"Luke, you didn't have to follow me, you know." Nico said a bit irritated. There he was in front of the amusement park sign. He was leaning against the brick wall while Luke was across from him, a cigarette in his mouth. 'And, please, do me a favor? Get rid of that!" He forcefully tugged the cancer stick away from Luke's mouth, flinging it the ground and stomping on it.

"Dude, really? That was the last one!" Luke shouted, his blue eyes going an icy blue.

"Good. I don't want tobacco stench on my clothes!" Nico shouted back. The two boys stared each other down before Luke rolled his eyes, sticking his hands in his front pockets.

"Whatever. When is your twink gonna come?"

"He isn't a twink."

"The way you talk about him it seems like it."

"Shut up Luke." Nico said angrily, causing Luke to smirk. Nico didn't know why he put up with him. Luke was rude, obnoxious, bitchy, and a total player. Well, Nico couldn't say that, he was one too. Until he met Percy. He turned his head around to look down the deserted street, a frown forming on his face. He wasn't here yet. Maybe Nico was just early, given that it was only 6:30. He should've taken Bianca's advice by getting here ten minutes earlier.

"Oh, guess who's coming to town." Luke said.

Nico, whose head was still in the clouds, said. "Santa."

"No, you idiot!" Luke yelled, stomping his foot and Nico's. Nico turned to him with a glare before stomping on Luke's other foot, harder just like he wanted. A smirk came on his face when Luke hissed. Luke closed his eyes, taking deep dark breaths.

"What were you trying to tell me?" Nico said, innocently.

"I….was….saying….that…..Malcolm…..and…..Annabeth….are…coming!"

"Oh, why didn't you say so?"

"'Cause, you stomped on my foot!"

"Well, you shouldn't have stomping on mine first!"

"You shouldn't have been day dreaming!"

"Um, is this a bad time?" a new voice interrupted their mild agreement. Nico smiled when he realized who it was. He turned, being welcomed with bright confused green eyes.

"No, Percy, you're not. We were just−"

"Oh, so this is the famous Percy." Luke interrupted, his eyes roaming over Percy's slender body. Nico was surprised when a deep growl uttered out of his mouth. He didn't like it how Luke was looking at Percy.

"Um, yeah. Luke this is Percy, Percy this is Luke."

Percy smiled, sticking out his hand for Luke to shake. Luke stared down at the hand before linking his hand around Percy's. "It's nice to meet one of Nico's friends." Percy gave Luke his cute grin that Nico melted off of.

"Yeah. Nice to meet you tw-Percy."

"Alright, Luke, you can go now!" Nico said, resting his arm over Percy's shoulders. He smiled brightly when Percy leaned against him.

"Alright, alright. Don't have too much fun now!" Luke winked, causing Nico to glare and Percy to blush slightly.

Nico rolled his eyes before leaning Percy inside the amusements parks gates.

Nico was having a blast.

Percy and him went on so many different rides that they were literally tripping over each other's feet. Percy decided that it was time to get something to eat, and as soon as he said that, Nico's stomach growled, earning a snort from Percy.

They stopped to eat at a hot dog stand. He decorated his hot dog with onions, mustard, ketchup, and chili. Percy just had a regular hot dog with ketchup and mustard.

"That thing looks disgusting!" Percy giggled, commenting on Nico's interesting choice of food.

"Hey, you don't know what you're missing!" Nico smirked, defending his prized food. Percy leaned his elbows on the round table and said to Nico in his most seductive voice.

"Well, why don't you show me?"

Hot damn.

Nico bit his lower lip, handing over his hot dog to Percy. Percy bit into it, all the while looking into Nico's black eyes. The way Percy bit into his hot god gave him goose bumps. Really good goose bumps.

"You're good at that. Very good." Nico said in a trance, staring into Percy's eyes. Percy grinned before leaning in closer and placing his sweet lips on Nico's. Nico kissed back firmly and nibbled on Percy's bottom lip before slowly ending it.

They made small talk over their dinner. Every time Percy opened his mouth, Nico found that he was more interesting than his other hookups. Or maybe, it was the fact that Percy wasn't a hookup. He was more than that. A lot more.

After their dinner, they roamed the amusement park once again, commenting on people's reactions and making fun of them. It was easy being around Percy. He could be himself around him. He liked Percy's personality. Laid back kind of guy. With a lot of sense and innocence, well some innocence. Percy could be his boyfriend, but also a best friend, a guy that could take him out on dates and be a shoulder for him to cry on. Oh, how he longed for that.

"Aw, I want a dolphin."

Nico blinked out his thoughts. He looked at the warm feeling down his hands. Oh, that's right, he was a date.

"What..?" Nico asked.

Percy giggled before pointing at the game booth across from where they were standing. "I want to try that game, so I can get a dolphin, but I'm not really good at those kinds of games."

Nico smiled, before walking over to the game booth. The game was an old classic: the three balls and the three glass cups. Nico asked the man behind the counter for the three balls, the generous man giving it to him.

"Nico, it's okay. You don't have−"

"I want to."

Percy nodded, his eyes growing soft. Nico pulled his arm back, and giving it a powerful chuck toward the glass cups.

One down.

Two down.

Three down.

The man smiled at him before asking what prize he wanted. He picked the cute plush baby blue dolphin. He handed it to the boy beside him; he was earned a kiss on a cheek and a big bear hug.

"You guys look really cute together." The man commented. Nico gave him a grateful smile. So glad another person agreed with him.

"I had so much fun today!" Percy said, snuggling into Nico's arm.

"Me too. So sad that I have to give you up." Nico pouted. Percy lifted his head and a sad smile spread across his pink lips. Nico stared at them before leaning in, Percy meeting the kiss. The kiss was slow, not arousing like it was the other day. The kiss represented two teenage boys falling in love. And it was all Nico asked for.

"Can I have your number?" Nico said, his lips still pressed up against Percy's.

"I'm surprised we didn't exchange numbers earlier." Percy whispered.

"I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to see you again."

Percy leaned back, his eyes having an emotion that Nico couldn't place. "You never have to find out."

Percy's lips met Nico's once again. They were to fools falling in love. Anyone could see, it was there. It seemed like it was always there. They just had to find each other, a boy from the West side and another one from the South side. Too bad, they haven't found each other before.