Chapter 7: Good morning kisses, absolutely vital lessons and rolling in the mud
Nico felt soft lips against his neck and grinned to himself, identifying them as Percy's and instantly exposing more of his neck.
Percy chuckled, his breath tickling Nico's skin.
"Why, good morning, my Angel. Had a nice sleep?"
Nico sighed, keeping his eyes firmly closed and turned around, snuggling against Percy's warm, broad chest.
"No. Let me sleep some more."
Percy chuckled against his ear, placing a soft kiss on it and wrapping his arms around Nico, holding him close.
"Of course. The usual five minutes that take three hours?"
Nico huffed indignantly against his chest.
That was so not true.
The last time he had begged for more sleep, it had only taken him…oh…ok, maybe there was a bit of truth to that statement after all.
He buried his face at Percy's chest some more and inhaled his scent.
He always smelled so nice.
Like the sea.
Nico wished he'd smell nice, too.
But as far as he knew he smelled like dead people.
Talk about a turn-off.
He sighed, placing a small kiss on Percy's skin.
He intended to pull back, but then placed another kiss on his chest because his skin felt so nice against his lips.
Percy moved slightly, kissing the top of his head, but other wisely not doing anything.
Nico tentatively kissed his chest again, this time sucking slightly on the skin and letting his teeth graze over it before licking over the spot gently.
Percy shivered, but held absolutely still.
Nico wondered faintly what the hell he was even doing.
But it felt good, so he continued, moving slightly until he found Percy's nipple.
He hadn't had many chances to really play around with his nipples, especially not with his mouth.
Licking over the small bud, he immediately felt Percy shiver again and tug him closer.
So Percy did like that.
Nico grinned to himself and sucked on it tentatively, feeling Percy's hands at his back, keeping him there without wanting to move too much or give himself away, nothing to make Nico stop.
Nico's grin broadened.
Oh, if Percy liked this, he wasn't going to stop.
He nibbled on his nipple, teasing it with his teeth and tongue as he brought up his other hand to play with the other one as well.
Percy huffed quietly, inching closer.
Nico gently pushed him back onto his back, following right after and opening his eyes to look down at his boyfriend, who was gazing up at him dazedly.
Nico felt his lips splitting into a wide smile and leaned down to kiss Percy, who grinned back stupidly before meeting him halfway.
This was an awesome way to start the day.
He could feel Percy's hands at his side, tentatively beginning to touch him, keeping him there on top of him as Nico began kissing him more deeply, before nibbling on his bottom lip and gently sucking on it.
Percy huffed and tugged his hips down, urging them closer and wrapping his arms tightly around him as if intending to keep him there forever.
Nico smiled into the kiss, licking over his lips as to demand entrance, but Percy already parted his lips willingly, trembling slightly in seeming anticipation.
Nico let his tongue slide into his hot, wet mouth, starting up their usual little play fight for the upper hand.
Nico won by far, though he suspected Percy wasn't exactly trying.
His hands began hungrily moving over Percy's body, touching, stroking, caressing, groping, searching for the best spots to ravish, turning Percy into a writhing, panting mess beneath him.
Who'd have ever guessed this could happen?
Nico pulled back slightly, gazing down into those stunning sea-green eyes.
"I love you." He breathed, noticing how much he was panting himself.
Percy's hand shot up, placing itself on the back of Nico's head and tugging him back down for another kiss.
"I love you, too." He whispered between kisses as they kept sealing their lips over and over and over again, sometimes tonguing, other times only placing gentle pecks.
Their bodies rubbed against each other, their boxer shorts the only fabric in the way.
By the time Nico noticed that, Percy's hands were already at his waistband, sneaking their way inside to free his hard-on.
Nico closed his eyes at the touch, a soft moan escaping his lips as a blissful shiver ran down his back.
Oh gods, he loved it when Percy touched him.
They were still so close together that his tip rubbed against Percy's stomach whenever his hand moved down Nico's dick.
Nico huffed and leaned back down over Percy, kissing him deeply and brushing a few strands out of his face, leaving his hand to rest on his forehead, keeping him from moving too much and starting another tongue play.
"I love you. I love this." Nico breathed against those luscious lips and placed another peck on them before moving down towards Percy's neck.
Percy panted, immediately exposing more of his sun-kissed skin as his hand kept teasing Nico's dick, now rubbing the tip against his skin on purpose.
Nico felt another series of shivers running down his back, but tied to push it down, instead focusing on ravishing that beautiful neck.
He placed some open kisses here, nibbled super gently on some spots there.
He didn't dare leave a mark.
They weren't out to the Camp yet (mostly Nico's fault) and he didn't want anybody asking dumb questions.
Moving down, he began nibbling on his collarbones, getting some sweet moans out of Percy.
He moved further down, even though it meant removing his dick from Percy's reach.
Right now he wanted to be everywhere at once, touch, kiss and ravish every single inch of Percy's perfect body.
"Oh gods, Nico…" His sea prince groaned as Nico wrapped his lips around his left nipple, sucking gently and teasing the bud mercilessly.
Hands folded themselves into his hair, keeping him there as Percy's body grinded against his, trying to get closer.
So much closer.
It felt as if they were never going to be close enough.
Nico used his teeth carefully, causing Percy to groan out loud, his head falling back into the pillow as his legs wrapped around Nico.
When Nico had actually gotten between Percy's legs, he had no idea.
He must have moved.
It didn't matter.
He was mostly lying on top of Percy, anyways.
Nothing else mattered.
He used one hand on his other nipple, pinching and teasing it as is second hand began moving downwards to Percy's own waistband.
Nico wasn't even sure where he wanted to take this.
He hadn't been this dominant ever since he had given Percy that blowjob back in New Rome.
It felt weird, taking the lead.
But very, very good weird.
He loved it.
Not because he was in charge, but because he relished in the fact that he could make Percy be like this.
That he could make him feel so good.
Could turn him into this writing, panting mess, looking at him with dazed green eyes full of love and devotion.
This was exactly what he wanted.
He wanted to make Percy feel amazing.
As amazing as Percy made him feel day in day out with simply being with him.
"I love you, Nico. I love you so much." Percy huffed, eyes locked with Nico's as he pulled back slightly, letting go of his nipple reluctantly to concentrate on tugging down Percy's boxer shorts, urging him to untangle his legs from around him, much to both of their displeasure.
Nico smiled down at him. "I love you, too." He said, resisting the urge to kiss the tip of his nose, instead hurrying up with those annoying boxer shorts so they could get back close to each other.
Percy pushed himself up, hands immediately going for Nico's own underpants that didn't serve a purpose anymore, what with his dick half out anyways.
Nico let him pull them down, let Percy push him backwards into the blanket to take them off completely, let him push his lips onto Nico's to start another heated tongue play.
He guessed it was time to let Percy take the lead again.
But the moment he stopped touching Percy, just enjoying his touch, Percy pulled back.
"No, don't stop…" He whispered against Nico's lips, looking at him with almost pleading eyes.
Nico blinked, taken aback slightly, but then he placed his hands back on Percy's skin and suddenly everything just flowed as if this was exactly how it was meant to be.
They touched and kissed and teased and groped, a hot, moaning, groaning, writhing mess of entangled limbs.
Sometimes Percy would be on top of Nico, grinding against him and placing open kisses on various parts of Nico's body, sometimes Nico would be on top of Percy, rubbing against him and teasing him with hands as well as lips and tongue.
They didn't care whether this was going to lead to sex or not.
All that mattered was making each other feel as good as possible, relishing in the closeness and enjoying each and every touch as much as possible.
Then Percy's lips wrapped around Nico's dick and Nico groaned out loud, his legs somewhere over Percy's shoulders again to allow him as close as possible.
"Oh gods, yes…" He huffed and pushed up into Percy's mouth slightly as his lower body lifted off the bed while his upper body ground back into the mattress in a mute plea for Percy to go on.
Yes, this was exactly what Nico wanted.
Oh, by Hades, by all the gods, this was what he needed.
He could feel Percy chuckle as he licked across his tip, using his hands to fondle Nico's balls.
Nico found his hands in Percy's hair, keeping him there for all it was worth, even though Percy made no sign of leaving.
Instead, he sucked on Nico's tip tentatively, slowly making his way down.
Nico kept himself from thrusting upwards with all his willpower he could muster, instead pushing his head further into the sheets, his whole body trembling, chaotic moans and whines escaping his by now hoarse throat.
Percy began bobbing his head up and down, sucking on him, teasing him with his tongue, his hand still fondling his balls.
Oh gods, why was Percy so damn amazing at this?
There was no way Nico was going to last long at this rate.
"Percy…" He huffed, noticing how it sounded more like a whimper than anything else, but he didn't care.
Nothing mattered but the amazing feeling of Percy's mouth right now.
Oh gods, it simply felt too good.
He looked down just to find Percy gazing at him intently as he began concentrating solely on Nico's tip again.
Dazed, sea-green eyes bore into him and Nico found himself incapable of looking away.
Percy let his teeth graze against his tip again and Nico whimpered, feeling his dick twitch ominously.
It took all of his willpower not to simply burst right there.
Percy repeated the motion and Nico couldn't help thrusting upwards into his mouth ever so slightly.
Percy's eyes narrowed ever so slightly, showing he had noticed.
Then he began bobbing his head up and down again, giving Nico what he wanted.
Nico groaned, his hands fisting Percy's hair, their gazes still locked.
Percy's tongue kept flicking around his tip every time he moved up and he kept doing that sort of swallowing motion when he moved down.
It was maddening.
Maddeningly amazing.
Nico's entire body started tingling as his moans became a chaotic mess, his mind wiped utterly clear, his hands anchored in Percy's hair, keeping him there for dear life as his orgasm hit him.
His head smacked back and he groaned out loud as his vision went black for a moment, a feeling of utter bliss and pleasure washing over him.
He could feel Percy swallow as he came into his mouth, felt him continuing to suck on him slightly before slowly letting go, placing soft kisses around his softening dick and lower stomach area.
Then he moved upwards, continuing to place kisses every here and there until lastly being face to face with Nico, half lying on top of him.
Nico still panted, only peeking at him slightly, not capable of opening his eyes completely right now.
Nor move, for that matter.
If there was any monster attack right now, he'd just keep lying here in bed utterly useless.
He should probably work on that.
Not right now, though.
Percy gave him a peck on the nose. "That's one way to start the day." He remarked, grinning his typical pleased smile as if it had been him getting that blowjob.
Nico smiled softly, his hand at Percy's cheek, his thumb caressing it gently.
"Most certainly. And we're so not done yet."
Percy chuckled quietly, playing with one of Nico's messy strands of hair, twirling it around his finger.
"Oh? Think you can handle more?"
Nico only raised an eyebrow at him and moved his hand to the back of Percy's neck, tugging him down for a kiss.
He might not be able to take any more right now, but he certainly had lots to give.
.
Will was sitting on his bed in his cabin by himself when he felt the IM-ing device on his wrist vibrate, signaling an incoming call from Jason.
So much about having his peace.
He sighed, pushing down the fluttery feeling spreading through his insides at the thought of Jason actually wanting to talk to him, and accepted the call with a forced neutral expression.
There he had finally managed to keep out of Percy's and Nico's way for a bit, just to have Jason pop up.
Seriously, sometimes he wondered whether the three of them had all of this planned out somehow.
"Hey Will." Jason greeted cheerfully enough as the picture built up completely, showing the blonde leaning against what looked like the wall of a small cabin, looking at him with one of those dazzling smiles.
Will only sighed and tried faintly to smile back.
"Hi Jason. What's up?"
"Oh, nothing much. We're having a break right now so I thought I'd call to check up on you guys. I didn't get to call last night, after all." Jason explained, shrugging slightly before sitting down, positioning the IM-ing device in front of him on the ground.
Will took the time to pull his bedside-table over to place his own device on there.
"Well, then I have to disappoint you. Percy and Nico aren't around."
"Not? That's a surprise. Usually you three seem to be completely glued together nowadays." Jason said, frowning at Will and looking him up and down as if wondering whether something had happened.
But Will only pursed his lips and shrugged. "Sometimes I need some time to myself as well, ok?"
Ok, that sounded a tad harsher than intended.
Damn it.
But it was true, usually he would be out and about with the two, if it wasn't for the fact he was frantically trying to avoid them in order to get himself back together (not that it was going very successful).
The constant tiredness wasn't helping much, either.
Ugh, how much he already dreaded going to sleep tonight.
Better not think about it.
Jason lifted his arms defensively, blinking surprised. "I…I'm sorry? Is everything ok? I didn't mean to…"
Will waved off quickly. "Nah, sorry, my bad. It's just…nothing. I'm good. Everything is good. How are things going? You gonna make it for Nico's birthday?"
Jason still frowned slightly and eyed him oddly, as if trying to figure out what was wrong.
Meh, he could try, but Will was certain he'd never figure it out.
If Will didn't know it himself, Jason Grace wouldn't know it either.
At least that's what he kept telling himself.
The blonde sighed deeply, signaling Will that things weren't going that smoothly after all.
He wasn't surprised.
Jason had managed to get the signature in question and was on his way back.
But it had taken him up to this point to get to the god - one could guess how long it should take him to get back.
"I'm trying my hardest here. Been pushing the team as it is. We pulled an all-nighter last night again as well to cover more distance, but it's still going to take a while." Jason explained, looking sideways towards something Will couldn't see (though he did look sideways too - only to see the walls of his cabin, much to his confusion until he realized he wasn't in fact sitting in front of Jason now in front of a cabin in the middle of nowhere).
He shrugged. "Well, I'm sure he won't mind. It's not like we're really having a party or anything. He made it clear he doesn't want one."
Jason still looked miserable. "I still want to be there. But oh well, only time can tell whether we'll make it or not. So, what's up with you?"
"What do you mean?" Will asked, acting oblivious and brushing off imaginary dust off his sweater.
"All by yourself? In your cabin? During the day? Come on, something's up."
Will made a face. He really didn't want to talk. Not about this.
And not with Jason.
Especially not with Jason.
"I just felt like…spending some time in my cabin. That's all." He tried to shrug it off, but Jason only raised an eyebrow, clearly not buying it.
"Is it because of your nightmares? Or because of a certain couple…? Do you want me to have a talk with Percy?"
Will wasn't sure whether he was upset, confused or flustered by the offer.
It was kind of a mixture of all three.
Upset because hey, what gave Jason the right to assume it had to do with them?
Confused because Jason offered to help, since it didn't have anything to do with him.
And flustered, because in fact it did have to do with them and Will found it kind of sweet of Jason to care enough to offer talking to Percy.
Jason usually only did such things for Nico, having chats with everybody and scolding them in such a horribly nice yet stern way that one couldn't even be annoyed with him.
Will had to know, since he was usually the one on the receiving end of such talks.
So not his fault, of course.
For a moment, he considered just brushing it all off with an 'I don't know what you are talking about'.
But Jason looked at him in such a way that just showed he knew there was something and he wouldn't let it go until Will spat it out.
So he only sighed defeated.
"No, it's ok. He isn't doing anything. In fact, it's exactly that. It's because he's not doing anything."
"What do you mean?"
Will shrugged, burying his face in his hands.
Was he seriously going to talk about this to Jason?
"Will?"
"I don't know. He calls me sun-bug, Jason. He calls me sun-bug and is kind and nice and considerate, the fool he is. How am I supposed to dislike him if he's being so adorably annoying?" He babbled before he was able to stop himself and inwardly groaned.
What. The. Hell?
He glanced at Jason through a gap between his fingers, holding his breath though he was unsure why.
The blonde looked surprised for a moment, but only for a moment, then his reassuring smile was back in place.
"Yeah, he can be like that. Trust me, I've tried to dislike him, too, but he makes it close to impossible, even when he's being an absolute idiot."
"I know right? Why does he have to be so annoying! It's frustrating, that's what it is. There he has Nico and instead of being an absolute ass and gloating about it, he's a freaking dork, considerate of anyone and everyone and cherishing Nico and dragging me along when I know he'd rather spend his time with him alone. And then he bloody gives me pet names and acts as if we're best friends and sometimes, I catch myself thinking that we are. And it's all so confusing." Will still had his face buried in his hands, heaving a big sigh and rubbing at his eyes.
Gods, how badly he wished for things to just work out fine for once.
Who knew, maybe if his insides were in less of a turmoil, he might actually catch a few more hours of sleep for once.
"The pet name is really bugging you, huh?"
"You have no idea." Will groaned quietly, thinking of the way Percy said it.
The way Percy looked when he said it.
The way Percy's lips moved when he said it.
Will should not be thinking about this.
He shook his head. "As long as you don't start using it."
Jason chuckled. "Nah, I wouldn't. 'Sun-bug' doesn't really sum you up, sorry."
"Oh wow. Thanks a lot." Will said drily, ignoring the stab of annoyance at the indication Percy's pet name for him wasn't any good.
"No problem. So, what's your plan then?" Jason asked casually, grinning at him and eyeing him oddly, as if he had just figured something out.
Will didn't want to know what that was.
"For what?"
"What do you intend to do now? With Percy and Nico? Are you just going to try to run away and hide in your cabin?"
Will shrugged. "It's not like they give me much chance to. They usually manage to find me and drag me off somewhere. It's a miracle they haven't gotten me yet."
As he said it, he glanced towards his cabin door, wondering faintly what they must be doing if they weren't looking for him yet.
Or maybe they had simply decided to do something by themselves today.
Suited Will just fine.
He swallowed the pain that welled up inside him at the thought of being just the third wheel after all, instead looking at Jason again, who gazed at him thoughtfully.
"Will?"
"Hm?" Will finally dragged his hands away from his face.
Damn, his head felt so heavy.
He hated the lack of sleep, he really did.
Seriously, what the hell was going on with that, anyways?
As if his life wasn't confusing enough as it was, he was still pained with dumb nightmares that didn't make any sense whatsoever.
Though he at least remembered bits of it now. Nothing of importance, of course.
Would have been too easy.
Instead, only fragments of conversations he didn't understand and snippets of images, sound, sometimes just a particular feeling was all that remained after he woke up.
"When's the last time you got any sleep?"
Jason wasn't asking with any particular emotion detectable in his voice or face, nothing to indicate worry, pity, accusation.
But Will could practically feel the silent assumption of his whole I'm-so-confused-and-don't-want-to-hang-out-with-my-friends-anymore-attitude coming from his lack of sleep.
His insides boiled with unreasoned anger in a heartbeat.
"This is NOT because of my nightmares!" He spat, glowering at Jason who instantly lifted his arms again defensively, trying to soothe him.
"Calm down, I was just asking. You look tired, that's all."
"I'm not." He was. Oh gods, yes, he was. Tired of this bullshit. And of his nightmares.
Though he was more tired because of the nightmares than of them.
"Why aren't you sleeping over at Nico's?"
"Why aren't you staying out of other people's business?" Will instantly shot back, knowing he was being unfair.
Jason didn't mean it bad, of course.
But seriously, he had no idea how Will was feeling!
Mainly not even Will knew how he was feeling!
And all because of Percy.
Unwillingly, he thought back to that one day again that he generally tried to ban from his mind.
The day when Percy had dragged him out of his cabin before sunrise because of those gift-ideas for Nico, just to then act out that whole dumb scene that kept replaying in Will's mind every evening when he faintly tried to sleep.
But now, he wasn't even thinking about that. He was thinking of that moment when Percy had put his face in his hands in that depressed, defeated sort of way, confiding in him how worried he was about screwing things up.
A mixture of emotions welled up inside him, drowning out his anger in an instant.
What was he doing?
This was so unlike him.
Not to mention stupid.
He sighed and scratched the back of his head. "Sorry, that was uncalled for." He mumbled, glancing at Jason again who just sat there, looking at him with that odd expression again, the one Will couldn't place at all.
"It's ok. I guess I was prying."
"No, it wasn't you. I was just…as I said, things are…whatever."
Jason eyed him quietly for another moment.
Then he sighed and leaned forward, putting his chin on his hands, his elbows resting on his thighs.
"How about we make a deal?"
Will frowned. What? Where did that come from?
He gazed at the blonde warily. "What kind of deal?"
Jason shrugged. "Nico's birthday is in four days. How about I promise I'll make it until then and in return, you sleep over at their place because we all know you need it."
Will scowled at him. "That's not a good deal at all. First of all, I don't want to. Second of all, what would I care whether you make it for his birthday or not?"
Jason seemed unperturbed. "Easy. Because if I do make it, you have one free wish. You can ask me to do anything you want and I'll do it, no questions asked."
Will halted. What…?
Well, why would he care?
Then again, the thought was kind of alluring.
"I'm gonna be like your genie. You could ask me to abduct Percy so you can have some quality time with Nico – though I do hope in that case you'll behave yourself, else we're both dead, of course…" Jason mused and Will felt his lips twitching against his will.
"Or you could make me do something really stupid." Jason offered with a smirk.
"Like running around the Camp in your superman boxer shorts?" Will suggested, almost laughing at the picture in his head.
That would be the best thing ever.
Oh, how he'd love to see the reactions of the others.
And their faces!
"With this cold? Damn, I think you want to kill me. But yeah, anything you want. So, how about it?"
Will hesitated. "This still doesn't seem like much of a deal. What if you don't make it? And seriously, my part isn't really a deal at all."
Jason shrugged. "If I don't make it, I'll run around the Camp in my superman boxer shorts for the entire time I'm staying there, just so you can have a laugh. And if you can't keep your end of the deal, you'll have to do something for me. Maybe I'll send you running about Camp in your underwear, too."
Will huffed indignantly. "I'd love to see you try!"
"Does that mean we have a deal?" Jason asked, raising an eyebrow.
Will hesitated a moment longer.
Should he really?
But hey, his part was far easier to stick to than Jason's.
Now he'd have a good excuse to stay over at Nico's.
Though he was still somewhat reluctant about that.
But he did like staying over. And he so badly needed sleep.
Hm, maybe… "Alright."
"Great. Then we have ourselves a deal. So, how's the guys? Is Percy being an ignorant prick again or did he permanently convert to the considerate fool?" Jason asked, rubbing his hands together and looking rather pleased.
Will blew a strand of hair out of his face. "Definitely considerate prick. Not fool, but prick. Seriously, he's the worst. Acting all nice and kind and giving people pet names for no reason, just to show up at the worst times and asking questions you NEVER wanted to hear out of his mouth."
Jason laughed at his dismay.
"Really? Like what?"
"Oh, you know, the usual. Sometimes it's just small things like 'Hey Will, you're good with music, right? Can you dance? Can Nico dance? Can you find out if he can dance so I know and can you teach me in case he does so I can do it too?' – which is already pretty annoying, you know. But then he also has questions like 'Hey Will, there was this Aphrodite girl who said a good guy gives their partner multiple orgasms. Can I do that with Nico too? Is that possible?'! Do I look like Sex-ed? I mean, seriously! He's so naïve and clueless, I'm surprised he's even still alive! Ungh, I'm just waiting for the day he comes barging in and-…"
Further he couldn't get, because just in that moment, the door to his cabin flew open and Percy barged inside, slamming it shut behind him, looking as if death himself was right behind him.
"Will! Teach me how to deep throat!"
Will stared at him.
No. He had not just heard that right. He must be too tired. Yes, that must be it.
Jason started laughing. Not a subtle, small chuckle or a soft laugh.
A right out laughter.
And Percy Jackson?
Percy Jackson walked up to him, panting hard, working his hand through his hair and looking around the side of the IM-ing 'screen'.
"Oh, hi Jason." He greeted, as if it was the most casual thing in the world to ask for blowjob-help.
Yes, Will must have definitely heard wrong.
"So, can you help me? Please tell me you know how to deep throat." Percy turned to him, looking at him with wide, sea-green eyes.
Shit. Will had not misheard.
He noticed he was gaping at Percy, so he tried to compose himself again, clearing his throat while Jason almost rolled on the floor from laughter.
Yes, Jason, good to see you're enjoying yourself.
"Percy…"
"Shit. You can't do it, can you? Damn it, that means I'll have to-…"
"Excuse you, of course I can deep throat! I give the best fucking blowjobs you would never know!" Will called indignantly, then frowned at himself for actually discussing this.
Percy's face brightened.
"Sweet! Then you can tell me how!"
"No."
"No? Why? Damn it, Will, his birthday is in four days! I gotta know that!" Percy wailed, kneeling down in front of Will, between Jason's reflection and Will's knees.
"Please?" He pleaded, putting his hands on Will's thighs, looking at him with puppy eyes.
Jason raised both eyebrows, his eyes full of glee and merriment – and what looked a bit like tears from all the laughing.
"Percy, you can't ask him something like that!" He chided, shaking his head amused.
Will sighed out in relief. At least Jason was his opinion on this matter.
Percy wasn't going to get through with this. Good, good.
"At least not when I'm not around! How unfair is that? Maybe I want to know, too?" Jason then elaborated, making a face.
Percy's lips split into a grin. "You can learn from there, I don't care. You all have more time than I do! I only have four days! Will, please! I'll do anything you want in return."
"But I thought he said your blowjobs are fine!" Will exclaimed, inching backwards more and more, pulling his legs up as he went, out of Percy's reach.
"Well, he doesn't know any better, so of course he'll think they are fine. But I want to do something special! I want to do it and think afterwards that I did everything I could and that if that wasn't nice by any standards, then I simply suck. Wait…" He frowned at his own words and Jason chuckled, while Will put his face in his hands.
What was he going to do with these guys?
"You can't…ask that of me…"
"Oh come on, why not? Have a heart! Else I'll have to go to the Aphrodite cabin and I don't want to know who's going to be telling tales and to whom and before we know it, everybody will know. I was hoping you could do things a lot more discrete. Plus, you did say you were the best. Who else could possibly give better advice than the best of the best?"
Percy was definitely trying to soft-soap him.
He scowled at him, then caught Jason looking mildly curious as well.
He scowled at him as well.
"You're mad."
"Ok. I'm mad. I'll do anything. Please? Pretty, pretty please?" Percy started getting onto the bed now as well, his puppy face firmly set in place, coming closer again.
Will inched further backwards.
"Jason, tell him to stop it. How would I even teach you anything? That's something you learn over time, something that comes with the more experience you have. What are you going to do, train on a banana?"
"Banana! Perfect! Well, almost. I need a straight banana. Nico isn't curved like that."
Will closed his eyes, taking a deep breath and banning any visuals from his mind.
Also, he prayed for patience.
And for the God with capital G to drop brains from the sky for Percy.
"You can't be serious." He then muttered, looking at both Percy and Jason, who were looking back at him expectantly.
"I am. Please. You're my only hope. I know this will be awkward but I'll do my best? I just want to give Nico everything he deserves. Please." Percy insisted.
Will looked at Jason, who was scratching the side of his neck thoughtfully.
"I'd actually really like to know as well."
Will groaned.
"You guys are horrible! Do I look like a porn star or a sex-ed teacher to you? Just because I'm experienced and know how to do it doesn't mean I want to show you guys how to do it! Especially not on a banana! And not during the day! And not in my cabin!"
"Well…" Percy started, but Jason interrupted him hastily. "Don't say it, Percy. Just. Don't."
Will agreed with him. Whatever Percy had been about to say, he didn't want to know any of it.
Percy sighed defeated. "Ok…I get it…I'm sorry…I just thought…"
He sounded so upset.
Will watched him climb off the bed, shoulders sagging, face downcast.
He glanced towards Jason, finding him looking down as well, a light pout on his face.
Seriously?
Were they seriously serious?
This couldn't be.
"I guess I'll leave you to yourself again, then…sorry for disturbing…I guess…" Percy mumbled, slowly trudging towards the cabin door, sighing heavily.
Will looked after him.
Then at Jason, who still had his face downcast but had his eyes fixed on him, blinking once.
Will glanced back at the heartbroken Percy.
Then he groaned, putting his hands to his face.
"Fine! But I SWEAR one stupid comment and I'll CASTRATE both of you!"
.
"This is the most horrible thing in the world." Will muttered under his breath and caught Jason grinning amused as they both watched Percy eyeing his somewhat straight banana with a scrutinizing, dead-serious expression.
"It's just a banana, really." Percy deadpanned and Will's nose twitched.
The banana wasn't the problem.
This whole situation - that was the problem.
Percy held out the second banana, the one with a light curve to it, to Will, urging him to take it.
He still couldn't believe they were actually doing this.
In Will's cabin.
In the middle of the day.
Oh well, at least they were sitting in the bathroom with the door locked (he had checked several times just to make sure).
He didn't even want to imagine what would happen if one of his siblings came running into the cabin to find Percy and him with bananas down their throats or something.
Seriously, did he have to do this?
Why couldn't he just have said no?
He took the banana grumpily, glancing towards Jason.
"So, what are you going to do? I thought you're only on a break? I swear, if there's anybody else close by, watching this, I will-…"
"Nobody else is here, don't worry. But yeah, it's only a break. I'll have to leave in roughly half an hour." Jason interrupted him quickly, looking off to somewhere on his left for a moment.
"Better get started then, huh?" Percy mused and instantly earned another glare from Will.
"Don't rush it. Seriously, this is madness. I don't know what you're thinking."
He really didn't. How was he meant to teach them this?
This was something that demanded to be learned over time, with each blowjob a little more.
"Come on, please. Just try to teach us. Anything other than 'just stick it in your mouth and force your throat to cope' is going to be of help, really. Cause that's all I got so far and it's not really helping." Percy whined and Will frowned at him.
Did he want to know who Percy had talked to about this?
Probably not.
It was somebody with no clue, that much was for certain.
He wondered faintly what Nico would have to say about all this if he knew Percy was sitting here, on Will's bathroom floor, begging him to teach him how to deep throat.
Yeah, he probably shouldn't dwell on that.
"Ugh. Whatever. Yeah, don't do that. You have to ease into it. Forcing your throat to 'cope with it' would just lead to you gagging more." Will explained and found Jason and Percy instantly perking up.
Seriously?
Ugh, why had he said yes?
Will sighed deeply, eyes hushing over to the door once more, contemplating his chances of getting away.
They were zero.
"Alright, first things first. Blowjobs can be done in pretty much any position, right? Well, deep throating isn't as easy in some – in most, actually. For somebody utterly new to it, it would be better to…"
"I kind of just go down on Nico when he's on his back? Like, with his legs over my shoulders." Percy interrupted, expression uncertain.
A series of visuals forced its way into Will's head and he closed his eyes for a moment.
What the hell?
He had not asked him to elaborate that.
He did not want to know how Percy went down on Nico, thank you very much.
Though that wasn't a very bad idea.
He could think of a lot worse ways to go down on somebody if you had no clue how to do things.
And with his legs over his shoulders, too, getting them out of the way without having to lean onto them at any point…not too bad.
Not that he was appraising Percy's methods.
Hell no.
"I didn't need to know that. Don't interrupt me. I'm the teacher here, so shut up and listen, ok?" It sounded harsher than he had meant to, but there was nothing he could really do about it.
He definitely wasn't going to say sorry.
This was all Percy's fault to begin with.
Percy bit his lip. "Sorry."
Jason sighed, shaking his head slightly to himself and Will wondered how he took that tidbit of information.
What did he think of Percy and Nico together, anyways?
He seemed happy for Nico, but not overly jealous of Percy, yet it did seem to bother him…meh, whatever.
Nothing of Will's business, anyways.
"So, anyways, it's always better to get into a position that allows your mouth and throat to align. That will make it easier on you and your gag reflex. How strong is your gag reflex?" Will asked with a frown, glancing towards Percy, but he only blinked at him for a long moment.
"Uh…"
Wow, so he didn't know?
They were off to a good start, that much was for certain.
"Jason?" Will looked towards the blonde, who looked a tad taken aback at the sudden attention.
"Huh? How would I know about his gag reflex?"
Will closed his eyes for a moment, taking a deep breath.
Were they serious?
"Oh! Mine isn't too bad, I guess. I mean…I can…erm…control it?" Jason hurried to explain, looking surprisingly flustered.
Well, at least Will was going to get something out of all this.
It had been a while since he had seen Jason blush like that, after all.
Certainly a nice change.
"Alright then. I guess we'll find out about Percy's gag reflex in a moment. So, the gag reflex is going to be your biggest hindrance. If you have a really strong one, it will be a lot harder and take a lot more work, but it's not impossible. Since you so gallantly informed us Nico isn't curved, I won't need to talk about that as well. Cause it does make a difference whether the thing you're taking down your throat is straight or bent. A lot more work. A lot more difficult. A lot harder to find the right angle."
They both looked at him for a long moment and he could almost read the unspoken question in their faces.
He scowled at both of them. "Yes, I'm talking from experience. Shut up."
Unwillingly, a shudder ran down his back as he remembered who it had been he had gained this experience from.
He didn't want to think of him.
Closing his eyes for another moment, he took a deep breath, pushing the rising nausea down.
No. Not now. Not in front of them.
"Will?" Jason asked oddly and Will forced his eyes open again.
"Anyways, since he's straight – well, his dick is, anyways - that leaves one problem less. So, next. Deep throating isn't some sort of fancy trick you learn within a few minutes. It takes time. Of course there are naturals, but chances are neither of you are going to be so lucky. So you'll both have to practice. Percy, even if you succeed in perfecting it on a banana, it still doesn't mean you won't have any difficulty with the real thing. A banana you can move freely, Nico's dick probably not so much. Keep that in mind. Also, deep throating is more of a treat, really. Combine it with the rest of your blowjob. I don't know what you're doing – and I do NOT want to know!" He added hastily as he caught Percy opening his mouth again.
"But try to combine it with that, test out the waters. Especially since you're new to it. Don't try to overdo it. It's much better if you keep going down every here and there, doing little swallowing motions or the like. I don't know, it depends on what he likes and what you are comfortable with. The key is to actually like what you're doing."
"I think I have to write this down." Percy mumbled, apparently glued to every word Will was saying.
Will sighed. "It's not that big of a mystery, Percy. Ok, here comes the most important stuff once more: Breathe. Relax. Start slowly. Don't suck too hard or strain your jaw, else you'll get cramps. A little tip from my side is to really start deep throating him when he's about to blow. That will make him go crazy."
He couldn't believe he was seriously doing this.
Giving the guys advice on blowjobs.
Telling Percy how to deep throat Nico.
Who'd have thought this would happen?
Two months ago he'd have found the pure notion of Percy and Will spending their time together without Nico around absolutely impossible.
So much could change in so little time.
It was scary, really.
"Ok. So, erm…what positions would be good?" Percy asked meekly, playing with the banana in his hands.
Will hesitated. "Well…in my experience, the easiest is when he's sitting down somewhere – let's say on the bed, and you are either in front of him in a way to get your mouth and throat aligned, or next to him and bend over, kind of as if you're giving him a blowjob in the car while he's driving." He then said slowly, hands clenching as unwanted memories rushed through his head.
He swallowed hard, eyes hushing about the room to find something – anything – to ground him.
Percy's eyes were on his banana again, so he glanced towards Jason instead, finding him staring straight at Will with a slight frown, eyes filling with worry.
Ah. He was noticing something, wasn't he?
Not good.
Not good at all.
Will took a deep breath, putting on a small smile.
"Yeah. Or maybe when he's standing. I don't know. You'll be able to think of something, I'm sure. It depends on your gag reflex, really. If you have close to no trouble at all, you should be good with the position you've been using so far. Though trying out something new probably wouldn't be bad, either. Each position has its up and downs and some things feel better in one position than in another."
"So my position isn't good?" Percy asked and Will could swear he heard way too much uncertainty in his voice.
Rolling his eyes, he shook his head. "Percy, your position is good, else Nico wouldn't like it that much, right?"
"How would you know? And how would he know?"
"I know. Not shut up and stick that banana in your mouth before I do it for you." Will threatened, though he had no intention of actually doing it.
The panic in Percy's eyes was amusing, though.
Then the dark-haired dork glanced sideways at Jason…and blushed.
Will had to suppress a grin.
"Don't tell me you're going to chicken out now. I just had the most mortifying conversation in my life, telling you guys all this, and you're embarrassed because Jason is watching?" He teased and found Percy's face turning scarlet as he started mumbling something incoherently.
Jason chuckled next to them.
"I don't really care what you stick down your throat, Percy. Do whatever pleases you." The blonde explained with an amused twinkle in his eyes.
Percy glowered at him. "It's unfair you're getting away without doing this. It's just weird to be the only one doing it."
"You wanted to be taught." Will and Jason both said with a shrug.
Percy made a face, eyeing his banana again.
He moved it upwards to his lips, but then hesitated again, looking conflicted.
Will rolled his eyes. "Seriously, Percy, get it over with. Oh yeah, just in case you need to puke, do it in that direction." He waved towards the toilet to Percy's right, but the boy only scowled at him.
"I will not puke. Shut up. Just…give me a minute. I swear, don't laugh at me, ok?"
Will decided not to point out that the way Percy was behaving strongly indicated he was going to be too stressed out to not have his gag reflex act up.
Instead, he leaned back slightly, crossing his arms in front of his chest and glancing towards Jason, who watched Percy with mild interest.
This was kind of amusing to watch, to be honest.
If he forgot about the fact he was the one teaching deep throating, it was kind of funny to see Percy sitting on his bathroom floor, staring at a banana inches from his lips, swallowing hard over and over again as he was apparently mentally preparing himself to take the fruit into his mouth.
Yep, definitely funny.
"Saliva is good, by the way. Keep it wet. Better for him and for you." He pointed out casually and caught Percy glaring at him.
"Shush. I know. Whatever."
"Come on, we don't have all day. Relax, it's just us."
"Then why don't you do it?" Percy shot back with a scowl.
Will eyed him unimpressed.
Then he picked up his banana with a shrug. "Alright."
Both Jason and Percy looked taken aback, staring at him.
Will raised an eyebrow at them. "What? I just explained to you how to deep throat. It can't get much worse than that. Really, it's just a banana. And I know I can do it, so what would I care what you think? I'm not gonna chicken out."
In reality, there was no way he was going to do this.
Never ever.
But he knew what effect it would have on Percy.
Sure enough, the dark-haired dork sat up straighter, looking positively offended.
"I am NOT chickening out. You know what, I can do this."
"Oh really?" Will teased, raising a skeptical eyebrow.
Percy scowled deeply and looked at the banana with new determination.
Jason's eyes widened with realization and Will knew he understood what Will had just done.
They shared a knowing glance.
Then Percy hesitated only a moment longer before pushing the banana into his mouth.
.
On the bright side, Percy didn't choke on the banana and die, nor did he puke.
On the not so bright side, his gag reflex had acted up instantly and it wouldn't have taken much to make him retch, which was more than mortifying, especially with the guys watching.
But they hadn't laughed.
Instead, Will had just sat there with his arms crossed, shrugging and stating he hadn't expected any different, since Percy was supposedly too tense.
Since it didn't sound like he was trying to insult Percy, he had just let it pass, glad for an excuse to his obvious fail.
"You have to work around it. Slide it in until you start feeling uncomfortable and then pause, wait for your throat to get used to it. Once you relax again, you can slide it in further."
"What do I do once it's all the way in?" Percy found himself asking, then wanted to sink into the ground.
He had hoped this was going to get mentioned without him having to ask for it.
How embarrassing.
Will frowned at him. "Usually, just having it down your throat is good enough. Move up and down on him, for example, as if he's, you know, having sex. Or try swallow. Also, if you move up and down and you're more comfortable with everything, try turn your mouth from one side to the other. Gives a different sensation. I don't know about your preferences, but maybe find out whether you want to set the speed and depth yourself or whether you want Nico to take lead. It really makes a huge difference."
"Really? How?" Percy asked curiously.
Will hesitated. "It's…one lets you know you're in control. You can work your way up and be comfortable and at ease. It's not…bad…for him to be in charge, but it is usually unexpected. You don't know what he'll do next, how fast he'll go, how much air you'll get."
Percy watched with a frown as Will's hand moved up to his throat apparently subconsciously, his breath hitching for a moment.
"Will?" Jason asked oddly, same as he had done earlier, but this time Percy noticed the change in Will as well.
"Hey, are you ok?"
Maybe this hadn't been such a good idea after all.
He had no idea what Will had gone through in the past, after all.
Stupid him. He hadn't even considered the possibility that this could trigger something in Will.
Then again, he might just be interpreting too much into this, too.
"Well, as ok as I can be when we're sitting here, talking about deep throating. Just make sure to remember what I told you. Now, try again." Will brushed him off, not meeting either of their gazes as he instead studied the tiles beneath him with utter interest.
Percy sighed and looked at his banana again.
It did not look anything like Nico's dick.
Oh well, it would have to do.
Even if it was embarrassing, he'd go through it.
It was for Nico, after all.
.
The next tries worked a lot better.
It was still awkward, but the fact that neither of them made fun of him made it better, he guessed.
Though he really didn't want to know what they must be thinking of him, nor how stupid he must look with a banana in his mouth like that.
But hey, at least Will was giving him actual tips and such and Jason even asked a few questions that Percy would have never thought of until he had been in the situation in question.
So all in all, it worked out quite well.
Though he couldn't help but notice that whenever Will had to elaborate about something that indicated his experience, his expression would change, become more guarded, haunted, his hands clenching to fists and his breathing would speed up.
Exchanging glances with Jason had showed him the blonde had noticed as well.
What did that mean, though?
That Will wasn't over the person in question?
Or that things hadn't gone well with that person?
Maybe it had been someone who had died in the war.
The thought was unpleasant, so he pushed it aside, hoping that whatever had happened in Will's past, it hadn't been something that bad.
Still, he tried to keep the questions from going towards anything that could make Will too uncomfortable, and Jason went with it, as well.
Will luckily didn't seem to notice.
Much too soon, it was time for Jason to go.
Percy was glad he wouldn't have to embarrass himself in front of the blonde any longer, but at the same time he didn't want Jason to go.
Spending time with him, even if it was just sitting on the bathroom floor of Will's cabin learning how to deep throat, was nice.
Almost as if he was here again.
It was really time for him to come home.
"I'll call back tonight, alright? Will, you're going to sleep over? You said something earlier that you really considered it. Have you made up your mind yet?" Jason asked as he was about to end the call and Percy's head shot around.
Really? Will wanted to sleep over?
Nico would be thrilled.
He hadn't said anything, but Percy knew he had been worried about the blonde.
Percy had been worried as well.
From a few of his cabin mates they knew Will was still having nightmares, still barely sleeping and badly sleeping when he managed, but they knew better than to say anything.
Will had already started distancing himself from them, and they didn't want to push him away completely.
Percy wasn't sure why Will was like this.
Maybe he had done something wrong, maybe him being with Nico was taking its toll after all, maybe it didn't even have anything to do with any of this.
But he hoped whatever it was wouldn't completely ruin things between them.
Catching up with Lou Ellen and Cecil was ok, of course, and more than understandable, but if Will thought he was doing a good job at hiding the fact that he was running away from them and outright avoiding them, then he was wrong.
But if he actually considered sleeping over again, that had to mean something, right?
Will looked conflicted for a moment, sharing a long glance with Jason, who only raised an eyebrow and threw him a reassuring smile before unceremoniously hanging up.
Hm. Weird.
"You want to stay over? We won't mind. Nico will love it." He asked as the silence in the room seemed to get louder.
Will fidgeted with his banana. "I…sure, I guess. If you so insist on it."
Percy rolled his eyes, fighting the smile threatening to spread on his face.
This guy.
Always acting as if he wasn't actually enjoying it.
Percy really couldn't see why.
Both he and Nico had admitted they liked having the blonde around, so why he was still acting so forcefully indifferent was beyond him.
He knew Will liked Nico, after all.
So there wasn't really anything he could think of that Will had to hide or prove to anybody.
"Cool. Just tonight?"
As he asked this, he realized what Will sleeping over actually meant.
The first night Will had spent back in his cabin instead of with them, the bed had felt oddly empty again and both Nico and him had had trouble falling asleep (though he was never going to admit that).
But after that, they had kind of gotten used to it and now their evenings and morning were usually spent with tons of kisses and soft touches – often also escalating into rather hot and passionate making-out sessions (like today in the morning...gods, how much he loved Nico).
With Will over at their place, there was no way they could possibly do this.
But having Will over again would definitely be nice.
"I…well…it depends on tonight, I guess. I don't want to force myself onto you, you know. I do respect that you two are dating, after all." Will said hesitantly, peeling his banana open absent-mindedly, then staring at it incredulously.
Percy almost laughed. "Well, really, it's ok. We're good. You can stay over as many times as you want. Nico likes it. I like it. And we all know you like it, too."
"Even if you can't make out with him anymore? Don't think I can't guess what you two are doing in the mornings, Percy. I can practically read it in your faces when I see you guys at breakfast." Will stated drily with his eyebrows raised, pointing the peeled banana at him almost accusingly.
Percy felt his ears heating and peeled open his own banana without meaning to.
Damn it.
Well, that ended the training for the day, he guessed.
"I'll live. Seriously, I don't have to make out with him every day. It's nice – great, perfect, and, by the gods, if he gets that dominant streak again I'm-…erm, I mean…whatever. Anyways. Erm…what I was going to say..."
Will threw him a long, pointed glance.
Then he bit off his banana, gesturing with his hand for Percy to continue, a somewhat smug expression on his face.
"I mean I don't mind. I stand by my word. You can stay over as many times as you want."
They all knew it was better for Will with his nightmares.
He could see the boy was tired, could see the bags under his eyes that were so unusual on the usually so bright face, saw the way his shoulders slumped as he suppressed another yawn.
If all it took for him to get better was Percy refraining from making out with Nico, then he'd take that sacrifice (there was always time in the shower to do that, after all).
He knew Nico would think the same way.
Even though he was fairly sure his boyfriend would never say it out loud.
Good thing Percy could pick up on the small things by now.
Will chuckled quietly, shaking his head and taking another bite of his banana.
"You're really something. You really are. Well, since you opened your banana, I'm guessing that's it with deep throating for the day. I kind of told you all I can tell you, so you should be good. Just practice with bananas or something and you'll be good. Your gag reflex isn't that strong. You'll be fine."
Percy found himself relaxing slightly, grinning broadly.
"Thanks, Will. Really, you're a lifesaver. I know this was a rather awkward thing to do, but I really want to…you know…"
"Yeah, yeah. You want the best of the best for our precious Italian. Don't I know it. Go tell him I'm coming over tonight, not that he's getting the shock of his life." Will waved him off, getting up with a sigh.
Percy rolled his eyes and got up as well.
"What? I thought you'd come with me. He's with Cecil and Lou Ellen right now. We were thinking of going to the arena later for a bit of training because he promised that one Ares kid. Want to join?"
Will threw him a bewildered glance. "What? Why? I can't fight for the life of me, what would I even do there?"
Percy hesitated.
He knew Will wasn't very good at fighting, but still he found himself wanting to spar with him every now and then.
It seemed risky to just have Will focus on healing and medicine.
What if there was a monster attack or something and Will couldn't defend himself?
Though he knew better than to say that out loud.
He knew that Will knew basic self-defense and all and wasn't completely hopeless with weapons, even if he could never beat Jason, Nico or him – he also knew this was a sore point for Will, and he really didn't fancy an argument right now.
Not after just being on such good terms with him again for once.
"I thought it would make for a nice change. If anything, you can tell me how to beat Nico. Maybe you can see some sort of weakness with your almighty medic eyes." He said instead with a grin, laughing as Will looked at him with his typical 'Are you freaking kidding me?' face.
"That's cheating. Just for that, I'll side with Nico and tell him exactly how to fuck you up." The blonde stated drily, finishing his banana and throwing the peel into the bathroom bin.
Percy chuckled, still holding onto his whole, uneaten, untried, peeled banana.
"Does that mean you're coming with? Sweet."
Will halted for a moment, looking dumbstruck.
Then he scowled and rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Eat your banana. I am not walking around Camp with you holding onto a banana."
When Percy stuck the tip in his mouth as suggestively as he could, Will shoved him backwards slightly, uttering a series of curses and leaving the bathroom a splint moment later, all the while shaking his head and muttering obscenities about Percy's maturity and what the hell he had to put up with.
Percy laughed and ate his banana quickly, letting his peel join Will's in the bin and following Will hastily.
"Yeah, yeah, sorry."
"No, you did that on purpose. On utter purpose. There I am helping you, and you have nothing better to do than being a little sh-…hi guys." Will broke off, stopping in the middle of his cabin to find Kayla and Austin standing near their trunks, staring at Will and Percy with stunned expressions.
Oh damn.
He could almost imagine what they must be thinking.
Both of them coming from the bathroom, Will still with a light blush on his face, Percy with his shit-eating grin, Will rambling about helping him with 'something'.
In the bathroom. The locked bathroom. Just the two of them.
Damn it all.
This was so going to start rumors.
Percy technically didn't mind, but he would have preferred it greatly if they were about Nico and him instead.
"Hey there. How are you? Will, thanks again for helping me with the nutrition plan. I suppose I really shouldn't eat that much greasy stuff. Meh." He made up, scratching the back of his head with an awkward chuckle.
Will still stared at his siblings, but then pulled himself back together, throwing him an alarmed glance.
"Hey Percy. Nutrition plan? Wow, I didn't think you'd actually convince him to get one, Will. Good job." Austin stated in a surprised tone, looking almost appreciatively at Will, which made Percy instantly feel bad about lying.
Well, at this rate he'd seriously have to let Will make him a dumb plan.
Kayla still eyed him suspiciously, then the bathroom door.
"Yeah, it certainly wasn't easy, but it will be worth it. Seriously, if we just let him eat whatever he wants, he'll not only get fat but also ruin all his values. Can't let that happen to our mighty hero now, can we?" Will stated with a shrug, scratching the side of his neck awkwardly, looking utterly uncomfortable with the situation.
He was so adorable.
"Yes, your sacrifice is mighty appreciated. If I ever have kids, I'll tell them I'm only that healthy because you have pulled me back on the right track, yada yada." Percy sighed, moving his arms about exaggeratedly and grabbed him by the arm, pulling him towards the door.
"See you guys around." He called over his shoulder, catching a last glance of Kayla's suspicious expression, then they were gone.
"I hate lying to my siblings." Will muttered under his breath as soon as they were out of the reach of the cabin.
Percy sighed, letting go of Will's arm again that he didn't know he was still holding.
"Sorry about that. How about I actually let you make me a plan like that? Then it wouldn't be a lie?"
"Would you follow it?" Will asked with a raised eyebrow.
Percy looked off into the sky, acting deaf.
"I thought as much." The blonde stated drily.
Percy made a face.
"Fine. I'll do it. As long as you don't make me eat salad 24/7."
Will looked around at him from the side, a surprised expression on his face, though he immediately tried to cover it with indifference.
"Really?"
"Yeah, whatever. It might actually not be too bad. I guess…"
"Well, how about I make you a plan that will not only get your values up, but also guarantees Nico will enjoy going down on you a lot more?" Will suddenly offered suggestively, a sly grin on his face.
Percy was all ears in a heartbeat. "You can do that?"
"I'm a doctor. I can do anything." Will claimed smugly and Percy rolled his eyes, nudging his shoulder with his own.
"Oh really? Well, fine. If you do that, then I'll eat whatever is written on that plan without complaining."
Hopefully Will was serious, though.
Did that mean there'd be a lot of pineapple?
Percy didn't exactly mind, but he didn't like pineapple that much that he really thought he could eat lots of it over and over again.
Well, sacrifices needed to be made.
"Deal. So, where are those three?"
"At the lake."
"Good. Race you there." Will suddenly exclaimed and took off.
Percy stared after him, taken aback.
Then he laughed and followed.
"Wait up, Solace! I wasn't ready!"
"Suck it up, kiddo!"
"Hey! I'm older than you!"
"In your dreams, Jackson." Will called over his shoulder as they ran past a bunch of Ares kids that all looked around at them disgruntled.
Percy laughed and managed to catch up with him shortly before reaching Nico, who was standing a few feet away with Cecil and Lou Ellen, looking at them with a doubtful expression on his face, as if he wasn't sure whether this was such a great idea.
"I'll so get to him first!" Will exclaimed next to Percy.
Percy snorted (or tried to - damn it was difficult to snort while running like this).
"In YOUR dreams!"
They raced on, trying to get past one another as they got closer and closer to Nico.
"Uhm…guys…." Nico exclaimed meekly, pulling up his arms defensively.
"Guys…!" He repeated more urgently as they kept getting closer.
They exchanged a challenging glance and sprinted on.
"Guys! No!" Nico called horrified – and then they both collided with him, throwing him clean off his feet and tumbling onto the ground in a bundle, rolling in the mud.
Percy took most of the fall onto him, but it was Will who ended up in the dirt with Nico and Percy on top of him, laughing and panting his heart out.
"Guys! Seriously! You are…this is…you are MAD!" Nico wailed, squirming between them, but chuckling all the same a moment later, while Percy was wheezing and laughing even worse than Will was.
"I so won!" Will exclaimed and Percy tried to glare at him, but couldn't summon the power.
"No way. I so won."
"You are mad, mad, mad." Nico mumbled, shaking his head as they untangled themselves from one another and got up again, Percy and Will taking much longer than Nico as they were still catching their breath.
"Seriously? What was that?" Lou Ellen asked next to them with a chuckle, chewing her bubble gum that she apparently always had, while Cecil picked some dirt from Will's hair, grinning at him with an unbelieving expression, eyebrows raised.
"You guys are really something."
Percy and Will both grinned at them, panting hard.
Then they threw each other provocative glances again.
But Nico stepped between them. "No. Don't even think about doing anything stupid again. Seriously. Next time warn me, at least. Dorks. So, what have you been up to? Percy said there was something you needed to talk to him about?" He asked innocently, throwing Percy a disgruntled glance as he picked at some mud on his Camp Half-Blood sweater.
Percy rolled his eyes amused.
It wasn't as if he even liked the sweater.
Good thing he wasn't wearing his jacket though. Would have been hell to clean that thing.
"Yeah, I was discussing his new nutrition plan, since I finally got him to agree to it." Will said with a shrug and Percy inwardly groaned at the oncoming torture, but since the blonde had promise to make it…worthwhile…he wasn't going to say anything that could make him change his mind.
"Really?" Nico asked surprised, looking back at Percy stunned.
Percy put on an innocent expression and fingered a strand of muddy hair.
"Well…you did say I probably should do it, so I thought I'd give it a try…"
Nico blinked slowly.
Then his expression softened. "Kay. I hope you're making one for me too, then, Will." He said and Percy looked up surprised.
"Oh gods, today seems to be my lucky day. I managed to get both Percy AND Nico to take proper care of their bodies. All hail me. This is it. Today is my favorite day of the year. I shall mark it in my calendar. Somebody buy me a calendar so I can mark it." Will exclaimed loudly, exaggeratingly moving his hands as if he was in some sort of musical or theatre.
Percy and Nico both exchanged amused glances as Cecil and Lou Ellen laughed, shaking their heads at them.
But yeah, Will was right.
Today was a good day.
Percy grinned to himself, putting an arm around his muddy boyfriend and tugging him closer.
"We should probably get cleaned up, I'm just saying. You got some mud in your hair." He muttered suggestively, tugging at some dirt in Nico's hair.
The boy shot him an incredulous look. "And why ever would that be, I wonder? You dork. But yeah, let's get back to the cabin. You guys wanna come, too?" He asked into the group, but Cecil and Lou Ellen instantly excused themselves, eyes hushing between Will, Nico and Percy knowingly.
"Will said he'd like to stay over tonight." Percy informed Nico as soon as they were out of earshot.
"Really? That's cool. I mean…" Nico broke off, looking uncertain for a moment.
"I already told him it's ok. He's even thinking of spending the next few nights with us. Aren't you, Will?"
"Yeah, yeah. Only because you seemed so desperate to have me back in your bed, Perce." Will insisted with a light blush on his face, looking anywhere but at them.
Kind of cute dork, though.
Nico chuckled. "Well, ok then. I don't really mind."
"See? Told you he wouldn't mind. Dork." Percy stated smugly, earning him a frown from Will.
"You're the dork. I'm…erm…I'm awesome."
Nico and Percy chuckled. "Sure you are, sun-bug." He said affectionately, picking some dirt from Will's hair amused.
Will glared at both of them for a long moment.
Then he chuckled with them and they made their way to Nico's cabin together (or better said: Their official HQ by now), their arms thrown around each other.
Yeah, today was a good day.
