Save You As I Save My Life (Jasico)

Chapter 2: You Could Say That

Jason's POV

Jason was beyond excited. He had found Nico! Well, NIco had technically found him, but who cares. He prepared hot chocolate quickly, listening to Nico chat with his...their friends. It was all so exciting! Percy had said Nico was bisexual, but had more of a preference for men. PErcy felt utterly guilty for leaving him, as he had expressed multiple times. BUt that had been weeks ago. Nearly two months, actually. Maybe both of them were over it! That would be awesome....

Jason jumped as the microwave timer went off. He grabbed an oven mitt from beside the stove - a bright red one with little dots of snow detailed in - and opened the door, grabbing the mug. He grabbed a handful of marshmallows and threw them in, hoping against hope he was remembering what Leo said correctly. Not too much sugar, use milk, and marshmallows. BUt how many had he specified? 10? 15? Did it even matter?

Jason shook off the thought and set his shoulders, marching out with a dutiful expression. Leo and Nico were laughing together, while Percy was trying to say something.

"Boys," Jason cooed in his best motherly voice, causing the unsuspecting Nico to jump. "Percy is trying to speak."

He set the mug down on the table and gave a grin to Nico, who weakly gave it back.

"He's still scared of you Jason. You are a stranger after all. And I mean, look what meeting strangers happened to him! He ended up friends with me and dating the doofus pouting to himself in the corner.

Percy indignantly shouts 'HEY!' and then tackles Leo, which results in the image going grainy and the audio fizzing in and out.

"Oh, great." JAson mutters, sarcastic as usual, and then looks at Nico with large eyes. The boy is holding the mug, sipping at it tentatively. Jason sees his lips pull into a smile.

“Marshmallows….My favorite…” Nico murmurs, looking up at Jason again. The blonde blushes and scratches his head, shrugging. NEither of his friends warned him how...cute, the young Italian was.

“L-Leo told m-m- me you li-liked them…” Jason whispers, staring into his lap. Nico smiles and takes another small sip.

“It’s amazing, Jason. Thank you.”

"You’re welcome.” Jason smiles and shrugs. “So….Uh...Nico, there is something...I've wanted to ask you. SInce those two are fighting.....I wanted to ask you about the, uhm...well..."

"Being transexual?" Nco sets his mug down, blushing and staring at the table.

Jason nods with a blush, glancing off to the side.

"It's...different. I mean, I used to have...boobs, I guess it's just odd not having them? And....Having something...."

Nico shakes his head, blushing hard and refusing to look up. Sound has stopped from the phone, and Nico glances down. Leo is staring at Nico, and Percy is laughing on the floor. Leo punches Percy in the stomach, resulting in a screech  and then the older boy groaning, coughing and gagging.

"It's okay if you don't want to talk about it."

"That isn't what it is, I would love to talk about it. BUt...Well, with Percy, and Leo. I....just met you, Jason. I would love to get to know you, of course I would. But...I can't talk about stuff like that with...a....a virtual stranger. I'm sorry Jason." Nico leans forward on his arms, and Jason shrugs.

"I understand. I could barely talk about sexuality- Mine or otherwise- with Leo and Percy when I just met them at this summercamp I used to go to. So I totally understand!" JAson grins. He loves talking to people, even if they are strangers. Nico seems to have picked up on that.