The morning light entered the room, painting it in yellow. Takeru cracked an eye open. What time was it? Looking around the room, Takeru didn't see a clock. He then tried to get up, only to be stopped by an arm around his waist, weakly hugging him. The god slowly turned around and faced Hades, who was fast asleep. He looked so peaceful, so… calm, and maybe even happy, that Takeru stopped breathing, scared he would break that beautiful moment.

Looking at his sleeping boyfriend, Takeru couldn't help but smile. It's all he wanted to do right now. He was so happy, and he wondered why he didn't confess to Hades earlier. Maybe it would have been less painful for everyone. Yet… it never had felt like the right moment, and there was the whole thing with Kusanagi.

"σὲ… ἀγαπῶ." Hades mumbled in his sleep, hugging Takeru closer.

What had he just said? It sounded like... se agapo? Was that what he had said? Whatever that meant, Hades repeated it again.

"Tak…keru… σὲ… ἀγαπῶ." this time he added his boyfriend's name.

Now the boy sure hoped that wasn't an insult. Maybe he'd ask Hades when he wake up... actually, thinking about it, asking Apollon or Dionysus would be a bit weird, whatever that meant, and forget about asking Zeus. That would be more than awkward. He was pretty sure it was Greek, as it sounded like something Apollon said, once upon a club activity night where they were studying the night sky.

Hades slowly opened his eyes. His gaze immediately met Takeru's, who smiled lovingly at the man. He gave him a small peck on the lips and hugged him.

"Good morning."

"…morning." Hades grumpily replied.

Takeru decided to give Hades a few minutes before questioning him on the meaning of those words he had pronounced during his sleep. To his surprise, Hades hugged him closer and sighed.

"What time is it?" he mumbled against his neck.

"I don't know, I haven't found your clock"

Hades stayed silent for a moment "It must still be early, if Apollon hasn't walked in yet to wake me up"

"Maybe he doesn't dare come in."

"Oh, I wouldn't think so. He probably doesn't know you're here. Even if he did, he'd still walk in like it's nothing."

"Well, at least we're fully dressed"

A small smile appeared on Hades face. "Yeah..."

"It could change."

"It depends on what time it is."

Hades sighed and reached out for his night table. His hand searched for something for a moment, and finally grabbed a watch. He looked at the time on it.

"It's 6:30." he said, letting go of the watch and going back to his original position.

Takeru nodded. He did want to do some…things to Hades, but before he needed to know what he had said in his sleep.

"Hey, you know you talk in your sleep?"

"Maybe." the god mumbled. "What did I say?"

"Something like… se agapo I think? And my name too. What does it mean anyway?"

Hades' cheek turned pink "It… it means 'I love you' in Greek…"

"Oh" was all Takeru found to say.

There was an awkward silence, where none of them dared speak. Hades was embarrassed that he had sleep-talked, and Takeru was dumbfounded by the fact Hades had told him 'I love you' in his mother tongue.

"I love you too." the sea god broke the silence.

For some reason, this sparked something inside of Hades' brain, and the man kissed his new boyfriend passionately on the lips, his hands now holding Takeru's face in a gentle manner. Surprised, it took the boy a few seconds before he started kissing back.

Quickly, Hades took the lead. He forced Takeru to lay down on his back while he kept kissing him messily, his hand in the boy's hair. He kissed his neck and his collarbone, biting at the skin. He started undoing the boy's shirt, completely absorbed by his action.

"Uncle, breakfast is- oh my gods I'm sorry! I'm so, so sorry!" Apollon interrupted, covering his eyes in a childish manner.

"Close the door!" Hades yelled, turning around rapidly.

"I'm sorry, I really am!" Apollon repeated as he closed the door "It's… time to get up, uncle."

"I noticed." Hades grumbled.

He let himself fall on top of Takeru, groaning his discontent. Takeru started laughing, surprising Hades. Slowly, he started laughing too, a bit more gently than his boyfriend.

"I haven't heard you laugh in so long." Takeru commented after a moment.

"I didn't have a reason to. It…does feel good" he admitted.

They stayed like that for a moment, and Takeru was hoping Hades would restart what they had been doing, but he did none of that. Instead, he got up and looked at his clothes in his pantry.

"Wait no, you can't do that to me?" the Japanese god said.

"Do what?" Hades replied, puzzled.

"Make me horny and then not continuing!"

Hades gave a small smile, finished dressing up and left the room. Frustrated, Takeru took a moment before deciding on getting up. He wasn't hard… at least, not really. Just really in the mood.

Since he didn't have any spare clothes, he just made sure he looked alright and left the room. He said goodbye to the three Greeks sitting in the kitchen, and went home to get changed.

In his bathroom, Takeru looked at himself in the mirror, trying to see if Hades had left any marks earlier. He found himself smiling like an idiot. How could it have happened? All this felt like a stupid dream, something that would never happen, just yesterday morning. But seeing Hades sitting down in his bathroom, crying so hard, it made his heart ache. And then they kissed. They actually did. That was… wow.

"Totsuka Takeru."

The boy jumped and made some of the stuff in front of him fall to the ground.

"Bro! H-How are you?" he stuttered as he picked up the things.

"I am fine. Where were you last night?"

"I was… I was with Hades, at the Greek's dorm."

"Why?"

"Because he, uh, needed comfort and asked me to stay and I accidently fell asleep there?" he tried.

Fortunately for him, this answer seemed to satisfy his big brother's curiosity. A sigh of relief left his lips when Tsukito walked back to where he was coming from. He turned back around and looked at his reflection.

His hair were down and wet from the shower he had taken. There were small bite mark around his collarbone, barely visible unless you stared for a long moment. He wished Apollon hadn't walked in on them this morning, as right now he wanted to touch himself real bad. He didn't have much time though, and he hoped he would stop feeling like that by the end of the day.

Once he was fully dressed and his hair were done, he walked back to the kitchen, grabbed something to eat and sat down with his brother. They ate in silence, much to Takeru's relief, who wasn't sure he could talk about his relationship yet…

Back at the Greek's dorm, Hades and his nephews were silently eating. Apollon was still flushed and didn't dare look at his uncle, and Dionysus was wondering what had happened. As Hades finished his small breakfast, Apollon finally decided to speak.

"I'm really sorry Uncle, I didn't know. I really didn't."

"I know. I'm not mad." the older god said as he stood up, walking toward the kitchen.

"What happened?" Dionysus dared ask, tired of being left in the dark.

"I walked in on uncle and Takeru doing...stuff." Apollon muttered in his cup of tea.

"Stuff…?"

"We were just kissing for Gaea's sake!" Hades let out as he dropped his plate in the sink.

"Whaaaaaaaaaat? You and Takeru? Really? Since when?"

Hades' face turned a bright red color. Shit. He didn't want everyone to know they were dating. At least, not yet. He wasn't sure this whole dating idea was a good thing, and he didn't want people to be hurt, and he didn't want to feel forced to stay with Takeru, even though it would hurt the boy… he was pretty confused regarding his feeling toward him dating the Japanese god, even if he loved him to no end.

"Since yesterday. Don't talk about this to the others." Hades sighed as he put away the now clean dish.

"But it's a good thing uncle! Why can't we tell the others? It's not bad."

"Because you two were not even supposed to know. If I learn someone else knows, I'm sending Cerberus after the both of you." Hades finished and left the dorm, his nephews looking at him in terror.

Cerberus was nice and kind and all… unless Hades told him to chase down someone. Imagine having a gigantic, three headed dog, running toward you, and all fangs out. That's not something you can survive.

Even though he had said it, Hades would never do such a thing to his nephews. He at least hoped the threat would scare them enough that they wouldn't even open their mouth, just in case…

With a small smile, he left the dorm for the school, going toward the astronomy club's room.

It was early, so school was fairly empty, spare for a few students hanging out here and there. Hades slowly walked toward the Astronomy club room. He felt good today, a lot better than he had in a long time.

Once in the classroom, Hades put down his bag. Books had been left on tables, the star map they had used the day before was still out. With a sigh, Hades started cleaning up, putting the books back on the shelves, folded the map and put the chairs back under the desks. As he put the last chair back in place, he heard the door opening. Turning around, he saw Takeru entering the class.

"I thought I'd find you here." he commented as he closed the door.

"Someone has to clean up after you all, since you don't do it."

"In my defense, I left with you yesterday, so ground Apollon and Dionysus." Takeru shrugged as he walked toward Hades.

On his tiptoes, he gave a small, shy peck on the lips, like he was uncertain he could do that. Hades tried hard not to laugh and leaned down to properly kiss Takeru. Slightly surprised, it took the Japanese god a few seconds to kiss him back. He deepened the kiss, passing his hand around Hades' neck. Their embrace lasted for a few minutes.

They parted briefly, but Takeru wasn't done. He wanted revenge for what had happened in the morning. He forced Hades to back up until his butt was against the desk. Takeru made his boyfriend sit down on it, making it easier for him to kiss him. Grabbing the collar, he started kissing him again, more wildly than their first one. He pressed himself against the Greek god.

Steps and voices were heard just outside the room. Takeru backed up quickly, a smirk on his face as he saw Hades' red face. Their friends entered the room a second after.

"Good morning Takeru-san! Hades-san!" Yui happily said.

"Good morning, Weed," Takeru greeted her, "So have you all decided when we're going stargazing?"

"We were going to ask uncle, actually." Dionysus said as he sat down on his usual chair.

"Are you alright, uncle? You don't look really good… are you okay?" Apollon worried.

Takeru half-smiled, but stopped when he saw Apollon's face properly. The guy had bags under his eyes and looked paler than usual. Maybe he caught something… they should be worrying about him, not Hades!

"I'm… I'm fine don't worry" Hades mumbled, replacing his uniform properly, a quick "why have you done this" look thrown at Takeru.

"The ideal would be soon, as I have a feeling Zeus will change the weather in at the most a week. We could… we could do it next week-end." The god suggested.

"Hmhm! That sounds really good! Good idea uncle!" Apollon said cheerfully.

Takeru put Apollon's sick look on the fact it had been rainy in the past few days. Him being the sun god, it must affect him. Shrugging it off, he turned his attention back to his boyfriend.

Hades had taken back his confidence. He was standing straight, his head high, looking a bit more confident. For a brief moment, Takeru thought that just maybe, he was finally saved and everything was back to normal.

The rest of the reunion went well, and finally it was time for classes. The day went fairly well. It finally felt like old times. Loki played tricks on everyone, Balder fell (twice, in fact), and so on. Everyone was okay…except for Apollon, who had fallen asleep on his desk. Takeru took it upon himself to wake him up.

"Oi, Apollon" he whispered, leaning toward the boy's desk "Wake up or Thoth's gonna hit you"

Apollon stayed asleep, grumbling something the Japanese god didn't understand. With a slight pout, Takeru leaned forward more and slightly pushed his shoulder, calling his name again, in vain.

"Damn it, wake up!" he whispered loudly, pushing the boy harder.

Just as Apollon jerked awake, Takeru was hit by a piece of white chalk. He turned around and saw Thoth looking at him, obviously mad at him.

"If you are coming to my classes only to make trouble, Totsuka, I'd ask you to stay out of it"

"Yes, sorry Thoth-sama..." he grumbled, sitting back on his chair properly.

Thoth started talking again. Normally, Takeru would have made a scene and reply something to Thoth, but he was sort of worried for Apollon. They guy was now awake, but he seemed even more tired than in the morning. Takeru continued taking notes, checking Apollon out every once in a while.

Dionysus had seen the whole scene. The others only had seen what was going on when Thoth intervened, but the god of wine had seen it. He was also worried for his brother, who was lacking sleep. He knew the boy would wake up every night and go check on his uncle, to see if he was still in his bedroom, and alive. He was so worried about Hades…

The first few days, Apollon would even camp outside the god's bedroom. Dionysus would tell him to go to his own room, but the boy wouldn't move. Finally, his brother got him to go to his room by telling him if Hades found him there, he would feel horrible for making him worry this much and sleeping so badly. Agreeing it would be bad, Apollon slept in his bed, but every night he would wake up to check if Hades was still in the house.

Hades didn't know any of this. The only one knowing was Yui, as Dionysus had asked her some advices, but neither of them found a way to help Apollon.

The bell rang, announcing the end of classes. Hades sighed. It was time for club activities, but his energy was very low. He didn't feel like going at all. He'd rather go home and curl up in his bed with Takeru. They still hadn't talked about telling the others…

"Hades-san! Shall we go to the club room?" Yui said enthusiastically.

He nodded, not having the heart to break her enthusiasm.

They waited for the others and all left for their clubroom. Apollon acted cheerfully, but Takeru still saw just how tired the guy was. He wondered if the weather was really what affected him, or if it was another factor, of maybe a mix of both? They weren't exactly close, but he had seen his brother and Apollon talking a lot together. Maybe Tsukito knew something.

Club activities went relatively well. They planned their stargazing event that would take place during the week-end. This time, Hades stayed for the whole reunion. He did seem to be tired, but also enjoying himself. And he was. Stars were his favorite subject, and sharing it with others was something he loved, even in his current state of mind.

They closed their meeting by deciding to meet again the next day, to decide where they should do it. Apollon left first, followed by Dionysus after they made sure Takeru would stay with Hades. No one wanted to leave the older god alone yet. Yui helped them clean up a bit, but was forced to leave them alone when Thoth came to get her, so he could talk about some secret stuff.

Finally alone, the new couple took a break and sat down in their chairs, looking at the ceiling.

"That was quite an exhausting day." Hades commented.

"Talk for you. I'm still full of energy. I'll probably go run later." Takeru replied with a yawn.

"Hey, Takeru… did you tell anyone we were dating?" the Greek god asked after a few minutes of silence.

"No. Not even to my brother. I didn't know if… if you wanted to tell it to the others."

"Maybe someday, but not for now. My nephews know because Apollon walked in on us this morning, and he told Dionysus. I did tell them not to announce it to anyone else."

"Good then. Want to come to my dorm tonight?"

Hades let out a sigh. "I'm not allowed. I have to be back in my room at a certain time. I feel so controlled right now."

"You know-" Takeru started saying, but his boyfriend cut him short.

"Yes, it's for my own good, because of what happened and all. But I can't go stargazing alone anymore and that's pretty bothersome."

"I know it's not alone but I could go with you."

"You don't have to."

"No but I want to."

"We'll see. I'm tired, I'm going back home."

Hades rose to his feet, took his bag and left, quickly followed by Takeru. They walked together toward the dorms, resisting the urge to hold hands. If they wanted to stay secretive, they had to make sure no one would see them, and out in the open like that, it would be hard.

They parted ways at the dorm, without having exchanged a goodbye kiss, even if they were dying to do so. They also spent the night separated, and only met again in the morning.

Author's note: Alright at first, it was supposed to be a smut scene but I didn't want to write it anymore so... that's why Apollon just walked in.

Thanks again and forever to dragon-overlord-yuu for the beta! a lot of final points would be missing apparently... hehe