(Have you tried talking to him about how you feel? Maybe now he can accept this relationship... Or someone closer than you think may love you back.)

(Love... Complicated subject, right? I've fallen in love a few times, most of them didn't work out, but I like to believe that Ikuru and I have something... Well, not that we have anything against multiple lovers!)

[He let out a chuckle, looking at Amon with his golden eyes.]

(It sounds complicated. My luck is not having a father, only a mother... She's not the best, but it's what I had! I'm purely Greek, Olympian even though I came down from that mountain.)

[Hephaestus continued to throw pieces of bread to the birds, humming softly.]

[He gave the other some of the stuff he was throwing to the birds, smiling now that he had some company.]

"Oh I know! I was just being honest about how I feel around you... And it's actually nice that you joke like that! I like it. At least the monster seems to be accepting it as it is now. It's not the worst of fates..."

"My beastly roommate? I wouldn't call him that, we don't enjoy each other's company... But I think everything is better when you're around."