Nico flopped onto the couch with a heavy sigh, his black messenger bag left forgotten near the door.

Jason came in a few moments later and rose a brow with a laugh, "hard day?" He asked Nico.

The noirette shook his head, "no... more like eventful." His cheeks flushed red a bit as he remembered a certain flame brain.

Blue eyes scanned over Nico's slumped figure, "I see, so what happened today? You didn't sit with me at lunch." He pouted.

Nico sat up before he blushed, "Leo and I accidentally blew up our lab experiment and had to stay after to clean," he explained. He then remembered Leo throwing sticky paper towels at him and he huffed slightly.

"Ah, anyways, do you want to go to the cafe with me?" Jason invited, sitting down on Nico's back.

"Ack! Jason! Get off!!!" Nico wheezed, trying to twist around so he can smack Jason.

"No, you didn't answer me," Jason said with a laugh.

"Fine! I'll go to the cafe!!!" Nico whined, smacking his face into the cushion.

"Great, get ready to go then," Jason got up and walked to his bedroom.

Nico sighed heavily and decided to just switch sweaters, mostly because the one he's wearing has a stain from the science class disaster.

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Leo sat in the cafe with Piper, Percy, and Annabeth.

The ambience of the cafe was warm and cozy. Walls were brown and the floors were reddish-brown wood panels and cream colored rugs under each table.

The cafe was called "Cafe Halfblood". There were replica weapons on one of the walls. On the other wall opposite, is decorated with photos of all the regular customers. Percy, Annabeth, Leo, Jason, Piper, and a couple others appear the most.

Leo heard the bell jingle and turned to see Jason walking in with a black haired grump walking in behind him.

The said grump didn't have a sweater on this time, but he had a black shirt on with a Greenday hand grenade print. To make it edgier was the fact he has a black and pink striped long sleeve undershirt.

Nico's eyes brightened a bit as he saw Leo. "Sup, princess." Leo greeted from his spot across from Percy.

Percy repeatedly slapped Annabeth's arm excitedly until she smacked him back harder and then he just sulked.

Jason was just plain confused as Nico rolled his eyes, "whatever, flame brain." He retorted.

"Is flame brain from metalcraft because I almost set my head on fire? Because I swear I'm usually smoother than that," Leo gave a laugh.

Nico snorted, "oh yeah, I'm sure." He said sarcastically as he sat down beside Leo as Jason sat beside Piper.

"You two seem to be friendly," Piper chirped as she took a sip of her frozen lemonade.

Leo leaned on the table, "what can I say? I likable." He said casually, sipping hot chocolate.

"Keep saying that," Nico said sarcastically, pointing to the drink he wanted from Jason.

Jason smiled at his cousin seeming to be content where he was, so he got up and went to order Nico's caramel latte from the barista named Rachel.

"Hey Rachel, how are you?" Jason asked with a smile.

"I'm good, I see your cousin made a splash in school," Rachel commented with a giggle.

"Yeah, he's definitely unique," Jason gave a chuckle.

"Oh no I'm talking about the fact that he's gay and friends with Leo," Rachel whispered.

Jason furrowed his brows, "what do you mean?"

"People already think they'll end up together," Rachel informed with a peppy giggle.

Jason blinked and glanced back to see Nico and Leo arguing with each other but there was a certain fondness behind their eyes, "I see," he murmured before he grinned.

He took the drink after thanking Rachel and gave it to Nico, "how are you liking the school?"

"It's okay," Nico shrugged, "I haven't really had any problems with anyone."

Leo rose his arms and flexed, "I'll keep watch," he boasted.

"Okay, limp noodle," Nico rolled his eyes.

The group of friends, and a new one, enjoyed their drinks in peace.