the gift of life |leico|

nico VI

Leo smelled good.

Nico wasn't sure why he shut everyone out before. He thought they all seemed nice. But he could see why he was in love with Leo. He was sweet, and funny in an annoying way. He felt like he could relate to Leo. Even though everyone said that he was basically the opposite of Leo.

"Leo." Nico said. The warmth from Leo always made him sleepy. Nico was so comfortable that mumbling a simple name felt difficult.

"Yeah?" Leo asked back. His hands were around Nico's waist holding him against his warm body.

"Did you love me too?" Nico asked.

"Yeah.. I did. I thought you were cute, but I guess you never wanted to talk to me. I didn't want to make you hate me even more so I never told you."

"Maybe that's why I was distant. Because I thought that you could never like me." Nico said, it made him sad to think that, because he loved Leo. He couldn't imagine loving someone and then pushing them away.

"You know how I said you got trapped in a hotel casino place for like fifty years?" Leo asked and Nico nodded.

"So that means you were brought up in the fifties. Maybe your mom was homophobic."

Nico suddenly felt weird being so close to Leo. He'd forgotten that people thought it was so wrong. What if his friends thought he was weird or gross? What if Jason thought he was gross? What if Jason told the others?

"Nico, are you okay? You're breathing funny." Nico turned around to face Leo.

"What was the reason that I didn't want you to know? Is it a good enough reason for me to stay away from you?"

Leo shook his head.

"Not everyone feels like that about same sex relationships. Most of our campers back home are openly gay. Most of the Greek Gods were gay. The only ones judging are old people basically." Leo said and Nico smiled. He leaned closer to Leo which made Leo blush madly. Nico planted a kiss on his cheek.

"That's all?" Leo asked. Nico shrugged.

"If you want it to be." He said finally with a half smile.

Leo pulled him back in for a proper kiss. Nico's lips took over for his brain. They moved with Leo's slowly, as if they were delicate. His mind completely shut down when he felt Leo's body move against his. All he knew was that it felt good. He rubbed himself against Leo as Leo kissed his neck. Sadly, Leo pulled away before Nico was satisfied.

"I'm gonna talk to Jason. You stay in bed babe." Leo said with a wink. Nico was annoyed that he blushed so much.

|Leo|

"So." Jason said in a weird tone as he played a video game. Leo ignored his awkwardness and sat down. He took a controller and joined him.

"Where's Beauty Queen?" Leo asked quietly.

"She's with Hazel. Don't change the subject. What's going on with you and Nico?"

Leo shrugged.

"Nothing really, he said he probably shouldn't get close to me. Apparently, he believes whatever he was told back when he was a kid. I don't know how it would work anyway." Jason nodded but kept his eyes on the game.

"Piper's trying to ask Hazel about it. See if he mentioned anything about Eros or told her anything that might give sense to this. I just don't understand why there was a fight. Maybe Nico will remember more..."

"Why don't we just call Aphrodite right now." A voice chimed from behind the two. In the doorway stood Piper and Hazel. Piper spoke.

"Nico won't be able to remember anything until he sleeps most likely. I say we call my mother and ask her herself. She was obviously there." Jason looked to Leo in conformation.  Leo nodded. If skyping a goddess through a puddle would make Nico okay, Leo was down.

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