Nico's POV ((I know I've been doing this in an alternating pattern between Percy and Nico but this absolutely has to be in Nico's POV to work))

I woke up surrounded in the scent and warmth of my boyfriend, my Percy. His arms were wrapped around my waist and my face was buried in his collarbone. I inhaled slowly, breathing in the serenity of this moment.

"Nico," Percy exhaled.

"Percy," I replied looking up at him.

"No, Nico look."

As prompted, I tore my eyes from the beautiful person in front of me. I see the familiar blue bed sheets. The wooden bed frame poked out near out heads and the black bracelet I gave to Percy a week ago was still looped around the bed posts. Past the bed however, there was nothing. I stared into the inky blackness and quickly sat up.

"Glad to see you're finally up." called an echoed female voice.

"More gods coming to invade my dreams again?" Percy said in an annoyed voice.

Before I could respond, the comforter around my shoulders slipped off and I felt the chill of the surrounding air on my bare chest. I yelped and quickly scrambled back under the covers when I realized I was also missing the pants I definitely had on the night before.

"No need to be embarrassed, Son of Hades. We're all among friends here."

"I-I'd hardly call you my friend, Lady Aphrodite."

"Fair enough, I have been kicking you out of every cabin you try to walk into."

"I had my suspicions it was you, but did you really have to make the buildings glow pink when it happened? Couldn't you have just, made a subtle display about it?"

Her laugh was an infectious sound. Nico felt like it sounded vaguely familiar and not like the tinkling bells it sounded of the last time he had an unfortunate encounter with the goddess.

"Well what's the fun in that?!" she exclaimed, "I had to make it obvious that I was the one interfering or else you wouldn't have gotten the message!"

"The message?" Nico deadpanned. He suddenly felt Percy's arms wrapping themselves around his naked torso and felt his warm back press against his own.

"That you're supposed to be together, obviously. I've brought you here to tell you that your ban on your cabin is over, you can safely walk around camp now."

I felt my shoulders drop a little. That meant no more nights cuddled up to Percy. No more waking up to him every morning. No more of him forcing me to wear his large, bright clothing.

"That's very generous of you," Percy finally spoke up, " but why are we really here? We could tell if the glowy pink magic stuff was gone on our own. So why did you bring us here and why are we half naked."

"Well, for the half naked part, that was for my own amusement ((and because the author really wanted to imagine it)). As for the other part, you're right, I did not bring you here just for that. I came to discuss your rooming arrangements now that Nico is free to travel around camp."

I narrowed my eyes at her in suspicion.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means that you'll remain in the Poseidon cabin for the rest of your stay at camp."

I scoffed at the thought,

"There's no way Chiron would allow that and Poseidon hates my guts, why would I be allowed now that you're not interfering?"

"Simple, Percy had already cleared things with Poseidon when you first came to stay in his cabin. I took care of Chiron personally."

"Chiron's not a pushover, he wouldn't just bend to your will."

"Oh, of course not. However, nightmares are a nasty thing."

I was prepared to laugh in her face when I felt Percy's arms slip down and away from me.

"Percy?" I called out as I turned to look at him. He was obviously shaken by the comment and slightly recoiled when I reached out to stroke his hair.

"What did you do to him?" I demanded from the goddess but she merely smirked at me.

"You of all people, Nico di Angelo, should know that Tartarus leaves scars that are not always... Physical."

"Don't go," Percy whimpered in a quiet voice, "stop fighting it, I-I thought you wanted... I thought you wanted to be with me. I can't handle sleeping alone anymore, please."

"No, Percy, it's not like that," I tried to assure him, "I want to be with you but, this is just too weird. When has a goddess, Aphrodite no less, ever done anything for the good of a mere demigod. I just want to know what she has to gain from this."

"Those are bold words for a mere demigod," sneered the goddess, "think of this as a favor to pay for saving us from destruction. I can be grateful every once in a while."

The edges of my vision began to blur and I knew that meant our conversation would be over soon.

"Ah, it appears I have taken too long explaining everything that I forgot I was supposed to give you something. Percy, your father sends a... Gift... Of sorts. He says it concerns a new ability you possess although I'm sure he was just bluffing to scare you into-"

I woke up. For real this time, back in my clothes surrounded by the scent of my also awake sea prince. Percy sat up quickly once more and looked toward his bedside drawers where a small box sat innocently. He nervously reached over and grabbed the container, keeping it to himself in hopes that I wouldn't see it contents.

Good luck with that.

His eyes widened as he opened the box of mystery and quickly flung it across the room.

"Percy!"

He shook his head and his face began turning a cherry color as he attempted to hideaway from me under the covers. I quickly got up and ran to the box before he could stop me. When I opened it I couldn't help but think that Poseidon had a strange sense of humor.

Condoms, he gave his son a box of condoms.

I walked back over to my boyfriend and sat down on the bed wordlessly for a few minutes trying to find the right words to express my confusion.

"So," I started, ever the perfect picture of eloquence, "either your dad did this thinking he was being funny, or we're not ever having sex until marriage."

Percy groaned in annoyance.

"I love you."

End

So yeah, that's it. I've been thinking about posting a Percico one shot except it would be M-Rated because of da sex but it's been bouncing around in my mind for the longest time and I've already written it out I just need to type it up so let me know what you think about that and if I should post it or not.

Also! What did you think of this story? Did you like it? I liked writing it a lot and I love my readers. The long wait is finally over so no more agonizing over when my next update will be.

Love you guys!! Hopefully I'll see you for my next story.