The Equation of Hearts

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Thankfully, no school on Saturdays. Adonis wanted to go out. Kato arrived in a far more composed manner than he had arrived back home. He arrived and saw Odele sitting there with a teasing, huge grin on his face, Kato elected to ignore him for a moment, greeting il domestico instead. Athena left her room and stretched, looking at the pair,

"Two opposing forces, what's with your stupid grin bro?" Athena chortled and saw Odele swirl his mug of tea, still snickering at Kato. Athena rolled her eyes and went over to the bodyguard, resting her hands on his shoulders, "you alright? Why's your face all busted?" She traced his jawline and leaned closer to him, sniffing him, "oh! You smell of freshwater!" She cooed and he hummed.

"What!? Damn! I did not know you were like that!" Odele covered his mouth in genuine shock, with widened eyes. He let out a laugh. Athena stayed beside Kato and looked back at Odele while confused.

"Sorry, am I missing something?" She looked between them. Kato wasn't so sure himself.

"Come on man, we're friends now, you can tell me how it was," Odele brooded and drank some tea, "skinny dipping?" He tilted his head.

"What!?" Athena looked up at Kato, gripping to his shoulders,

"What's that?" Kato whispered. Athena gasped and covered her mouth before looking at Odele who also laughed.

"Did she not demonstrate?" He realised slowly that, on par with Kato, nothing may have happened. And Cassandra was just pulling on his leg,

"Who's she?" Athena narrowed her eyes and looked between them. She traced his jaw and guided him to look at her, where she pressed against him, "darling, tell me what's happening," she cooed and leaned closer to Kato. He wondered how he was going to apologise to her for detesting her existence as he had the other three children. Even Antonio. As strange as it may seem, he was certain that kissing her would make her happy. But he wasn't going to entertain her desire for someone who had a genetic and phenotypic composition that made him seem like her twin brother. He couldn't blame her though, if he didn't look the part and he was a stranger her age, why shouldn't he? Though he wondered what she was so charmed by - considering he quite literally just ignored her almost all the time.

"Get ready for today." He patted her hips and turned her around, pushing her forward.

That was exactly what she was enticed by. His unintentional intimacy and the fact he didn't just fold under her. She wanted him to crumble so she could feel victory. But she lost herself on the way. Regardless of the competition with Bianca. She went into the bathroom.

"So, how was your date yesterday?" Odele leaned back.

"We didn't go to a restaurant or a club," he replied, keeping his hands behind his back.

"Somehow far more interesting to know what you did with her all the way in the mountain forest. Here I am, thinking you went skinny dipping and did a bit more than frolic in the shrubbery. I mean, clearly whatever you did was rough, your face is in a state." He chortled and took a sip of his tea,

"We fell off a cliff." He explained, Odele nearly spat out his tea, "and whatever skinny dipping is, we probably didn't do it." He wondered what it could mean. He genuinely had never heard it before, "we did swim though... and go tree climbing. We returned..." he looked at the time, it was 08:00, "210 minutes ago." He replied.

"What..." Odele did the maths, "why didn't you just say three and half hours a- what?" He realised, "didn't you guys sleep?" He frowned.

"She is." He replied, "don't worry, it won't hinder performance." He promised as Athena returned,

"What happened then?" Athena rested a hand on her hip and looked at the boys, "and who is "she", because I'm getting jealous." She claimed.

"He went to Mt.Fuji last night with a friend. I know, two teens ran off into the woods and they didn't shag. He instead fell off a cliff." Odele clicked his tongue. His disappointment was immeasurable. He thought Kato had really landed Cassandra, unless they had already settled that. But seriously, the perfect time and he didn't do anything apart from nearly die.