starting a series of one shots inspired on their daily lives in the Underworld; we will see how the King and Queen's love have evolved and how Hades will handle seeing his daughter grow up, fell in love and all that. So just wait for it.
Thanks for the support!
