"Hey..."

"Hey, Percy..."

"Wakeup..."

"WAKEUP!"

"Whoa, whoa! Nico! What is it?" Percy shouted in surprise.

"We're gonna be late for training. Come on."

"What time is it?"

"11:20."

"Shit, isn't training at 11:30?"

"YES! Now, smart one. Hurry up!"

"Umm...umm...food...clothes..."

"I have food that you can eat on the way. Just, please get dressed. You can't go to training in your boxers."

'However fun that may be' he thought to himself.

•••

"Okay, let's go! All ready." Percy exclaimed.

"About time. Come on." Nico responded with an undertone of sass and a playful nudge towards the door.

"Geez." Percy said, acknowledging Nico's sass.

*knock, knock*

"Fuck! We're already late."

"What is i...oh, hi, Chiron. Uh- I'm sorry, but we really need to go."

"I know. I was actually making sure that you were on your way." He peered in and muttered, disappointedly, "Although your cabin may be under renovation, Nicolas Luciano di Angelo, you are not excused from the consequences of being tardy. In other words..."

Nico started to drift off into his own little world as Chiron lectured on.

"I'm really sorry, but we have to go. If you don't want us to be tardy, maybe we could hitch a ride?..." Nico suggested as he looked down at Chiron's wheelchair.

"No, I may be half horse, but I am not a riding pony. Now get to class."

"With pleasure." He started to head out the door, when he looked back to find no one behind him. "Gods, PERCY!" Nico plead.

"Right here!" He replied, popping out from behind the closet door. "Are you about ready, Nico?"

•••

"If we're late, I swea-"

"PERSEUS JACKSON!" Clarisse shouted from the top of the hill.

"Right here!" Percy whimpered out with the little breath he had.

"PERCY!"

"He's here!" said Nico louder for Clarisse to hear.

"di Angelo! About time you got here. Percy's here too? Okay. Well, Nico, get over here. You know we don't accept tardiness."

"Oh my gods." Nico grumbled. "Percy, right now I f-"

"di Angelo! Get your but over here!" She shouted as Nico complied.

When Nico got back with the tardy slip, Clarisse finished calling roll.

"Okay, we're starting off with target practice."

As usual when target practice was announced, the Apollo kids cheered.

"Oh, and di Angelo, since you and Percy have yet to receive your punishments for being late, you can hold the targets." Clarisse said as she pushed two wood & cloth bullseyes into their arms. "Well? Run already."

"Shit! Percy, I blame you for all of this!" Nico screamed as he and Percy ran into the field with the targets blocking as much of their bodies as humanly possible.

As they ran, they struggled to stay up as each new arrow was launched into their bullseyes.

The hardest part about staying up, though, was the newly launched arrow in Percy's calf.

•••

Although he was an Apollo kid, Henry wasn't a good shot. He was content to say that he got more of the musical/poetic side from his father.

'Gods, I hate this. We have enough warriors anyway.' he thought.

"Ready your bow, newbie!" Clarisse shouted at him.

So, he readied his bow (as instructed), and launched semi-blindly. He looked at Clarisse to see her reaction rather than how badly he actually did. It was only after the outcry of pain and the look of horror on Clarisse's face that made Henry turn around.

•••

"Here, this should help with the pain." Nico said as he handed Percy a glass of water and a couple anti-inflammatories.

"Thanks." Nick realized that he hadn't gone to the bathroom since he woke up and started to walk towards the bathroom. "Hey, Neeks?" Percy said.

Nico blushed at the sound of Percy's nickname for him. He took a breath and turned around. "Yeah?"

"Could you come here?"

"Of course." Nico spoke as he went to Percy. "What is it."

"Come closer..."

"Umm..." Nico blushed as he chuckled from what Percy could have implicated.

He leant forward towards the bed. "Okay...what is it?"

In response, Percy pulled Nico into the biggest bear hug in human history.

"Whoa! Okay, Percy...really...okay, Percy!" Nico said as he tried to pull away.

"Thank you. I'm glad that I have a roommate, even if it's temporary. I don't know what I would've done without someone else."

"Someone else would've helped, I'm sure." Nico said, as he realized he was still in Percy's arms.

He hugged back, and Percy finally let him free. This time, it was Nico's turn to hold on. Percy just looked down and laughed.

'God, he's so stupid, haha. Why do I like him?' Nico wondered to himself.

Authors Note: Hope you enjoyed reading it. Review cuz I'm going to be writing more, and I just might be able to incorporate what you want. Plus I wanna see what I can improve.