A/N Beware the feels.

"So what happened when I was gone?" Paisley asked as she grabbed her plate and shuffled closer to Nico's side in the pavilion.

They had finally let her out of the infirmary, making sure she went back every few days for check-ups.

"It was really boring," Nico said bluntly, staring at her as she tugged the sleeves of her sweater over her hands that were, no doubt, cold.

"It was two years, Nico. I'm sure something happened, other than how puberty obviously hit harder than a freight train. I mean look at your cheekbones!" Paisley raised a finger to poke his cheek. "And don't even get me started on the muscle you've acquired."

Nico blushed and looked down at his plate, pushing the food around a little, one of the baby carrots rolling off his plate.

"Well, sorry that I thought that my best friend was dead and I was moping for most of those two years." Nico didn't look her in the eyes while he said that.

He wouldn't admit it, but he was extremely flattered by what she had said.

"You're adorable, really," Paisley giggled, nudging his arm with her shoulder. "That's cute. So there wasn't any girlfriends?"

Nico's jaw dropped at what she was asking. She was very... blunt.

"Yeah, you're not fooling me, Neeks, I see the way that most of the girls at the Aphrodite table are looking at you. You're hot and I'm not ashamed to admit that my best friend is hot." Paisley smirked at Nico.

And I wish I had the courage to tell you that you are beautiful, Nico thought as he gazed at Paisley. Her hair was swept into a loose French plait.

"No girlfriends, I said no to them all," Nico shrugged, as if none of them mattered to him, which none of them did. The only girl that mattered to him at the moment, was the girl sitting next to him, and of course, she had no clue.

"What?" Paisley's eyes widened. Nico swore he almost heard her say, "What I would do..."

Deciding to have his fun, Nico replied with, "What would you do?"

"Fuck! You heard that!" Paisley blushed, very embarrassed.

"Yeah," Nico laughed. "I did. You've made me very curious, Paisley. What would you do?"

"Gods! Stop flirting, you two. You make me want to puke my pizza back up, and I love pizza!" Percy yelled at them, making them both blush furiously. "Just kiss and get it over with!"

"I have no idea what you're talking about, Perseus," Paisley mumbled, poking her fruit around her plate.

"Oh you know what I'm talking about, Paisley! Didn't you just say to me-"

"Percy, shut up," Paisley said through gritted teeth.

"- That you were in –" Paisley got up, her seat screeching behind her knees. She grabbed Percy's ear before dragging him from the pavilion, saying "Ow, ow, ow, ow."

Annabeth leans back in her seat so Nico could hear her, "She's totally crushing on you. Just grow some balls and ask her out already!"

Nico found Paisley in the infirmary.

She was fidgeting with the blankets on the bed, and squirming around a little.

"I've been looking everywhere for you!" Nico said, leaning against the doorframe in exhaustion. Seeing her tired face, he stopped and came into the room properly. "What's wrong? Why are you in here?"

"I threw up all of my breakfast. And lunch," She said, ashamed. "I was doing so well, too! And I just had to go and fuck it up! Like everything else! I fucked this up, too! And now I'm unintentionally hassling the Apollo cabin because I can't have Nectar and Ambrosia! What kind of Demigod am I? I got eaten by a dragon!"

Nico took a step back, just as she began to cry.

Not just small cry. But loud, sobbing, messy cry. She curled herself up into a ball, her knees drawn to her chest and her hands running through her hair as she rested her head on her knees.

Nico began to panic, not knowing what to do. He didn't want to call for help, as that would be slightly insensitive. She was his best friend, there had to be something he could do.

Slowly approaching her, Nico sat behind her and patted her back awkwardly. "There there," He muttered, very uncomfortable. Crying, obviously, made him feel uncomfortable.

Her crying got louder, and her sobs moved her body. He could hear her angrily saying things to herself, but he couldn't make out what it was.

Being fed up with his cowardice, Nico boldly pulled her by the waist to sit across his lap and tightly hugged her so her head was in the crook of his neck.

She struggled for a little, before finally calming down.

Her hot tears made their way down his neck and he could feel his shirt getting wet, but Nico didn't care. She was furious at herself, and there was something wrong with his best friend. A wet shirt was the least of his problems.

As she stopped crying gradually, Paisley hugged him back so she was straddling his legs and was still burying her face in the crook of his neck but was able to drape her arms over his shoulders. She sniffled every now and then, but Nico was proud of himself.

He had stopped her Panic Attack.

"I'm sorry, you probably hate me right now," Paisley murmured into his jumper, her mouth closer to his neck than he thought. She started moving back, but Nico moved his arms so one was around her waist and the other was around her shoulders.

"I don't hate you," Nico assured her, his fingers winding through her hair and keeping her in place. "How can I hate you if I love you?"

(A/N Sophie, I'm probably killing you right now)

Paisley froze, and Nico cursed himself out.

"You what?" Paisley said, very confused. She dug her face into his neck tighter.

"Love you. And not like a friend. Percy was hinting at it this morning and I was just scared and I can't believe you made the first move last night like what kind of man am I?" Nico shakes his head before dropping it on her shoulder.

Paisley pulled her head away from his neck. Nico kept his head down, too scared to look up. What if she rejected him? Or worse, what if she didn't reply at all?

Resting her hands on his cheeks, Paisley pulled his head up to look at her.

Tears streaked her cheeks, and her eyes were puffy and red. It pained him to see her like this, to see her this ruined and tattered. Her eyes, however, her eyes were still green. The same bright, curious green they always were.

She closed her eyes and rested her forehead on his, still holding his cheeks.

He had no idea what she was doing, but he liked the close proximity.

Her nose scrunched up slightly as she sniffled. She was adorable, and if it were possible, Nico fell more in love with her.

Though the worst was happening and she wasn't replying.

Unwinding one arm from around her, Nico grabbed a tissue from the nightstand and held it to her nose. She blew her nose, taking the tissue from him and threw it in the bin across the room.

"I love you so fuckign much that it hurts me," Paisley whispered before kissing him.

Her lips moved against his, her hands sliding to hold the back of Nico's head. Nico didn't respond at first, through all the shock, but after a few seconds he did. His hands went around her waist, and one of his hands went through her hair, too.

Her arms were warm, and they just made Nico want to stay there in that position forever, but he knew that they needed to stop or else someone might walk in on something a little compromising.

Oh, to hell with it, Nico thought. For all I know, this could be the last time I kiss her.

Nico held her tighter, and leaned into the kiss slightly as she dropped her hands and let them go to his back, where she pulled herself closer, yet again. Nico didn't mind. Gods, Nico would never mind.

"Woah..." Someone says from the door, making Nico pull away from her lips and groan. He knew this would happen.

"Sorry," Paisley said, shyly, as Nico kept his head in her neck, letting the smell of freshly baked apple cobbler waft into his nose. Paisley smelt ridiculously good.

"All good, just close the door and hang the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on it, because that was not a pretty sight!" Will groaned.

"I am very pretty, thank you very much." Paisley sassed, as Nico kissed her shoulder, where Will couldn't see.

"Well, no one's denying that, I'm just saying that it might be a nice idea to shut the door," Will says before shutting the door.

"Thank gods he's gone," Nico leans in to kiss her again, but the movement was blocked by Paisley's hand.

"We should probably get up, go outside, you know..." Paisley says, trying to get up.

Nico groans and his grip tightens on her. "One more, please?" He widens his eyes and pouts.

Paisley huffed and leaned in for one more, however Nico held her down, mumbling "No," Under his breath every time she went to pull away. "That's not one, that's like zero point one two of a kiss."

"As much as I love you, we should probably go." Paisley pecked his lips, and got up just as his arms loosened.

Nico flopped back onto the bed lazily, and eyed her as she moved towards the door. He would never get tired of her.

Her hair was half out of her plait from how much his hands moved through her hair. Her hairtie was on the floor. Her shirt was misplaced, and her bra strap was showing from the misplacement of her sweater. Clinging to her legs perfectly, were a pair of skinny jeans and attached to her feet were combat boots, that she no doubt borrowed from Piper.

She was so beautiful, Nico stared at her as she turned to face him.

"Are you coming?" Paisley asks, cocking an eyebrow.

"Maybe if Will hadn't shown up," Nico muttered. "Paisley, I'm bruised! I neeeeeed your help!"

"Wait what?" Paisley asked, shutting the door again.

"I'm bruised and the only cure is you?" Nico raised an eyebrow at her.

"No, before that,' Paisley sat next to him.

"That, my dear girlfriend, is all up to interpretation."

"Girlfriend?" Paisley happily questioned.

"Well, I just assumed that because you said you loved me too that maybe..." Was all Nico was allowed to say before he was kissing his girlfriend. Gods, he loved saying that and it had only just been confirmed.

"It's fine. I can deal with being called your girlfriend," Paisley smiled against his lips before continuing. "But can we actually go outside though? This hospital is giving me a headache."

A/N

Okay, Larry inspired me to do this and Kiera helped me write it partially (made sure that Sky was not over the top and bat shit crazy) and sat through me asking her constantly if it were okay.

Tell me what you think, because as much as I like reading fluff like that, I kinda suck at writing it.

~KaleidoscopeColours

Dedicated to Sophie, for also shipping Paico and fangirling with me.