Living among deities (ManxMan)

4. Doctor

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Atheos. If I had to describe him in one word, it would either be GORGEOUS or CLUELESS.

Gorgeous because... Well he is gorgeous; Seing him in the dark, all glistening blue-grey eyes, ruffled hair, and wearing only those white see-through chiton made me gasp out-loud- he didn't notice so it's okay I guess. What's weird though is how unfathomably unaware of his beauty he seems to be. He doesn't seem to think of himself as particularly attractive, not an ounce of narcissism have I ever as much as suspected from his actions, and I have stared enough to know if there was any... ( cough ).

Then again, If I had his looks, I would think twice about going out at night in such light, revealing and completely entrancing... - for God's sake! - clothing. Although, judging by his ... Uhm ... Dazzling -I'm just stating the facts here- physique, he seems strong enough to fend off any unwanted attention. He's not one of those all muscled -ugly- airheads you come accross in Athens. Those idiots that think muscles are everything that matters, and spend all their lives building up useless flesh... No. Atheos's strength is almost inconspitious, you could call it an aura or charisma maybe, it's something I've never seen before... It's like his whole being carries strength, not only his height and build. His posture, his attitude, his sole presence exhibits strength. Even his eyes are ablaze in resonnance with that power of his. Like they glow in warning... Huh, like anyone would need a warning with that body of his ?

And CLUELESS of course. The word doesn't even begin to say how completely, irrevocably and undeniably clueless Atheos is. It wouldn't surprise me the least bit if he started burying money in the soil hoping for a money tree to spring out of it. Also, He just learnt how to say 'good morning', 'thank you' and 'you're welcome'. And believe it or not, The only reason he hasn't been saying those is merely that he didn't know he should, no arrogance, narcissism or misplaced ego whatsoever... At first, I too thought he didn't because he thought too highly of himself to regard others as equals and show his appreciation when given help. That pissed the hell off of me. But as soon as I scolded him about it, he started acting polite, even cute sometimes, cluelessly cute that is ( chuckle ); doing everything he possibly could to thank me and please me in return. He pouts when I don't notice he did somthing for me. Sulks till I actually do, and beams when I say anything about it... Like that time he wiped the table of crumbs...Haha adorable... (Caugh)... Well don't even mention the time when I had to tell him to bathe, and actually SHOW him how to do just that- it was embarassing as all hell, although I appreciated the free eye-candy... ( caugh).

Hum, well he's just so clueless I wonder how he managed to survive this far on his own...

Anyways, now he's kinda getting used to working the fields, and the routine that comes after that; bathing, helping me with dinner, talking for a bit, then sleeping like a newly-born. Oh! Didn't I mention he's been working with me out there? Well he has, I don't know why he started but something's been bothering him. Something that has his brows creasing into frowns out of nowhere... Hum maybe I should ask? Well, Atheos doesn't tell me stuff he doesn't want to talk about so I might as well wait for him to come to me.

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We're on our way back home. Today has been by far the worst. Atheos has been really unfocused, distracted or something. I'm not saying he's supposed to give me 100% of his attention 100 % of the time, but he seems really worried about something. I should bring it up, and if he doesn't wanna answer then to hell with it!

I look at him standing in the center of our, MY, living space and say:

-"Go take a bath, you're gonna catch a cold."

-"No, you go first."

He smiles at me, and I just nod while walking away. I can't seem to be able to say no to him.