Chapter Nineteen
There was a meeting. Again. All because Hermes had managed to get caught because he wanted to see who could cause such a huge storm. Oh and also because Hermes was an Olympian and wanted to join them. He said that Apollo and Artemis most likely would too. Because Hermes wanted actual breaks sometimes as well as for the other messenger gods and if they want to get something might as well do it all at once. Who knows when they'd get that opportunity again. Apollo and Artemis would be up for the equality part. According to Hermes, the gods still think they were better than the goddesses.
Who would have known that the ignorant jerks are ignorant jerks to ones on Olympus as well? Never would have thought of it.
So right now the meeting was held underwater which Triton had noticed annoyed the 'Nightmares' slightly. He understood Thanatos' point of view, he didn't like water because it got his wings wet. He wasn't as bad about it as he used to be but he still avoided getting wet. Triton wouldn't force him to, he would let him be comfortable and Triton didn't mind taking on legs when he went above the surface.
The others however, did not like it for some other reason. Eris loved it because she could move around freely and cause as much discord as she wanted.
Unfortunately, Kym had introduced Hermes to Eris and now that trio was causing as much chaos as they could.
So far Poseidon's hair had been dyed pink while he hadn't paid attention to where Hermes was. Nemesis was sporting a bright green tiara that clashed with her dark clothes. Eros' butterfly on the back of his neck was blue. Anteros had 'SIMP' across his back in large black letters which Eros thought was hilarious and had even offered the god his t-shirt to cover it. Corla was untangling package stuffing from her tentacles which were a dangerous shade of red, Triton felt faintly sorry for the Trio once she managed to get free. Faintly.
They had tried to go after Triton and Thanatos but Thanatos had stabbed Eris twice already and the other two were staying clear of him. Kym tried to touch Triton's hair and had becomr part of the wall seconds later, her tail flapping uselessly in the water while her head was in the next room. It had took both Hermes and Eris to pull her out.
Triton wondered where Kori was because they would surely join in on the chaos causing. Eventually he decided that he'd just wait and keep his guard up for when the red merfil enviably shows up.
"Can someone tell me why we have an Olympian here that is not tied up?" Moros drawled loosely gesturing in Hermes' direction.
"I agree, we should shut Poseidon up for a bit," Hades said trying to keep an eye on Kym and Hermes but missed Eris behind him drawing something on his back.
"Hey!" protested the now pink haired god.
Kym and Eris went and looked at Moros side by side while Hermes worked at turning his hair a replusive shade of yellow. Triton decided not to warn him and was tempted to help distract him. Moros needed a good prank to happen to him, they were far too snooty and stuck up.
"We like Hermes, he has a sense of humour unlike you," Eris said, not even glancing behind her brother so that he wouldn't expect Hermes there.
Triton leaned his head on Thanatos' shoulder and just watched the whole thing. In return Thanatos wrapped one arm around his waist.
"I can't believe they're getting away with it," Triton whispered.
"They're idiots and no one will do anything about it," his angel whispered back.
"Thats true."
Moros let out a cry once he realised that Hermes had been behind him and had changed his hair. He was complaining like there was no tomorrow and if he didn't shut up soon then Triton might just make sure that he wouldn't see tomorrow.
"My hair! How am I supposed to inspire fear if I look ridiculous? This is disgraceful, utterly disgraceful! I am the god of violent death and I-" Moros started but was cut off by a bubble of water forming around his head. Making all his words sound like 'wibble wobble wubble wobble'.
The trio of mayhem looked back at him and Triton just shrugged despite the fact that he had clearly done it. He was the only one who would have. Poseidon was trying to get everyone to be civil, Anteros was attempting to hide behind Eros while the love god laughed. Amphitrite was talking to Persephone and Kym had been distracting Moros.
Hermes and Eris just stared but Kym came up and gave him a high five before pulling him into a hug to whisper in his ear, "Thanks, can you help us do Eros while he's distracted with our brother?"
"Yeah of course," Triton replied hugging his sister back with one arm, not entirely trusting her to not try anything on him. "What do you want me to do?"
"Kiss your angel-"
"What?" Triton hissed far louder than he had meant to.
"I was joking, relax," Kym said with an obvious grin in her voice. "Just mess up his hair enough that he notices it."
"That sounds hilarious," Triton said dryly.
Kym pulled out of the hug, "We'll take care of the rest."
"Good luck."
"Thanks I'll need it to swim away." Kym's eyes flicked to Thanatos for a second.
Triton switched to Ocanoc without realising it, "Don't you dare."
"I didn't say anything."
"Well don't."
The two stared at each other for a few seconds, daring the other to look away. Eventually Eris came over (not on the side closest to her brother to avoid another knife related injury) and tapped Kym on the shoulder making the Sea goddess look away.
Triumphant, Triton leaned back against Thanatos.
"You do realise I heard all of that right?" Thanatos said quietly.
Triton froze. If he heard all of it then he would have heard what Kym said, and when he heard that he would've also felt Triton tense at it since his arm was around his waist the whole time.
"Oh," Triton managed to squeak out.
Thanatos sounded troubled, "I know she was joking but surely it wouldn't be that bad."
"Hmm what?"
"You tensed, do you really think it would be that bad?"
Triton looked up at him and saw the troubled expression on his face, he softened. Sometimes he forgot that Thanatos had went so long thinking that everyone hated being around him. He tapped the side of his angels face to get his attention back, "No it wasn't that, she just surprised me thats all. I'm sure that you're a great kisser."
Thanatos rolled his eyes, "Shut up."
Triton would not shut up, he was just getting started. "Well out of everyone here if I had to kiss someone I'd choose you. Or maybe not, maybe Eros because I bet he'd be an amazing kisser. Like just imagine it, the god of love and he's quite good looking. Look at that jawline-"
Someone cleared their throat and Triton looked around and saw everyone staring at him including the god that he was just talking about kissing and was saying was good-looking.
"I said that too loud didn't I?"
Kym had curled around Eris trying not to laugh and the goddess if discord was having a tough time not laughing herself. Hermes looked like he agreed with him.
Eros was grinning madly, "Well Tri your not so bad looking yourself." He winked at him. "Do you wanna meet up sometime? You could find out if I'm really as good of a kisser as you think."
"I'd say yes but I think I might get murdered by my brother, so I might just leave you for him," Triton said grinning.
"Tri!"
He was tackled out of Thanatos' arms and now had a winged merman wrapped around him covering his mouth. He couldn't even move his arms because Anteros had wrapped his tails around his torso.
Eris clapped her hands drawing the attention back to herself, "Right so since the complainer and Triton can't speak anymore should we just start the meeting now?"
Hermes raised his hand and waited until someone pointed to him before speaking, "I still don't know what the meeting is about."
"It is about whether we should trust what you say and let the twins join us to increase our fighting power or to stay without," Nyx answered.
"I say we let them," Thalassa piped up from where she was eating a bar of ambrosia.
"It could be a trap," Nemesis said. "But it would help balance the odds in our favour."
"So we let them, we have me and Grandma so if its a trap you have two Primordials," Thalassa pointed out.
"Yes but we cannot attack unless provoked," Nyx told her grandchild.
Thalassa took another bite, "I am provoked, I am the Primordial of the Sea. The Sea has been facing discrimination from the gods, thats as good a cause as you'll ever get."
"I agree with Thal," Nemesis said. "Also Lord Thunderfart made the anicent laws so they should not apply to the two of you."
"I like the name Thunderfart, all in favour of keeping it say aye," Poseidon said and was met with a chorus of aye's including a muffled one from Triton who still had his brothers hand over his mouth.
Thanatos and Eros looked at one another before starting to work to unwrap Anteros from his older brother. Anteros then wrapped around Eros and stuck his tongue out at Triton, which was returned by Triton.
Thanatos pulled Triton back against him and watched the others talk among themselves.
"EVERYONE SHUT UP," Persephone yelled. "Amphitrite and I have decided that we should meet with the twins at dusk near the Sea to talk about it. Then they cannot attack us at full strength and we will have the advantage of darkness and the Sea. No discussion. "
Nyx raised an eyebrow but stayed silent. The rest nodded before most disappeared in a series of flashes. Once something was decided then that was the meeting basically over.
Thanatos looked down at Triton who had been staring up at him previously, "Why did your brother react like that?"
"Oh he's in love with Eros," Triton said still staring at his angel.
"Are you sure?" Thanatos looked over at the two love gods who were bickering over whether they should get two mortals together or not.
"Oh definitely, its pretty obvious."
"Does Eros know?"
"Probably, he knows everything to do with love."
Thanatos hummed, "Do you have anything to do now?"
"I'm supposed to babysit all the gods we've caught for an hour or two."
"Sounds fun."
"It really isn't."
"I know, well I shouldn't stop you from going there."
Triton spun around and wrapped his arms around the angel, "Please don't go, its boring there."
"I have to go get some souls that died during the meeting," Thanatos said trying to avoid looking at Triton.
As Triton had found out, the angel couldn't say no if he looked you in the eye. He would be trying to say no but as soon as he made eye-contact it was over.
Triton put his hands at either side of his face and turned his angels head towards him, "Please?"
Thanatos sighed and still tried to avoid eye contact.
"Please angel?"
Eros swam over to the two of them, "Are you two going to kiss now? Can you hurry up and do it then, I want to see this before I go."
Triton froze, "What?"
Thanatos used that there to kiss him on the cheek and disappear into smoke. Away to get the souls that he had missed in that last 30 minutes.
Triton raised a hand to his cheek before smiling like an idiot, his tails curling up around him.
Eros shook his head at the merman, "You've got it bad." He patted the god on the head before grabbing Anteros' hand and flashing away.
Amphitrite swam over to him, "You have to go down to the holding building now."
"I know," Triton said still staring at where Thanatos had been moments before. "I just need a moment."
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