97: Is it okay?

"So... Ergh..." Zagreus felt awkward being stared down by Klein, his golden-blue eyes were staring straight through his flesh, muscle, and bone and directly into his soul. "D-did I succeed?" Zagreus managed to ask, Klein, did not answer him but questioned: "Why do you like me?" Zagreus sighed, he thought about it himself, but he now knew the answer: "I love you because you remind me of myself, how i was desperate to know something... Before i got to meet mother, I dreamed about her, how she would look like, how she would behave, how she sounded and... I must say, I was impressed when j saw her. I felt so out of place in the Underworld, but then everything made sense to me when I discovered that Nyx was not my mother, like something finally made sense..."

Zagreus paused for a second, staring into Klein's eyes and getting lost for a second before smiling and saying: "I was lost in the Underworld, but Persephone was... Something I longed for, someone i wanted to meet, a dream. You, Klein, seem to also have a dream that keeps you awake at night and makes you dream when unconscious, your objective can be even greater than mine! But in your eyes, I can see the determination to achieve something wonderful, something amazing, to do the impossible!" Zagreus's smile shined like the sun as he held Klein's arm as he looked away, not showing his face to Zagreus. "That's the reason I love you... You are just as stubborn as I am, you are just as determined as I am, you are just as lost as I was and probably am, i don't know really... I want to live your dream with you, I want to make your dreams come true, I want to be held by your arms and sleep the best sleep of my life."

Zagreus could see Klein's ears getting redder, he smiled and continued: "I want to be your support, I want ro be your apprentice, I want to be your teacher, I want to be your lover, the only person in your heart... I want to love you and i want you to love me." Zagreus sighed and pressed his face against Klein's chest and waited, Klein's voice soon came through and he heard it, it was hoarse and it seemed he was holding something inside: "I-" Zagreus remembered his mother's words: "Always give him space if you think he needs it, or if he asks you." Zagreus got out of the bed and stood a little ways away from it as Klein looked at the window, face away.

"Is it what you say true?" Klein asked and Zagreus smiled once again, saying happily than ever: "Yeah. That's what I want." Zagreus suddenly felt heavy, his body weight pressing him down as red eyes stared at him: "You won't back down?" Zagreus opened his mouth to speak when he noticed that he couldn't, his body didn't move as Klein stared at him with red eyes. "You can't back down now, even if you want I won't let you go now." Suddenly the pressure was gone and Zagreus gasped for air as he looked up to see Klein sitting on the white bed, his golden leaves crown slightly tilted to the side, his robes gone as he was wearing only his white underwear. The golden bracelet around his forearm was a gift Zagreus gave him and that Klein didn't take off, his blue-golden eyes stared at Zagreus's heterochromatic red-green eyes, he said as he stared deeply into Zagreus's eyes:

"Do you agree? Agree that my heart will be yours and your heart will be mine? Do you agree that even if I turn into the worst thing in existence you will stay by my side? Do you agree that if someone even tries to flirt with you that I should kill them and send their soul to Tartarus? Is it okay that I am not good enough? Is it okay that I have some problems? Is it okay that I am not perfect? Is it okay that I may or may not have destroyed an entire reality accidentally? Is it okay that I constantly make questions because I don't know how to love and am constantly in my head, thinking and overthinking?" Klein kept asking questions without giving Zagreus a second to answer: "Is it okay that I like you? Is it okay that I selfishly want you, so you can be mine and mine alone?"

When Klein finally sighed out, making his questions, Zagreus smiled and sat down beside the bed, he pressed his hand against Klein's hand and said: "Yeah. It is okay... We may need to revise the throwing souls in Tartarus though." Zagreus chuckled and pressed his head against Klein's hairy chest, he was happy that he got to finally hear Klein's heartbeat so closely. "I agree. I will be yours as long as you are mine as well... I will try to keep on loving you, as long as you try to keep on loving me, and it's okay you don't know how to love... I can teach you." It was at that time that Zagreus looked up to see Klein staring at him with a genuine smile, that mesmerizing and gorgeous smile he had oh so desired to see every day...

"Good," Klein said. "Just remember... You brought this upon yourself. You made me love you, made me care for you... So if I end up destroying an entire world because someone said something about you, or someone did something to you, then don't blame me... It's just the way i am. Jealous, all the time jealous, unsure, confused, and not true to my feelings." Zagreus's smile never left his face as he said: "It's okay... I love you anyway."

Klein's head approached Zagreus's they both looked at each other's eyes as their lips were getting closer...

And then, the chamber door was kicked open by a giant seagull named Persephone who wanted to speak with Klein but ended up destroying a wonderful moment. The atmosphere soon became awkward as Persephone back away slowly and closed the door while giving them a thumbs up. It was too awkward to continue but Klein didn't care, as soon as Persephone closed the door, he grabbed Zagreus by the face and began to kiss him.

Zagreus's eyes widened as he felt Klein's tongue on his mouth, he just kissed him back while a seagull was screeching in the background.

-Scene End-

Author Note:

No.

They did not have sex, yet. They just started a relationship and are slowly growing comfortable with it, a relationship is not exactly:

"Hey! I like you, wanna be my bf?"

"Sure!"

*proceeds to have hardcore sex*

It is a slow process that just started.

But don't worry, it is all good!

Also, this is how Persephone look in my novel:

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