When they finally set foot on the island, Nico toppled over and fell headfirst into the sand. Percy had been too lost in thoughts and couldn't catch him in time, instead grabbing for thin air and promptly dropping on top of the younger teen who groaned painfully. "Oops...sorry..." Percy exclaimed with a tinge of red on his cheeks and got off the other boy, pulling him up by one arm.
They looked at each other for a second, then brushed the sand off their clothes and looked around curiously. There was a small cabin not too far from when they were standing, surrounded by a couple of nice big trees. Other than that there wasn't much to see except some rocks further away and what looked like a spring.
All in all it reminded Nico a bit of the island they had stranded on, just that it had a nicer, more positive feel to it and there was still that house. Maybe there was somebody living there that could help them find out where they were and how to get back to their ship.
They walked towards the house and Percy knocked, but nobody answered the door. "Hello? Anybody there?" He called and Nico glanced around them in case there was a surprise monster attack. But nothing happened. Percy glanced over at the back of Nico's head and tried to open the door.
It flew open but creaked loudly as if it hadn't been open in centuries.
They glanced at each other not too thrilled and stepped inside cautiously, this time with Nico's foot keeping the door from suddenly closing shut.
"Hello?" Percy called again and looked around. It didn't seem too bad inside. Obviously it hadn't been used for a while but it couldn't have been vacated for as long as the creaking door had made it seem. There was only a small layer of dust on the floor and the furniture around.
All in all it seemed like a pretty decent house to live in, really. They were currently standing in the hallway, straight ahead seemed to be the living room for there was a low table and some dusty pillows on the floor as if to indicate seats.
To their right was another open door with the bathroom and to their left were two more closed doors.
"Think it's safe to look around?" Percy asked and looked back to Nico. The younger boy was surprised to find Percy suddenly asking for his opinion. If he recalled correctly, before, Percy had simply went and explored, expecting Nico to follow.
He shrugged and slowly took his foot away from the door. They both watched it quietly for some minutes, but nothing happened.
Then they went for the living room that turned out to be both living room and kitchen. It seemed quite spacious, big enough for a small family and had a nice, big glass door to some kind of patio. The kitchen was as dusty as the rest of the house, but other than that in good condition with a small gas stove and some shelves and cupboards full of useful utensils like knives and the like.
They eyed the bathroom, suddenly aware that, ever since they had stranded here, they hadn't needed one.
Then they stood in front of the two closed doors. "Maybe it will be two bedrooms?" Nico guessed and Percy shrugged. Percy stood on the door closer to the entrance and put his hand on the doorknob slowly. Nico mimicked him on the other door. They nodded at each other and opened them. While Nico was facing a normal bedroom with a big bed and an even bigger wardrobe, Percy was looking at some kind of storage room full of old brooms and – to his surprise – their weapons! They were leaning against the wall at the end of the room, the only shiny things surrounded by dust.
Percy walked towards them, Nico jumping behind him to hold the door open, just to make sure.
Percy could only chuckle at how worried Nico seemed to be parted from him, even though he wasn't any different. He grabbed the two swords, wondering why Riptide was in his sword form anyways, but as he touched it, it turned back into the usual ballpoint pen. He put it in his pocket and returned with Nico's Stygian Iron sword, handing it back to him. Nico took it cautiously and eyed the room suspiciously but didn't say anything.
"So...only one bedroom then?" Percy sighed and looked into the room Nico had opened. The younger boy blushed at the words and instantly started muttering something indistinguishable. "Hmm? What?" Percy asked as he opened the wardrobe and found clothes their size inside.
"I can...you know...sleep in the living room..." Nico muttered flustered and Percy turned. "Huh? Why? We can share a bed if you-..." He stopped, remembering what they had done the last time they had been so close.
There was an awkward silence.
Then Nico turned around wordlessly and marched towards the living room.
Percy wanted to stop him but didn't really know what to say.
When he joined Nico, he was already busy with opening all the windows and the door to the patio and getting rid of all the dust with a broom. Percy opened his mouth to say something, but couldn't think of anything, so instead he took off Nico's jacket to protect it from getting dirty, grabbed another broom and helped Nico.
The cleaning was faster done as expected and they looked around the rooms once more, surprised at how well kept everything here was. "I wonder what happened to the owner..." Nico muttered but Percy didn't really want to know.
They sat down on the pillows Nico had beaten the dust out of and were actually starting on a normal conversation. About how big the house was compared to what they lived in, about the big windows and the ocean breeze coming through them.
Percy was surprised to find Nico quite talk active. The boy told him about what little he remembered from the time back when he and Bianca had lived with their mother.
Told him about his place in the underworld now (something Percy couldn't imagine to be nice, but he preferred not to say that aloud) and about the lack of windows and well...the sun.
"It's not that I really like to be outside too much, but seriously, every time I look out of my room I see nothing but underworld, dead people and even more underworld. It gets really...lonely...by times..." The last words he only spoke hesitantly.
Percy's expression softened and he instinctively crawled over to Nico and put an arm around him. "I can imagine that." Percy said quietly, but Nico only snorted at that. "Yeah sure. What do you know about feeling lonely? You are the awesome hero after all. The one always in the spotlight. The one everybody loves and admires. When are YOU ever alone?" Nico didn't look at him as he said it, his voice bitter. He pushed the arm away and distanced himself some more, but Percy was persistently coming after him, grabbing his arm and holding him back.
"Just because people are around me doesn't mean I don't feel lonely..." Percy whispered and Nico looked at him in surprise, straight into those sea-green eyes that seemed to be filled with such a sadness Nico found it hard to breathe.
He stopped trying to distance himself from Percy.
Instead, he turned to face him properly and waited for the son of Poseidon to talk.
So Percy did.
He told Nico of his side of the stories. Of all his 'great adventures', of all the times he had looked straight into the eyes of death and how often he had felt left behind, left to die. How betrayed and hurt he had felt when Luke had turned out to be the enemy, how all those people said they knew him yet none of them even had the slightest idea how Percy really felt. Percy had never wanted to be a hero. He would have been happy off just being a regular kid at Camp Half-Blood. Or even better, just a regular mortal.
He told Nico everything. From the first day at camp to the last day on the Argo II., everything was included. He didn't really know why he told Nico. He just found himself babbling, staring into those intense brown eyes. Nico just sat there and listened and it was exactly what Percy needed. It all spilled out of him and, with every word, he started feeling better, without knowing he hadn't felt that great before. It was as if suddenly, a pain was gone that he hadn't even felt before. But as he finished, he felt extremely relieved and...sort of free.
And then Nico smiled at him. It was the most beautiful smile Percy had ever seen and it warmed him right to the tip of his toes, sending a weird tingly feeling throughout his body. The voice in his head was completely quiet now, therefore the voice inside him acted up even louder. 'Kiss him! Can't you feel how much you love him?! You have never talked about this to anybody because there was nobody else you could have told!' It roared and Percy found himself agreeing to that.
He remembered mentioning the part with everybody acting as if they know him to Annabeth, but she had only looked at him like he was going mad, so he had dropped the topic. But Nico hadn't looked at him weird. Instead, he was now laying an arm around Percy and muttered something about being glad that Percy confided all that to him.
That he was sorry for talking to Percy like that and that he hoped Percy was feeling a bit better now.
The older boy nodded slowly and looked sideways at Nico. "Yeah...I kind of...never talked about this to anybody else..." He admitted and watched how Nico blushed slightly at these news. "How come?" Nico asked after a while and stared a speck of dust to death.
Percy shrugged. "I don't know. Didn't think anybody would listen, I guess. Plus I didn't even know it bothered me up until I told you about it...guess that makes you something really special." Percy said without thinking and saw Nico blush a nice, dark red. Percy couldn't help but chuckle. "You are so cute." He said while ruffling through Nico's hair.
The younger boy didn't say anything.
His arm had slumped from Percy's shoulder and Percy couldn't even see his face anymore, hidden behind his dark hair.
Somehow, he was still feeling so relieved and happy that he didn't even realize what he had said nor what effect it seemed to have on the younger boy.
Instead Percy got up and looked at the window. "You know what, how about we build a sand castle? I really feel like building a sand castle." He said randomly and grabbed Nico's arm, pulling him after him through the open French door into the light.
Nico stumbled after Percy, desperately trying to get a hold on himself. His heart was beating so fast. What was Percy thinking, telling him stuff like that? That he was special and...and cute. Nico shook his head wildly. He shouldn't get his hopes up. Percy didn't mean it like that. He was just happy he could confide in somebody.
Nico had to admit even without getting his hopes up he was still somewhat proud that, out of all the friends Percy had, he had confided in Nico. Nobody else. No matter how much more awesome and cooler they were than him, Percy had chosen him to talk to about this. They stopped in the middle of the beach, two feet away from the water and Percy started trying to build a sand castle. With dry as hell sand Nico couldn't imagine that to work out very well, but Percy didn't seem to mind. Nico watched him for a while then decided to try going towards the water. To his surprise, the waves could reach him, making him regret wearing shoes because now they were completely soaked, together with his socks. "Percy, look!" He called and Percy turned, his face lighting up. "Awesome. That means you can bring me some water and we can build even better sand castles."
Nico raised an eyebrow. He had imagined Percy to jump up and try to get to the water and try all his might to control it to get back to the Argo II. Instead he was sitting there like a little kid, building hills out of sand that were supposed to resemble castles. Nico couldn't help but smile.
"There it is..." Percy suddenly said, a soft and almost loving expression dancing on his cheerful face. "What is?" Nico asked confused and put on his poker face again.
"Your smile. I was wondering how it would look like." Percy said nonchalantly and watched Nico blush slightly. "W-What...?" But Percy just grinned at him. "Get the water here already, man." Nico shook his head and then had to keep running back and forth between the water and a hill of Percy's sand, transporting the liquid in his cupped hands. Percy watched him go and kept grinning at him, ordering him here and there to be more careful where he stepped or to run faster. Nico would always give him that sadistic expression, like Percy would really regret all this after his death someday. He didn't know why, but he also found that expression extremely adorable. Though he hoped Nico would forget about this before Percy died, just to make sure there was no additional pain or punishment involved.
"I can't believe we are stranded in the middle of an empty, magical island and are building sand castles..." Nico said after flopping down into the sand, back to back with Percy and starting to build his own castle with some wet sand. While he kept it simple, Percy had built a giant block the size of a small cow and started cutting out bits with his hands, giving the block more and more the look of a fairytale-castle, just without the towers...yet.
Nico was forming and flattening hills until Percy was next to him, criticizing his work and offering his help, which Nico took while rolling his eyes laughing. When Percy wanted to lean over the just achieved square, he promptly flopped onto it, flattening it completely once again and having his t-shirt full of sand.
They both laughed and Nico started throwing sand at him, mocking him about destroying his awesome castle, while Percy threw sand back at Nico, claiming that, without him, Nico couldn't even have built it in the first place.
It all ended when Nico jumped backward, which kind of looked a bit like hopping due to his sitting position, narrowly avoiding a handful of mud, just to bump against Percy's castle and look upward in terror, hoping that it wouldn't crash on him – which it obviously did just when he looked up. Percy roared with laughter and was rolling around in the sand, holding his stomach, while Nico looked like a wet poodle, just that he was covered in sand instead of water. "Not...funny..." he spat out a mouthful of sand and Percy's eyes started tearing up from laughing so hard. After looking at him sulkily, Nico joined the laughter as well and shot a perfect handful of dirt into Percy's mouth, who then kept coughing and laughing, which didn't seem to bode too well, but they had their fun.
They walked back to the house after making sure to have utterly destroyed each other's sand castles, Percy still chuckling and eyeing Nico out of the corners of his eyes. Nico was still grinning and Percy could feel his heart beat faster. He looked so cute. Earlier on, when he had actually LAUGHED, Percy had thought he was going to die, his heart had beaten so fast and his whole body had had that tingly sensation again, just much more intense, making Percy all dizzy – and somehow incredibly happy.
Making Nico laugh like that had somehow made him even more cheerful than he had been. It was like a drug, really. Even though Percy couldn't prove that since he had never taken drugs and didn't plan on taking any either.
He kept looking at Nico fondly, wondering why he had never noticed how good it made him look when he smiled.
It was just the way his lips tugged upwards that made Percy want to grab him and kiss him and repeat everything they had done when they had been chained up – just more intense and with their clothes removed.
At this, he shook his head slightly blushing. What was he thinking?!
Back in the house, they found out that there was no water (ironically they could have figured that out beforehand, since they were on an island, not in New York) so they left again, armed with two big, empty buckets they had found in the storage room. Even though they hadn't felt hungry up to now, they still felt the need to drink just to prevent dehydration, even though their bodies didn't seem to wish for anything at all.
They didn't talk much next to Percy telling Nico of all the 'mysterious accidents' Percy had had in his former schools, before finding out about being a demigod.
Nico seemed a lot more relaxed now.
He even laughed here and there, especially about the story with Ms. Dodds. "Seriously, she disguised herself as an old lady in a leather jacket? Would have creeped me out alright. Amazing that Chiron didn't see through that, though." Percy nodded in agreement to Nico's words and told him how he had overheard the two of them talking, throwing around words he didn't understand back then.
Nico grinned. "You really didn't have a clue about the demigod world, did you?" Percy shook his head. "Nope, not at all. I had trouble believing it too. Even after seeing the Minotaur and all." Nico shrugged. "To me it was like my favorite game had come to life. You remember? Mythomagic. I would play it like every day and suddenly it was like I was in the middle of it all. I found that pretty cool."
Percy grinned as he thought back to the younger Nico. "Yeah...we could tell. You wouldn't shut up." Nico chuckled. "Well I thought it was amazing! And you were, like, my absolute hero." Percy looked at him a bit surprised. He had heard others call him a hero and all, but Nico's remark had made his heart flutter again.
'My absolute hero'.
Percy let that sink in and wondered if Nico had known about his own feelings back then already, or if he had simply admired Percy. That question bothered Percy. But he couldn't really go and ask Nico when he had fallen in love with him.
It couldn't have been back then because after all Nico had hated him after he had returned without Bianca from his mission. That made his heart clench. He wondered vaguely whether Nico still blamed him for her death. All in all it had kind of been his fault.
He had been supposed to protect her, yet he had watched her get into the automaton and die with it. Percy looked down. "Say...Nico..." He started, wondering if he should really bring that topic up right now when he had finally gotten the boy to smile.
Nico glanced at him from the side. For a moment there was silence. "I know her death wasn't your fault, Percy. I was just upset back then...very upset, I guess." Percy wondered how Nico had known what he was thinking, but at the same time felt a surge of relief going through his body. "But you hated me, didn't you? For breaking my promise." He heard himself asking without really planning to. His voice seemed somewhat low and depressed all of a sudden.
Nico frowned at him. "No...well, yes, kind of. But back then, I was confused about my own feelings anyways, so I can't really tell. It was more like...I was so angry at you for letting her die, but I just couldn't stay mad at you. I knew somewhere inside me that it hadn't been your fault..." Nico's voice trailed off as they reached the small spring they had seen from afar.
Quietly they filled their buckets and Percy was thinking about what Nico had just told him. It made him feel bad and good and bad again at the same time.
Bad for breaking his promise, good for being told Nico didn't hate him and bad again for feeling good about Nico actually not hating him even though he would have had every right to.
"You know...I think I had fallen for you back then already. You were simply so awesome I thought I just admired you. I thought you could do anything. But when you came back without Bianca, I just felt so hurt I wanted you to go in some hole and die for lying to me like that. But then the Spartus attacked you and I just couldn't stand watching you die...that was when I first realized I was...different." Nico confessed but refused to look at Percy.
He had his eyes fixed on the bucket in his hands and started walking back towards the house. Percy stood there for a moment, letting the words sink in. His heart was beating at least five times as fast as it should and his insides felt weird.
In a creepy, yet good way.
"Wait...different? What you mean with 'different'?" He asked frowning, while trying to keep up with Nico. "Gay." Nico said loudly and Percy stopped without noticing. Then he tried to catch up with Nico again, who was now walking at a pretty quick pace towards the house.
He seemed weird. As if he was embarrassed to talk about it.
Percy couldn't understand why, since Nico had already told him that he loved him. Even though Percy didn't mind hearing it once more at all. It made him so happy on the inside. But then he wondered how it must make Nico feel, telling him he loved him, when Percy wouldn't say it back.
A wave of guilt hit him and he wished everything wouldn't be so complicated. Wished he could say those words back. Wished he could make Nico feel as happy as Percy felt.
"You know...it's not something to be ashamed of…" He started and heard Nico giving some sort of snort again. "What?" Percy asked and finally caught up with the son of Hades. "You have no idea..." Nico muttered, but refused to look Percy in the face, nor let his face be seen by Percy.
They had arrived at the French doors and walked in, putting the buckets down in the 'kitchen'. All the while, Nico hid his face behind his dark hair and then tried to escape into the bathroom, when Percy clearly knew that he didn't have any business in there. He held the boy back by his hand. "What do you mean, I have no idea? Well I'm right, aren't I? There is no reason you should be ashamed of yourself for who you love..." Nico flinched and tried to pull his arm from Percy. That gave Percy a momentary glimpse at Nico's face.
His heart froze.
"Nico...I'm sorry...I didn't mean to..." he muttered and let go of Nico's hand. The younger boy had tears streaming down his face and Percy realized what his words must have meant to him. He just stood there, trying not to sob and stared at the floor, slightly shaking.
Percy didn't know what to do. He would have much rather endured a monster attack than watching Nico like this. It was much more painful and Percy felt so much more helpless. "Nico..." He whispered and tentatively tried to put an arm around him.
What was he supposed to do? If it had been a girl or another person other than him that Nico was crying about, he would have hugged him and told him everything would be alright, but with him being the one, what was he supposed to do?
What was he supposed to say?
'Hey, sorry, maybe look for another guy.'?
His insides turned picturing Nico with another guy and something inside him growled.
He decided to push that thought aside for now and wrapped his arms around Nico.
"I'm sorry...I didn't mean to hurt you...I just wanted to let you know that there's nothing wrong with being...gay…" He tried to soothe Nico but in that moment Nico pushed him away hard and looked at him, positively furious. "Oh, it's ok now, isn't it?! What do YOU know about this?! YOU are straight after all! YOU love Annabeth! How do you think YOU would feel, loving a fucking guy that is straight and got a girlfriend and happens to be, like, your only damn friend on this fucking planet?! Would you still say IT'S OK?!" Nico yelled, tears streaming down his face like rivers and Percy's heart ached just watching him in so much pain.
Nico's words seemed so harsh, yet Percy knew he was right. Still, his insides churned at the fact that Nico, again, claimed to love him. He didn't know why, but it just made him so happy. Which made him feel damn guilty, because Nico was pouring out his heart here, telling him what an asshole he was.
Percy stepped forward and hugged Nico again, even though the younger boy tried his best to push him away. "No. No, let go! I don't want to see your face right now! How dare you get my hopes up and all when I know there's no way for-..." Nico couldn't finish that sentence, because Percy had suddenly let go of him, gripping his chin and forcing him to shut up with a kiss.
And what a kiss it was.
Percy's mouth pressed onto his, leaving him momentarily unable to breathe, then Percy's tongue slid into his mouth, making him gasp and forget everything around him. Percy held him close, taking in as much as he could. The salty taste from Nico's lips, the sweet taste of his mouth, the way their tongues entangled so swiftly, the way Nico's breathing became heavier and most of all: The way Nico let a little moan slip as Percy started pushing him against the wall behind them to get closer to the boy while pushing his tongue in and out of his mouth.
He loved the sensation.
Loved the way their bodies started heating up.
The way Nico wrapped his arms around him and pull him down further, starting to become more active – and the way he kissed back made Percy almost go insane. He started moving his arms down the boys sides, feeling his slim body beneath his fingertips, making him burn with the desire to rip Nico's clothes off. The boy's hands were still wrapped tightly around Percy, completely taken in by their kissing, making Percy even more giddy than he already was.
He could feel himself rubbing against Nico's groin now and could instantly hear Nico's tiny whimper. He didn't know why, but hearing it satisfied him immensely, which was why he kept rubbing against the boy, letting his hands slide beneath the boy's t-shirt and up to his chest to look if he still reacted in that all too hot way as he did before. As he started pinching and twisting the nipples between his fingers, Nico almost bit his tongue and moaned loudly, making Percy's eyes blurry with want. As their lips parted, Percy's hands flew down, grabbed the first part of Nico's t-shirt he could get a hold on and tugged it upwards, making it obvious that he wanted it off. Now.
Nico obliged and in one fluid motion his shirt landed next to him on the floor. Percy looked at his upper body for a moment, taking in everything he could. When Nico looked at him pleadingly with that flush of pink on his cheeks, Percy pounced forward, kissing Nico over and over and over again, letting his hands explore his body further.
"P-Percy..." Nico moaned when Percy went for his nipples once more and Percy loved the sound of his name so much, he kept twisting Nico's nipples until he could feel his knees buckle and let go of them. Nico looked at him with pure lust in his eyes, but Percy grabbed him by the sides, pushing him away from the wall, making him walk while kissing him over and over and over again.
Percy kicked open a door without looking and pushed Nico inside it, keeping him so occupied Nico nearly jumped when he could feel something press against the back of his legs. He let himself fall backwards, trusting Percy so much that he didn't care what it was he dropped on. It seemed to be the bed.
Nico tried to get further onto it so his feet wouldn't be dangling off the bed, while Percy got on top of him, kissing him on every exposed spot of skin he could find. From his face to his neck, sucking on one soft spot on the opposite site of where he had done it last time, then moving downwards, kissing his collarbones, his chest, licking and softly biting his nipples, making Nico almost scream out with pleasure. Percy smiled to himself at that, taking in every little thing he could about Nico's body, slowly progressing down.
He licked around the boy's belly button, making him smile as he moaned and decided it was time to take those annoying pants off. But just as he had opened Nico's belt and tried to pull them down, Nico was half sitting, motioning for Percy to stop.
Percy didn't want to stop, but nevertheless let go of Nico's pants, letting the boy advance on him now, trying to take Percy's shirt off.
To be honest, he had completely forgotten he was wearing clothes.
That was probably why he was feeling so restrained down below.
He took his shirt off in a hurry, sending it flying through the room, having it land next to the open door. Then he felt Nico trying to push him down and willingly let him do it, his eyes narrowing with lust and excitement about what the boy was going to do.
Nico had no idea what he was doing. He really had no clue but within seconds he was on top of Percy, his hands all over the place, his mouth tightly on Percy's. He wasn't sure why, but when Percy had kissed and licked him like that, he had felt the urge to do it back. To make Percy feel as good as he was feeling right now. He could feel his own erection throbbing and prayed to hold out a little longer while slowly kissing down Percy's neck as he had done before. He found bite marks on Percy's shoulder which reminded him of the previous time they had done it.
Feeling guilty, he licked over the marks and advanced further down, kissing Percy all over the place and letting his hands glide down towards Percy's pants. All the while Percy tried to put his hands inside Nico's pants, but Nico stopped him slowly, smiling at him in a pleading way. If Percy was to touch him there, Nico wouldn't be able to hold back anymore.
He saw Percy giving a small nod and felt a surge of relief that Percy understood he needed to do this.
He wanted to make Percy feel good. Better than good. Amazing. As amazing as Nico felt, if not even better. Not that he thought that possible.
He opened Percy's pants in a hurry, pulling them down together with his underpants.
Oh my god, he was so big.
He had noticed the other time already, but glimpsing at it while cuming and being completely dazed and seeing it now like this were two completely different things.
He pulled Percy's pants further down so they wouldn't get in the way and started touching Percy's erection, which made the older boy flinch slightly and close his eyes, moaning quietly.
Nico grinned to himself and started trying out different movements with his hand, then putting his other hand at Percy's balls. At this, a small huffing sound escaped Percy's lips and he looked down at Nico, his eyes glazing over. "Nico..." He mumbled and Nico's heart did a summersault. He loved it when Percy said his name in that husky, lust-torn voice of his.
He looked down and decided to take this a step further. Lowering his head, he started to lick the tip of Percy's dick. Percy moaned and his hands clawed into the bed sheets they had beaten clean earlier. Nico resisted the urge to look up to see the expression on Percy's face and started taking more of him into his mouth, experimentally sucking on it.
Percy groaned and Nico could feel Percy pushing himself deeper into Nico's mouth. It didn't feel too bad. He started moving up and down on him, constantly sucking and licking around it, his hands getting busy with Percy's balls now. Percy groaned even louder, moaning Nico's name more often and one of his hands on Nico's head, going through his hair while trying to watch Nico.
When Nico tasted pre-cum, he was suddenly on his back again, Percy on top of him, pushing him down and almost ripping his pants off in the progress of opening the zipper. Nico's dick was throbbing so hard it was a miracle he hadn't come yet. Then again, he had tried to push it down with all his might and concentrate on first making Percy feel good. Percy put his hand on Nico's dick and Nico immediately started seeing stars, so intense was the feeling.
"Oh god, Percy." he moaned and felt Percy's lips on his own once more. After tonguing Nico intensely, Percy lifted Nico's hips slowly and positioned him against him so they could still face each other while Percy's fingers prodded against his entrance. Nico groaned loudly, completely aware of pre-cum trickling out of his dick. "P-Percy...I will..." Percy looked at him with an understanding, yet pleading expression and Nico tried with all his might to hold back a bit longer.
Percy looked down at Nico, busily taking in every little detail as he started pushing his fingers inside him. He knew Nico wouldn't be able to last much longer, but the boy was still trying his best to hold back. He himself was more than close to cuming, but he needed to feel that sensation again. That sensation he had felt the time before when he had pushed into Nico. That sensation of being one. Completely connection. If only for a short moment, he wanted to feel it once more.
Nico moaned, his face a mixture between pleasure and pain from holding back as he looked at Percy with those astonishing brown eyes. And then Percy found himself unable to stop himself.
He pulled out his fingers, replacing them with his erection, slowly pushing inside Nico.
He was still so very tight. Percy felt a wave of guilt, wondering if he should have prepared the boy some more, but then again it was now or too late.
Nico and Percy both groaned in unison as his dick slowly slid inside him, deeper into the boy with every careful thrust Percy did. They looked at each other, their faces completely dazed by the sensation that was overcoming them.
"P-Percy..." Nico moaned and Percy started to thrust harder, trying to hold back his own ejaculation as long as he could. "Oh god...Nico...you feel so good..." His voice was between a cough, a groan and a whisper and it was the sexiest thing Nico had ever heard. As Percy felt himself completely taken in by Nico, a shiver ran down his back and he grabbed Nico's dick as he thrust harder, wanting to ensure Nico would cum with him. "Percy!" Nico called and moaned and arched his back through as he couldn't stand it any longer, a tear running down his face while cum squirted out of his dick all over his upper body and the bed sheets.
Percy groaned at the same time and pushed into Nico hard, feeling a wave of ecstasy hit him as he started cuming inside Nico, feeling the boy's dick contract and cum himself. He numbly kept moving his hands up and down on the boy's dick, while he tried to reassemble his brain. The prickling sensation of the hottest, most intense orgasm he had ever had stayed and made him incredibly fuzzy inside.
He dropped on top of Nico, not caring about the cum between them or that his dick was still inside Nico. He just wanted to be close to him right now. Nico looked at him out of half open eyes, gazing at him with a mixture of deepest gratitude, complete satisfaction and love.
Percy looked back at him, panting heavily and gave the boy a peck on the lips as he finally pulled himself out of him and laid down next to Nico, ensuring that he wouldn't forget to breathe. Then he pulled him close, facing him and wrapping his arms around him tightly, not ever wanting to let him go.
"That. Was. Amazing." He said with closed eyes and hid his face at Nico's neck, breathing in the boys scent. He had never really noticed before, but next to the smell of the underworld, Nico had always had this distant scent of cinnamon on him. Percy decided he loved cinnamon.
With his face still at Nico's neck, he fell asleep shortly afterwards, softly snoring against Nico's skin. Nico didn't mind at all. He tried to control his heartbeat and wiped off the cum off his stomach with the help of the bed sheets, then cuddled closer to Percy.
He didn't know what to feel nor think. Should he feel happy that they had had sex again and that it had felt even better than the last time?
Or should he be shocked by the fact that somehow they had ended up doing it again even though there was no future for them?
'Maybe I am getting used after all...maybe he simply doesn't care if it'll hurt me in the end...' He thought for a second, but then pushed the thought out of his mind. If that had been the case, then Percy wouldn't have tried to soothe him earlier when he had cried. He wouldn't have told him that it was ok for him to love him if he really had a problem with it, either. 'Maybe...just maybe...I might have a chance after all...someday...' He thought smiling to himself and fell asleep.
It was way too comfortable in Percy's arms.
When Percy woke up they were still cuddled together in the same position, just that Nico had moved a bit closer and their legs were entangled. He smiled to himself and ruffled through Nico's dark hair. Then he got up and put a blanket on the younger boy. It was more to cover him up than to keep him warm since the sun was still up outside, warming the room through the windows. Percy looked down to Nico for a moment, just smiling contently at the sight.
Then he went towards the wardrobe and opened it once more.
He didn't know why Nico and Percy were here or how they had stranded on the island in the first place. Finding his sword missing had freaked him out too, but it had even more so when he had found it in the storage room of this house.
He had the distinct feeling that some god was really enjoying himself.
He still thought it might be Hecate, the goddess of magic.
Even though he had never met her in person she was said to be very powerful and well...did magic. But he couldn't explain why she would keep the two of them here. If she wanted them away from the others she could have simply kept them in one place without all the magical stuff or have some monsters keep them prisoner. That way they would have at least known what was going on. She didn't seem to want them dead, else she wouldn't have kept them alive for this long.
He shook his head and picked a new pair of underwear, jeans and a light blue t-shirt that had 'Island Fever' written on it. Percy would have preferred to keep his old clothes, but first of all they were full of sand and second, there were still bits of Nico's cum of their adventure in the eerie room on it. He went over to his old pair of pants, lying unloved in a pile at the end of the bed next to Nico's. He must have kicked them off at some point since he could remember Nico only taking them down, not actually off.
At the thought of that, he blushed. He couldn't really explain what he was feeling, but at least there was less confusion than the other time. As he picked the ballpoint pen from his old pocket and put it in the new one, he looked up at Nico once more, sleeping like a baby.
They had had sex again. And hell, it had been even better than the last time.
Percy turned away from the younger boy and left the room to get himself something to drink. He didn't really felt thirsty, but he recalled their first day on the island, when they had found the fountain and drank and suddenly he had noticed just how thirsty he had been. This island must really be messing with them. They were probably starving and didn't even feel it. Which was weird because Percy usually always felt hungry.
He stood there, picking one of the rather dusty glasses out of one of the shelves. They had cleaned the floors, the surfaces and the bed sheets as well as the pillows, but they hadn't bothered cleaning all the stuff in the storage room or the kitchen. He looked at the water and was wondering how to clean the glass without dirtying the water in the bucket, when he suddenly wanted to slap himself. He was the son of Poseidon, god of the sea. He could control water, damn it!
At least he had been able to before he had come to this freaking island.
Percy concentrated hard on the water in the bucket, trying to make it react in any way. For a moment, he thought it was no use. But then a thin line of water started forming and shot out of the bucket, doing exactly what Percy wanted it to and he concentrated on having a clean glass. The water shot around him and washed out the glass, the water then trickling down onto the floor and sinking into the wooden ground.
Ok, he'd have to work on that but it was pretty cool.
Though he felt somewhat exhausted. Controlling this water seemed so much harder than what he was used to. He decided to try it once more with another glass for Nico and could feel his energy drain.
Great.
He remembered how Nico had been able to get into the water when they had built sand castles. Maybe that meant that Percy could only not go into it because he intended to control it and have it transport him and Nico back to the Argo II.?
But wouldn't that mean Nico shouldn't be able to go into the shadows and such? Then again, Nico used the shadows to make a portal, instead of controlling the shadows by itself, so it was a different thing he guessed.
But Percy could also remember Nico trying to get away from Percy and being pushed away from the water. Maybe the island was supposed to keep them there for a limited time only and started giving in more and more?
He was still worried about his friends. He wasn't sure whether he hoped they had continued on their journey or that they were looking for Percy and Nico. They didn't have that much time left on their quest after all. But he wasn't keen on being abandoned either. Knowing them, especially Annabeth, he was almost certain they were looking for them.
At that thought, his heart sank. Annabeth. For a moment he had completely pushed her out of his mind. Literally, since he couldn't hear the annoying, complaining voice anymore. How could he have forgotten? She was his girlfriend, after all. But somehow, when he thought of 'girlfriend' he suddenly thought of Nico instead. His heart skipped a beat and his insides turned all fluttery and warm.
He didn't know why, but he really liked Nico. Not just because of the sex. Though the sex had been amazing. But Nico himself was amazing as well. And the way they had talked and laughed had been amazing too. For the first time for long, Percy had felt really comfortable with somebody. Even with Annabeth he had never relaxed this much. Confided this much. Nico was simply special.
Percy smiled at that thought. A happy, content smile. He finally took a sip of his water and instantly drained the whole glass, filling it once more together with Nico's and went towards the bedroom. Better give Nico some water too, before he dehydrated on him or something.
Could somebody dehydrate without knowing they dehydrated because they wouldn't feel any symptoms of dehydrating until they had already dehydrated?
The question sounded too confusing to him and he pushed it out of his mind as he pushed open the door. Nico was with his back to him, utterly naked, getting on his underwear.
Percy gulped, his mouth watering slightly but he tried to push it out of his mind just as easily as he had pushed out the question. Sadly, that didn't work out too well. Nico heard him stepping closer behind him and spun around, blushing hard and for a second it seemed like he was thinking about covering himself up with his own hands.
Percy smiled. "Good morning? Here, I brought you some water. Seriously I think we really need to look for some food. Every time I drank something it felt like I was already close to dehydration! In the end we are starving to death without knowing...I hope they have blue food here too." Nico took the water and his lips curled upward for a second, then he kept eyeing Percy suspiciously, as if expecting something.
Percy knew Nico was expecting some serious talk now about their peculiar situation. But Percy felt like he wanted to wait with this a bit longer. Of course, he didn't want to lead Nico on, but somehow Percy really did not want to reject him, either. His whole being seemed to hate the idea of hurting Nico in general. Percy didn't want to hurt Annabeth either, of course, but somehow, ever since that voice inside him had told him Annabeth was just with him to be with him, instead of wanting to be with HIM, he remembered different situations that confirmed that.
Annabeth had never actually said she loved him. She had never actually just dropped Daedalus' laptop to do something with Percy or anything, instead letting him wait and wait and then excuse herself. Of course there had been better days and they had gone on dates and whatnot, but it had always ended with some bickering after all. It was like he could never do anything right around her. Or good enough for that matter. He couldn't imagine it would have been much fun being stuck on this island with her.
They would most likely still be on the first island then, sitting at the golden beach while the 'Wise Girl' would think of an awesome plan to get them out of here.
At the thought he had to smile at Nico, being utterly grateful that it had been him being stranded here with Percy. Nico blushed at the smile and took a sip from the glass, instantly draining it like Percy had done. "Want another one?" He offered, taking the glass from Nico who only nodded, avoiding Percy's eyes and looking down on himself instead. He had put on the black underpants now and Percy thought he looked pretty adorable with them on and that nice blush on his face. "You know, I think you would look really hot if you were wearing a bit more color in your life." Percy remarked and left the room grinning, pleased to see Nico blush even harder.
It made him so happy on the inside even though he wasn't sure why.
When he came back with another glass, Nico was completely dressed already. They sat there, staring out of the window quietly for a while, then Nico cleared his throat. "I don't know about you, but this 'always being day'-thing is really annoying me. Maybe we should just start counting days as we go to sleep to get an overview about around how long we've been here." Nico explained and Percy nodded in agreement. It was really kind of annoying. So the boys started to look through the drawers in the kitchen and found an old piece of parchment, which was kind of old already by itself, but looked another few millenniums old.
Sitting down on the pillows on each side of the table, Nico started writing 'Days on the Island' with Percy's ballpoint-pen sword in pen-form. "So first day we were on that golden sand island with the weird trees and the cave..." He said more to himself than to Percy and made a big X. "Yeah, second day would probably be that room we were locked in and chained at the wall until...later." Percy said nodding and Nico blushed, making another big X. "Third day...well would that include the bridge and everything that has happened here until we went to sleep or would that be parted into two? I have no clue how much time we have spent walking over the water..." Nico wondered and Percy shrugged. „Let's just leave as one day, I guess. So this makes it the fourth day then?" Nico nodded and looked down at the paper.
"How long do you think we are going to be stuck here?" Nico asked after a while, still not looking up. Percy shrugged again. "I have no clue. But I like it here. So if we have to stay somewhere, I'd prefer this place."
Nico looked at him surprised. He had somehow expected Percy to say something like 'The sooner the better' or 'Hopefully soon and maybe we can get somewhere with separate bedrooms so you don't push yourself onto me or anything'. Not that he minded this answer.
All in all Nico wasn't sure what to think. This time Percy couldn't really blame him for the sex, except he got turned on by people crying and Nico highly doubted that, judging from the worried expression he had had. But Percy wasn't the type of person that would simply have sex with people for no apparent reason either.
Especially not when he was taken.
Percy was still Percy after all. Loyal till the end. Nico had thought that included being faithful. Yet Percy had done it with Nico not just once, but twice and still hadn't really talked about it.
Nico kind of wanted to ask him. Wanted to know what to make of it. It was driving him insane.
Of course Percy would never fall in love with him.
That he was certain of. But he was also certain that Percy had not slept with him out of pity or because he was bored or...sexually frustrated.
Nico shook his head and looked up, catching Percy gaze at him with a soft smile on his face. "W-What?" Nico asked and instinctively touched his face, wondering if he had looked funny or something.
Percy shook his head slowly, still gazing at him. "Just realizing something." He muttered and got up slowly. "So...how do you want to spend the day? I'd say let's look around and maybe find a different door or whatnot, but maybe we should let the door come to us in this case." Nico frowned at him. "That makes it sound like you really want to stay here with me." He muttered and Percy grinned at him. "Well it sure is nice here – no monsters, always good weather and cute company." Nico blinked at the 'cute company' part, but didn't know what to say, so he kept quiet. Percy went towards the French door which was still open from 'yesterday'.
"How about we look around at that spring some more? Maybe we can find something to eat too – but no tree roots or such." Nico grinned and followed the boy out of the house. It had been somewhat cooler in the house for some reason. Now he was glad he hadn't put his aviator's jacket back on. He hadn't been sure whether he'd need his sword either, but he had attached it to his new jeans nevertheless. Just in case something happened. He just hoped the house wouldn't vanish together with his jacket – he really liked it.
They walked quietly next to each other for a while, trying to hear anything that could be food. They weren't hungry or anything, but Nico knew where Percy was coming from with saying 'Maybe we are starving and aren't even noticing', since Nico had had that feeling as well after drinking again.
Sadly there didn't seem to be anything alive on this island either. Nico did however see some mushrooms, though he knew that the ones he saw were poisonous.
He decided not to point them out to Percy, so he wouldn't get his hopes up for nothing. They had reached the spring and were walking down alongside a small river they hadn't seen before, looking around for something edible. Nico was vaguely wondering whether Percy might not rather try out tree roots instead of starving to death.
Sure, he was stubborn, but if Nico had the choice between eating beetroot (he HATED that stuff) and dying he would take the beetroot. Though he preferred not to think about ever having to choose between these two things.
He saw some more poisonous mushrooms, but otherwise there seemed to be nothing living around here.
"Those mushrooms don't happen to be edible, right?" Nico shook his head. "All poisonous." Percy sighed. "Well...let's look some more..." He really didn't seem keen about the tree roots. Nico had to suppress a chuckle. Sulking Percy seemed so...cute. The way his lower lip stuck out and the way he sighed and looked around pleadingly as if he tried to get the trees to pity him and throw food at him was just so adorable.
Percy glanced back at him blinking and almost toppled over a bigger branch on the ground because he couldn't tear his eyes away from Nico's lips. When Nico chuckled it did that weird thing to his lips, making them seem completely irresistible to Percy, reminding him faintly of the expression Nico had when he was about to cum. As he almost fell, he was sorry to see that Nico now looked rather worried and nervous at having Percy stare at him. He would have loved watching Nico's face a while longer.
Percy kept glancing back every now and then, food completely forgotten. Now he was more hoping to catch another glimpse of Nico smiling. But Nico looked around him intently, though if he was just looking for food or avoiding Percy's gaze on purpose, he couldn't tell.
Then, just as he was walking with his head turned around, staring at the place at Nico's neck he had sucked on last night and thinking he should bite a little harder next time to leave a darker mark, Nico looked right at him in shock. "Percy, watch out!" He called and Percy turned, wondering what he meant, as he was already falling.
"Percy!"
Next thing he knew, he was splashing into water and felt a surge of energy run through his body. He wasn't even wet.
Yay for Poseidon-powers.
Percy shook his head and tried looking around him, taking in his surroundings. But next to some plants and fish he couldn't see anything interesting, so he pushed himself upwards out of the water and broke the surface, looking up in Nico's worried face. "I love water!" Percy grinned and started swimming to the shore, too lazy to concentrate on running on the water now or something.
That would be too Jesus-like anyways. He could almost hear Nico's eyes rolling as he ran down alongside the hillside Percy had fallen from and laughed. When he reached him, Percy wasn't sure whether Nico was angry or relieved. His face and the way he stood said two completely different things. From the way he stood in front of Percy, his hands at his sides, acting as if he was about to lecture him indicated he was angry, but the way he smiled showed more a sign of relief.
"Hey." Percy said stupidly and grinned. Nico laughed, shaking his head and then looking serious again. "Seriously, watch where you are going! What would you have done if there hadn't been any water?" He asked but the fact he was smiling kind of ruined the lecture he was giving.
Percy stuck out his tongue. „Yes, mother." Nico looked at him exasperated and held up a finger warningly. "Perseus Jackson, this is a serious matter! You are grounded for one week. And no going on deadly quests to save the world either for you. Off to your room now." Nico joked and Percy laughed loudly, patting Nico's head. "You would be one hell of a dad." Nico grinned and the two of them just stood there for a moment, looking at each other.
Then a giant fish jumped out of the water and landed at their feet.
They both stared at it. The silence getting louder. "I swear, this place is so weird." Nico muttered as Percy's face lit up. "Food~" He called and picked up the giant fish that looked like a mix between salmon and trout, just the size of a small shark. Then they tried to find their way back to the house, while Nico picked up some wood on the way so they could start a fire – though they weren't sure how they'd do that just yet. Maybe there would be matches somewhere at the house. Who knew?
Somewhere midway Percy stopped walking, turning around to Nico with a smile on his face. "By the way, I think it was really sweet of you to worry about me like that back there. Was it just my imagination or did you try to grab me?" Nico blushed and nodded, stopping as well. "I didn't see the water. I just saw that the way seemed to end there..." Percy chuckled. "Yeah...I should pay more attention on the path in future. Sorry." He said and stroked a strand of hair out of Nico's face.
They were so close to each other. Nico's mouth felt incredibly dry all of a sudden and his heartbeat increased by tenfold. Percy still had that soft smile on his lips, making Nico's insides turn with yearning. But worst of all was the intense green of his eyes, staring at Nico's as if Percy was looking at more than just Nico's face. As if Percy was actually looking at all of him. It made him feel awkward and embarrassed, yet also had a type of thrilling sensation to it.
Then Percy's hand was at his cheek and the next moment, the older boy bent over and kissed Nico on the lips. It was just a short, soft peck on the lips really, but for Nico that was already so much he dropped the wood surprised and stumbled backwards.
Percy looked down, blinking at the pieces of wood that had dropped right onto his feet. It didn't hurt much, but he had somehow completely forgotten that Nico had been holding something. He had kind of been lost in thought about last night and about how Nico's eyes were like a mirror to his soul.
When he wanted to pick up the wood he promptly dropped the fish. Man, he was still holding that? He scratched his head embarrassed and watched out of the corners of his eyes how Nico look at him in terror and confusion, seemingly thinking about a way to escape. So Percy picked up the fish and grinned. "Sorry about that. Couldn't resist there. Won't happen again." He said cheerfully enough, though truth be told he felt the distinct urge to throw himself at Nico, pin him down right now, right here, on this mossy patch of forest ground and have sex with him all over again. Nico looked unconvinced but started collecting the wood again, scrambling off at a quick pace.
Percy followed, giving the boy his space while picturing very detailed how he would take each piece of clothing off teasingly slow and watch Nico's expression and hear his pleading voice, moaning his name, begging for him to stop torturing him like this. Percy felt his pants tighten and decided he should change the topic.
At once a new image shot into his head with Nico on top of him, looking down in a mixture of determination and embarrassment as he tried to copy everything Percy had done to him and go down on him, licking on his hard-...ok he should DEFINITELY change the topic now.
Suddenly, he ran into Nico, who had stopped right next to the French doors and accidentally pushed the boy flat against the window, pressing against him as the fish was stuck between them and Percy tried to get his and Nico's legs untangled. When he finally managed to get a hold of himself again, he noticed Nico had dropped the wood all over again, but he was too occupied with something else: Nico stared him straight in the face with big eyes, then let his gaze travel down to the bulge in his pants. Percy's ears turned dark red. Great, caught by the boyfriend having perverted thoughts.
Wait- boyfriend?! Where the hell did that come from?!
Nico had definitely felt something hard pressing against his thigh when Percy had run into him. As he looked down on Percy, he could definitely see a bulge where there usually wasn't. He gulped and looked back up, pushing his own desires out of his mind.
"Erm...thinking about Annabeth?" He asked and wanted to slap himself. What kind of question was that? Percy seemed to think the same way as he looked at him frowning and looked down.
"Who? Oh! No, I-...erm...well..." He stammered and Nico gazed at him for a moment, his mouth slightly open. Did he just hear that right? Did Percy just say 'Who?' when Nico had asked about Annabeth? He couldn't believe his ears. His heart was beating so fast he was sure Percy could hear it.
He didn't know what to do. There was no way he could just ignore this, but there also was no way he could go with it. Percy grabbed the fish tighter. "Erm...let's...let's start trying to make a fire then." He tried to change the topic and rushed past Nico in a hurry. Nico still stared at the place Percy had stood for a minute, before shaking his head, snatching up the wood once more and following Percy inside to make a fire and cook the fish.
Percy had completely forgotten about Annabeth. Again. Maybe it was because he hadn't seen her in so long, but then again he had been able to think about her constantly when he had lost the rest of his memory. Now that there was Nico Percy just couldn't help but think of the boy the whole time.
He didn't know why, but he couldn't remember his heart ever fluttering this wildly and his insides turning so much whenever he had looked at or thought about Annabeth.
She had been his friend before and he had enjoyed talking to her and such. She was smart, alright. But he had actually never fully intended to date her. It had somehow just happened because she had seemed interested in him (Why else would she have kissed him?) and he had simply let it happen. Everybody had loved seeing them together, congratulating them and calling them 'the golden couple' because it had been 'destined' to be. Somehow he had never minded all that and just tried to enjoy his time with her as a girlfriend, but thinking back now, he was seriously wondering if he ever really wanted to be with her. Not just as a boyfriend, but as a lover.
He looked at Nico's back as he kneeled in front of the firewood on the patio where they had decided to start the fire since they had figured out the whole house was made out of wood except the toilet and they kind of didn't fancy to make a fire there. For some reason, picturing Nico and him as a couple didn't seem too bad. He enjoyed being with him and it was cute to see him blush. He instinctively knew that there would be a lot of work with that relationship, though.
The trouble with their parents, then there was still the fact that Nico didn't stay at camp for too long and the thing with him raising the dead. But somehow, the more Percy thought about that, the more solutions he found for their problems. And thinking about Nico as a lover was a sure thing. The sex they had had was so awesome Percy would never want to miss it if they were in a relationship.
At that thought Percy bluntly stared at the boy's butt. Maybe he should have stopped kissing and touching Nico so much the previous night and get him undressed first, then look at every part of his body and then touch and kiss him.
He made a mental note to first undress Nico next time and froze.
Next time? Why was he always thinking there would be a next time? He was still in a relationship damn it!
Wait...still?
Did he really intend to break up with Annabeth because he fancied Nico? Something inside him purred loudly. But...wasn't that kind of jumping into a relationship? Well, even though he had known Annabeth, they had jumped into a relationship from one day to the next as well.
Wait, was he making excuses now? Percy shook his head wildly, almost dropping the fish he still held on to, just so he could have something to hold on to. He was still staring at Nico, but either Nico didn't notice or he didn't care. He firmly had his back to him, waiting for the fire to get bigger so they could start making the fish.