Percy stormed over to the Athena cabin, fist clenched and a scowl plastered on his face. Despite their feeble attempts he easily pushed past the other Athena children and walked over to Annabeth's bunk, where he saw her sitting in the corner, knees hugged to her chest, eyes wide with fear and cheeks stained with tears. She looked up when she heard him come in. "Percy…"

"NO ANNABETH!" Percy screamed, stomping his foot. "YOU DON'T GET TO TALK RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM? YOU DUMPED ME AND ACT LIKE YOURE OKAY WITH ME AND NICO, AND THEN PULL THIS STUNT? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU YOU PSYCOPATH?" His voice cracked from yelling so loud. She shrunk back and hid most of her face, only letting her eyes show above her knees.

"I'm sorry…" she whispered.

"OH YOU'RE SORRY? YOURE SORRY FOR POISONING AND STABBING MY BOYFRIEND? YOURE SORRY FOR BETRAYING MY TRUST? HOW DO I KNOW NOTHING ELSE WAS A LIE BECAUSE YOU SEEM TO BE PRETTY DAMN GOOD AT ACTING!" The tears were now freely running down his face as he screamed at her, the pain and betrayal evident in his voice.

"Percy, just listen to me. I don't know what I was thinking. This just isn't…it's not right. Especially for you. Come home Percy…I miss you." She stood up and held her hand gently to his cheek. He slapped it away as soon as her fingers brushed his skin.

"I am home." His voice had lowered but it was almost scarier now that you could hear the anger dripping from his words. "And you have no right to tell me who I can love or who I am. I have been gay for so long, haven't you even bothered to notice? Or were you too busy in your perfect little world to notice what's been going on with me? Why do you think we fought so much? It was because I wasn't attracted to you anymore, or even your gender anymore, but I thought we could still be friends. Obviously I was wrong." He spat out the last words.

"So whenever I caught you looking at other couples you weren't checking out the girls…you were looking at the…guys?" She raised an eyebrow in question.

"Yes Annabeth. Gay as a rainbow." He sighed, finally letting go of his anger. Annabeth noticed his change in attitude and took this as her opportunity.

"So…is everything alright?" She asked tentatively. Percy turned to face her, his eyes burning.

"No it's not okay! You betrayed my trust and you tried to kill the boy I love. I don't forgive you and I never will. You can try to regain my trust but we will never be friends again. Nothing will be the same. Got it?" He stated with finality, turning on his heel and promptly leaving the cabin, ignoring the looks he got from the campers that had overheard the exchange. He quickly set off into a run back towards the infirmary and to his love.

"Percy!" Nico yelled at him in frustration when he entered the room. "What the hell did you do? I was so worried." Nico's tone softened as he pulled Percy into a hug. Percy let himself curl up on the bed with his head in Nico's lap, Nico letting his fingers entwine themselves in his soft hair. "Shh, it's okay. Just tell me what happened." Nico cooed as he noticed tears making their way slowly down Percy's cheek.

"I just can't believe she would do that…I'm so sorry Nico…I didn't think she would…I mean, I knew she was upset but I didn't think she would hurt you. I trusted her. I thought she was my friend." He began weeping into Nico's chest, letting his warm embrace sooth him. They sat like this for minutes until Percy's eyes finally dried up. "Sorry," he sniffled, rubbing his eyes. "I didn't mean to break down like that." Percy sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed, hanging his head to let his hair cover his eyes. Nico followed suit, lifting Percy's chin with his index finger.

"Don't apologize." He said softly. "It's not your fault. And I'm here with you no matter what." He gave him a light kiss. "Now, let's go back to your cabin. You could use some rest and I've been cleared to leave." He stood up and held his hand out to Percy.

Percy's POV

Looking up through his long bangs, he stared at this dark boy standing in front of him. His jet black hair shone in the patchy rays of fading sunlight that seeped into the infirmary. His brown eyes sparkled with love and happiness as he looked down at him. Everything about him was so perfect, Percy gasped slightly. Nico laughed; a heavenly sound to Percy's ears. "Come on salty, let's go."

"Salty?" I asked with a raised eyebrow, surprised at the new nickname. Nico blushed.

"Yeah, you know. Because the ocean is salty and stuff." Nico mumbled. I grabbed his hand and stood up, kissing him on the forehead.

"Thanks Neeks. You've always been here for me."

"And I always will be." We stared into each other's eyes for a few moments, before setting off towards my cabin, hand in hand.

Thanks to Leo, all the cabins had been upgraded to full sized houses with bedrooms, bathrooms, a living area, and specialty rooms for each cabin (drafting room for Athena, giant walk in closet for Aphrodite, etc.) They were now scattered throughout the camp instead of arranged in a U shape, so as to accommodate for the many new houses being built to the minor gods and goddesses. As they approached Percy's seaside abode Nico stumbled, his eyes half closed. With some half-assed protests I picked him up bridal style, carrying him across the threshold and laying him on my king-sized bed. He sat up with a pout as I started walking out of the room. "And where do you think you're going?" he asked with his arms crossed. Puppy dog eyes stared at him, and when I didn't respond he made grabby hands at me. "Cuddles pwease." He whined. Smiling, I crawled into bed next to him. I realized how tired I was as soon as my head hit the pillow, and when he snuggled into my chest I closed my eyes and fell asleep instantly. No dreams plagued either of us that night.