~Day Eight~

It's hot. There's fire everywhere. It burns.

There is screaming.

Leo wake up in a sweat. He lays on something cold and soft. He feels hot but it's cold around him. Leo realize he is laying on Jason, who sleeps soundly on the couch. Leo snuggle closer to the cold. Jason wraps his arms around Leo. Now Leo knows why Jason is always cold. His magic. The power he saw yesterday.

It was amazing. But then, why is Jason still wearing his gloves?

Leo sigh into Jason's broad chest. It is hot. Why is it hot?

"Leo?" Leo look up to Jason with a sigh. "You're burning up. I knew I should have argue with you to put your sweaters back on." Jason shift himself to let Leo lay down on the couch. "Now you caught a fever because of yesterday." Jason sits up to leave.

Leo grabs the ice prince by his glove hand. Leo look in those electric eyes. "Don't leave." He wants Jason's coldness near him. Leo can see Jason deep in thought. What's going on in that blond head?

Jason grabs Leo's hand and place it down on the couch. "Don't worry, I'll be back. I'm going to built a fire and bring some blankets. You need to sweat out your fever." Leo nods.

Leo watch Jason leave the living area. He comes back with a hand full of blankets and a fluffy pillow. He place maybe three or five over Leo. Leo doesn't know how many there is. A fire is lit and it make things even hotter. Leo curl up underneath the mount of blankets. Jason sits on the floor in front of him. Now Leo knows why Jason is alway far away from the fire. He can feel the coldness emitting from the ice prince.

Leo falls asleep while holding onto Jason's shoulder. A little cold to help him sleep.

~Our Flame Prince~

Jason watch Leo sleep for five minutes. He used to this. Watch him sleep when they were little. Leo just looks so peaceful and calm. Quiet too. Thalia would always call Jason a creep whenever she wakes up to this.

Jason leave Leo alone to sweat of the fever. He rub his glove hands together. He should make some soup. What type of soup?

Chicken? Potato? Maybe some vegetable soup? Some hot tea would also help. Lavender tea. Leo's favourite. Vegetable soup. Jason will make some vegetable soup. Not now of course. Well, the soup he can start making the soup. That way it can cook slowly over the fire while Leo is asleep. And when he wakes up, Jason will make the tea.

Jason accidentally drop the knife on the floor. Maybe he should be more careful with sharp object. Not like he tells himself that every day. Jason throws the knife into the sink and grab a new one. He goes back to cutting the cabbage. Carrots. Potatos. What else?

Jason hear the kitchen door swings open. "I should have known you also make the food here," Leo's voice comes out a bit rough. He settles himself on one of the stools with a blanket over him. "What else are you good at?" Leo sniffs.

Jason laugh. "How are you feeling?" He starts on the tea while Leo groan.

"Trash," Leo responds. Jason look at him. He doesn't know what that means. Does Leo mean that he feels like trash? Or he can smell the trash. Jason's eyes move to the direction of the trash. Is it time to take out the trash? "How long was I out?"

"About an hour." Leo rest his cheek on the island. Boy, does he look sick. "I'm making some vegetable soup for you." Leo hum. "And tea."

"Are you trying to sweat out my sickness?" Jason turn around to stir the soup. "That's smart. Bring me the hot stuff!" Leo starts coughing. Jason pat the forge prince's back

"Slowly. Let's slowly bring the heat to you." Leo laugh.

Jason place a bowl of soup then the cup of tea. Jason sits on the other side of the island. He watch Leo eat it. Should he also get some. No. Jason doesn't like cold soup. Leo lick his lips.

Jason is going to watch instead.

~Frost Babies~

Leo woken up.

When did he fell asleep? Leo look around the living area. He spots Jason at one of the bookshelves. "Prince Jason," Leo call softly and Jason seem to hear. Blond turn his attention. "You have super hearing now?"

"It echoes in here when it's only two people."

"We already have a ton of frost babies roaming around the castle in secret." Jason raise a blond brow to Leo. Leo sigh. "The little snowmans."

"That's what you mean."

Leo move under the covers. "Yeah. But soon, we are going to make heirs." A silence flow between them. Is this a sensitive topic on Jason? "I'm made for birthing but, where is the babies gonna come out?"

Jason grabs a book and stiffly walk up to Leo. Leo look up to him in surprise. "I can read you a book while you rest. Good idea?" Leo roughly nods his head. "Okay, sit up." He follows. Jason move the pillow and sit down. "You can lay your head on my lap."

Leo does lay his head back down. Jason's thigh weren't soft as a pillow but it is cold and refreshing. The book flip open above Leo's head. Jason softly read out loud.