Author's Note: Another one of my 'Junkyard fics' Enjoy~

Author's Note: This story is a yaoi fic, if you're not comfortable with reading this, please turn away now.
Pairings: Luke/Percy
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters, locations etc. Rick Riordan owns them.
Setting: Alternate Universe
Warning: Dark Hermes. Jealousy does that to ya.

Summary: Percy is a 'hidden' prince. Nobody has ever seen his face, except for a few. Now, he's thirteen years old and ready to be shown to the world. Luke meets Percy and falls for his younger friend. Now, the two are trying to survive camp half-blood, fight off Percy's evil suitors while trying to tell their feelings for each other.

Hermes fidgeted uncomfortably. Percy chuckled at his 'friend's' antics. Hermes was never uncomfortable. Never. So what made this situation so special to make the cool, suave, hot Hermes uncomfortable? Well, for the first time in twelve years, Percy would be announced to the world. Before that, only Poseidon, Sally, Amphitrite, Triton and Hermes knew of Percy. Sure, they knew that there's another prince underwater and that Poseidon broke the oath.

But nobody else saw him. Poseidon was very cautious with Percy. Percy never got hurt, Percy never left the west wing, Percy never took off his mask outside. Only the five of them had ever seen Percy without his mask. But all of that changes tonight. Tonight, Percy would be thirteen. Percy would be finally able to take his mask off and show his face to everyone.

In the inside, Hermes envied them. He envied them because they were allowed to see Percy's face. He felt as if Percy belonged to him and only him. Though he never told the boy of his feelings, but everybody else knew about it. Hermes was jealous because even his son would be there to see the unveiling of Percy's mask. Out of all, Hermes saw Luke as his biggest threat. He was mortal, like Percy, he was a few years older and had a good body. But Hermes had those qualities too. Except the age part.

"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" Luke exclaimed as he jumped up and down from his seat. "Can I see you now? Please please please?" Luke asked constantly. Percy chuckles at this but declines.

"Sorry, just wait till later tonight. Like everyone else." Percy said, poking out his tongue at the older boy. Hermes was silently glaring daggers at his son at how close and friendly he was getting to Percy. He was selfish, he could agree to that. Even to his own son. Hermes was tempted to knock Luke out, take Percy away into a far-off place and spend the rest of their lives there.

"Fine." Luke pouted. "You better not be ugly." Luke said jokingly. Percy snorted. Luke pulled back his mask and itched his nose.

"Hey Luke? can I see your face?" Percy asked. Luke grinned. The party was a masquerade party so Percy hadn't seen Luke's face yet, and he was very anxious to.

"You can, If you let me see yours." Luke said, grinning madly. Percy scrunched up his face, like he always did when he was thinking hard.

"Fine." Percy said, and Hermes staggered back, surprised to hear that Percy would allow his son to see his face.

"Really?" Luke exclaimed. "Okay, I'll lift up my mask in three,"

"Two," Percy said, taking hold of the base of his mask.

"One." Luke said and the two boys took out their masks. Luke and Percy stared at each other in awe. Hermes fumed right then and stormed out. "Hm.. not ugly. I'm surprised." Luke said, giving Percy a wolfish grin.

"Ha ha. I hoped you enjoyed seeing my face. Because," Percy said putting his mask back on. "you're not seeing it until the unveiling. Now, come on. The party's starting." Percy said, pulling Luke by his arm. Inside his mask, Percy was blushing madly. He hadn't been expecting Luke to be handsome. Now he's ashamed he's not as handsome as him. Luke, too, was blushing.

'He's not too ugly, cute even. But not as handsome as me.' Luke snickered as the two ran towards the main hall. Standing in front of them was Hermes who looked cross.

"You two are late. Come on, everybody's waiting." Hermes said, grabbing Percy's hand a bit too roughly. Percy's eyebrow went up. Hermes was never cranky. Even when Percy was annoying him.

'Oh well. Stress does that to a person.' Percy thought as the royal trumpets were blown. The huge crowd was silenced, anxious to see the prince. Still holding onto Luke, Percy and Hermes went through the doors. Percy's knees weakened. There were about a thousand people in there, gods, goddesses, immortals, dryads, naiads and what else. Percy looked pale.

"Woah. I never expected to be so many people." Luke whispered to Percy. Percy just whimpered. Poseidon swam by to Percy's side. His eyebrow went up when he saw the two holding hands. Along with this, a smile went up his face.

"Hey kid, mind if I borrow Percy for just a bit?" Poseidon whispered as he leaned in. Luke's eyes widened.

"O-Of course sir!" Luke said, walking towards his dad who just scoffed. Percy and Luke's eyes met for a brief two seconds before Poseidon spoke up again.

"Well then, let the party, Begin!" Poseidon said. The next few hours were a blur. People kept walking towards Percy, asking him how he's doing and stuff. Luke just stayed in the background, grunting occasionally. Amphitrite was just sitting in her throne, grumbling to herself. Triton was off enjoying himself. But the spotlight was on Percy the whole time. Especially when Poseidon said it was time for Percy's first dance.

"Okay, now, Percy's first dance shall be-" Poseidon was cut when Percy tugged at him. Poseidon leaned down as Percy whispered to his ear. Poseidon smiled as he stood straight up. "Luke Castellan!" Poseidon shouted. Both Luke and Hermes gagged on their drink. Hermes stared at Luke in disbelief while Luke was grinning madly at Percy. "Ah, there you are. Now Luke, take care of Percy." Poseidon said, handing Percy towards Luke.

Soft music began playing in the background. Thank goodness, Luke knew how to formally dance so he didn't made such a fool of himself. Luke had to keep his gaze on Percy because every time he looked away, he would either land eyes with an angry god, or an angry naiad. But Luke also couldn't stare at Percy too long, not unless he wants him to notice his blush.

The first song ended and somebody tapped Luke on the shoulder. It was Apollo. "Move aside, kiddo." Apollo said as he pushed Luke back. Luke grumbled softly as he resumed his seat. Silently, he was cursing Apollo in his head. He hoped that he would either trip or step on Percy's foot making Percy hate him. But nothing happened. In fact, the two danced in harmony, unlike when he and Percy were dancing. Which made Luke even more grumpier.

Ares followed Apollo, then Hades, then Hermes, much to Luke's surprise, Dionysus etc. As the night progressed on, most of the people had a dance with Percy. Then came the last dance. Zeus himself got up and approached the boy. Luke saw Percy gulp as Zeus took his hand. Throughout the dance, Luke could see that Zeus scared Percy, not that he can blame him. When Zeus learned that Percy was born, he was sure Zeus wanted to kill him in the spot. But fortunately, Percy proved his innocence.

Then the clock chimed. Three minutes before midnight. Zeus and Percy broke out from their dance and Percy walked to the center. It was time to show his face. Luke ran up to the front, wanting to see his face once more. The stage went up a bit, this time, Percy was now in full sight of everyone. And even with his mask, Luke could easily see Percy was blushing.

Spending twelve years of your life without people seeing you and now standing up in front of hundreds can make someone feel uncomfortable to the max. The clock chimed. "Twelve." Luke muttered softly. And so did the guests.

"Eleven." Poseidon said.
"Ten." The guests said.
"Nine." All of the naiads said.
"Eight." All the dyrads said.
"Seven." All the female immortals said.
"Six." All the male immortals said.
"Five." All the goddesses said.
"Four." All the gods said.
"Three." Everyone said.
"Two." Poseidon said.

"One." Percy said and everyone held their breath. Percy took the straps of his mask and let it fall to the floor. Everyone stared at him in awe. Luke was sure some of them were even drooling. Including himself. Then they all broke out clapping, hooting, wolf whistling and all other noises. Luke connected eyes with Percy and he mouthed something.

"Well that was embarrassing. Everyone was looking at me." Percy said softly. Again, Luke stole Percy's first dance since he unveiled himself. Luke chuckled.

"You should have seen Lord Apollo's jaw drop to the floor. And I'm sure some of them popped a boner." Luke chuckled along with Percy. Again, the song ended and he was pushed off by Ares.

"You're not too bad on the eyes kid." Luke heard Ares said as he danced. He saw Percy blush.

"T-thanks Lord Ares.." Percy said softly. Ares chuckled.

"Call me Ares." And so they danced, chatted, Apollo intervened and took him from Ares.

"Why Percy, you never told me you were this cute. I could just eat you." Apollo said, pinching Percy's right cheek lightly. And so they did that again and again, each person praising Percy's beauty. Then the clock chimed two A.M. Percy yawned. Poseidon took his trident and hit the floor with it.

"Percy, say goodbye to your guests. It's time to go to sleep now." There were a couple of groans from Ares, Apollo and Hermes. Luke stared at his father in disbelief. He was acting just like Apollo!

"Goodbye dear guests, I hope you enjoyed my party and I hope to see you soon." With that, Percy walked out and left. Luke was sad to see him go, but felt himself tired too. Hermes pulled his hand and the two left. Like some guests, Luke and his father stayed in a room in the guest wing. Around four in the morning, Luke got up from his bed and walked for some water.

Drinking too much juice in one night, along with some suspicious liquid gave Luke a stomachache and he was hoping there were some tablets and some water in the kitchen. When he arrived there though, there was somebody else.

"Percy?" Luke asked, surprised to see the young prince up from his bed without a guard. Percy looked up from the enormous fridge and smiled.

"Hey Luke. Can't sleep too?" Percy asked, smiling at the sight of a friend. Luke nodded.

"My stomach hurts. I think it was that thing Lord Apollo gave me." Luke said, gripping his stomach. Percy chuckled.

"You too? Here, I found some tablets for stomachaches. Grab a cup of water and drink some." Percy said, handing Luke the tablets. After a moment of silence, Percy spoke up. "So.. did you have fun at the party?" Percy asked.

Luke nodded. "The best part was when Apollo drooled at you." Luke gave a laugh. "But seriously, you threw a great party. I just wished everybody else at camp was here to party with you. I think I'm the only person who's younger than the white house there."

Percy chuckled. "Yep. Ancient ones. But Luke.. can you tell me something about this 'camp' of yours?" Percy asked.

"Sure. It's a camp for demigods, that's a child of a god and a mortal,"

"Like me." Percy interrupted.

"Like you and me, who go there to learn how to fight." Luke said. "But, for normal demigods anyway." Percy tilted his head.

"What do you mean, 'normal demigods' I'm a normal demigod.." Percy said, his voice sounding broken. Luke snapped his head up to see Percy sad.

"No, no, that's not what I meant. What I mean is, you live with your godly parent. Unlike the rest of us. And you probably have some private fighters for you." Luke said, feeling the stomachache go away.

"Hm.. I guess I see your point. Though, I wish to visit this camp soon." Percy mumbled softly.

"Well, I'd love it if you do." Luke said, smiling at his friend. Before the two left, Percy asked one more question.

"Hey Luke, do you like me?" Percy asked, causing Luke to blush.

"I.. er.." Luke said, fumbling for the right words. Percy chuckled.

"Not like that, I mean, do you like me? As a friend?" Percy asked. Luke's blush died down a bit.

"Oh. Yes, of course." Luke answered. Percy smiled.

"Good. Oh, it's getting late, I should head back to my room. Bye Luke." Percy said, walking off.

"See ya too Percy." Luke mumbled, heading towards his own room with a light blush on his cheeks along with a goofy grin.