As I made the long walk over to Percy's cabin, I started to get more nervous with every step I took. So far I had almost chickened out twice. The more I thought about it, the more I psyched myself out. I had so much that I wanted to say to him, but what if he didn't like me as much as I liked, no, loved him? What if his was just a stupid elementary kid crush and I was just about to spill my devoted love for him…how would he take that?

Stop. Calm down. I will not let my annoying paranoia get the best of me.

I couldn't go to Percy's cabin dressed like a hobo and looking as I was about to hyperventilate, so I decided I would make a quick stop to my cabin beforehand.

I fumbled around nervously with my keys until I could finally get it through the key hole. I turned the key and stepped inside. I walked over to my dresser and pulled out my favorite black skinny jeans and black collared button up shirt. I took off my musty clothing and replaced it with my new clean ones. Then I fished around in the top drawer to try and find my recently bought purple skinny tie. I pulled it out and pulled off the tag that I had forgotten to take off when I purchased it. As soon as it was on, I went over to my body-length mirror that was sitting by my bed. I looked over my outfit for a minute before I deemed it worthy and then I walked to my bathroom and brushed my hair a little bit just to get the knots out of it. As soon as I was satisfied that my hair didn't resemble a rat's nest anymore, I was finally ready to give away my long kept secret.

I gave myself one last look over in the mirror and then confidently strode out the door. Now that I was out of excuses for procrastination, I had no other choice but to go to Percy's.

I silently glided towards his door when I got to his small porch. I just stood there for a couple of seconds before I realized that I was actually supposed to knock on the door instead of just stand there and look like some sort of creepy stalker. I brought my hand up slowly and contemplated on what I was going to say when he actually opened the door. But before I could even knock on the door, it swung open and there stood Percy looking almost as nervous as I felt.

"Hey." Percy said.

"Hi." I replied a bit awkwardly.

"So what happened to you never knocking when you come to my cabin?" He said as his expression went from nervousness to confidence in a matter of seconds.

"How would you know if I was going to knock, you opened the door before I could even do anything?" I said with a growing smirk on my face.

"Good point, well it would be anyways, if I hadn't seen you standing at the door for like five minutes." His teasing smile grew as my facial expression took on one of embarrassment.

"Ugh, whatever. Are you gonna invite me in or are we just going to stand here?"

"Enter madam." He said as he spread his arms for me to come in.

"What the hell? I know you did not just call me madam!" He started to shake uncontrollably with laughter so I punched him in the arm. He looked at me with a pouty face after I hit him. It was such an adorable face that I almost told him right then and there, but I had to do this the way I had planned so long for.

As soon as he finished with his fits of laughter, he said, "Sorry, I had to. It's just so fun to tease you."

I raised my eyebrow at him. Tease? I was going to do this the easy way and just tell him but now I think I'll just tease him a little, since he likes teasing so much. This should be good.

We both walked into his cabin and to my relief, Tyson wasn't there. That would have been a little awkward.

"Gods Perce, your room is a mess." I said trying to make conversation until I was ready to reveal anything.

"Sorry," Percy said in a tone that made you think he was a twelve year old girl with a huge attitude. "I didn't know I was gonna have company."

"Jeez, I wish these cabins came with air conditioners." I said.

"I know, its freaking hot in here."

"Do you mind if I take my shirt off?"

He looked down at his feet and said, "Sure, go ahead."

I grinned to myself and said, "Thanks, I just don't want to ruin my new shirt with gross sweat."

He chuckled and sat down on his bed. He motioned for me to sit next to him.

I sat down and took off my skinny tie. I then started to unbutton my shirt and when I was done, I felt Percy stiffen to the left of me.

"What's wrong?" I asked. "I'm not that hideous am I?"

I started to put my shirt back on making him think that I thought I had offended him. He put a hand on top of mine and said, "Oh shut up Nico, you know you're hot, and if you don't then you must have like zero self-esteem."

I was gaping at him as he said this. A moment later he seemed to realize exactly what he had said and started to turn a deep shade of red.

"Uh-um, that's not what I meant! I just meant that you are a good looking guy and you don't have to put yourself down like that."

"Now I'm kind of offended. I liked your first answer." I said as I slowly inched forward. Our faces were merely inches apart now. Percy's breath hitched in his throat as he stared at Nico with wide eyes.

I leaned forward more, but instead of kissing him, I turned my head and stood off the bed.

"So Percy, anything you want to tell me?" It was a vague question but I got the feeling he was ready to spill.

"Um, what exactly do you want to know?" This was starting to sound like an interrogation.

I drew close to him and leaned down close to his ear. "Don't play dumb Percy." I practically purred his name. I could see a shiver run down his muscled frame.

"D-did Annabeth tell you?" He asked in an alarmed and somewhat angry voice. Mentioning Annabeth right now was so not a turn on.

"Don't be such a woos Perce. Tell me what's been bothering you."

"Okay, but you have to promise not to freak out…"

"Of course I won't." I said assuringly.

"Um, well, I kind of…"

"You kind of what?" I said nudging him along.

"I'm not really sure but ithinkisortoflikeyou." Percy said the last part so fast that the only word I could make out was 'like'.

"What was that? Sorry, I couldn't hear you." Aw, let the teasing begin.

"Aw, come on Nico, don't make me say it again!"

"If you had spoken a little clearer maybe you wouldn't have to repeat it." I said, even though I already knew the gist of what he had said.

He stared down at his hands while he talked, "I…kind of have maybe a little bit of a crush…on you." He said the last part so quietly that I almost thought I had been imagining it. I tried so hard not to laugh because it was just so like Percy to use the middle school term of having a crush.

I waited for a couple of seconds for Percy to look at me and see that I was smiling. Poor guy probably thought that I would be disgusted or something. When he didn't look up I brought my hand to his chin and lifted it up so that we were both face to face. Instead of telling him that I felt the same way, I decided I'd show him.

I leaned down and slowly pressed my lips against his. I gently started to tilt my head for easier access to his mouth and I realized he wasn't responding to the kiss. He was probably in shock that this was even happening, so I pulled back. The second I did though, he pulled me into another kiss; this time, we both participated in it. I rubbed my hands up and down his back as he gripped my hair. The kiss felt so desperate, yet so soft and tender. I ran my tongue along Percy's bottom lip and he opened his mouth to deepen the kiss.

Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! I was totally making out with Percy…son of Poseidon and savior of Olympus! This was seriously one of the best days of my life.

Percy moaned as I brushed my hand under the hem of his shirt. The sound was the sexiest thing I had ever heard. I drew my hand further up his bare back so that I could hear another one of his delicious moans.

We finally pulled away because of lack of air. He looks at me with a confused expression plastered on his face.

"Hold on a minute, I didn't know you were gay." He said.

"Uh duh. Are you really that freaking oblivious?"

"That's hurtful." He had a cute pout on his face when he said this.

"I've liked you for years now, I'm allowed to call you oblivious." I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Years! How come you never told me?"

"I thought you would be disgusted and not even want to be my friend anymore."

"Damn, and to think I could have been kissing you for years…" Percy said with a regretful look on his face.

"Wait a minute, how did you know?" He asked.

I felt my cheeks redden as I said, "Oh, yeah about that…"

"Nico?" Percy asked in a what-did-you-do-this-time tone.

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I just wanted to go take another look at that tree house and when I got closer to it, I saw you step down from the ladder. I was going to confront you about it, 'cause I had seen the drawings in it earlier, but that was when Annabeth came strolling in and I decided to stay where I was."

"Wait, you know about the tree house?" he relied with an astonished look on his face.

"Yeah, and I would have thought it was yours except that the majority of the pictures that were drawn were of me. That completely stumped me, so when I heard that it was Annabeth that liked me I was beyond shocked. To hear that you liked me too, I was beyond happy. To make sure you actually liked me, I put you through a couple of tests, and finally saw all of the signs."

"What signs?" He asked.

"Well, you blush… a lot." I said with a grin. As if on cue, Percy's cheeks turned pink. "You also looked sad when I stopped hugging you, which I thought would be strange that person would be sad that their friend stopped hugging them."

"Wow, you're…observant."

"Thanks, I try." I said with an accomplished smile.

Percy was biting his lip now and if he didn't quit it, Nico wouldn't be able to refrain himself from attacking Percy's incredibly sexy pout with his own mouth.

"What's wrong Perce?"

"Um, you're making it incredibly hard for me to concentrate with your shirt off." He said sheepishly.

I smirked. I scooted closer to him on the bed and leaned down towards him. I whispered into his ear, "What about now?"

He shivered and said, "What were we talking about?"

I chuckled lightly and closed the gap between us. The light feathery touch of our lips made me shudder. Percy wrapped his arms around my bare back and pulled me closer so that our bodies were flush against each other. When I went to pull back, he whined and fisted my hair to keep my lips locked with his. Like the last kiss, we had to pull back for air this time also.

"Hey can you do me a favor?" I asked Percy.

"Sure."

"Can you call me…Neeks? Not like all the time, just occasionally." I could feel my face burning

Percy's smile got even wider if that was possible. "I thought you hated it when I called you that?"

"That was when I didn't know that you liked me; it was torture because when you said it, it sounded incredibly hot and did nothing good for my hormones." I was sure my face was on fire by now.

"Of course, I'd be honored to call you that, Neeks." I almost melted under his warm gaze as he said this.

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