Part of Me (Will Always Be Yours) - JinJoo AU

Chapter I: JinJoo

Chapter One

Minjoo POV

Letting out a contented sigh, you marvel at the beautiful sight in front of you, the sun setting slowly, painting the sky with different hues of orange. You shiver when a breeze blows from the sea, internally scolding yourself for not wearing warmer clothes. The climate inside the camp is controlled by magic. Still, the spring season is approaching, which explains why the breeze is a bit chilly. Plus, you decided to spend your time on the top of the cliff overlooking the Long Island Sound.

It has been 6 years since you started the camp, yet you discovered this spot just months ago when you and Chaewon had a fight. It was an intense fight that you broke out crying. Unable to face her, you decided to get away from her; your feet brought you here. You immediately felt sad at the thought of her. You miss her and how you wished you are together right now, but Chaewon isn't here. She doesn't want to be in here, and she made that perfectly clear to you. Your train of thought was cut off when someone emerged from the woods and called your name.

"Minjoo!"

You turned your head towards the source of the voice and found Yena approaching. Besides you, Yena is the only camper who knows that this place exists. How? You don't know; maybe this place is her safe haven too. Away from the other camper's prying eyes but not too far away from the camp's protection.

"Chiron is looking for you," Yena said, stopping in front of you or more of at your back since you are still sitting cross-legged facing the Long Island Sound. You stood up and took another deep breath before facing Yena.

"Did he mentioned why?" you still ask, even though you already know why

"The campers from Camp Jupiter just arrived" she shrugged

The two of you walked towards the Big House, a four-storey house that serves as the Camp Director's office. Dionysus used to be the camp director as punishment for doing something that pissed off Zeus. But after the second war with giants, Mr. D never returned, so Chiron, the immortal centaur, took his place.

"You miss Chaewon," Yena said after minutes of walking in silence

"Of course," You simply said, it is pretty obvious that you miss her. She left just last night, but you already miss her.

"You should have gone with her, you know."

"I want to, but then you know why I turned it down, right?"

"I still can't understand why they still look at a child of Athena with resentment," Yena said, shaking her head. "It has been decades since the battle with giants, and I thought with that huge ass statue standing at Half-Blood Hill, the rift between the Romans and Greeks have been healed or fixed, and yet those Romans-"

"Yet they still see a child of Athena as an abomination or something?" you said cutting your friend off, quirking your brow at her

"No, at least they have the decency of refraining their selves from calling you an abomination," Yena scoffs. "What I mean is, they still think that children of Athena don't deserve rights or something," she sighed

You can't help but chuckle at your friend's frustration, even if it doesn't necessarily concern her.

"You know why they have that perception, Yena" you said, stopping at the front porch of the Big House. You turned to your friend, who also stopped from entering the building. "The Parthenos of Athena indeed fixed the long-standing rift between Romans and Greeks, but it never fixed the perception of the two camps between the Roman and Greek forms of gods and goddesses. My mom's roman form is Minerva, and she's a maiden like Diana or, as we Greeks call her, Artemis. So my mom having a child freaks the Romans out" you explained