Tales from Egypt (A Gods of Egypt Fanfiction)

A fight?

"No, I disagree with that"

"How can you disagree, my points are right and spot on"

"Its not like that at all!"

Bek stopped in his walking, looking at her as she continued on. He could almost feel the smile reverberating off her face as she continued on. When Zaya realized that he was no longer following right beside her she stopped, looking back, and his hunch had been right, she was smiling.

"He is more of an uncle"

"But he acts more like a brother"

They paused in their lighthearted argument, exchanging the same look as the same thought crossed their minds. The two took off running at the same moment. Bek may have been a thief his entire life but Zaya could give him a run for his money. They sped passed people and gods alike, some turning to watch them go, new servants looking at the advisers with wide eyes, older generations watching them with shaking heads, honestly.

The center of the light heart'd discussion was in his rooms, soaking in the warm waters of his bath, when his bedroom doors slammed open and his favored pair came running in. Filling the quiet space with their argument.

"No, Uncle"

"I disagree"

"Your only disagreeing just for the sake of disagreeing"

"I disagree with that"

"You cannot disagree with what is true"

Horus shrugged his shoulders, refraining from bringing a hand up to rub at his forehead. He sent a playful lighthearted glare at some of the new young servants as their giggling made its way to his ears. Bek and Zaya were so caught up in their discussion and disagreeing that they did not notice the large hands reaching up out of the warm water.The two did however feel the hands as they wrapped around their ankles and let out matching yelps as they were both pulled forward into the warm steaming water. The new young servants giggled again at the two splashes the advisers made as they fell forward in the water. The lord of the Air smiled sweetly as he leaned back against the stone edge of the pool, arms stretched out leisurely on both sides.

They surfaced at the same time, gasping and wiping water from their faces. Wiping hair out of their eyes they turned to glare at the air god in unison. He smiled sweetly at them, pulling them both forward and into his sides.

It was comical to see to any outsider, Horus being at least three to four heads taller than the two mortals, so the giggles from the young servants this time were completely warranted. But they settled down next to him comfortably despite the height difference.

"Now, what has my two favorite advisers arguing like the children you keep trying to convince me you are not"

Bek looked up at him with mock offence, he simply raised an eyebrow.

"Don't give me that look Thief, what has you two arguing so much?"

They exchanged looks around the god in between them before falling back into their argument simultaneously.

"He thinks--"

"She says--"

"Brother!"

"Uncle!"

Horus looked between the two, unsure as to what they were arguing about. It was unlike them.

"He's always there when we need him!"

"He tells really bad jokes!"

"He hasn't had enough time to learn of a real sense of humor, give him time!"

Zaya nodded, she had not thought of that. Bek caught her look and smiled, splashing warm water in her direction. She retaliated in like manner, Horus twisted his head away to avoid another splash in the face that wasn't directed to him.

"I am confused, who is it you two are arguing about?"

They both looked up at him silently, their argument falling to the back burner for a moment. Horus looked between them both, waiting for one of them to speak up. Bek shook his head, Zaya waved at him, he urged her with a motion, she looked pointedly with that look only a woman could possess.

Looking back up at him simultaneously, they spoke in unison, "You"

Now he was confused, he did not want to be the cause of strife between his two friends.

"I'm sorry that I caused this"

They both shook their heads, "Alright Bek, I see your point and match it"

Bek looked smug as he leaned back into the gods arm around his shoulders. Zaya rolled her eyes at him as she turned back towards the god between them. She looked disheartened at the look of sadness that had crossed their friends face.

"I was arguing that you were more of an Uncle."

Bek leaned forward once more, splashing water at their god, to which he retaliated in kind.

"Thank you Zaya, my argument was that you were more of a brother than an uncle"

Horus smiled at that, and proceeded to do something that only an older brother would do, he shoved them both back under the water. Laughing when they surfaced once more and splashed more water in his direction.

Now that, that was something he could live with.