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Life of a god could be very boring, specially since the deal his father had stricken with Heracles. They hadn’t been able to interact with humans anymore, not for a thousand years or so…

Delphi was still his favorite place to visit, and Apollo spend more time over it than in any other place. That’s where the god met him.

Theodorus, or Theo, as he heard other mortals call him, wasn’t by any means someone peculiar or upstanding. He had olive skin, green eyes, and beautiful short brown hair. The young man was a birthday shy of his twenties, and was the elder brother out of a big family, son of a widow mother. That meant he had to work hard.

That meant Apollo could watch him as he picked olives in the fields, as a mean of supporting his family. That meant he would spend hours under the sun, and then go to a nearby lake to swim with his siblings and neighbors, or play football on the few times he had to rest.

He saw the boy helping his younger siblings with their school work, refusing to allow any of them to get out of it to work. He heard him speak about his dreams of playing for the country, winning Greece’s first World Cup (which he had learned about by asking around, he wanted to know what this little mortal was speaking of ) and being as good as the mythical Brazilian player he admired (oh, how he wished to be as beloved to Theo as that man, who the boy even called The king of football), all of that so he could buy a nice and big house for his family, and improve his neighborhood as well

The hard working young mortal didn’t know it, but the god had fallen for him. How could he have known? For Theo, Apollo, and the other gods, where just myths. Statues, some incomplete, that he saw around the island. But the Olympics were real, and so were even more gods that he hadn’t even heard of…..

It all started with a dream: Apollo was the god of many things, prophecies being one. That meant that one night, he dreamed about the next conference that all pantheons would held. He dreamed of how most of the gods voted to exterminate humanity. The fates were cruel, as always: the dream didn’t show when it would happen. But he knew the day would come, eventually. He, however, didn’t see when the Valkyrie went to stand against the gods…

And that day, Apollo made a plan, that only his horses and his muses learned about. A risky plan. A selfish plan. A plan that he made out of love…but one that went against what he believed, a plan that he knew wouldn’t make the boy love him just as he loved him.

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The god liked to take long baths, and so did his cute mortal lover. After some time, Apollo allowed the boy to walk around the palace as he wished (the muses made sure he stayed there, tho. They were always glad to help him, thankfully, and most of them understood his reasonings )so he wouldn’t stay at all times on their bedroom.

Theo wanted to take a bath alone, and took the opportunity seeing that the god wasn’t on the palace yet. It’s not that he minded, but he also enjoyed his private time…perhaps a bit too much, as he fell asleep and only woke up when he heard someone else getting into the water

“Hey, Lolo…” it wasn’t hard to guess who was there, the god probably noticed he wasn’t in their room. The nickname had been given recently, as Theo felt Apollo was too long and well, the god already used his nickname. Besides, the young mortal thought it fit him.

“Theo…” the god pulled him into a hug, it seemed that deities could also get tired…but for someone who took care of several siblings, it was clear that it wasn’t precisely the case

“Are you okay ?” The mortal asked worryingly, it seemed that something was upsetting the sun god.

Pride made it hard to answer sincerely, at least for gods it did “it’s not something you should be concerned about” but that wasn’t Apollo’s case, which the young mortal didnt know, of course

That was definitely not a good answer “I’m your lover, right Lolo? Or well, your boyfriend…it concerns me “ puppy eyes did sometimes worked with Apollo, luckily, and so he used that trick

The deity chuckled, his lover was simply adorable “it’s my family…” he had lied to them, had been for quite some years…and it pained him. His good friend Ares would be upset if he ever found out what he had done to the poor boy. His father would be furious: he had sacrificed part of his divinity to make his lover inmortal…which meant Hades would also be quite displeased. And Heracles…his adoptive brother was a good man, never allowed himself to stay angry and was quick to forgive, but could he forgive what he had done ?

“Your family? “ that didn’t sound well, he knew a bit about the issues his boyfriend had…or thought he did. Apollo never wanted to say it out loud, but Theo suspected he felt alone, as the god would, most of the time, go back immediately to him after the day ende…”Lolo…have you tried to act like you act with me ? Or with the muses ? Not the kidnapping part of course…”

“Then they won’t respect me “ a good lie, even if it pained him to lie to his beloved. He knew that Theo would get along well with his good friend and brother Ares, as well as with Hermes, his good little brother. Aphrodite would find him cute, and Heracles would gladly welcome him into the family.

“Is that respect worth feeling so alone ?” He loved his siblings and couldn’t imagine how it would be if being so distant…the god didn’t answer, but his expression told him all he needed, or so he thought. So, as a great plan, he threw some water at the god’s face

Apollo was shocked and let him go, but changed his expression “you little…” he smirked and splashed some water playfully at his lover.

The boy chuckled and replied, soon they were both at a small tug war. After a while they both got tired, and Apollo pulled his lover into his lap.

Theo smiled and reached for a kiss, tho a pretty clumsy one as he lacked his lover’s skills. The god, however, didn’t mind: it was the first time that the mortal initiated that action. He gently held the boy, even if he felt some guilt: while he could allow his boyfriend to go back to earth, the truth was that he feared he would lose his love once Theo found out just how much time he had been there. And if Theo figure why he had taken him there, it would be over…

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“Apolo, you need to tell him” the eldest muse always tried to convince him, but the god refused to listen

“He is fine “the sun god insisted, but knew that wasn’t the case.

“He is fine now…but what will you do when he finds out about your lies ? What will you do once he realizes why you took him away ?” She had to make the god think properly for once in his life, at least in regards to the mortal boy who she had come to care about

Apollo would rather not face the truth, or he wanted to pretend it would be fine “he will be grateful. My beautiful Theo isn’t one day old, no wrinkle covers his perfect face, his hair has no grey streaks…”the best the god could do was lie to himself, ironically, seeing he was the god of truth

“And he doesn’t know it should “a very important issue as well “he doesn’t know how many of his friends and family members have died…he doesn’t know every single human will die soon.

“Why should he ? He is happier having no idea” it was a frustrating topic, really, it pained him that he could do nothing to save his beloved one’s family, least he risk the wrath of heavens for going against the deal his father made with Heracles“my beautiful muse, are you jealous of my lover ? You know I love each one of the nine of you, but such feelings aren’t good, my dear “ the god added smiling, perhaps she would drop the topic.

Calliope rolled her eyes “it concerns me that you can’t understand the situation, dear brother “ that would calm his flirting, as the god preferred to forget that detail for his own mental peace

It worked, luckily “the situation is that Theo won’t know, I won’t tell him, you won’t tell him, no one will” the deity could make sure of that, but would rather not

“As you wish, Apollo. But be ready to face the consequences of your actions “she didn’t need to see the future to know it was a bad idea. The muse left with her sisters, and the god left to be with his lover

“Hey, Lolo! How was your day?” The boy cheerfully asked. He was practicing archery, an art that the deity had been teaching him for some years

“Better,now that I’m with you” the pink haired god smiled as he hugged his lover. Apollo kissed his cheek, and was still convinced that it was for the best to keep that ugly truth away from Theo.

Theo smiled as well,happy in his ignorance, happy about everything he didn't know

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It was so nice to be alone with his boyfriend, just kissing the sun god, laying on top of him while they were both naked…he had gotten used to it, sharing the same room and bathing together most of the time. Tho he had some curiosity about one thing or another…

“Where will you put it, if we…you know…” he tried to ask shyly, tho his boyfriend’s smirk didn’t help.

“Right here, inside you…” the god answered as he squeezed his ass, earning a yelp from his boyfriend.

“W-won’t that hurt?” He asked as he blushed.

“Oh, maybe at the beginning, but then it will feel pretty good…” the god softly pet his ass “I’ll pound into you, make you scream my name, make you feel so good while I fill you…”

“You’re a pervert, Lolo” the boy said, his cheek couldn’t be more red. He blushed even more as he felt his own cock hard with those words, it didn’t help that the god’s was in a similar state.

It seemed that the day the god had expected that most had finally arrived: his lover wanted to be taken.

Apollo went back on to kissing him, softly rubbing his lover’s cock as he did. He had to make sure he was relaxed…

Theo moaned loudly, while he had done that maybe some other times, his boyfriend had such skill with his hands that it simply didn’t compare. “H-hey, why are you…” he tried to question, but wasn’t able to speak well.

“I’m getting you to relax, love. “He answered with a smile, softly keeping up with his strokes.

“B-but I never said that…” a moan didn’t let him end, it felt too good unfortunately. He tried to kiss the deity, though his kisses were clumsier than ever.

“We both know you want this…” he felt his own cock hardening with his whimpers, wanting to be inside his lover…

“M-May I…touch…”it was curiosity mainly, but the god was glad to comply as he sat.

“Touch it all you want…” he said smiling. The shy mortal put one of his fingers, not sure if he should do more “you’re so cute.” the god chuckled as he grabbed his lover’s hand and gently had him rub against his cock.

Theo shyly moved his hand, feeling his lover’s reaction. He gulped a bit “you’re huge…” he mumbled. How was he even going to fit?

Apollo smirked “don’t worry, my love. I promise it won’t hurt…” of course he had been expecting that moment for a while, and he was prepared for it. The god had some oil in his bedroom, and easily summoned some of it.

He poured some on his lover’s best body part in his opinion, softly squeezing his ass as he did. The boy yelped; he was quite sensitive when it came to the touches. Carefully, he switched and put Theo under him.

“It’ll be okay…” he put a finger inside his boyfriend’s entrance, and the whimpering was like music to his ears, the sweetest one he had heard…so he added yet another finger, and made sure to stretch him out well enough before taking off his fingers as he began to rub his cock against him

“Lolo…please be gentle “Theo begged as the god towered over him. Apolo kissed his neck softly, massaging his ass to spread out his cheeks. Carefully, he guided his cock, putting the tip in…the cute little human yelled loudly.

“God…s…” Theo moaned as he felt the god’s cock inside him, grabbing the bed’s sheets.

Apolo didn’t move, letting him adjust to his size, making the boy whimper “you’re so beautiful…” the god smiled.

“Lolo…” he couldn’t even speak, as he squirmed from the new sensations his body was barely getting using to

“May I move, my love?” The god spoke softly, and the boy managed to nod. The solar deity smirked before starting to pound into him, making his mortal lover scream loudly and gasp.

“Lolo…” he moaned, grabbing the soft sheets beneath him. The sensation was quite strange, but he loved every bit of it…way too much, as soon he felt his own member shooting his cum “sorry…”

“Don’t worry my love” the god knew he wouldn’t last much, it was his first time after all, and the sensations could be a bit overwhelming. After a few more minutes of pounding intensively inside the mortal, the god finished, filling him up with his seed before pulling out and hugging him.

“I…gods…” Theo barely managed to mumble as he cuddled against his boyfriend.

“Guess you really enjoyed yourself, my beauty “the deity smiled and kissed his forehead.

“C-can we…” gods, he was speechless but wanted yet another round.

“Oh, of course we can…” but the god had another idea. He moved down on his lover, and gave a quick lick on Theo’s cock, making him gasp.

“W-what are you…” but he couldn’t finish, the god had opened his mouth and slid him inside. The surprised mortal gasped and moaned, his lover’s mouth was hot and wet. He didn’t know what to do, even if it felt amazing, but luckily, the god did. Apollo easily let him slide inside his mouth, tasting the saltiness of his cum, but making him get hard yet again. Oh, he wanted to try something….

“Mind if I go for a ride?” The god teased, but the puzzled mortal didn’t quite understand what he meant. The pink haired deity put himself right over his lover’s cock, and gently guided him inside.

“GODS…” the mortal yelled as he felt himself inside Apollo, he felt so tight and warm…the god had experience, and waited a bit to adjust himself to the size…he wanted both of his boyfriend’s virginities, and would be lying if he hadn’t thought about doing that before

“You feel amazing, love…” the god moaned as he gently moved up and down, his back arching as he allowed him to go completely inside, a privilege he had let a few have before…but none where his beautiful Theo, of course. The brown-haired mortal held his hands softly.

“A-are you alright? I’m not hurting you?” Theo hadn’t prepared him like Apollo had, he was worried…but moaned as the god kept riding him, mercilessly impaling himself against his whole length “I guess not…”

He had a beautiful view: the lovely pink hair of the sun god fell like a cascade over his well sculpted body as the deity kept himself busy taking his lover’s cock.

“Lolo…” his boyfriend was so beautiful, as only a god could be. Theo felt he was lucky that he had been chosen, nothing mattered more at that moment…the mortal gently held the god’s hips, and moved his hand to the deity’s cock, softly rubbing him. The god moaned, both sensations were too much even for him, and came, painting his lover’s hand white, at the same time that the young mortal filled him with his own seed.

Apollo carefully got off his boyfriend, and cuddled against him, softly kissing his neck. Theo gently pet his hair, still catching up his breath.

“Y-you were amazing…” the brown-haired mortal managed to say.

“Ohh, so were you, my love “the god smiled, it seemed like his lover was pleased.

“Y-you…used your mouth, right?” The mortal mumbled, his cheeks quite red.

“Did you not enjoy it?” Apollo wanted to know; he’d rather not repeat something that made his lover uncomfortable.

“I-I…I loved it…” he managed to let out.

The god smirked “perhaps I can repeat it “he offered.

“I…wanted…to….do…” gods, he couldn’t quite say “l-like you did…”

“Oh, are you sure, my love?” he knew it wasn’t precisely uncomfortable, and didn’t want to pressure him. The mortal shyly nodded.

“I have an idea, then…just be patient, all right?” The god had quite a lot of experience and came up with an idea. “First, let’s clean ourselves “and so they did.

“So…what’s your idea, Lolo?” Theo asked curiously once they were done.

“Just lay on the side, alright?” The god answered, and the mortal did as he was good. Apollo laid next to him, but on the opposite side, his cock quite close to his lover’s face.

Theo repeated what he had seen the sun god do, and started to give him licks on his length. Apollo moaned softly, his cock once again getting hard. He planned to the same, but was going to wait just a bit…

The brown-haired mortal took a deep breath, it was his first time doing such a thing…he allowed the sun God’s cock to go inside his mouth, tho didn’t fully take him as the god had done before.

“You are doing an excellent job, my love “Apollo moaned as he felt the young mortal working with his mouth, his wetness felt amazing…and oh, he wouldn’t be rude enough to just leave his beautiful boyfriend like that.

Luckily, the position he was in would allow him to do the same for his beloved: as Theo shyly sucked him, the pink haired god decided to do the same, and started to gently lick and kiss the mortal’s cock gently. Seeing Theo’s actions grew more erratic, it was quite telling that he was enjoying it…just as he was enjoying pleasuring him. Oh, it was fun being a god, their pleasure could last quite a while…

They came together at the same time. Of course, both wanted to keep going, and the poor bed ended up broken at some point, but that didn’t stop the lovers.

What did manage to distract them was a knock on the door. Panting, Apollo didn’t even bother to cover himself as he went to open the door. Theo didn’t even try to speak, he just gasped for air and tried to cover himself.

The pink haired deity opened to reveal Calliope on the other side.

“My lord, I think it would interest you to know that the sun should have come up a couple of hours ago…” the muse spoke calmly.

“Ah, I’m afraid we didn’t notice time pass…sorry my love, I have to leave “the god walked to kiss the mortal, who eagerly kissed him back.

“When you come back, can we…” he couldn’t finish, it embarrassed him to say it in front of the muse.

“Oh course, my love “the god winked at him before leaving and closing the door. He didn’t bother to cover once again.

“Three days” the muse said as she handed him his clothes.

“What?” the puzzled god asked as he made sure everything was in place while he got dressed.

“You two were at it for three days, Apollo “the muse sighed “I wasn’t going to bother you, but Hermes is here” that meant they had to be careful with their choice of words.

His dear little brother didn’t visit as often, thankfully, as the messenger was good for finding out secrets. He loved his brother (not in the way the Greeks showed their siblings love, but in the usual way) but he knew it was risky to reveal such a secret to the trickster. Upon seeing the messenger, Apollo went to hug him.

“Ah brother, the muses kept you busy?” The raven-haired god asked and hugged back. He glanced at Calliope, who rolled her eyes, tho the sun god didn’t notice. “Ra is furious that he had to take the sun for an extra day, but thankfully Amaretsu offered to cover it for the last two rounds. Still, father asked me to see if you were alright “his brother would have told if something kept him that busy, tho Hermes could take a guess.

“I’m so sorry dear brother, some of my beautiful darlings and I organized yet another orgy. “a good enough excuse, for the god of truth, who finally let his brother go “You should join us next time, maybe Ares would like too as well!” He loved his brothers quite a lot.

“I will take your offer, but I doubt our brother will be as eager “Ares had never been as fond of Apollo, tho in the war god’s defense, the sun god didn’t really respect his personal space.

“It’s a shame, he is quite a handsome one “the pink haired deity replied “well I will be going, I will make a stop in Egypt and Japan to thank them and apologize “the god left to get his horses ready, leaving the muse and the messenger god alone.

“He was fucking the mortal, wasn’t he?” Hermes asked, tho he knew the answer “has he told him the truth yet?”

Calliope shook her head “he is quite stubborn about that. Theo does not know it has been twenty-five years” wouldn’t be nice when he found out. The messenger knew everyone’s secrets, and he had found out pretty much the day after the boy was taken. He had kept quiet, as it wasn’t something that he felt had to require his father to be made aware of.

“He was a virgin until three days ago, I assume…or else he would have known that no mortal, of whatever gender, could have kept going for that long “ the god said as he reached for his pocket and took out a bag of coins “I guess you win. I expected my brother to have bedded him ten years ago, or ten years later “

“I know my lord Apollo very well, Hermes “the muse sighed. She had tried to reason with him, to no avail. When Theo found out, things would get ugly...

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Theo was not sure of how long he had been there…
His face was still the same, his age too, the god who took him as his boyfriend (sort of)was also still the same…

Life could be complicated, sure. Back home, he had to care for his mom and four younger siblings. At times getting away from his life seemed ideal, especially after a rough day picking olives. Working under the sun for so many hours had a wildest effect on his life than he could imagine, as he found one afternoon…

Before he even managed to open the door to his house, someone had caught him. Theo yelled and tried to get free, to little result. He closed his eyes, not because he was afraid, or that’s what he wanted to say, but um…he didn’t know.

“Calm down” the stranger that had kidnapped him ordered. Of course he didn’t obey, but much to his shock, it seemed they were flying…in a horse chariot?

“Who are you?” Theo managed to look at his kidnapper: he had seen that face before, the statues in his home…

“Shh, my beauty, don’t worry, tho I have to say I expected you to know… “ the god had several statues around the place

Beauty? But he was a man…well maybe others in the town would say he was a boy, according to his neighbors tho he was we the man of his house

“You aren’t real…” the mortal mumbled. The gods weren’t real, everyone knew that “Apollo is a myth, just like his horses…”

But he was on the chariot driven by the fire equines, and the man had the same face as the statues did.

Apollo was, however, no myth. He was clingy, he was touchy, he wouldn’t let him go back to his home, and so much more…but he wasn’t a myth.

Theo had caught his attention on first sight, the god had claimed “allowing such a pure and beautiful being to stay on the mortal realm was a sin “ the god had seen him for a while, tho he didn’t say for how long “you shall be my love“ and thus, his life in the sun palace began.

He was a man, he refused to sleep with the god. Apollo could be quite insistent at first, forcing kisses and touching him at every chance he got, which wasn’t hard considering he also made sure they slept together every night. The brown haired mortal tried not to allow him, even if it meant risking his life. The god would not give up, and the muses that also lived there would tell him how good it felt to bed the pink haired deity, as they had all been his partners before. The god was weird, at least that’s what Theo thought: gods where known to force anyone to do what they wanted, and he knew Apollo desired him, his love…but he never forced him to do anything more than a kiss.

After a while, perhaps as he grew to like the god, or for some other reason, both of them ended up being intimidate. Soon the god would use any excuse to have him bent over, tho he knew his mortal partner had limits.

How long ago had that been? It was impossible to know, honestly. He wanted to go back home, hopefully his mom would forgive him for having become a deviant like that… but Apolo never allowed it. The god preferred to avoid talking about earth, even if he used to leave to it every day.

The god couldn’t have take him away much long ago, hopefully. It was always day there, time didn’t seem to pass. The pink haired deity made him stay on the palace, and seeing it was on the clouds, it’s not as there were much options, thus knowing how much it had been was hard. Perhaps it had only been a few months…

His thoughts were laid aside as he felt a kiss on his neck: it seemed that his partner was up, tho later than usual

“Shouldn’t the sun have come out already?” The puzzled mortal asked, Apollo had only been late one time..

“Don’t think much about it…” that was the last day humans would see anyways, he could enjoy his partner for more time, spare him the truth... Apollo gently hugged him “why don’t we join the muses? They are on the pool already.”

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A nice bath with his boyfriend and the muses was never a bad way to start the day. It was usual in his home to bath in the river with friends, tho the sun god held him closely. Theo still felt sleepy, they had barely slept that night

“You don’t seem particularly happy today “the boy observed as the muses were giggling, some perhaps trying to get Apollo’s attention , or so he assumed.

“Oh, it’s nothing…” Apollo saying that was never a good sign. The young mortal had an idea and sat on his lap

“Pleaaaase Lolo, I don’t like when leave me off things “ the boy pouted.

“You know that’s true, Apolo” Calliope, the eldest of the muses, usually was quite casual with the god

“So beautiful…” the god mumbled and pet his hair. Theo leaned to quickly kiss his lips , trying to see if he could get something out of the god, but it seemed that he wanted to do OTHER things, seeing where his hands travelled

“Lolo, not here…” it’s not like they hadn’t had sex in the bath before, or basically any surface in the palace, but he still didn’t feel comfortable.

“Oh don’t worry Theo, Lord Apollo likes to take us here too, we are used to it “Urania commented casually. She was cute, but he still shook his head.

“Theo is a bit shy” his boyfriend did respect when he said no at the very least, except when he asked to go back home. Eight of the muses where there, the one missing was…

“Clio?” His boyfriend seemed puzzled as the girl ran to them

“My lord, there’s a situation…” she wanted to speak, but for some reason, didn’t

“Oh, I see… “Apollo complained “Calliope, Can you take Theo to our room? I wouldn’t want to bother him with this”

“With what? “it was unfair, Lolo often left him out of certain topics, having him go inside their room for days at times

“It’s nothing, don’t worry” the god kissed his cheek and made him stand up “just go”

It seemed unfair, it was a hot day and he liked to be there, but the boy got up.

“Cal, will you tell me what’s going on?” He asked once they were inside the palace

“It might be…a boring meeting, that’s all” it seemed that she was unsure herself. Hopefully, it was nothing.

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How he had managed to outwit Calliope and steal one of his boyfriend’s fire steeds was simply beyond him, but the horse was able to track its owner down. Theo wasn’t sure of what to expect, and was too at marveled at the view to effectively question a lot of things .

“Thank you…” he mumbled as the horse landed and he got off. The place was huge, he wandered for what seemed an eternity…but he didn’t try to interact with anyone, just trying to stay hidden as he didn’t know how other gods would react. He saw many…gods? He was not sure.

He stayed behind every wall he could, trying not to be too suspicious or catch anyone’s attention…and then he walked right into what seemed like a wall, tho walls usually did not speak.

“Sorry…” the mortal boy mumbled, just to see two gods in front of him: the one he crashed against, a tall, muscular blonde god who wore a cape and a helmet, and a skinnier and shorter (but taller than him, to his dismay) god with black hair and a butler outfit

“My apologies, I wasn’t watching where I was going “ tho at least it seemed that the god had nearly fallen by the crash, huh…”I’m afraid this isn’t the human side, maybe you should go back there “

“Ah there’s no need for it, Ares. He is allowed to be here” Ares, like the god? that meant he was in the right place at least, right in front of his brothers-in-law.

“I-I’m looking for Lolo…I mean, Apollo” Theo mumbled, he was nervous, unsure on what the gods could to do him

Ares frowned “why would you do that?”

“Oh, didn’t you know ? He is our dear brother-in-law, Theo”the black haired god spoke

“Brother-in-law ? Are you dating Hephaestus ?” Ares asked, tho he didn’t look shocked

“No, I’m dating Lolo…” he usually wasn’t shy, but being with two gods wasn’t precisely easy.

“Are you crazy ?” Why was the war god so afraid of his boyfriend? Apollo always talked about how the god was his friend...” Kid, we can try to hide you, but maybe it’s better if you go live with another pantheon. Maybe the Norse will let you stay there, or the Hindu “

“I-I love him…and I’m sorry, but I don’t remember to have seen you before “he answered, as he wasn’t sure who the other god was

“Love is a treacherous word when it comes to Apolo “the butler said “I’m Hermes, messenger of the gods. My brother has tried to keep you a secret for fifty years, but it’s my job to know this things “

“FIFTY?” Both Theo and Ares were shocked, they surely heard wrong.

“Brother, humans don’t stay young for that long. And Apollo isn’t good with secrets “

“He is…” Theo would know “but it can’t be fifty years ! I’m still young, it’s only been some months, maybe a year…or two… but not fifty” no, his family…it couldn’t be…the god was a trickster, his grandpa had told him about Hermes…

But the butler sighed “my brother is hard to read sometimes, even for me…I didn’t expect such cruelty from him, I have to say “

“He wouldn’t do it…” Theo knew.…but “how…”

“He must have sacrificed a portion of his divine essence, father wouldn’t have liked to hear about, but it’s not harmful” the god shrugged

“I didn’t know we could do that “ Ares said surprised.

“Mom…Giorgos…Yiannis…Kostas…Dimitris” Theo curled into a ball, that wasn’t a concern for him right now. He wanted to cry, but no tears came out “they…they’re…they must be…” why couldn’t he cry? He wanted to see Lolo, needed to

“Ah, they are alive…but I’m afraid it won’t be for long “ Hermes casually commented

“I can’t say I’m sure, brother “ Ares had to admit that humans were doing well

“W-hat do you mean ? “ the boy looked at them “where is Lolo? I need him, I need to…” yell at him, smack him, hit him, curse him…

“That’s not a conversation for me..” the messenger made him get up “follow us, our brother will fight soon. The Greek pantheon’s pride depends on him “ Theo went with the gods, wanting to just break down and cry

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The young Mort..god was barely able to walk, his brothers-in-law starred worriedly, trying to keep a pace that didn’t make him overwork himself.

“It’s a bad idea, let’s just hide him and tell Apollo he ran way “ the taller deity insisted “I’ve heard that Svarga is a nice place, he wouldn’t think of following you there “

“That’s a stupid plan, Ares” the black haired god was surprisingly calm about everything

“Lolo…why did he do that?” Theo kept mumbling that, the other two looked at him concerned.

“He is there…”the butler god announced “just tell him to be honest, there’s nothing he has left to hide “

Theo entered the room, it seemed as if his boyfriend was preparing for something. But even if he looked handsome, he wasn’t happy at all.

He walked closer, the muses were helping him get ready for…ah he had no idea, but his clothes were the finest he’d seen him wear.

“Lolo…”he spoke, his voice sounded shaky. The god turned to see him

“Theo? What are you doing here ? I told Caliope to-“ but he didn’t finish, the boy went to hit him, tho the sun deity easily dodged him

The muses rushed to hold him, the boy was angrily yelling and shaking, trying to get free from their grasp.

“FIFTY YEARS….YOU HAD ME TRAPPED, FOR FIFTY YEARS “ he shouted, not caring about the soft words the goddesses were trying to tell him. The muses were shocked, to say the least, they all had promised not to tell, so how…

The god sighed “let him be, and leave us alone “ Theo again tried to hit him, but Apollo simply stopped his hand “calm down”

That only made his boyfriend to get even angrier “CALM DOWN ? YOU STOLE ME, LOLO! YOU KEPT ME AWAY FROM MY FAMILY ALL THIS TIME !” he tried to get free as he cried, but the grip the pink haired deity held was too strong

“I did what I had to do…”the god spoke and softly pet his face “i was selfish, Theo. I didn’t want you to get harmed, I thought humans had too little time left…”

“Little time…your brother…he said the same…” he shook his head and smacked the god’s hands away “what do you mean?”

Apollo sighed, he hadn’t seen that that moment would come “see, we hold a votation every certain time, to see if humans should live or die” he spoke calmly, trying not to show how bothered he was by the whole situation “I can see the future, remember, my love ? I knew what would be chosen…”tho he didn’t see the Valkyrie rebelling “the night i learned about it, I knew I had to take you with me…” as he finished, the boy managed to slap him.

“YOU THINK THAT MAKES IT BETTER ?” At least that made the god surprised enough to let him go ”You are going to kill my family! My friends, if some are even left alive! So many innocent people! How can you be so heartless?”

The god tried to hide his emotions; he knew Theo wouldn’t have been happy once he found out. He wouldn’t in his place “I saved your life, I made you a god, as I’m sure my dear little brother told you…” he would have to speak with Hermes later for sure “I fell in love with you, and decided to take you with me. If I had been able to, I would have saved your family, let your father see you…” but he couldn’t spare so much of his power, and his father-in-law would have certainly told him…

It wasn’t good to anger a god, Theo knew it. But why was it good that Apollo made him feel so angry? “You took me, Lolo. You took me when I was going back home. I had siblings who loved me and who I loved, a mom that still thought I was her little boy even when I had to work after my papa died, friends who helped us have food on our table on the worst of times “ he tried to stay as far away as he could “ I was happy thinking the gods were just myths, not a bunch of genocidal pricks ! “

Apolo was taken a back: he didn’t know what to say, and would much rather go face his opponent than face his furious lover” My dear, I had to take you away from there, why would I risk your beauty to be harmed ?” Theo’s heart, his smile, his love for his siblings and hard-working nature made him beautiful for his eyes

The boy couldn’t handle it, he didn’t know the god could be selfish,and his state of mind made him forget what beauty truly meant “I HATE YOU, APOLLO! I FUCKING HATE YOU!”he yelled, throwing whatever he managed to get ahold of, tho that didn’t make much of a difference as even in his shock, Apollo could easily dodge everything he threw “I HATE YOU, I…” wait, his beauty was the only thing he loved, right ? Maybe if he wasn’t beautiful anymore…he tried to grab something, anything, and cut his face. One single drop of blood flew, but he couldn’t keep it as the god stoped him

He had never seen Apollo angry before, and yet, he knew he wasn’t angry. That looked like fear, or even sadness…Theo was trembling and his face was wet with his tears, and he had a small cut. The boy was afraid, simply crying. Apollo leaned to kiss him, but the ex mortal allowed it: the god wanted to heal him

“I…I’m…” it was weird, he has never seen Apollo shut up so quickly, and for so long “we will talk later, okay? Just go with my brothers, they’ll take care of you…” the muses came back quickly, most of them not daring to look at him in the eyes. They knew everything, and hadn’t told him

He wasn’t even sure where he went, just that the god dressed in a butler’s clothes was giving him a pitiful look “I guess you both were too honest with each other"

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Despite all the words he had yelled at his beloved before the fight, that truth was that the very instant he saw his boyfriend getting hit, all he could think about was how much it would hurt his Lolo. The Spartan king and his Valkyrie hated the god, quite more than Theo had claimed to do.

The whole time he’d been watching, his face was full of tears. The young exmortal was nearly on his knees, ignoring the pestering of several gods who had questioned why was he there.

Even if he was angry, he didn’t want him to lose. He didn’t want Apollo to die, especially if the last words he had told him was how much he hated him (which he didn’t, tho it was complicated). He wanted his beloved one to live, even if he had been so selfish....

If anyone asked how long had the fight been, Theo wouldn’t have known if it lasted a minute or an hour. Time meant nothing, at least until the winner of the round was declared.

How long did the fight last? He would never know. How hurt was Apolo? More than he would like him to be. Much of what was happening was unknown to the young boy at the moment, who just rushed to the infirmary as fast his legs allowed him.It weirded him that neither Hermes or Ares tried to stop him, but he was thankful for it

It wasn’t hard to find the place, luckily for him. Throwing himself into the arena would have been an option, but Hermes had made sure to block any possible way the boy had to leap over there. He got lost, ran into some hurt gods and humans. Who were they? Why was one of them purple? (he was quite handome, however)Why did one of them had four arms? Was one of them on fire? Who was the weird guy with a white moustache and who was the girl with such a strange tiara? Why was a priest there? Was that a girl with purple hair? Why did that man with a bunny on his shirt give him a chocolate and wished him the best for the next nine months? So many strange people, or gods... but he finally made it to his beloved.

“Get out of here!” One of the nurses tried to grab to make him stay outside.

“I want to see Lolo!” He said angrily, managing to free himself, but they kept trying to hold him back.

“I don’t think itsss a good idea “the boy saw a strange lizard next to his boyfriend, but he wouldn’t bring himself to question it: Python, he had heard about the creature…”Apollo isss quite hurt right now, maybe…”

“No…” the god’s voice was quite faint, Theo had hoped that he would tell them to let him through “it’s alright, Python. I need to see him…”

It made sense, sadly: his beloved had gained quite bad damage to his face. Oddly, the scar made him more handsome, but gods, it looked painful.

“Lolo…” he wanted to make sure he was okay “I’m sorry…” and also apologize for his words, as deserving as they had be. King Leonidas...he never expected the man would hate his sun god so much.

The god stayed silent “Python, my dear friend, can you please take these good nurses outside?“ he spoke, tho his voice didn’t sounded tired “I will introduce you two later, but I need to speak with Theo alone for now “

“Of courssse, Apollo. Nice to meet you, Theo. Apollo hasss told me a lot about you” even why he had kidnapped the boy…and could understand why the mortal was so angry, Apollo’s methods could be hard to understand at first.

“H-hi, Python…” Theo knew about the creature, but had never seen him in person. As soon as the nurses were out, Theo rushed to hug him.

“You won, you won!” He cried and hugged the god, snuggling against his chest. He should still be angry, yell at him...but gods, for a moment, he really thought...

“I’m sorry.” the god spoke softly as he pet the ex-mortal’s hair softly.

“Lolo, don’t say that…” he didn’t want to push his beloved to do something when he was so hurt “you’re still handsome, I know it…” he had a huge scar on his face, one that ran on both sides, like a sideways T. It had thankfully missed both eyes and his nose, however.

“That’s not what matters right now …” his boyfriend sighed “I made a mistake; I have been quite unfair to you …”

Well, unfair was putting it mildly quite honestly…but he couldn’t be mad, at least not at the moment “I still shouldn’t have told you that, I…god, I almost saw you die “ Slowly, Theo carefully kissed the wounds “ I love…I love you so much..”

Apolo’s eyes widened in disbelief, he knew fully well that what he had done was a terrible deed, yet Theo was holding him dearly. He was waiting for more insults

“I’m sorry, Theo…” the god spoke softly “ I harmed you…I was selfish, in every way possible…I fell in love with you, and had a nightmare about the outcome of the meeting…I couldn’t lose you, but I didn’t know when it would happen…” he caressed his face softly, pulling his lover for an embrace “I know I shouldn’t have taken you away from your family, and much less lie to you like I did, but I was foolish and in love . Please forgive me, I will speak to father, make sure that your family is spared” he had won, his father would have to at least give him that.

““I…gods, I don’t know what to say, Lolo, but you need to rest, alright? I want you to be fine “the boy snuggled against him, his tears still falling into his chest

“I’ll be fine…with you here “tho the god remember something that he’d noticed while healing him earlier, which he hadn’t been able to tell him “with both of you…I’m going to be a good parent for our little one, I promise “

Theo looked at him puzzled “do you want to adopt a kid?” He already had stepchildren, tho he hadn’t met them yet

Apollo chuckled “oh, no…” gently, he put his healthiest hand on his lover’s belly “frankly, I’m surprised it hadn’t happened before.”

It was a good thing that it wasn’t the wildest news he’d heard that day, or else he'd possibly faint, and that he knew his boyfriend was a god…. Just like he was, apparently. He just smiled and kissed his sun god.

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Maybe it was weird, but his favorite time of the day was when it was about to end. And Theo wasn’t the only one who felt like that: the little baby girl he held in his arms shared the same opinion. They both wanted to see the sun god, whose shift was about to end. His Lolo didn’t work every day, as there were other sun gods, but when he did, they would eagerly wait for him to come back.

The baby giggled; she had learned when to tell the time that her father would be coming back. Her hair was just like his beloved’s ones, and it shined beautifully with the sunsets that marked the return of the sun god, along with the horses that had once helped to kidnap him.

Apollo never allowed the scar to completely go away, claiming he wanted a reminder of one of the best moments in his life. For Theo, he was as handsome as always, maybe even more so. But that had been his most horrifying moment. One that he still could see every time he closed his eyes. His godly lover stepped outside of the carriage, as it was the horses returned by themselves to their station.

His little Delia moved her arms, demanding that her father held her at that moment “easy, sunshine. Your dad is probably tired “the young god said as he kissed her forehead

“Not tired enough to hold my princess “ Apollo smiled and took the baby to hold her in his arms carefully. She wished for her dad to kiss her cheek, and made her unhappiness be known by crying

“She wants a kiss “Theo pouted, he agreed with their daughter on that matter

The baby grumbled and pulled his hair slightly, her dad owed her kiss and thar certainly didn’t make her happy. Most infants would have cried at the sight of his scar. Their daughter, however, had always had never gotten to see his face without the scar, having been born after that fight. She put her tiny hand on her dad’s face and tried to kiss him herself, but as she was small, it looked more like a biting attempt.

“She knows what she wants” Theo petted her hair gently and hugged his boyfriend “I do too”

“You both are so spoiled…” the god seemed to complain, but complied with their demands. The baby giggled and smiled as her dad kissed her cheek, mumbling phrases that still didn’t make any sense.
“ Delia loves you” Theo smiled and kissed her other cheek gently, which made her happily clap and try to pull on her papa’s hair.

The baby mumbled as she touched the scar again “Is T, like your papa’s name!” the god exclaimed cheerfully. He had told that to his siblings and father with a smile, tho Theo still had adverse feelings towards the fight.

“That day, Delia nearly lost her father before I even realized she was on the way. “It had been the scariest moment in his life, tho he was glad that humans won in the end. It mean his family was safe, even if he couldn't go with them. He gently grabbed the baby back “Can you imagine, sunshine ? You and your papa would’ve been all alone, without your handsome dad by our side “ he hugged his daughter, who didn’t understand but tried to grab his hair.

The god had to admit that his beloved made a good point. He had been really close to joining the rest of his family. Apolo was grateful that it didn’t happen. He loved his daughter and his boyfriend more than himself or anyone else. “I would never leave any of you,” the sun deity kissed both their foreheads, making his baby giggle. You look so beautiful, sunshine. Who gave you those earrings?” The sun god knew, but he was trying to make her talk.

“Uncle Hermes, right Delia?” Theo answered for her smiling “They look so cute on her “

“My love, I agree, but let her answer “She was already one month old, and it weirded the god out that she still couldn’t say a word “Her older siblings could speak at her age”

“Lolo, she’s half human, technically. She shouldn’t even be giggling like this in the first place, give her time “Being half-mortal, there were things that would change, and she’d do things that weren’t expected for either god or human babies “my brothers and cousins didn’t speak until they were much older”

All children were different, it seemed “I hope I’m able to hear her first words. Can you say, Dad, sunshine?”

“She will say Papa first” Theo said with confidence, their child looked at him and clapped, making both their parents smile fondly. Her first words would be Ares, as the god was her favorite uncle, much to his dismay as Apollo would be proud that his little girl also was fond of his godly best friend.

“I love you” the god kissed her forehead softly “and I love you “he added and kissed his boyfriend.

The younger boy hugged the god gently “we love you”it was nice to be alone with him and their child “let’s go to rest, I’m sure you had a long day…" His had been spend telling their daughter stories about his family. About the girl's mortal grandmother, uncles and late grandfather. People he wished with all his heart to see, but knew he couldn't.