Far From Worthless

A.N. I just got my first request from rock legend 166. It takes place after the giant war. I wont give too much away now so please enjoy. Also I don't own PJO or HOO or any Robert frost poems.

It was a gorgeous day the sun was shinning the birds were chirping the intro to this story is so cliché it makes me want to puke. Leo was just minding his own business on his way to bunker nine when he heard a voice he did not want to hear "hey punk" the dreaded voice belonged to none other than Clarisse La Rue daughter of Ares she was accompanied by her half brothers Mark and Sherman along with two of her half sisters Lilly and Peyton.

Leo tensed immediately he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. He had yet to have the pleasure of being a victim of the Ares kids but Percy and the others had told him enough about it that he Knew it would not be a pleasant experience.

"Last night I walked past your friend the roman punk Jason's cabin" Oh no It couldn't be he thought please please don't let Clarisse have overheard that conversation; last night he had confessed something very personal to Jason and he wasn't ready for anyone else to find out. Ad Leo's amazing luck would have it she continued,

"I happened to overhear a very disturbing conversation, about how you like guys"

"So what if I do?" defended Leo

"Well we cant let a faggot go running around camp and contaminating everything now can we?" she said as if she were talking to a three year old. The word faggot stung but it was nothing compared to what was yet to come.

Leo couldn't believe that when he told his best friend that he was Bisexual a stupid Ares jerk was listening for a reason to be at him up.

"If you beat me up my friends will make you pay." He said.

"Awe, how cute" laughed the older girl " This fag thinks he has Friends."

"I do have friends" said Leo.

"If there you friends then why don't they know you're a bisexual freak?" asked Clarisse then she voiced the answer that they were both thinking "Because They wouldn't like you if they knew"

"Jason's still my friend," said Leo unfortunately for him Mark had thought of a response to that

"He's not your friend he's just to nice to say it to your face that he doesn't like you but he always talks about how much he doesn't like you behind your back"

The son of Hephaestus was not known for his ability to detect lies nor was he any child of Athena so he obviously didn't pick up on the fact marks words were untruthful. Did Jason his best friend really hate him? He thought was he really alone in the world? He felt tears threatening to spill from his eyes but he held them to defend what little pride he had left.

Sherman's pulled him from his thoughts by smirking and saying

"Well now that we got that all cleared up let's get on with it." He tried to run but to no avail they surrounded him Clarisse delivered the first blow her fist came in contact with his jaw inflicting waves of pain causing red blood to pour out everywhere the Ares kids didn't seem to hold any concern over getting covered in there victims blood they relentlessly punched and kicked They had him on the ground within 15 seconds. He had given up trying to hold back his tears ant the clear drops now mixed with the blood pooling on the ground if they didn't stop soon he was going to bleed out and die.

"Please stop your gonna kill me." Managed Leo

"Don't worry nobody will miss you anyway" said a female voice he couldn't identify the owner because his vision was blurring. He really was the seventh wheel the one nobody wanted they were right nobody would miss him. Those words hurt him more than any physical pain ever could have.

Suddenly everything got dark he hadn't passed out, no it was as if a thousand shadows had come and fell upon him and his tormentors he heard a faint voice just louder than the ringing say

"Hey, back off" before his vision went black and his world went silent.

Leo stirred slightly noise was becoming clearer, unfortunately so was the pain he opened his eyes and blinked a few times to clear the blurriness. As soon as his vision cleared his eyes were met with unfamiliar surroundings.

"Leo your awake!" he heard a semi-enthusiastic voice say. He immediately whipped his head around to see none other than Nico di Angelo himself.

He tried to sit up but then he felt a sharp pain from where he had been kicked in the gut so he laid back down.

"Where am I? What happened?" Leo asked

"Your in my cabin. Don't you remember some of the Ares kids attacked you?" responded Nico. Leo was confused for a minute he was attacked then it all came back to him the Ares kids knew his secret he remembered the pain the insults the fact that he was worthless. He felt tears prick in his eyes but he held them back. He wondered why or how he got into the Hades cabin Nico couldn't possibly have taken him here he was probably forced by Chiron or Mr. D to let him stay her or something unless he didn't know yet.

"How did I get here?

"I brought you here those jerks beat you up pretty bad." Responded Nico.

"Why" the word relentlessly pounded all around the fire wielders head before it escaped through his lips.

"Because you were pretty badly be at up. Did you expect me to just let them kill you?" Leo didn't know how it happened probably his ADHD but the words came out of his mouth anyway.

"Nobody would miss me anyway." Nico was heartbroken to hear this he had always thought Leo had o much self confidence but hearing him say that made him realize how much like himself he really was.

"You don't really believe, that do you?" asked Nico in a gentle voice much different from his blunt everyday monotone.

"It's the truth." Replied the broken mechanic further ripping at Nico`s heart.

"A lot of people would miss you" Encouraged the ghost king.

"Like who?" demanded Leo Nico was going to say hazel or Jason or any of the Hephaestus cabin but instead he said one word that he felt but never dreamed of confessing to anyone else.

"Me"

It may not seem like a big deal saying you would miss a friend if they died but for the son of Hades who never let anyone in it was a big deal.

Leo desperately wished the word meant something but it didn't he had come to the conclusion the younger demigod didn't know his secret yet. He ignored all the pain he felt and stood up and left the bead he felt light headed and upset

"That's only because you don't know but pretty soon everyone will know and they will all hate me." He no longer cared he started crying and he didn't even notice the heat, or the smell of burnt clothing or any other indicator that he was on fire until Nico yelled.

Leo! You're on fire. He immediately tried to calm down and managed to stop the flame. He realized he was in nothing but his flameproof boxer shorts he felt something warm and wet run down his face, chest, arms, and legs and noticed that he was covered in blood Leo Valdez had thick red blood slowly flowing down his body

"Leo you burnt through the bandages I put on you" Leo felt a ball of guilt in his stomach he hadn't even noticed the bandages that Nico had went through the trouble putting on him so he wouldn't die. Of course he would regret it as soon as someone told him Leos secret but he was grateful either way.

"Stay right there while I get you some more bandages." Said Nico. Leo wanted to run but he couldn't bring himself to disobey Nico's order. Nico arrived moments later with some nectar and plenty of bandages for Leo.

He ordered the fire-wielder to drink some nectar then he made him sit down on the spare bed Leo was hesitant at first not wanting to get blood on the sheets but Nico insisted they could be washed so he sat down and let Nico wrap the bandages on all the damaged areas Leo turned his face away so Nico wouldn't see the blush on his cheeks every time their flesh came in contact. Nico was glad Leos face was turned away so he would not see the scarlet blush that had crept upon his pale face. He thought he had finally moved on from Percy unfortunately he had fallen for another guy he could never have or so he thought.

A thick silence fell upon the two as Nico worked. It was not an uncomfortable silence though no quite the opposite it was a lovely and well needed silence for the boys. Though as Robert frost said "Nothing gold can stay" and this relieving silence was no exception. Nico was the one to break the silence just as he put the last bandage on the older boys damages stomach.

"What is it I don't know that will make me hate you?"

"I can't tell you," said Leo

"Come on if what you said is true and everyone will know anyway wouldn't it be better to come clean and tell me yourself?" asked Nico wanting to know everything he could about the handsome Latino in front of him.

Leo summed up his courage it would make him look like less of a coward to his new unattainable crush if he came clean.

"Imbisexualsoilikeguysandgirls" he said to fast for anyone to have a hope of understanding

"In English or Greek please" said Nico Leo took a breath this was it the big reveal he braced himself for the pain of his impending rejection and said

"I'm Bisexual" Nico was full of joy his crush was bi so he had a chance.

"Leo I don't hate you."

"please don't lie to me and make it worse" said Leo

"I'm not lying"

"Why don't you hate me then"

"Because of this" replied the ghost king before doing the bravest thing he ever did since Croatia and Tartarus he slammed his ice cold lips against leos hot ones for the most magical kiss in the world!

The End!
A.N. sorry for the crappy ending I didn't really know how to describe kissing I don't know much about it. Sorry that this took so long to write I really wanted it to be good but it came out crappy anyway. I am desperate for more prompts so don't hesitate to send me one. You can send as many prompts as you want. I think that's all so goodnight review and remember the governments always watching!

-metheperson7

Word count including A.N. 1890