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***- This story is boy x boy. Don't like? You don't have to read.

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April 30th

Apollo POV

How could he possibly know..?

I felt my heart stutter in my chest and I did my best to keep my face blank. Inside though, I was panicking. I took a breath and tried to sound confused and casual as I said, "What makes you think that?"

The son of Hephaestus narrowed his eyes and took a stance that was far more confrontational. "Don't lie to me. I know who you are."

I felt my heart rate spike. I had never wished I could lie as much as I did at that moment.

"Why would..." I had no idea where I was going with that sentence, so it didn't even bother me when he cut me off.

"I know who you are, Apollo. Do you know how? Because of this," I felt my face pale when he picked up the Valdezinator. He shook it at me. "I have only ever made one of these. And I gave it to you in exchange for information and the curse of Delos. So go ahead, tell me again that you don't know what I'm talking about."

I was saved from having to answer him when Percy came down the hallway. Judging by the look on his face, he had no problem hearing exactly what it was we were talking about. I suddenly felt extremely grateful that Jason hadn't been granted true godhood, or he would have heard too.

As soon as the young god stepped into the living room, Leo grabbed his arm and tried to pull Percy behind him. "Don't go near him Percy. He's not what you think."

"He's a god. I know."

"He's actually Apoll... what, what?" The son of the smith god gave him a betrayed look before dropping his arm and stepping away. "You knew? You've known who he was this whole time?" Percy bit his lip and nodded. "Why... why didn't you say anything?"

The son of Poseidon looked down the hall before lowering his voice. "Please Leo, I know that you're upset but I promise, I will explain everything after the others go home."

Leo shook his head and looked at Percy as though he'd never seen him before, "What? So you mean that even now, you're not going to tell them? What in Tartarus, Percy! I thought we were your friends."

The young god looked like he had just been slapped. "I am your friend Leo. Please, you have to trust me..."

"Why should I? You've been lying to us for months!"

"It wasn't exactly my idea to keep it a secret!" Percy's anger was clear in the volume of his voice. I glanced down the hall but it didn't look like anyone had heard. I wanted to wrap my arm around Percy, but I had a feeling that it wouldn't exactly go over well with the irate son of Hephaestus. Instead I shot my boyfriend a pointed look. The son of the sea god frowned, but took a deep breath. His voice was much lower when he continued.

"Please Leo. I swear on the Styx, I had a good reason for not saying anything. Just wait until the others leave and I promise, I'll answer every question you have. If you don't agree with my reasons after that, I'll let you tell everyone."

The son of Hephaestus looked torn. I could tell Percy's oath had made him hesitate.

I heard a noise from down the hall. I turned my head just in time to see Jason step out into the hallway. "Hey, are you guys coming or what?"

Leo took a deep breath and grimaced. "Ya, we'll be there in a sec." As soon as the golden boy went back into the bedroom, Leo glared at me again. "You guys had better explain everything."

I nodded, "You have my word."

Judging by his expression, my word meant a lot less to him than it had ten minutes ago.

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Percy POV

For something I had been so excited for, it certainly wasn't going the way I'd planned. Leo took a seat right against the wall and didn't as much as glance at either of us. Piper looked between us and the fire starter, but she didn't comment on the obvious tension that had followed us in. I could see just how worried Apollo was, so once we lay down I started running my fingers through his hair. Usually that would be enough to calm him, but it only succeeded in making the atmosphere more awkward. Eventually I just admitted defeat and let my hand fall. I couldn't even hope to focus on the movie.

I knew that Calypso had to have heard the confrontation too. I was very glad that she had decided to stay in the room instead of following me out to the living room. If Leo had known that his girlfriend was aware of Apollo's real identity, I wasn't sure if he would have been willing to wait to talk about it.

As it was, there were several times during the movie that I expected him to say something. He kept turning towards us, but whenever he did, the goddess just took his hand or smiled at him until he turned back to the movie. I was going to owe her big time. I was nervous enough about having to explain everything to Leo. I wasn't ready to tell the rest of our group that I was dating a god.

It wasn't that I was ashamed about who he was. I hardly even thought about his godhood much anymore. To me he was just Apollo. The man who was risking his life to teach me archery, the one who made me blue pancakes because they were my favourite, the guy who brought me ice cream and read me terrible poetry to get my mind off my break-up with Annabeth. God or not, it didn't change anything. Apollo was still my best friend and I was happy that the two of us were dating.

I just hated fighting with my friends and I knew with absolute certainty, they wouldn't take to finding out he was a god very well. They may have been more accepting than I expected about learning that I was dating a guy, but that was different. We were all the product of a relationship between a god and a mortal. His godhood would be a much more difficult obstacle for my friends to overlook than his gender.

I was so focused on my thoughts that I didn't even realize the movie had ended. It was only the sound of Piper, Jason, and Calypso discussing the movie as the credits rolled that pulled me back to the real world.

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The son of Zeus stretched his arms above his head and smiled. "That was great. We are going to have to do this again."

I nodded. "Agreed, but next time we'll plan ahead so that everyone can make it."

Piper kept looking between the four of us. I was positive that she could tell that there was something wrong. It couldn't have escaped her attention that Leo and Calypso were making no move to leave either. Rather than try to pry the information out of us though, she just took her boyfriends hand. "Come on, we should be getting home. I'm sure Annabeth is dying for someone to bring her coffee."

The golden boy laughed and squeezed her hand. "You're probably right about that. See you guys later."

The four of us waved and said our goodbyes. As soon as the door closed behind them, I felt my shoulders slump. Acting normal when my brain was going haywire took way to much energy, and the hardest part of the night was only just beginning.

I turned around and saw the son of Hephaestus cross his arms. I took a deep breath and tried to push down my fear. This was not going to be easy.

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Authors Note

Life is hard… I probably aged like 30 years in September. That was the month without end. October isn't much better. November however, is looking like it will be easier.

I wish I could have made this chapter longer. After such a long hiatus, you guys deserved a big update. But I needed to just get something posted.

After careful consideration, I've decided that I'm not going to write the date of the next update until I can get back in the habit of working on my stories regularly. I keep missing them and then I get depressed cause I failed to update when I said I would, and then that just compounds the issue. I've started a new writing schedule to get myself back to weekly updates though, so we'll see how it goes. Hopefully I'll have another one ready next week.

Next Chapter:

As much as I wished that I could let Apollo take the fall, I knew that I was the one who owed Leo the answers...