It's short, I apologize (or should I say APOLLOgize) but at least I have some semblence of plot going on here.

Song Inspiration:

There's Too Much Love - Belle & Sebastian

Symposium Magarum - Kajiura Yuki

"Tsuki-Tsuki, let's go to Athens!"

"We literally just got back from Rhodes a few days ago. Why do you want to go?"

"Because there's the Hellenic Festival held there every summer, so I thought it might be perfect!" Apollon exclaimed, "There's going to be musical performances and theater. Come on, it'll be fun!"

"Can't you go by yourself?" Tsukito asked. "I'm not really in the mood to take the two hour trip to Athens."

"You seem to have forgotten I'm a god and I can fly." Apollon said, "And I figured it's more fun to go with someone."

"Then ask Artemis to go with you."

Apollon pouts, "She hates it when I bother her when she's hunting. And you remember what happened last time." He makes the wide-eyed puppy look again, "Come on, pleeeeease."

"You always make if hard for me to say no." Tsukito sighed, "Alright, you win. I'll go."

The festival was quite lively. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people were bustling through the busy streets of Athens, hoping to witness the variety of performances the festival had to offer.

"Didn't you say you attended this festival every year? Doesn't it get boring?" Tsukito asked.

Apollon shook his head, "Nope! There's always something different every year. Like there's some performances from other countries and there's also Ancient Greek theater performances too."

"They still perform Ancient Greek plays?"

"Yep! Surprisingly, they're quite close to the originals, though they do take some artistic liberties." Apollon explained, "I could talk about it all day, but that wouldn't be as exciting as seeing the festival for yourself. Come on!"

He took Tsukito by the hand and dragged him through the crowd with such excitement and energy. Tsukito honestly didn't think Apollon could get any more excited and energetic than he usually was. Apparently he was wrong.

"Slow down, Apollon. We have all day."

"That's not enough time. I have to show you everything. Absolutely everything."

"E-everything?" Tsukito was entirely sure that wasn't even physically possible, but for some reason he feels like Apollon would try to make that work somehow.

He dragged Tsukito all over the place, usually back and forth between the theater where the event was held at and some other place in Athens. There were quite a few stands outside the theater. Some were theater companies advertising their program and some were craftsmen displaying and selling their work.

"Hmm? Tsuki-Tsuki?" Apollon searches the crowd when he realizes Tsukito was no longer following him, "Where are you? Where did you go?"

He didn't have to panic for long as he found Tsukito a few stands back, staring intently at what was displayed there. Apollon walked over to Tsukito's side to see what had caught his interest.

"Woow, how pretty! It's really pretty!" Apollon exclaimed as he laid eyes on the all the violins Tsukito was looking at. They were all so intricately decorated with colorful designs of flowers and lace patterns.

"Yes, they are." Tsukito agreed. He may not haved shared Apollon's enthusiasm, but his expression was all in his eyes. Dark amber eyes sparkled with child-like fascination. "I cannot even imagine how much effort and love that was put into these. I wish I could be that passionate."

Apollon pat Tsukito on the back comfortingly, "You're getting there, Tsuki-Tsuki. Slowly, but you're getting there. So don't beat yourself up for it."

Tsukito looked up at him, a faint smile adorning his face, "Thank you." He goes back to staring longingly at the decorated violins in the glass case, "It'd be nice to have a violin like this. This alone is a work of art in itself, you know."

He reached into his bag for Takeru's camera, "Apollon, can you ask if it's okay if I took a picture?"

Apollon nodded and tried to get the attention of the old man running the stand. After a very brief conversation in Greek, he turns back to Tsukito, "He says it's fine. It's fine. Just as long you're not selling the photos or something."

"Of course not." Tsukito went ahead and took a few photos. Afterwards, Apollon thanked the old man and they went off on their way.

"You must really like taking pictures, huh? You had that camera out a lot when we went to Rhodes." Apollon said.

"It's another habit of mine. I like to document my travels."

"Why?"

Tsukito hesitates for a brief moment before answering, "...no reason in particular."

Thankfully, Apollon didn't pry any more than that.

"Hey Tsuki-Tsuki, do you want to start heading back towards the theater? I think there's an orchestra performing soon. That kinda more of your thing, right? Am I right?" Apollon asked.

Tsukito nodded, "Sure."

What he wasn't expecting was Apollon suddenly grabbing onto his hand, "The crowd is pretty big. I don't want to almost lose you again."

Tsukito didn't know why, but despite the fact Apollon had held his hand so many times, his didn't know why this time it suddenly made him feel strange. He's just gotten so familiar with the feeling of Apollon's warm hands on his, it put him at ease somehow. Just Apollon's presence in general put Tsukito at ease, really.

Subconsciously, Tsukito moved his hand so that he could easily intertwine his fingers with Apollon's, hoping the latter wouldn't think anything of it. He timidly spared Apollon a glance, too curious about his reaction. But much to Tsukito's surprise and relief, he just carrried on without even noticing. Or maybe he did notice and just didn't mind it.

They went into the theater again to see all the remaining performances of the day. The first one they saw was an orchestra performance like Apollon said, which Tsukito ended up enjoying quite a bit. Next was an opera, then another short play. It was so late at night by the time they left the theater.

"They were all so good this year! I can't decide which one I liked the most!"

"I'm glad you enjoyed it." Tsukito replied.

"I should be saying that to you. I did bring you here, after all." Apollon said, "Did you like it, Tsuki-Tsuki? Did you like it?"

Tsukito nodded, "Yes, I enjoyed it quite a lot, actually. I'm kind of glad I listened to you when you begged me to come."

Suddenly the sound of music caught both of their attentions. Apollon grabbed onto Tsukito's hand again, "Come on, let's see where that music is coming from."

Without much protest, Tsukito let Apollon drag him through the streets, following the source of the music. It wasn't long before they ended up in a little square where a band of street performers were playing. The place had strings of little tiny lights hanging, giving off a simple, but romantic atmosphere. Some people were there dancing along to the music that was just reaching its end.

"That looks like fun! Hey Tsuki-Tsuki, let's dance. Let's dance together!"

Tsukito shook his head, "I'd rather not. I can't dance."

"There's no such thing. Anyone can dance! There's just good and bad dancers." Apollon said.

"Well, in that case I'm definitely the latter."

"That shouldn't stop you. Have more confidence in yourself, Tsuki-Tsuki!" The sun god gave Tsukito a patient smile, "I'll be the one guiding you, so don't worry. Don't worry about it."

Before Tsukito could protest any more, Apollon had already taken his hand and gripped it tightly. Apollon's other hand held Tsukito's waist, pulling his body closer to his own. Tsukito could himself getting flustered as the heat rises up to his face. Part of him wanted to pull away, but mostly to spare himself the embarrassment at his lack of dancing skills. But being so close to Apollon like this, he didn't mind it at all.

"I could hang about and burn my fingers
I've been hanging out here waiting for something to start
You think I'm faultless to a 'T'
My manner set impeccably
But underneath I am the same as you

I could dance all night like I'm a soul boy
But you know I'd rather drag myself across the dance floor
I feel like dancing on my own
Where no one knows me and where I
Can cause offense just by the way I look."

Tsukito stepped awkwardly, trying to keep up with the music and Apollon, "I'm...really no good at this."

"Then, let's try this." Apollon tightens his grip on Tsukito's waist and lifted him up slightly so that Tsukito's feet were propped up on top of his. "Better? Is this better?"

"I-I suppose..." Tsukito was so alarmingly close to Apollon's face, he found himself staring into nothing but his eyes. Now that he notices, Apollon's eyes in his human form were like, ridiculously green. A bunch of analogies scrambled in his head as he tried to think of something to compare them to. Emeralds? No. Peridots? Still no. Grass? Tsukito doesn't think Apollon would appreciate being associated with plants.

Despite Tsukito not being able to find words to describe Apollon's eyes, he just found himself getting lost in them. He thought about breaking eye contact as he was probably making things awkward, but he just couldn't help himself. They were gorgeous.

"Tsuki-Tsuki, are you okay?" Apollon asked, bringing Tsukito back to his senses.

Tsukito shook his head clear of his thoughts, "I'm fine...just spacing out."

"Well, you're too stiff. Try relaxing a little, okay?"

Tsukito takes a deep breath and relaxed his body like Apollon told him to. Apollon was the one leading this dance, all Tsukito had to do was follow his movements.

"And when I come to blows

When I am numbering my foes
Just hope that you are on my side, my dear

But it's best to finish as it started
With my face head down just staring at the brown Formica
It's safer not to look around
I can't hide my feelings from you now
There's too much love to go around these days"

Apollon hummed along as they swayed in time with the music. Now Tsukito had gotten comfortable enough that he actually found this kind of fun. He didn't want this to stop so soon. Seeing Tsukito finally enjoying himself, Apollon couldn't help but smile. He started to giggle like a child as he let go of Tsukito's waist to twirl him around a few times before pulling him back towards him.

"You say I've got another face
That's not a fault of mine these days
I'm brutal, honest and afraid of you
It's safer not to look around
There's no hiding my feelings from you now
There's too much love to go around these days

You say I've got another face
That's not a fault of mine these days
I'm honest, brutal and afraid of you"

Even as the song reached its end, neither of them let go of each other. Their gaze lingered on each other's, not breaking eye contact for a long time. Suddenly, Tsukito notices Apollon's expression change to being mildly horrified.

"Whoa, Tsuki-Tsuki, your nose..."

"Huh?" Tsukito reached for his face, feeling something warm and wet drip on his fingers, "Oh no..."

As his head started spinning, he was suddenly seeing two Apollons. No matter how hard he tried to fight it, Apollon's face disappears from his vision altogether.

"Tsuki-Tsuki? Tsuki-Tsuki!" Apollon called out to him, but it was no use. Tsukito was already in a unresponsive, vegetive state at the moment and Apollon doesn't know for how long. The least he could do was take him away to somewhere safe.

With that in mind, Apollon scooped up Tsukito in his arms and wisked him away from the crowd.

Tsukito found himself standing in a sunny meadow somewhere. Where was he? When and how did he get here?

Tsukito thought carefully, trying to reorganize the thoughts going through his head, 'Let's see...I was at the festival with Apollon, we danced...then my nose started bleeding and I felt dizzy...Oh no, is this another vision?'

But he supposes he should be somewhat relieved that it wasn't of a gruesome and bloody war this time. Instead it was a peaceful scenery. Apollon said all visions had some sort of importance, but Tsukito had no idea what could this possibly mean nor how it could pertain to him.

The sound of humming pulled him out of his thoughts and caught his attention. He turned around to find the source of the humming to find a beautiful woman just strolling around the meadow, not having a care in the world.

Tsukito heard rustling noises coming from the forest nearby where a strange man emerged. He watched as the man cautiously approached the woman, who didn't seem to be aware of his presence at all. Should Tsukito warn her?

Before Tsukito could go through with that thought, the man forcibly grabbed the woman and made a run for it. The woman screamed for someone to help, but there was no one in close proximity who could've hear her.

"Leave her alone!" Tsukito yelled chasing after them. But just as he lept forward the stop them, he just phased right through them and stumbled to the ground. Tsukito could do nothing but helplessly watch as the man continued running away with the woman that was still crying for someone to save her.

As Tsukito pulled himself up, the scene flickered before him before changing completely. He was back in the same battlefield again. Well, looks like he spoke too soon.

Seeing this again was the last thing he wanted, but he had a more important mission at hand. Try to figure out what these visions were telling him. As he looked around the area around him, something among the brutal warfare going on had caught his attention.

"Artemis?" There was no mistaking it. The long golden braid and deer antlers protruding from her head were far too familiar to Tsukito.

He decides to follow her. Tsukito didn't pay much mind to the chaos going on around him, knowing that he couldn't be harmed from it. He followed past Artemis all the way towards the outer reaches of the wall where she flew her way towards the top of it.

Tsukito stared with wide eyes when he saw who was standing in the wall alongside her. There he was, scattering showers of black arrows all over the place, his eyes cold and hateful. Apollon.

"No..." He gasped in disbelief. Tsukito didn't want to believe it, but it was right there in his face.

Just before the vision flickered one last time, something had caught Tsukito's eye.

A giant wooden horse.

When Tsukito came to his senses, he was suprisingly calm. It seemed having extremely violent visions don't phase him anymore. Or maybe he was just couldn't stop thinking about seeing Apollon in it that he just forgot to be scared.

"Tsuki-Tsuki? Can you hear me?" He could hear Apollon's voice call out to him. The sun god was leaning over his bedside, a worried expression on his face.

"Yes, I can hear you." Tsukito responded.

Apollon let out a sigh of relief, "Thank Gaia, I was getting worried because you were zoned out for hours. I-I didn't know what I'd do."

Tsukito looked around the room, recognizing it immediately despite only being here once. "You brought me to Mt. Olympus again?"

"Well, I didn't know where else to take you so...yeah." Apollon said, "Did you have another vision again? Did you?"

"...yes."

"What was it of?"

Tsukito froze in his spot. What does he tell him? He had so many things to ask Apollon. Why was he there? What was he doing? What was he hiding?

But Tsukito couldn't bring himself to utter any of those words. "C-can we talk about it later? My head still sort of hurts."

"Of course! Tell me anytime you feel ready." Apollon replied, smiling at him.

Tsukito thought maybe the vision was lying to him. This sweet and bubbly god before him couldn't possibly be the cruel, vengeful one he saw in his vision...right?

Okay, you motherfuckers get two chapters in one go, be grateful. Well, the reason why I waited to post them both because I just felt that the previous chapter was just lackluster useless filler, so I wrote the kickstart of the plot to make up for it.