orenda [leo valdez]

lxxxiii. Flour War and Naked Cupcakes

❝wild spirit, soft heart, sweet soul❞

⤷ butterflies rising

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"Leo Valdez, I know damn well you didn't just put 8 times 7 is 52."

"What is it?" Leo begged, blushing. "Just tell me!"

"We're in college, babe!" Kira exclaimed, laughing loudly.

"What is it?" Leo repeated, a desperate look on his face.

"56."

"I was close!" Leo defended, scribbling the number down.

"Not close enough."

Kira and Leo were laid out on a long couch in their apartment, finishing the never-ending college homework.

Yes, apartment. They were living together. In an apartment. Some things Kira never saw coming, such as settling down with a boy in New Rome, studying for SATs. And that boy being Leo Valdez, who was currently failing his math class.

"I'm just gonna be a mechanic anyway," Leo grumbled, scribbling out another answer. "I don't need this."

Kira laughed, writing down another answer. "Then why are you?"

"Am I what?" Leo mused, scrunching his nose at the next problem.

"Going to college?"

"'Cause you are," Leo said simply, shrugging. "You're lucky I love you, making me go through all this math."

Kira looked up from her math problem. "It's only one more year, if you can pass this class."

"Easy for you to say, Ms. I-Know-How-To-Do-Math! This wold be much easier if you'd just do it for me," Leo begged, pulling out his famous puppy dog eyes.

Kira held up her own math homework. "I've got enough to do myself babe, sorry,"

Leo grumbled a few ancient greek curses. Kira laughed. "I should never let Percy teach you those curses,"

Leo grinned, throwing his homework to the ground. "Too late,"

Kira just shook her head, scribbling in another answer. She managed to finish a few more before Leo spoke again.

"You know, why don't we do something fun?" Leo announced, kicking his homework across the room.

"Leo-"

"It'll still be there after two hours, amor," Leo pleaded, gently taking Kira's work out of her hands. "Just give me two hours. When's the last time we did something fun?"

Kira pondered. "Like last night."

"Not the point!" Leo said, waving his arms.

"So," Kira asked, an amused grin on her lips. "You want to, what? Go out to a bar?"