17. Morning Blues

                                    

                                          
Chapter Summary: Returning from the mattress store, you begin telling Atlas and Ares about the secret with some help. 
                          
Author's note: am I going too fast? Please let me know ^-^
THIS IS A HEAVY CHAPTER OMG IS THIS TOO F A S T?? 
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"No, not that one." You say, grabbing Atlas' hand and dragging him away from the bed. It was another toddler's bed with a starship headboard, also the cheapest. "If you want a cool headboard, I'll order one for you." You say, letting go of his hand and standing in front of a queen size bed. Examining it for a silent moment. 
                          
"BUT.." Atlas started, twisting his glove - a nervous habit, you observed. "I.. DONT WANT YOU OR MR. APOLLO SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON ME." 
                          
Your eyes soften at this. Smiling at the skeleton before taking both of his hands and lifting it to your lips. Leaving haste, soft kisses on his exposed phalanges. "It's fine, Atlas. Apollo's next to being rich, spending a few hundreds wouldn't affect his patronage."
                          
The skeleton before you coloured up. Meekly nodding his head, not trusting his voice as he shakily took his hands back, slipping on his gloves and sighing softly. You smiled at him and returned to the queen bed. "C'mon, lay down. I want to know if you fit on it - if not, we'll go check the double king." 
                          
"A double king won't fit in his room!" Apollo gasped. "It's large!" 
                          
Rolling your eyes, you looked at him. "And so is he, I want him to be comfortable when sleeping, okay?" 
                          
He blew lightly. "Wow, you really do care about these two, Huh?"
                          
Biting your lip, you nodded. Turning away and blushed lightly when he grinned widely. Ignoring Apollo, you watched as Atlas slowly climbed onto the bed and laid down - the tips of his feet barely touching the end of the mattress. 
                          
"IT'S.. HARD." He said, sitting back up and bounced. A look in his eye light as he got up and pushed the mattress down, resting the softness. 
                          
"We'll buy you a comforter to put over it," Apollo said, lightly tapping his golden headpiece. "You can put the sheets over it and it'll be softer." 
                          
Atlas hummed, nodding his head and turned towards you. "OKAY.. THIS ONE WILL WORK FOR ME." 
                          
You grinned at this, giving him two thumbs up and checked the name of the mattress, mentally writing it down and went to grab the promised comforter, four fluffy pillows and one large body pillow. The way Atlas curled up when sleeping, you thought he'd like the body pillow - and judging the way he perked up when you picked the largest one they had, he did like it. 
                          
Now it was Ares' turn, you turned to the silent skeleton - his good was over his skull and he kept his head down, silently following the three of you while chatting to one another. 
                          
"We have everything for Atlas, time to get something for Ares." You say, loud enough for the other two. Apollo nodded while Atlas laughed softly to something Apollo had said. 
                          
"...you don't have to." Ares muttered softly, trailing after the cart you pushed. You smiled at him, wrapping your arm around his and pulled him to your side. 
                          
"I know, but I want to. Nope, you aren't changing my mind." You say, pulling him back to the bed displays. Leaving the cart for Apollo. The God behind you groaned softly before following, still chatting with Atlas - you were glad Atlas decided to let Apollo in, after a few days of Apollo dragging him around, you guessed he got used to his presence.