When Ares and Alice left, Hades and Nina also prepared to go out.
Hades made sure that Nina is bundled with warm clothes before going out. He also told Nina not to wear her glasses when he found out that it was just an accessory because he is afraid that the glasses would be foggy which will make Nina not see the road clearly.
Nina agreed with what Hades told her, anyway she only used the eyeglasses before to cover her face and avoid trouble but since this big man-repellent is with her, no need to worry too much.
Jerry is still their driver and he brought them to the largest mall in country M. It was quite far from Nina's house but it looks complete so Nina excitedly walked inside.
Hades just held her hands, just to make sure she would not get lost. Anyway, there are a lot of hidden guards with them in case something unexpected happens.
Hades took a push cart while Nina walked beside him. Although Nina memorized what is written in her list she still took it out to make sure.
"Where to go?" Hades asked
"Kitchen wares first" Nina thinks that these are the most important things right now
"Are they delivering appliances?"
"What appliances?"
"Fridge, washing machine, stove, TV"
"How about your computer?" Hades knew that the house still doesn't a computer and for a computer engineer like her it was quite unusual
"Not now, I will personalize my computer"
"Okay, you choose the appliances first so they can deliver it once we go home"
So the two went to the appliances first. Hades helped Nina choose the appliances and to Nina's surprise, they seem to have the same taste when it comes to this. Simple but good quality.
When they were done choosing the appliances they went to the kitchenware area.
"Hades, come down a little" Hades happily followed her instruction then he felt a light knock on his head
"is it hard?" Nina asked after she tried to test the cooking pan on Hades' head
"No"
"Hmm, so this is not a good quality" Nina choose another pan again
"What are you doing?"
"Choosing a pan and a weapon. You know I read before that if a man cheats on you, you should use a pan to bang his head"
"I will never do that"
"I am not saying it's for you"
"Are you saying that you are still planning to leave me?"
"No" Nina said nonchalantly, I'm just getting ready when you decided to leave
Nina didn't say the words but Hades can understand her sudden silence. She only knows him for a while, that's why she doesn't trust him enough. Hades sighed before he hugged Nina from her back.
"You can knock all this pan on my head, but only in my head okay? No other man should experience that" Hades said as he rest his chin on Nina's head, Nina chuckled at Hades' remarks
"So are you saying that you are the only man who should cheat on me?"
"No, I just want you to know that even if you banged my head I will never dare to cheat" Hades suddenly remembered the long forgotten ex-boyfriend of Nina. The scum man who cheated on her. When he sees that guy, he will hit him first really hard before saying thank you for cheating. If it was not for him, he will not be able to meet this girl he is holding now.
"Or do you think that all men are like your ex-boyfriend?" Even though Nina broke up to that man cleanly, he still can't help but be jealous because that man was with Nina for a long time. Anyway, he will spend the rest of his life with Nina, so he can make Nina forget that man's existence completely.
" You know him?" Nina was a little surprised when she heard him talk about her ex "This is not the place to talk about this topic so let's continue the knocking session later"
Hades became a little low after Nina's reaction, does she still love that guy? Why? He cheated on her so why?
Nina felt the low mood of the guy beside her. He makes her feel okay but she feels that he made him feel bad, what to do?
"I don't love him" Nina said but she was looking at the plates "Maybe before 'I' thought 'l' love him because 'my' world only has him. But the day he cheated I saw a bigger world. A world that no longer rotates around him but to myself." then she looked at him "So don't eat his vinegar, he is not worthy" Nina said pouting,
Hades smiled after hearing what Nina said, he really wanted to hug this girl and keep her with him forever. "I will no longer be jealous of that guy"
"Good" Nina smiled showing the two small pools on her cheeks
The two continued their shopping without them noticing the gazes of people around them.
There are some boys who wanted to ask Nina's name but when they see Hades following her they immediately back down. There are also some girls who want to get Hades' number but before they can come near there would be men that would block them. It was already 5 pm when Nina had all the stuff she listed.
Hades still wanted to pay but Nina directly refused. Hades didn't force it, anyway all his money belongs to Nina, someday he can also give all his cards to his wife like what his dad did.
Hades told Jerry to arrange the matters about the things they bought then he led Nina to eat.
Hades and Nina walked hand in hand. They are now having their private time like any ordinary couple.
Nina still does not admit that she has a relationship to Hades because she only met him. But for Hades, he considers the girl he is holding as his wife.
The two ate in a seafood restaurant where Hades' skill in peeling crabs was exhibited.
Nina was so amused as she looked at the so-called god of the underworld peeling crabs for her. She really can't imagine that this guy would fall for her.
Come to think of it, if Nina didn't arrive that time, according to Hades he would just leave the room unlocked so there would be no interaction with them because there would be no sudden glow that would arouse Hades' interest. So it means that Hades was not supposedly the father of her child!
According to the second book, the villain found who his father was in a jail but it wasn't mentioned who he was because he didn't make enough contribution to the progress of the book and the villain's hatred was directed only to the male who made his mother be broken to death.
Does this mean that the villain will no longer be born? According to Hades' strength, he is not someone who would spend even a day in prison unless he is going to visit someone there, so Hades was not the villain's father.
Nina was quite happy and sad. Happy because even in the book, Hades didn't fall for the previous Nina. Sad because she might not be able to change the villain's originally tragic path.
"Nina!" Hades that was in front of her a while ago is now sitting beside her
"Huh?"
"What happened? Are you tired? You spaced out, I keep on calling you but you didn't respond" Hades eyes are full of worries
"I was just thinking of what would happen if you didn't stayed in that room"
"Don't think of that" the what ifs of that night is still one of Hades' greatest fears.
If he didn't stay, that guy he sent to jail will be the one with Nina and he will never know about her.
"I never believed in fate until you appeared. You deleted your traces making me look at dead ends but you bumped into me, you ran away from the capital to this remote area but my parents and cousin still saw you. So don't think of that thing. In this life, I'm fated to be with you whether you like it or not"
"You think so?"
"I know so"
"feed me?"
"gladly"
The two ate side by side in harmony. When they were done, they walked around the mall to digest their food. Nina saw a baby shop, she wanted to go but she stopped in front of the store.
"why?" Hades asked
"I bought a lot of things last time but-"
"but what?"
"the things I bought are all for girls! What if it's a boy?"
"Then let's buy things for boys"
"then who would wear the clothes I bought?"
Hades fell into deep contemplation after hearing Nina's question, if he says to just give it away he is sure Nina will be sad if he says let his son wear it, his son will curse him when he is old. This is really not that hard to decide.
"Then let our son wear it" Hades said with no regrets, when his son wears those clothes, he is still a baby and if his son finds out that he wore girl clothes when he was a baby Hades will just say that he was expecting for a daughter but a stinky boy popped out and instead of wasting the clothes, he just let him wear it.
Baby villain:...
"Good answer" Nina really feels that Hades and her have the same track of mind. She's beginning to like him more.
"So, are we going inside?"
"not now, let's wait until we know the child's gender" Nina said, she doesn't want her child to hate her too much
"We can just look"
"I don't trust my eyes and hands"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, let's go!" Nina pulled Hades to walk fast because she just saw a pink bunny onesie which really makes her want to grab it
The two reached the exit. It was already dark outside but the stars and the moon shines brightly.
"Nina, I will consider this day as our first date" Hades suddenly said while looking at Nina's face
"huh?" Nina doesn't know why this guy suddenly became like this
"You should also remember so when our kids grow up we can tell them that we had our first date today" Hades wanted Nina and him to say the same date if they will be asked. His parents kept showing off about those things to him while he was growing.
"Should I also tell them how we first met?" Nina asked teasingly
"Let's make that as a couple's secret" Hades doesn't want his children to follow how Nina and him started. He still regrets not chasing Nina the right way. For Hades, Nina only deserves the best treatment he can give.
"who is a couple with you?" Nina denied but she likes the idea of telling their story to their future kids, wait, what kids? He still wants more kids? Does this guy know how hard it is to give birth? She will buy a labor simulation machine next time, let him experience what she will go through.