HoO One Shots

🔥 My Salad 🔥

Gender Neutral

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It was lunch time at the camp and you were eating quietly when you heard your siblings start talking about you.

"I bet ten dollars that Y/n won't confess to Leo," Connor said, glaring down Travis in what seemed to be a heated staring contest.

"I saw twenty. Y/n can't even punch someone without crying," Travis responded, returning his brother's glare with one of his own.

"Can we not do this in front of my salad?" You asked, holding your hands on both sides of the bowl, almost like you were covering its nonexistent ears.

"Travis has a point though Y/n," Julia pointed out as she plopped down beside you. She snatched an apple off of your plate and bit into it, causing a loud crunch noise.

"Leo doesn't even like me in that way. We're just close friends that's it," You said, hoping to end the conversation there. You had no urge to continue talking about your lack of love life.

Shouting from across the Pavilion stopped whatever retort the Stoll brothers had come up with. Everyone turned to the sound, surprised to see Leo, red in the face, yelling at Calypso, pale and wide-eyed.

"This is the last time I'm going to stand for this!" Leo shouted, pointing an angry finger at Sherman, who sat there with a smug smirk.

There were rumors around the camp that Calypso wasn't as faithful as she seemed. You've heard them all since you spent some of your time in the Aphrodite cabin but you didn't expect them to be true.

The area was quiet, even Dionysus was silent as he sipped on his can of Diet Coke ever so slowly.

Leo stood there fuming as Calypso opened her mouth to speak, only to shut it tight when no words came out.

"C'mon little man, what's the harm?" Sherman asked, breaking the silence in one of the worse ways possible.

"What's the harm? What's the harm!" Leo replied, getting louder with each word. "You sleeping with my girlfriend, sorry ex-girlfriend, is what's wrong."

From the looks of it, the two of the boys were going to fight. Both their fists were balled up tightly and they were getting closer to one another.

Thankfully, Annabeth knocked both of the out before they could create a bigger problem than the one already present.

While Clarisse dragged Sherman towards their cabin, you volunteered to take Leo back to his.

The small boy was light in your arms as you carried him through the camp. You were worried about his eating habits, knowing that he only ate at least once a day when he wasn't inventing something.

"When you wake up I'm making you eat but in a nice way," You said to his knocked out body as if he would respond back.

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It had been a couple weeks since the incident that occurred. Leo had officially broken up with Calypso and retreated into the bunker, rarely being seen.

Calypso had reacted horribly to the break up. The first couple days she screamed at everyone and everything. You got most of the heat because you were one of Leo's closest friends. She screamed at you, saying that you were the reason why Leo broke up with her. Honestly, it was funny to you and the Hermes cabin, who decided to pull multiple pranks on her throughout the weeks.

You seemed to be the only one visiting Leo at the bunker though. Whenever you brought him his meals, there were no signs of anyone else being there unless they removed any evidence.

"I'm here," You said, entering the main room where Leo usually was, tinkering away with some machine. "I brought some soft tacos just how you like them!"

There was no answer which had become the normal whenever you showed up. Usually, there was no conversation between you and Leo. He was still working out his emotions and you understood that and kept your space.

This time, however, you heard footsteps approach you from one of the side rooms.

Leo stepped towards you, arms out as if he wanted a hug. His eyes were slightly puffy and there were tear trails down his white shirt.

You placed the plate down softly before giving him what he wanted. You held him close to your chest as Leo held on to the back of your shirt as if you were the only thing anchoring him.

"I got you," You whispered to him, feeling him nod in answer. "I won't let you go, I promise."

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"Looks like I owe you twenty dollars Connor," Travis said, watching as you and Leo walked into the Pavilion hand and hand.

It took a few more weeks for you to confess to Leo after that moment in the bunker. You had liked him since the time he had started building the Argo 2, partially because you spent a lot of time around him those days. Once you told him, Leo brought up the idea of dating to you. You both were around each other a lot anyways but now you could be more intimate with one another.

It seemed like nothing could go wrong but Calypso's loud mouth had to ruin the sweet moment.

"I knew it!" She yelled, approaching the Hermes table from wherever she appeared from. Her feet stomped across the ground as she got closer to you, who wasn't even paying attention to anything but your salad.

The sound of a slap echoed throughout the room, shocking everyone who happened to be watching.

Your hand lifted up to your cheek, touching the now pink skin that tingled with each passing second.

"What was that for?" You asked, clearly confused at why you deserved such treatment when you just wanted to eat.

"That's for stealing my boyfriend!" She screamed, some of her saliva escaping her mouth and flying across your face.

"Um, Sherman isn't my type," You said, disgusted at the thought of dating Sherman and at the spit covering your perfect face.

"I meant Leo, you-"

"Ma'am, you need to shut your mouth because if anymore saliva comes out of your mouth, I'm going to drown," You interrupted her, accepting a napkin from a smirking Connor.

Calypso sputtered at your lack of emotion. She was trying so hard to get a reaction from you but you weren't giving her anything.

"Besides, Leo's dating me now. Your name is never brought up, if it is, its to insult you," You said, taking a sip of your water.

Your siblings turned to look at Calypso at the same time, freaking her out at the timing. They somehow blinked at the same time as well, making it feel as if they were possessed.

"You better leave Calypso," Travis said, drawing out the last part of her name.

"Or else we'll have to get rid of you," Connor said, completing his brother's sentence.

Calypso huffed and ran away, trying to hide her rising fear of the Hermes cabin.

You turned back to your salad and gasped, realizing something.

"What's up?" Travis asked, snapping out of the weird state he was just in.

"That whole argument happened in front of my salad!"

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{Date Published: 9/26/2017}
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First Edit: 5/18/2018}
{Latest Edit: 10/6/2020}