This is for TeamEthanMorgan & ElDemonioMasscaradoLuver1995, who both really wanted to see a second chapter. I hope ya'll like it.
*Note, characters may be OOC, sorry not sorry*
Updated: 5/2/2015
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~Percy~
I left Nico to drown – as he put it ["Go away Jackson, let me drown in peace"], so I went back to my own cabin to burn and to think, which isn't something I was too fond of doing.
Nico had kissed me; he had been cold, a calming balm to the burning I was still feeling, had been feeling for too long now.
But when Nico had kissed me… it had burned so much, but it had felt so good.
Better than when Annabeth would kiss me-
OH FISHSTICKS WHAT AM I GONNA DO ABOUT ANNABETH?!
Wait… She did break up with me… So I am single…
And if Nico thought kissing me would help…
That means he likes me, doesn't it?
Oooh, my brain hurts.
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~Nico~
I can't believe I kissed that idiot.
What was I thinking?!
I mean, there's a good few years difference between us to start off – or a lot of years if you really wanna go into detail – and also, he is-was-whatever, dating Annabeth.
But she did break up with him…
And Will kind of broke up with me.
So… I could kiss him again if I wanted to.
But I don't want to. Nope. Over that Seaweed Brain.
I can't breathe with that damn seawater in my lungs – it's there, I can feel it.
And it's all Jackson's fault.
I groan and dig my head into my pillow, struggling to breathe again.
I can taste the sea on my tongue, thick and salty, burning my throat in a way I really don't like.
I get up and slip into the shadows, taking the easy way to his cabin.
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~Narrator~
Percy let out a very un-manly screech when Nico appeared from a corner of his cabin.
"Nico. You know I hate when you sneak up on me like that," Percy grumbled, pulling on a shirt – he had been in the process of getting ready for bed; he had already thrown on shorts – Nico wasn't surprised to see they were green – and his shirt was blue. "Is there a reason you're in my cabin now?"
"I wanted to talk about…this."
"Oh." Nico nodded and joined Percy on his bed, where he felt his lungs swell with the smell and feel of the seawater. He looked at Percy to see him taking deep breaths, eyes cloudy.
"Burning?"
"Yeah. Drowning?"
"Yeah." Nico made the choice to lean his head against Percy, who let him as they both took deep breaths, finally able to breathe through the salty burning.
"I thought you didn't like me anymore."
"I don't – well, I didn't think I did."
"Nico."
"Percy."
"I'm tired."
"Me too." Nico took off his shoes and jacket and crawled into Percy's bed.
"What are you doing oh Son of Hades?"
"Going to sleep."
"What?!"
"Come on Jackson. I'd prefer to not drown in my sleep, so get your Seaweed'd butt next to me. I'm tired, and not too friendly about it." Percy groaned but followed Nico into the small bed, making them both wiggle until they could be at least semi-comfy. Nico's eyes were already closing.
"It is… tolerable with you."
"Yeah. Go to sleep Jackson. Stop staring at me." Percy just continued to stare at Nico, taking in his olive skin, dark unruly hair, and peaceful expression.
He wanted to kiss him again – he could feel it, a deep need in his chest.
He had to kiss him again.
"Hey, Nico?
"What?"
Percy did it – he just leaned over and pressed his lips quickly to Nico's, his eyes closed so he missed the way Nico's flew open and the snapped shut again as Percy pulled away.
"Night Nico."
"…Night Jackson."
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Nico had to stifle a scream when he woke up and found too-blue eyes staring at him.
"Geez Jackson, give me a heart attack why don't you?"
"Sorry," Percy said, chuckling a bit as he sat up and stretched, seeing Nico snuggle back down into the pillow to go back to sleep. "Nico. Get up."
"Nope. I'm tired." Percy stared at him before he pounced – not quite sure where the playfulness came from so early in the morning – and found himself astride Nico, who was staring at him, wide awake now, cheeks burning red.
"I'm burning again," Percy said, not missing the way Nico wiggled under him – in a feeble attempt to get away from him he was sure – and the way both of their faces were now burning. Nico wanted to kiss him – dammit he hated that feeling – but he did.
Percy beat him to it.
He kissed him, slowly at first before adding a little bit more pressure to it.
Nico kissed back, hands moving slowly to tangle in Percy's blue shirt, feeling the warmth seep into his always cold skin. Percy – his hands still fisted in the sheets to hold himself up over Nico – moved one hand slowly to Nico's face, feeling that same cold soak into his fingertips as they grazed over his cheek.
He felt more emotion with this kiss than he had with any of the kisses with Annabeth.
That thought shook him back to reality.
Percy pulled away first, not looking at Nico as he got up.
"We need to get up."
"Yeah."
Nico got out of the bed and pulled his jacket and shoes back on before he disappeared into the shadows, not giving Percy even a glance.
Which was fine, because as soon as Nico was gone did Percy's cabin door slam open, a hoof-shaped mark on it as Grover stormed in.
"WHAT THE HELL PERCY?! WHAT IS GOING ON?!"
"What?"
"YOU KNOW WHAT! EMPATHY LINK REMEMBER?! I FEEL WHAT YOU FEEL. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!"
"Holy seahorses. Right. About that…" Grover seemed to calm down a bit as he began to chew on one of Percy's curtains, his eyes burning into Percy as he did so.
"Please tell me I didn't feel what I thought I felt," he said through a mouthful of curtain.
"Grover-"
"Please tell me I didn't feel what I thought I felt Percy."
"Grover calm down."
"PERCY YOU DID NOT DO WHAT I FELT YOU DO, DID YOU?!"
"GROVER LET ME GET A SENTENCE OUT BEFORE YOU CHEW UP MY WHOLE DAMN CURTAIN!"
Grover stopped chewing and stepped away, one side of the curtain in tatters. He bleated at Percy before he slumped to the floor.
"Did what I feel happen, happen?"
"Grover… where do I start?" Percy asked, sitting next to his best friend. Grover bleated again and kicked him lightly, still making Percy wince. Those hooves were hard as rocks.
"The beginning is as good as place as any."
"Right, well it all started after the war with Gaea ended…"
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Percy's got a fun story to tell I think.
See ya'll next time & thanks for reading.
-JustMe133
