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Apollo POV

I could hear my absolute FAVOURITE son praying to me, so of course, like the awesome dad I am, I popped in to check up on him.

"Aren't I just amazing, Will? Like, I'm just so awesome, I actually came to see y- what's with the panicked expression?" I asked.

"Uh.. it's Percy. Best you see it for yourself..." He replied tensely before leading me to the infirmary. My mouth went dry and I swallowed, licking my lips nervously. No one was gonna know. Ever.

"...Uh, can't he just heal with a little water? Why'd you need me? I-I mean, he's pretty powerful and-"

"No, because we need you to treat him, dad. Please. Nico is gonna murder me if he dies," Will pleaded.

"Dies? It's that bad?" I questioned, my stomach dropping.

"Yes. This is taking too long, do your flashy teleport thing. Room 04," He ordered, his face riddled with anxiety.

"Bossy, much?" I didn't give him time to reply before I did as he asked, my face immediately paling as I saw Percy's condition.

"I've done the best I can, but, y'know, son of Hades trying to save a life? Not working very well.." Nico rushed, looking as white as a ghost. Or rather, a sheet, because ghosts are see through I suppose. Or are they? I mean, transparent means you can completely see through them but you can tell ghosts have an aura of colour, so are they translucent, like stained glass? Or-

"Apollo!"

"Huh? Oh, right. Saving the demigod."

"He has a name," Nico snarled, "Use it."

"Right. Sorry. Saving the Percy."

"The- nevermind. Heal him."

"Yep, on it." I pressed my fingers to Percy's forehead, the familiar warm feeling spreading through my veins and into him. The soft exhale he gave sent a shiver down my spine, and although I tried to mask it, I clearly failed as the son of Hades raised an eyebrow at me.

"What?"

"Why'd you look so.. I don't know. Nevermind." Nico answered.

"No, tell me," I pressed, a teasing smirk on my face.

He rolled his eyes at me, then said, "You looked relieved. Like, massively so, more than a god should about saving a demigod-"

"Well, he is the saviour of Olympus-"

"Don't fucking interrupt me! Zeus's underwear, I would've thought after a few millennia of living you would've learned some manners."

"Did you just use my father's underwear to curse me?" My nose wrinkled at the thought, "And yes, I did, but living for a few millennia also teaches you how to be an annoying-"

"Prick, yeah."

"Hey! I'm awesome!"

"No, you're not. I assure you. Your son, however is-"

"What the fuck is going on?" Percy groaned from his death- sorry, infirmary, bed.

"Nothing! Nothing at all!" I squeaked, going bright red and hoping Nico didn't notice. Thankfully, he was too busy screaming in the son of Poseidon's face.

"WHAT IN THE EVERLIVING TARTARUS IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU STUPID, STUPID IDIO-"

Percy smiled weakly, "Calling me stupid and calling me an idiot is insulting me with the exact same thing twice."

"Shut up. Why the fuck would you do that?!"

"Uh.."

"ANSWER ME PERSEUS JACKSON!"

Percy let out an almost inaudible squeak of terror and I decided to step in, hoping I wouldn't be mauled by skeletons.

"Hey, Nico, let's cut the patient some slack, yeah?... He uh, is probably, I don't know, in pain? And that's totally not awesome, unlike m-"

"Oh my gods, do you ever shut up about yourself being awesome?" Percy groaned, "That's literally all I've listened to you say since I've woken up."

I, offended, said, "Why would I shut up about the truth? I am awesome. Right?"

The demigods both sighed, before Nico said, "Sure. Just shut up about it."

"So..."

"I'm going to Solace before I murder you, waterboy. Which would be annoying, since you just avoided death."

"Alright, Death breath. Take.. care?"

"I SHOULD BE TELLING YOU THAT, YOU STUPID-"

"Again, with the insults." Percy interrupted.

"Alright, I'm going." The son of Hades muttered before storming out.

"So Percy, what's your opinion on my awesomeness?"

"Zeus, strike me with your master bolt. Please."

The sky rumbled.

I blanched. "No, nope! Father, don't do that, ignore the silly demigod like you so love doing!"

More rumbling.

"Ugh. No, I'm not giving you an opinion on your so-called awesomeness, Apollo."

"Rude-" I was, ironically, rudely cut off by the earth rumbling.

A/N: HIII to my one reader, :)  This one is ending on 800 words so more rambling from me. Have fun. I'm currently on holiday but I'm going back tomorrow (Sunday, 11 August 2024) so that'll be fun. Red orange yellow green blue purple black blah blah blah space filler words are fun.

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