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Artemis POV
"Percy!" Thalia shouted and bounded over to him to hug him.
"You dare touch our lieutenant, boy?" Phoebe snarled. Yeah, it'll take a while for her to warm up to Perseus.
Percy raised his hands in a surrendering gesture.
"I-I" Percy stuttered.
"We're just friends, gods." Thalia said, rolling her eyes.
"Anyway girls, as I was saying before Perseus arrived, he will be doing our chores for us." I told them.
The girls shouted in glee.
Percy groaned. "You didn't think I would let you live here for free did you?" I asked, my anger rising.
"No, but I can tell that I have more than just laundry to do judging by the hunters' glee."
He responded. Maybe he isn't as stupid as he looks.
"You are correct, and girls you are dismissed, Perseus, come with me." I said.
Percy POV
Damn, Artemis is beaut- CAN'T BE HAVING THOSE THOUGHTS ABOUT A MAIDEN GODDESS! I'm bound to get heartbroken if I get too attached to her. I thought.
After following Artemis back to her tent, she turned around and handed me a list which I presumed was the chores list.
Artemis POV
"You will have to do laundry, sharpen arrows, sharpen knives, make breakfast, lunch and dinner, and you will have to train with me to practice with your godly powers." I told him. Then, he took the list and set out.
Then I started to think about Perseus. He never gloats, even though he has so much to gloat about, and he's so cut- Okay, stop. VIRGIN GODDESS HERE. APHRODITE!
Percy POV
The chores were hard. And that's putting it simply.
I walked over to the river and noticed a mound of clothes, and a box on the side clearly labeled 'Undergarments'. Stay away from those!
Plus, I noticed that 1/6 of the clothes were punk clothes. Thalia… …You have a problem.
I figured that since I was a son of Poseidon that I could swirl the clothes around in the water, and it was somewhat of a recreation of a washing machine. After taking five minutes to find the clothesline I pinned all the clothes there to dry. All of this took about 30 minutes, and then I went off to find Artemis to tell her I was finished. When I got to Artemis' tent it was around 2:30 P.M. I knocked on the pole and she walked out.
"Asking for a break already I assume?" Artemis asked.
"I uh, came to tell you I finished." I told her sheepishly.
She stared at me for a second. "What did you just say?" She questioned.
"I finished" I said again, slowly this time, as if saying it to a 2 year old.
"That's impossible! My best hunters take at least two hours to do all of that laundry!" She shrieked.
"Well I didn't finish all of it-" I started, but she cut me off.
"Aha! So you didn't finish it all!" She accused.
"I didn't do the undergarments because I didn't have a death wish." I told her.
She zoned out for a few seconds, and I could tell she was debating against herself.
Artemis POV
My respect for him soared at that moment. Most men would want to touch the undergarments because they're perverts. Then again, he isn't like most men.
"Okay, most men would've touched them, and I thank you for not doing so. I will get some of my hunters on that immediately. Alright, back to your chores." I said, making a shooing motion."
He grinned. "Whatever you say, Arty," He mumbled.
"I heard that!" I yelled.
"I know you did," He said, smiling.
I blushed a little. Thankfully he didn't notice.
"Urrrghhh!" I yelled.
He grinned as he walked away to do the other chores.
I cannot be feeling like this. I am a maiden goddess! I can't fall for somebody! Regardless if he is one of the best, if not the best man there is out ther- Okay, stop! I need to distance myself from him. Even if I do become really mean towards him, it's all for the sake of distancing myself. I concluded.
Time Skip 3 Months
Percy POV
These past few months have been hard. Not very many hunters have warmed up to me, and ever since the day after my first day of chores, Artemis has been really cold towards me, and it's starting to affect me.
Anyway, I had just served dinner about 10 minutes ago to the ungrateful hunters, and only Thalia and about 3 of the younger hunters told me what they wanted with even a hint of politeness. I was finishing my pizza, and I decided to head off to the lake. Oh, and since I was blessed by Aphrodite, I could change my clothing to that of anything I wanted. I changed into some sea green swim trunks and hopped into the cold water. After swimming for around 20 minutes, I got bored and hopped out of the river and onto the bank.
"Why does Artemis hate me?" I muttered. Then, I felt a presence behind me.
"Yes, milady?" I asked.
"How did you know I was here?" She asked in complete bewilderment.
"God of the hunt, at your service," I said lazily.
"Oh, right," She said more to herself than anyone else.
"I just came down here to look at the lake, it's really beautiful at night" She said. Oh, and I forgot to mention that it's 8:47 at night.
"I agree with you on the beauty of the lake" I told her.
"Well, I heard what you said, and there is a reason as to why I'm being so cold towards you," She said.
She looked like she was about to tell me a big secret.
"I have something to tell you too. I'll go first." I said looking her in those beautif- She'll never reciprocate those feelings, Percy! My conscious argued. Screw it. I told my conscious.
"What I wanted to tell you is that I-" I took a deep breath. "I kind of really like you, and I know that you'll never share those feelings bu-" I was cut of by a pair of warm soft lips on my own, and my eyes widened. We pulled apart, and she started to speak.
"Don't ever speak about this ever again," She stated coldly. Dang, her mood shifted in a complete 180.
"But-" I started to say, but was cut off, yet again.
"Go guard the camp, boy," She sneered, but I could tell it wasn't a real sneer. Her face held resentment for a moment, before she turned her head and walked away.
"Eh, my life Is a mistake anyway," I mumbled. I could tell she heard, and she stopped for a split second before continuing to walk back to her tent.
Pertemis has started! Woot woot!