A/N: Happy 200 chapters my little munchkins 😘🥰😘
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[Third Person's PoV]
Lucian walked in front of Hestia and looked at her with a raised eyebrow, he then began raising them suggestively.
Hestia's cheeks turned slightly red out of embarrassnt and glared towards Lucian, "Why must you always embarrasse so? Am I not your precious cute little aunt, won't you show pitiful little old so rcy?" Hestia asked hopefully while trying to appear cute with beady eyes.
She saw Lucian look towards her tilting his head to the side, closing his eyes as he smiled affectionately at her. Seeing this Hestia grew hopeful, thinking that maybe she was safe from embarrassing herself.
However, she should have known to grow hopeful in front of Lucian.
"Get your ass up," Lucian said suddenly, still smiling affectionately.
Hestia had a knee-jerk reaction and blinked, wondering if she heard him correctly. "Excuse ?"
Lucian leaned closer to her, standing face to face while his expression hadn't shifted for a second, "You heard ~" Lucian then began turning his head at a weird angle as then said, "After all~ You gave your word~ It can't be that the Holy Maiden Hestia, Known to be the most foreright Olympian, would fail to keep her word after she promised."
Lucian kept twisting his head with his every word and when he stood he was looking at her upside down.
Hestia let out a sigh as she asked, "Why do you do this to ?"
Lucian fixed himself and got on one knee, (1 milliter off from touching the ground to be exact) and took her by surprise as he answered her truthfully.
"This might just be involving myself in things I don't truly understand or know. But you are hella under-appreciated" Lucian said earnestly.
"Um… what?" Hestia blinked, her eyes wide with surprise.
Lucian nodded firmly. "There are barely any legends or stories about you. For heaven's sake, you're literally one of the most important goddesses. It's absolutely crazy to that you don't get the recognition or appreciation you deserve."
He chuckled softly before continuing. "I've always had a soft spot for those who go unnoticed despite their incredible worth. That's why I go out of my way to 'bother' you or drag you out in front of everyone. I want people to see you, to recognize how amazing you are. And yeah, I take you dancing even though I know it's a little out of your comfort zone—because I want you to have fun for a change."
He smirked mischievously as he added, "And don't even try to deny it. I know you had a blast last ti, even if you said it was embarrassing."
Lucian gently tapped a finger against her nose, his tone softening. "So, I'm going to keep pestering you and showing you the love you deserve. Soone has to celebrate all the hard work you do taking care of the Hearth— And since no one else is doing it then I guess that ans it must be up to ."
Lucian then pushed himself up and extended his hands towards her with a smile, "So co on already and get off that butt of yours already, your nephew here has so love to show you"
Hestia couldn't help it, she burst out laughing, probably the hardest she had ever laughed to the point she was holding her stomach and tears were gathering out of the corner of her eyes.
Lucian's cheeks gained a red tint seeing laughing so much.
Hestia let out a breath as she wiped her tears and put her hand over Lucian's outstretched one. She looked at him teasingly as she said, "And you're right about one thing, you are involving yourself in sothing you don't understand, I chose for things to be like this, I don't like the lilight or being at the center stage"
She then got herself up with Lucian's help and looked at him lovingly, "But that doesn't an I don't appreciate or understand what you are trying to do or get at. Thank you Lucian, thank you for appreciating "
She smiled before she clasped his hand and lifted up in the air while shouting, "As you said let's go and raise that roof!!"
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"What the hell did we just witness?" Percy asked, leaning against a tree with everyone else, his face a mix of confusion and shock.
"I'm with Percy—what the hell was that?" Clarisse added, her expression equal parts disturbed and bewildered.
"The scariest side of Lucian…" Annabeth sighed, running a hand through her hair as if trying to shake off the mory.
"Excuse ?" Bianca interjected, raising an eyebrow in disbelief.
"No, she's right," Thalia said, her expression wary. "That Lucian, is the scariest part of him."
"Really?" Percy asked skeptically. "I thought the scariest thing about Lucian was when he fought while unconscious. Now that was terrifying."
Nico, holding a giant plate of food and chewing enthusiastically, chid in with his mouth full. "Why's that the scariest? I thought he was just being nice."
Bianca gave her younger brother a disgusted look. "Nico, don't talk with your mouth full. It's both rude and gross."
In response, Nico dramatically opened his mouth, proudly displaying the half-chewed contents.
"Ugh, I can't even look at you," Bianca groaned, turning away in disgust.
Looking entirely too pleased with himself, Nico turned to Annabeth and Thalia, still confused. "Seriously though, what are you guys talking about?"
Annabeth let out a long, exhausted sigh. "Objectively speaking, Lucian is very attractive—and I'm not just saying that because I'm his girlfriend. He knows this, of course. But it's more than looks—he has this… natural charisma. He can turn on this 'bad boy' charm that makes him seem like the coolest guy you've ever t. You can't help but want to be his friend."
Thalia nodded in agreent. "That's the Lucian we all know and are used to. But the scary part? It's when he turns off that 'bad boy' persona. When he drops the sarcasm and chaos and becos… sincere. Genuine."
Annabeth added, her tone thoughtful, "There's a saying: The greatest power is the one that can end a war without fighting. That's Lucian when he's sincere and genuine. He has this almost unnatural ability to connect with people, to make them listen and believe in him. If he didn't love fighting so much, he could use that power to change the world."
Nico swallowed a mouthful of food and gave them both a skeptical side-eye. "I'm still just a kid, so maybe I'm not getting it, but what the hell are you even talking about?"
Annabeth scratched her chin, exchanging a glance with Thalia. They both knew what they were trying to say but struggled to put it into words.
"How do I explain this…" Annabeth muttered before snapping her fingers. "Okay, here's an example. Take what just happened. Lucian, with nothing but his sincerity and natural charisma, can sohow make a goddess—who's kept a sacred vow for over a million years—be willing to break it… I'm not saying Lady Hestia would, don't get wrong. It's just Lucian could potentially… You know" Annabeth said, moving her hands as if balancing a scale, "Make them reconsider everything"
"Okay, now you're just exaggerating," Percy said with a straight expression.
"You all literally saw what just happened" Thalia said returning the expression.
'Wait till they learn he has the three goddesses of Fate at his beck and call' Both Thalia and Annabeth thought simultaneously.
…
"Go Auntie! Raise the roof Auntie! Go! Go! Go Auntie!" Sang the being who has the three goddesses of Fate at his beck and call raising his arms upwards.
Hestia had her eyes closed and was smiling and definitely raising the roof.
Both Lucian and Hestia let out a "Wooooo!" As they had their hands fist raised in the air before they rotated their fist going in a circle in front of each other.
They both then began doing the cleopatra in opposite direction of one another.
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