firstworldproblem | IC Inbox 2 (Imeeji)

Hades: I suppose if I can indulge. So can you.
Hades: I’ll head over to Taisho.
Hades: But I do wish to know what ails you so when I arrive.

[And he does show up knocking in a few minutes.]

[ once he hears the knock he'll open the door for him, and immediately ]

My father's here.

I imagine he didn’t want to help pick out china for the wedding.

[He kneels though and holds out his arms for him.]

[ he doesn't say anything, he just goes into his arm to hug him immediately ]

[He wraps his arms around him tightly letting his chin rest on his shoulder. He doesn’t say anything either and allows Five this quiet moment.]

[ what if he just stays there not moving and not saying anything FOREVER. Sounds tempting!!

But eventually, he does pull back ]

He's completely useless too so there's really no good side to this. Diego's here too.

If he was useless to you, you wouldn’t be asking me for alcohol.

[He stands and takes his hand.]

Ah, that’s good news.

Correct?

Well he can't tell me anything I don't already know and he's from 1960. He hasn't even adopted us yet. To be honest I'm not even sure if that's better of worse.

[ He'll take his hand and give it a light squeeze ]

I'm glad to see him again but I'm not sure if it's good news. Diego's hotheaded.

[The path to Five’s room is known to him so once they get there, he’ll place down some plastic cups and fill them with water.]

About the apocalypse yes, and why he raised you that way. But that’s not all you wish to ask him, is it?

[He starts off with brandy for sipping and sees if that is what he wants.]

Yet you will protect him all the same. Complications abound but still don’t let the opportunity pass you by.

[ his and Vergil's room upgrade has come in so he can get to see that!! There are flowers on the bedside, both the ones Emet gave him and the ones Vergil bought for him ]

He can't tell me anything about time travel that I haven't already asked either.

[ He knows that's not what Emet's getting at - he was the one who said he wanted to understand him, after all. But for now he leaves it at that, takes a sip, and then hands it back to Emet ]

Something stronger.

[Oh. That’s very cute and he’ll ask about it when there aren’t such heavy topics looming.]

What do you want from him, Five?

[Well he’s going to mix some heavy proof vodka with a sour juice of some sort. Since he isn’t a fan of sweet.]

I could simply make you inebriated.

I don't know. I'd say I've always been the one he's had the least power over but is that true when I badly wanted to shove into his face how much better than him I was?

I want to understand him, but I froze when I saw him and I ended up feeling like an idiot when I told him my name and he clearly didn't give a shit.

I'm not expecting for love from him but I was hoping for something productive.

[ he takes a sip of the New Improved Drink Choice and seems satisfied with it ]

The drinking is part of the experience so you getting me drunk immediately wouldn't have the same effect.

[He runs a hand slowly through Five’s hair once.]

And in this I have no good advice. I could teach you a hundred ways to manipulate another to be fond of you, but that is neither your style nor intent.

But I do believe I know what you want from him. You want him to acknowledge you. To be proud of you. An act he never gave you. To give meaning and perhaps closure to your difficult childhood.

[He lets Five have his new drink and sips on his old one.]

Well he can't give me any of that. And as much as I don't want to defend him in any capacity he doesn't owe it to me or any of my siblings. From this point in time he hasn't even been considering adopting us.

Logically I know all that and the fact I had any hope for anything different for even half a second is just entirely stupid of me.

It's just my heart hasn't caught up to my brain and thanks to a certain someone I haven't been as good about ignoring it lately.

There are yet a few paths forward, but first.

[He pulls him into his lap.]

I love you. Respect you. Admire you. Not a day goes by when I am not in awe of your strength and your compassion. Yours is not an easy road, yet not many walk it with such skill as you.

[ he can't handle this kind of talk right now. He'll let him pull him into his lap and immediately hide his face on his shoulder, staying quiet but wrapping his arms around him and keeping him there. ]

[He kisses the top of his head and rubs his back softly.]

You need naught prove yourself to anyone, my dear. Myself included. You’re remarkable the way you are, and I look forward to watching you grow.

[ he gives him a weak nod and somehow manages not to cry despite the fact he very much feels like it ]

Well. Then you'll be happy to know I apologized to Levity.

[wut]

Why?

He's a clueless moron, he's not malicious.

No. He is not malicious.

But I don’t believe you were in the wrong either.

I’m simply surprised.

I wasn't in the wrong either, no. And I'm still not going to be able to trust him. But at least I explained why he shouldn't tell me what to do with my siblings and why it hurts me if he insists on forcing his presence on me when I'm asking him to leave me alone.

Apparently he was under the impression that since it worked for you it would work for him.

I was just being stubborn, anyway.

Ah, I might have given him the advice to make you slightly uncomfortable was how our friendship did blossom, but I suppose I do have the experience in fine manipulation.

[He kisses the top of his head.]

Thank you.

[ that actually earns him a small smile because it's a little funny ]

He is definitely not a talented manipulator, no.

... You're welcome.

[It is a little funny.]

Defeated by my own advice I see. Well, I will be keeping it to myself in regards to Hythlodaeus for a while.

[He pets his hair again.]

You truly are always looking out for me.

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