Between Black and Blue, the path of Harry Potter.

Partie 2 : Nouveau départ.

18 years old Nico saw Percy Jackson as a friend. His first friend, the one who gave him a liberty he didn't even know he could have. A son of Hades hadn't so much loyalty for someone but... As everyone, he could love. And fuck, yes, he loved Percy Jackson.

Nico had observed every Demigods of the camp... Ok, he really wasn't the type of guy who understands human kind. But even he could see the tension, the hesitation, the sadness in their eyes and finally the abandonment.

He couldn't accept. He couldn't imitate them. He couldn't live without the guy he loved since the first time he saw him.

But what could he do ? He was a Demigod, he had monsters who hunted him, he had a God as a father and some stupid quests surely wait for him somewhere.

The answer came from Hades himself. We could say everything against the God of the Hell, but he was certainly one of the most loving fathers among the Gods.

He gave the choice to Nico, stay a Demigod and maybe found someone else he could love or have his power sealed and live the rest of his life as a mortal with Percy Jackson.

The choice was easy.

One year and two months after Percy Jackson lost his power, he heard a knock to the door of his little apartment next to the University, he opened the door and saw someone he thought he will never see again.

"Hi, your mom told me you would be here."

Who knew that they would never left each-other again.

And for the first time in their life, they felt free.

Percy never thought that being a Demigod took so much of him.

But now, he just feels... himself. He can't describe the feeling of liberty, it was like a new world which opened to him. He cans go out, never fall into monsters, take a plane and never have fear that Zeus would crash the fucking thing. He cans read as anyone else, and write and live as everyone, just a normal guy in a normal life without wars, without deaths, without gods.

And Nico with him was just better.

When he lost his powers and his arm, he needed to rehabilitate. Thanks to that, he became more patient and he just needed two or three months to have the minimal control in his left arm to write and dress by himself.

He started University in biology, he could have lost the power to control the sea but he was always passionate for it. It was difficult to catch up but he was Percy Jackson and it wasn't math and science that would make him give up.

Times passed and they lived with tranquility since 5 years, Nico became a tattoo artist and 25 years old Percy finished University. At this time, they weren't really together... Oh, they loved each other but it was hard for Percy to admit it. Especially, it was hard to love someone else after Annabeth. Luckily Nico was patient.

They left their apartment and found another one in London where Percy was employee by the most important firm of research in sea and ocean. Percy with his natural charm and his determinate eyes, created his own place during a job interview by Skype.

Well, no need to say that they ran with pleasure in London. Of course, it was after one or two days of tension and a Percy who asked:

"- You are my best friend Nico. Please, come with me?

- Well, I can't say no to live in the City of Rock."

My ass, he couldn't say no to Percy. He couldn't let Percy go without him.

So, here they go, after have said goodbye to Sally, Paul, his little sister and maybe or maybe not steal the recipe of blue cookies, they was in London.

In five years, they really changed, thought Percy while he organized his new office. He looked at the photo in his hand, it was Nico and himself took by his mother for their leaving party. They stood next to each other, Nico was always littler than him.

Nico had his hair longer than everyone he ever seen, it was wonderful wavy black hair which goes until the waist. But most of the time, he wore it in a ponytail.

On the photo, Nico had a long burgundy pull with a skinny black jean. His body was covered except for his hands where were beautiful tattoos : the back of his hands was inked with a flower of Lotus and on his fingers of his left hand were write in a gothic letters "Ghost" while on his fingers of his right hand was write "King" except on his ring finger where nothing were tattooed.

Percy knew that the son of Hades had others tattoos but he never sees them, well just the tattoos on his ears which was musical notes and on his feet where was Ancient Greek writing which was the mark from the seal that contained his power.

Himself had changed, he realize, well of course he misses an arm but more of that, he was taller, always muscled, his hair was different : he cuts each side shorter than the middle which was coiffed at the back, neither messy and neither flattened.

He put the photo on his desk and sat down, observed in front of him, took a big breath and started his first day.

Well, it could be worst.

AN: Voilà! Well, it's bigger than the first but it's always short but you know, it's complicate to translate, especially because I never write the same thing in English and in French... I just completely change of ideas and well, it's really funny. I will have two different stories, one in French and another one in English.

It's really funny to translate but for the word "job interview" I first put "Entertainment" because in French we say "un entretien" and I was "well, that look similar, it's the good word" Then, I had a doubt and I was "ok, I'm going to check" and WordReference translate "Entertainment" by "Divertissement" and I was like "omg, it's not that at all" but thanks to that, I imagine Percy make a strip-tease in front of the camera : it did my day!

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