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[daios]

HELLO! This is HADES! Please leave me a MESSAGE if I don't pick up! I will try to RESPOND.

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[gemuinemanagement]

[aaaaaaaaaa]

I'm fine I just wasn't expecting you to be shirtless??

[daios]

[OH NO IS HE BLUSHING???!!!

That makes Hades blush like. Heck. He didn't think of that. Going... to cover part of his chest with an arm.]

O-oh, sorry... Should I go put on a shirt? I was just finishing up a part of my training.

[gemuinemanagement]

It's okay
Sorry to bother you
I'll just leave your necklace with you and go, you don't have to change

[He's blushing and dying a little but it's Fine.]

[daios]

How about I go and get cleaned up and dressed and I can come see you? I'll want to thank you properly somehow, it feels wrong to just take it and go...

[gemuinemanagement]

Okay
I'll be in the living room

[And he'll have calmed down by then and everything will be fine.]

[daios]

I'll be out shortly.

[Hades will then abscond, closing his door in order to gather up his things to wash. He makes sure not to take long, just cleaning himself dutifully before he gets dressed and joins Robin in the living area.]

My apologies for that. I forget at times that things like shirtlessness can be ah... taboo, to some.

Or... something. [Is Robin one of the people who like his chest??? He knows he gets fanmail about it a lot.]

[gemuinemanagement]

It's not taboo
At least not for men, where I'm from

[Unsaid: he absolutely is one of the people who likes Hades' chest.]

[daios]

[THAT IS AS GOOD AS A CONFESSION THAT HE'S SOMEONE WHO LIKES HIS CHEST.

That makes Hades turn red a little.]

O-Oh.

Well. Uhm. I. [Shit. What do you say to that??? He scratches the back of his head sheepishly.]

I... Thank you. I have to admit that it feels so strange for people to. I mean. For my chest to be. Desirable.

[gemuinemanagement]

[This conversation is incredibly embarrassing, and now also confusing.]

Why??
You're obviously very attractive

[daios]

O-obviously???

I. I suppose it is because I think men should be smaller, more graceful, less covered in scars... But my frame suits my purposes as a warrior. It isn't like I dislike it, it just is not very beautiful.

[gemuinemanagement]

Maybe standards of beauty are different where I'm from
Because I think anyone at home would agree that you're handsome

[Even if they might not all be as flustered about it as he is.]

[daios]

[That is very sweet of him, Hades thinks. Though he supposes that maybe... small and graceful is more what he thinks of as attractive. Women are often big and strong, and people seem to love it. Hades has never cared much either way for the beauty of women]

I... Well, thank you.

I think you are a nice-looking young man yourself.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Have you ever seen a person go this red. He wants to say he's not, but he also wants Hades to accept that he's handsome, so...]

Thank you

[daios]

[Oh.

Actually, Hades did not know it was possible for anyone to get that red, other than himself.]

I....

......... Robin. Do you think I am handsome...???

[He is not trying to murder Robin, he's just a himbo.]

[gemuinemanagement]

[why would you ask him this if you are not trying to do a murder!!!


he nods.]

[daios]

[Oh wow. Hades actually doesn't know what to do with that information and now they're both red.

They will stand in awkward silence for a bit because Robin can't talk and Hades is speechless.]

I... well. You are important to me, Robin, as my unitmate and as my friend.

I would not mind exploring uhm. A mutual attraction... if you wanted... But I do not wish to hurt you, either.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Mutual? Mutual with him? Attracted to him?

This is simultaneously the best thing that's ever happened to him and incredibly terrifying. Robin fumbles with his phone and has to retype his message.]

Do you want to
Hold hands?

[daios]

[That's somehow the most innocent thing Hades has been asked to do and the thing that makes him sweat the most.]

Oh, uh. S-sure. [CLEARS HIS THROAT.] I would not mind that.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Holds his hand out. Robin might spontaneously combust at this point from how red he is but it's fine, it's cool. Just holding hands with a boy you like. No big deal.]

[daios]

[Yeah, this is fine. Hades is sure that Robin can feel his heartbeat, even just in his hand.

He has to tell Robin about his crush on Persephone, but he thinks maybe right now it's fine to just sit like this. It isn't like he thinks that one will go anywhere anyway.]

Did you. Want to go on a walk like this, or should we just hang out for a bit?

[gemuinemanagement]

[Downsides to holding hands: it's kind of hard for him to 'talk' one-handed. Robin nods to taking a walk, gently squeezing Hades' hand.

He's warm... It's nice.]

[daios]

Alright.

[It is a good time for a walk. The sun is up and Hades has cleaned himself off after his workout.]

Have you been to the park here with the teahouse? It is the one that is closer to us now.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Another nod! Please hold while he tries to type one-handed.]

The parks here are really pretty
Do you see a lot of nature where you're from?

[daios]

[Hades does not rush Robin. It's fine to take a conversation slow.]

Truth be told, I had never seen anything like the buildings and the roads here before I arrived.

These are so tall, and many of them are made with metal. Their great heights frightened me at first, but now I have the ability to walk along the walls, so it is not as scary.

[gemuinemanagement]

I've seen really big buildings like these in pictures
But my home is a small village and doesn't have anything like that

[So he gets it, kind of.]