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[kelpful]

Characters: Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase
Date: Throughout August
Location: Various
Situation: Catchall log for these two dummies
Warnings/Rating: N/A for now

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[sophos]

She rolls her eyes. "We can't just blow it up. You realize that would blow up the fish, too?" This is clearly the part she's supposed to cover. Maybe. Because this isn't adding up as well anymore. She takes a sip of the drink, watching him over the rim of the glass.

It's also a little amusing watching him start to squirm.

[kelpful]

He rolls his eyes back at her. "Obviously I'd protect the fish. And come on, you know how things usually go with us. We'd totally end up blowing it up, whether we meant to or not."

He's just going to get a drink here, knee jiggling up and down.

[sophos]

She raises an eyebrow. "So what you're saying is, the evening's going to end in explosions no matter what this all is actually about?"

Her eyes move to his knee, the jiggling pulling her attention, and she registers the motion as maybe something a little anxious. Annabeth moves her free hand to his knee, resting it there gently. "It's just talking to fish, Percy." It has all the intents and purposes of being calming, but there's a challenge in it, too; he shouldn't be this nervous if it was only what he keeps insisting.

[kelpful]

A beat. "Can you disagree with me?"

He opens his mouth and then shuts it again when she places her hand on his knee. Percy can hear it in his voice, he's totally been made, but he doesn't even care. It's just so Annabeth, being able to tell he's nervous, offering comfort and trying to figure things out at the same time. She gets a quick kiss to the cheek. "I love you more than dolphins."

Yeah he went there.

[sophos]

"I'd like to." But she sighs. Because demigods and disaster go hand in hand, turtleback or otherwise.

The kiss on the cheek and his statement distract her enough that she lets out a short laugh. "Such a high standard. What about octopi? Or whales?"

[kelpful]

He grins back when she laughs, pleased that he managed to get that out of her. "Those too," he admits. He loves this girl more than everything, so she definitely beats out both octopi and whales.

The cart comes to a stop and he blinks, before smiling again. "I guess we're here, come on." He'll lead her out of the cart, and the first thing that should be apparent is that this is not a fancy party. It's a fancy restaurant.

[sophos]

It's not like she was really expecting another answer, but she still sort of beams at him anyway.

Annabeth notices right away the reality of the building, and she starts giving him the barest traces of A Look. She lets him lead her out despite that, but she does elbow him in the side. "Percy."

[kelpful]

He doesn't even try to avoid the elbow to the side. He kind of deserves it. He gives her the blandest, most innocent look possible. It makes him look kind of dumb, but he totally knows she's caught him. "What?"

[sophos]

She's torn between rising in an angry huff and breaking into a stupid grin, and so she also deems it fit to punch him in the arm. "You idiot, you're a sneaky little liar, you jerk," and she smacks his arm to round that off. "Don't you what at me, that's my question!"

[kelpful]

Percy starts to laugh, taking the punch without complaint, but fending off the smack before it can land. "Oh man, I can't believe it worked that long," he manages to say in between all the laughter. "Would it make you less mad if I told you we have reservations and don't have to spend any of the evening talking to snobby rich fish smugglers?"

[sophos]

Annabeth makes a grumbly growly sort of noise over his reaction, especially the laughter, smacking him again for good measure since he blocked the other one. Despite all that, there's a grin creeping its way onto her face. "You're an asshole," which should have been the Ancient Greek equivalent, but it translates, and her tone is inflecting on affectionate. And probably exasperation. "You should have just told me that in the first place!"

[kelpful]

He lets that one land without trying to avoid it, figuring better small pain now than great pain later. He catches the inflection in her voice and manages to stop laughing so much, just grinning happily. "And ruin the surprise? Come on, isn't it like, that much better now you know how bad the evening could have been?"

He reaches out to take her hand again, tangling their fingers together. "If you keep hitting me, they probably won't let us in."

[sophos]

Annabeth huffs, because she's Annabeth, but the smile on her face over it all turns into something more overbearing. She gives his hand a squeeze, shaking her head at him at the same time.

"Much better." She leans up and kisses him, soft but meaningful. "You're still an idiot, and if they don't let us in after all that effort, it'll be the least of your concerns."