Chapter 348: Elysium (2)

"Oh my goodness, she's a princess, no wonder she's so beautiful." My mom commented as she look at the pictures I handed her

"You should see them together, it's so cute. She would lean her head against his chest while he hugs her waist from behind to comfort her." Elektra commented "She would giggle at his jokes and sometimes they even fall asleep like that. So Eliza would come and have to put a blanket on them as they sleep."

"I should let you come visit less often. You know too much."

"Ah Eliza, the smith, the mother of your first child. She's pretty too." my mom squee in glee "I'm sure you will be a better lover and father than Hypnos. I want to meet my grandchild, but I kinda want to reincarnate now, as much as I love it here, I want to live again."

"I'm right here." Hypnos complained

"Can you wait a bit longer? When my child is born, I can bring them here for you to see before you go."

"I waited long enough." she shook her head sadly "This will be our first ever and last meeting."

"I understand. I hope I'll do you proud despite my misdeeds."

"I may not agree with what you did and some of what you will do, but I'll always support you in what you will do, like whether you decide to pursue your goddess into becoming your 3rd lover."

"Funny joke."

*****

Thanatos dropped Dabria off at my mother's part of Elysium, to which she introduced herself.

"I thought that you don't like showing your wings off." Dabria commented

"I don't, they force me to."

"Well I told Jake about my plans for him after my retirement and becoming mortal."

"How did he react?"

"He's still thinking about it."

"Guys, can I hide my wings now?"

"No!" Mom and Elektra responded in unison

"Well leave them out, you're more attractive that way." Dabria added

"Seriously, what happened with you? Why are you all of a sudden complimenting me? Is this Nova's idea of a good prank? It's working cuz it's super weird."

"Oh, I always knew you were a glass cannon. You can dish it out but can't take it yourself."

"Well after living with Lia, I fortunately can take it, but you're weird, how does a pair of wings cause one to suddenly become your type?...Oh mom, don't you tell me that story of how you fell in love with father and his wings."

"You're twisting my words, his wings only got my attention." my mom corrected

"I don't think correcting it will make you look any better." Hypnos chimed in "Besides I need to stretch them out once in a while, I couldn't tuck it in for long which you accidently saw."

"I plan on doing an intervention and we can use this opportunity as a substitute, why are you so weird? Are you sure Eve isn't effecting you somehow?"

"Trust me, I'm not."

"Well Hecate did tell us something interesting lately, though I don't think I can say it aloud." Hypnos chimed in "But it seems like a right time to bring it up."

< She's also fated to be his 3rd wife, but of course barely anyone knows about it > Elektra thought to herself "Yeah, frankly I was quite surprised."

"What are you still hiding from me? Why is auntie smiling coyly?"

"Yeah, it's suspicious." Dabria agreed

"The condition for Eve's host..." Hypnos trailed off "Elektra, say it please."

"Say it yourself next time," Elektra complained "Well it's that her host and Adam's host must have...mutual affection towards each other..."

Dabria and I then looked at each other flustered as we realized what that meant.

"I knew it! You're a tsundere!"

"Don't you dare call me out after your relentless flirting attempts!" Dabria retorted

"You like me!"

"I do, ok, I admit it! I'm a failure of a goddess."

"I got caramel popcorn, here." mom said as she shared them with Elektra and Hypnos "Oh this is so much fun to watch."

"Then tell me earlier! What is it with you tsunderes and delaying romantic progress?!"

"Delaying...Delaying romantic progress?! The audacity!"

"Audacity? If you told me earlier, we won't be screaming at each other right now, and Hypnos, why the fuck did you bring it up?"

"I thought you're supposed to call me father now." he replied

"Oh no, this situation is getting out of hand, Dabria, you brought Lethe with you?"

"No!" Hypnos and Elektra shouted

"Just contact with a drop will erase memories for at least 2 weeks!" Elektra exclaimed

"Damn, memory mag-"

"No!"

"Damn it. Why did you tell us? It's going to be so awkward now!"

"Yeah, why did you have to tell us?!" Dabria joined in "Now I'm going to be known as the goddess of death who lost to a soul and fell for the reincarnate that she's in charged of!"

"I mean, it's pretty common. Victoria married her god before she died, you know that too." Elektra responded "Besides it's a good thing, you now know that you like each other!"

"No, auntie, it's not. And I'm hiding these annoying wings, they're heavy."

"Dabria, you have my approval." my mom chimed in "Besides, why panic? Didn't you say that even your bonds are rooting for you 2 to get together?"

"Yes! Jokingly!"

"Ok, we need to sort this out before we go back to the others. Otherwise all our conversations are going to be the most awkward thing ever...I could have gone without you knowing it for today." Dabria suggested "i thought your fliting attempts were a joke."

"Ok, first of all, what made you even fall for me? If you say that it's because I remind you of your brother, then you need a therapist to sort you out, imagine liking someone who's basically your brother."

"I am sooo not explaining myself to you of all people, especially not in front of everyone else. You first fell for me only because you find me hot!"

3rd person view

Adam and Nova themselves are also watching the scene play out while eating some snacks.

"Wow, this is funny, I mean, they should have connected the dots much earlier." Nova chuckled "There's a good reason for why one is Adam and the other is Eve."

"Well the other candidates for our host are Albert and Helena, but that's story for another time." Adam laughed "I don't see why they're fighting and arguing, I mean, don't they like each other?"

"Maybe it's their way of expressing their love for one another? Who knows." Nova shrugged

"Well if you call screaming both insults and compliments at each other at the top of their lungs 'love', then sure."