Why him?

Ch.11

It was around dinner time when Chiron and Mr.D finished and everyone started to head for the dinning pavilion. I told them that I wasn't hungry and I wanted to go ahead and get back to my cabin. Hesitantly they walked on but Tavi stayed behind.

"Aren't you going to get something to eat?" I asked him.

"I'm not really hungry either. You mind if I tag along and hang with you for a little?" He asked.

"Sure. Just as long as you sleep in your own cabin tonight." I smiled at him.

"No promises, bellus." He says with a smirk. I playfully hit him in the shoulder and we both laugh.

At that moment Cletus came running towards us followed by another Hellhound.

"I see you found a friend there Cletus!" I said. The two dogs sat in front of us and happily looked up.

"That's Mrs. O'Leary. She used to be the pet of Daedalus an-"

"Wait! The Daedalus?!" I interrupted Tavi.

"Well, yeah. He used to teach here for a while but... I don't really know what happened to him. You have to ask Percy or Annabeth, they'd know." he said as we started to walk towards my cabin.

"But he would have to be millennia of years old?!" I say.

"Like I said you'll have to ask those two if you want details, but I do know that Annabeth has his laptop." Tavi says and opens the door to the cabin. I walk inside, he follows me and Cletus follows him after saying goodbye to Mrs. O'Leary. Tavi plops down on my bunking and Cletus does the same to the bunk at the other side of the room.

"His laptop?" I say moving Tavi's legs so I can face him sitting on the cot.

"Yeah. She almost lost it when she and Percy got stuck in Tartarus but one of their Titan friends, one of the very few good ones, found it for her and gave it back." He says.

"Oh really and was this before or after waffles fell from the sky?" I say giving him a skeptical look. He gives me a 'really?' look.

"It's true! You can ask them tomorrow!" He says.

"Yeah..." I quietly say. Tavi looks at me with concern.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"Nothing... It's just, all this *gesture around the cabin* and now this 'prophecy' it's kinda overwhelming." I say and look away from him. Tavi moves around so he's in front of me. We sit on the mattress facing each other cross legged.

"Talk to me about it." He says.

"No, I'm fine. I don't want to bother you." I say. Tavi grabs my face forcing me to look him in the eye. He has a slightly angry look on his face.

"You will tell me now or I will tickle you till you do!" He says in a serious tone. I narrow my eyes at him.

"You wouldn't." I say though my face was squished. He pushes me on to the bed and pins my hands above my head. My eyes widen and a deep blush creeps across my face.

"Try me..." He says looking down at me with an evil smirk. Cletus growls from he's spot across the room. I've never seen this side of Tavi before. It literally looks like he wants to rip me to pieces. Not in a dirty way but like in a psycho killer way. I know he was probably just messing with me but.... it scared me. And this stuff doesn't scare me easy.

I try to hide my fear but it doesn't really work. Tavi notices my expression and his face softens, he lets go of my hands and wraps them around my waist then burrows his face in my neck.