Disclaimer: Percy Jackson and the Olympians property of that one guy, not this chick.
A/N: ALRIGHTY..so I feel terrible for not posting this sooner. As promised here is the PercyXNico fic for Lyokoyaoi, (I hope it's what you wanted :3)
Music: Sunburn-Atom Smash
Warnings: Future lemon/lime/citrusy stuffs (GAY SEX.)
Aphrodite's Garden
~Flowers~
Percy Jackson, 18 year old demigod and hero was lost.
How he even managed to wind up in, well wherever the heck it was, he didn't know but if one thing was for sure it was that he certainly didn't want to be here. He huffed and tried going yet another direction only to pass through the same layer of mist that had been screwing with him all day and wind up back in the same spot.
"Gah…remind why I couldn't just eat my cheerios in peace?" He asked the air. The first few hours he'd been there he'd looked for a rainbow but no dice and there wasn't any way to make one other than hope he could spit a lot and throw fast.
He sighed, annoyed, and plunked down on the ground, resting his chin in his palm and looking around tiredly. It really was pretty here, the sky was only partially visible through the long trendily like leaves on the trees closet to him and large exotic flowers bloomed among the soft green grass, moss and ferns clinging to trees and rocks and a river flowing past.
He couldn't see the fog at all but he knew it was there and that he couldn't get past him frustrated him to no end. Percy had been on his way to camp half-blood for Grover and Junipers hand-fasting (which was apparently something like a temporary marriage) when he'd gotten turned around and wound up…here.
Flopping backwards and stretching out he decided that he might as well think about the things that had been bothering him for the past few months without interruption. "Okay Percy, first things first: Annabeth." He groaned softly to himself at just the thought.
They'd been doing great, happy together and everything…until one of the other demigods, a guy he'd never met had stumbled in to the wrong cabin and mistaken him for someone else, kissed him goodnight and left. Percy had been shocked at first but after a few days he realized that it seemed right, better somehow than any of the soft kisses Annabeth had given him.
"That's it…I'm gay." He muttered to himself, throwing an arm over his head and watching a bird loop around overhead. He'd figured that out a while back, sometime between the kissing incident and Athena's visit to the camp, she'd been livid with him, saying he'd only been using her daughter as cover.
Annabeth had calmed her mother and made her realize that once Percy himself realized his preference he had come straight to her and they had worked it out, deciding to be friends. Annabeth had even helped him try to find someone to be with, a guy who he seen as more than a friend and who played for his team.
Percy laughed aloud, a hoarse dis-pleased sound, "Issue number two." He coughed a bit, the air seemed oddly thin, and let ideas for finding a boyfriend chase each other around in his head for a while.
Without realizing it his eyes were drifting shut and he curled up, breathing heavily. He dropped off into the land of dreams in a matter of moments, leaving the Eden-esque paradise around him to darken as the sun began to sink.
...
Nico,16 year old son of Hades blinked in surprise as he separated from the shadow he'd traveled through, "Where the…" he mumbled, turning in a full circle and taking in the trees, the grasses, all turning slowly purple in the fading light.
He was confused, having also been headed to camp half-blood through his own special means of travel, as to how he'd wound up in this strange garden.
Nico tried stepping back through the shadow but found he couldn't use his power. Frowning he re-examined the landscape, blinking in surprise when he realized that there was someone laying on the ground near one of the larger trees.
He let his curiosity guide him to stand beside the person and crouched down, a strange glow beginning to emanate from behind him, he spared a glance back only to be surprised. The flowers were all changing colors slowly, warm oranges fading to delicate pinks and passionate purples, pulsing with a light of their own.
Turning back to the person who was clearly sleeping he received another surprise, Percy Jackson. Nico chuckled a bit, half expecting to see another demigod slumbering nearby, it seemed he was not the only one to have been tugged off course.
Nico bit his lip, undecided before finally reaching out and shaking Percy slightly, watching the other male sit up and rub his face tiredly. Percy looked around them with the awareness of a half-dead llama, his gaze unfocused until it landed on Nico and he frowned a bit.
"Did you bring me here?" He asked the younger boy who shook his head and shrugged helplessly, "I dunno what happened, the shadows deposited me here and I found you asleep."
Percy yawned a bit, "Well if we do-"He cut off, finally noticing the flowers, "are they glowing?" He asked, looking both surprised and enthralled by the pretty lights.
Nico nodded, "Yeah, weird right? They're pretty though." He smiled and turned around, stretching out so he leaned on his elbows next to Percy, "What were you gonna say?"
The older of the two shrugged a bit, "Something about getting outta here." He yawned again and nodded to himself, "Oh yeah, If we don't find a way out we're going to be really late and maybe end up stuck here for a long time. I just hope it's not another Lotus thing."
Nico looked at him, eyes going wide, "You don't think it's like that do you?" He sounded afraid and Percy remembered how long the boy had been stuck there with his sister, he shook his head and Nico relaxed a bit.
They sat watching the flowers quietly for a time, both thinking about what they should do and worrying over different things. Finally though, Nico broke the silence. "Percy? Where do you think we are?" he asked in a quiet little voice.
Percy leaned back and took a deep breath, "If I had to guess I'd say in someplace that one of the Gods created for some purpose, but that parts easy, figuring out which one and why…not so much."
The olive-toned boy nodded, "Yeah…well who do you think?" He tilted his head in question this time, feeling sleep weighing heavy on his mind despite having felt wide awake before.
Thinking it over for a moment Percy responded with, "It's got to be a Goddess; the landscape reminds me of girls more than anything." He shrugged a bit, "Probably not Athena or Artemis though…"
Nico nodded, "I was thinking it seemed kinda girly, not Persephone either, she's too cold for this kinda stuff and if her mom made it there'd be wheat everywhere." He yawned, "I feel kinda sleepy Percy, is that okay?"
He didn't get an answer, a few moments later he was laying with his head on Percy's chest fast asleep.
Percy stroked his hair thoughtlessly, looking around and deciding to himself that they must be in Aphrodite's garden. He looked down at Nico, smiling faintly as he realized what the two of them getting lost together in this particular place might mean.
A/N: I had trouble writing this, it's been a long time since I was really into Percy Jackson and they were only ever past-time books…but I enjoyed writing this, I did change the boys ages, apologies. Also I gave myself a challenge by writing in third person, so if it isn't to epicly suckish Review, also please point out the mistakes I made so I can fix them.
Chapter two will be up ASAP!
Written for: Lyokoyaoi :3
