Ch3: I think I’m falling in love with you

"My lord…my lord?"

"Oh, sorry Herman, I didn't hear you call me."

"No problem, your highness. but did you know that your mind has been very busy for the past few days? Everyone is worried about you. I haven't seen you like this since the day you showed yourself to that young boy.”

"Sorry to worry you, I'm trying to calm my mind."

"Okay, what did you want to say?”

"My lord, you must go and attend to the new souls. The messenger of the gods, Hermes, awaits you on the shores of Stokes.”

"Okay, let's go."

Hades' mind had been very busy lately because of something Tuma had said. Two days ago, when he had gone to see Tuma to spend time with him, Tuma had told him that he was interested in one of his seniors at the university. Hades was thinking about how he could keep Tuma away from that man, and keep him by his side. He had decided to invite Tuma to the new festival that was to be held in the world of the dead, and tell him again that he loved him. This morning, when he had gone back to the mortal world, he saw Tuma with that man, and he couldn't help but feel jealous because the man had seen faces of Tuma that he had never seen before, so his mind had been very busy. Hades wanted to go to Tuma's house this evening and invite him to the festival.

"Evening"

"your highness Do you want to go to the mortal world again?"

"I need to invite Tuma to the festival that's in three days."

"your highness, are you aware that if you keep an ordinary person in the world of the dead for hours, that person's soul might be imprinted here and unable to return to their own world?"

"I know, Herman, I'm careful, nothing happens, just for two hours."

"Well then, for now, take care of yourself, sir.”

"The Mortal World"

Tuma was sitting in his room reading a book, when suddenly Hades appeared. Tuma was still not used to these sudden appearances, but he was no longer afraid of Hades and instead had become closer to him.

"Isn't it too much to come here twice a day? Don't you have work to do in the world of the dead?" Tuma said, concentrating on his book.

"I finished all my work. *sits on the edge of the bed* We had two new souls today."

"Oooh, it was troublesome as always, wasn’t it?”

"It's hard to deal with them, because they can't understand that they're dead."

"That's natural, it's very hard to accept that you're dead."

"Um Tuma, I came here because I wanted to tell you that if you like, I want to invite you to the underworld for three more days. There's going to be a festival. I'll come after you to take you there myself."

"Wow, a festival? For ghosts? Of course I'll accept your invitation, but you have to be by my side until the end or I'll be scared."

"Of course, I'm always by your side.”

"*blushing* th… thank you”

"I'll see you in three days, and… I love you *kisses him forehead*.”

"*Blushing* *Embarrassed* H..hey, if you say these things, I'll die of embarrassment."

"You're so beautiful, I really love you,Tuma. *stares*"

When Tuma saw Hades' efforts to win him over, his heart softened. Every time Hades kissed him forehead, he blushed and his heart beat faster. His feelings were ambiguous. He didn't know whether he loved his anniversary senior or Hades. But a person couldn't have a relationship with the King of the Underworld. This relationship had no meaning or future. Every time these thoughts came to him mind and bothered him, so what did he want? Do the differences between them really matter as long as they loved each other?

Tuma pulled Hades, who was hugging him, back a little with his hand and said shyly, "H.. Hey, it's time to go back, it's getting late."

Hades grabbed Tuma’s chin and lifted his head, which was bowed, and stared into his eyes, his eyes were slightly wet. Hades asked:

"Tuma , what's the problem? Did I pressure you? I'm sorry about that, I'm going now."

When Hades got up to leave, Tuma, with his head down, grabbed Hades' clothes and said, "Don't...don't go."

Hades sat on the edge of the bed again, placed both hands on Tuma’s cheeks, and said with a gentle smile:

"You have to tell me what's wrong, I can't figure out what's wrong with you like this."

While Tuma was sitting on the bed, hiding his face in the arms of Hades who was sitting on the edge of the bed, he said:

"Hades, I have feelings that I still can't understand. If we get into a relationship, our relationship has no future. I hadn't yet sorted out my feelings for my university senior, when you suddenly entered my life. *shaking voice* I feel like I'm falling in love with you, but this is wrong. You are the god of the land of the dead and I'm just a normal student. Can we really be together?"

Hades, with a sad face on his face, placed his chin on Tuma’s hair and hugged him tighter than before, saying:

"Why can't we? We can be together like everyone else, you can come to me in the land of the dead after you finish college. You can be my queen then we can be together forever."

"Ah...but Hades, this isn't as easy as you think. I have my family, I have my friends, and I can't leave the world I live in and give up on all of these things."

"Tuma, I never want to pressure you, I will give you time to think, I will wait for your answer as long as you want, one year, two years, five years, however long it takes. But please choose me, I promise you that I can take care of you much better than your university senior."

Tuma, who had teary eyes, wrapped him arm around Hades’ waist and held the back of his dress tightly, saying, “I’m so... so thank you, Hades. When I sort out my current situation, I’ll respond to your feelings, so can you ask me another time, about my feelings for you?”

"*sad smile* Of course, I'll ask you again in the future, whenever you're ready."

When they told each other their feelings honestly, Hades stayed by Tuma’s side until He fell asleep, gently stroking his hair.

His warm, large hands gave Tuma a sense of peace and security, so much so that He felt like He wanted to have these caresses for the rest of his life.

After Tuma fell asleep, Hades got up very slowly from the bed and then went to the underworld. He went to his palace and after going to his room, he lay down on his bed, thinking about Tuma’s words until he fell asleep... .

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