Don't Be a Baby

8. Can We Talk?

"Perry?" Hypnos called, knocking lightly on her door. He didn't even bother to check if the door was locked, of course it would be. He heard what he thought sounded like crying and he felt terrible that he might be the cause of his sister's tears. "Can you let us in? We just want to talk!" He waited before adding, "We're dressed now!" There was silence then he heard footsteps then the door cracked open and he could see a portion of her tearstained face.

"It's okay, Hyp, I'm not going to tell anyone." She managed to choke out, turning her back on him but leaving the door open. "It's not like I don't have issues to hide too." She added, sitting cross legged in the center of her bed.

The twins looked at each other, confused, before joining her on the bed. Hypnos reached out and ran his fingers along her braids, trying to comfort her. Surely, seeing them doing what they had been doing isn't the only reason she was this upset. "Perry, what's wrong?" He asked, ignoring Than's 'are you stupid' look. "You can tell us anything, you already know our secrets now."

Perseus hiccupped and tried to wipe her cheeks with the backs of her hands. "Part of me wants to yell at you that what you are doing is wrong and disgusting and you shouldn't be doing it but you looked really happy and why would I want to take that from you?" She began, hoping they'd let her fully explain the mess she was feeling before they got offended. "I don't want to say those things to you because I already say them to myself and it just hurts so much because she makes me so happy and I want to be happy but how can I be happy if it's wrong?"

Thanatos grabbed her chin, forcing her to look up at him. "What the hell are you talking about, Perseus?" He asked, not liking that his sister was clearly hurting but also not a fan of what she was saying.

"Do you think my hair is pretty?" Perseus asked, her question throwing both brothers for a loop. What on Earth did the way her hair looked have to do with anything that they should be talking about right now?

"Of course we think your hair is pretty like this, Perry!" Hypnos assured her, trying to make her feel better. He wondered why she chose that moment to ask them what they thought about her hair.

She looked at him with a sad, helpless smile. "My girlfriend did it for me."

The twins' eyes widened as they realized exactly what she meant.  "You're gay?" Thanatos asked, making her wince at his bluntness.

"I am..." Perseus bit her lip and rolled her eyes, a little irritated at her lack of control over the way this had happened. "...occasionally attracted to a woman but I am NOT a lesbian." She said it firmly, as if she could force the words into her brothers' heads. "I just started my first relationship like this with um... Holly."

"Holly as in, your boss, Holly?" Hypnos guessed and Perseus couldn't miss the slight judgement behind his question.

"You can't get onto me for that when you're fucking our brother!" She scolded sharply, almost immediately looking apalled at herself. "I'm sorry, there was no reason to use that language." She saw the tears brimming in Hypnos' eyes and lunged forward, wrapping her arms around his shoulders. "I'm sorry, Hyp, I really don't care what you do with Than, I just never wanted to see it!"

Thanatos coughed slightly, catching their attention. "Your first relationship of that kind and you decided your boss would be the best one to go after?" He didn't sound judgmental at all, just kind of fatherly.

Perry frowned and shifted away from Hypnos, looking down at her hands. "I didn't go after her at all, Than. I didn't want to be what I thought I was but she was the one that told me that it was okay and she said..." A dark blush stained her cheeks and she squeezed her eyes shut. "You might as well know everything." She took a deep breath then let it all out in a rush. "Holly isn't just my girlfriend, she's also my caregiver and she says I'm her little so sometimes we do things like I'm a little girl again like coloring and Disney movies!"

"You're a little?" Hypnos sounded absolutely giddy. "You can open your eyes, Perry, we really do understand!" He waited until his sister was looking at him before he continued talking. "Perry, it's okay, when you aren't here...um, before you came to live with us which we totally love!" Hypnos threw his hands out as if he could stop Perry from getting any wrong ideas from what he was saying. "I call Thanatos daddy sometimes when we are in the bedroom doing...um...doing what you saw." He blushed and looked away from her, wondering if he had revealed too much.

Thanatos scowled at him but lightened his expression before looking at Perseus whose expression was now a mix of relief, disgust, and confusion. "We don't have a caregiver/little relationship like you and your boss apparently have. It's slightly different. Hypnos doesn't go into little space but he is more submissive. I'm going to fix us all some hot drinks. Coffee for me, hot chocolate for Hypnos and a glass of warm milk for the little one, I think." He stood up and headed to the door of her bedroom. "I am actually glad that this has happened." He stated, stopping just outside. "Now we can all be a lot more honest with each other and Hypnos and I can help you fully understand what kind of relationship it is that you are in. I insist that you bring Holly over here for dinner sometime soon." He gave Perseus a particularly teasing look before saying, "We need to meet our little sister's new mommy."

A/N Another thousand words down and only two more chapters to go. Now that our dear, sweet Perry knows she isn't the only one in the world or even her family with a kink of sorts will it be easier for her to let go and just enjoy this new life that she can live? Next on the Days of our Lives...