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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March 17th

Apollo POV

It had been almost a week and Percy still hadn't said anything about my behaviour at the tournament. I would have loved to believe that he hadn't noticed, but not even the son of Poseidon was that oblivious to romantic attractions. I had noticed a few small changes in his behaviour though, and they could all be explained by one thing. The only explanation that I had come up with was that he didn't return my feelings and so he was ignoring it in the hopes that it would go away.

I wished I could say that his lack of interest surprised me. In fact, if it had been anyone else, it would have. After all, I am the most attractive Olympian god, but Percy was different from most mortals and gods. He would never be the kind of person who would go out with someone just because of looks or power. If Percy wanted to date someone, it would be because he really cared for them.

I would never admit it, but that thought made me feel more than a little jealous of the daughter of Athena. How she had let him go, I would never understand. If I was lucky enough to have won the heart of the hero of Olympus, I wouldn't have given in so easily.

I sighed and tried to dispel my thoughts. There was no point in dwelling on it. If Percy had made his decision, then I would just have to do my best to accept it. Besides, I didn't want to fall any further for the young god. He would be far better off if I never loved him. The fates weren't kind to my lovers and I knew with absolute certainty, if Percy and I were to date, there would be no stopping myself from falling.

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Percy POV

March 21th

I kept waiting for Apollo to say something. I was trying my best to hide my new found crush, but I had never been the best actor in the world. Everything we used to do together now made my heart race. Every time he made a flirty comment or winked at me, I could feel myself blushing. It was only a matter of time before he figured it out.

It had been a struggle, but I persuaded Jason not to tell anyone besides Piper. I wasn't ready for anyone else to know, but the son of Jupiter convinced me that she would figure it out anyway. Knowing her as I did, I figured he was probably right.

Either way, I was doing my best not to let Apollo know that anything had changed, which meant that I couldn't just avoid him. Besides, I had already decided. If the choice was having the god of the sun as my best friend or losing him because I couldn't hide my feelings, there was no contest.

Today we had decided to do something that I had never actually done before.

"I still can't believe that you've never been to my temple."

I had to stop myself from rolling my eyes. "I wasn't exactly a singer or anything. I never saw a need to. Besides if you remember, I'm Greek, not Roman. We don't have temples at Camp Half-Blood, just the cabins, and I have a feeling that your kids wouldn't be too happy with me if I just went in and made myself at home."

The god of the sun laughed. I couldn't help but notice all a new how musical his laugh was. It was one of the first things that I had heard after waking up as a god. I had grown used to the melodic tones after so long but ever since my revelation, I was struck again by just how beautiful it really was.

I realized that I was staring again and looked away. The sun god smiled. "I must admit, I don't think that would go over very well. I have a feeling that Will might have something to say about it."

We reached the golden temple on the hill. If the colour wasn't enough to tell you whose temple it was, the golden sun over the door would have clued anyone in. The pillars along the front had been expertly carven so that when the wind blew, the air would resonate through the hollows, creating a harmony.

"This..." I shook my head. I didn't know how to finish that sentence. I was speechless.

The god of the sun gave me a proud look. "I know, right? A lot can be said about the Romans, but their temples are second to none."

I gave the son of Leto a playful look. "A lot can be said, hey? Are you saying that you prefer the Greeks? You'd better hope that Reyna never hears you said that."

He lifted one eyebrow in challenge and smirked. "I have never said that, and Reyna will believe me. After all, I'm the god of truth."

I scoffed, "You and your technicalities."

He shrugged, completely unapologetic. "Hey, when you can't lie, you learn to embrace technicalities."

I rolled my eyes, but I couldn't stop a fond smile from appearing on my face. I looked away so that he wouldn't notice. "Alright, come on. You can give me the grand tour."

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It wasn't as big as Jupiter's temple, but it was just as beautiful. Inside it was simple, but it was filled with statues of the sun god. There were 9 human-sized statues of Apollo, all in different poses. He explained to me that the Romans built 9 statues to symbolize the 9 muses. Some of the statues were playing different instruments, some were of him drawing back a stone bow, and the one at the back was of him driving what was clearly supposed to be the sun-chariot, though instead of a cherry-red Maserati it was an actual chariot.

Though he wasn't quite as popular as Jupiter, he was clearly close. Both Neptune and Pluto's temples could have easily fit inside and people would still have had plenty of room to move around. If the size alone wasn't enough of a giveaway about his popularity, the offerings would have been. There were tons of hyacinth and laurel as well as incense and fruit covering every flat surface.

"I'm sure you can tell why this is my favourite temple in all of North America. It's just all so... me."

I laughed. It was beyond beautiful, but that didn't mean I had to tell him that. "I don't know Fred. It's way too bright in here. The walls are reflecting enough light to blind me. I feel like I'm standing inside an interrogation room."

He gave me an insulted look. "It's not supposed to remind you of an interrogation room. It's bright because I'm the sun god, remember? It's supposed to make you think of the sun."

I purposely pretended to misunderstand him. "So then it's supposed to be uncomfortably hot?"

"No! Sunlight is a good thing. Just think of it like that song..." He stepped forward and grabbed my hands, pulling me into an impromptu dance. "I'm walking on sunshine, whoa. I'm walking on sunshine, whoa. And don't it feel good!"

I felt my breath catch in my throat. He didn't do it very often, so it always caught me off guard when he sang. I was used to his terrible poetry, but his singing was something else entirely. If his laugh was melodic, his singing was a whole other level. He was easily the best singer I had ever heard.

I hadn't even realized that his voice was drawing me closer to him until he stopped. He gave me a surprised look when he realized that I was much closer than socially acceptable between friends. We were now less than six inches apart and he was still holding my hands. I froze for a moment, looking for an excuse, but like always my mouth answered before I could think.

"You should really sing more often."

The god of the sun looked even more surprised than before, but I could see the slight blush on his cheeks. He opened and closed his mouth a few times, looking for a response. He leaned towards me a little bit, erasing a couple more inches of distance, and my heart sped up.

I felt my tongue automatically shoot out to wet my lips, but before I could do anything that would embarrass me further, a huge crash of thunder shook the temple. I immediately turned and looked out the door of the temple.

What 10 minutes ago had been perfectly clear skies, were now solid gray. The lightning flashed once more and it was like the flood gates opened.

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I wasn't sure who had done what to anger Zeus, but the rain was so thick we could barely see for more than 20 feet in front of us. I loved when it rained like this. There was nothing more fun than running through puddles and splashing people.

We stood at the entrance watching the rain for almost three minutes before either of us spoke. "Maybe we should just wait it out."

I looked at the son of Leto and shook my head, "No way! This is our chance to run through puddles. My mom and I always do it on the first major rainstorm of the year!"

Apollo rolled his eyes, "Not all of us are water proof Perce. I have no desire to get a cold."

I bit my lip. "What if I promised to let the rain soak me too?"

"That wouldn't change the fact that I don't want to get wet."

It was time to pull out the big guns.

I tilted my head down slightly and gave him my best puppy dog eyes. "Oh, please Apollo? Please run through the rain with me. I promise its fun."

He glared at me for trying to manipulate him, but I could see the poem weakening his resolve. Finally, he groaned. When he spoke, I could tell that he had already accepted the loss. "We could wait. No one's going to care if we stay here until it stops."

I laughed and pulled on the sun gods arm. "Oh come on, where's the fun in that?"

He sighed, "I am so going to regret this."

I gave a victorious whoop and pulled the god of music out with me into the rain. We were both soaked to the bone within seconds. I didn't even have to see his face to know that Apollo was already wishing to go back inside but before he could try to pull us back into the shelter, I grabbed his hand and started running down the hill.

"I don't think so Apollo, we have some puddles to find!"

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Apollo POV

I can honestly say, I had never thought that I would be enjoying playing outside during a thunderstorm. I was surprised that the young god would. I was the son of Zeus and even I was hesitant about being outside when he was clearly so mad. The son of Poseidon however, didn't seem the least bit bothered by it. He was just enjoying the rain, running around like a 4 year. Though I would never tell him, after a while I forgot why I didn't want to in the first place.

Percy's enthusiasm was infectious. When faced with his laughter, I no longer cared that the water was muddy, or that we were soaked. I was just having fun kicking the water at him. I didn't even notice the cold.

Eventually we ended up in a small park towards the base of the hill. Judging by the fountain that looked like a shell, I had a feeling that this was one of Percy's favorite parks. The son of Poseidon had definitely inherited his father's taste in decorations. At least he didn't inherit his taste in shirts.

My musing was interrupted by the young god.

"So if you were singing about sunshine earlier, should you be singing about the rain now?"

I couldn't help chuckling. If I had known that he enjoyed my singing so much, I would have done so before now.

"I can. I refuse to sing Singing In The Rain, but how about..." I pulled him towards me and into another impromptu dance. "Raindrops keep falling on my head..."

As I sung we spun around, not caring who could see. The way he tossed his head back in laughter made running through the rain with him so worth it.

It was moments like this that made it hard for me to remember that he didn't care for me the way I did for him. Having him in my arms so willingly, dancing in the rain, it was all I could do not to kiss him. The level of temptation to close the distance between us put Pandora's Box to shame. Even if it was raining, cold, and almost painful not to close the distance between us, I wouldn't have missed this for anything.

Our enthusiastic, if ungraceful, dance though the park didn't end until we tripped over a lump of earth. I was more than a little dizzy from all our spinning, but I managed to catch him before either of us fell. I held his body close to mine as I steady him. I couldn't stop myself from laughing. I turned towards him, only to suddenly find his lips against mine.

I completely froze up. I felt like I was hallucinating. There was no way that Percy would be kissing me and yet, here he was.

It was not at all how I had imagined it would be if I ever kissed the son of Poseidon. I had imagined that I would have taken him on a date somewhere. That I would have been the perfect gentleman and when we got back to the apartment, I would have leaned in and stolen a simple, good night, kiss. He would have been surprised, but he would have returned it without hesitation. When I pulled back he would have been blushing, but that wouldn't have stopped him from giving me one of his stunning smiles.

Instead, we were in the middle of an empty park with the rain was still pouring down from above. The water was falling in rivers from my hair and our clothes were soaking wet. We were dizzy, and cold, and it was absolutely perfect.

His lips were chilled against mine but regardless of the outside temperature, I felt a shot of warmth through my chest straight down to my toes. My heart felt way too big for my chest. The feeling of his lips against mine had shorted out my brain. It took about 6 seconds before I was able to restart my mind. Once I realized that it was really happening though, I wasted no time in returning the kiss.

I finally moved my lips against his. I kept to the same gentle pressure that he did, even if my mind was screaming for me to pull him close and never let him go. I felt a shiver rip through my body that had nothing at all to do with the cold. With his lips on mine, the rest of the world seemed to fade away. All I could think was that, this was Percy.

I finally released one of his hands. I rested my newly free hand in the juncture between his neck and his shoulder, using it to angle his head just a little bit. If this kiss lasted until eternity, it would still be too short...

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Percy POV

It wasn't until I felt the pressure from Apollo's hand on my shoulder that I realized what I had just done. My eyes shot opened as I realized that I had just kissed the god of the sun.

I immediately pulled back. I stared at him in shock before I turned and started to run, practically tripping in my haste to get away.

I had been so lost in our dancing. I had loved the feeling of Apollo's arms around me as we spun around the park, his voice as our only accompaniment. Having him wrap his arms so tightly around my waist to stop me from falling had shorted out my brain. Before I had even thought about what I was doing, I was kissing him.

I heard him shouting at me to wait, but I couldn't bring myself to stop. The only thing my brain could think was...

What the Hades did I just do?

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Authors Note

ABOUT DAM TIME! (Laughs at own joke) Seriously though... I thought that kiss would have happened ages ago.

As I've said before, I cannot guarantee a specific time that I will update. It may be in the morning, it may be almost midnight. I set a day, but when a chapter is posted depends how much work I still have to do.

P.S. Happy New Year!

Next update will be January 3rd

Next Chapter:

I couldn't even believe I had just done that...