Jason's P.O.V
I was frustrated. What the hell could fish face be hiding? Why did he only tell Nico? I'll be danmed if I don't find out. I have to find out. It's killing me inside. I was already forming a plan in my head on how I was going to get Percy to tell me. I don't care if it's going to take me my whole life, I will find out. There's no way he can hide it forever. I already felt an evil smirk forming on my lips. I have to find a way to get him cornered so he's forced to tell me. If that doesn't work I might have to resort to getting it out of Nico. I mean it is a pretty evil plan but it's a plan all the same. Suddenly Nico appeared out of the shadows in front of me causing me to nearly have a fatal heart attack. With out much explanation or warning he slapped me. Hard. He looked mad.
"What was that for?" I asked, touching my face and wincing in pain.
"It's not my place to tell you idiot" he grumbled before stomping away. "Jeez, what was that about?" I said aloud. I shook my head. Nico is one weird dude. I sighed and thought about my plan. How am I supposed to get Percy in a secluded spot to corner him? I face palmed. I'll probably just ask if we can talk and head to the forest. Most demigods don't spend much time in the forest around the camp so it should be pretty secluded.
I spotted Percy walking out of his cabin and I approached him with all the confidence I could muster. "Hey....um, can we talk?" I asked. He scrunched his eyebrows together as if he was confused and I had an odd sensation to squeeze his cheeks. I ignored the weird sensation and nearly laughed at my own weirdness. "Uh, sure" he responded. We walked to the forest and I found the perfect opportunity to pin Percy to a tree.
He started squirming and he looked surprisingly scared. "Percy, I wanna know what your secret is" I said, trying my best at a serious expression. He body was shaking and his eyes were beginning to water. "Percy please-". "Let me go Jason" he said, his voice cracking. And then I noticed the tears running down his cheeks. I let him go in confusion and refrained from wiping the tears off his cheeks softly. I watched him run off and I attempted to chase him but it was no use. What have I done? "Shit". Now I wanted to wipe his tears more then anything. Whatever his secret was it was clearly a big deal and I forced him to tell me and now I feel....sick inside. I'm such an idiot.
I saw a figure appear in front of me and I saw Nico's frowning face in front of me. He punched me. Once again hard. I took it though because I knew I deserved it this time. "You really are an idiot Jason" Nico said and before I could respond he disappeared again. I needed to find Percy but I knew that would probably make matters worse. I should just talk to Piper, she's good at giving advice and besides, I felt like I needed my girlfriend.
I walked toward the Aphrodite cabin and knocked on the door, asking for Piper. She stepped out with a smile on her face and then noticed my frown.
"What's wrong superman?" she asked.
"I really messed up Pipes". She sighed. "Okay tell me everything". And I did. Down to the last detail and her expression changed frequently in tell I noticed she wasn't sure how to react. "Jason.....I think you pushed to hard on Percy. What ever secret he has he clearly doesn't want people to know yet. Just give him some time before talking to him again and when you do I suggest you apologize". "Thank you beauty queen". She laughed. "Don't call me that sparky" she said before kissing me on the lips.
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Before talking to Percy again I waited like Pipes said. When I got the nerve to speak to him my heart was frantically beating against my chest. When I saw his smiling face my chest became slightly warmer but I could tell he still wasn't himself. "Um.....hey Percy, I just want to say I'm sorry, about what I did". I felt like a coward, I couldn't look him in the eyes. "I-It's alright, I know you didn't mean it". I felt like what I said wasn't enough. "But I did and I messed up Percy and I feel horrible for forcing you like that, I hope after this we can still be friends". Percy smiled but something about it seemed so unbelievably fake it hurt. "Yeah, sure" he said but I felt like there was something bitter behind his words. I wanted to do something to make Percy understand that I still love....wait. Woah, love? I met like him and what I did was a huge mistake and I just want us to be friends again. "I should go" Percy said and now the bitterness was much more evident. I couldn't take it. When he was about to walk away I bursted. "Percy, I don't understand, I'll do anything to make things normal again, I know I crossed a line but I don't want that to ruin our friendship". I saw Percy clench his fists. "Don't you understand? I don't want that. Who am I kidding, of course you don't understand" he said through clenched teeth. He looked like he wanted to punch me but instead walked away. I stopped him by grabbing his wrist. "Wait Percy-". He kissed me. I tensed, my body frozen in time. It was as if the whole world paused and were the only people still moving. My heart thumped against my chest a million times per second and my body felt hot but it wasn't even hot outside. His lips are soft and wet and tasted like sea salt. It was a nice flavor. He stopped kissing me and backed away. Furious tears are running down his cheeks and he still looked angry. I hadn't kissed back but I still felt all that passion in that one kiss, a kiss like no other I've ever had. "Percy-". But before I could continue he ran with tears running down his cheeks. I was still frozen in time. I touched my lips and felt them tingle. I licked them and still felt the salty flavor on them. Why was it so good? Why do I want another one? With that thought I ran off for Percy.