Athena was a verbal person when it came to affection.
She knew she liked women more than men. That was evident since she could relate to women since she was a woman.
Men were brutish people who usually got what they want by force. Sure not every man was like that, but most were.
She also knew Artemis liked women.
I mean, it was obvious. She had a temple for girls and where they can dedicate their life to her. Athena was lesbian, but she actually didn't know that, for a while...
But, she met you and that changed...
She wanted to be your lover. So, she became friends with you.
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Then, a few years later, she confessed her feelings towards you. She was also happy when you said you also liked her back!
Bonus, for Athena! She also knew you liked her attention so she would often hang out with you βwhich she didn't mind at allβ and read with you next to her or clinging to her.
Her favorite time was when you'd ramble to her about your day. She found it absolutely adorable, along with the fact that you wouldn't notice her admiring you. Sometimes she would even take off her helmet.
Now that was special.
Athena, also knew you liked lip gloss. She also had a suspicion you wore it to get her attention since owls were hyper when they saw something shiny, and an owl being her sacred animal, was quite obvious.
For once she played played dumb. Athena would eventually get too overwhelmed by the shiny gloss and get a tasteβ
She also hadn't kissed you before, reason? She was biding her time. She wanted to surprise you. Athena was always good at surprises. So she mostly gave you verbal affection, that's what she liked to use anyways...
One day, Athena, was at your house once again and sitting next to you reading a book.
She set down her book and looked at you. She saw you putting on lip gloss. Obvious. She then put her book down and leaned towards you.
"What's the flavor? Y'know whatβ" Athena grabbed you and kissed you, she pulled away. "Mmm. Cherry." She said with a calm face.