Dealing with Drama

Learning to Live

AN: This is the rewritten chapter. The previous chapter, 'Inside the Infirmary', has also been rewritten. I hope you are okay with this story, now. Review!

Time: A Few Weeks Later

Percy was happy to say, his girls had been assimilating well with Nyx, Styx, Eris and Nemesis.

Surprisingly, they understood where he came from. To ensure his survival, they had to enter the goddesses.

The harem bond, on top of the domain bond he shared with the four Dark goddesses, constantly fed him with godly power. It was almost as if he was hooked onto a continuous supply of nectar and ambrosia. It was intoxicating, and addictive.

Hestia, of all people, was the first one to extend a friendly hand to them, befriending Nyx. Although it was to be expected of the hearth goddesses, the goddess of hope, to befriend the Dark Primordial of Night. And then, Cynthia had come close to Nemesis, though they still shared a somewhat rocky relationship.

Styx was still acting aloof, much like Athena, though Percy could see Aphrodite cracking through to her. It was ironic, the goddess of love befriending the goddess of hatred.

And Eris was getting close to Sydney, of all people, and the duo was now a trio- Sydney, Eris and Angela were always seen together, save for when they were in bed.

And then, there were the adorable Little Big Three, who were enthusiastically teaching the four ancient immortals how to play their favourite video games.

Onto other matters, yes, the four Dark goddesses were now part of Percy's harem. He had missed the entire ritual, being out for an entire two weeks.

But he was right in letting them join. They were much better suited to healing his godly diseases than Hestia or Calypso. Also, he was getting better with leaps and bounds now that he no longer had to support twenty girls. Since the four were also connected to him through their domains, each of them had to support only four girls each.

And it was not like the girls were constantly drawing on his power, they were much better now. Percy was also much healthy, something that Calypso remarked on.

Gone was the frequent nightmares, the sickly pale shade his skin assumed during the day, the dark bags due to lack of sleep. Right now, nightmares occurred only twice or thrice every day, and almost never when he was awake. He could sleep well, most of the time.

He also had greater control over his powers, and his insanity and anger management issues were also going down, luckily, with the stabilisation of his immortality.

Nobody outside the twenty-four girls and one man on the tropical island of Ogygia knew about the newest additions to Percy's harem.

But everyone admitted, allowing the three goddesses and one Primordial into the harem, without consulting them, was one of the best decisions Percy had ever made.

Apparently, there had been several shouting matches and dirty glares thrown while he was still out, but the fact that he was safe, had acted as a bandage to tie them all together.

So, right now, Percy only had to stay alive to keep them happy. A great feat most of the time, but right now, he thought he could pull it off.