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.

Note***- Will be boy x boy. (I promise, it is coming) Don't like? You don't have to read.

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January 5th

Apollo POV

Sitting in my apartment, waiting for the boy I had feelings for to come back from his date, was agonizing. It was even worse since I had been the one to set it up. I had done everything in my power to make sure that they would both have a good time right down to the dessert, blue cake for Percy and tiramisu for Annabeth.

I had a secret skill for romance, but I had never used it to help someone else woo the one I wanted before. It was yet another thing that Percy could make me do that no one else could, it was also something that I was trying really hard not to think about.

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. It really hadn't helped my resolve when Percy had come to ask me how he looked. I had never seen him dressed up before. Percy in jeans and a t-shirt was tantalizing enough; the son of Poseidon dressed in a suit was enough to make my breath catch in my throat. The blue shirt had really made his eyes stand out.

I had basically kicked him out the door before I could try to convince him to stay. I may have been trying to do the right thing, but that didn't mean it was easy. I wasn't accustomed to not going after the one I wanted, and I really wanted Percy.

I knew it was the right thing to do but no matter how many times I thought about it, it didn't make it any easier. It would be wrong and idiotic of me to steal Percy away. Yes I would be happy, and I'm sure that I could make the son of Poseidon happy for a while, but what about the long run? I had never had good luck in love and it was always ended badly for my lovers. If he chose godhood, I would have to spend the rest of eternity with Percy hating me. I knew perfectly well just how long a god could hold a grudge. After all, Demeter still hated Hades for stealing her daughter.

My thinking was just going in circles. I needed to go do something to distract myself from imagining what they were doing on their date. I had just stood up thinking that I might go see what poetry books were in my study, when the front door opened.

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Percy POV

Both Annabeth and I had agreed to part ways right after dinner. Usually I would walk her home since my mom had taught me that it was proper edict after a date, but neither of us was ready to spend another half an hour in awkward silence. I felt bad that our date had ended in a fight, especially since Apollo had worked so hard on it. I wasn't looking forward to telling him that his plan had pretty much crashed and burned.

I opened the front door of the apartment and was surprised to see the god of the sun waiting for me in the living room. Judging by the look on his face, I wasn't the only one who was surprised.

I closed the door behind me and smiled guiltily at the son of Leto, "Hey Apollo."

He raised one eyebrow in confusion. "Percy, what are you doing back so soon?"

I walked over to the couch and took a seat. I found that I couldn't meet his gaze. I hoped he wouldn't be too upset that his plan hadn't worked. The god of music sat down beside me.

When I didn't say anything, he broke the silence. "I'm guessing the date didn't go too well?"

I winced. "You could say that."

"What went wrong?"

I finally looked up and saw the sun god watching me. I shook my head to dispel the worry I could see in his eyes.

"It wasn't anything to do with the date itself. That was amazing." I couldn't help but smile as I thought of Apollo's planning, "Thanks for the blue cake by the way. That was definitely the best part of the evening."

The god of poetry looked away for a moment. I could have sworn he was blushing. "Don't mention it Perce, I'm glad you liked it." He cleared his throat and looked back at me. "So what went wrong then?"

I sighed, "What didn't go wrong? Firstly, we had nothing to talk about. The only topic we could think of was you. Not exactly the most romantic thing to talk about with your... girlfriend. Then we ended up fighting. By the time dessert came, we weren't speaking to each other at all and both of us were more than ready to leave. I didn't even walk her to her door; we went our different ways right from the restaurant."

"What were you fighting about?"

I shook my head, "Honestly? We were fighting about the date. She really liked it, we both did actually, but then she started saying how she wanted more dates like that. She was making it sound like I wasn't romantic enough for her and I know I didn't help the situation any, but I couldn't help getting upset about it. I don't know how to do what you did. I'm not that kind of person."

I heard him let out a humorless laugh and watched him scrub his hand across his face. "So what your saying is in my attempt to help you, I actually ruined your date?"

I frowned, "Of course not. It's not your fault that I'm not as romantic as you are. Annabeth has always known that's not me. It wasn't about you at all, I promise. The fight was mostly about how she wants me to change and that I don't want to. I like being me just as I am."

Apollo scowled. He looked like he was still blaming himself, but it seemed to be eclipsed by anger. "You shouldn't have to change; she should love you for who you are faults and all."

I couldn't help but smile at that. I didn't know how to respond though, so I decided to change the topic. "Anyway, our fight was only part of the problem. Like I said, we didn't even have anything to say to each other."

He looked puzzled. "You did say that. I'm curious as to how I became your main topic of conversation while on a date though. I mean, I know I'm awesome, but somehow it just feels like talking about your best friend would ruin the romantic atmosphere we were going for."

I shrugged. "You set it up. We were both really awkward. I think it was the first thing that popped into her head and we both just went with it."

The god of the sun laughed and gave me a playful look, "Here I thought that it was because you missed me. Way to crush my dreams."

I chuckled and shook my head. "Trust me that was the most awkward date ever. I'd much rather have been there with you." His laughter cut off suddenly as he started choking. I looked over in alarm to see his eyes wide and his face red. "Hey are you okay?"

He coughed a few times and waved his hand dismissively. "Fine, I just choked on some air."

I was concerned, but I wasn't a doctor. I figured the god of medicine would know better than me if he was okay, "Alright."

He got his breathing back under control, though his face was still very red from his coughing fit. He looked uncomfortable with the direction our conversation had taken. "So... that was my only idea. Do we have a plan about what to do next?"

I frowned and looked away. I had no idea how to respond to that. My revelation from dinner was still fresh in my mind. As much as I tried to avoid thinking about it, I couldn't forget. How can two people pursue a relationship when they never talk about their future? Can a relationship survive when the people in it want two completely different things?

I didn't want to answer those questions.

I may not have known exactly where my life was going at the moment, but I knew the thought of spending the next 20-30 years hardly seeing Annabeth wasn't what I wanted, especially if we would be fighting every time we saw each other for more than an hour. She could never give up here dreams of building the monuments of the gods and I would never ask her too. We had been through so much together but eventually, even we had reached a point where we no longer wanted the same things.

I knew where we were heading but I couldn't face it, not right then.

"I really don't know Apollo." I took a deep breath and tried to clear my mind.

The god of the sun seemed to understand that I couldn't talk about it. Instead of trying to say anything, he simply reached over and squeezed my shoulder.

We sat in silence for a few minutes before I cleared my throat and stood up. "Anyway, I'm going to change out of this suit. What do you say to a game of monopoly?"

The god of the sun gave me a small smile, "Sure."

I nodded and headed down the hall. Playing a game with Apollo was definitely going to be the highlight of my day.

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January 6th

I slept terribly. I didn't finally fall asleep till the sun was already beginning to lighten the sky. I woke too early, feeling resigned. It had been fun playing board games with Apollo, but I hadn't been able to stop my mind. I kept coming back to the revelations that I had during dinner. As much as I wanted to avoid it, I needed to talk to Annabeth.

The god of the sun had left early to spend some time with his son before Will went back to Camp Half-Blood. I didn't really feel like eating alone so I decided to skip the breakfast that we usually shared. Mortal food may taste even better as a god, but I still only ate it when I had company.

I showered and slipped on a clean pair of jeans and a t-shirt. I was just on my way to the door when I heard a knock. I was surprised at that. In the time that I had lived with Apollo, he never really had visitors. Only two people had knocked on his door. Annabeth the day I ran and two little girls selling cookies. My gut was telling me that it wasn't the kids.

I opened the door to see a tired looking daughter of Athena. Judging by the bags under her eyes, she had gotten about as much rest as I had.

The silence continued to stretch until I decided to break it. "Hey."

"Hi, do you want to come for a walk with me?"

I suddenly had an overwhelming flash of trepidation. Every nerve in my body was screaming that I should tell her I'm busy, but I couldn't. I knew that we needed to have this talk. So instead of listening to my gut I just nodded and said, "Okay."

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We walked around camp Jupiter. We were silent but, for the first time in weeks, the silence wasn't awkward. I could tell that she was simply searching for the words. I knew what she wanted, but I didn't have the words anymore than she did.

We ended up going down to the Little Tiber and found a bench to sit on. We sat there without talking or moving for what felt like hours.

Finally she spoke. "I don't know what to do anymore." I had to close my eyes for a moment. Even though I had known it was coming, it wasn't any easier to hear the hopelessness in her voice. "I've tried everything I can think of. I'm not a daughter of Aphrodite but I think we both know this isn't how love is supposed to be."

I sighed and looked back at the water flowing past us. "I know."

"What happened to us? What has changed so drastically that we can't even have dinner without jumping down each other's throats anymore?"

I shook my head sadly. "I don't know. We've changed, both of us. We're not the people we were last year."

She closed her eyes. I knew that both of us wanted to refute that sentence, but it was the truth. We were trying to cling to the way we used to be but nothing could turn back the clock.

Annabeth clearly wasn't quite ready to give up yet. She turned towards me with a determined expression on her face and pulled me towards her. Our lips connected in a brutal kiss. It wasn't like our normal ones, it was desperate, wanting, and absolutely empty of the feelings our kisses once held.

Wisdoms daughter pulled away and ground the palms of her hands against her eyes. I could tell that the daughter of Athena was trying not to cry. "Please tell me that you felt something? Just tell me that I'm wrong..."

I closed my eyes. It hurt more than I had thought possible to see her looking so lost. She had always been my compass. She always knew what to do. I wanted, more than anything, to tell her what she wanted to hear, but I couldn't.

I took a deep breath and forced out the words we both needed. "I'm sorry."

She turned her back to me and let out a stuttering breath. "There's nothing we can do, is there?"

I remained silent. I knew that she didn't really want to hear the answer. We had both known this was coming for a while, even if we didn't want to admit it.

"So this is it? This is how our story ends? After everything that the two of us have been through, we just drift apart?" I heard what she was really saying, that this is how the gods chose to repay all we had done.

I reached over and wrapped a comforting arm around Annabeth's shoulder. She willingly leaned against my side as the tears she had been holding back finally fell. There was nothing romantic about the gesture; we were simply drawing strength from each other. I kept waiting for my own tears to appear, but I felt strangely empty.

She cried on my shoulder for a long time. By the time she finally pulled away, the sun was already low in the sky. She took a deep breath and wiped the drying tears off her cheeks.

She didn't meet my gaze as she stood. "We... we need some time apart. I love you Percy, I probably always will, but I don't think we can go back to being just friends, not yet."

I nodded in agreement but I couldn't say anything more. I knew that she was right, but the words still hurt even more than I thought they would.

She took another steadying breath. "Good-bye Percy."

I watched her walk away, feeling like she was taking half of me with her. I knew that our relationship had been failing for months, but I was losing so much more than a girlfriend. I was losing a confidant, the first demigod I had ever met, one of my best friends, and my first love.

I watched her walk until she was out of sight, she never once looked back.

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I wasn't certain how long I sat on that bench. Annabeth must have told Apollo where I was because the sun god found me. He sat down without a word. For a while we simply watched the river flow past in silence.

When he finally did speak, it wasn't to say any of the things I had expected. He didn't tell me that it was okay, or that he was here for me, or anything that people in movies did.

He just wrapped an arm around my shoulders and leaned his head against mine. "Aphrodite's a bitch."

The reply was so typically Apollo, that it finally broke my limited control. I closed my eyes and leaned further into his hold as the tears I couldn't find early finally fell.

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Authors Note

Boom bam! About dam time they broke up... (hahaha dam...)

Any who... as to the responses I got last chapter about Apollo trying to sabotage their date, it wasn't his intent. He just wanted Percy to be happy.

P.S. Before you ask, don't worry. Percy will be heartbroken for a while but he's not going to be moping around forever.

Next update will be August 16th

Next Chapter:

It hurt more than I could say to see my sea prince so broken-hearted...