•Peace•

•Chapter Thirty-Eight•

=Chapter Thirty-Eight=
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Opening day!
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Saturday, 28th of September

"PERCYYYYY!!" A voice yelled from downstairs and I froze.

"Schist."

Red hood must have looked up from his spot on the couch, mid pancake eating scarf session because he let out a muffled "huh?"

"My co worker is here.." I replied.

Yeah Mr bucket head isn't wearing his helmet, no I haven't looked.

Hey, I'm trustworthy!

As much as I'd like to see what he looks like under his helmet, I'm not going to.

"Peerrrrcyyyy..." Liz called from downstairs again.

"You'll have to stay up here, okay? Don't.. I donno... Go anywhere." I informed, going to my front door.

"Hang on, you still intend to hold me up here?" He said.

"I.. well you're free to go. But.." I hesitated, not quite having the words nor the reason why I wanted him to stay.

"I get it, you're worried I'm gonna go hurt myself, right?" He said.

I shrug. "Something like that."

"Fine. I'll stay for a little bit." He relented.

I smile, although he couldn't see it.

"Okay well I'm gonna go to work. The shop is officially opening today.. schist I didn't make cookies.."

He laughs. "Ooh no.. what a catastrophe.."

"Yes, it is..." I hummed distractedly.

The more I listened to his real voice, the more I felt like I had heard it before. It was so strange..

I didn't know many people right now. Perhaps he's like a regular customer or something.

"PERCY GET YOUR LAZY BUTT DOWN HERE!"

I snorted, and Red hood choked on a pancake.

"Uh.. I'll be back to check on you soon." I slipped through the door and went downstairs.

"There you are!" Liz exclaimed.

"The store opens in 5 minutes and you haven't even done any of the opening work! If I knew I would've.."
I raised my hands to calm her down.

"I'm sorry. I slept in."

She'd totally freak out if she knew I was hiding a guy up there.

"Worst day to sleep in, Percy!" Liz laughed jokingly.

I smile. "Yeah... haha.."

"How's your wound doing?" She asks, busying herself starting up the register.

I blinked, realizing I hadn't felt a tiny bit of pain.