Hades was a bit nervous about how his family would react to the news.
Especially Dionysius who was quite protective of Hephaestus even if Persephone seemed to be the closest to Hephaestus since the time Nikolas and Beelzebub have been born.
He could only hope that he would survive the younger god since it would be quite sad to die just when he found out his soulmate and that he has two more kids.
It hadn't been hard to find his family when they were all in Zeus' office asking him what he meant with Beelzebub and Nikolas being Hephaestus' kids(even if Poseidon and Hercules were still being informed of what happened after they died).
"Am I interrupting?" Hades asks
"Brother" Poseidon says, happy to finally see his older brother
"No, you aren't interrupting anything" Zeus says, relieved that he could get free of all the questions he was being asked
"It's good to see you Poseidon, Hercules" Hades says smiling at the god and demigod
"It's good to see you too, uncle" Hercules says grinning
"Where have you been, Hades?" Demeter asks because since Rhea disappeared with him and Hephaestus, no had seen him until now
"Did he tell you?" Persephone says while coming out of the shadow she had been hiding in as the others questioned her father
"Yes he did" Hades answers his niece first before turning to his sister "And I was talking with Hephaestus, you saw mother take us both away"
"And what did you need to talk with Hephaestus?" Hera asks with a raised eyebrow because she had thought that strange especially after her husband presented the human and the helheim god as Hephaestus' kids
"About that...." Hades starts praying that he wouldn't die at his nephew's hand "What I talked with him was what brought me here" he decides to say
"Which would be?" Dionysius asks glaring at Hades which tells the older god that his nephew already had connected the dots
"Yeah, what did you talk about?" Zeus encourages because for much that he loved his older brother, he prefered to not be the one under all the questions
"About Nikolas and Beelzebub's other parent" Hades answers
"And why would he talk about that with you?" Artemis aska confused but some people in the room were starting to connect some dots
"....Because I am their other parent" Hades says since he would have to admit it no matter how nervous he was
Silence filled the room as everyone, outside of Persephone and Zeus(and Dionysius a bit), digested what they had just heard.
"Did we hear you just right?" Athena asks in disbelief
"You did" Persephone answers for Hades "It happened during the time father punished Hephaestus by making him completely human" she adds because if Dionysius wanted to kill someone it should be anyone else but their favorite brother's soulmate
"It was during my week long vacation that I met him but I didn't know it was Hephaestus just like he didn't know it was me until a bit later" Hades adds because if he had known it was Hephaestus he would have courted him first before he slept with him because he wasn't one who went for one night stands(and it was because they were both drunk that they ended up having sex) no matter who his possible partner was
"That explains how you didn't know about the kids" Hera hums even if she isn't completely happy that she hadn't known about this especially that she had two more grandchildren
"That's surprising seeing how hard it is for...." Apollo was starting to say before he froze and looked at Hades with a question in his eyes
"Yes, we are" Hades says to Apollo but most of the others look confused
"Hephaestus is my favorite sibling so if you hurt him, I will find a way to kill you" Dionysius growls and Hades nods at that because Hephaestus may say Persephone or Apollo are his favorites but they all knew that Dionysius was always first
"I don't plan to hurt him" Hades says and Dionysius nods but still doesn't look completely happy
"I'm confused, what are you guys talking about?" Ares asks confused but he isn't the only one
"Uhm...me and Hephaestus only slept together once" Hades says a bit embarrassed
"And why would knowing that help us?" Demeter asks glaring at Hades while Persephone sighs
"...Just once?" Poseidon asks in shock
"But if Hephaestus had your kids, it means that...." Athena looks surprised at her uncle
"...You are soulmates" Zagreus, who had stayed quiet in a corner with his sisters, says while looking at his father for a confirmation
"We are" Hades confirms
"Hahaha, really?" Zeus asks happy "Congrats on finally finding your soulmate!" he adds and Hera hits him in the head
"Are you completely ignoring that Hades' soulmate is our son?!" Hera says looking at her husband
"Of course not but I know he will take great care of Hephaestus" Zeus says trying to calm down his wife
"If Hephaestus knew, why didn't he tell Hades about this sooner?" Hebe asks and silence fills the room at said question
"Fear and insecurity" Persephone answers and they all understood that, Hephaestus wasn't well treated by most gods especially after his divorce so that affected his vision of himself(plus the things that happened before the divorce and when he was born) "And there was also the case of Satan" she adds
"I had forgotten about that" Adamas says
"Thankfully I have resolved it and I am sure he took the drink that would do it" Persephone hums, happy that she finally was able to help her sweet nephew
"...And how did you do it?" Hades asks because for a very long time Helheim had been trying to get rid of Satan and were unable to do it
"I just had to cash in some favors and get into some debts with certain gods, angels and demons but Satan won't be a problem anymore" is Persephone's answer and for some reason everyone thinks that it is better if they don't ask her to explain more about what she did
"What will you do now, father?" Melinoe asks turning to Hades, who raises an eyebrow at that "Now that you found out that Hephaestus is your soulmate and about having two more kids" she clarifies
"Get to know them" is Hades answer because it is what he will do
"Nothing more?" Dionysius asks with a raised eyebrow
"I can't see the future so I don't know what will happen in it" Hades says and Dionysius nods at him since Hades wasn't making promises he may not be able to keep
With that the group started talking more about what happened and asked Persephone for stories about Beelzebub and Nikolas' childhood and also about Hephaestus' time as Euphemia.
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The Sons of Fire & Death
Hayran KurguHe still remembered the short time he lived as a human despite how many years had passed since then. It was both a happy and sad moment in his life but the one that gave him his most cherished gifts. His two adorable sons, one who was like him and a...
