"She did WHAT?!"

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by AgnesDue

by AgnesDue

Prompt: Anubis gets to hear from Hades about Nico's obsession with Mythomagic, and how Persephone turned him into a flower.

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Anubis couldn't have been more amused if he wanted to.

He was seated at Hades' dinner table, enjoying a fantastic meal (courtesy of Demeter, who really liked him, it seemed). The source of his amusement was his demigod boyfriend, seated on the opposite side of the table, his face in his hands.

"Gods, dad," Nico groaned. "Can you please not?"

Hades simply laughed at that, waving his hand about as he spoke (so that's where Nico got his gesticulations from), "Calm your bones, son. I am merely entertaining our guest."

Nico ran a hand down his face, grumbling, "I knew there was a reason I never wanted to see you drunk."

Anubis smirked at that, having brought the wine intended for gods. If he'd known hilarities like this past hour had brought, he would've gotten the Greek god inebriated ages ago.

"Please, sir Hades, go on," Anubis said smoothly, ignoring the mortified stare he got from his boyfriend.

"Yes! Where was I?" Hades waved his hand in a circular motion as he pondered. "Ah, yes. Well, then Nico yapped about that card game for what seemed like ever, and *snort* you can imagine what that must feel like as a god!" Hades started laughing again, the wine almost spilling over in his goblet.

"A card game, you say?" Anubis said, acting overly interested. "Please tell me more." He felt a kick to his shin beneath the table, and could feel the burning gaze of an embarrassed Nico.

"Oh, yes," Hades continued. "It has Greek gods and creatures in it. And they all have, what was it, son? Health and... I can't remember the rest."

"Health and attack, dad," Nico piped up, before looking even more mortified at participating in the conversation. "Kill me now."

"Nico would bring a deck of those cards everywhere! He tried to play it with nearly everybody too!" Hades laughed uproariously.

Anubis feigned ignorance, having been on the receiving end of the card-game many times, "Who did he ask?"

"Me, for starters! And the furies."

Anubis raised an eyebrow at that, "The furies? Really?"

Hades grinned, "Yeah, and they got pretty furious at his incessant nagging."

Anubis blinked in surprise at the word-play. He glanced over at Nico, and saw that his mouth was hanging open, shock evident in his features. The Egyptian god sniggered, and full-on laughed at the look Nico gave him, a mix between mortified, stunned and maybe a little proud.

"Hahaha- I can't believe you pulled a dad-joke on us!" Anubis could feel the angry kicks underneath the table, which only made him laugh harder, gripping his stomach.

Hades had joined in on his laughter, banging the table, "Oh, son! That look reminds me of when Persephone turned you into a flower!"

Anubis felt his stomach hurt at that comment, his muscles spasming as he laughed, "She did WHAT?!"

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A/N: I'm back! This was really just short and fun!