Reminder:
"How do you know how to do that?" Someone asked.
"You still need a proper splint." Anabeth said matter-o-factably. Leo didn't answer, he just fished sine type of sleeve out of his toolbelt. It seemed to be made of some type of stiff, stretchy material and had bits of metal on it. As he pulled it up his leg, he began to talk.
"When you hurt you ankle, that got me thinking on my newest invention. It's I've of the first things I worked on since getting back." Once the sleeve covered his intire leg up to his knee, the bits of metal stretched to form bands that wrapped around his leg. It looked like a less clunky version of a boot. He then held out his hand and his crush? bo- no! That's not what they were. They couldn't be. Especially not after...
AN: And don't forget the POVs:
(Nico)-(bold)
(Leo)-(regular)
(Percy)-(italics)
Regular Third Person POV Unless I Tell You Otherwise Like Labeling It "Blah blah blah's POV"-(underlined)
Him. Not after him.
Leo grabbed the offered hand and stood up.
"W-WHAT? You can't stand up Leo. Y-"
"Has this happened before?" Hazel spoke up.
Leo smirked and pulled out his sword to lean on, "This is not my first time dealing with a broken limb. And if it makes you feel better Annie, I'll lean on this... I have to go fix something."
As he left -well limping and hobbling- Nico trailed after him.
Annabeth POV
" Since when are those two friends?" Piper asked.
"Well they do have something in common now." Annabeth muttered.
"Right." Hazel breathed, sounding upset, "They've both spent time in the Tartarus."
Nobody knew what to do, so they each left the awkward satiation and Percy and Annabeth went to her room.
" So what's up Wise Girl?"
"Hmm?"
"You only wear your hair down when your upset."
"We hardly have any time unt-"
"That's not it."
"The thing with Leo... It should have been us. Why? Why would he...HE DOES NOT EVEN KNOW US!"
"I don't know," Percy flopped down on the bed, "I just don't know."
"You're not okay." It wasn't a question. Nor was it a mere suggestion. Nico was making a statement... telling him that he was not okay.
"That depends on your definition of okay."
"The opposite of what you are." Nico told him, "FOR GODS SAKE, YOU JUST BROKE YOUR LEG! AND YOU'RE... you're,,, you're acting like it's nothing."
"I've broken my leg before."
"Leo!"
"WHAT?! Worse has happened!" Leo's eye widened at what he had just said. They did so, so slightly, Nico again wondered how much he hid.
"Leo..."
"Please leave. I have a ship to work on." Just like that the walls were back up.