Don't Fall (PJO FF)

14.) Mates are Wack

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PERCY

"Mates?" I nodded. "Um, I mean, I kind of know that it's like a soulmate? Or someone who you, like, spend the rest of your life with. Or, uh, I don't know." He said awkwardly. "Why? Do werewolves have mates?"

I glance at Will and nod slowly, keeping my head down. "Yeah, werewolves have mates."

"So you two." He pointed at Leo and Calypso. "And you two?" He pointed at Hazel and Frank. "And you? They told me that you two aren't together so are you mates or just best friends?" I looked back at Will again and he gave me a look telling me that I better tell him. I knew there was no backing out of this now, no matter how much I wanted to.

"Will isn't my mate." I looked back down to the grass.

"Have you found yours yet?" I nodded. "And so yours is..." He trailed off and his eyes widened in realization. He looked at the pack for confirmation and they just nodded. He then looked at me but I kept my head down. "Oh...oh."

"Yeah...' oh'," I said quietly. "So now that you know that, Imma just...go..." I turned around and walked off, leaving them to silently watch and think about what was said. Or with what wasn't said.

My legs took me to the arena where I could already hear the clashing of swords and various other weapons.

"Hey, Percy! Come here!" I look over to my right to see Annabeth waving me over, Reyna holding her spear on Annabeth's left side. I stuff my fists into my pockets and walk over to the two demigods.

"Hey."

"You're looking down. You alright?" Annabeth asked, worriedly. Her eyebrows were tilted down in a frown as she searched his face.

"I'm fine, don't worry about it."

Annabeth and Reyna share a look before putting down their weapons and dragging me off to the side of the arena.

"You look like someone just ran you over by a bus. So tell us what's wrong."

I sighed. "I kinda told someone a secret of mine and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I'm glad that it's not weighing me down or anything but I'm also...scared? I don't know. I don't know how they'll react and that scares me I guess."

"I get that." Reyna told me, putting a hand on my shoulder. "I told Annabeth that I liked her and before she could say anything I got called for a meeting. I was scared of what her reaction may be so I avoided her for a bit."

"And how did you stop? Avoiding her, I mean."

The brown-haired girl let out a laugh. "I didn't. She kept trying to talk to me but I left before she could. She ended up trapping me by myself in the arena and we talked. We talked through how we were feeling and we got over it. A little bit later we started dating and here we are."

"That sounds way too simple," I muttered.

"But your secret isn't about liking someone, is it?"

"Not exactly. It's complicated." They gave me a confused look. "Okay, so I don't like him...like that but I wouldn't mind being friends with him and then I told him something that my friends forced me to tell and then walked off. I can't really say any more than that, sorry."