Chapter 14 - The Aftermath
3rd Person's PoV
While Perseus carried his soon-to-be bride outside the improvised battlefield, the soldiers began to react.
But Perseus cared little about what they had to say about the battles. Nor what they thought about Annabeth and him to rule the Universe. Right now, his main concern was Annabeth's exhaustion. With her head leaned on his chest, the new King of the Universe took his fiancée inside of his home.
Some part of Annabeth wanted to make Percy stop and look around the house. The details on the structure could be modified for the better, but it could also serve as inspiration for new ideas. With some wide open spaces around the property, Annabeth's mind was already working on how to make this place even more 'home' than it already was.
"Aren't too tired for your gears to keep working?" Perseus teased her, walking until he reached a room that was furnished for a girl. Probably, this was Chaos' last gift for her, though his taste was obviously not the best.
"My gears started to work the second my eyes landed on this room..." Annabeth side-tracked their argument, looking around the room. "Who decorated this room? Strawberry Shortcake?" She joked, smirking at Percy, who gently placed her down on top of the bed. She drank the soft pink wall, with fuchsia bed sheets. The white and lacy curtains combined perfectly with the fluffy and cozy pillows scattered around the room, ready to hug in case of necessity.
"I'd like to say that it's all on me... but I can't. Father decorated this room when I was away on a mission." Percy admitted, sitting next to her. "Though, I have some blame..."
"What you mean by that?" Always curious by heart, Annabeth raised an eyebrow at him, wanting to know the answer to that statement.
"Well, he did asked me which was the most famous girl show when we were kids..." Percy rubbed his neck, obviously nervous. "Since I didn't remember many of them, I said the first thing that came to mind..." Annabeth let out a laugh, mirth decorating her grey eyes.
"Should I be grateful that you didn't remember My Little Pony?" She mocked him. This had the reaction of making Percy laugh out loud, something she sorely missed. "I missed these kind of talks..."
"What you missed, my dear Wise Girl, was the fact that your wits were always upgraded better than mine." Percy replied, with that smirk that would make all the girl swoon at his feet.
"That too." She confessed, leaning on his chest, hearing his steady heartbeat. "How can I hear it? We shouldn't need it..." Percy grabbed on of her hands and placed it next to her head, holding her against him.
"We shouldn't. But I asked Father to keep it, even if we didn't need it..." He told her, serious. "The time, some of the jobs, makes you lose contact with your humanity, Wise Girl... I wanted a constant reminder that I could be joining you soon-"
"Perseus Jackson, you better stop that thought or I'll be very angry right now." Annabeth stopped him, not even glancing up to see him. She didn't need it. She knew his reactions.
"Sorry, Wise Girl..." He apologized, using his free hand to stroke her hair.
"We should make plans ahead for this, Seaweed Brain." Annabeth recognized, closing her eyes and enjoying the moment. "The Olympians won't leave us alone, saying we should bow to them... And you saw their kids. Either frighten or stuck up, they're doom to our enemy..."
"Are you saying what I think you're saying?" Percy teased her, but not wearing his normal smirk. Annabeth sighed and rested her head back on the pillow, staring at the ceiling.
"I don't like it any more that you do, but... I think that either we warn them and take us seriously..."
"Or, we take over and bust their-"
"Seaweed Brain!" Annabeth cut him, before he could be able to swear. Percy had the decency of looking sorry.
"I mean, we make them work on their skills until they hate us?" Percy supplied, earning a nod from Annabeth. Even separated a thousand years from each other, they behave as if they only were separated for a while.
"It's the fairest for them..."
"Poor them..." Annabeth turned her head to see Percy's feline grin. "They haven't met Annabeth Chase in trainer mode..."