And after a long period of being on an unspoken hiatus, I'm back! Already 1 fifth of the way done ;-;

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Style: One-shot Chapters; Small plot

Pairing: Percy/Leo

Chapters Total: 50

Summary: Percy has recently broken up with Annabeth on mutual feelings. The daughter of Athena was more or less in love with a certain Praetor of Rome already. Finally, she and Reyna were in love, after many years of dreaming. But what about Percy? He had finally built the courage to tell Nico about his feelings (Nico's confession never happened), but he had only been rejected. Apparently, Jason and Nico were already dating, unknown to everybody. He had spent the whole night not crying, but just being sad. And a son of Hephaestus was feeling the same way. He hadn't known Jason was cheating on him until Percy told him. And that fact just made his life harder. Somehow, though, Percy has found a way to cope through the depression. And what might that be? Well, he spends his time wooing Leo Valdez.

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"Who WAS that?"

Leo turned around, just to see Nyssa with fumes coming out of her ears. He stopped polishing a shield and faced her, leaning back on the counter. "What do you mean by that?" He questioned, blowing his curly hair out of his face.

"I mean, yesterday!" She yelled. Her half-brother just raised an eyebrow. "Oh, don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. "

Slowly, Leo came to realization. His eyes widened, mouth agape. "H-How do you know about that?" The daughter of Hephaestus just rolled her eyes and glared.

"Doesn't. Matter. What matters is who was calling you!" Nyssa huffed. She muttered to herself, "It better be Percy, because I actually ship it so much..."

"It's none of your business, Nyss. Really, it's nothing..."

She slammed her palms against the table, scaring Leo. "Leo, tell me. This is a serious thing, for me at least. Now, who is it, and if you don't tell me, I'll get Silena involved." He gulped.

"SofmaybzisJson..." he murmured. With a death glare from his half-sister, Leo sighed and repeated what he said. "J-Jason..."

"WHAT?!"

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"I mean, I don't get it!" Nyssa complained to Lacy, while they were eating cake. "Leo is so very innocent and Jason is like a - a wish for trouble! How could he accept an invitation from HIM?! I just... there has to be some sort of manipulation involved. I don't even know, Lacy, I literally can't even right now."

Lacy put her hand on Nyssa's while she drank some milk. "Nyssa, calm down. You don't know for sure if it's like, a real date or so. Eat some cake. It's delicious."

Nyssa complied and took a bite of her cake. It tasted very sweet, but refreshing at the same time. "What kind of cake is this?" She asked.

"Hmm?" Lacy looked up from her book on her lap. "Newest sponge fruit cake. Trust me, there are better ones out there."

"Huh. I didn't realize - wait! We're getting off topic. Lacy, please. What should I do?!" Nyssa began to fret.

Lacy pat her head and handed her a glass of milk. "It's like, 10 dollars for 1 glass. Enjoy."

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Piper sat on her head, attempting to brush Percy's hair for the fourth or fifth time.

"You okay up there?" Percy snickered, sneakily messing his hair back up.

Piper groaned. "Argh! I swear, this hair is like Celestial Bronze! It. Won't. Move!" She complained, switching her brush. Percy just chuckled, nibbling on a blue cookie.

"You might as well just give up, Pipes." He said with a smirk plastered on his face. "This has been your challenge for over a year. Aren't you ready to give up?"

Piper scrunched up her nose and pouted. "No. Not yet. Humph."

Percy closed his eyes, savouring the sweetness in his mouth. All of a sudden, he realized.

Where's Annabeth?

"Hey... where did Annie go?"

Piper stopped for a second. She looked around the room in confusion. She was just here...

BAM!

The duo jumped up in surprise, only to see a tired daughter of Athena panting against the door. "Annie!" Percy cried, running up to her. "What happened?"

After taking a brisk drink of water, she replied, "Leo's... going on... a... date!"

"I'm sorry, WHAT?!" Piper yelled, clearly mad. She stomped over to where Percy was fanning the blonde and put her hands on her hips.

Annabeth caught hold of herself and flopped onto Piper's bed. "Lacy told me that Nyssa told her she overheard Leo on the phone talking to SOMEONE about a DATE! And it WASN'T PERCY!" She groaned angrily, just as confused and irritated as Piper.

Percy sat there, not knowing what he should do. Act confused, or be just as heartbroken as he was?

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Nyssa nodded to Piper. "Ready?" The latter whispered.

"Yup." Nyssa nodded. "Mission find-out-what-the-heck-Leo's-doing is a go. Let's do this."

The duo sneaked along the outside of a local restaurant, wearing dark colour and dirty gym shoes. They slid around the store before coming to a small window, where they peaked in. It was the perfect view of a table for two where they knew the horrid couple would be. Piper nodded to Nyssa as they saw Leo and *shiver* Jason walk in and sit down. The former looked better than ever, with Leo having tried to comb his hair for once. It failed miserably, though.

"If only he were on a date with Percy..." Piper sighed in disappointment, shaking her head.

Nyssa grunted. "If that were the case, we would've been even more interested and probably would have bought moustaches by now."

"Probably."

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Leo came back an hour later with a small smile on his face. He had eaten to his heart (and stomach's) content and planned to just slam onto bed and sleep. He was met with, however, two prying girls and a solemn Water Boy.

"Well? How did it go?" Nyssa asked, pretending she had not known how it went. sadly, it went somewhat decently.

"Hmm...fine. He's not as bad as people say he is..." The forger flopped onto his blankets. Percy clenched his jaw and remained silent, eyes shut tight and refusing to open.

Piper squinted at Leo. "Oh, really..."

"Mmhmm."

Percy stood up abruptly. He walked over to the door and turned the handle, opening it. He turned his head over his shoulder. "I'll be going now. Reyna... needs me for something." He slammed the door behind him in anger.

Outside, Percy remained stoic and unfeeling. However, his brain was reeling in thoughts by the second, some angry, some not.

Seeing Leo smile is amazing.

Percy took an unexpected swerve on the sidewalk, making his way to the fireplace.

Making him smile is amazing.

He sat down on a log, glaring at the blazing fire. The warmth enveloped him, putting him to ease.

Him laughing, shouting. With me, I feel amazing. But...

Percy contemplated his choices now. Forget what happened, or...

You know what I hate?

When it's with someone else.