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[not_heavens_adam]

Who: Johnny Rayflo and Yosuke Otoha
Where: Otoha's apartment
Summary: Caring about people is hard, especially when they're stupid
Warnings: Marital spats without the marriage

[Johnny currenty had himself perched on Otoha's couch with nothing but his jeans on and the things he'd recently received laid out on the coffee table. The price for them seemed to be having the worst luck with birds imaginable (which was why his hair was still damp and he was barely dressed, a shower had definitely been called for), but it was worth it, considering.

The fortune itself was there, along side a small, black, masquerade mask and the quartz scarab Jacob had given him back in Vatheon was laying in it's new metal frame that allowed it to be turned into a necklace. He didn't know how or why these things were here, but, for now, he was left staring at them with his knees drawn up to his chest.]

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[not_heavens_adam]

[When he didn't hear any protests, he continued, finally remembering the necessary details to finish the story.]

So the king built a stadium and, along with it, three temples for three of their gods: a goddess of love, a god of war, and a goddess of chastity.

The night before the tournament is to start, the maiden visits the temple belonging to the goddess of chastity and tells her she wishes to remain a virgin and unwed for the rest of her life. The goddess tells her that it is her destiny to marry one of these two men and, accepting this, the maiden retires. Soldier A visits the goddess of love and tells her of his love for the maiden and asks for her aid in the battle so that he may win. She gives him a sign that she is on his side and, pleased with this, he also retires. Finally, B visits the god of war's temple and asks that he may have the honor of victory with this god on his side. The god gives him a hopeful sign as well and, confident he will win, goes to bed.

The next day, there is much feasting and celebrating for the bloodshed to come as both men have assembled armies to support them. After much ceremony, the battle begins and it rages on for a while, both forces matched. Eventually, B gets the upper hand on A and wins the battle, though he spares A's life. The maiden and king are overjoyed by this turn of events and begin planning the marriage immediately. However, moments later, the earth shook and a building collapsed on B whose chest was crushed. Medics try to save him, but it's a lost cause and, with his dying breath, he urges the maiden to remember his friend, A if she still chooses to marry.

All of Athens mourns, though none as much as the king, A, and the maiden. Finally, the king moves on and returns focus to his duties, but A and the maiden are unable to do the same. After years of this, the king grows impatient and berates the two on their continued mourning, claiming that death is a natural order of life and to refuse that is foolish. He demands that they cease mourning and that the maiden marry A and move on with their lives. They do as ordered and, over the years, realize the wisdom of the king's words and live to have a long and happy life together.

The end.

[bakegarasu]

[... Yeah okay. That was dumb. Still, he looks a little sleepy.]

Well yeah. Everyone dies. I don't really see the point in crying over it.

[Shut up he knows he's a hypocrite. Reiji was different.]

[not_heavens_adam]

[You are the biggest hypocrite, Otoha, but Johnny doesn't comment because it would be hypocritical to do so.]

Hnnn I see.

[He shifts and leans forward so he can kiss Otoha's forehead.]

Get some sleep.

[bakegarasu]

Mm.

[He turns over a little and presses his face into the couch's back.]

[not_heavens_adam]

[Johnny brushed some of the man's hair back and re-settled on the floor in front of the couch, settling for a nap right there.]