Hades and Persephone

Minthe

When Persephone came back into work on the Monday, Cassandra breathed a sigh of relief, and Merope brightened a little.

When the customers they had currently been serving had left to sit down, Cassandra awkwardly patted Persephone on the shoulder and, in her usually monotone way, said, "I am glad you are here. I heard about Thursday and was worried you would not show."

"Yeah, but I did text you that I was coming in," Persephone said, just as Merope gave her an almost motherly hug.

After taking Cassandra and Merope to the back to explain the truth about how she was a goddess, and how she was in fact dating Hades—yes, the Hades—and they couldn't tell anyone, Monday proceeded pretty normally. Odysseus came in and asked if Persephone was okay after Thursday, and she convinced him it was simply family troubles. She then took a selfie of her, Psyche, Cassandra, and Merope to send to Hades, along with Merope's advice that maybe Hades should avoid the shop for a little while, so his brothers wouldn't be suspicious as to why he was visiting so often.

When Persephone came into work on the Tuesday, things were a little more mellow. Still a little awkward, because they all knew they were working with a goddess now, and not just any goddess, but the daughter of an Olympian, and one of the big six at that.

Once Persephone had tied up her hair and put on her apron, she came to join Arachne and Cassandra out the front. Cassandra was organising the muffins, and Arachne was leant against the till filling out a sudoku book Cassandra has bought to keep them all entertained when there was nothing to do, instead of having them all on their phones. They still all went on their phones anyway, but the sudoku book was fun regardless.

"How's today been so far?" Persephone asked Arachne.

"Boring. I've already done one whole sudoku," Arachne said as she scowled down at the book. Persephone peered over her shoulder. "At this rate, I might leave at midday."

"Well, that's when Merope comes in, so it's fine," Persephone said as she also frowned down at the sudoku book, but neither of them were particularly great at sudoku. "Anything we gotta do today?"

"Uh, no idea," Arachne said, and she pushed the sudoku book aside as she raised her head. "Cassandra, are there any things we gotta do today?"

Cassandra, who was wearing green glasses and earring today, though the shade was slightly off from matching their aprons, paused in rearranging the muffins. "I don't think so. Minthe is coming in, though."

Arachne frowned. "What the hell is Minthe doing coming in on a Tuesday?"

"Arachne, don't wear so loudly in case a customer hears."

"Sorry, sorry. What on Earth is Minthe doing coming in on a Tuesday?"

"She left her purse here on Sunday, and only realised yesterday," Cassandra said. "She will come in when she has some free time, possibly lunch time."

"Oh, I might be gone by then," Arachne said as Cassandra turned back to the muffins. "If I am, don't worry; Minthe is really hard to miss."

Persephone had never met Minthe, the last person that worked at Cassie's Coffee, due to Minthe working the weekend that Persephone didn't, but she had heard a few things. "You said before she has mint green hair?"

"Exactly. She's as hard to miss as Psyche is," Arachne said.

Just after lunchtime, when Arachne had been sent home early, and Merope had arrived and was around the back getting changed into her uniform, a young woman walked in, and she definitely did not look like she belonged in a quaint little coffee shop hidden in the corner of the street.