When Darkness Met Her

A Little Party Never Hurt Nobody

Hades opened the door for Persephone as she carefully climbed in the black sleek limo that Charon had ordered specifically so that it could cross the River Styx without his direct involvement. Hades walked round and got in as well, his tall muscular figure slinking into the car without hassle. Persephone could admire the gracefulness of his body, and she could see that any woman who could ignore his reputation would lust after him with such fury.

Suddenly she remembered Minthe, the solid fling Hades had a few centuries ago that made Persephone almost go Hera on the poor girl. Jealousy had never occurred to Persephone when she agreed to marry Hades, but seeing that mortal gazing up at Hades with such intent...

"Everything alright dearest?" Hades suddenly said bringing Persephone back into the present. She hadn't realized her face growing a deep hot red as she felt her cheeks burning against her skin.

"Fine husband" she said trying to wave the past away "I'm alright."

Hades lifted one dark eyebrow at her but she simply looked away and stared at the fast moving outside that was blurring by in the limo's window. He sighed and rubbed part of his forehead. This may prove difficult for them if Persephone chose to keep her feelings bottled up inside. He may have not spent as much time as he should of with her, but he knew when his mate was feeling negative. It was just a shame she wouldn't share with him...

"You know that if we are going to pull off being madly in love it may help if we spoke to one another more" he said calmly, trying to keep his voice as even as possible. Upsetting Persephone may not be the best choice for either of them.

"I know, I'm sorry" she suddenly said "I'm just so used to keeping my thoughts to myself. You know how my mother gets. If I said one thing she would go on a rant about how she felt about the situation and I would never get a word in edge wise."

"Well that will not come from talking to me" Hades said relaxing a bit, remembering that Persephone's issues weren't exactly with him, but Demeter instead.

"It's just" Persephone said biting her lip a bit "I was remembering when you were seeing Minthe."

"Ah" he said quickly.

Hades tensed a bit at the name, remembering his little fling with the mortal girl Minthe in the early stages of his marriage to Persephone. He had thought that they were on the same page, and that they could see other people if they so chose to. He had never known Persephone to get jealous, but that day was a bit different then most.

"I never did get to apologize to you for that" Persephone said taking a deep breathe "It's just, she had told me you were interested in her because I wasn't for filling your needs and by the time the argument was over I was stomping her into the ground."

Hades remembered watching that, the horrible fury and embarrassment that had escaped his dear wife that day. Minthe should not have run her mouth like she had, but before Hades could intervene and reprimand the girl, Persephone had raged out and trampled her.

But, after the anger had settled, he had watched his wife start crying tears at what she had done, her emotions getting the best of her. To pay for her outburst, Persephone had risen a new plant from the spirit of Minthe and called it Mint in her honor. Now it was a household plant that everyone enjoyed in either their gardens or the flavor in their mouths.

He smiled suddenly, thinking that although she had lost her temper, she had made that mortal girl immortal in her own way to repay for her anger. He suddenly took Persephone's hand in his and gently rubbed the top of her hand with his thumb in slow movements.

"It was my fault" he said gently shaking his head "I should not have thought it would be right to put you in that position. You lost your temper, yes, but I was the one at fault. In the end you were the one that came out saving face. You took her life and gave her a new immortal one."