Jason:

Jason groaned and lied back on his bed. After he explained everything to Leo, he had told Jason how stupid he was and that he should call Percy and apologize ASAP. Jason had tried, but every time he tried it went to voicemail. "He doesn't want to talk to me" he complained.

"Can you blame him?" Leo asked.

Jason shot him a glare. "Some of this is his fault ya know" he said.

Leo glared at him. "Not really" he said, his voice surprisingly angry.

Jason sat up and stared at him. Leo had been acting kind of edgy since Jason had explained what happened. "You know you're supposed to be my friend" he said "and be on my side. That's why you're here talking to me, isn't it?"

"Not if you're wrong!" Leo said. "I'm sorry, but... You can't act like that!"

"It's not like what I said was that terrible" Jason defended, and he honestly believed it. What he said wasn't his finest moment, but it wasn't his worst either.

"You don't get it" Leo told him. "What you said, it was homophobic Jas."

Jason frowned at him. "Leo, I'm gay" he deadpanned. "I can't be homophobic."

Leo rolled his eyes. "That's a lie" he said "you can be, and you kind of were. I mean you never thought poorly of Piper when she came onto you. And if you had walked in on Nico kissing a girl would you have threatened her like you did me? Or would you have just high-fived him? Just because you're gay doesn't mean that a small part of you doesn't think it's wrong."

Jason sunk back against the bed. He felt like he'd been punched. Was that true?

He knew the answer was yes. "Maybe I do a little bit, but... but it doesn't matter. I'll work on it eventually" he said.

"You need to work on it now" Leo said, sounding angrier than Jason had heard him be in years.

"Hey, it's not that big of deal" Jason defended "it's not hurting anyone but myself."

He noticed Leo's hands tighten into fists. "Oh yea, what about Percy?" he asked "or Nico?"

Jason frowned. "What does Nico have to do with any of this?" he asked. "You will not be telling him any of this!"

"No, I won't because I don't want to hurt him any more than he already is" Leo gritted out.

Jason's expression turned from anger to confusion. "What're you talking about?" he asked, nervous of the answer.

Leo stared at his hands. "The other day some dumb jock guy saw me kiss Nico behind the school" he said quietly. "He... He said some pretty mean stuff. I've got a thick skin, but Nico... It was obvious he was upset. Almost like he believed the asshole."

Jason's entire body tensed. "Who was it?" he asked "I swear I'll kick his ass."

Leo shook his head. "It doesn't matter" he said "what it matters is that there are people out there who think it's okay to be homophobic. But it's not, and you know that Jas. You may think you're not hurting anyone but yourself, but how in Hades am I going to convince Nico that what that asshole said was wrong when his own cousin thinks the same things? He looks up to you and how. In. Hades. is he going to accept himself if you can't?"

Jason felt like he'd been punched in the gut. He knew everything Leo had said was true, and he had never been so ashamed of himself. "I- Leo, I-" he rambled "I'm sorry, it's just so hard!"

Leo sighed and put his hand on Jason's shoulder. "Look man" he said "you're a good person. Act like it."

Jason stood up off the bed and grabbed his sweatshirt. "What're you doing?" Leo asked.

Jason flashed him a half smile. "I'm going to see Percy" he said "I'm going to fix this."

Or at least that was plan until he got to Percy's apartment and walked in on Percy and Annabeth on Percy's bed holding hands.

Percy:

Annabeth had immediately agreed to come over when Percy called her. Luckily his parents had just gone out to dinner so they had a couple hours to themselves. She walked into Percy's bedroom and plopped down on his bed. "So what'd you do Seaweedbrain?" she asked.

"Nothing" he said as he sat down next to her. "I just... want to see you." He absently ran a hand down her arm. "I miss you Wise Girl."

"Percy" she said in her warning voice.

"What?" he asked with fake innocence. "It's been a while since we've hung out... Alone."

To Percy's surprise Annabeth burst out laughing and shook her head back and forth. Percy frowned at her and let his hand drop. "Percy I love you, but I can read you like a book" she said. Percy continued to frown at her. "So what'd Jason do to piss you off, huh? What'd he say to make you feel insecure?"

Percy scratched the back of his neck. "I'm not feeling insecure" he mumbled.

"Liar" Annabeth stated. "Just tell me what happened."

Percy sighed and rubbed his eyes. A part of him knew this would happen. He told himself he'd called Annabeth over as a bootycall, but deep down he knew Annabeth knew him too well to do something like that. She'd know he was simply upset. He resigned to the truth and told her everything that happened between him and Jason.

Annabeth nodded. "Yea I'd be pissed too" she stated.

Percy laughed dryly. "Exactly" he said "so I'm not overreacting?"

Annabeth raised her eyebrows. "That is not what I'm saying" she said "I mean, Perce, how many girls did you make out with when you first started having feelings for Luke to try and pretend you weren't having them?"

Percy shrunk into himself. To be honest, that answer was a lot. Even though his mother had raised him to embrace who he was a small part of him still didn't want to accept it at first. That was partially why he was so angry when Jason had made comments about Percy making out with everyone. He was ashamed of how he'd acted back then and he didn't like it being thrown in his face.

"I hate that you're always right" he mumbled.

Annabeth laughed and grabbed Percy's hands in hers. "I'm not saying he was right in doing what he did, I'm just saying to give him the benefit of the doubt" she said "and don't go screw someone else because you're annoyed."

Percy smiled. "I think I can manage that" he said. He knew she was right. He would finally answer Jason's call and hear him out. They'd get through this. They would.

Or at least he thought they would until Jason burst into the room and his eyes grew wide as he saw Percy and Annabeth.

Percy:

The following Monday Percy moped his way to school. That night Jason had immediately stormed out of Percy's apartment before he got the chance to explain anything and he hadn't answered any calls since then. Complete and utter radio silence from both ends.

Percy sighed and grabbed his bookbag as he walked across the parking lot to the school. He was running late to school so there was no one around.

Or at least he thought there wasn't until he heard someone let out a strangled yell.

Percy looked around the parking lot until he found the source of the yell and the site made his heart jump into his throat.

Next to some douchebag's truck was Nico lying on the ground surrounded by three jerkwad guys. Percy felt his insides break as one of them kicked Nico in the stomach.

"Hey!" he yelled as he ran over to them. "What the hell are you doing?"

Nico's eyes fluttered to him and there was a pleading look on his face that made Percy want to break every one of these guy's faces.

One of the jerks turned to look at Percy. "This kid's a fag" he said "we're just giving him what he deserves."

Without thinking Percy punched the guys square in the face.

"A fag?" Percy yelled. "It's 2015 you douchebag! And guess what? I'm one too so why don't you pick on someone your own size?"

Percy went for another punch, but he felt someone grabbed his arms and pinning them behind his back. He seemed to have forgotten about the douchebag's friends that were now restraining him. "You know what?" the guy said "I think I will."

And that's the last thing Percy remembers.

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