Opposites Attract

Thinking Out Loud

Disclaimer: I'm obviously not Rick Riordan, so I don't own these characters.

Take me into your loving arms...

Nico closed his eyes and smiled, feeling the cool shade of the terrace he was sitting under.

Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars...

"Hey."

Nico looked up, shielding his eyes from the sun's harsh glare. Above him stood Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon. With his dripping wet hair, sea-glass eyes, and devilish smirk, he was the spitting image of a sea nymph. Gods, Nico thought, he was sooo hot...

"Nicooo?" Percy interrupted his thoughts. "Whatcha listening to? Heavy metal? Punk rock?"

Nico popped his earbuds out and cut off the music. Heavy metal? Yeah, right! Nico was listening to Ed Sheeran. But if anyone knew that, he'd lose his bad boy reputation. And, really, that was all he had.

"Yeah. Just some old Kiss albums I found in the Big House." Nico replied. "I got the Hecate kids to magically download them to my phone."

Percy chuckled. "Of course you would. But remember, don't let Chiron catch you with that phone out. If he does, he'll kick your butt back to Italy."

Percy ran off, probably to go see Annabeth or something. As he ran away, Nico called after him.

"I'll try!"

As soon as Percy was out of sight, Nico put his earbuds back in and relaxed. It was a perfect day. Everyone was off doing something fun, and Nico was all alone. You would think that, being a war hero and all, he would be more well liked. However, that wasn't the case. After a few weeks of people congratulating him and being his friend, they started flinching away again. Now, the only people who talked to Nico were the people who were on the quest and Will. That may sound like a substantial amount of people, but with the recent influx of Greek and Roman demigods, it wasn't a lot.

Oh, well, Nico thought. He had decided not to dwell on things like people not talking to him a long time ago. Instead, he dwelled on the most beautiful and amazing person he knew: Percy Jackson. Sure, he had pretended to be over him, but who was Nico kidding? Whenever he thought about the boy his stomach flipped and his palms got uncomfortably sweaty. But Percy was still, unfortunately, the straightest guy in Camp Halfblood. Besides, Nico was no homewrecker. Who wanted to break up the happy couple that was Percabeth? Nico knew that if he did that, the Aphrodite and Venus kids would be out for blood.

Caught up in his thoughts of Percy, Nico barely noticed the sun setting. Nor did he notice everyone coming out of their various summer camp activities to go eat dinner. He only opened his eyes when he felt someone watching him. Quickly, Nico turned around and caught Will Solace staring right over his shoulder.

"What the heck!?" he shouted.

Will blinked and shook his head as if coming out of a trance. "Oh, um, sorry about that... I was just, er, wondering what you were listening to..."

Oh, gods, Nico thought. Now Will would tell everyone about his strange music tastes. Everyone would make fun of him! Imagine, the son of Hades listening to silly romantic pop ballads!!

As the thoughts raced through Nico's mind, he felt himself start to blush furiously. Will, noticing Nico's embarassment, grinned.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Besides, I think its kinda cute." Will winked and Nico's face turned an even deeper shade of red. "And also, Ed Sheeran is one of my favorites." Of course, Nico figured. The only people rivaling Aphrodite/Venus' kids in sappiness were the Apollo kids. For some reason, having your dad as the god of poetry made people prone to romantic outbursts.

Before Nico could stammer out a reply to Will's obvious attempt at flirting, the older boy grabbed his arm and pulled him off the lounge chair Nico had had been stuck to for the past couple of hours.

"C'mon, you need some food. I'll sit with you at dinner." Will said, his voice radiating happiness.

As they walked away, Nico couldn't help but notice how perfect Will's butt looked in his jeans. Hmm, he thought, maybe he could be my Percy...

A/N: Hello lovely readers! Thank you so much for reading the first chapter of this new story! If you liked it, please like, comment, or vote on it. Critisim is welcomed, but only constructive criticism, please. Be on the lookout for the next chapter! :) Have a great day!