Hades: nodded as he listened. The thought didn't exactly make him smile with joy and dreams of his own wedding or anything, but he knew it was something important to her, so he didn't make any discouraging remarks about it either. "Why's that, Rapunzel? That you can't picture it in your future, I mean. Is that because you just don't think you'll find someone, or because that's not what you want anymore, even if you were to find someone?" He laughed a little with her when she mentioned the dogs. He knew she was only partially joking, but he didn't want to say anything about it, one way or the other. Taking a deep breath at her question, he was about to respond when she told him not to answer. With a laugh, he shook his head and pulled her over to a bench on the boardwalk, pulling her down to sit next to him before taking both her hands in his and looking her straight in the eyes. "I'm going to answer that anyways, because the answer isn't what either of us expected, honestly. You know me and my family, we don't get along too well. And frankly, back in high school, that's exactly how I felt, that no one loved me, not even my family, even though they were supposed to. Everything was an attack, they all hated me, looked down on me, thought I was useless, an asshole, all that good stuff. I was convinced of this, that it was all because they hated me, that no one actually loved me. But guess what?" He took a deep breath, steeling himself to be able to say what was about to come out of his mouth next. "I was wrong. My family...well, they're not exactly great, but they're not exactly evil incarnate either. So what I'm trying to say is, yes, I've felt that way, that no one in the world loves me, and it sucks. But just because you feel that way doesn't make it true. Promise. Now for the part you knew was coming: I love you, no matter what, so whenever you feel that way, just remind yourself of that. Alright?"
Rapunzel: sighed softly, a slight shrug of her shoulders following. "No one in their right mind is going to stick around long enough to marry me. That's become quite clear." She breathed, there wasn't sadness in her voice this time, just what she believed to be true. She let him lead her to the bench, plopping down on it. She was very prone to crying lately, so it came as no shock to her when the word family triggered a pool of tears to form in her eyes. It was good, to hear that Hades, in his own way, had figured out that his family did love him. But as selfish as it was, all Rapunzel could think was that she didn't have that anymore. She was an orphan, no family. She sighed when he said what she'd known he was going to say, but she didn't say anything in reply, just stood and kept going on the path towards the ice cream place, staring up at the menu a bit when she got there, wiping at her face a bit as well. "I have no idea what I want." She breathed quietly, mostly to herself. She seemed to do this a lot; shut the world out.
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