Jason:

Jason shoved his books into his locker. Without thinking about it he automatically glanced over at Percy's locker. Jason frowned. Percy wasn't there and he hadn't been in their first period class either. Jason slammed his locker door shut. Percy's absence could only mean one thing: he'd ditched to avoid Jason.

Jason was so angry he wanted to punch something. Anything. Why was Percy avoiding him? He was the one who should be apologizing to Jason. Zeus how did this get so screwed up?

Just as Jason was contemplating ditching the remainder of school Leo came up behind him and grabbed his arm. Jason turned to face him and was surprised to see how upset Leo looked.

"Jas" he said "we have to go."

Jason grabbed Leo's shoulders. "What're you talking about?" he asked. "Calm down. We still have like three minutes before class."

"No, we have to go" Leo practically yelled. "It's Percy and Nico. They got in a fight, they're in the emergency room."

Jason's entire body tensed. He felt like his heart jumped in his throat. "What?" he asked "what happened? Are they okay?"

"They're fine" Leo said making the ice around Jason's heart melt. "Nico needs stitches and Percy's unconscious. Guess he got hit pretty hard."

Jason clenched his fists. "Who did this?" he gritted out. Leo swallowed and stared at his feet. "Leo! Who did this!"

"It was the guy from the other day" he said quietly. "Octavian and his dumb minions."

"I'll kill them."

"Jas, they're already getting in trouble with the principle. Just drop it so we can go see them, alright?" Leo insisted.

Jason let out a long breath and grabbed his bookbag. "Yea," he said "let's go."

Leo and Jason got to the hospital in time to catch Nico as Jason's mom signed him out of hospital. Leo ran over to him and gave him a hug. To Jason's surprise Nico melted into the hug, but only for a second before he pushed Leo away and glanced awkwardly at his aunt. Luckily, Jason's mom didn't seem to notice anything.

Jason stepped forward and grabbed Nico's shoulder's. He stared at his bruised face and saw there were stitches across his cheek. "Nico" he said quietly. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine" he mumbled.

Jason frowned at him. It was obvious he was lying, but Jason didn't want to push it quite yet. "What happened?" he asked. "Is Percy-"

"He's fine" Nico said. "He took a few punches to the gut and a kick to the head, but... They said he'd be okay. He... He only did it to protect me. Jason, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault Nico" Jason told him. "I'm just glad you're okay." Nico looked like he was about to cry. Jason was about to give him a spiel about it truly not being his fault, but he was distracted by Sally Jackson walking into the waiting room. "Sally!" he practically yelled. She jumped and almost dropped her coffee. "S-Sorry Ms. Jackson. Can I- Is Percy okay? Can I see him? Please?"

"Jason honey calm down" she said "Percy's fine. He's still unconscious, but he should be up soon."

"Can I see him?" he repeated.

His heart sunk when she slowly shook her head. "He needs his rest" she told him. "And it's family only."

"You could lie, and I could-"

"Jason" Sally said, her voice sounder sterner than he'd ever heard it. "I think you should go. I'll tell him you came when he wakes up and I'll let him decide if he wants you to see him then."

Jason sighed and rubbed his temples. "Okay" he said in a resigned voice. "Just... Tell him I'm sorry, okay? And that I really want to talk to him."

Sally smiled. "Of course I will."

Percy:

Percy stared at his hands and tried to pretend his mom wasn't staring into his soul. He'd woken up hardly ten minutes ago with a pounding headache and a lot of confusion. His mom had started to explain what happened and eventually things started to click back into place.

"It wasn't my fault this time" he finally blurted out.

"Alright."

"I mean it" Percy insisted. "They were beating up Nico, you've seen how small he is! I had to help him!"

"Okay."

"You should've heard what they called him mom! I had to do something!" he defended. She simply kept staring at him. "I'm sorry" he mumbled.

She sighed and grabbed his hand. "I know honey" she said "but I thought you were trying to turn over a new leaf at this school. No more getting in trouble."

"It's not like I started it" he said "and what was I supposed to do? Point and laugh as they kicked the crap out of Nico? For being gay of all things! That's a hate crime!"

"I know honey" she said "and I'm not saying I disagree with you helping him, but I think you should've gotten help from an adult instead of getting physically involved."

He groaned. "Okay okay I will next time" Percy said. His mom raised her eyebrows. "I mean, there will be no next time?"

She smiled. "Better."

When Percy finally got home and got a hold of his phone he was surprised to see he had a bunch of texts from his friends and Leo and even Nico, but the person he cared about most had only sent him one text:

Jason: Come over. Please.

Without thinking it through he grabbed a sweatshirt and downed a few more of his painkillers before wasting ten minutes convincing his mom and finally, finally making it to Jason's house.

His mom opened the door to let him in and after obsessively thanking him for helping Nico she let him go up to Jason's room.

Percy took a deep breath before he finally knocked on Jason's door. He heard a mumbled "come in" before letting himself in.

Jason's eyes grew big as he saw Percy. Apparently he hadn't been expecting him to actually come, especially without any warning. "Uh, hey" he said.

Percy shifted his weight. "Hey."

Jason slowly stood up off his bed and walked towards Percy. He slowly lifted his hand to lightly touch bruise on Percy's cheek. He shook his head slowly. "Zeus Jackson" he practically whispered. "You're an idiot."

Percy smiled. "I know."

Jason let his hand drop and sat back down on the bed. Percy followed him and and awkwardly folded his hands. "You know nothing happened between me and Annabeth" he said "we were just talking. She was giving me advice on what to do after our fight, she told me I should just talk to you. I was about to when you walked in."

Jason stared at his hands. "You probably should have" he practically whispered. "I would've deserved it. How I treated you... What I said... I'm sorry, Perce. I didn't mean it. Or... maybe I did, but I don't anymore. I swear it."

Percy smiled. "I shouldn't push you like I have been" he said "you're going to need time to accept yourself, and I'll give you that time. But... I'd like to be along for the ride if you're okay with that."

Jason leaned forward and kissed Percy. "I'm definitely okay with that" he said.

"Good" Percy said. He leaned forward to kiss Jason again, but their lips had just barely touched when they heard someone yell from downstairs.

"You can't do this!"

Jason pulled away and frowned. "Nico? What's-"

"Get out of our house!" a loud angry voice came from downstairs.

Without a word Jason jumped out his bed and out of the room. Not knowing what to do, Percy followed. Only they never made it down the stairs before they were met halfway down with a tear stricken Nico. "Nico?" Jason asked in a hushed voice. "What's going on?"

"The principle called" he said in a shaking voice. "They found out why Octavian attacked me and... And your parents found out about me and Leo. They said they don't want 'my kind' living in their house."

Jason stared, his mouth hanging wide open. He looked like he was trying to speak, but nothing was coming out. "You're joking right?" Percy asked. "They can't just kick you out!"

Nico stared at his feet. "Yes they can" he mumbled "I'm not even their kid. They don't have to take care of me. I'll- I'll just... Hades I don't know what to do!"

"Just go grab your crap and come to my house for the night, okay?" Percy provided when Jason remained silent. "Jason will sort this out and you'll come back home, right Jas?"

Jason closed his mouth and nodded. Nico looked like he was about to talk, but a tear finally spilled over his eyelid and he ran up the stairs, most likely to get his stuff. Percy turned to Jason. "You have to tell them about us" he stated.

Jason's eyes grew wide. "What?" he gasped "no!"

"Yes!" Percy defended. "You're their son! They won't kick you out, and then they'll have to let Nico stay here."

"I can't-"

"You have to" Percy insisted "for Nico's sake."

Jason shook his head. "Look I appreciate you looking after Nico, but I can handle this on my own" he said "without coming out. I'll handle this on my own, I will. So drop it, okay?" Percy wanted to retort, but Nico came out of his room with a bag. "I"ll handle it."

Percy stared at Jason for a moment and he tried his best to believe that what Jason was saying was true and he wasn't just being selfish. Finally he tore his gaze away from Jason and turned to leave the house with Nico following behind him.

Hope ya liked it! Please review! Thanks for reading I'll update soon!