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Starts as Percabeth, will eventually be Percy x Apollo.

Important thing to note... This will be yaoi (boy-boy). Don't like? You do not have to read.

Disclaimer- I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the Heroes of Olympus series. (One can dream though) All rights go to the proper parties.

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November 7th

Percy POV

When we finally reached the restaurant, we had to wait for a table. Frank and Hazel were standing a few feet away, holding hands and talking with Don the faun. Reyna and Jason were soon pulled into a conversation with a few of their fellow Romans. Annabeth had wandered off to go look at the different desserts that they had on display. I was tempted to go with her but I knew that it would only make me uncomfortable. The food in the restaurant smelt heavenly but I knew that when I saw it, once again I would have no appetite.

Reyna's voice pulled me from my mussing. "Who is that?"

I shook my head to clear it and turned back to the Praetor. She was standing with a pale, redheaded girl. The girl was shaking her head. "I don't know but I want to meet him." Reyna simply nodded in agreement.

I tilted my head and followed the direction of their gaze. I blinked in shock before bursting out laughing. The people around me winced at the volume. I gave them a sheepish look and tried to curb my amusement.

Apollo was standing in the middle of the road, surrounded by several girls. At my outburst he looked around. When he saw me, he just smirked and threw me a wink.

The redhead gave me an accusing look, "Do you know him?"

I was still trying to control my mirth so all I could do was nod. I had expected the ginger to say something else so I was thrown off when Reyna responded, "You should introduce us."

I shook my head in amusement, "Why?"

The redhead rolled her eyes, "Simple. He is probably the single hottest guy I have ever seen."

I was stunned by Reyna's nod of agreement. I found myself looking back to Apollo. I tilted my head, trying to see what they were talking about. I just saw him as Apollo, the god of the sun. I tried to look beyond his personality, too see what I would see if I didn't know him.

He was just over 6' and looked to be around 19. He was tan and had wavy, sandy blond hair that went just past his chin. His eyes were the exact colour of the sky on a summer's day. Objectively I could see that he had a kind of outdoorsy good looks, like he spent most of his time at a beach. I had never checked out a guy before but I could kind of see what they meant. Apollo is hot...

I felt my eyes widen at the thought. I couldn't keep the blush from my cheeks. I had to look away. It was bad enough that I had just checked out a guy but it was even worse that I could see why people found him attractive. I sure as Hades had never found a guy attractive before and it really freaked me out to think of him like that.

"Hey Percy, are you alright?"

I looked up at the call of my name and was met with a pair of worried blue eyes. I felt my blush darken even further. "Um... Ya, I'm okay Fred." I shuffled my feet and looked away. I watched as Reyna straightened in surprise. I guess she remembered the name of Apollo's alter-ego...

I could tell that Apollo was still worried. "Are you sure?"

I nodded and racked my brain for a change of topic. My gaze caught on the redhead and I smiled, "Sorry, I forgot to introduce you. Guys, this is Fred. Fred this is Reyna and..." I trailed off as I remembered that I didn't know the redheads name.

The ginger stepped forward with a smile. She held out her hand, "I'm Erin, daughter of Ceres."

Apollo smiled and took her hand. He placed a light kiss on her knuckles with a wink, "With beauty such as yours, I would have expected your mother to be Venus."

I rolled my eyes at pick-up line but Erin just started giggling. Before she could respond, a waiter came to tell us our table was ready. Everyone started filling in. I stayed behind while everyone else went in. I needed to have a word with Apollo.

Erin looked at the god of music with a smile, "Are you going to join us Freddy?"

I snorted at the nickname. Erin gave me a dirty look but Apollo ignored me, "I would love to."

Erin smiled and started to lead him inside.

I coughed to catch his attention, "Hey Fred, can I talk to you for a minute first?"

Apollo looked back at me and nodded, "Of course." Erin started to pout. The god of the sun winked at her, "I will see you inside."

She reluctantly let go but gave him a smile, "I will save you a seat."

Reyna gave me a questioning look but I waved her off, "Tell Annabeth I will be there in a minute."

She nodded and led her friend inside.

There were too many people still in front of the restaurant so I lead Apollo to a park a little ways away. It was small enough that it was nearly empty. I sat down on a bench and Apollo followed suit.

"So what did you need?"

I shuffled a little. It sounded so pathetic but the food thing really bothered me. "Is there anything I can do about food?"

Apollo gave me a puzzled look. "You're going to need to be a little clearer about what you're talking about."

I blushed and rubbed the back of my neck. "It's because of breakfast this morning. Annabeth made me blue pancakes and I went to eat them but..." I trailed off, uncertain of how to word it.

Apollo's eyes widened in understanding and he smiled, "You weren't hungry were you."

I sighed and shook my head, "Not at all. I really wanted to eat them but it just... I don't know. They didn't make my stomach grumble like they always do. I remembered that you said something about food but for the life of me I couldn't remember what it was. Is there some way that I can eat normal food again?"

Apollo laughed and shook his head. "That's what you get for not paying attention when a god is talking to you."

I felt my eyebrows pull together. "What are you talking about? What did you say?"

He gave me a playful smirk. "Why should I tell you if you just ignore my wisdom?" I pouted and gave him my best pleading look. He just laughed and shook his head. "What I said was that mortal food offers no health benefits what so ever to gods, but that doesn't mean that you can't eat it. Lots of us do. We may not need it but mortal food is delicious."

I felt a smile split across my face, "Really?"

Apollo nodded, "Of course. Just look at Demeter and her obsession over cereal."

I felt a huge bubble of relief bloom in my chest. I will never have to miss blue pancakes again...

I was in such a good mood that I felt the urge to tease Apollo. "Speaking of Demeter, it seems that you were getting along very well with her daughter."

Apollo shrugged, completely unrepentant. "What can I say, she's kind of cute."

I snorted, "Oh really? What happened to 'so beautiful that her mother must be Aphrodite'?"

The god of music coughed and changed the subject, "Come on. We should be getting back to the restaurant."

I stood up beside him and gave him my best flirtatious smile, "Sure thing Freddy."

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Apollo POV

The meal was ambrosia after four days of dried food. It may have been just a burger and fries but I swear that it was the most delicious thing I had ever eaten. Even better, none of the people at the table were my children.

It had been supremely uncomfortable earlier in the day. One of my daughters had begun shamelessly flirting with me. I had seized upon the opportunity to go and see if Percy was alright. I still didn't know what had him looking so uncomfortable but I was secretly quite happy for it.

Erin had been flirting with me since the moment I had sat down. I smiled at her and flirted back but I wasn't really interested. She was cute but she wasn't really my type. I had only started flirting with her because I saw my daughter about to approach me again. That was one interaction that I was anxious to never repeat again.

Percy's reactions to Erin's increasingly obvious flirtation techniques were far more amusing to me than the girl. He had teased me the entire walk back to the restaurant. The only reason that I hadn't retaliated was that it was entertaining to me. Every time Erin turned to me he would look over her shoulder and flutter his eyelashes.

I didn't realize that I had lost focus until I noticed Percy snickering at me. I shook my head and looked at Erin. She was watching me with a hopeful look in her eyes.

I racked my brain but I could not for the life of me remember what she had just said. The longer I waited the more disappointed she looked. I didn't want to ask her to repeat what she had said but I was running out of options. She looked let down when Percy finally took pity on me.

He looked at me with a teasing gleam in his eye, "What, too stunned to react? I think everyone else at this table could tell that she was going to ask you out for coffee tonight."

When Erin glanced away for a moment I sent him a grateful look. I looked at the daughter of Ceres and gave her my best disappointed smile, "I'm so sorry. I can't. I just moved in and I need to finish unpacking."

She looked upset but she nodded. "Okay. No worries, some other time then." She turned around and proceeded to ignore me for the duration of the meal.

I was confused by her reaction. I couldn't understand it. I had been prepared to make up excuses for every other date she asked me on. I was used to men and women practically throwing themselves at me. I couldn't remember the last time someone had given up so easily. I caught Percy's eye and raised a brow. He chuckled and mouthed the words 'bad actor'.

I huffed in annoyance and looked away. Stupid mortal abilities...