Peaceful Sleep

"I am happy that the Underworld is your home."

It was only a whisper, but nothing seemed to miss the attention of the beautiful god.

"What was that?" he asked, a trace of something close to humour in his usual disinterested tone.

I stayed silent hoping for the question to magically become un spoken, but I knew he was resolved to know when he poked my cheeks as if to check if I was still alive.

Words, stupid words started sprouting out instantly. "You know because..because if I hadn't fallen into the well like I did, it wouldn't be you who I would end up meeting."

"It might have been Zeus." My nose scrunched at the possibility. When he did not react, I got the confidence to continue.

"I don't think anycome could love this world the way you do." I smiled and seeing how everything seemed awfully sweet I had to point out.

"But I had to treat this old greek god with a big ego." The emphasis on 'old' was cleverly made and t