safe || leo valdez x oc

fourteen: i puke and it hurts

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leo steered festus towards the sunset, and gave festus a pat on the back. then, like any good driver, he completely turned around and sat so he could face me.

he grimaced, a sure sign i didn't look very good. i was leaned against piper as she hastily tried to take off my jacket. now, i would do anything for a boread to freeze me. this is agony.

"hooooot." i groaned.

"thanks." leo grinned.

i sat up. "i'm- not..."

leo yanked off the jacket as my chest convulsed. leo's eyes widened as piper pulled my hair back, and she steered me to the edge of festus. leo dodged just as an explosive puke emerged from my mouth, probably splattering on some poor civilian below us.

i groaned as i finished. piper patted my back as leo handed me a canteen of water, which would need to be cleaned pretty soon because of this.

i chugged half down, and probably upon bad judgement, i dumped the rest on me. i heaved in deep breaths before looking up at my friends.

"well?" my voice was very hoarse.

"leo's jacket protected you a bit." jason assessed. "but..."

i looked down. naturally, my jeans and shirt had holes all over them, including some of the less convenient spots. to save my embarassment, jason, leo, and piper said nothing as i crossed my arms over my chest and used the old army jacket over my thighs.

"great." i muttered. "does my face look as bad as it feels?"

"well, you are several shades redder and swollen." leo said. "but, i don't see any blood or blisters."

"rad." i burped again and leo flinched as if worried i might hurl on him. "so, now i just have to feel bad about trying to kill you two?"

leo looked down and jason cleared his throat.

"it wasn't just you." leo muttered as he conveniently turned around again. "thanks for saving us back there, beauty queen. and space girl,"

i felt good knowing fun leo was back.

"nice to know you have a handy little trick."

i huffed. "probably would have been more helpful if i hadn't been-"

"don't worry about it." piper said as i began to lean forward on my own. "you helped me just as much as i helped you. i know you didn't mean it."

but i did. at least a little. it's true- i'm always talked about behind my back. leo and jason just did it in the stupid sewer. i bit my lip as i chose not to mention that.

"we're going to have to put down soon." leo warned as piper draped my cloak back over me. "couple more hours, maybe, to make sure medea's not following us. i don't think festus can fly much longer than that."

"i can't either." i admitted. "i- i'm exhausted. getting paralyzed, charmspoken, and burnt in like, thirty minutes really takes it out of you."

"so does your little emotion thing." leo said. "by the way, what is it with that?"

"the moon." piper blurted. i yawned as my posture slumped.