Fates - a pernico tale

Chapter 2- Tea With Aphrodite (part 2)

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Sorry to keep you guys waiting..here is the next part

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Nico's POV 

I turned back to see myself face to face with the love of my life - Percy. No,no, no shit Sherlock it ' s a girl who looks like Percy.

Seriously she looked like Percy. She had Perfectly tanned skin, raven black hair which was bouncing on her shoulders. Her sea green eyes seemed to have a depth which mesmerized me.

No doubt she was the most beautiful girl in this world albeit the fact that she was wearing a simple orange camp half blood t shirt. A smile played across her lips as if she knew what I was thinking .

Suddenly I realized that u had been staring at her like a stalker. It then occurred to me. . .

"Lady Aphrodite " I knelt before her.
"Wanna join me for tea? You look so skinny" she squealed as if two girls were meeting over for lunch.

Oh no not another goddess who thinks that I'm malnourished.

"I'll take that as a yes" she said referring to my silence. I sat numbly on a decorated chair that appeared along with a tea table out of nowhere.
I was so soaked in her charm that I was sipping sweet tea without my will.

"Do you know why you're here?" she asked. "I..umm..actually..I-I ermm..dunno" I stuttered. She giggled cutely and my poor face was the color of a tomato.

"I need information nico " she said.

"If you needed information you could have asked my dad. Why me?" I asked.

She did not reply. After few moments of silence, she said " It has come to my notice that you are not happy with your life or should I say more specifically, your 'love' life. Tell me Nico, what is your sexuality?"

My once tomato face was as white as a sheet. I could feel my forehead and palms sweating. A large lump formed in my throat. I could neither breathe nor swallow. But I collected all the words in my brain I could come up with.

" does my g-gender have any relevance to the information you n-need..my lady?" I spluttered. "Yes Nico this information has every relevance needed for my information " she nodded. When I didn't answer she continued, "A certain son of mine - Eros has seemed to have encountered you during his stay at Croatia."

More like we were forced to encounter him, I thought. A painful memory played behind my eyes.

***flashback***

'I had a crush on Percy,' I spat. 'That's the truth. That's the big secret.' I glared at Cupid. 'Happy now?'

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A snap brought me out of my memory. No Nico you're not afraid of Eros, you're not afraid of Aphrodite either. I thought.

"I'm gay! Now do you have a problem with that?!!" I said firmly.

"No, no I didn't mean that" she looked shocked as she did not expect me to say it daringly. However she recovered quickly.

"I wish to help you Nico, only I can help you. You will no longer be known as gay, fag, homo or bi. My blessings can change your life, I know what you're thinking - why I'm doing all this suddenly. I am doing this to repent for my actions, for meddling with your love life."she hung her head with shame.

She looked really guilty and wanting to repent for her actions that I couldn't believe that a god would actually apologize.

"Being around boys will no long be a problem for you and you don't need to be uncomfortable or jealous of girls. You will be...straight.

"W-What h-how...how come??" I stuttered unsure of what she was going to do to me.

I could seriously do without the indirect speech and prophecies for a while.

"Do you trust me, Nico??she asked.

Definitely not, not in this lifetime - I thought.

Still I nodded my head. She raised her hand and nodded as if she forgot something. "And Nico, nothing comes without pain and sacrifice".

She shot a beam of pink through me. My insides were tearing and I just wanted to die. My vision became all bright barbie pink and I started screaming.

Was I going to die?