Demigod x Reader (One Shots) ::DISCONTINUED::

⑤⑤ Mean (Octavian x Reader)

You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me

*It always seemed that the world was against you. Well, maybe not the world, just Octavian the augur. He would always threaten you, be it with knives, words, or actions. *

You have knocked me off my feet again got me feeling like I'm nothing

*Just because you weren't in the same cohort as him, he made you-and others- feel like dirt. *

You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard, calling me out when I'm wounded

You, pickin' on the weaker man

*Always picking on you, and you were getting sick and tired of it. *

Well, you can take me down with just one single blow

But you don't know what you don't know

*He just never understood that you were stronger than you looked. *

Someday I'll be living in a big old city

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

*New Rome is a pretty big city, and you wanted to live there. And eventually, you would be out of his jurisdiction. This was the thought that kept you going. *

Why you gotta be so mean?

*You wondered what kept him so mean, whether it be his parents, his past, or just his temperament. *

You, with your switching sides and your walk-by lies and your humiliation

*Humiliation? Check. Tripping you on the Field of Mars, knocking you down. *

You, have pointed out my flaws again as if I don't already see them.

*Always making fun of your smallest little flaws, and making you want to cry. *

I'll walk with my head down trying to block you out 'cause I'll never impress you

I just wanna feel okay again

*You kept thinking to yourself, I just wanna be okay again, just wanna get away from him. *

I'll bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold

But the cycle ends right now 'cause you can't lead me down that road

And you don't know what you don't know

*Maybe he thought that by bullying you, he could make you like him. An arrogant, bitter, manipulative, power-hungry bigot. *

Someday I'll be living in a big old city

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?

*One day, during a Senate meeting, you finally had enough. Octavian was talking about someone, not mentioning their name, but you could tell it was about you.*

And I can see you years from now in a bar, talking over a football game

With that same big loud opinion but nobody's listening

*You knew that no one was really listening to him. You stood up, and headed straight for him. *

Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things

Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing

*Right as Octavian started to insult you for real....

You decked him. Punched him square in the nose. *

But all you are is mean

All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic and alone in life

And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean

*After that, you became everyone's hero. *

But someday I'll be living in a big old city

And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah

Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?

Someday, I'll be, living in a big old city

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me

(Why you gotta be so mean?)

And all you're ever gonna be is mean

Why you gotta be so mean?

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A/N: It physically hurt to write this, guys.... It truly did...