poison

“I am sorry for the inappropriate manner in which I called you my lady, I just…’ he suddenly looked nervous. “I just wanted you to start your day with these” he said, handing over the flowers, rendering me speechless.
I took the flowers from him, noticing the small cuts he had on his arm. “you are hurt” I said, not taking my eyes away from it.
“oh… it is nothing” he smiled covering the cuts with the sleeve of his clothes, but it was too late, I had already seen it. I looked to him, holding his gaze for a while as what Hades said flashed through my mind.
“you know you don’t need to get me flowers” I said in the gentlest way possible.
“I know that, my Lady. But it gives me great joy to see your face every morning with a smile. Although there is no sunlight in this place, I always do feel like the sun is smiling down on me because of your smile”
I could not be more stunned. “you… you fancy me?” I looked at him with wide eyes. Fighting the urge to blink my eyes rapidly from the confusion.
“I am sorry if it is a burden to you my lady, I only wanted…”
“no!” I cut him off “no.. its fine” I smiled, mentally kicking myself ‘what the fuck am I doing!!!!!!!’ I cursed over and over.
“you fancy me back?” he said with a wide smile on his face
“i…” he crushed me in a hug.
“thank you my lady…” he hugged tighter, almost making it impossible to breathe. “I would have to go back now” he pulled away from me, while he looked at me with something in his eyes
I watched him walk away with a bag of guilt bursting in in my chest. I did not mean to give him the idea but it all happened so fast, I could barely understand what was happening.
**
“you sure took your time” he said, barely even giving me a glance. I said nothing as I took my place opposite him at the other end of the table.
The further away from him, the better.
“come sit here” he said, still not looking at me. He continued to nip at the food.
He finally raised his head after I said nothing and made no move to stand up. “have you gone deaf?”
“I wish to stay over here my lord” I said, feeling the heat of his gaze, even though I was avoiding his gaze
“come. Sit. Here.” He said, something in his voice commanding me to look at him and sure enough, the look in his eyes caused me to stand, not thinking twice about it. “good” he smiled at me, like he did not just have a murderous gaze
It was silent, almost too silent as we ate, him staring at me a little more than normal, causing me to squirm in my chair.
“I shall go first” he stood, scrapping the chair as he suddenly stood up.
I said nothing as he left.
*random memory*
“are you going to take long?” I asked, sitting with my back rigid.
“why, miss me already?” he whispered, his hot breath fanning my ear.
“you wish” I snorted.
“I do wish” his voice lower than before as he traced his hands up and down my back. I bit back a shudder as he did so.
Heaven knows what he would do if he did hear the shudder.
“go, you are going to be late” I said, panting.
“but I don’t want to be away from you” the man whined, hugging me from behind. His body heat doing things to my brain.
“you are not helping, love” I groaned, chuckling a bit as his tongue went up and down my neck, sucking and nibbling as he went.
**
“you really are something are something are you not?” the voice, snapping me out of the hazy memory and causing my heart to fly out my chest.
“m..my lord” for some reason, my body was trembling
“please, zeus is fine” he smiled, it was one that screamed distrust, one that told me to fly to the other side of hell as quick as possible to get away from him, but I stayed seated, despite how I felt
"Valerie," Zeus greeted, his voice deep and resonant, carrying a warmth that felt almost too good to be true. “I hope I am not too late, I hoped to catch a meal”
“I am afraid Lord Hades is already out”
“perfect, I was hoping to have a meal with you, I believe we did not start off on a proper note”
I nodded, not really knowing what to say.
“are you familiar with the wine of the gods?” he smiled bringing out a wine from thin air, looking at me as he poured a cup for me
“no”
“well then, you’re in luck”… he studied me for a moment.
“forgive me, but I do not wish wine to start my day” my body was trembling at this point. I wanted nothing more than to get up and leave
“well, it is not up to whether you want to or not!” he said, snapping for no reason.
I moved back, a little shell shocked at his outburst
Zeus watched me for a moment, collecting himself before his eyes changed from anger to an almost pitying expression. "It's not personal, Valerie," he said softly. "This is merely to correct a mistake. You cannot continue to be here, I already know how it would end and I can’t watch it happen again. Consider this... a necessary adjustment."

Panic flared in my chest, and I tried to rise from my seat, but my limbs felt heavy. “what.. what is happening”
“save yourself the pain, you have already inhaled the poison, it would only slow things down. Drink it and end the impending pain.”
He looked desperate “wh..what did I do to deserve this?” I asked, it felt like a chore to say a word. I felt dizzy.
“you might not remember which is for the best, so I have to take care of everything before both your memories come and make things more complicated. Your existence alone is a reason to deserve this”
He said as he took the drink. There was only so much I could do to fight him before he forced my mouth open.
“what are you doing?”