It's been months now since the seven fought the Giant War. Yes, the camp was pretty messed up by the giants' expected visit to camp, but fortunately, the Romans and the Greeks were finally able to mend the rift between the two and became allies against the monsters and giants who attacked the camp. Some of the cabins got damaged and a lot of demigods were injured, some even died just to protect the camp, but after they won the war, all of the efforts of those who struggled and died wasn't put to waste.
Now everything is back to normal, the gods doesn't have schizophrenia anymore. Sometimes they'd throw some demigods on a quest, but they're not paying attention to the seven for now. After all, they risked more than everything just to win the war. Even Calypso's curse was lifted and the gods allowed her to leave Ogygia. But she waited for Leo to come back for her, it took him a while to fix Festus, but after months of staying in the Bunker, he was finally able to fix him and immediately went to Calypso. Now, she's staying at camp.
Meanwhile, Annabeth and Percy's relationship didn't work out quite well, so when things really started to fall apart, Annabeth broke up with him. Percy's heart shattered into millions of pieces, but after a week of thinking things up and finally deciding that if the Fates (or should I say Aphrodite?) really want Annabeth and him to be together, they will be together, so they became friends again. Although Annabeth spent most of her time studying about architecture and planning things while Percy focused on teaching new demigods sword-fighting.
Jason and Piper are still together and going strong. Jason stays at Camp Half-Blood now, leaving Frank to the responsibility of being a praetor. Reyna told him that if ever he wants to come back, Camp Jupiter will always be open for him.
Fast forward to today, today is already December 23, last 2 weeks Chiron and Mr. D announced that a Christmas Party will be held on December 24, Christmas Eve at the beach. They let Annabeth plan the event and she just assigned the head of each cabins a task. Connor and Travis having a special task of bringing a karaoke machine for the party, which is pretty easy for them. Although the Apollo cabin will be responsible for the music, they insist that the Stoll brothers should be the one to find a karaoke machine since those two have a lot more connections than them.
With one day more for preparation, the campers are really getting busy now. Meanwhile, Nico, being away from camp since the end of the Giant War, has no clue what was happening inside Camp Half-Blood, so when he decided to pay the camp a visit, well, he was perplexed. He went to Jason's cabin and knocked.
"Hey Jason? It's me, Nico..." he called. He heard shuffling of feet and seconds after, the cabin's door opened.
"Nico! Where on earth have you been?! Here, come on in." Then Jason hurried him to go inside, which doesn't give Nico a choice but to obey him.
"What's happening? Why's everyone so busy?" Nico asked.
"Seriously dude? Where have you been all this time? Do you even know what day it is today?!" Jason asked frantically.
"Just tell me what the hell is happening Grace! And why are you so mad? I've been out a long time and this is what I get as a welcome?"
Jason sighed, "Okay, I'm sorry, it's just that, we only have this day for preparation and tomorrow's the Christmas Party. I don't even have a gift for Piper yet! I keep on listing these things as what to give Piper but I just can't get the right thing to give to her!" Jason put his hands on his hair and collapsed on his bed.
Nico looked at the list Jason made and then laughed humorously which made Jason grab the list and crumple it. "Yeah, okay, I know it's all funny, but will you please just stop laughing at it? This is a big problem you know?" And Jason covered his face with his hands.
"Jason, if you want to give Piper something she'll love, just give her anything that came from your heart." Then Nico sinked into Jason's couch.
Jason had the time to think about what the younger demigod has just said. And when he finally knows what to give Piper, he hugged Nico and said his thanks and ran out of his cabin. Leaving Nico sitting on the couch with a surprised expression.
Nico went out of Zeus' cabin and started to walk around. He went to the beach area and saw that decorations have already been put up. He saw Percy tying the banner that says 'Merry Christmas Demigods!' to a string attached to the branch of a tree and he blushed. Percy got down then saw the son of hades standing near a table full of party hats. He flashed a smile at Nico, which made him blush even more, and started to walk towards him.
"Hey! Nico! It's been a long time! Where've you been?" greeted Percy. Then put his arm around Nico's shoulder.
"Hey. I've been helping my dad in the Underworld, that's why I never got the chance to visit camp until now." said Nico. Although the truth is he just want to get away from his feelings for a while, just like what he used to do.
"Oh, okay, so...uhh...i guess i'll just seeya tomorrow then, at the party." Then he smiled that gorgeous smile again which made Nico's heart melt. But of course he didn't let that show.
"I'm not going to the party tomorrow Percy. Besides, i didn't even help in the preparation so I can't go."
Then Percy walked back to him and landed his hands on Nico's shoulder. "Hey, c'mon, it's okay, besides, you had other things to do. Please, Nico, I'll see you tomorrow at the party okay? I'll be expecting you there." Percy said while looking straight into Nico's eyes. Nico couldn't resist those beautiful sea-green eyes so he just nod. Then Percy went back to putting decorations and hanging mistletoes on some parts of the beach.
Nico was just about to go to his cabin when he decided that if he's going to the party tomorrow, might as well give Percy a gift. He shadow-traveled to a shop in Italy and found the perfect gift for Percy.
Author's Note: Heyy! This is my very first fanfic about Percico! I hope you like it! :)) Leave comments okay? So I would know if you liked it or not or if it needs improvement and such. :)))
