I Scored Myself A Mate

"Ares and Ea go keep watch at the entrance" Theseus told them and his brother looked at him with obvious disturbance. 

"Why do I have to be kept out of all this fun?" He asked and crossed his arms above his chest. Ea had already began walking obeying his orders very well. The elf looked at him and scoffed. He didn't have to be so proper all the time and make him look so bad but he did it anyways. 

"This is not about fun. Go out and watch. Don't make me repeat myself." Allias said and pointed at the heavy door. 

Ares dropped his head and moved slowly outside. Ea had been standing at one side of the door scanning the empty corridor to his side while he stood at the other side, laid back, supporting himself at the cold war that was painted a light blue color. He felt the freeze on his skin and the back of his head as he looked at the ceiling. This whole situation was awkward; they always had been.

"You didn't tell me what really happened" Ea said, his voice almost a whisper. Ares looked at him to see him staring at the polished floor and playing with his fingers. 

"You didn't really let me talk." He reminded him of how he wasn't even given a second to explain himself. "You actually believed that bitch over me. She is the demon queen all she does is spit lies." 

"I…"

"It doesn't matter now. I am used to it. I am used to you. You always search for a way to prove that I am unworthy. Not that I don't know that already." He said and kicked the wall with the back of his heel. He left his comforting spot and began walking away not caring about the order he was given. 

"Wait" Ea called out to him. "We need to keep watch"

"You can do it yourself. You are so perfect after all." Ares made fun of him as he walked away. Every time he was before him he felt depressed, they seemed to be so different and matter he did it was always ending up in a bad way. Ea would begin shouting and tell him how irresponsible he was or how he needed to grow up.

"Ares please…" Ea said and grabbed the edge of his dark blue shirt with his delicate fingers. The elf prince had wondered many times how hands like those could wield such dangerous daggers. He could hold death between his fingertips. He grabbed his hand taking it his and felt their skin collide, small shocks of electricity went through him and he felt a pinch in his heart. What should he say? How should he react? He knew none of this. 

"It's fine" He told him and let go of him. He shouldn't let himself be overtaken by moments like these. Things were clear between them, had been for quite a while and he wasn't in the mood of messing up their boundaries. They had centuries to fix things but no one cared, now it was too late. "We don't have to talk with each other. Once this is sorted out I will be leaving anyways."

"You don't have to leave because you hate me!" Ea shouted. He was feeling suffocated. He hated the idea Ares leaving home just because he didn't want to be around him. It was already pretty late and everyone was probably sleeping, the magic lights had gotten dim but he wasn't tired.

"What?" 

"I know you didn't want to get married to me! I know that I am not the best or what you desire. I know it was just a political choice but please don't leave home and your family. I won't get in your way anymore. I shouldn't have overreacted like I did. I mean it's your life and we are not a couple in the true essence. Everything is my fault!" Ea said with tears in his eyes as he ran away from him. He didn't want to be seen like that and all he was thinking about was avoiding him. 

He could hear Ares' footsteps behind him and when he felt him getting closer he teleported back to his room. He wasn't so perfect after all. He always put his emotions in between his work. He couldn't even obey this simple order. 

He hid his face in the pillow and began bowling his eyes out. At some point he couldn't breathe but still he didn't want to show his face, even if there was no one in the room. He rarely cried and he always felt embarrassed by that. He was supposed to be a strong soldier; he had been trained by one simple rule. Never show your emotions. But just a few seconds ago he had broken down. Ea always got out of hand when he appeared. 

He knew he liked him, he always did and the fact that he was the only one happy when their engagement was announced hurt him till this day. He was happy while the man he had liked for years was being a prisoner in an unwanted relationship. He was that selfish, that stupid. Feeling immerse guilt he had distanced himself, wishing not to be a burden on him but he couldn't hide his jealousy. So he just turned that to hate. 

Soon, once his seizure had seemed to calm down he heard a knock on his door. His room was a mess, he had thrown the covers on the floor and many pages and books were left in a chaotic situation on top of his desk. He sat up and looked around disoriented and walked slowly to the door. While he opened it, it made a creaking noise and the hairs on his neck rose up.

"Don't cry" Ares told him when their eyes met. He should have asked first so he wouldn't have to open the door. His face was swollen and his eyes were red with trails left behind by endless tears.

"I am not crying" He foolishly said and Ares chuckled. He attempted to get in but Ea actually pushed the door and closed it in front of his face. 

"Will you let me in?" 

"No. Get back I am coming in a while too" Ea mumbled behind the closed door. 

"Once this is all over how about we…talk?" Ares said and he could feel how shy he was by the tone of his voice.

"We will see." Ea replied not really sure what was the right answer. "Get back now. I will come too in a second If they find out we were gone we will get scolded."

"Don't worry I will take the blame for you" Ares said and Ea could picture his cheeky smile. He had memorized his features so well he knew how his expressions will change at every situation. "Hurry up now. I will be waiting" 

Ea when he made sure he had left took a deep long breath as he slid to the ground. How did he get himself in such a mess? He could never answer that question and even after he had teleported back he kept thinking about it. They exchanged a few words and the tension was still there but every time their eyes would meet Ares would now smile at him. He had probably made him feel guilty. He exploded and now he had made him worry. 

"I am sorry. That attitude was not befitting of my position" Ea told him and Ares smile turn very fast into a frown. He did not like that answer.

"That attitude was the most honest thing I've seen you do. So don't apologize about it." He explained and the young elf felt his cheeks burn. It was unknown happiness to realize that someone did not feel displeased by him expressing himself. He always questioned if he was over the line, overreacting or overthinking but now he was assured that he didn't have to apologize. It was a relief. 

"Ares I…" Ea said grabbing his attention when the huge door finally opened to reveal Theseus. The man looked right and left making sure that they had been doing their job and then waved at them to enter the room. His sentence and his emotions were cut short. He would have to muster up the courage once more and that was very frightening. He knew though one day he would have to talk.

Both of them got in and Ea made sure to close the door. He looked in front of him and Allias was standing next to Mark and Dionysus as the god looked at them with a bright smile. He wondered if there was something they needed to ask or notice since no one was talking.

"Well?" Ares asked. "What did you guys talk about. What's the plan?" Theseus laughed, making the two boys look at each other in question. 

"Do you see anything different?" Dionysus asked his godson and Ares was simply speechless. He couldn't really see anything so what could it be?

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hello! I hope you enjoyed!

I feel so bad for Ea, he is simply mexD we are very alike at how we can't express our emotions properly when it matters until we blow up. It's sad.