Love is War ⚔⚔⚔
@haiseiscute333 @sunshines-child
I was listening to vocaloid---
“I’m surprised you came home after the stunt you pulled last night.”
“Ah, well, we have a fully equipped gym at home that I can use for free.”
“You’re already twenty-seven, yet you’re still mooching off of our parents.”
“You’re also using the gym. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.”
“I have a morning routine that I strictly follow. Besides, we stayed the night under mom’s insistence. I wasn’t about to take Nico at five in the morning to drive back to my place just to use my own gym.”
“Could have left him here. Would’ve cuddled with my angel in your place. He certainly liked it last night.”
CLANG!
“Don’t test me, Perseus. I don’t have patience for you,” Aeon said, glaring at his younger twin as he dropped the barbell with more force than necessary on the ground.
“That’s funny. So do I.” Percy murmured, not sparing his brother a glance as he jabbed at the punching bag.
“Why are you even here? Didn’t you say you were spending the night at your girlfriend’s house?” Aeon huffed, moving towards the pull up bars.
“It’s the day now,” Percy deadpanned, punching the bag extra hard while imagining it was his brother’s face instead. Ironically, it was the same as imagining his own. “And it’s ‘ex-girlfriend’. She cut our agreement short this morning after one last round in the sheets. So I’m a free man now. I can pursue whoever I want.”
“Not everyone,” Aeon grunted, leveling his brother with a glare as he effortlessly pulled himself up on the bar. “I’m not going to warn you a second time: stay away from Nico.”
“That’s not going to happen,” Percy chuckled. “You forget: we’re both celebrities. We work closely together. Unless you buy Hollywood in its entirety, that’s never going to happen.”
“I just might,” Aeon said through gritted teeth. Percy wouldn’t be surprised if he did. He knew his brother was loaded. He didn’t need the Oceanus family to back him up.
“Ah, but you won’t. Because you know Nico might hate you for it since you’re essentially restricting his freedom,” Percy drawled. “That’s the difference between you and I. I don’t care if Nico hates me at first, as long as I have him in the end,” he said with a cold smile.
“You’re a piece of work, you know that?” Aeon said, his jaws clenching, both from exertion and from trying to restrain himself from hitting his twin. “Is that why you lied to him since the first day?”
Percy stiffened for a brief moment, but it was long enough for Aeon to determine the truth. “What do you mean?”
Aeon stopped with one last pull-up before landing on the ground. He didn’t look exhausted, not by one bit. Somehow, that fact aggravated Percy even more.
“I mean the fact that you stole my identity and pretended to be the one who spent an entire summer with Nico when we were kids,” Aeon said, directly to the point. “Pretending you’re his childhood sweetheart. Pretending you’re me.”
“I was wondering why Nico was willing to date you. Turns out he mistook you for me, and you made him believe that you were me,” Aeon said.
Percy smiled innocently. “I didn’t make him believe anything he didn’t want to believe.”
“But you did.” Percy made Nico believe that Aeon cared so little about him. Percy made Nico believe that Aeon would be ashamed if the public found out that they’re together. Percy made Nico believe that he was dispensable in Aeon’s eyes. “Your little game ended months ago. You can’t hurt him anymore.”
“Who says anything about hurting him?” Percy chuckled darkly. “You said you’re more than willing to forget that we’re brothers. Well, so am I. I’m willing to do anything to have him back. If I were you, I’d be very careful.”
“Are you threatening me?” Aeon demanded, to which his brother simply smiled innocently.
“Aeon…? Are you inside- Oh.”
Both brothers turned towards the entrance, their eyes landing on Nico’s lone figure. The young man was dressed in long-sleeved silk pajamas, a towel wrapped around his neck like a scarf. Ignoring his brother, Aeon immediately crossed the room in a few strides, wrapping his fiance - he wasn’t sure if he was being protective or possessive at this point - in his arms.
“Hey, love. What are you doing here?” Aeon asked, softly, brushing Nico’s hair back.
“I wasn’t comfortable being in bed alone,” Nico admitted in a low voice, just loud enough for the two of them to hear. Aeon immediately understood his explanation, his hands tightening around Nico slightly.
“I didn’t know where to look for you and happened to run into Mom in the hallway,” Nico said, speaking normally. He didn’t want Percy to know that he made him feel uncomfortable. He didn’t want Percy to know he had that hold on him. “She told me that you might be here, and that she wants the whole family to have breakfast together.”
“Of course she does,” Aeon murmured. Their mother was very insistent in doing everything as a family. “Perfect timing. I just finished. Care to join me in the shower?” Aeon asked casually, tugging at the towel around his fiancé’s neck, revealing Aeon’s ‘artwork’ on the once pale and blemish-free canvas that was Nico’s skin.
Percy’s eyes narrowed dangerously at the sight. He had noticed Nico walking with a slight limp, but he didn’t think - what with being in their parents’ house - that his brother would dare. This was fine - Percy insisted to himself. Again, so long as Nico was his in the end, everything else didn’t matter. However, that didn’t mean that he appreciated the sight. Didn’t mean that he didn’t want to tear his brother apart and claim Nico for himself right there and then.
“Okay,” Nico agreed, much to Percy’s utter displeasure.
“Good morning, Nico. Aren’t you going to invite me to breakfast too?” Percy greeted and asked him, keeping his trademark smile on his face, acting as if nothing happened last night.
But something did happen last night, and Nico was never one to let go of his grudges easily.
“No,” Nico responded in a clipped tone before turning to Aeon. “Can you carry me back to our bedroom?”
Aeon didn’t even question his request. With practiced ease, he leaned down and scooped Nico into his arms, carrying him effortlessly.
“Tell Mom we’ll head down in an hour,” Aeon told his brother who, at that moment, was glaring daggers at his back. He could sense it, but he couldn’t be bothered to turn around, not when something far more important demanded his attention.
“Or two,” Aeon added.
He had never played a game with Percy, always conceding when his brother wanted something. Not this time though.
There was no way in hell he was ever going to let Percy have Nico again.
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