Zane walked into the room dragging his feet he flopped down on his bed face down, dropping his swords down to the floor from the hand outstretched over the side which was then pulled in close, yawning into the pillow he didn’t even have the energy to pull himself under the sheets. He just nodded off haunted by dreams of the deaths of solders. He woke slowly feeling happy and good. He got up suddenly feeling hyper he pulled out random toys and then leaving them there and then moving on to another one. He played around with his fake sword before getting bored of it and picking up his real one slashing it around wildly till his eyes fell on his teddy bear which he had just decapitated accidently. His eyes widened and he dropped the sword accidently on his foot. “Ouch!” He screamed jumping on one foot the other held in his hands, he fell over on his butt hitting his head on the ground he moaned in pain clutching his bleeding foot. Before bursting into tears he wanted Zivon, his mama, papa and bear-bear.

Zivon ran into the room at the sound of his brothers screams. He looked around, taking in the scene before moving to wrap his arms around and comfort his brother. "Its okay Zane. Mama will be able to fix him", he replied picking up the bear and moving to his brother. He softly patted his back until his brother calmed down. He then took a look at his brothers foot. "You'll be fine Zane and so will bear-bear when mama or papa see him", he continued. He stood and put the toys away being careful not to trip himself. Zivon was generally the more tidy of the two and spent a lot of his time cleaning up after his brother.

Zane whimpered, rubbing his tears off his face sniffling. "Sorry for the mess." He tells him with another sniffle and a whimper feeling bad for the mess that he had made that Zivon had to clean up. "I'll be, be okay?" He asked still holding his bleeding foot, after a long time the bleeding stopped. He rubbed his cheeks again, "Will mama and papa come fix me and my bear-bear?" He asked, moving closer to Zivon resting his head on Zivon's knee. "Don't leave me, I don't want to be alone, not even with mama and papa, it hurts really badly."

Zivon moved to sit back beside Zane and shrugged, "It's just mess", he replied. He forced himself not to laugh at his brothers innocence, he had lost some of that with his sneaked visits to Ares but his brother hadn't been apart of that, "You will be fine Zane, mama or papa will fix you both", he replied, running his hands through his brothers hair. "I would do it myself if I knew what to do", he continued. "I won't leave you Zane, not while you need me", he reassured him. He knew how his brother felt about there parents. He had felt the same at one point.

"Can...can I sit in your lap while we wait for mama or papa?" Zane asked, his cheeks flushed from crying and his eyes were red and puffy. He looked up at him pleadingly the only place he ever felt truly safe and fully happy apart from Zivon's arms. His mothers and fathers came close but it still wasn't the same as being held by Zivon. His mother used to tell him stories of how he started to cry as a baby if Zivon wasn't close enough to him. "Pretty please?" He asked, his lower lip starting to quiver, what if Zivon didn't want to hold him anymore? What if he thought he was too old for such things? Zane didn't know how he'd live without being able to curl up in Zivon's lap when scared or tired.

Zivon smiled and pulled his brother into his lap, "Of course you can Zane", he replied. He loved looking after his brother, it gave him something to do and make him feel important. No one else ever made him feel important. In fact after the things they had done, he felt like he was liking in his parents shadows. His mother and Pluto had done so much and he always felt that something was expected from him. It was like a constant weight on his shoulders. It was part of way he had asked Ares to train him more. He was a god of war as well after all and he wanted to learn from the best. "I will always protect you Zane", he continued. He now felt he may actually be qualified enough to do that.

"Mm." He said, snuggling closer to him, resting his head on Zivon's shoulder, he nuzzled his neck before yawning. The playing in the room and hurting his foot made his energy drag. "Is it okay if I sleep a little bit?" He asked, looking up at him with pleading eyes, glad that he told him that, but he was worried that when Zivon found a friend or girlfriend he would forget all about Zane and leave him all alone in the dust. His eyes started drooping after he said that but at his thoughts of being left behind his eyes popped open again.