An Exception

Chapter Three

He allowed his eye to slip closed. What was it that he wanted to happen now? He could feel Hearts' breath mingling with his own. Their faces were so close with the other man's forehead pressed against his. He could feel Hearts' other hand rest on his other cheek. What would he do now?

"You closed your eye, didn't tell me to stop touching you . . . generally that's a way to tell the other person to kiss you and to keep going."

No, he knew what he would do. Was it okay?

The moment Zamasu's eye closed, Hearts froze for a moment. Was that permission to keep going this time? It was surprising, but he couldn't take too long to think about it. How long would such an opportunity last? Not wanting Zamasu to suddenly change his mind, Hearts began to close the gap to kiss him. . .

. . . but was interrupted by a very loud and abrupt knocking on the bedroom door.

It took every ounce of willpower Hearts had to not send an energy blast through the door to kill whoever was on the other side. Even Zamasu's eye had snapped open and he turned his head to look at the door. Was the moment lost? Had he seriously missed his chance to go further with him?

"Who the fuck is it?" He could feel Zamasu's hand slip from the back of his head.

"Sheesh, someone is cranky this morning!" Fu was on the other side. Of course it was Fu. "Did you want breakfast?"

"I want to fucking kill you."

". . . is that a no, then?"

Hearts grit his teeth before taking a deep breath to calm himself, "We'll be out in a bit, just . . . go away."

"Did I interrupt something good?" Fu asked the question in a sing-song tone.

"Fu!"

"Alright, alright. I'm going. Take your time."

Once he was certain Fu had actually left, Hearts turned his head to look down at Zamasu again. He was still staring in the direction of the door. "Zamasu. Um. . . do you-"

"We should go get breakfast." He slowly turned his head to look up at Hearts again. He could tell the other man was disappointed, but this was for the best. "I don't know what had come over me. I'm not sure why I asked such a strange question. I trust that you won't mention this moment of weakness to anyone."

Moment of weakness? Is that what he wanted to call it? Hearts had poured a bit of his own heart out and Zamasu was ready to simply brush it aside? "I think it was far more than that. Zamasu. . . sleep with me again tonight." He held both of Zamasu's cheeks again, staring directly into his eye. "Stay with me again tonight and every other night. That's fine, isn't it? You trust me, right?" They'd just had a similar conversation last night, but he couldn't help but feel that Zamasu's response was a bit fake.

"I told you last night that I-"

"Tell me the truth. Do you trust me or not? You came to me last night when you were afraid of Fu. You could have gone to anyone, but you came to me. You slept in bed with me. So are you really going to continue saying you don't trust me?"

". . . get off me."

"Answer me!"

"Get off me, mortal!"

Hearts' eyes widened considerably before narrowing as he leaned away from Zamasu. "As you wish, god . . . god of what? God of nothing, I suppose. You really won't give up your damn pride, will you? You aren't one of them anymore; haven't you realized that yet?" Hearts left the bed to go into the bathroom and splash water on his face. How had they gone from nearly kissing to yelling at each other? Zamasu's personality was beyond frustrating. Why was he wasting his time? Zamasu was brought here to become a powerful ally for the sake of his goal. He could use him as a test to see just how powerful that Universe Seed was upon completion. Was it powerful enough to destroy an immortal being?