96: Time has wings
A new day soon came, Zagreus sighed and got out of his bed, and leaving his chamber he went to his father's and mother's chamber, knocking on the door that was opened by Hades. Looking down at his son, Hades frowned for a second before his wife, Persephone, kicked him out of the way... Quite literally. "Zagreus, my son, come in! We have so much to talk about." Hades, with his head stuck in the wall of his very own chambers, sighed deeply before pulling his head out of the wall and looking at his wife who gave him the 'Leave before I cut your balls off' smile. Hades quickly left his chamber, for Tartarus knows no wrath of an angry lover.
When the door closed, Persephone sighed before Zagreus asked: "You have the thing?" Persephone, like the greatest mother, seagull, and drug dealer that she was, nodded and said: "I do have the thing, now, remember our agreement. You will name my first grandchild Anoixi, okay?" Zagreus nodded, even though he didn't know if Klein would want kids in the future, he doesn't know even if Klein will want to be with him in the future! Well, he has 364 days to make Klein fall in love with him, he has time but in the blink of an eye time will pass by.
"Here, take it." Persephone gave Zagreus the Nectar bottle, Nectar was highly appreciated among those who had tasted it, because it will always be in their minds... Also, there's little less Nectar in the Underworld than in Olympus because Zeus is a dick and doesn't want Hades to have much Nectar as Olympus has. "Thanks, mother." Zagreus thanked by kissing his mother on the cheek, getting up from the bed he smiled and rushed out while Persephone sighed and looked at the hole in the wall that was formed when she kicked Hades and his head went through the wall. "I'll ask someone to fix it," Persephone said before getting up and leaving the chamber.
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Klein was having a hard time discerning what he was feeling once again. He knew he was slowly thinking differently about Zagreus, but wasn't it going too fast? He gave Zagreus a time limit, but it didn't mean he couldn't just make him fall in love before the 365 days. Klein just didn't want to rush too quickly and find out that his feelings weren't real feelings and hurt himself in the end. He also doesn't want them to accumulate like before, making him destroy reality.
So he needed new ways to express his feelings, he grew used to not show his emotions in his care, so maybe another way? Like he could change the color of his hair depending on which emotion he was feeling but that would be too confusing, it would be better if he just let his body transform to show his emotions, but who knows? Maybe he will eventually find out or his body will, he just needs to wish for it to happen and it will. Just at that moment, Zagreus appeared. Klein was in the palace of the Halls of Hades, he had a chamber for himself where he could sleep! This was courtesy of the Queen of the Underworld that demanded that he got himself a place to stay. Like an over-excited little puppy, Zagreus approached Klein with his hands on his back.
"Hello, Zagreus." Zagreus smiled when Klein greeted him. his hands soon extended forward giving the Nectar bottle he had gotten from his mother today. "Look what I've got." Klein blinked as the bottle was almost thrown at his face, he smiled and said: "A bottle of Nectar?" Zagreus nodded as gave it to Klein, it had a purple ribbon and the seal of the House of Hades. "I thought you would like it... You know, since last time you couldn't enjoy a complete bottle of Nectar because of me." Klein sighed, it looks like Zagreus blamed himself for rambling about his love that was no corresponded by Klein. "It's fine," Klein said as he took the bottle and it vanished from sight, Zagreus raised an eyebrow but decided to not ask about it. "Let's go because you have another training session."
Zagreus's body froze while Klein smiled statistically at him, which made Zagreus's body shake a little with fear and a little bit of excitement... Shaking his head to get his mind out of the gutter, Zagreus could only follow, or else it would be worse for him. His body barely resists the ass-pounding he receives from Klein's training, his whole body hurts and Klein is always rough to him in any possible form. Zagreus always ends with his whole body full of marks and his muscles sore and hurting too! He couldn't understand how Klein could keep firing electric magic projectiles after projectiles and using rock, dirt, and sand to attack him as well at the same time.
He always practiced killing those who were already dead around in Tartarus, Asphodel, and sometimes near the Styx too! He kept training with Klein and he was teaching him about elemental, magical, divine, and other types of energy construct as he used his red blood to create animals, one specially detailed and beautiful butterfly that activated Zagreus's PTSD when he saw them... They reminded him of a horrible experience with blood butterflies. Anyway, after experimenting, Klein saw that Zagreus had an easier time constructing things out of blood, like how he could create weapons and even detailed statues of him, Cerberus, Persephone, Hades, and the other residents and friends of the House of Hades.
He learned well from Klein on how to make art, which he learned how to love doing too.
And like that, the 364 days passed.
Zagreus spent his entire time with Klein, fighting, playing, talking, painting, sculpting, and do what they loved to do. Both sincerely forgot about the bet Klein made with Zagreus, which he made about being seduced by Zagreus in one year. When the last day arrived, he remembered because he had used [Mental Powers: Telepathy (S)] to place a mental reminder that would remind him when the last day of the year arrived and why he wanted to remember that day. So that day he called Zagreus and asked if he knew what day was today.
It was then that Zagreus remembered.