Percy Jackson: The Wolf Curse

Chapter 37: It's Complicated

[Percy's POV:]

Love? I love her? But I barely know her! Did I love her before? But wasn't I dating that Annabeth girl? Well, it's not like I've been exactly loyal with my feelings for almost all my travelling companions...

"... Did.. Did we date?" Ok not my most subtle of moments, but I'm done with beating around the bush. Mostly because I hate bushes, especially ivy ones. they're loud, painful, and not great for hiding in, but only an idiot would attempt to do that. I suddenly feel offended.

"What?" She asked, understandably shook by the sudden question.

"Well... umm, crap, how do I save this..?" I just had to ask a man hating Goddess if we dated.. Reyna I leave saving the wronged to you! Please remember me for my witty humour and brilliant fur.

What I was honestly expecting was a rage, an arrow to the knee to kickstart my guarding career or an arrow somewhere else.. but what I didn't expect was for her to break out in a fit of laughter nor that I'd find it so entrancingly beautiful. Heck I would've been less surprised by a yes compared to this. A few moments later she recomposed herself enough to respond.

"Percy, you lovable idiot.. Always so unpredictable.." she sighed and gave in "It was.. is complicated, before you stupidly gave yourself amnesia like the dog brain you are we had all... confessed our feelings to you. Something that you had accepted but couldn't return since you were. Are? Were? With Annabeth" wow, I knew my old life was complicated but this complicated?? What next? I have a fairy godmother?

[Fate pov:]

"How do you think we feel!?! We have to knit that complex life of yours dumb mutt" spoke the first of the three sisters.

"Oh hush, you make it sound as if you didn't just beg to do it 3 minutes ago" spoke the other two simultaneously.

"What do you think he'll do when he realises he does have a goddess mother.. Though not very fairy-like" spoke the first once more.

"Hey don't confuse 'Them' any more than this story has!" spoke the middle sister.

[Percy POV:]

"So wait.. You had- have feelings for me?" I could feel her weight shift around uncomfortably. Her hesitation hurt a little which had surprised me. Do I really want her to have such feelings for me? Hadn't I just confessed to two monsters and a praetor? Am I a playpup?!? After a moment she replied.

"Love is something I once thought I had experienced. Your half brother had captivated my attention with his skills, he could fire an arrow at the eye of a deer from over a mile away. It was breath-taking for a demigod to achieve such feats.. At that time I truly thought what I felt was love for him and he is the reason I came to once again close my heart to it when I finally found out the truth. But meeting you? It was like a whole new sensation filled my being.. One born of similar yet vastly different curiosity, while you were clearly strong I found I did not care about your strengths but who you were despite of that" she took a moment to compose her next words before continuing, I listened in silence only the crunch of the snow below my feet, it felt like she needed to say this more than I needed to hear it.

"You know, you once held the sky for me.. It was the true start of my curiosity in you. A man that wanted to save others rather than glory, you taught me many men such as your step-father can be like that, but none came close to you. After that I'd find myself questioning your every action.. Trying so hard to fault you for it, to twist it into something evil or perverse, but I just couldn't and eventually I didn't want to either. You started dating Annabeth and I.. didn't like it, I often tried to rationalise it as if you were like other men lusting for women even though it was obviously not the case, I could see just how loved she felt and I so badly wanted that.