A/N: Here is a Percy/Nico FRIENDSHIP story not love. I thought Nico's crush on Percy was the cutest thing and I feel a little bad for Nico. Nico may be OCC. I'm not going to look out of the book for the actual conversation so…..Deal. With. It. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own The Percy Jackson Series. But I will always dream.

Normal POV:

Nico was done getting the Athena Parthenos ready to shadow-travel with when Percy came up the hill to tell Nico goodbye.

"Hey," Percy said.

"Hey," Nico replied back awkwardly.

"What is it? You don't sound too good."

"Oh, it's nothing," Nico replied rather quickly, raising Percy's suspicion and concern.

"Come on, Nico. You know you can tell me anything right. I'm the closest thing you have as a best friend. Besides your sister."

Nico cringed a little at the word friend. He was supposed to hate Percy but he just couldn't. "Fine. I guess I can try to tell you," Nico sighed. Percy waited silently. "Well…I-I-I kind of, maybe sort of…," Nico started leaving out an exasperated breath. "I like you, okay."

Percy smiled, "I like you too, man. I'm glad you're looking better.

Nico let out another frustrated breath. "No, I mean like like you."

Percy's smile fell as realization hit him. Though his smile started to reappear but in a sadder form. "Nico, thank you."

Nico looked up at Percy with desperate eyes shining through the mask of hidden emotion he always has. "Why?"

"Because, that must have took a lot of courage for you to say. I thought there was something going on with you, but I want you to know I love Annabeth."

Nico lowered his head, staring at the ground. "I know." Silent tears started to fall and glisten as they hit the ground.

"Nico…," Percy placed his hand on the boy's shoulder to comfort him a bit. "I will always be here for you. You will always be one of my closest friends even if I'm not one of yours. You can count on me to help you and save you, whenever you need me too. I'm so grateful you told me how you felt. Now, please keep some of those feelings inside of you, so you'll know how to feel in the future and please don't hate me."

"I could never hate you even if I wanted to," Nico continued to look at the ground, hurt and unsure of what to do next.

Percy smiled. "Come on, Nico. I know you feel sad but try to cheer up. You have to return to Camp Half-Blood strong. You could save the camp and be my hero. Okay?"

"Yeah…okay." Nico looked up at Percy wearing his mask of no emotion again. "Maybe I will save the camp, to make you proud."

Everything was going to be just fine returning to the way it used to be between them.

A/N: Hoped you like. Sorry if it did seem romancy. Review. Flame are welcome.