After a hard workout, all Frank wanted was a shower. He could barely climb the steps up to his grandmother front porch, and she basically laughed at him as he crawled through the living room. She yelled something at him but his headphones were blasting music way too loud for him to hear her. He went into the bathroom and noticed the fan was on. Strange. Leo must have forgotten to turn it off.
He went over and grabbed the shower curtain, pulling it back. What was behind it scared the living crap out of him. There Leo stood, very much naked. Frank momentarily froze. He pulled his headphones out and just stared at Leo. He had to will his eyes to stay on the boy's face. Leo's entire face was the reddest red imaginable, if it was possible, he would have caught on fire by now.
Frank tried to say something, but he ended up just rushing out of the room, leaving a very confused Leo. He turned off the water and dried himself off. Of course he left his clothes in their room, he hadn't expected Frank to come home so early. Leo calmed himself a little bit before wrapping the towel around his waist and exiting the bathroom.
"I'm really sorry Leo, I had my headphones in and didn't hear the shower running." Frank had his hand together like he was praying. Leo raised his eyebrow.
"Dude, it's fine. It's not like you don't have one." Leo laughed a little. Frank was still too in shock. He put his hand on Frank's shoulder, then went off to their shared bedroom. He came out in his PJ's, even though it was only five. It wasn't uncommon for the boy to do that. He hated doing any work in actual clothes, he thought sleep wear was much more practical. Frank just thought he was weird.
Frank went into the room and fell onto his bed. He would never get that image out of his head. But he wasn't sure if he wanted to or not.
Why had she invited Percy with her? Right, Annabeth didn't want to be alone with Piper. But why Percy? She could have picked someone that actually liked something she liked. But no, he asked to tag along and Piper agreed. Why did she have to be so nice?
They all were going to see a movie. Octavian recommended it, it was apparently fantastic. She wasn't even sure if he watched the movie, he might have been making out with Luke the entire time. He probably watched it, a normal teenager would have made out with their incredibly hot boyfriend, but not Octavian. Even Annabeth would admit that Luke was very attractive. She was proud of her friend. And still very confused.
She sat in the middle of Piper and Percy. It was apparently kind of a romantic movie. Without any warning, Piper grabbed her hand. She looked at the girl, but she kept staring straight forward at the film. Very smooth. She didn't let go, why would she. Percy noticed their exchange. He got up and left. He didn't want to ruin their date. Maybe he was a better friend than she gave him credit for.
When the movie ended, Piper looked down at her hand. She was holding hands with Annabeth. When did she start doing that? She accidentally flirted with her. Gods, she was good. Annabeth didn't break it off, so they exited the theatre together, still hand in hand. Piper didn't question were Percy was, he wasn't important.
"What's going on?" Piper finally asked Annabeth, letting go of her hand. She immediately regretted that. It felt nice.
"You grabbed my hand during the movie? I don't know, I'm sorry?" Annabeth apologized. Hadn't Piper grabbed her hand?
"No, you're fine. Perfect, really. I have no idea what I'm doing. So I'm just going to admit some things right here, right now. I'm a lesbian. I have a lesbian crush on you. I'm sorry if this ruins our friendship." Piper explained. Annabeth started laughing.
"You think this will ruin our friendship? I'm a lesbian too, and I like you, Piper." Annabeth smirked. Piper looked very lost, until a smile graced her face. Annabeth leaned forward, and lightly pushed her lips up against the Native Americans. She smiled into the kiss. They heard a few wolf whistles, but they ignored them. They were too lost in each other.
Percy saw them from across the room. He smiled and walked out the door. He decided to go for a walk around the city. It was quite peaceful really. After living in the city his entire life, he had eventually just blocked out the street noise. It was always fun to listen to snippets of peoples conversations. Trying to figure out what they were talking about, or who they were talking to.
It was all fine until he heard a shout from the ally. Sure, it wasn't uncommon for people to go down the ally's, but this was a shout of pain. He turned and sprinted down. He saw a boy on the ground, and two older teens on either side of him. They were mercilessly kicking him, yelling insults like 'faggot' and 'prick'. This one hit too close to home for Percy. He cleared his throat and watched the two turn around.
They both laughed at first. A single boy taking on the both of them. They looked big, but Percy was Percy. With a single move one boy was one the ground, cringing. The other clenched his teeth. Percy poked both of his eyes then quickly kicked him in the balls. Both boys lay in a pile on the ground. Percy rushed over to the boy. His dark hair was hanging over his eyes. Percy lifted his chin up only to see a familiar face.
"Nico?" Percy gasped. The boy looked just as shocked as Percy did. Percy stood up and held out a hand to the injured boy. He got up with much difficulty, and groaning. Percy put his arm under the boy. He could probably single handedly carry him, he was so light. That was even more concerning.
They walked through the busy sidewalks, barely getting any weird looks. It was New York, this kind of stuff was expected. They got back to Percy's car. Nico laid sprawled out in the back seat. He assured Percy he only had a few bruises, not like Percy believed him. But he was not taking him to the hospital. Nico mumbled his address, but Percy immediately started heading home. They didn't take enough care of Nico there if he was that underweight. He only trusted his mother to deal with this.
They got back to his apartment quickly. Nico didn't complain much. He was very grateful for the elevator. When they got into the apartment, Sally gasped and ran towards the boy. Helping him to the couch, she asked no questions. Percy had to admit, his mom was awesome. She grabbed multiple bags of ice, and peeled Nico's shirt off. He was too tired to care anymore.
"Who is he?" She asked when he had finally fallen asleep. He didn't have any major problems, nothing broken. He would have a bunch of bruises for a while, but that was better than internal bleeding.
"Nico di Angelo. He goes to my school. Found him in an ally getting beaten up." She nodded. Her son was amazing, saving people left and right. No matter what it meant for him. She couldn't be more proud.
"He's underweight. Is that why you didn't bring him home?" Percy nodded and fell back onto the chair he was sitting in.
"And his family is rich. They just don't care. He has plenty of friends, too. They don't notice. Or are too wrapped up in their lives to care." He crossed his arms angrily. Sally got up and placed a kiss on her son's head.
"I'm going to the store. When he wakes up, explain whatever happened and take him home. Or don't. He can stay." She smiled, grabbed her keys and walked out the door.
Now all he had to do was wait. He stared at the boy. Not stared, studied. This studying made him realize many things, too many things. Nico was truly the most adorable thing on the face of the earth. His face was so serene, even though he had just gotten beaten up in an ally. His hands kept reaching out to grab something. Percy sighed and sat next to the boy carefully. Nico grabbed his arm and let his head rest on the strong shoulder.
Percy shouldn't have enjoyed it, but he did. Way too much. It was just too peaceful. He fell asleep way too soon. They both sat on the coach asleep, lost in dreams about each other. Not that they would ever admit that.
Finally some Pernico in this story, not that I regret the amount of OctaLuke I have. Pernico will have more appearances and stuffs as I keep writing, and all of my other ships of course, but more Pernico than anything. Review and such if you wanna. Thanks for reading!