Ok. I'll make you one: The sun sweeps across the dune bay. Annabeth has left Percy. Percy sits on the soft, warm sand, waves lapping his ankles. A shadowy figure walks and sits beside him. Percy looks up. It's- "Nico. Hey." Percy's eyes are bloodshot from crying after Annabeth left him. He thinks back to their last, very last, fight. THE fight. 'Di immortals, Percy! I HATE YOU! WE ARE OVER! HERE ME? OVER' Percy thinks about Annabeth's face, tears pouring down her cheeks. He forces himself to stop thinking about them and turn to Nico. He looks good, Percy remarks. His t-shirt was not black, it was a light grey Nike with navy plus lettering on the front. Nico must have worked out. His arms looked muscular, and his hair look brush out. He had obviously caught up on sleep. His usually sunken eyes had little to no bags, and his posture was great for a child of Hades. "Hey Percy. Can I talk to you?" Nico asked, in a nonchalant voice. Percy heart skipped some beats. "Sure thing, Nico. Girl troubles?" Percy's voice sounded rushed, as if he was nervous. Nico wonder why. He had always like Percy. Now he would find out Percy's feelings once and for all. "Percy, ever since I met you, I felt honored to be near you. You were a hero to me." Nico takes a deep breath, trying to read Percy's eyes. Unfortunately or fortunately they were emotionless. "Percy, I-" Nico starts, but never has a chance to finish. "Nico-I-like-you-uh-more-then-friends-please-don't-hate-me!!!" Percy shouts, blending his words together, flinching as if worried Nico will freak out and pull a Smelly Gabe, punching walls and stinking up the room. "It's okay Percy." Nico says, stroking his back. "But I don't like you Percy." Percy's hold world closes in, the walls pushing closer, the air turning a million degrees lower. "But...but..." Percy stutters. Nico cuts him off, cupping his face in his hands. "I don't like you Percy. I love you. You're not great, you're perfect. You're not handsome, you're beautiful. Percy-" Nico says, pulling Percy's face to face his, Nico thinking that at last he gets to be the strong one, the brave one. The telling, choosing one. "I love you." Percy's eyes light up as he pulls Nico into a kiss. "Nico, I won't take no for an answer. Be my boyfriend." Nico's eyes light up and for once he doesn't look like a Hades kid. More like an Apollo kid, lighting up the room with the glow of one thousand lanterns. Then a single word escapes Nico's mouth, the one word that will change everything. "Yes." Copyright :-) -Charlotte ✌🌊🌈
