I stared into Y/N's beautiful E/C eyes, with the feeling of our half-siblings watching us in confusion.

"I win," she whispered, before pressing her grimy, sweaty lips against mine.

I dropped Riptide and grabbed the back of Y/N's head with my right hand. I sat up, causing her to sit on my lap.

"What are you doing?" I asked between breaths, now with my left hand crawling up the soft skin on her back.

Our kisses slowed, and grew deeper and hungrier than before. "I think I like you," Y/N gasped softly. She moaned gently as my mouth sucked her jawline, then her neck and collarbone.

"I know that," I replied in a deep voice, trailing down her shoulders.

As I made a move to take off Y/N's loose shirt, she backed away and stood up abruptly.

"Get a room!" I heard someone yell. Probably Leo. Definitely Leo.

I smirked, pushing myself off of the ground. "In my defense," I said, "I'm not the one who made the first move."

Y/N just scoffed and took my hand in hers.

"I win," she sang, swinging our connected arms. "I win, I win, I win...." She stood up on her toes and gave me a small kiss on the cheek. "I win..."

Then she turned red, as she saw Chiron gallop over to us.

"What were you thinking?" he exclaimed. "There are children here!"

I held up a hand before Y/N could answer.

"Haven't you ever been in love?" I asked, grabbing Y/N's hand in mine. "It strikes whenever it wants."

Chiron shook his head, smiling slightly. "Just get on kitchen duty for the rest of the week and don't do it again." And then looking at Y/N, "You too."

I smiled slyly, pulling her closer to my side.

"But I beat Percy," she groaned. "Doesn't that account for something."

Chiron raised and eyebrow. "Yes, but that's the only reason you're not getting a monthly restriction on hot water."

Y/N made a dramatic scene of collapsing onto me. "Life is so unfair," she mumbled into my neck.

Chiron just clucked his tongue, like the way disapproving grandmas do, and went over to congratulating Clarisse for beating Jason bloody.

I looked down at Y/N, who smiled even though she was loaded with the same duties as me.

"So I guess we should get a room," I joked, my thumb grazing her soft cheek.

She rolled her eyes, and continued swinging our linked hands.

"Your cabin," Y/N said with a sparkle in her eyes. "It would be a shame if we accidentally dropped in on Will and Nico."

I looked back at Chiron, at his hand clasped with Clarisse's to show her victory.

I smirked, pulling her by her waist closer to me.

"Why am I so attracted to you?" I whispered into her ear, ignoring the whispers and Aphrodite kids in the crowd.

Y/N smiled back, her long hair melting in my fingers.

"Maybe because you're attracted to me as well," she answered. And then, looking down, "I think I love you."

Images of Annabeth flashed into my mind, memories traveling from first seeing her to falling into Tartaros to her last day with me poked me again and again.

"You didn't believe I was dead?"

"Never."

"I think I love you too, Y/N," I replied.

"You sure?" she asked, dubbed with uncertainty. "'Cause I'm not sure if you're serious."

My eyes flickered from the crowd where Nico sat, then back to Y/N's beautiful E/C eyes.

"I swear on the River Styx," I said. "I love you."