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After giving her silly Caelan a pep talk and seeing him off with a pat on the back and a kiss on the cheek-
Hestia promptly rolled over and curled up in their bed with a whimper. Now that it was the morning after, her body, especially down there was aching in ways she hadn't known was possible before.
Despite how gentle Caelan was with her, he was a very big boy and it was her first time.
Despite the aching pain though, Hestia couldn't contain her giddiness at all and just basked in the morning afterglow.
….One thing she did learn as she lay there though, was that sex had a distinctive scent.
And it was all over her bed sheets.
And her.
"…I'm gonna need to wash these sheets." she realised with a groan.
And herself.
If she ran into practically any deity, they'd probably smell the heady scent wafting from her body. She wasn't ashamed in any shape or form and would happily shout about her and her precious Caelan's loving romp from the rooftops in pride…that didn't change the fact she was known as one of the three virgin goddesses up in Tenkai.
And her giving up her virginity to a mortal child would be cause for gossip and interest.
And the longer she could keep their eyes off of Caelan until he grew strong enough to ward off everyone himself, the better.
'Ugh, I've got other things to do today as well.' she whimpered mentally. While she didn't have work today, she'd promised Caelan she'd talk to Hephaestus about getting one of her shops off of her in Babel Tower or at least renting the space.
And she'd took it upon herself to pick up what he needed while he was in the dungeon so he didn't have to himself when he was all exhausted from the dungeon.
Well…she couldn't put it off. She didn't want to either. She had to show some reliability as his goddess right?
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Hestia learned one very surprising fact when she managed to roll out of bed and slip her casual white dress on.
When she got to her feet and made her way out of the church that was her and Caelan's home for the moment…she couldn't walk normally.
Her steps were ginger and she had to walk with her legs spread apart. It had to be done to walk without her hips smarting.
'I used to think all those sluts were just playing it up when they walked bowlegged after sex, I didn't think it was a real thing!' the twin tailed goddess of the hearth moaned within her head as she slowly made her way through the streets of Orario towards her destination.
Etna Volcano, the home of of the Hephaestus Familia.
"…I should have totally had Caelan heal me before he left." she mumbled to herself as she trudged along. With just a wave of his hand he could have sprinkled her with some of his love(powders) for her and healed her up in a jiffy!
She was so dumb!
Super dumb!
Thankfully, it wasn't that long later she managed to reach her destination and despite some odd looks she got from some of Hephaestus' children, they didn't say anything beyond greeting her and let her into the large manor.
Her best friend looked up as she all but crumpled her way into her office, "Hestia?" Hephaestus raised a fine red eyebrow at her.
Hestia didn't answer for a moment, instead shuffling her way over to the couch she had spent months reclining on after coming down from Tenkai and all but collapsed in it with a great and powerful sigh of relief.
"I'm not giving you a single valis, no matter how pitiful a look you put on." Hephaestus added drily.
"I'm not here for money!" Hestia squawked on instinct. Her hand went to her waist where a pouch of valis hung and she pat it roughly, making the mass amount of coins within it jingle loudly, "I get more than enough now thanks to my Caelan!"
The pouch she was carrying right now had a full five hundred thousand valis for her to use as she pleased!
Way more than she needed and way more than she expected to see for a long time before she met Caelan and took him in as her first child. But, he'd not taken no for an answer and just left it for her before he shot off to go maul monsters for fun in the dungeon.
Caelan was a bit weird like that. She loved it though!
"...Right, you did pick up a child recently didn't you?" the goddess of the smith paused in what she was doing and gave Hestia her full attention, "And going by that pouch of valis, it seems to be going well, really well actually. Did you pick up someone that was in a Familia before yours?"
"Nope, my Caelan is just special," Hestia preened, sticking her nose into the hair smugly. Usually she wouldn't be so open about him with another deity, but she could trust Hephaestus, "Actually…maybe he's a little too special." her smug look faded into a grimace.
"Mmhmm?" Hephaestus hummed, "So you're here about him then?"
"You're too smart," Hestia pouted at her, "But yes, well, more that, he asked me to talk to you about something when he heard we were friends."
"I'm not giving him a weapon." Hephaestus cut that route off instantly.
"Mou! Why do you think I'm here to scrounge from you so much, didn't my big jingly coin pouch convince you I'm not like that now?" Hestia pouted.
"….It hasn't even been a month yet since I kicked you out and you came crawling back whining about how you didn't have a home, food or money." Hephaestus deadpanned.
"Ack!" Hestia choked.
She couldn't deny her shamefully recent past.
Hestia shook her head, "That's totally behind me now!" she declared grandly, "I'm here because Caelan wanted to see what it would take for you to let us use one of your stores in Babel Tower!"