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Hearing some laughter, the sun god glances down, eyes resting on the two who were a little ways away. Being up in this tree was like having a bird's eye view. He can't stop the grin that stretches over his face as he watches them. Why was he worrying? Just because Endymion was a little angry at him didn't mean that their relationship would totally dissolve. Endymion still had some feelings for him, right? He watches them laughing and sighs, looking back up towards the heavens.
It was then that he met Zeus' eyes. Nearly startling out of the branches, Apollo regains composure from the shock of the thunder god floating in the air in front of him. Zeus had a keen smile on his face, "Apollo, I told you what I did at the cafe to warn you. I very well knew his powers. I knew something like this would have to happen for him to gain them. I just pushed Athena a little, and you did all the work for me. I created him and he is mine."

Zeus smirks, still holding Apollo's gaze. The two were locked in stares, as if sizing the other up. But somehow Zeus had seen past Apollo's shoulder to... The thunder god lets out a booming laugh, then reaches forward and turns Apollo's chin until both of their eyes rest on Diana and Endymion.
Speechless and slack-jawed, all the sun god can do is stare as they... Zeus pipes up in a low voice, "He is mine. Even if I have to drive him into the arms of another, you will never have him... What did you think, Apollo?... That I'd let you get away with tearing my empire down single-handedly?"
With a sudden violent swing backward, he slams his fist into his father's jaw, thrusting the god of thunder into the treetops, the sound of cracking branches filling the air. Once it was evident that Zeus had left, the remaining god in his treetop couldn't hold back the sobs. He sinks into the tree's canopy, his powers failing him and begins to fall, only stopping when he hits a tree branch and grips onto it, laying there on the branch and letting his tears flow anew. He was losing Endymion.

Apollo didn't see this, of course. He was totally surrounded by a kaleidescope of green and brown. He sits up on the branch, leaning his back into the trunk of the tree as he tries to still his sobs. The thought that he may never have Endymion's love again... He lets out a soft anguished cry. He didn't know if he could ever survive if Endymion and Diana were to.... No... He would die. Zeus would get his wish. Maybe he had survived once with his heart ripped from his chest, but he knew this time he could not. He glances down at his ashen greyish pale skin, as if the sun within him had died. If this was his fate, then the least he could do was make it up to Endymion by giving him Spring again. He jumps down to the forest floor and kneels on the ground, beginning to pray to the Sun, Moon, and Earth itself, praying for the knowledge of how bring Spring back.

The sun god glances up, his silence disturbed. His eyes caught on Diana walking through the forest a few yards away, towards the camp. Scrubbing the teartracks from his cheeks with his fingers, he stands up, following her to camp. One wouldn't be able to tell that he was crying, but his greyish skin and eyes were both hard to miss, something he couldn't cover up. He finds that he can't raise his eyes to her, can't look at the face that had been luring his lover. He instead gazes at the ground, "Any ideas for his training today?"

Apollo startles to his feet at Endymion's voice and quickly lays out a nearby towel to lay Adel down. Lookingover the boy, he pushes down panic as his own powers crackle around him. He begins pumping at Adel's sternum, his hands infusing warmth through the body. He looks up to his sister, "Diana, this loosens the water from his chest, but I know you can draw it out. Most of it is in his lungs, but I'm pushing it to the airpipes if you can just pull it the rest of the way to his mouth." He keeps pumping, calm despite the terror growing inside of him.

The sun god breathes a sigh of relief, having to calm his own fast breathing. He gently pats Adel's back as his other hands dries his clothing and hair, heating the body and pushing away hypothermia. Hearing sniffling, his glances up at Endymion and gives him a small smile, "You did really well by getting him here so quickly."

Apollo lets out a barely audible gasp at the hug, but hugs back for those few precious seconds, nearly shaking in passion that his body was trying to express. All too quickly, the arms were gone, but the simple fact that Endymion had just huged him willingly still made the warmth of the embrace linger.
Giving a small smile to the mortal boy, he ruffles his hair tenderly, "All that matters is that you are ok...." He glances up to Diana, giving her a warm smile. "Not trying to spoil the fun, but you two do know that the fish tend to linger in the gentler parts of the river anyways. I just don't want a repeat of this..." He grabs a blanket from the nearest tent and wraps it around Adel's shoulders, "Gods may be immortal, but that doesn't mean we can't have heartattacks..." He hugs Adel breifly, smiling and even chuckling a little, just fully relieved and overjoyed that the boy was ok.

Apollo chuckles at Adel's face, admiring the boy for his bravery even after he was nearly killed in the river, "Don't worry, Adel. Think of it more as company. It's not like we are going to sit there like chaperones, staring at you to make sure you don't make a wrong move." He rests his hands on Adel's shoulder, infusing more warmth into the shivering, cold body. The river was always frigid, but in the winter... well, if the water wasn't moving so rigorously, it would have frozen over.
The sun god blinks at the proposal, but knew that this may be the only way to get Endymion sufficiently ready, "She's right, Endymion... Once we are sure you are ready, then we'll let you sleep before you have to face Athena... And after this is all over, you can sleep all you want. I promise." He finaly glances down, having not wanted to look before. The ring wasn't on Endymion's finger. His chest clenching at the sight, he tries the mask the pain with an emotionless mask over his face.