Thief Of Truth's Heart

Chapter 27

The daily screaming matches of Olympus were so loud that day, that there was no way some poor mortal far away from the abode of the Gods hadn't heard them bicker and whine about each other.

Well, they were Gods and not saints, as some wise woman had pointed out ever so kindly. So nobody can really blame them either.

Hestia sighed and continued to focus on her hearth rather than the ongoing argument of Zeus and Poseidon, with Hades acting as the referee of the match. This kind of  behavior was predictable by now, unfortunately.

"Poseidon!!"

"Watch your mouth, Zeus!!"

"My work is more important!!"

"No mine is!!"

"Mine is!!"

"Oh really?!!"

"Absolutely!! What, you think you have far more important stuff to do?!!"

"Yes!! In fact, if what they say are true that corals die when they are stressed, and if I was a coral myself, I would die too!!"

"What do corals even get stressed about?!!"

"Current events. And fishy business. 'Fishy business', you get it brother?"

"What the heck, Poseidon?!!"

"Oh, shut up Hades. You got no chill in you."

"I hate you Poseidon!!"

"Well, I hate you too Zeus!!"

Ares yawned in boredom while looking at Hestia. "This is perfectly not what I needed. I am going off to sleep. Wake me up when they are done."

Hestia merely nodded with a smile before going back to poking the coals in her hearth with a stick, least interested in the two brothers'  bickering with each other.

Artemis looked at Athena while pointing to her brother and sister-in-law with one hand, holding a popcorn bucket in another. "Take a look at our father and uncle. Now take a look at these two."

Athena turned her head slightly to watch the married couple.

Atlanta was cuddled close to Apollo, looking at each other with shy smiles and soft glances every once in a while, utterly lost in their own little world.

"I love you Lana. I love you so much.", Apollo whispered in his beloved best friend's ear, holding her close to him.

"I love you too Phoebus.", Atlanta whispered back.

Exchanging a shy smile with each other, Atlanta plucked up the courage to place a tender kiss on her best friend's lips, with Apollo contributing to it just as much shyly, both happily pouring their love for each other in that little gesture.

Athena then turned her head to look at her father and Uncle who had taken out their weapons to threaten each other over who had the most workload and responsibility.

Turning back to Artemis, Athena gave a dry smile while eating a handful of popcorn. "Please don't tell me that our father and Uncle hide their feelings for each other as well. Now that, would be a disaster. But it isn't as if it's anything new either."

"Disgusting.", Artemis commented while giving her full attention and interest to her little brother's mini kiss session, thoroughly invested in their love life.

"Disgusting.", Athena agreed, looking at her father shaking the Master Bolt at her uncle in a threatening manner, while said Uncle slapped her father's head upside down in retaliation.