It's been like 2 or so weeks since the beginning

Percy ran into class the next morning, still groggy from waking up 10 minutes ago. His alarm had broken, so he woke up way too late. He slid into his seat, just as the teacher walked into the room. He breathed a sigh of relief and pulled his books out of his bag.

"Arken?"

"Here."

And so the day began.

************************** Nico di Angelo***************************************

Nico glanced at his watch, hoping for the class to end soon. His next class was a study hall, which he spent in the library anyways. He leaned back in his chair. Ten more minutes of History, and then he would probably wander around the halls until he found an old classroom to hang out in. The bell rang, and Nico leapt up from his seat.

As he was rounding the corner during his study hall, he slammed into someone.

"Ow. Damn."

"Nico! Sorry, I didn't see you there!" Nico inwardly groaned. The one person he didn't want to bump into... alone...

"Hey Perce." He looked up at Percy, wishing the boy wasn't so tall. Then he realized that was because he was still sitting on the ground, and went to try and go through the process of pushing himself off the ground without looking stupid. All of a sudden, Nico saw a hand in front of him. He looked up at Percy, who was starting to look kind of sheepish about the whole encounter.

"Thanks." He said, grabbing Percy's hand and pulling himself up. He tried to avoid looking at Percy, as he was blushing rather profusely.

"What are you doing right now?" Percy asked.

"Study hall. I usually spend it in an empty classroom."

"Same here. Well, not the whole 'empty classroom' thing, but I have one too. Which empty room are you going to?"

They chose one a few minutes later and just sat there in silence.

"What do you normally do during this 'alone in a classroom time'?"

"Read. Or I work on homework. Sometimes I fall asleep." Percy laughed.

"I thought you said you didn't read, Neek! Were you lying to me?" He put on a mock hurt face and Nico laughed.

"It was Annabeth."

"I can relate to that, Neek. She does come on strong. What do you read?"

"Um, mostly fantasy… sci-fi... I dunno." Nico looked at the ground. They were sitting behind the teacher's desk so if a passing teacher looked in, they wouldn't see them. Nico was aware of how close Percy was.

"Do you have a girlfriend, Nico?" Nico gasped. What did he just say? Did I hear right?

"I- I – no. I'm not… into girls." Percy smiled at him, and by now Nico was blushing so hard, he was surprised he wasn't on fire.

"I know. Well, I thought so. Do you have a boyfriend, then?"

"No. Who'd want to date me? I'm depressing. People don't notice me. And if they do, they don't care."

"I-"Percy didn't know what to do. Well, he knew what he wanted to do. He didn't know what he could do that wouldn't leave him dead behind a teachers desk. Nico was looking down at the ground, and he was…blushing? Percy didn't think Nico blushed.

"You're blushing, Neek. I didn't think you could blush." Percy teased, trying to cover up the awkward silence. Nico looked at him quickly, and then stood up.

"I have to go."

"Wait... Nico!" Percy stood up and ran after Nico as he walked out of the door. He caught up with him right outside the classroom.

"Nico." Percy grabbed his wrist. Nico stopped and turned around.

"Let go of me, Jackson." He struggled to free his wrist. Percy guided him back inside the classroom. He sat Nico back down on a desk.

"I'm sorry I teased. I didn't mean it. Stay here. We still have half an hour left."

"I'm not mad you teased me." Nico wouldn't look at him. His gazed was fixed on his black converse.

"Nico." Percy moved his face up so they were looking at each other.

Nonononono. I can't do this. Not now, please... I want to leave. I can't do this…not again.

Percy leaned down.

"You two. What are you doing? Where are you supposed to be? Jackson, I expected better of you." The math teacher, Mr. Soans, leaned into the classroom.

"We'll talk later, Nico."

~ Line break~

After school, Percy headed to his apartment. His mom had made cookies and left a note on the fridge.

Percy,

Gone with Paul until nine or ten, maybe longer if we find something else to do. Cookies for a snack, and leftovers for dinner. Feel free to invite someone over.

Mom.

Percy smiled as he grabbed his phone and a blue cookie (white chocolate chip), and went into the living room.

Nico,

Come over. We need to talk.

Percy texted Nico then went to shower and change. Nico would be there soon.

When Percy got out of the shower, Nico was sitting on his couch.

"Shit, Nico! I didn't know you were there." Nico stood and followed him into the kitchen, where he saw the plate of blue cookies.

"What's with the blue?"

"My old stepdad said blue food didn't exist. We started eating blue food just to annoy him. He left."

Nico laughed.

They sat down on the couch with cookies, and sat in awkward silence.

"These are some dam (ha) good cookies, man."

"Thanks, my mom is really into baking."

They sat for another few moments.

"Nico-"Percy said as Nico started to say his name.

"You first." They both said that.

"Same time?"

"Ok."

"1, 2, 3-"

"I love you."

Nico looked up from the couch, blushing.

"What?"

"Nico, I love you."

Percy looked right at Nico. He leaned in.

"I love you."

His lips gently brushed Nico's. Then Nico moved over to him. His lips crashed onto Percy's.

"I love you too."

Percy looked into Nico's eyes, and saw a glimmer of hope beneath all the gloom.

That was so cheesy omg like send help.

I'm sorry.

But, happy New Year.

Reviews, Anyone?

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