HoO One Shots

🌊 That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles 🌊

Gender Neutral
Child of Demeter

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Percy knew almost everything about you. From your favourite colour to the fact that you hum when concentrating. It's not like he stalks you. He simply pays more attention to the little things you say and do whenever you're around him.

Jason says you were like a beacon for Percy. It's not like he could deny it. All his friends have seen how he looked at you, except maybe you.

It was dinner time and like the rebels they were, the seven all sat at the Poseidon table.

Percy was freaking out. You were sitting next to him and because of the small bench and the many people sitting on it, you were pushed into Percy.

Jason sat in front of the boy and hide his laughter once he saw Percy's flushed face. Jason usually was like this whenever you were around Percy.

You, of course, were oblivious to this. Though Percy's obsession with you wasn't noticeable. It only was if someone were to watch Percy as closely as he watched you.

Percy was watching you when you clapped your hands happily. You were holding a green tin in your hands and everyone at the table grew smiles, knowing what was to come.

"What kind are they this time?" Leo asked, leaning forward to see what was in the tin.

"Oatmeal and chocolate chip. We had left over oats in the cabin and I didn't want it to go to waste," You said, opening the tin.

Percy looked over at cookies and smiled immediately when the first person you offered the cookies to was him.

When he wasn't training or spending time with the other demigods, Percy was in the Demeter cabin, taste testing whatever you made with whatever your siblings brought you. Sometimes it was small like cookies and sometimes you'd make a whole cake.

Percy excitedly took a cookie and bit into it. As expected, it was delicious. Anything you made usually was but today, it was really good.

'Maybe this is sign that today is the day,' Percy thought to himself. He needed to confess to you. He needed that extra weight on his shoulders to be lifted off.

So after dinner that night, Percy walked you to your cabin. You were talking about some guys named Shane and Ryan, and Percy was barely listening. He was too busy trying to slow his thoughts and his heartbeat down.

'We're almost there,' He thought to himself. 'Before they get a chance to say goodbye, I'll tell them.'

You walked up the porch stairs and turned around when you realized Percy had stopped.

"You good there Jackson?" You asked, tilting your head to the side in curiosity.

"Y/n," He started. He couldn't find the right words to say. All of that planning gone to waste, as every single word disappeared from his mind. "I'm in love with you."

The two of you stood in silence. Percy hadn't looked up at you and he was too afraid of rejection for even a glance.

"Percy," You responded softly. There was something in your voice that made Percy afraid. Was it pity? Was it that you were happy that he liked you? "I just don't feel that way about you."

The young demigod didn't know what to say. He spent so much time building up a friendship with you and he just ruined it.

"That's ok. I understand," Percy said, trying to give you a small smile. It hurt. It hurt to have your heart torn in half but if he was honest, he was expecting it.

He should've seen the way you looked at Annabeth Chase. Percy should've realized that in all the time that he watched you, you were always watching her.

"I'll see you later," Percy said before walking down the steps.

If Percy was to look at your face like he had earlier in the day, he would've noticed your red and puffy eyes. He would've noticed that maybe something was wrong.

Or maybe that the person he loved was rejected by someone that loved him.

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Date First Published: ?
First Edit: {01/26/2019}
Second Edit: {01/19/2020}