I Think I Love You || (festive) Leo Valdez X reader

Chapter Thirty One || Screaming Fish and Tinkle Toes

A/N PLEASE READ!!!!!!
Jeez Louise I just realised that yesterday (the 19th December) was this books birthday? So I decided to get my shit together and write again. I have been working on another story, it isn't a demigod/any other book series related but like my own Ocs story. If you don't already know I am obsessed with trashy romances and cliches and I've always wanted one to call my own so yeah. I will be writing it completely before publishing it because as you can see from this book, I'm not so good with time management but yeah. That's just me telling y'all about my absence for most of this year, sorry about that again and hopefully I'll get this book up and running again?❤️❤️❤️

19th December

(Y/n)'s POV

I sit in cabin 3 on my bunk and pull out my diary again. It feels weird writing in it now, when before it was like a second nature to me.

Dear diary,

It's been a while since we've seen each other. This month has definitely not been my month so let's have a recap on it so far. I got kissed by Tyler and I freaked, I got kissed by Leo and I didn't know what to do so I carried on like usual? I got kidnapped by a D list god who was mentally unstable (but then again which one of them is?) and another crazy demigod, Ash who also seemed rather creepy to me. I had dinner with my mom and my stepdad and it was disastrous to say the least. That's all the things that happened to me, and a lot has been going on at camp. I don't know if I should go back to institute for Christmas, but Tyler did invite me to the Christmas party in London and I for some reason said yes? I still like Leo but I don't want to ruin our friendship in case it doesn't last and I don't know how to tell Tyler that I don't wanna be with him like that

I stop writing mid sentence as the door opens and I see Leo step in wearing a thin t-shirt and sweatpants. I shove my diary underneath my pillow before he can see it.

"Hey Leo what's up?" I try to sound causal as if I hadn't been bitching to myself about him in my diary.

"Screaming baby." He said in a tone that made me want to hug him.

"Mateo?" I asked getting my coat.

"Mateo." He nodded and made way for me to exit the cabin.

I slightly brush against him and a jolt of heat goes through making me jump back. "I forget you don't get cold." I chuckle awkwardly.

"Yeah." He scratches the back of his neck and coughs awkwardly.

Was the awkwardness finally getting to us? Should I bring up the kiss? Do I bring us the kiss? What if–

I stop mid thought as we hear Mateo shriek, not quite sure if he was hurt or happy. It all sounded the same to me.

"Good lung capacity." I comment as we rush over to the Hephaestus cabin.

"If only he'd not use it to drive me insane." Leo muttered as they entered the cabin.

What stood in front of us was quite the sight though.

Nyssa was holding little baby Mateo in her Arms, her hair sticking out like she'd been dragged through a hedge backwards.

Mateo himself was dressed in a red tutu and had green pins and barrettes in his hair and was gurgling happily.

"Okay who screamed?" Leo sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Wrong cabin bro." Nyssa shrugged not even bothering to explain Mateo's appearance.

As I look closer at Mateo, his little feet had nail polish on them! A glittery red one too! "Hey there little twinkle toes!" I coo at him and he claps his hands happily.

"Tinkle toes!" Mateo echoed making me laugh.

"Twinkle not tinkle!" I laugh as he laughed too.

"Tinkle toes! Tinkle toes!" He laughed and clapped his hands together merrily.

"Eh, he's happy so I'm happy." Nyssa said as she smiled down at her brother.

"I'm off to find the screamer." Leo said and Nyssa and I nodded.

A couple minutes later I heard yelling so I poke my head out of the door.

I see Percy screeching some poor Aphrodite girl who had went against his suggestion of having a Blue and white theme for the pavilion and had gone the traditional green and red.

"I WILL UNLEASH A THOUSAND SCREAMING FISH ONTO YOU IF YOU DON'T GET THUS FIXED BY TONIGHT CAMILLA!" Percy yelled and stormed off.

Looks like we found our screamer.