A/N: Hey there, another week another chapter and boy am I happy with this fic. It's fun to write so far and I love how these characters have turned out under my hands. Here's hoping I can finish writing it out before I need to start on my big bang fic again though the chances of that are unlikely lol anyway, this chapter is longer than the last two. Almost 2k this time! but I hope you guys enjoy it.

-Leather Jacket idea credited to kendallslogiebear on tumblr.-

There were three things that Nico noticed as soon as he arrived at the game place, One… He was early by about thirty minutes (he caught Percy once earlier and figured out a time to meet like they forgot to the evening before) and Percy himself was already there. Two… Percy was tapping his feet and rapping his fingers with a humming smile to the music coming from the overhead speakers outside the store, the sorter recognizing it as one of his favored songs (Paper Wings, By Rise Against). Three and lastly… the older male was wearing a leather jacket. A black one at that. He could only stare for several moments as he took in the other male in said jacket to save to his memory for maybe forever.

It wasn't a bad look on him for sure, especially since it amplified the appearance of the firm muscles in his arms to the point that it made Nico wonder if he was wearing a t-shirt under the sinfully attractive thing or something. Coughing lightly in his fist, the shorter regained his composure a bit and approached the other male. As soon as he saw him it was like the other male had some weird special smile for him or something, which the younger didn't allow himself to think on too long, since the older's expression lit up with a brighter smile than he'd seen so far as soon as he noticed Nico walking awkwardly towards him. It could be just his imagination too though. As it was, the shorter sent a nod the other's way and glanced around a moment before waving for Percy to follow him inside.

Once there, he turned and gave a neutral look in response to the smile, which just made Percy grin. "So… what stuff do you like to play here? And I never expected you to be a leather jacket kind of guy." He stated lightly with a curious look while he mentally cursed over how much deeper that look alone had doomed him with this senior. Leather and black were both things he really liked so it was extremely attractive and all that harder to avoid feeding this attraction thing he felt towards the other male. After asking his question he turned and wandered over to a nearby comics rack which the older soon joined him at and began to look through as well. At the very least it did seem like the senior had frequented the comic and game store… and not just for the games either.

"I kind of like the shooters but the racing and adventure ones are both pretty cool too. Haven't tried the classic arcade games yet, though. As for the jacket… I don't wear it around school much but outside I do. It'd be a lot cooler if I was the motorcycle type but I'm not, at least I can't own one. Never drove one either so I don't know if I'd like it or not."

He chuckled after that. It was something that kind of embarrassed Nico himself. since he sort of was a motorcycle kind of guy. His dad just wouldn't let him have one till he had the money to buy and own one himself, made on his own without his family's help. "Motorcycles are pretty cool." The shorter returned cautiously, glancing from the corner of his eye and noting Percy's expression. At the very least, the other raven seemed pretty happy to hear he liked motorcycles though the smaller was unsure why he would be unless-. "But I don't have or drive one… yet. My father won't let me get one unless I save the money for it myself. My family is sort of… unique…" He continued, still being a bit cautious with his words. Percy appeared curious which made the younger male a little self-conscious.

"I mean… well… my family… we're the farthest from a poor family you could get but my parents are the type to say 'work for what you want' all the time so I had to get in this school on a scholarship. As did my younger sister. I think you know her… Hazel? I have an older sister as well but she goes to a more professional place… the same one as Thalia I think. That private all-girls collage? She's going to be a veterinarian." He then debated on telling Percy what his parent's did or if the other male noticed his slightly morbid wardrobe outside of the coffee shop. Parents can come later, he decided, before going on to say one more thing. "Hazel and I are kind of black sheep in our family she's my half-sister so she probably has an excuse though…" He gave a small smile. "But I don't treat her any different than Bianca!" He stated after a little hurriedly as he thought of how that had sounded. "In fact… I probably get along with her better… I haven't seen Bianca for a couple years already…" He mumbled and looked up with a faint blush as he realized he was sort of rambling too. "Sorry, I was rambling about stuff that isn't really interesting—"

"It's alright Nico, you don;'t have to worry about it. It was kind of cool to hear about actually. You said you wanted to get to know me better since everyone else in our friend group knows me well but we just met, right? Well it's the same for me too. Since I don't know anything about you either." He winked a bit. "Except maybe your taste in coffee from your suggestions and you like video games and stuff like I do too." He then laughed which made Nico look down in embarrassment.

"Yeah, um, right. Sorry. And I'm strongest in card games or non-technological ones really. Videogames are cool and everything but… I like strategizing and the stories you can do in the RPG kind of games... the table top ones I mean." He returned before shifting awkwardly and stepping away to browse in another section to cover his blush which seemed to fail considering Percy had followed him over and started browsing as well.

"Well, I'm not that familiar for those but I'd like to learn if you feel like teaching me. Would that be alright with you?" Shock was certainly in Nico's expression now more than the blush was though that had remained at the very least. He hadn't expected the older male to be interested in that type of thing. Sure Annabeth, Jason, Rachel, and several other friends of theirs (even Thalia) were into that kind of game but he didn't think Percy would be too.

"Uh… sure— I um… I didn't think you'd be interested, but if you wanted to…" He trailed off before wondering if that was a good idea or not. Percy seemed interested but it'd put them in close quarters once more and he wasn't sure if he could concentrate properly enough to teach him at first but there was also finding time to teach him and where he'd be able to try it too. But if he could figure all of that out then maybe it'd be alright… maybe. Either way he wasn't a type to run away after making an agreement so he'd see it through. After that, he then lead Percy towards the card sets area, he could tell him about the card ones first since this was the perfect place to do so. It had everything from card games to comics to video games to all sorts of other geeky merchandise. It probably even had the stuff for the rpgs too but he was going to save that for another time since it did look like there was going to be another time too.

For the next couple of hours, Nico taught Percy about Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon tcg, Yu-gi-oh, and his personal favorite Mythomagic before they both began getting hungry. Nico was getting ready for Percy to leave and go have some planned supper with someone or something but was surprised when the other male simply offered to show him a rather good burger place just down the road that Nico had never heard of. "I— um… s-sure." He nodded and saw Percy flash him a smile before nudging at him to follow as he led the way.

Once they got there, Nico took time to look around a few times to take in the place since he's never been here before. It was a nice place, at least nicer than you expect most burger places to be but he liked it. "It's… nice." He stated, meaning his words and glancing up at the other's bright emerald gaze that seemed to sparkle as he spoke… something that made him think he was imagining things. Either way, he sighed lightly and looked around to find a table. "Do we order first or get the table first?" He asked after a minute.

"Order. Then we pick a table while we wait. This place has a great selection too, I promise. I think you'll like it." Percy smiled again and led them both to the line. At least it wasn't really a long one. Which was good as, soon enough, they made their orders and went to wait where they both talked a little more about their interests and Percy provided some information about his own family. Nico learned several things he hadn't from his friends, like how Percy's mom was remarried and happy with a guy she met when Percy was only about thirteen. His father was a sailor that traveled a lot but he always got to see him whenever the man came to port in a nearby town and brought the older the occasional souvenir and even spent a day with him to talk and chat about adventures before his father headed back out to sea.

Nico also gathered that was one of the reasons he was so interested in the sea and why he was majoring in marine biology though the classes were fairly hard and required a lot of studying. It kind of made the shorter smile a little because it was nice to hear about a happy family even when the family was split like that. It was a warmer family than his own, even if they were all together. Soon, their order was called and the two of them ate in partial silence with the occasional exchange of questions. Nico knew he was falling deeper but he wasn't quite minding it as much as he had before because he was actually learning about Percy too which made his growing crush more… cherishable… even though he was certain he was going to regret it later.

Once they finished eating, the time out together had to end. Nico was working early again and Percy had a lot of studying and homework to catch up on. They walked together till their paths split and separated with an exchange of parting smiles. It had been a good day and Nico was looking forward to the next plans they will be making later on. Nico had gotten Percy's number too, which made planning a hell of a lot easier to the relief of them both. So with that, he made his way home and went to sleep.

So how was that? Just a little Psuedo-date there huh? next chapter coming up next week! Review or Comment if you wish to do so too~