My Heart Short Circuits - CALEO -

Leo

"Grr, why are you so good at this?" Calypso whined. Leo just laughed at her statement as he plucked another object from the man's belly

Leo and Calypso were currently having a rematch (Calypso challenged Leo) of Operation. Apparently, Calypso could not accept that she lost that one time back in Thanksgiving break. But she was losing again.

Leo found it amusing and he would have let her win at one point if it weren't for the fact he has too much pride. And also letting her keep challenging him would give him time to think about all that has happened.

School has already started and Leo is still trying to decipher the blueprints. He first thought it was a bomb but Leo now thinks that there is more to it. And that's probably why Hera hasn't finished the project all these years.

There's something missing.

The blueprints were written in regular english words but in a way that at first glance you would think were the step of the building process but when you read it again, you realize that it really doesn't tell you anything.

So, instead of doing homework like he should be doing, Leo finds himself late at night in the workshop trying to decipher his father's work.

Some part of Leo thinks that the rematch was Calypso's way of getting him to relax, and if it was true, Leo was eternally grateful. But then there was the other issue.

Jason.

Ever since winter break ended, Jason has been extremely distant from everyone. He wouldn't wake Leo up before class anymore, causing Leo to have no choice but to use the alarm clock on his phone. He has also moved seats in all of their shared classes so Leo was stuck with various people next to him he didn't know, and Jason would be at the other end. Jason would also no longer eat with them, and if they tried to join him, he would say that he wasn't hungry anymore and leave.  He ignored Calypso as well, and even Piper.

Piper was freaking out, thinking that maybe it was her fault. Leo didn't understand at first when she said that until she revealed the fact that her and Jason started dating since Thanksgiving break. After getting over the initial shock of them dating, he reassured her that she wasn't to blame.

Calypso also seemed worried as well. She had admitted that she sympathized with Jason because they were both judge by who their father were and that she hoped that he was alright. Leo understood where she was coming from and told her he would do his best to get Jason to talk to him.

You would imagine living with the guy would give you a chance in talking to him before they went to bed, but Jason always comes in so late that Leo just can't hold his eyes open and falls asleep. Leo knows that he has been sleeping in their dorm because he would wake up to Jason's bed being unmade, since Jason makes his bed every morning someone must have slept on the bed. But there were a few times when Jason didn't come at all to their dorm. Leo doesn't know where he goes when those nights happen.

"Leo, it's your turn." Calypso's voice broke him from his thoughts.

"Oh, right. Um-" but then Leo realized that the game wasn't there anymore. He looked at Calypso with confusion, her worried expression looking back at him.

"You're thinking about the blueprints, aren't you?" Calypso sighed. Leo looked at her with a small smile.

"Jason, actually."

"Oh."

"Yeah....It just makes no sense as to why he isn't talking to us anymore. What happened?" Calypso gave him a pity look and put her hand on his, giving it a reassuring squeeze.