Hades

Chapter 8

ELARA

A week had passed and I had not seen King Hades since meeting him at dinner, I was still puzzled about Leo and Hades stand off but I did not question it as it was not my place. I had, however, come to the realisation that by King Hades being Leo's uncle and Aphrodite being his sister... Leo's father was Zeus. It now registered in my mine and made complete sense about Leo being the universes biggest flirt, his dad was a seasoned player and I gather that he was brought up to think the same way.

It was late in the evening and Leo and I where chilling in his room watching movies, he was a good friend to have and kept me in a state of side splitting laughter. It was a Sunday evening and Leos weekend off so we had spent the past two days swimming and running around the castle like two hyper ten year olds at their first sleep over. We had tried to play hide-and-seek in the castle but Leo was a massive cheat and kept using his deity powers to see through the furniture and I grew bored of losing. We had not attended dinner service that night and instead collected take-out boxes from the kitchen and settled in for a night at the pictures. Leo's bed was huge, and he had a mountin of pillows so tall that Im sure if I was to fall from a height it would not hurt to land. He had plush grey sheet and the entire room was a grey colour... it must have been his favourite. The whole room smelt like warm sand, tropical weather and oddly confidence? I had come to recognise that as his personal scent, to me it was calming and wrapped me in a warm hug making me feel protected.

It was getting late and Leo offered me his T-shirt which I politely accepted. I went into the bathroom neatly folding my shorts and top and placing them into the overnight bag I had packed, Leo had grown to be a well trusted and close friend so I did not think anything of having a sleepover - it was completely innocent. I changed into his T-shirt which I had grown to find extra comfy over this passed week and put on some knee-high socks so my legs didn't get too cold, I brushed out my wavy hair and brushed my teeth before returning to the bedroom. I sat back down on the bed and didn't even act as he watched my every move looking me up and down... males, what can you do?

I cuddled up next to him and he wrapped his arm around my waist as my head lay comfortably listening to the slow heartbeat in his chest. He pressed play on the movie that I had come to realise was 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', I wasn't easily scared by horror movies but this one did make me jump and hide my my face a fair few times. Each time I would jump Leo would let out a small laugh squeezing me slightly and shaking his head, I rolled my eyes each time - not everybody could be as brave as him he didn't need to pretend to be all alpha male and laugh at my adrenaline kicking in.

The movie had ended and we had been lazily talking for a while but my eyelids were growing heavy and I could feel that sleep was taking over. I moved my head off of Leos chest and onto one of the plush pillows, I felt Leo turn into my back and he draped one of his arms over me and I drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

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I started to wake from my slumber, the feeling of slow steady breaths fanning my neck woke me up completely. I was in a morning induced daze but after blinking a couple times I remembered where I was and let out a small yawn. I was facing Leo and he had his face buried into the crook of my neck holding me in place, if anyone where to walk in they might assume that we are together but it was not like that between us. Leo and I had often flirted with each other and where somewhat touchy-feely with each other but it was all in the name of friendship, as weird as it may have sounded thats just the way it was with us and I dint mind it at all.

I had wiggled slightly trying to pry myself from his grasp when suddenly he held me tighter "Stop moving so much!" he grumbled with a husky morning voice. I immediately stopped and realised that I may have been causing some undue discomfort and waited a moment moment before his eyes fluttered open and he pulled back to meet my green orbs. He had a lazy smile on his face and turned to look at the clock on the wall, his eyes widened and he puled us both out of bed and showed me in the bathroom. "HURRY UP AND GET READY IF WE ARE NOT IN THE DINING HALL IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUETS WE MISS BREAKFAST!" Leo shouted with urgency laced in his voice. I stuck my toothbrush in my mouth and threw his out the door and he caught it as he pulled some training short and a top. I cleaned the toothpaste from my mouth and put on a par of shorts and brushed through my hair. I tied the T-shirt Leo had lent me in a knot so that it did not fall so low and pulled on a pair of trainers before exiting the bathroom. Leo ran in after me  and cleaned his face, he ran back out and grabbed my hand and soon we were speeding through the hallways with two minuets left before the dining hall doors would slam shut.