Dionysus, unlike his brother, always had an optimistic outlook on life. He tried to find the good in everyone. There wasn't much he could complain about, he had a good life. Even with the knowledge of what his brother was doing, he still looked to find the good in him. When he wasn't busy trying to change Aries's mind on his current lifestyle, he was hanging around his girlfriend, Charlotte. She was his anchor in the sea of life, his constant in the ever changing world. Now no one knows how he's been able to afford it, but his apartment was nothing short of luxurious. Whenever he was asked he always responded with something similar to "a blessing from the gods".

The most well known thing about him though, was that he was seen as attractive by most people. Not a day would go by when someone wasn't hitting on him. He didn't have any problems with it, he didn't understand why people thought about him that way, but it wasn't an issue. What was an issue was when he didn't quite understand what people were getting at when they flirted with him sometimes, which would lead to people getting upset with him. He didn't do it on purpose, and always tried to make up for it.

Dionysus was always a bit of a dunce, he had his moments when he knew exactly what was going on, but most of the time he was out of the loop. The one thing he made sure to keep tabs on and stay informed on was his brother. His brother was the main reason he was in the situation he was right now after all, he felt as though he should thank him for what he gained from it but on the same note, he wanted to save him from the path he was already on. As if it were even possible, he had hope it was. Ever since his mother, he had abandonment issues and was worried that he would lose his brother and he would never come back to him.

However today, his biggest issue to deal with was planning on introducing his girlfriend to his dad. His dad lived outside of the city in a smaller town and it was roughly a 45 minute drive with no traffic. He had to plan on if he was going to be doing it this weekend or next weekend or even tomorrow. The phone ringing pulled him out of his thoughts, he searched for where he might have put it before realizing it was still in his pocket, something that happened frequently. "Hello? Dionysus speaking."

"Dionysus? It's Amphitrite, I need to talk to you."

"About what? Our brunch isn't scheduled for another week." Dionysus said looking at the calendar hung on the wall in which the next tuesday was circled in bright red ink. "Is it about a therapy session?"

"A little," Amphitrite began, "it's more about your brother's sessions." What would she have to say to him about his brother's sessions? Wasn't she supposed to keep it a secret or something? Dionysus was almost confident that he wasn't supposed to know what the two of them talked about. "He hasn't been showing up to them and I think he might be engaging in self destructive behavior again."

"Like the smoking?"

"Maybe, or possibly worse. I don't think he would engage in something more physically harming than smoking or drinking but I can't say it wouldn't be unlikely." She explained to him as he listened intently, he was always worried about his younger brother, especially when it came to these things. But he knew there had to have been a few things that he was keeping from her, like his "condition". Of course, Dionysus suffered from a similar condition but not in the same way and he didn't tell anyone about it, so he figured it'd be best if Aries told her on his own terms. "Of course if you see him I'd appreciate it if you would remind him of our sessions, but I'd also greatly appreciate if you could monitor his behavior a bit for me."

"Oh absolutely, I could absolutely do that for you Ammie."

He heard her let out a light laugh from the other end of the phone, her laugh was melodic and he enjoyed hearing it. It was something of a sound he'd gotten used to after knowing her for years, she was always so bubbly and giddy whenever she wasn't talking about a serious subject, he liked that about her. She was a ray of sunshine in the dark world that involved Aries. He hung up after exchanging goodbyes and put his phone back in his pocket. He looked out the window at the fairly clear sky, it wasn't too late for him to go for his morning run, but upon looking down at the sidewalk he saw there was more foot traffic than there was when he would usually take his morning runs. Today would have to be the one day when he wasn't able to get cardio in at his scheduled time.

Instead of dwelling on it, he went into the kitchen to make a late breakfast of eggs and bacon. The cold chill of the fridge was a feeling he quite enjoyed in contrast to his usually warm body. Despite wearing just a pair of sweatpants he was still incredibly warm for it being nine in the morning. He grabbed out what he would need and got to cooking.