Ἀστραῖος

     When the king of the gods spoke, he kept his tone civil and yet showed no sign of humility, “To what do I owe your visit?”

                  "Zeus. As proper as ever. Then again,                    not much else can be expected from                    my nephew, can it?" Astraeus grinned widely at the other, knowing well how the conversation would turn out if he kept up his usual act. Then again, he didn't really care.

"Do you want to go on an adventure?" she asked suddenly, glancing over at him with a smile.

"Alright, Gandalf. What did you have in mind?"

“I told you to stop calling me that..” 

Astraeus grabbed the paper that flew in front of his face. A loud laugh escaped him as he read it out loud. He crumpled the paper in his fist, calling out before him;                                         "Doesn't mean I'm going                                           to listen."

"Oh please. Honey I’m usually the one getting them crawling back" She blew a kiss before walking away. Smirking a bit as she snapped her fingers and disappeared. 

                 "Right well -- " He stopped seeing she disappeared. A slight chuckle left his lips as she shook his head.                  "Oh, Neon."

" I guess that the wind messed with your brain cells and they have flied away from your head. Is the only possible explanation, you are awfully  perky today."

"Would you rather me be a depressing goose as you are? It can be done, Thanatos."

"Oh you just think you’re so funny. As fun as this is, I’m going to have to walk away now. OK? Ok" 

                       "Uh huh.. sure. Right,                         go ahead. I won't blame                         you if you came back." He winked at her, before gesturing for her to start forward.

                                       ❝  I think we’ve got a couple.                                              Are you new in town? ❞   

Astraeus shrugged one shoulder, looking around blankly. He gave one last smile to the stranger before holding out his hand.                                               "Yeah, you can call                                                 it that. Lead the way."

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                      “Is that your way of                        admitting your love                        for me?”

"You caught me. I can't seem to live without you."

" You know that I´m not a liar, cousin. I´m a killer but not a liar Astraeus unless you have brought something capable of bribe me into saying that I missed you."

"Not a liar ----- got it. I guess that just means you are in denial. That's understandable."

                       ”No please. Say what you wanted to.”

"Fine. No, I will not date you. So, you probably should stop asking me."

"You’re not going to stop calling me that are you? You and I apparently have two different definitions of constructive" 

"Not any time soon. And it looks like we do. I have the correct meaning, while you do not."