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Jason paced back and forth in his room. What was taking Percy so long? He really needed to talk RIGHT NOW.
Finally he heard the backdoor shut quietly. Since only he and Zeus lived in the house anymore the whole upper level basically belonged to him. Zeus never came upstairs and Jason only came downstairs when he was hungry. It could be a little lonely but in situations like this it was great. Instead of having to walk through the entire house to get to Jasons room, Percy just took the stairs outside. They led right to Jasons living room.
Percy didn´t knock. Why would he? He had been here so many times, it was basically his place too. Jason even kept his favorite shower products in the bathroom. There were always some of his sweaters somewhere around the place.
Jason often thought that Percy would be is best friend if it wasn´t for Leo. He and Percy were textbook best bros. The kind people saw on TikTok and then wrote comments about how they wished they had a friendship like them.
But Percy could never compare to Leo. The kind of connection Jason had with Leo was the one you only ever find once. Percy knew that. And he wasn´t jealous. He understood.
Jason was pulled back into reality when a pillow hit him in the head. “Jason, man you good? You´ve been spacing out again haven´t you?” Percy obviously had entered the room while he was thinking about Leo again and he hadn´t noticed. Now he was sitting on a chair opposite of Jason.
“Nah I´m good. Just didn´t get enough sleep last night.” Jason awkwardly ran his hand through the short hair at the back of his head. This whole Leo thing was throwing him off completely.
“Sooooo what did you want to talk about?” Jason noticed that Percy seemed slightly nervous to ask this question. He also got that concentrated look he always had when he was trying to memorize everything a person said so he could remember it later. Like when they were going on a trip as a group and Annabeth was explaining the exact plan. But Jason tried not to read into it. He probably didn´t get a lot of sleep last night either. Jason knew that Percy had always had a hard time falling asleep... and that now he didn´t even try most nights because he was busy at Annabeth´s apartment.
Jason took a deep breath. He already knew that voicing his thoughts would be even harder than thinking them. But He also knew he had to talk about this or he´d drive himself insane by overthinking.
“Okay so today Leo sent me a picture of a girl he´s seeing. And I don´t know why but I have a really weird feeling about this situation.”
Percy inhaled sharply and cleared his throat. Jason shot him a look before he continued.
“I just like... imagined them doing couple stuff. I remembered that he will probably spend most of his time with her now. And then I felt so sick I almost threw up. I felt jealous.”
Percy gasped so hard he almost lost his balance on the chair. “I´m going to need you to clarify who you´re jealous of and why because ‘I felt jealous’ could mean MANY things.”
“I think I felt jealous of that girl. I was jealous that she was going to steal the time I get to spend with Leo you know? Maybe jealousy isn´t even the right word. I think it´s more like attachment issues. I´m scared he´ll replace me with her and leave me completely. I know it´s stupid but it´s just how I feel.
I know I don´t have a claim on him or something weird like that. But in a way we kind of belong together. In a platonic way of course! But it feels like that all along there always was an invisible string tying us together. Everywhere we went, we went together. Together we have been through hell and back. We always had each other's backs. I hate saying he´s my best friend because he´s so much more. I wish there was a stronger more meaningful word to describe what we have because best friend doesn´t even come close to what we have. Leo is my everything. My soulmate. A platonic one, of course. I feel more at home in his flat than here. No... That´s not true. I feel at home wherever Leo is. I would give up everything for him and he would do the same for me. I know he would.
And I guess I´m just scared that this girl would change all that. I don´t think I´d survive if Leo started to distance himself from me. Do you know what I mean?”
Only when he stopped Jason noticed for how long he had talked. He looked over to Percy unsure what kind of reaction he should expect.
Percy just sat there. His jaw had dropped, and he looked utterly shocked.
“Dude. You need to get into therapy what the hell. You might just be a professional overthinker. You had that whole train of thought based one one picture of a girl Leo sent you? You don´t even know if they´re actually dating. And trust me, even if they are, nothing and nobody could ever come in between you two. I promise, even if things change, they will never ever change that much.” And with those words he just stood up and gave Jason a big hug. “It´s okay bro. It will be alright. I promise it will. Now let´s get something to eat. It´s late and I´m hungry.”
Jason nodded. Percy was right. Jason was feeling pretty hungry too. He still didn´t regret skipping that dinner with Hera though.
Percy stayed with him for another three hours. Thy joked around, watched the TV show they always watched together, and Percy told a few funny stories about how he and Annabeth got together and how long it took him to admit to himself he was in Love with her.
Jason didn´t know why he chose those particular stories though.
Once Jason had finally calmed down again Percy announced he really because Annabeth was waiting.
They said their goodbyes and then Percy was gone.
Jason immediately started feeling a little more anxious once he was alone with his thoughts again, but he took a deep breath. Percy was right. Everything would be alright. Jason would make sure it would be.
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PERCY
The second Percy had pulled out the drive way he called Annabeth
"Okay so I just left Jasons Place. You guys are NOT going to believe what he just told me. I can´t say too much because a lot of it was very personal and private and I don´t want to do that to him. But I really hope you have a plan now. And whatever it is you need to do it as soon as possible."