AN: I actually don't have any idea what I should write for this chapter... maybe some more fluff?
Time: Next Day
"I'm telling you, it was just a mild blackout, not anything-" Artemis shouted at Aphrodite, her face gold.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." She waved her hand dismissively. "Whatever it was, the real winner was Athena." She glared at the wisdom goddess, making her blush, a shade of gold as bright as her blonde hair.
She had almost died of embarrassment when the tale of her passing out was recounted for everyone's benefit.
"Can you shout a bit louder, please? I think my eardrums are still intact." Percy interjected, making the two goddesses blush.
They were holding another video gaming session in the living room.
Everyone was sprawled out on the floor, on couches and loveseats, cheering for their team. This time, Percy was all alone, without any supporters except his two teammates, while everyone else cheered for the other team. They sat in the living room of the house on the island, a room large enough to accommodate all of them. The cool marble floor shined, an impeccable white with chaotic patterns formed in the stone over the years. The air conditioner worked at full capacity to cool the room down. One wall was dominated by a hundred-inch television, which displayed replays of the last round. That, accompanied by the expansive home theatre system, and realistic sound systems, completed the perfect gaming set up Percy had assembled on the island... well, apart from the enormous, cutting edge gaming PC set up in the smaller gaming room.
The day outside was... hot and humid, as was the norm on the tropical island of Ogygia. The sun was beating down with a ferocious intensity, as if Apollo was enraged about something. Strong winds whipped up a ferocious breeze, that whipped through all the palm trees, making the long leaves rustle. The sea was choppy, the waves higher than ever, crashing down on the beach and raising a deafening noise. There was not a single animal in sight- the skies were clear, the forest silent. The winds did not make it feel alive... it was too silent, and the rustling and movement of the leaves, seemed like bad omens.
But none of that mattered to the twenty-four beautiful, yet ferocious and overprotective females, and one overpowered Dark god, residing on the reinforced house on the island. Nothing could, in fact, break through the staunch defences presented in the form of its inhabitants.
And again, currently, the male was being taunted by his girls, as they cheered against him.
Sometimes, he felt, they did it on purpose to aggravate him.
"Don't worry, big brother," Rose patted his arm, making him shoot a small glare in her direction. "We are winning anyway."
"Winning anyway?" Violet interjected, "We just lost our perfect streak!" She jabbed at the television with her controller.
Rose huffed at her, "We are still winning by... 17 rounds." She added, after taking a quick look at the stats displayed on the glowing screen. The session couldn't have been more one-sided, despite everyone cheering against team Poseidon.
"Team Poseidon, go!" The three cheered in preparation for the next round, big brother and two twin sisters.
Their raucous cheering stopped when they felt the overwhelming depression and crippling despair waft over to their side from the other team.
The three stiffened, slowly turning over to the other side.
On the other team, Nyx and Neo were trying to comfort Thalia, who was wallowing in the deepest pits of depression. Her eyelids drooped, her pink lips curled into a depressing frown. Her mood seemed to have an effect on her physical appearance, too, as her normally silky, straight black hair had lost its lustre. Her electric blue eyes gazed off into space. Her expression, coupled with the all-black attire she had chosen for the day, made her look like a complete emo.
She moaned in despair, "I'm no good."
"Oh, come on, Thalia, we won the round." Nyx comforted the daughter of Zeus.
"Yeah, but the two of you carried me the entire round."
"It happens to a lot of beginners, sis. It's just that you have chosen... a pro room to enter as a first-timer." Neo tried to reason with her elder sister.
"Yeah, you'll get better, Thals." Percy shouted, "Every pro-gamer has problems when he or she begins. Even me- okay, maybe not me, I'm perfect," he winked at the giggling twins, "But even they had problems." He jabbed his thumb at them, making Rose and Violet angrily tackle him to the ground.
"Hey, what are you doing, geroff me!" Percy laughed as the two shorter girls tried to wrestle with him in an attempt to subdue him. Needless to say, it was they who were pinned to the floor, his strong arms enough to wrap around the both of them.
Sometimes, he could not help but be thankful for the lithe, swimmer built his Poseidon heritage had granted him.
"Yeah, you go on being happy, I'm going to my room," Thalia said, dejectedly, as she stood up.
"Hey, come on, Thalia, it's not that bad." Artemis tried to console her ex-lieutenant. From beside her, Piper whispered to the goddess, "It's that bad."
From Athena's side, Rachel interjected, "Percy is just crazy good at video games, Thalia."
Atalanta completed her sentence, "Jackson has been playing this for years. You should be happy that you beat him after only an hour."
Phoebe encouraged her sister in arms. "Yeah, you did what none of us could do, and challenged Jackson to a video game showdown."
Reyna cheered for her, "Yeah, Thalia go!"
For a moment, all was silent, then the entire room burst into cheers for the shocked, silent daughter of Zeus.
Percy crooked a finger in her direction, gesturing her to move closer to him. A mischievous grin curled his lips in a smirk that made Thalia's knees go weak. "Don't make me go over there and spank some sense into you, Pinecone Face."
It took some time for Thalia to register his words, her mind being too preoccupied with his oh-so-sexy smirk. Her face heated at an alarming rate, and she became aware of the looks she was receiving. "Sh-shut up, Jackson."
"Why? You seemed to enjoy it last time... I'm sure you came at least five, if not more-"
"Never happened." She managed to get out, surprisingly without stuttering horribly. Her face felt like it was about to burst from the blood rushing to her cheeks.
Percy smirked. "It'll happen soon enough if you continue with that behaviour. Your juicy ass is just-"
"Percy!" Calypso shrieked, trying to wipe away the ichor leaking from her nose with the hem of her dress. "Have some decency!"
He gulped, looking at the others, who were glaring murderously at him. His lips curled into another smirk, as he saw them with golden/red/silver face(s), trying to staunch the profuse bleeding from their noses.
"Okay, okay, sheesh, man. Can't a guy even crack a proper joke without being rebuked? Come on, Thalia, you're on my team for the next match."
"Huh?" Her furious red blush had yet to lessen.
"Let's show these midgets their spot." He grinned, patting the spot beside him.
"Hey!" He ignored the indignant shouts from the Little Big Three.
"Rose, Violet and Neo against Thalia and I, Call of Duty multiplayer. Second match." He announced, before looking at Nyx apologetically. "I'm sorry, Nyx, but would you?"
"Gladly." The Primordial of Night responded as she kept her controller on the ground, before running off to the bathroom to wash the silver ichor leaking from her nose.
'Maybe she'll finger herself, too.' Percy thought absentmindedly, following her bountiful, jiggling ass with his hungry eyes as she sprinted towards the corridor.
"Shift."
After a moment, the new teams were in position. Neo, Rose and Violent sneering at them, while Thalia fingered her controller nervously, peeking at Percy meekly.
"What are you doing, Jackson?!" Thalia hissed, her blush returning full force as her hand flew to her parted lips. She panted in muted arousal as she watched him struggle with his vest.
"Well... it's too hot... and it might motivate you to play better." Percy smirked at her, tossing his slightly sweaty vest to the side. It was caught by Styx, who looked like she had just won the lottery as she held the soft, damp fabric in her hand.
Percy smirked at their expressions. Thalia had covered her eyes, peeking at his physique through her fingers, while the Little Big Three were blatantly ogling him, craning their necks to catch a better glimpse at him over Thalia. It creeped him out a bit, but he was not going to refuse anyone a show.
"What do you mean it might motivate me... eep!" Thalia let out a cute squeak as she was effortlessly lifted from the floor, and set back down in Percy's lap.
She could feel the glares directed at her, and felt her lips curl in a smile, as she smugly snuggled deeper into his larger form. She felt his skin, warm and smooth, pressing against her bare arms, sending shivers up her spine. His scent, an odd mixture of the briny ocean breeze, coupled with his new scent, that he had gained as a god.
Like every other aspect of the Dark god, it was a dangerous implement. For his enemies, it lulled them into a false sense of security, while for his friends, it provided a nostalgic, safe sense of protection.
The entire opposite of his godly aura, which terrified his enemies, and excited his lovers.
Thalia felt herself handed a controller. With a jolt, she realised it was Percy's controller, which he never let anyone else use.
She looked at him with a questioning glance, as Percy picked up another controller. He winked at her, "Use my controller, you'll need it."
She gulped, and made a move to leave his lap, but was restrained by Percy's arms. "Let me go, Jackson. Do you want me to play sitting on your lap?"
"And what if I do?" He whispered, making her blush, and turn to the television screen, without answering. The only response anyone needed was Thalia wriggling her waist and butt to make herself comfortable in his lap.
Percy bit back a moan threatening to escape his throat, as her ass rubbed his clothed crotch. He was never more thankful for his enchanted underwear.
It only served to fuel the Little Big Three's determination to defeat him, or to be more precise, the... woman occupying their rightful spot in his lap.
"Headshot, great," Percy called out a few minutes later, making Thalia cheer slightly as Neo huffed, dropping her controller as she was taken out.
"You should have been the god of video games." She muttered.
Thalia did not know how to feel. Sure, Percy had given her his controller, the others were cheering for her, but she had zero contribution even in this round. Percy had been the one to take out Rose and Neo, and she was just running about uselessly, searching for enemies to kill, but in vain.
"Watch out for Violet... she's camping, as usual." He muttered, shaking his head, "I can't understand how my sister could be such a- HEY!"
He watched helplessly as his character was taken out by the sniper.
"Headshot." Violet teased, making Percy grit his teeth as her two teammates snickered.
He dropped his controller, drawing Thalia into a tighter hug, willing her to win. "It's all up to you, now, Thals. All or nothing."
The daughter of Zeus gulped as he placed the burden on her noob shoulders.
What made it even more difficult to concentrate, was the feeling of being hugged tightly by her shirtless crush.
She was torn between screaming in horror, and screaming in delight.
"I can't do it." Her voice wavered.
"You can," Percy whispered in her ear. His face was buried in Thalia's lush, silky black hair, breathing in her invigorating scent. His arms wrapped tightly around her slim, toned stomach, holding her tightly against his shirtless chest.
Thalia shivered, feeling his arms brush the underside of her sensitive boobs. His skin was so warm, and smooth, despite the rough patchwork of scars crisscrossing across his upper body. His warm breath blew against her exposed neck, making her bite her lower lip to prevent the moan welling up in her throat. Goosebumps ran up her smooth skin, feeling his soft lips almost brush her ear.
"Stay under cover. Search in the upper- There she is!" He cried out, making Thalia almost drop her controller as she hurriedly dove for cover.
Violet gritted her teeth as she was spotted by her elder brother's impeccable eyesight.
Thalia rolled out of the cover, raising her AR to shoot blindly in Violet's general direction.
All stood silent for a moment.
The next thing anyone knew, Percy had effortlessly swiped Thalia off his lap, and he danced around the room, carrying the laughing daughter of Zeus bridal style as he jumped in joy. "You did it, Thals! You did it!"
"Wha- did she just- I- how?!" Violet was at a loss for words. Rose and Neo mirrored her expression.
"Let me down, Percy!" Thalia shrieked, still laughing, still disbelieving that she had actually managed to win them the match.
"Hey, what did I miss- oh." Finally returning, Nyx took a few seconds to register the sight of a shirtless Percy dancing before her.
His eyes twinkled mischievously. "What were you doing for so long in the bathroom, Nyx?"
Her face drowned in silver.
Time: That Night, At Dinner
"Alright, as we were saying last night, before someone..." Artemis threw a small glare at Percy, however, its effect was lessened by the ichor rushing to her face, "decided to knock us all out with his speech, what should we do with... the situation?" The moon goddess finished, looking around the table for ideas.
Percy shrunk into his seat.
As usual, Athena was first to raise her hand, offering her input. "Of course, my idea has been coldly calculated keeping in mind all possible situations from a purely subjective point of view, so some of you might find it... too orderly, keeping in mind that... emotions are not."
Aphrodite pouted at the way in which Athena planned even the harem. Her ideas were effective ninety-nine percent of the time, still, it didn't mean she had to like them.
"Since Percy and Hestia went on a date, and then slept with each other, I propose that he goes on date with a girl... or girls, and then, provided they consent, he sleeps with them. And meanwhile, those who have already gone on a date or slept with him wouldn't hog him for themselves, so that everyone gets a fair, and equal chance. And since we will obviously know who he is spending time with, we can ensure the system is not interrupted." She waited for some time, hesitating, "I know nobody likes this, but we have to accept, this is what we signed up for when we all agreed to stay in Percy's harem, knowing Nyx, Styx, Eris and Nemesis are going to join, and we will have to share him with twenty-three others."
Immediately, protests broke out from the others, including Hestia, as she realised that she would be deprived of spending... quality time with her dominant.
Athena drummed her fingers impatiently on the wooden table. "Think about it, if we don't follow this system, one person can sleep with him several times, while the others will be deprived. Of course, like all wise people, I'm open to ideas... if you have them."
"Hell yeah, we are all for it!" Violet cheered.
"What do you mean you are all for it? Hell, no!" Percy and Thalia interrupted, speaking together.
They looked at each other, and then back at the three fifteen-year-olds, who were looking absolutely scandalized. "Yeah, absolutely not!" Again, they shouted synchronized.
"What do you mean, no?"
"What we mean is that you are too young." Thalia shook her head, while Percy added, "Yeah, and it'll be just plain weird to fuck my sisters. I'll be no different from Zeus." He nodded his head sagely.
"What do you mean? We basically share the same relationship as you have with Thalia!" Neo interjected.
"No!" Percy insisted, "You are my three little sisters!"
"We are fifteen, almost sixteen!" Rose shouted indignantly.
"I'm afraid I'll have to side with Percy on this one," Artemis gave them a hard look.
Athena looked at them apologetically. "Well, yeah, though Neo has a point, Percy views her as a little sister. Maybe we can make an exception for them? Like... their 'dates' will be only sibling time?"
"Hey!" Aphrodite interrupted, "Can't you see they WANT to date him?! As for the incest argument, aren't we all related? Hestia is his aunt, if we go by that logic. And since Percy is a god, he doesn't have any genes, so, if he sleeps with Rose or Violet, it'll not be incest."
The Little Big Three looked at the love goddess thankfully, for supporting them, to which Aphrodite shot them a small smile.
They were ignored.
"And what happens when I have slept with all of you, well, except for the three?" Percy shot the teenagers a look. "Do we repeat the... process? That seems quite... counterproductive to me."
"Oooh! Oooh! I know!" Aphrodite practically jumped in her seat, making everyone sensible eye her warily.
Rose, Violet and Neo sweatdropped at the love goddess' inability to stick to a particular topic she was debating for.
"And what do you propose?" Hestia eyed her warily.
"Well, after he has fucked all of us," everybody winced at her coarse wording, "maybe, he can have threesomes or foursomes, and work his way up. Maybe we can even have orgies, and walk around naked on the island, and have sex whenever we want, wherever we want, with whoever we want... like some love island shit, because that's what a harem is meant to be like. Everybody loves everybody! It's a win-win!"
Except for the desperate Little Big Three, and Drew, everybody was rather apprehensive and uncomfortable with her idea.
Artemis made a move to rebuke her, to wipe the giddy, gleeful expression off the love goddess' face, but stopped.
Rather, she was stopped by Athena, tugging hurriedly at her sleeve.
Artemis turned her head in horror, to see Percy with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Absol-" The moon goddess was cut off before she even had the chance to start.
"You know what, Athena? This is one of the most hare-brained ideas you've ever had, right up there with the Medusa and Arachne decisions." His dark sea-green eyes shined, telling everyone that he had made his decision.
"And, as a certified expert on hare-brained ideas, I approve of this. I LOVE THIS IDEA!"
AN: Did you see the little trick I pulled off, with Artemis getting interrupted at the end? You know, she was gonna say, "Absolutely not!", but got cut off.
Also... I'm finally buying a new mobile tomorrow... I'm discarding this one, on which I'm currently typing... this is probably the last update I'm publishing from this faithful mobile, which has served me since my school days. And despite the poor camera, and small storage, and an almost outdated system, I cannot but feel nostalgic.
Anyway, *wipes tear* you'll be missed, my horrible phone, to give way to the new, a better one with a much-improved performance.
Keep calm and CR7!! Keep calm and LM10!! (Messi)