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Jason walked to the arena to clear his head. Piper had slapped him and basically abused of him when he told her that he didn't feel like he needed a girlfriend. She had finally stormed off to find Annabeth. Jason just wanted some time to think over the girl's strange actions, and also to figure out why he even got with and dealt with her in the first place.

When he arrived with his sword in hand someone else was already in the arena. The figure slashed and hacked with speed only a skilled warrior could have, or a barbarian. Jet black hair waved in the air as long and muscular arms held a Celestial Bronze sword in their grip, slicing through the stomach of the dummy, cutting the thing in half. The figure's tanned skin glowed golden in the golden glint coming off of the sword.

Jason sucked in a breath. He knew who this was, and couldn't stop looking at his friend.

His muscled legs tensed as he turned with amazing accuracy and lobbed the head of the last one off cleanly and broke it off its spike with a kick. He turned towards Jason and his eyes widened a bit in surprise before assuming their natural calm. The sea green eyes gleamed brightly in the sunlight of morning, his face, arms, and legs glistening with sweat.

"H-Hey Jace." Percy said, out of breath a bit. "What's up?"

"H-Hey Perce." Jason stuttered a bit but Percy missed it. "Just came to practice. M-Mind if I join?"

"Not a-at all. Come on in." Percy walked over to the side and grabbed his water bottle before drinking some and pouring some on his face. He instantly looked reenergized.

Percy helped Jason take off the beheaded and chopped up training dummies before putting new ones on. Jason couldn't help but glance over at Percy while they trained on the dummies.

He'd never really payed attention to the son of Poseidon, but now he just couldn't stop. Every time they went to the arena to practice Jason watched Percy as he slashed and swiped heads and arms off of the dummies. Jason thought they were becoming great friends as well.

This day was strangely different though. When Jason arrived at the arena it was empty. Percy came a few minutes later and dropped down his water bottle. "Let's spar."

That startled Jason enough that he dropped his Imperial Gold sword. "W-W-What?" he stuttered.

Percy summoned his Celestial Bronze sword and looked to Jason. "What's wrong?" He smirked with his mischievous grin. "Don't want to fight me?"

Jason recovered with a smirk of his own. It's on. "It's on." He picked up his gladius before getting into a fighting stance. Percy swung his sword in front of him. When he saw Jason was ready he fought in fury. Jason only had time to register the emotion before parrying and blocking the attacks. After multiple exchanges of blows and blocks Percy lifted off of Jason's chest, causing him to stumble back as Percy flipped onto his feet and advanced on him.

That's when Jason made his mistake. His foot slid on his training bag and his sword fell from his hand. Everything went fast. An identical sound alerted that Percy dropped his as well. Jason felt gravity pull him before his back and head hit the ground. He felt a bigger weight fall onto his chest and legs.

He looked up to see Percy's face mere inches away from his. He could see from this proximity the different shaded flecks of sea green, blues, and greens in his irises. The scent of sea breeze filled Jason's nose, and the scent filled him with warmth and calmness for some reason.

They stayed that way for more than a few minutes before Jason looked away and cleared his throat, his face burning. "Erm, P-Percy?"

He answered in a soft voice. "Yea?"

He stuttered. "W-would you- um, you know..." Percy seemed to get the idea and his face turned red.

"Y-Yeah. Sorry I'm s-so clumsy." He got up sheepishly and helped Jason up, both as red as strawberries. They both stared at their feet until Percy tried to blow it off with a laugh. "That was funny, right?"

Jason tried to nod and answer coherently. "Y-y-yeah, v-very weird." He looked to his training bag and back to Percy before stepping backwards. "Um, I th-think I should go. I-I need to go."

"Sure no problem." Percy said at once. Jason was already holding his training bag and about to walk away when Percy called out, "Hey Jason!"

He turned slowly, trying not to lose the neutral expression on his face. "Yeah?"

Percy shifted on his feet and rubbed the back of his neck. "Want to, hang out sometime?" Jason stood silent, stunned. Sure they hung out but he knew what Percy meant, and it startled him that it seemed so sudden. When he didn't answer Percy deflated. "Forget I said anything-"

"Yes! I mean, sure, if you want to." Jason answered quickly as to not lose his chance or so.

Percy's sea green eyes brightened. "What about tomorrow? After dinner? Would that be okay? Only if you want to." He said it nervously

"Y-yeah, tomorrow it is."

"See you then." Jason walked off with a feeling in his chest that he couldn't figure out as excitement.

J/N: Here you guys go! I really do hope you enjoy this and thank you to the people who have stuck with me and inspire me to write more. I know it might be too quick moving, which is actually part of the plot for later, there might be a lemon in the next chapter, probably next. So enjoy!