“I love you so much, it hurts.”

Percy was the heir to the Oceanum Kingdom and what he lacked in smarts, he made up for in loyalty and bravery.

You had been his best friend since forever, though after his father, Poseidon, gave him more responsibility and pressured him to get a suitor, you haven't seen him much.

Today was his birthday, and you had gone to the roof to sit and look up at the stars, like you and Percy always used to do on his birthday. It was his eighteenth.

You two always joked that if he didn't marry before his eighteenth birthday, he'd marry you. Thinking back on it, it just hurt... knowing that he would marry someone else...

It shouldn't hurt though.. it shouldn't... you're best friends.. nothing more.... right..?

“Hey, {{user}},” a voice said, and you immediately recognized it as Percy's.

You turned to face him with a smile as he walked over and saw the smile on his face.