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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]

[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.]

[daios]

I do not think buildings like this exist at all where I am from. There are some that might get rather tall, but none that I've seen personally.

I do not remember my village well, but I remember fleeing into the forest.

I spent a long time living in the forest, running from people who would see me dead.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Oh... Robin squeezes Hades' hand again in sympathy.]

My village hated me
I spent my life trying to protect them from a vengeful spirit they didn't believe existed

I'm sorry you went through that

[daios]

It seems... that maybe it is easy for people to make monsters of what they can see, without looking for more. I cannot imagine anyone hating you, truthfully.

[Scratching at his head sheepishly.]

Haha, and while you might think the same for me, there was plenty of reason to hunt me down, even if I think it was more complicated than even I know at this time.

Well.

Anyway, I am glad that neither of us need to go through that here. This place has been described to me as somewhat like Malfeas, but the people here are far from demons.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Frowns at that - he can't imagine that Hades deserved that, at least not the Hades he knows.]

Everyone here is very kind
Especially you

[daios]

[The Hades he knows is so very different than Hiroto was. Hades isn't even sure he could ever claim that name again, because that man is so far removed from who he is now. He doesn't know why though.

His tail wags, anyway!]

I am glad... that I have become a man who can be called kind. I think you deserve all of the kindness in the world.

[gemuinemanagement]

[...He's wanted to do this basically since they met, so. Lets go of Hades' hand so he can pet his tail. It's so fluffy and cute, just like him.]

[daios]

[O-oh. That is. You know, he's had people pet his ears, but never his tail.]

I think... you're the first person to touch... my tail, since it came to be.

[gemuinemanagement]

Is that okay?
I don't want to make you uncomfortable

[daios]

Y-yes, it is fine. I am simply unused to it. I mean, I touch it in order to wash of course, but...

[You're almost touching his butt. That's pretty forward of you.]

[gemuinemanagement]

[It's different!! He cannot explain how it's different.]

It's very fluffy and cute

[Pets it again.]

[daios]

[One could hardly blame Robin for petting the dog parts on Hades. They ARE fluffy and cute.]

It feels so strange to have such a thing as a warrior, aha. It acts without my thinking an it, wagging anytime it pleases.

[It is trying to wag a little while being pet, though it's hindered a little by hands.]

[gemuinemanagement]

I think you can be cute and a warrior
You're not fighting all the time

[And certainly no one would argue he's less of a warrior for having a tail and ears, right?]

[daios]

I am not fighting much at all these days, truly. And when I do...

[He sighs, thinking back on his failures in combat lately. And then his complete avoidance of it.]

I suppose even soldiers must also be people.

[gemuinemanagement]

[...Takes his hand again.]

I like you as a person

[daios]

[Squeezes Robin's fingers.]

I...

... Thank you. I like you as a person, too.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Ah, he's so happy...]

Thank you

I've never
'Explored a mutual attraction' before
But if this is that then I think it's wonderful

[daios]

[Oh heck that makes him blush again.]

Ah, Robin. You seem so incredibly innocent.

This is... It is a start! If you would like to. "Explore" some more, we can.

[He pauses then, turning to face Robin, his free hand going to tilt Robin's head up to look at him with a finger.]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Oh. Right, there's also - this part. He's not so innocent that he doesn't know what this leads into. But he's never kissed anyone before, he doesn't know how-

Well, but it's Hades. Hades won't laugh at him if he doesn't do it right.

Bright red, but filled with determination, Robin stretches up on his toes and clumsily presses his lips to Hades'.]