He smiled to the kiss and the comment, "I'm going to tell him you said that. He'd take it as a compliment." And seeing Hephaestus had probably the shittiest situation next to Hades himself he wasn't above letting his nephew know he was valued. "Garnets it is," he'd set them aside later as he heard her request. He made a face at the mention of Spring, but it was easier now with how they'd learned to bend the rules a little, and looking after his son.
"Wherever you want to go then." He checked the time, "the sun won't try and murder me for too much longer. Just us or do you want to bring Stephanos and Melinoe too?"