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“ANNABETH,” Percy screamed as he ran through the candy store. It was his birthday and she had offered to take him to a store in New York that only sold blue candy.
“Coming,” she said, sighing, following him to where he was staring at blue chocolates.
“I’ve never heard of this place but I’m so excited,” he said, grabbing a bag, and placing candy in the bag.
She smiled, watching him. Annabeth hadn’t seen Percy this excited since before they went to Tartarus. He seemed to have lost a bit of his childhood there, Annabeth guessed she had too.
“Wait, I don’t think I have the money to pay for this,” Percy said, looking at the price tags.
Annabeth smiled and placed her hand over Percy’s. “I’m taking care of it,” she took her wallet out as she said it.
Percy leaned down and kissed her on the cheek, “you’re the best girlfriend. I don’t know what I did to deserve you.”
Annabeth leaned closer to him, kissing him lightly on the lips. “You’re just going to have to make up for it on my birthday.”
He jerked back with a grin. “Oh your birthday is going to be the most elaborate thing I’ve ever planned.”
She laughed, swatting his arm. “Really because last year you forgot about it until Piper reminded you at 11:58.”
“Okay that might’ve happened but I have ADHD.”
“I do too dipshit, and I don’t forget anyone’s birthday. You can’t blame everything on your disability.”
“I can too,” Percy said, wagging his finger. “That’s how I get Paul to do the dishes at dinner. I just say my dyslexia and he does it for me.”
“You’re a dumbass.”
“Your dumbass who happens to be on his birthday.”
“You’re acting like it’s your period.”
“Maybe it is,” Percy said, running off to another corner of the store before Annabeth could retort to that.
An hour later they sat outside. “Open your mouth,” Percy said to her, giving her a look.
“Why?”
“Just do it.”
“I don’t trust that look,” she said, laughing.
“Do you want me playing the pocky game with someone else?”
She rolled her eyes, “I guess not.”
Annabeth opened her mouth and let him stick the blueberry pocky in her mouth.
“Hey, how come you get the part with the flavor?” she asked as he put it in his mouth as well.
“Because it’s my birthday.”
She smiled and started biting down on the candy. Once she got to the middle she met Percy’s lips with a grin.
“Happy Birthday Seaweed brain.”