Lock and Keys (Reader x Leo)

{Ch. 6} Thats Rough Buddy

"They've knocked out for a whole day now, shouldn't we try to wake them up?"

"Annabeth, if someone's asleep, what should you do?"

"...Wake them up?"

"No! You prank them!"

"Percy that's the worst idea you've had in a while." Annabeth glanced back at (y/n). "Anyway, don't you think they'd be annoyed if we tried to do that?"

"That's what makes it funnier." Percy snickered.

She rolled her eyes and wiped the sweat off (y/n)'s forehead, she was turning her head and groaning. Annabeth could see that she was having another nightmare.

"It would also make them forget their dreams." Percy's smile softened and the look in his eyes looked harder. He knew that demigod dreams weren't dreams, but premonitions that would come in handy later on, but he saw that this was getting too much for (y/n). "It'll give Leo a laugh, we know that."

"Honestly, anything would right now." An unexpected voice appeared.

"LEO!" Both teens looked up from (y/n) and saw Leo, wide awake and smiling.

He noticed that he was still holding your hand and gave it a light squeeze, but snapped out of it when Percy placed his hand on Leo's forehead while Annabeth had already left to get Will. "Dude, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." He pushed Percy's hand away and looked down at tou.

"She's fine, still sleeping though." Will pushed open the rack of curtains separating Leo from the light of day.

"When do you think she'll wake up?" Leo's eyes darted from you to Will.

"Soon enough. Don't worry too much about her, she's tough." He smiled.

"What happened? Do you remember anything?" Annabeth asked. She sounded worried, but there was also something masked in her tone.

"Did (y/n) cause what happened?" Percy joined in. Annabeth gave him a glare so hard he looked like he'd been slapped. "Too obvious." It read.

"Woah there guys, he just woke up," Will pulled Annabeth and Percy back from bombarding Leo with anymore questions. "And I bet he's hungry too."

That took Leo by surprise; He forgot about the sheer ecstasy of food and realized he was starving. "Heh, yeah I guess so."

"C'mon Leo, let's go to the Dining hall. You woke up just in time for lunch." Percy pulled him off the bed carefully enough not to wake (y/n). "You can stand?"

"Yeah, thanks man." Leo stretched his aching limbs and cracked his stiff bones.

"Lets move her back into her own bed." Will suggested. Without another word, Leo picked you up bridal style and laid you down carefully back into your bed. As he tucked you in Annabeth began telling him how much everyone missed him.

"Piper and Jason have been worried sick, but there's also a surprise that got here a little while ago." Annabeth started pushing Leo out of the infirmary and let her boyfriend do the rest. He kept glancing back as Percy dragged him away, he wasn't paying attention to whatever Percy was ranting about at all.

"He's okay." Annabeth gave a relieved sigh. "But he's not himself."

"Tell me about it."

Almost everyone close to Nico was used to him shadow traveling and coming into their conversations quietly, thankfully Annabeth was just on guard.

"Nico why are you here? (Y/n) still isn't awake yet."

"Yeah, I know. I just wanted to call everyone down for lunch."

"By everyone do you mean Will?" Annabeth batted her eyelashes at Nico teasingly.

He didn't look back at her but his pale face gave a rosy glow. "Do you know what happened to (Y/n)?"

Annabeth shook her head, making her long blonde ponytail whip around. "Leo didn't say anything yet. I was thinking of checking back on (y/n) at dinner."

"Good idea. Hey, you should get to the Pavilion, too." Nico gestured her out.

When she was already halfway across the field, he called out the doorway. "Tell me what happened!" He closed the infirmary door and sat next to (y/n)'s bed.

"Do you like her?" Will opened the curtains slightly and peered into (y/n)'s section.

"Why would you think that?" Nico didn't look at him, but he tensed when he heard Will's voice.

"You check up on her almost as many times as you try to see me." Will kissed his boyfriend on the cheek and sat in the chair next to him. "Did you really come to call me for lunch?"

Nico wasn't used to the affection, given that they've only been dating for a week or so, but he greatly appreciated it. "Yeah, but-"

"She's doing fine." Will cut him off and gave his warm, reassuring smile. "I don't exactly know who she is, but since most of the "Main 7" worry for her, then I guess she's pretty important."

"Let's go get some lunch." Nico got up and made his way toward the door. He held out his hand and intertwined his cold fingers in between Will's warm ones, making their way to the dining pavilion.
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"LEOOOO!!!!"

Before he could register where the shout came from, he was tackled to the ground by a smaller force.

"Leo! Your crazy plan actually worked!" Hazel had pinned him to the ground.

"Leo that was crazy! I'm glad you're alright! " Frank picked up the two and gave them a bear hug. "You are actually alright, right?"

"Haha, yeah, thanks guys." Leo chuckled. As Frank placed them down they all noticed Annabeth coming towards them; Not too far behind was Nico and his new boyfriend, Will.

"Did it hurt? Did you see heaven?" Frank asked.

"We don't believe in heaven!" Percy said.

"Oh yeah. Is uh, your new friend alright?" Hazel nudged his arm.

Leo's expression shifted. "I hope so."

Frank and Hazel turned to each other in concern. "Hey, let's go get some food, huh?"

After piling food on his plate and burning some as tribute, Leo was greeted back at his table with more hugs and his friends. Jason looked ecstatic to see Leo awake, but not nearly as ecstatic as Piper who tackled him like Hazel did.

"LEOOO!!!" She knocked him on the floor and pinned him down. Piper's grip was like iron, her voice turned cold and heavy with charmspeak. "Tell me what happened."

Leo spilled everything. It wasn't his fault, Piper's charmspeak was already strong from the beginning. Now that she knows how to use it is what's more dangerous. Leo told the group what he heard and what he thought happened. From how he resurrected, saving you, to his falling out in his relationship with Calypso.

He sounded like a robot, being forced to talk with an empty look in his eyes. When he finished speaking, he realized what he did. He pushed his best friend off and stood up.

Curious heads were facing their direction but Leo could care less. "Why did you do that." He demanded, his tone deadly serious. "Did you think that I wouldn't tell you the truth?"

"No, Leo, it's not that." Piper got up to face him. She knew she did wrong, but she wanted a firmer and more solid story. She knew how Leo was the kinda guy to laugh the pain away. He doesn't go to anyone about his feelings and it hurts her. "It's just-"

"That's rough, buddy." Percy's timing couldn't be more off.

Leo just shook his head. "I lost my appetite." He started walking back to his cabin.

"Wait!" Piper had no choice, she didn't want to lose her closest friend again. Leo stopped in his tracks. "How... How do you feel?"

Leo was trying to fight his body so he wouldn't give into the influence. "I-I fee-el grEATT." He turned and gave Piper a visibly forced smile and began walking toward his cabin, again. "Just call me when (y/n) is up." He said in a quieter tone. The group watched as he made his way towards the cabins and disappear into bunker 9.