Ataraxia [BTS au | Heroes of Olympus]

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"What do you think it is?" He asked as Tae showed them a coin the size of a drachma but gold. It had a lightning bolt on one side and the inscription "μαχητή" which he translated as 'warrior'. Taehyung shrugged.

"Do you think it's a gift from Zeus?" Hosoek asked.

"I guess. I mean it was just there beside his statue when I woke up. But what am I supposed to do with it?" Taehyung said.

"What can you use a coin for?" Jin asked.

"Buy something?" Namjoon guessed.

"To scratch a gift card?" Jimin asked.

Jin nodded. "Or a lottery ticket." The others frowned.

"You think Zeus gave his son a coin to scratch a lottery ticket?" Jungkook asked.

"Yeah." Jin frowned at Jungkook like he was the one talking shit. "Maybe this is Zeus' way of telling that Taehyung will win a lottery if he buy one now." Everyone rolled their eyes.

"How's winning a lottery ticket gonna help him? Throw money in the face of monster to distract it?" Hosoek gave Jin a weird look.

"Do you think money has no value? If you want to live in the mortal world you need them." Jin said.

"Does that mean I am getting banished out of camp?" Taehyung asked in panic.

"Taehyung I didn't necessarily mean that."

"But you said that's what I should win a lottery for."

"I just said maybe it's for a lottery-"

"Why is anyone winning a lottery ticket? It's a coin for gods sake!" Jimin yelled gaining attention from other campers in the dining pavilion having breakfast.

"Maybe you just flip it." Yoongi who had been silent till then said making everyone else quite. "You know, flip a coin. Isn't that something people do?"

"There is someone actually with a brain on this table." Hosoek said.

"Yoongi Min, the genius!" Jungkook clapped him on his back. Then everyone turned to Tae.

"Well go on try it." Jimin encouraged. Taehyung gripped the coin between his fingers.

"Maybe you should use a little space. We don't really know what's gonna happen." Namjoon suggested.

Taehyung got up from the table and took a few steps back clutching the coin in his hands. "Okay go on." Hosoek said.

Tae glanced at the gold coin and raised it hesitantly. One second he was catching the flipped coin and the next he was holding a double edged sword. The whole thing- blade, hilt and handle- was gold. Imperial gold. It fit perfectly in Tae's hand.

"Woah, dude. That was awesome." Hosoek yelled thrilled. Everyone else was speechless, even the watching campers.

"Zeus gave you a magical weapon, that was cool!" Jimin exclaimed loudly.

"The coin must have landed on heads or tails. So if it lands on something it's a sword. What if it lands on the other?" Namjoon asked.

"You think it can be two weapons?" Jin watched in amazement. "Try it."

"But how I am supposed to turn it back to a coin?" Tae asked panicking.

"What do you feel like doing? What are your instincts saying?" Jungkook asked and Tae flipped the sword and in air it shrank back to a coin landing on his palm.

He then flipped it again. This time it must have landed on the other side because now Taehyung was holding a two and a half metre long golden spear. Taehyung's face beamed as he held the weapon in his hand and the others whooped in encouragement.

"You want to stay?" Jungkook asked. They were on top on the Half blood Hill, sitting next to each other on the grassy land overlooking the camp. He saw Taehyung and Jennie swinging their hands together as they walked out of the Big House. The scene made him smile and he turned to look at Jungkook, hesitating before answering.

"I don't know what to do. My school is just horrible. Those people. I hate it there."

"It's just one more year. And you can maybe, you know, blast some toilets on of them." Jungkook suggested making him laugh. "I don't want to tell you what to do. Just take your time." Jungkook lifted their intertwined hands to place a kiss on top of his. He smiled.

"It's not like there's a lot of time. Only three more days. And I won't get to see you till next summer." He pouted sadly.

"We can Iris message." Jungkook suggested and kissed his pout away. "Or I can shadow travel."

"Yeah? You've been practicing?"

"Yeah. It's still tiring though and I cannot travel much long distances. But it's not like Connecticut is that far away from Queens. Or if you are staying at camp I can visit here too." Jimin smiled.

"Aren't you too sweet? But no. You don't have to do that. We can Iris message. I can wait. And about staying or going... Actually blasting toilets on them really sound appealing to me."