Author's Note: Hey guys and gals of the Nicercy, Nicery, Perico, Percico, or whatever you want to call the fandom. Anyways, this is my first fan fiction, so please leave a review on what you liked, and what I could improve on. This is the first Chapter so I hope you enjoy it! P.s. I'll hopefully be able to set up a posting schedule for this soon? Maybe?
First chapter, lots of fluff, very innocent.
Chapter 1 - On the Playground
"Percy?... Peeerrccyyy?" Called the little Italian boy. His dark curls flopping into his hair, only to be pushed out of the way by a little pale hand. The eight year old had been brought to the park my his mother, Maria di Angelo who was off reading a magazine next to her good friend, Sally Jackson, who had brought her own ten year old son, Percy. Nico poked his head down the yellow tube of a slide and saw bright sea green eyes staring back up at him. He giggled, reaching down and poking the boy's mass of dark hair.
"You're it Percy!" Nico said running off. Percy climbed out of the slide grinning, and covered his eyes to count.
"One. Two. Three. Four..." The brunette laughed and ran to hide in the shadows, where Percy never seemed to find him. Maybe they were almost a little old to be playing hide and seek, but they couldn't think of anything else to do after splashing around in the creek, their mothers deciding they should go do something else rather than get splashed by dirty creek water.
"Ready or not! Here I come!" Cried the older boy from the top of the slide. Percy swung his legs in, descending down the plastic tube quickly. He had cheated and peaked through his fingers while his friend hid. He wanted to know where he disappeared to all the time. Walking around, the green eyed boy pretended to look for Nico behind a tree, or under a picnic table before jumping into the shadows where he had seen Nico run. Percy scratched his head confused. No one was there. He pouted and turned, catching a glimpse of brown curly hair, and two equally brown eyes peering at him from across the shallow creek which wound through half the park.
"I see you!" Percy shouted running over, splashing in the sun warmed creek waters. Strangely, his shoes and legs didn't get wet. Well, not strange for him, but to others it was quite peculiar. Good thing there wasn't anybody else at the park today.
Nico peaked around the corner of the plastic rock play attachment to see his friend coming at him. He giggled and stepped back into the shadows, appearing behind the public restrooms a few yards farther back from the playground. Unlucky for him, he ran into a rather angry ten year old, who had been peeing on an ant pile. His friends, who had been watching while slightly amused, scowled at him. The blonde grabbed at Nico, shoving him down on the grass. Looking up, the boy saw smirking faces gazing down on him. Nico squeaked.
"What's wrong with you!?" The blonde's icy blue eyes glinted mischievously at him, and he stepped closer. "How'd you come out of the wall like that?" He asked, now standing over Nico. The Italian boy quaked under his gaze, and he tried to cry out.
"Perrrcc-!" Nico grunted as a hand was placed over his mouth. He kicked at the boys and struggled until they held him there.
"C'mon, we are just going to have some fun!" Said an impish looking brunette. His brother, who looked so much like him they could be twins, piped up.
"Yeah, you could show us how you did that little trick there. Coming out of the shadows and all." Nico shook his head. Percy had asked him how he did it, and for the life of him Nico had tried to teach the green eyed boy how to shadow travel but to no avail. Percy would just keep running into the wall, or tree, or whatever.
Percy ran up behind the plastic rock play attachment only to find Nico had once again disappeared. He pouted more, then he heard his name, half screeched before being cut off. His stomach tightened. Something was wrong. Following the direction of the sound, Percy peeked around the corner of the small brick out houses, and saw his friend being held down by a group of boys he knew from the classroom across from his at school.
"Hey! Let him go!" Percy shouted running over. He pushed everyone off of Nico, and held the boy to him, while Nico clung tightly, burying his face into the older boy.
"Percy, you're so boring." Whined one of the blondes.
"Shut up Octavian." He retorted. Octavian looked taken aback, shut up was a bad word to them still, but was slowly being more commonly used, mostly when the kids were really mad and serious. Percy hugged Nico, and soft chuckling ensued among the group.
"What's so funny?" Percy asked placing his hands on his hips.
"Nothing. Go back to playing with your boyfriend." Octavian said, the group erupting into laughter. Percy fumed, and Nico blushed.
"Just go back home and leave Nico alone before I tell everyone about your trip to the girls restroom." Everyone fell silent, but one of the impish looking brothers let out an "Oohh snap, he told you." Octavian paled and marched his group out of the park.
"Thank you Percy." Nico mumbled. The green eyed boy looked at him, and took his hand. "S'alright, let's go see if we can go to McDonalds for lunch." Nico perked up at that.
They actually did end up going to McDonalds. Percy asked if Nico could come over, and Sally took the two boys to the golden arches. They munched on fries in the car on the way to Percy's house, where they ended up playing Pokemon on their game boys together until Don, Percy's dad whose full name was Poseidon Jackson, came in and grabbed the boys, playfully tossing them onto the bed, where they were both bid goodnight.
Nico stared up at the ceiling for a bit while Percy snored slightly next to him. He was glad to finally have a friend like Percy. His other ones just seemed to like him for the cool snacks he brought, but the tan boy beside him really seemed to like him. Nico snuggled up to Percy, yawning. He felt safe with him. It was nice.