A/N: A really (and I mean REALLY) short one shot I made to blow off some steam after finishing The Mark of Athena. Something I want to happen, but most likely won't, just because I want it to.

MINOR SPOLIER FOR MOA!

I DON'T OWN PERCY JACKSON.

You will always be the odd one out. That's what Nemesis had told Leo. And, when the quest started, he had agreed.

Percy and Annabeth had known each other since they were 12. They were always close, but then they started dating. It seemed like the months apart only made them closer, instead of splitting the apart.

Jason and Piper had meet at the same time Leo had met Jason. In fact, Leo had met Piper first. But how long they had known each other didn't matter with these two, they were dating, and Leo could see that his friends truley did love each other.

Frank and Hazel had only met a month before the quest. They were from two different worlds (or, times, really), but they somehow shared a connection that seemed nearly as deep as Percy and Annabeth's.

And then there was Leo, all alone. Not dating anyone, not having anyone to date, even if he could. The others tryed to make him feel comfortable with being in the group, but it was a hard thing to do.

Leo had spent most of his life running, trying not to let anyone get to close. Now here he was, with people that want to get close to him, despite knowing how dangerous he is. It was hard.

Then Nico came. At first, Leo was scarred of the son of Hades. He looked scary, and ad a haunted look in his eyes. But after time, Leo began to enjoy being with Nico.

Nico had always been an outcast as well.

A son of Hades was unwanted in Camp Half-Blood, and most places. Nico couldn't remember his life before the hotel in Vagus. But he had been alone for a long time and, even after he was excepted, he was still an outcast, because that's who he is.

The two outsiders formed a bond, a strange bond made out of an understanding of each other, and a want to have someone who understood them, but still a bond.

It wasn't a bond like Percy and Annabeth, formed over time.

It wasn't a bond like Jason and Piper, made through a short friendship.

It wasn't a bond like Frank and Hazel, a quickly formed relationship.

It was a bond, completely and totally (and totally straight) of their own.

I hate this, tell me if you agree.