Hey, sorry that I haven't updated lately but by parents took away my laptop for "character building". But I'm back and I realised that lately, I haven't been using the ending note, 'BRING ON THE FLAMES, COS UNCLE LEO'S HERE!' I guess I just forgot about it…

The Adventures of a Lovesick Idiot:No, the other Boyfriend

Leo let flames dance on his fingertips and threw it towards the uninflammable metal walls. He tried to be more careful inside because we all remember what had happened last time he was in that room. Yes, he got a giant rainbow bruise and several small broken bones.

'Don't worry,' he told himself, 'The chances of getting your hand jammed again are astronomical!' Why was he always considered the seventh wheel? Jason and Percy were leagues above him. Sometimes it even seemed that Frank was more useful than him with his animal transformation thing.

Calypso was probably the only who treated him as if he wasn't just the guy who wasn't that bad at cooking. Leo the tofu taco dude. And now even she turned out to be lying to him about her scandalous love affair with Justin Bieber 2.0. That conniving little butthole (inside joke XD)!

The part that hurt him worst was the fact that she didn't trust Leo enough to tell him. An annoying flapping noise warned him that there was an equally annoying mosquito around. Or at least that's what he thought, until he saw his contraption flying in circles above him.

When he realised that the video message was about to play, he set himself down in a comfortable position and braced for the worst.

"Leo, don't you dare listen to that guy! He's a dirty, dirty liar, and a cheat! And a thief! I don't know why he's a thief but it seemed appropriate for the situation. If you listen to a single thing he says and take it to heart, I swear on the River Styx that I will beat you up! Ignus for god's sake isn't my boyfriend and he more like a guy I had a crush on for two weeks! Do you go around saying Percy's my boyfriend?! NO. Therefore, Ignatius "Ignus" Vipera is not, I repeat NOT, my boyfriend. I don't love him, he doesn't love me! He might, but it's a really creepy kind of love, okay?! Ooh… Wait… Important news!" Calypso rushed, venting out all her anger.

And like every other time in his life, Leo had no idea what to do. There were two possible options, either a) he had falsely accused her of her despicable crime, or b) she was still trying to hide her relationship. Technically, both possibilities had a 50-50 chance of being the actual case but if you factored in her usually-honest personality it was more like 85-25 chance (that added up to 100, right?) in favour of Calypso telling the truth.

The saddest part? Leo wasn't as angry with himself as he was curious about Calypso's last words. What was it that Calypso had wanted to tell him? What had been so important?

Percy stood in the shower feeling the practically scalding water wash away all his scars. The liquid worked its healing magic over him and the marks of him being in Tartarus faded. He fingered the thin, white lines that remained. One of them from a drakon that used to be a giant, gaping wound and was now a little patch. Another few hundred were from empousai with immaculately painted French manicures. Percy smiled at one straight both his arms and chest. That one happened to be a complete accident.

*Flashback*

Percy pulled himself out of his makeshift "bed", a.k.a. a very "nice" mound of Tartarus dirt. And for some reason, his girlfriend was missing. Where was she?

He looked around. Could someone have taken her and if someone had, where could they possibly be hiding?

He got Riptide out of his back pocket and pulled off the lid, waiting for it to spring to full size. Percy walked around cautiously the bad guy could be absolutely anywhere. Behind the boulder, between two pieces of rubble, maybe even underneath a rock! Wait, no…

A rustle was heard from the inside of an overturned taco van. He stepped closer. It could possibly be Annabeth, but it could also possibly be the monster that had taken Annabeth.

Swift movements caught his eyes when he saw something leap out of the shadows and slice him from his right shoulder to his left elbow. A wave of pain hit him, and it hit him hard.

"Annabeth?" he asked, confused. "What in the Tartarus?" True, all he saw was a flash of blonde hair, but he'd know that shade of blonde anywhere.

She straddled Percy's waist with one leg on each side, pointing a dagger at his throat threateningly.
"Oops, sorry," Annabeth said, getting off Percy and tucking a strand of hair behind her ear as if there was nothing unusual going on. "Hey, thought you were someone else."

"Yeah," Percy grumbled sarcastically with a pout, "I'm your other amazingly handsome boyfriend that fell into Tartarus with you. Easy mistake to make."

*Flashback Over*

Percy stepped out of the shower carefully and tried not to slip on the tiles. All his wounds were now completely gone. 'What a relief,' he thought.

He dries himself with a towel, put on a spare chance of clothes and went outside only to be greeted by his true love.
"And aren't you a sight for sore eyes," he flirted, jumping into her arms.

"Well, after Tartarus, of course they're going to be sore!" she pointed out.

Leo took a deep breath and hoped for the best. He honestly hoped that he hadn't made the wrong choice. He sent off the sphere and twiddled his thumbs. After all, it would be a really long wait before it came back again.

Okay, It was a bit of a short chapter but let's be honest, did you really expect something better if I'm updating every single day? Just saying… And this time, I won't forget:

BRING ON THE FLAMES, COS UNCLE LEO'S HERE!

~The Goddess Of Duck Tape out