Oneshots (Book 2)

(OoO S2) Molted

(i live! anyway i had this idea AGES ago, i even asked a friend to write it They never did so i was like why not write it in my own style? and bam here we go!)

Bryan pov

Waking up alone is probably one of the first things you learn as a child, when you sleep your guardian lays with you but when you awake they are gone and you cry out for them. They'll hear your cries and come running to comfort you, and as you grow older they'll come less and less at your cries, until you no longer need to cry out to them after you wake up alone. It's normal, it's a fact of life...yet for a child of Aphrodite it never is easy, we are children of love/lust/desires whatever you want to call it, but we always wish to wake up with someone by our side, especially in our times of need, pain, or illness. And sadly, that's how I feel when I wake up, PAIN.

I whimper in pain, rolling onto my side, wings flaring out across the bed, they burn at the lightest of touches, I can feel each feather separately, each and everyone either in pain or itchy. I groan, knowing what's happening, my Molt, yeah i know weird, but i have feathered wings. Sighing I open my eyes and spot a few feathers by my face, I lift my head looking over my shoulder at my wings, they're not the worst tangled mess they could be but still not the prettiest. Sighing again i flop back onto my bed and stare at the wall, my mind goes through options as to who i could ask for help, Bri, but no she's dealing with her own issues, most of the old campers still hate me, some of the new ones have been told of what i did so are wary of me, River is...something, then there's always Inpu....no i can't we just met and while he is super cute and sweet there's no way he'd want to help me...right?

I shake my head sitting up slowly, hissing at the movements of my wings, before moving to the edge of my bed and slipping off to stand on my feet on the ground. I walk to my bathroom and wash up taking special care of my wings to pull the loose wings out and brush out the wrinkles. After that i dress and go get some food, once that's complete i think to myself what to do as i have been trying to help around the camp in small parts all while showing my face often so if anything bad happenes no one can blame me, but with my wings i need to do lighter stuff....

Before i can think of anything Xylo walks into my kitchen "Bryan?" i blink at him "hi?" he hums "so you aren't affected by it?" i tilt my head "affected by what? I just woke up like....an hour ago" he sighs "a lot of the campers are suddenly being affected by their godly side, Mario keeps getting electrocuted and some scars are appearing then fading all in an electric shape, Kay is shedding scales and she's craving more live meals, River grew water horns and is acting more dragon like, etc." I frown thinking about my molt "ah i see" i say, Xylo nods "so anything up with you?" i shake my head knowing he wouldn't help even if i said yes "no i don't believe so" he nods again "then i'm off, don't go into camp until we figure out if it's a curse or something" i nod and he leaves.

I sigh after he leaves, free, that's good I won't have to work with my wings messed up, but it does make sense as to why my molt came so suddenly, usually it takes a week to get this bad but by then i'm usually almost fully through the process. My wings twing and i hiss deciding since i'm not needed i can focus on my wings, i turn and head back to my bathroom before stripping down to my boxers and climbing into the small hot tub in the bathroom letting my wings submerge and beginning the process of gently combing and removing the bad feathers to let the new ones grow.

{time skip}
Inpu pov

I was one of the lucky few who wasn't affected by this weird power surge/animal instinct thing happening, and since i can't really go visit the camp i decide to go visit Bryan, Xylo cleared him so why not. I enter his house and call out for him but don't get a reply so i start searching his house. I check everywhere except his bathroom which i'm a bit worried about checking like, what if he's doing his....needs in there!? I don't want to walk in on that! I sigh walking over to the area closing my eyes before getting to the door and knocking on the wall. I hear a splash and a yelp, then a painful sounding groan, that sets me on edge "Bryan!?" i say eyes still closed, he sighs "i'm okay!" water movement and a soft snort "you're sweet Inpu but you can't see anything" i sigh and open my eyes seeing Bryan in his hot tub, but what catches my eye is the pile of wet feathers beside it and i stare wide eyed at the pile. Bryan sighs "so i may have lied to Xylo?" i hum "i see, what is..." then it hits me "oh bird wings, molting" he hums "yep" popping his P, i nod looking to him "need me to help?" he gives me a hopeful look "you'd be willing?" i nod again "sure!" he smiles "yes please, thank you, i have the hardest time reaching the feather's closer to my back" i walk over and climb onto the side of the hot tub, he turns his back to me as i set my feet into the warm waters, which i may or may not sigh at, he hums and i begin.

The process takes a bit but by the end of it Bryan is a puddle of happy goo wings flared out and he's practically sinking into the water, i chuckle as i finish up, he lets out a hum before saying "thank you" i nod "of course anything for you" i can tell he blushes as his ears turn a bit red and i smirk "finally got you to blush" he eeps and his wings fluff up and i get hit with them accidentally, as they grew back as soon as i removed them, helpful random spell/curse thing, very helpful (not sarcastic) it knocks me back a bit and i fall off the edge onto the pile of feathers behind me, Bryan turns and looks down at me and snickers "whoops?" i snort before starting to laugh, soon he joins in. Our laughter lasts a few minutes before we calm down and he climbs out of the tub, maybe i stared a the water dripping off his body but then again i may not have. He offers me a hand which i take and he helps me to stand, he smiles and grabs his clothes off the floor nearby "i'm going to go change you go get comfy somewhere" he says and leaves the bathroom, i look to the feathers then the door and call out "what about the feathers?" he returns my call with a "Aphrodite children Feather's don't have the same magical powers as Aphrodite's herself, but even if they did after they are taken out for molting they are dead so no magic but still incredibly soft, i tend to make pillows out of them" i blink "huh" he returns to the bathroom where i still am "we can make them now if you want to do something?" he questions and i nod "sure why not" he nods and leaves then comes back with a large basket and we collect the feathers inside of it before we head to another room of his mansion, one i've never seen before. He sets the feathers down by a desk and grabs some fabric and sits down, i sit beside him and we begin sewing pillows.