Sorry for the long wait!
9. A moment of peace
Raphael sat with Simon as they watched Leo talking with the kid they had been trying to find; it occurred to him it was the first time him and Simon shared a space peacefully since meeting each other. The young vampire watched the scene with clear confusion in his face.
"You know, somehow I thought the Ancient Greek thing was a lie"
Raphael humors him by simply arching an eyebrow; it works as intended because Simon continues.
"Like, Greek gods and goddesses, mythological creatures, people who have to deal with them; all of that made sense"
Raphael doesn't even comment on that, because he remembers all the ridiculous questions Simon asked him; of course someone telling him part of what he read was real made sense to him.
"The whole being able to speak and read a language you've never been taught? Not so much"
Raphael hums as he turns back to where Leo's now showing the boy various words written carefully on a board he did not have before; all in what could only be Ancient Greek.
"I actually agree with you"
Simon splutters at his side, and then he turns almost completely towards him is absolute disbelief; Raphael makes eye contact.
"If you two are finally gonna work through your relationship, maybe do it away from the little kid"
They both startle and turn towards Leo, who's giving them a wide smirk, while the child at his side looks on in confusion.
Simon lets out a very loud groan, covering his face with his hands even though he can no longer blush.
"Oh my god"
There's a moment of silence as Simon seems to realize what he just said, lifting his head from where he was hiding, an unstoppable smile on his face.
"Leo"
The boy grins at him, almost like goading the vampire.
"Shut up"
But Simon's still smiling, and Raphael finds that he's smiling too.
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Simon isn't sure why he's been left to watch the two unconscious non-humans, but Leo's apparently bargaining for something with Magnus and will be 'right back', Simon hadn't asked because both Magnus and Leo had the same kind of terrifying look in their eyes.
So here Simon is, left to his own thoughts, while watching the two bodies resting, the satyr is his main focus at first, what with it being something Simon had never thought he'd see. Leo had explained that mythical creatures were hidden from normal people by something called the mist, which made them into something easier to believe; however, he discovered after a few encounters with other of differing Parthenos that the mist didn't work if you were made aware of the creature while having some connection to mythos yourself.
The explanation had seemed a bit weird at first, but the picture had proven it right; and seeing the surprised look in Raphael's face had been kind of funny, no lie.
He's suddenly distracted by a distressed sort of sound from his left, he was startled when he saw what looked like dark tendrils climbing the bedframe. Now, having lived with Leo for two entire weeks, one would think Leo would know better than to wake a sleeping demigod, and yet.
One moment he's getting the demigod away from the creepy dark thingies, the next he's across the room, and there's a black sword pointed towards him; it strikes him that the only reason he hasn't been skewered is because there's a bronze colored arm holding the boy back, and there's Leo.
"Whoa chico, it's ok, he's harmless"
The boy turns to him.
"Harmless? He feels like-"
"I know! Ok? I know, but trust me ok?"
The boy huffs but drops the stance, and with a swirl the sword transforms into a skull ring, which is honestly cool.
"What is he anyway?"
Leo smirks letting go of him and moving to help Simon, who kind of figures he should be the one explaining.
"I think the actual answer would be like half-demon, I'm still sort of new, but we're commonly known as vampires"
The boy turns to glare at Leo, who's still smiling.
"Different pantheon, different rules"
The boy, Nico, sighs, and gives a single nod.
"Cool, that's done, you're getting back in bed chico, you look ten seconds away from turning into a shadow"
Despite the way the boy looks, he doesn't fight Leo at all, actually he almost seems to be leaning into the contact.