Disclaimer: See previous, I'm getting bored of rewriting this every chapter.

Chapter 4

Percy POV:

Stuttering and blushing, Percy escaped from the bathroom as fast as he could, fighting the urge to turn back every step and pull Nico into his arms and...wait, what? I wanted to do what? Shaking his head like a dog getting rid of water, he collapsed back onto the bed, Nico's bed he reminded himself, and tried to get the tempting images of Nico out of his mind.

Even now, he could see that pale, creamy milk skin, pinked with the heat of the water. Those slender delicate hands and feet with long, supple limbs that just seemed to flow elegantly. His slim, smooth chest with the hint of muscles showing, and his cute little pink nipples, just begging to be bitten as the water flowed down in drops...

'STOP, stop, stop, not helping.' Percy mentally bashed his head against a wall, and wished that he could do the same in real life in order to stop the tempting images that his mind kept conjuring up. When had Nico turned so gorgeous? Surely he couldn't be noticing just now? Casting his mind back, he thought of the times he had seen Nico.

Nico, with his soulful black eyes surrounded by long lashes that seemed to pull you in; his high, delicate cheekbones and soft pink lips which softened into sweet smiles, framed with silky soft black hair and a soft voice that Percy was sure he could hear right now; he could listen to it forever...

"Percy...Percy...PERCY!"

Sitting up so quickly that the world seemed to tilt on its axis for a moment, Percy was embarrassed to find that he'd been so caught up in his thoughts that he'd completely missed Nico exiting that bathroom , and obviously trying to get his attention. Looking up, he caught sight of the vision that was in front of him and froze as all brain functions ceased.

Standing in front of him was a vision of incredible, irresistible beauty and sexiness that he was surprised the blood loss wasn't already causing him dizziness. Nico stood, arms on his hips with a look of sincere worry painted on his lovely features, whilst water dripped down his smooth, smooth skin that his fingers were just itching to stroke. It was a pale porcelain colour, rich cream and raspberry flush from the hot water that he indulged himself in and Percy couldn't help but wonder how hot he would flush in pleasure, as he slowly came undone under his hands, panting and writhing for more, more, MORE...

"Percy...Percy...PERCY!"

He was jolted out of his (heated) thoughts by the yelling and the gentle hand on his face, stroking his cheek ever so slightly, and Percy could see that Nico had moved so much closer and if he didn't get out of here soon, he was going to jump him, though jumping him sounded good right about now, he didn't have that many clothes on anyway, and it would only be too easy to just...

"Gotta go Nico, umm...training and...stuff" and with that he beat a hasty retreat leaving an adorably ( I did NOT just think that) confused Nico in his wake staring after him.

Nico POV:

'Um, what just happened?' I asked myself as I watched Percy practically sprint across the open space between the cabins and into his own as if Father's Cerberus were after him.

'That was weird' I thought as I closed the door, and went back towards the bathroom to finish up washing. 'Was something wrong with him or...?'

I gasped as a horrible thought struck me. What if he was so embarrassed at seeing me? Am I really that ugly and kid-like? Did Percy realise what I felt?

After a second though, I dismissed the thought. If Percy couldn't realise that someone was attracted to him when they were flashing themselves and practically throwing themselves in front of him, then there was no way that he had figured it out from my hints.

Surprisingly, the thought did not make me feel better at all.

Percy POV:

Meanwhile, in the Poseidon cabin, Percy was pacing from side to side, running his hands though his hair and muttering to himself.

"OK, so not only is everyone in the camp acting weird, but it's starting to affect me! Not only did I get lost in thought, thinking about Nico, but I did it twice! TWICE! What the hell is wrong with me?"

Turning again, he continued his fevered muttering, "It's not like I've never noticed his hair before, or his pretty eyes, or his smooth skin...I wonder what it would taste like... "

It was then that he stopped and slapped himself in the face. 'CONCENTRATE!' he screamed mentally.

Now was really not the time for me to go into a mental breakdown, I need to figure out what is going on here! The only one who doesn't seem to be affected is Nico himself! ("Oh, how wrong you are Percy!" a certain love goddess in Olympus giggled as she ate another grape and continued to watch her newest form of entertainment.)

'Right, so what do I know about all, all... THIS so far?'

"One, since I came back to camp, everyone seems to be distracted with something. That was actually round about the same time Nico came back actually.

Two, accidents keep happening around me, some of them could have been dangerous, I mean I've had people falling in front of me, things thrown at me, food spillages around me, people knocking things over, and training 'accidents' whenever I'm around.

Three, people keep trying to distract me, and get me to do things that I usually wouldn't do which cuts into my free time a lot, where I would usually hang out with my friends, well Grover away for the Council, and everyone else either has their own projects or ,like Chris and Clarisse, being all lovy-dovy and couple-ly, or as couple-ly as Clarisse can be I guess.

Four, I've been getting a lot more glares as of lately, when I'm walking around camp and eating, which is when I'm usually with Nico, actually now that I think about it, Nico's been getting a lot of attention nowadays, and things always happen when I'm with him..."

By this point, Percy was sat on his bed leant on his elbows, with chin cradled in his hands.

"There's something that I'm missing here...all I can think about is that it has something to do with Nico, Nico...NICO! That's it!"

Jumping up again, Percy resumed his frantic pacing as all the clues seemed to slot together in his mind. 'I've been getting a lot more attention when I'm hanging out with Nico, everyone's been distracted since he's come back, these 'Accidents' (here Percy made quotation marks to show what he thought of them) whenever I'm around, all the glares I've been getting, it all fits!

"Everyone's got a crush on Nico!"

(In Olympus, Aphrodite cackled at the newest twist her love drama had taken, and without any interference from her at all which was unusual but so much more entertaining!)

Whilst in the Hades cabin, a young demigod slept whilst dreaming heated dreams of the oblivious teen who was reaching drastically wrong conclusions.

CHAPTER END

A/N: Hey, sorry for the wait but both stories have been put on a temporary hiatus at the moment until the exam period is over. Sorry for those who were looking forward to more updates but still, be happy and count yourselves lucky that you have no exams as of yet! ;))