Sorry for the wait. :-) This chapter took me a long time. I'm not sure as to why but some chapters are harder to write than others. I hope you enjoy.

Important thing to note... This will be yaoi (boy-boy). Don't like? You do not have to read.

Disclaimer- I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the Heroes of Olympus series. (One can dream though) All rights go to the proper parties.

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Percy POV

The instant the words were out of my mouth it was all I could do to stop myself from hitting my head off the wall. I had never felt as idiotic as I did at that moment. It had sounded so much better in my head than it had out loud.

Way to sound like a creeper Percy... I grimaced. "That came out wrong... what I meant is... well..." I was surprised that my heart could still beat given how much of my blood was in my face. I was mortified. I couldn't bring myself to look at the son of Hades.

"What... you, um..." I heard Nico clear his throat.

I gave myself a mental face-palm. He sounded so incredibly uncomfortable. What, I hadn't freaked him out enough with my confession so I decided to finish the job?

I coughed and stepped back. "I should, um... I have to unpack. See you."

I practically ran from the room. I felt like a coward but there wasn't anything I could do about it. I couldn't bring myself to stay and explain my brainless comment to Nico. Once again my mouth had gotten ahead of my mind and I ended up making a fool of myself.

I didn't stop until I was in my cabin with the door locked behind me. I collapsed on the bed and buried my face in my hands. Every time it seemed that Nico and I were starting to get along I would go and do something completely foolish.

I couldn't wrap my head around why he wasn't avoiding me already. First I kiss him, then I confess my feelings, and now I told him he was sexy...

Gods kill me now.

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Nico POV

I watched as Percy practically tripped over himself to get away from me. I felt like I should tell him it was alright but I was shell shocked.

I shook my head. Remembering his comment I felt myself blush again... 'I never realized before... You're kind of sexy.'

Percy never seemed to act how I expected him too. I had hoped that by sparring with him I might be able to impress him, instead he kicked my ass. I thought taking off my shirt would make him think I looked like a child... instead he says that I'm sexy?

I couldn't see it. If it wasn't for the fact that he was so embarrassed about saying it I would have thought he was lying. I was tiny; you could practically see my ribs. It didn't matter how much I ate, I was always far too thin. Ya, I had some muscle definition but I definitely wasn't as muscular as Percy or Jason. I thought my body looked like a starving ten year old. Why would anyone think I was hot?

I shook my head. It was far easier to believe that he was simply lying to me than it was to believe he actually found me attractive.

I had no idea what to do with the knowledge Percy had given me. I ran a hand through my hair and tried to think. All I could focus on was the feeling of Percy's hands on my chest as he bandaged my shoulder.

I needed help.

I sighed and went to go change. I had no intention of wearing a dirty, holey, shirt for the rest of the evening. At least it wasn't one of my favorites.

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Once I had a clean shirt on I went to find Jason. I went up on deck and saw Piper and Jason talking together. Piper looked up and waved me over.

"How'd it go?"

I had to hide a smile; Piper was always right to the point. I lifted a hand to run it through my hair only to stop when I felt a shot of pain through my shoulder. I held back a wince and sighed. "It didn't go exactly as planned."

Jason frowned, "What happened to your arm?"

I raised an eyebrow at him, "You didn't see?"

Jason smiled at me, "I wasn't watching. I was trying to give you guys some privacy."

I was touched by his answer. I shouldn't have been, but I was surprised by how much he cared. I felt my lips twitch in a small smile. He seemed to want me and Percy together almost as much as I did. "Well, he beat me. In the process he managed to cut my shoulder."

Piper frowned at me, "Are you okay?"

I shrugged, "I will be fine it's not that bad."

"So what happened?"

I sighed; I wasn't used to Piper knowing my secret. It was still a little disconcerting to talk about him in front of her. I forced myself to ignore her and tell them. If anyone would know what to do with Percy's reaction it was the two of them. "We went to the sick bay and he wrapped up my shoulder. He... had me take of my shirt so he could work. After everything was said and done I put my shirt back on only for Percy to tell me that..." I felt myself start to blush again. I cleared my throat and forced myself to continue. "That he thought I was um... well, kind of sexy."

Their eyes got really wide for a moment and then they both burst out laughing. I tried not to be offended but to have two of your friends laugh at the thought of someone calling you sexy was a little hurtful. I narrowed my eyes at them and looked away.

The son of Jupiter clearly saw my reaction. "No Nico," Jason tried to stop himself from laughing. "Were not making fun of you I promise. It's just, that is such a Percy reaction."

I glared at him. "How exactly is that a 'Percy reaction'?"

Piper smiled, still trying to get a hold of her laughter, "It's exactly like him to say something like that. He is just the kind of person that says the first thing that comes to his head."

Jason nodded and wiped his eyes. "Most of us would have found a better way to put it. Would I be correct in guessing that those were Percy's exact words?"

I felt myself blush even brighter than before. I didn't believe that I had ever blushed that much before. "Pretty much..."

Jason started to laugh again and I could see Piper trying her best to hold it in. "Well there is a plus side to Percy's impulsiveness, you don't need to try to dissect his words to figure out what he's thinking."

Jason smiled and forced himself to stop laughing. "This is a really good thing though."

I scoffed and gave him a disbelieving look. "How exactly is me getting my butt kicked and then being embarrassed a good thing?"

Piper shook her head at me, "You're so oblivious sometimes, no wonder you like Percy so much."

"Hey..." I glared at the daughter of Aphrodite.

"Oh be quiet you two." Jason rolled his eyes. "Nico, we already know that he likes hanging out with you. Now he tells you that you're sexy, which mean that he's attracted to you. The plan went over even better than we could have hoped."

I frowned at the comment. "I thought the purpose of the plan was to impress Percy."

"Well you did impress him in a way, just not the way we planned it." I was about to interrupt Piper when she continued. "Besides, impressing him wasn't exactly the goal in the first place."

I felt my forehead scrunch in confusion. "Then what was the goal?"

Jason smiled at me. It was a little weird the way that they seemed to be able to finish each others thoughts. "The point of the plan was to get Percy to start thinking about you in a different light. If you had impressed him with your fighting he would have thought about what a good fighter you were every time he saw you practicing. Instead, from now on when he sees you he's hopefully going to be thinking how attractive you look. And that is even better."

"Why would we want Percy thinking about how I look?"

"Can you honestly tell me that the thought of Percy thinking about how sexy you look is unappealing to you?"

I looked away and tried to hide my blush. After all the time I had spent thinking about Percy, I would be lying to say that the thought of him thinking about me in that way wasn't tempting. "I guess."

Piper smiled at me. "Trust me; the plan may have taken a different direction than we hoped but it still worked. So after he told you, what did you say?"

"I didn't really get a chance to say anything. He started blushing like crazy and practically ran away from me."

Jason frowned. "Well we can't leave it like that. He's probably embarrassed. Besides, today is going far too well to stop now." Jason scratched his neck and looked at me critically. "Has he seen you since he told you?"

I furrowed my brow, "No, why?"

Piper smiled as she looked at her boyfriend. "Good idea, where was this side of you earlier?"

Jason smiled and put his arm around her. "I'm not sure. The dastardly side of my mind comes and goes."

Piper started to laugh. "Hey, are you guys going to tell me what's going on."

The two of them turned to me with identical evil smiles on their faces. I had to resist the urge to take a step back.