The Darkest Love Maleficent X Hades

11 Enchanted

Hades POV

I'm pacing back and forth, my anxiety skyrocketing. What if she doesn't show up? What if I embarrass myself? What if I lose my cool and accidentally throw her into the lake? Ugh, this situation is eating me alive. I stop walking and take a deep breath, trying to calm the storm inside me when suddenly, her beautiful figure appears from behind the trees. I'm completely flabbergasted. She actually came, and wow, she is stunning. So stunning that words seem to struggle to come out.

"Oh... hi," I manage to say in one rushed breath, and she smiles softly in response.

"Hi," she replies, and I take a step closer, offering my hand to help her down the rocks surrounding the lake. She takes my hand gently, and the softness of her touch makes me melt.

We both sit in the stone circle where I've laid out the blanket. Silence envelops us for a moment, and I can feel the weight of unspoken questions between us. I know she has so much to ask, and I have so much to say, but I'm not ready yet. "I'm happy you came..." I say quietly.

"Oh, of course I would. I was intrigued by all of this, honestly," she admits, and I can't help but smile.

"Did I choose a nice place, then?" I ask, and she nods, her eyes sparkling.

"It's beautiful. I've never seen it before."

I muster up some courage and finally meet her gaze. "I spent so much time exploring this forest while ditching school. There are so many places like this one."

She chuckles. "Oh, yeah, I can tell. You're never in class. I, myself, skip many lessons, but you are on a whole other level."

I raise my hand in mock surrender. "Oh, yes. I find exploring this place ten times better than spending my time with annoying people blabbing all day."

She looks me in the eyes, her expression serious. "You're right. Today was hell. You did a good thing by skipping. Everyone was so excited about Castlecoming."

I scoff, rolling my eyes. "Oh, yeah, I heard about it."

We slowly inch closer, our arms now brushing against each other. "It makes no sense. How can you be so excited about a bullshit event like that?"

I silently nod, looking away, relieved she thinks it's useless too. "Well, I've never been to something like that. Maybe it's good I haven't; who knows?"

"Maybe in the future... who knows? I might get the chance," I say, trying to sound casual but feeling my heart race.

This is the perfect moment. Come on, Hades, ask her! But I feel paralyzed. Her presence is so strong, so powerful that it holds me back. The only thing I can do is inch closer, losing myself in her mesmerizing eyes. A smile spreads across her face, making it ten times harder for me to gather my thoughts. She starts leaning closer, intertwining our fingers—a simple action that sends fireworks through me. She has so much power over me, and she has no idea. I would give her my heart without hesitation if I could.

Our foreheads are nearly touching now, her breath mingling with mine. Our noses brush against each other, with only a breath's distance separating our lips. I take a deep breath, my heart pounding in my chest. "I... I was wondering," I whisper, my voice barely audible, "if you would..."

Our lips brush together for just a fleeting moment, sending shivers down my spine, and I can tell she feels it too. For a split second, my mind goes blank; I forget what I was going to ask. God, she's messing with my head without even trying.

"I wanted to ask you if you wanted—"

"DRIN DRIN DRIN!"

Are you freaking serious right now? Her phone starts ringing, and we break that long-desired contact.

"Oh God, sorry! Just a second!" she says, looking guilty as she answers the call. Honestly, she looks even cuter like this. I can't be mad at her for this. I hear some frantic screams on the other end, and I look at her, confused.

"Okay, okay, calm down! I'm coming, Jesus!" she says hurriedly, hanging up the phone.

"I'm incredibly sorry! Uliana is losing her mind over something! I have to—"

"Hey, hey, it's fine, really! It was amazing either way; we can reschedule this," I reassure her, forcing a smile despite the frustration bubbling inside me.

"Thank you, really! It was amazing! Oh, and like the thing you wanted to ask me..." she trails off, glancing back as she starts to walk away.

"It's nothing, really! Go now!" I wave at her, feeling that sinking disappointment as she gets further away.

Once she disappears into the trees, I turn around, frustrated. When I see Uliana, I'm seriously going to kill her. Everything was perfect, and it got ruined—once again

Maleficent POV

It was feeling like a dream, and in a second puff it was all over. Uliana, I'm gonna insult you so bad once I see you. I was so hoping for him to ask me out, but once again it's all just my stupid imagination. It will never happen. Why couldn't I stay stuck in that moment with him? It was perfect, but like for everything in my life, it gets ruined.

I open the door, still mad. "What happened now?" Uliana is still panicking. "A SPIDER!" My eyes widen in anger. "ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? YOU RUINED THE BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE FOR A SPIDER!" I angrily walk to the spider and stomp on it. "Oh, c'mon! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!" My eyes flash green as I look at her. "Zip it before I set this room on fire." She stays quiet as I grab my spell book and leave the room.

I'm so mad in this moment I can't think straight. I'm still overwhelmed; my perfect moment was ruined like that. I sit alone by a tree not far from the dorms, still replaying in my mind what happened with Hades before. The only thing I want to do now is cry in frustration in his arms. A little tear escapes my eye and it lands on the page where I placed his quirky letters. I smile a little with my eyes full of tears and I write under them.

This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you

My thoughts will echo your name, until I see you again
These are the words I held back, as I was leaving too soon
I was enchanted to meet you

Now tears are silently streaming down my face. I take deep breaths, holding the spell book and the thought of him close to me, trying to calm down. I see a blurry figure approaching, getting closer to me and gently wiping away some tears.

"Hey beautiful, why those tears..."

UGH IT TOOK ME AGES TO WRITE THIS CHAPTER, I've been postponing it for ages but I made it lol, are y'all enjoying the story?? I'll soon talk about happened in the movie with a twist tho :) thank you for everything for nowwww and sorry for the english I'm trying so hard to get better at describing without repeating myself too much