“Why did you decide to tell Silena?” Percy asked me, standing in front of me as I seated myself on Percy’s dark blue Amia chair that was placed by his desk.
I shrugged. “She wanted to know, so I told her. I mean, I trust her a lot too. And, I feel like I owe it to her after all she’s done for me.”
Percy sighed heavily and sat on the edge of his bed. I spun the chair that I sat on so that he faced Percy. “You always think you need to ‘owe it’ to us, don’t you?”
I frowned in mere confusion. “Well, yeah. That’s how life works.”
“No, it doesn’t,” Percy objected. “Some people don’t want anything in return.”
“Did you not want me to tell her?” I decided to ask.
“I thought you didn’t want to tell anyone.”
“I don’t, I hate thinking about it, let alone talking about it with someone else.”
“Then why did you tell Silena?”
I sighed. “I…I don’t know, I guess. Maybe it was because I thought it was unfair if I told you and not her. You guys…are the only people I actually consider my friends. The others are just kind of there. I don’t pay much attention to them. It was why I felt so awkward when both of you left to talk to each other about my…past.”
It was silent for a while, before Percy collapsed on his back on the bed. “I don’t even know why I’m asking this anyway. It’s your past, so I shouldn’t be telling when or when not to tell someone.”
I shook my head and rested my feet on the edge of his bed. “It’s fine. Thanks for being…concerned I guess.”
Percy held himself up with his elbows and smiled at me. “You don’t have to thank me either, you know.”
I rolled my eyes. “Whatever. Don’t take my kindness.”
Percy chuckled and sat up. “Don’t be like that, Neeks.”
“Neeks?” I raised both my eyebrows at him.
“Yeah,” Percy’s smile only grew wider, “I needed a nickname for my best friend, you know.”
“But…Neeks?” I stared at him incredulously. “Seriously?”
Percy only laughed. “Yep. It seems perfect.”
I sighed. “You know, I hate nicknames.”
“That’s what makes giving you a nickname even better.”
I rolled my eyes. “Then, since you give all your best friends a nickname, then what was Grover’s?”
“I called him G-man.” Percy shrugged. “It fit him so well.”
“Wow,” I sarcastically commented, “you are the master at nicknames.”
“I know right!” Percy triumphed.
“Whatever, what should I call you then if you’re going to give me a nickname?”
“Hm,” Percy thought for a minute, until he replied, “most of my friends call me Perce.”
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The Violin That Started it All
Fanfiction[[Completed]] [[High School AU]] [[Percico]] Nico di Angelo has the worst life he can ever imagine; at school and at home. But, when he's playing his violin under a tree one day in a nearby park, he comes face to face with a certain someone: his cru...
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