Gemini

Yin put down the book with a sigh. She'd finished it. For the second time. She'd already been here for two weeks. Hephaestus had said his wife knew everything, so she'd know what to do with Yin, but so far, Yin had not seen hide nor hair of Aphrodite, Goddess of Love.

Apparently the rumours were true...

"Yin! C'mere!" Yin obediently walked downstairs. Hephaestus was sitting in the kitchen with a beautiful buxom blonde in her late twenties and a drop-dead handsome youth. Hephaestus smiled, the woman sniffed, and the youth grinned and nodded his head politely.

"Ah, Yin! This here is my wife, Aphrodite, an'

Heracles."

"How do you do," Yin said politely. The women- Aphrodite- just looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"You're the Yin?" she asked finally. Yin nodded. "How... interesting." She turned to her husband. "Darling, I need to speak with you. Alone." Hephaestus nodded, got up, and the two left the room.

Not quite sure what to do, Yin stood there, unmoving. Heracles watched her for a minute or so, until finally

he said,

"Why don't you sit down?" She obeyed, not saying anything. Heracles watched her, clearly surprised by her ebony skin. Out of the corner of her eye, Yin watched him. He was well-built, with tanned skin and strong muscles. His wavy blonde hair was a bit messy, but with modern styles what they were, it was hard to tell whether or not that was intentional. His eyes were a piercing blue, and looked a little sad.

"Can I ask you something?" he asked, breaking the silence. Yin nodded. "How is it you and Yang go from being two people to being one? No one I know has it figured out. Is it a secret?" Yin shook her head.

"No, it's not a secret. Actually, I... I don't think anyone's ever asked before. We have to be touching somehow- we usually just hold hands- and we looked into each other's eyes. We don't have to do anything else, and we've done it before by accident, when we hugged or shook hands or whatever."

"That's awesome!"

"I wouldn't say that..."

Again, they sat in silence. It was very awkward. Yin was becoming more and more aware that Heracles was very handsome. Why was she doomed to forever be a teenager? They had hormones! It wasn't fair.

Finally, Hephaestus and Aphrodite returned. "Yin, come with me," Aphrodite ordered. "If you are going to be here for a while, I am going to see to it you look at least half decent!" She then dragged a confused Yin up the stairs, into Aphrodite's room, and sat her down in front of the vanity.

Edonil: R&R, por favor! I'll love you forever!