When Humor Stops Hiding the Pain

VI

Percy's P.O.V.

Leo looked around confused. He sat up much to everyone's protests.

"What happened?" He asked. Piper started crying. "Hey, it's okay beauty queen." He comforted.

"M-me and Annabeth went to bunker 9 and you w-were on the ground with cuts on y-your wrists." Hazel sobbed. He paled.

"You know?" He asked. We nodded.

"Leo, if you tell us what's wrong and why you've done that since you were 12 we can help you. I swear on the river Styx I will help you in any way possible with this, okay? Just let us help." I tried to reason with him.

"N-no." He spoke with a shaky voice. "I can't be helped. It's too late, okay. I'm broken beyond repair." He was crying then curled in a ball and drifted off to sleep. The one thought running through our heads was how could someone so happy be so broken? Was this the real Leo Valdez?