Don't Judge A Goddess by Her Cover
Remember the myth of Ares and Aphrodite being caught together in bed and trapped by the net? This is after that. The twist is that another goddess had thought she had captured his interest, especially given the amount of attention he had paid her. Can this headstrong young woman forgive and forget? Can she show him that beneath a cold, bookish exterior is a romantic, lustful temptress? Who is this mystery woman? Well, read to find out. Will these two people who are meant for each other fulfill their destinies? Read on to see and REVIEW!
"Ow!" he rubbed the chiseled jaw where a carefully aimed bread roll had just hit him rather forcefully. "What is wrong with you? I just asked if you wanted to go out to the practice field and practice as we usually do."
"You infuriating, oblivious, idiotic MAN!" the dark-haired woman who had thrown the baked projectile cried. "You don't even realize what you've –and to think I thought you were intelligent…I…UGH!" she screamed as she threw another roll at his head.
He dodged it, and took another step towards her. "What have I done wrong to displease her majesty today?"
"You know as well as I do that we were all there to see your little affair turn sour. I'd known you'd sleep with any female that moved but honestly Ares–"
"Oh don't throw that in my face again, no pun intended. That was days ago. I've gotten over the humiliation of it. Why are you so bothered by it?"
"I'm not…it's just that I have no wish to spend any time with you, you revolting cretin. No more practicing with swords or bows and arrows and teaching me to dance and flirting every chance you get and–"
"That's it, isn't it?" he interrupted her, comprehension lighting his face and widening his eyes. "You're jealous, aren't you? You thought that I–"
"You arrogant jerk," she fairly spat out. "Don't you dare finish that sentence…to think that I would ever be interested in someone like you is beyond ridiculous. I can't imagine anyone being foolish enough to–"
"Sweetheart, it's not that I'm not flattered, but I…" he broke off to gracefully catch the knife that had flown his way with deadly accuracy. "Temper, temper," he scolded. "I'll be back tomorrow when you've cooled down. And you call me a hothead."
"You are, you egotistical bast–"
"Eh, eh, eh," he reprimanded again infuriatingly. "Now is that anyway for a lady to behave? Until tomorrow…" he turned to exit the room, swiftly moving to catch another knife just before it landed between his shoulders. "And you're supposed to be the calm, reasonable god of war."
"Ugh!"
He closed the door just as spear narrowly missed his head.
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Figure out who it is yet? No? Well then, I'm very disappointed in you. If so, congrats! I'm a big mythology fan (as well as a history fan) so if you've figured this out you've gone up a couple of places in my list. Anyway, this is one of my favorite ships aside from Persephone-Hades so I hope you'll enjoy this and the other two versions I'm putting out there. There will be a lot more of these two to come. Also, I think I'll do my reveal in chapter 2 or 3 depending how long I can hold out without having them use names. (It's a little irritating).