A/N: Hello again~ Another week, another chapter. Hope you guys enjoy it~ Some fun stuff coming up! Not sure how many chapters this is going to be, but probably in the 5-10 chapter range. Maybe even a sequel if the fic pops back in my mind again once this one is done and I've finished my riptide big bang fic which is currently sitting in my documents at 14k, 16k to go xD wish me luck lol anyway, onto the chapter~

That morning before his classes… Nico had learned five things about the attractive guy from the previous afternoon. One… His name was Perseus Jackson, nicknamed Percy, and liked Greek/Roman mythology. Two… he was captain of the swim team and an avid fan of aquatic life. Three… He was a senior like Jason and he'd gone to High school with pretty much everyone in the younger raven's friend circle yet still managed to not meet Nico till the previous day. Four… he really liked the color blue and was surprisingly childish if it was true that he really liked Disney movies as well. He trusted his friends to be honest so it was likely definite… Which hadn't helped Nico's case considering how he thought it was really kind of cute. And Five… he wasn't as Straight as the younger male feared if the embarrassed expression on Jason's face when he first asked about him and mentioned he might like him more than should be possible, considering the chances he was playing the same team was likely zero, was anything to go by. He knew that expression on the blond's face after all; it was one that told him there might have been something between the two of them at some point… Jason even confirmed it a moment later when he mentioned there was one time in high school that didn't really work out but he was pretty certain the chances weren't as hopeless as Nico originally thought they were.

Shaking his head, Nico then turned his thoughts ahead and focused on getting to his class on time. Getting lost in thought was a common and troubling habit of his so it could only be a matter of time that he'd end up embarrassing himself in front of this newfound crush and boy, was it a time. Moments before he shook his thoughts, the raven took a turn and ended up crashing right into someone on accident and spilt both their books all over the floor while a hand at his lower back steadied him and prevented Nico himself from joining said books on the floor. He muttered an apology before glancing up and freezing once more. Shit shit shit. He thought to himself as his face lit up and he quickly ducked down to gather the books that had fallen while thinking it was some cruel joke from the powers above that made him run into Percy Fucking Jackson himself while thinking about him at the worst possible time.

"Sorry, Sorry. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." He mumbled and tried not to notice when the taller actually knelt down beside him to help pick things up and put them all back in their rightful places. Again… was this guy seriously real who did this kind of stuff in real life? Seriously? Yeah it was a clichéd scene from every teen romance novel ever but really? This kind of thing never actually happened to people. He heard a little chuckle to the right where Percy was helping him pick up before the other male paused and leaned back on his haunches to speak.

"It's cool dude. Don't worry about it; part of it was probably my fault anyway."

He even grinned when he said that. Gods, this really had to be one of the worst and best things in his entire life. "No it's fine. It is my fault. I really wasn't watching where I was going." Nico returned, finally looking up to meet that warm green gaze. This really sucked… especially when that gaze widened in mild recognition and a bright smile stretched over the senior's lips.

"Hey, you're that barista from the other day. Right? Sorry I never introduced myself, I was kind of in a hurry to get to class. I'm Percy, Percy Jackson… you're… Nico… right?"

He sure hadn't seemed to be in much of a hurry considering how long he had taken to order his coffee but Nico just nodded. "Yeah… I know… um… nice to meet you I guess?" He stated awkwardly while tapping the fallen materials together and passed Percy his own while getting a small stack in return.

"Yeah. Nice to meet you. That coffee was perfect by the way. Helped me get all the way through my first class which I usually have trouble doing. So thanks for the suggestion."

Ahh… more grins. Did this guy get any less perfect and cheerful… ever? Nico kind of doubted it. "Yeah… um… no problem?" He returned a little awkwardly before standing up and glancing around them. "Um… thanks for helping me pick everything up too. I need to get to class so… I guess I'll see you around?" Not likely considering their classes wouldn't usually have the same halls or anything but he supposed he'd probably see him at the café every once in a while.

"Yeah, me too. See you around, Nico."

One last grin aimed his way and the green eyed male was off on his business once more. Nico sighed faintly, checked the clock, cursed quietly, and hurried on to his class.

It wasn't until he was working a later shift that he saw Percy again after that. He was just getting off his break when the other raven stepped into the shop and sent a smile his way. He quickly glanced down a moment and pretended to wash the counter next to the cash register before looking up and nodding to the older male. "What can I get you today?" He asked after a minute, seeing as the other seemed to be waiting on that.

"Ah, Yeah. Can I get a Caramel Mocha? I have some late studying to do and it should help get me through."

Percy sent him a wry smile after speaking which lent Nico the information that he possibly didn't like studying. He didn't seem like the type either so it made sense to the younger male if he didn't. Might as well ask right…? "So… you don't seem happy about that. Guess you aren't the studying type?" He questioned when he turned back with the other male's coffee.

"Mm. I tend to put it off a lot and forget about it. Annabeth reminded me earlier that there's a quiz in one of my classes that I mentioned to her last week. So she threatened me to start studying today and get at least a 'b' or else she'd force me into a group study session for a month"

Percy made a face at that while Nico bit the inside of his cheek to keep himself from laughing. It did seem like a very Annabeth thing for the blond to do. After quickly learning several of his friends were acquainted and friends with the male before him, he'd come to get a feel of how each of his friends might treat Percy within their circle. He was a popular person among them for sure… he even had a suspicion that Percy and Annabeth might have had a thing in high school as well from how she spoke about him when he asked them that one morning but it didn't seem like it followed them to collage since he was pretty sure Annabeth was dating a guy who already graduated last year… He couldn't remember his name or anything but she was pretty happy so… He mentally shook his head to free himself from wandering in his thoughts and looked at Percy again.

A moment of observation of the other while he paid, thanked him for the coffee, and began to leave before the shorter raven decided to go out on a limb since feelings aside he wanted to get to know Percy a bit in his own eyes. Plus… he was friends with all of Nico's own friends… it was kind of awkward he wasn't friends with Percy himself and it was a good start of things before just jumping in to ask him out. If he could even try to do that in the first place… but anyway. "Hey… Percy…?" He called out softly and got the green eyed male to pause and turn to look at him questioningly. "Do you want to hang out this weekend? You're kind of friends with most of my friends and it's sort of weird I haven met or hung out with you myself before so…" He trailed off and reflected he might have sounded sort of stupid while asking that.

"Sure, no problem. Wanna meet up somewhere then?"

Nico blinked and glanced up to see the other's beaming smile and felt stupid for feeling stupid since Percy already proved to be a pretty nice and laid back guy… So he shouldn't have thought the question was stupid in the first place. "Ah, yeah. Do you know the arcade and comic store just outside campus?" Mentally smacking himself for that meet up place since how geeky could someone get? But again his thoughts reprimanded themselves at the older's next grin.

"Yup. I've spent a lot of time there myself. So I know the place. See you there."

He tried to keep back a spectacular blush from spreading on his face then. "Yeah. See you there." He mumbled out as the other male left while sipping his mocha and having not a single clue of how much of an effect he was having on the shorter who simply sighed and turned around while musing about how far he was dooming himself with this.

How was that? Did you guys like how the meeting happened? xD tell me if you think I might be off on anything since I'm still working on pinning the characters down how I want to and stuff . But yeah, Review or Comment if you liked it and look forward to next sunday for chapter 3~ which I need to start writing XD anyway, till next week~