Here’s The Thing | Apollo & Hades
Three Greek gods walk into a bar. Says one god to the other...
There’s probably a punchline for that joke, but Hades doesn’t know it. Besides, as if three Greek gods would even make it into the bar. They’d already be squabbling long before any one of them would be able to push open the door. That or making babies.
But Hades does walk into a bar. He is alone, admittedly, but he’s pretty sure there will be more gods inside to accompany him in the set up of a legendary joke. Somebody just needs to come up with the punchline for him. Grinning amused at the thought, he looks around the place, taking in the peculiar design of the place and focusing for a moment on the music that’s playing. It could be his jam, hypothetically speaking. It sure beats the crap that he had to listen to in the Honeypot when he was there a day ago.
The music stops, someone gets up from their seat and takes their guitar up to the stage with them. Hades eyes go to the person who’s leaving the stage and he instantly realises it’s none other than his nephew, Apollo. Now, he has a damn lot of nephews if you ask him. It’s a good thing Zeus stopped expanding the family line when he did, because Hades was about to start getting confused between his brother’s kids. But he doesn’t think he would ever be confused between any of Zeus’ other kids and Apollo, because the latter is the only one who can so effortlessly get on Hades’ nerves.
Is it his personality? Not exactly. Is it his charming looks? Definitely not. Is it the fact that Apollo is exactly ten centimetres taller than Hades? Indeed also a very nerve grating fact, but no that’s not it either. What bugs him the most about this particular one out of all of Zeus’ offspring, is the fact that the Underworld schedule is messed up because of Apollo’s antics more often, even after Mount Olympus had become faraway history. He’s had plenty of supposed permanent visitors suddenly cancel their plans because of Apollo’s healing hands. And if there’s one thing Hades can’t stand, it’s people meddling in his Underworld business, of course.
So it comes as no surprise that he strides over to the place where his nephew walks off to after his performance. The expression on his face is amicable, because at this point in time, Hades has let go of most of the grudges he’d been holding in the past, and he’s just as happy to see a familiar face, even if it’s Apollo’s.
“So, here’s the thing...” He still states as he sides up to Apollo, casually coming to a full stop next to his nephew. “Why can’t you just let people die for once, huh? Stop healing all these mortals, you’re messing up my schedule.” A grin appears on his face after those words, as he fondly puts a hand on his nephew’s shoulder. “Good to see you, kiddo.” Perhaps not entirely the way Apollo thought he was going to be greeted by Hades, but definitely the way it is going down.