After a short but oh-so-sweet romp with Lethe, I helped the slightly unsteady goddess back to the wedding hall.
"My stomach still aches," she mumbled.
"Ahem..." I replied, trying to sound nonchalant.
We’d gotten back to the ceremony as quickly as possible, so surely no one had noticed…
"Where were you two rushing off to?"
"Wha—! S-Styx?"
Goddess Styx, eyes narrowed like a hawk, observed us as we cautiously entered, hand-in-hand. Arms crossed, she interrogated us like Hera catching Zeus in a scandalous affair.
"What were you doing? You two were practically glued together, like you’d just… you know."
"Um, well…"
"And I think I smell something… something rather… suggestive."...
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