A/N-The words that are used below by the bullies should never be used in real life and are only in there for the plot. I would never say anything like them, and I am completely LGBT+. They finally meet! *squeals*. This happens a few hours later, after school. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Nope, still not Rick Riordan, if I was, Nicercy would be canon.

Nico's POV

"Faggot!" Brian yelled at me, in between beating me up.

"Weak! Cowardly!" "Useless, good for nothing, gay piece of shit!"

I was almost tempted to believe them, by now they'd beat me up that much.

"Hey!" A melodic but dangerously angry voice shouted?" "LEAVE HIM ALONE!"

I shivered, glad that voice wasn't directed at me.

That voice was scary. And I'm a scary guy, takes a lot to frighten me.

Once I had finished wondering about that beautifully scary voice, I was shocked. Who would stand up for me?

He punched the one holding me in the nose, and another one was kicked in the crotch. The other one ran away with a sore face, split knuckles, and a bruised pride.

Once we were alone, he offered me a hand to help me up.

I ignored the hand, pushing myself up, refusing to look at him.

"Hey," he murmurs softly. "It's alright, come on, look at me," he says, gently lifting my head up with his nimble fingers.

I looked up just to see the most gorgeous eyes ever, swirling depths of sea green blue pulling me in, looking at me with concern.

"Um.....hello? Are you alright?"

Whoops. I must have been staring.

" y-yeah, I'm fine," I said.

Was it just me, or did he suddenly develop a pink tinge on his cheeks?

He took a step back, and I was finally able to take a good look at him. The rest didn't disappoint. Windswept raven black hair, tanned skin, chiseled cheekbones.

I turned red.

Wait.... Raven black hair? Sea-green eyes? Didn't Jason have a friend like that? Peter, was it?

"Well, um, I'm Percy Jackson," he said nervously "and you are?"

Percy Jackson. That's right, the swim team captain.

"I-I'm Nico," I said.

Damn my stuttering.

Damn his hotness.

"Nico di Angelo"

"Nico?"

He narrowed his brows, looking like an adorably confused kitten.

"Nico di Angelo?

Wait.... Aren't you a family friend of Jason's ?"

"Yeah." I said.

"You should come over some time, you know, me, you, and Gro-Jason," he said trying to cover up his mistake, looking like he's about to cry.

"Who were you going to say?" I asked

"N-no one," Fine. I won't push it. I tried to ignore the pain at the thought he didn't trust me.

It was fine. It didn't matter.

We'd only just met!

"Well then, di Angelo," he said winking,

"see you around,"

Percy's POV

I had gotten in trouble again. Last year had been great, but I, of all people know that good things don't last forever.

I had snapped at a teacher when he'd asked us to write a paragraph on what makes a good best friend.

It had made me think of Grover.

They let me off with detention, but threatened to pull me off the swim team if I did anything like it again.

Being on the swim team was one of the only times I was happy anymore.

Just losing myself in the water, and the familiar rhythm of my legs and arms, almost gliding through the water.

They could not take that away from me.

I was walking home, thinking about the scolding Uncle Chiron was going to give me when he found out.

Then I heard it.

That unmistakable sound of screaming, crying and pleading, bringing me back to those days.

No.

I wouldn't think about this now.

I stopped at a fork in the road.

I should walk away. I should go left, to the safety of my house.

I promised her.

I promised mum I would would stay safe.

I promised I would stay out of trouble, not get into any fights.

I turned right.

Never was any good at following my own advice.

Or anyone else's.

I found them beating a scrawny guy, who was curled up in a ball, trying to make himself as a small as possible, while simultaneously hiding himself.

I remembered when I was just like that.

But I had respect from others now, even though I might never fully respect myself.

The words still echoed in my head.

Faggot.

Gay.

piece of-

Wait.

That was in real life.

"Hey!" "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" I growled, in a rough, dangerously low voice.

I beat them up a bit till they ran away.

I would probably get hell for that later, but who cares.

None of that mattered.

I crouched down in front of him, offering a hand to stand up.

He ignored it, and pushed himself up.

"Hey," I said gently

"It's alright, come on, look at me,"

At this, I lifted his head up, forcing him to look me in the eye.

Woah.

Back it up.

Now that I had gotten a good look at him, I could see that he was Beautiful.

Gorgeous.

Hot damn.

His shirt was still slightly up from the position he was laying in, and I caught a look at a slither of that muscle.

Geez.

He was sexy.

And his hair.

Tousled dark brown, almost black hair.

But the masterpiece?

His eyes.

Gorgeous brown eyes stared back at me, and I almost melted from the intense gaze he held me with.

I just wanted to keep him safe and never let him get hurt ever again.

The same feeling I had for-

No. Not today.

He was still looking at me.

I blushed.

"Um.....hello? Are you alright?"

He still looked slightly dazed.

"Y-yeah, I'm alright" He said, with a slight stutter.

It was so adorable.

Wait, what?

Made me want to kiss him full on the lips, right then and there.

Hold up, mind.

Do not go there.

Too late.

I turned an even darker shade of red.

"Well, um, I'm Percy Jackson," I said nervously "and you are?"

"I-I'm Nico," He said

"Nico di Angelo,"

Geez.

His name was sexy.

Just like the rest of him.

Nico di Angelo.

My dark Angel.

Woah. Where did that come from.

Wait... "Nico?"

"Nico di Angelo?"

Wait.... Aren't you a family friend of Jason's ?"

"Yeah." He said

"You should come over some time, you know, me, you, and Gro-Jason," I said, trying not to cry when I thought of him.

"who were you going to say?"

"N-no one,"

Don't break down, don't think about him.

"Well then, di Angelo," I said winking,

"see you around"

Nico's POV

He turned around to leave.

Damn. He had a nice ass.

And those tight jeans left nothing to imagination.

It was sexy as hell.

I could imagine pounding into it, his sweet screams-

Stop.

I shook myself out of that daydream.

Never going to happen.

Besides, all the good ones are straight, or taken.

"Wait!" I yelled after him.

Percy's POV

No fucking way.

I knew it as soon as I stood up.

And saw.

He wasn't scrawny at all.

Hell, he was probably just as good as, if not better than me at street fighting, and I was pretty good.

And he had this creepy aura around him that made me shiver.

It was like the shadows were curling around him to protect what's theirs.

He could've easily taken them down.

Which could only mean one thing.

He fucking believed it.

All those things they said to him.

He wanted the pain.

I walked away, trying not to punch something to let the anger out.

I was going to have a talk to Jason about this.

No one that beautiful should ever have had to go through so much pain.

"Wait!" I heard him shout from behind me.

"I forgot to thank you,"

"Oh really," I whipped around to face him, snarling, surprised at how defensive I was.

"thank me?" "THANK ME?"

Nico's POV

I took a step back, trembling a little at his voice.

"Thank me?" "THANK ME?"

"you should be ashamed, cowering there, like you're weak."

"I-I am,"

"Oh, drop the act."

"You and I both know you're strong. Powerful, even."

"you know how you can thank me?"

"Next time, stand up and make them run away screaming."

"Next time, don't take it like you know you deserve it,"

He was crying. Sobbing uncontrollably.

"Because you don't, Nico," He said, softer.

"You NEVER deserve to go through that pain. NEVER."

By then, I was crying too.

He reminded me so much if Bianca, always the overprotective older sister.

Bianca.

She wouldn't want this for me.

"Hey, shh, I didn't mean to make you cry,"

He folded me into his arms.

I fit perfectly there, and felt happier than I had in a long while.

He gently released me, and looked me over,

"Promise me you'll do something next time," He said

"Promise me you'll stand up for yourself,"

"I swear it." I said

"On the River Styx."

"Good," He said, looking relieved.

Percy's POV

"Wait, you know Greek Mythology?!" "Awesome!"

"Yeah," "I used to play this really cool card game called mythomagic." He said

His smile dropped.

"Me and my-my sister used to play it all the time."

"I was obsessed with it"

"She said it was dumb at the start, but she really got into it, and I could see her smiling whenever she thought I wasn't watching."

"We had so much fun,"

"Nice," I said "You should teach me sometime,"

"Yeah...maybe,"

Huh.

Better than a no.

He doesn't really seem like a very social person.

"Com'on," I whined "It'd just be you and me."

For some reason, at this, his cheeked tinted pink.

"Pleeaase.."

I gave him my best pouty kitten eyes.

He relented.

"...fine,"

"Yes!" I yelled, in triumph.

"So... Thursday?" I said

"Sure," he said

"Great!"

"Give me your phone and I'll put my number in to send you the address."

Nico's POV

I handed him my phone.

His kitten eyes were too much to resist.

He handed me my phone back, and I renamed him as 'Golden Boy' in my contacts.

"What?" He said

"Why golden boy?"

"Cause,"

"You're like Perfect,"

"I heard from Jason,"

"y'know, swimming captain, perfect grades, overall golden boy,"

"fine," "...Emo Punk,"

"That is the second time I've been called that today. Can't you be any more creative?."

"Nope," he said, popping the p.

"Besides, I'm not a punk,"

"Look at yourself,"

"Dark, morbid clothes, a glare that could silence the grim reaper, that usual 'I'm as annoyed as hell at everything, don't talk to me glare, that ear piercing."

"And I bet $50 you've got a tattoo somewhere." He finished

"Fine,"

"Bye Jackson,"

"See you Thursday, di Angelo."

A/N- Hey guys, thanks for reading, please comment, and tell me whose POV you like best. Thanks, you guys are the best! Also, sorry if there are any grammatical errors, I try my hardest to edit well. I don't know where you guys want it to go, but if you have any ideas, please tell me.