"Tell Jared to keep his filthy hands off my little sister!"

Well, her fury was better on James than it would be on him, he mused thoughtfully as he stared at the female, her blue eyes sparkling with anger.

"I can't do that to them, I've seen he has deep feelings for her," James replied with a shrug.

Wrong move, dude, Cupid groaned.

He was right when he called his shrug a wrong move because she took his shrug as a sign of lack of concern.

"Feelings like yours?" She sneered.

Cupid was quick to notice the hurt look that crossed his face and he felt a pang of guilt as he stared at them quarrel.

They would have been wonderful couples, you know, his subconscious reminded him.

He rolled his eyes. He already knew that and didn't need to be reminded.

"Cassie, you know that's not true," he muttered in a broken voice.

Save for Cupid's hypersensitive ears, he wouldn't have heard the guy.

"What I know is that you are an unreliable, egotistical maniac!" She yelled in his face.

"I hate you!"

Cupid stepped out of his hiding spot to hold the wailing female as she repeatedly hit his chest, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"I hate you, James!"

That's an improvement, he mused thoughtfully, when there's hate there's still hope for love.

"Cassie, I believe this young man has had enough of your harassment," he said pulling her away from James who did nothing but gaze at her with a sober expression.

"Let me go!"

The female transferred her aggression to him, hitting on his chest with her fist.

"What's it to you?" She snapped, "I told you to fuck me and you refused."

"That's not an appropriate discussion right now and I can't remember you telling me that," he replied calmly.

"Well, fuck me!"

He shook his head as he watched her strut off then turned towards James who was glaring at him, anger simmering in his eyes.

"Who the fuck are you?!"

Cupid knew from experience that questions like this from humans were always accompanied by a punch but with immortals like himself, it was a display of magic so he wasn't surprised when James swung his fist back and connected with empty air before landing on the floor.

"How did you...wh-what the..."

Cupid nodded allowing the surprised mortal to recover from his shock and stand up.

"You think you're so macho simply because you can dodge a couple of blows, right!" James sneered.

"I'm not fucking your girl and I have no intentions of doing that."

His thoughts were occupied by a certain flawless goddess.

"You're not?"

Cupid groaned. "Nope, I just wanna help."

James sat down on the terrace suddenly feeling sad and tired. Tears filled his green eyes and Cupid felt another twinge of guilt.

"There's no hope there," he mumbled.

Cupid chuckled softly. Humans were of so little faith. Despite their anger, he knew they would eventually confess their feelings for each other, especially with the arrows.

The only reason why he was doing this was that he needed to hasten up their feelings for each other before Christmas. He may deserve punishment but it didn't remain in the mortal world.

"What's funny?" James questioned curiously.

"I'm trying to tell you that there's hope, James," Cupid replied.

James rolled his eyes. "There's no shooting star."

Cupid's ears perked up. Shooting stars were the stars Zeus releases on special occasions in Olympus to celebrate with the humans and granting any wish made on a shooting star.

"Why do you need a shooting star?" He asked James.

"Why not? To wish for a Cupid arrow of course," James replied.

Cupid laughed. Genuine laughter since he was banished to the human realm.

"Wish granted."

James rolled his eyes. "Yeah right, cause there's a shooting star in sight right."

Cupid shrugged before standing up. "Lesson one, James there's always hope."

"I suppose I have lesson two?" James asked sarcastically.

Cupid nodded. "Lesson two, never underestimate anyone."

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Cupid was still wearing a smile when he entered the house to see Cassie sulking by the fireplace. He had no intentions to speak with her just yet so he ignored her and went in search of Ella and Jared.

He needed to feel a positive aura, all of Cassie and James angry aura had left him feeling drained and empty.

He saw them holding hands, sitting down in the courtyard, and staring at the stars. He could feel the love all around him, it made his heart glad and he temporarily forgot that he had been banished.

He was a god of affection so he thrived where there was love.

"Cupid!" Jared hollered him over.

He walked up to them smiling. "I see you both are having fun."

Ella giggled turning bright red. "Yes, we are."

Cupid noticed the weather wasn't so bad as it had been earlier so the couples could enjoy their romantic night without freezing to death.

"Thank you for helping us be together today," Jared said beaming at him.

Cupid nodded gazing at the stars. He always thought of them as the most beautiful creation ever but tonight he wasn't seeing stars but the face of his beloved.

"What about my sister?" Ella asked concern shining in her green eyes.

Cupid chuckled. "She's sulking in the fireplace."

"What happened?" Jared inquired.

"Nothing much just an argument with James," he replied.

"I wonder if they'll ever be able to get over their differences," Jared mused quietly.

"Yeah," Ella agreed, "It's hard to believe that by this time last year they were preparing to get married."

Cupid groaned inwardly. The universe and his subconscious had made it their mission to keep reminding him that he was the reason two perfect couples had broke up.

At that thing, he hadn't even known so it wasn't technically his fault but whichever way he looked at it he still knew he was at fault.

"A shooting star!" He heard James cry out, courtesy of his ears.

He looked up and saw it.

That was not a star at all.

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