Percy's POV

"Nico? Are you alright?" I asked, slightly concerned.

"I'm fine. Perfectly. Fine." He said through gritted teeth.

"Okay...Well I wonder who left me the present?"

"Yes. I wonder." He said angrily.

"Well...We should probably go meet up with our friends now," I told him.

"Yeah. Yeah, we probably should." He said in the same tone he was using before.

We walked up to a little cafe called Little Miss Sugar, and I ran ahead to meet Octavian and Rachel.

"Guys! I haven't seen you in ages!"

I hugged both of them, just barely hearing Octavian mutter "probably would see more of us if you weren't so busy spending 'quality time' with Nico,"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Oh, nothing, just that you two seem to have gotten over your past differences and are getting along very well now."

"Yeah, well, It's, um, great to see you again, why don't we go inside so you guys can catch up with the rest of our friends?"

"Sure," Rachel intervened before Octavian could say something he regretted.

"Why are we just standing here in the cold?" Nico appeared behind us.

"We're not-We were just about to-UGH whatever let's just go," I said, annoyed

"Yeah. Let's go," Nico put a hand on my lower back , leading me in while glaring at Octavian and Rachel.

"Woah, Nico, calm down, aren't you even going to say hi?" I asked incredulously, not having seen him this antisocial in ages, ever since I forced him to go out more.

"Can't trust anyone," I heard him say under his breath.

What's gotten into him, I thought

Everyone was sitting at a large table when we got in, eating their food.

"Hey guys! Did you order the blueberry milkshake for me?"

"Yes, Percy, though you took your sweet time getting here to drink it," Jason replied, getting up to give me a hug.

Nico gave him the death glare when he tried to touch me and Jason gave him a look like, chill bro.

I could feel the tension in the room, and the dark energy coming of Nico.

"Geez Nico, What was that look for?" Jason yelled at the same time Nico yelled

"Getting a bit cozy with Percy, aren't you?"

"Oh, you're just jealous he likes me better," Jason shouted back.

"Okay, okay guys," I laughed nervously "Why don't we all just calm down and take a deep bre-"

"Oh really? I see him almost everyday and you think he likes you better?"

"I like both of you, the same," I tried to tell them.

"Hello guys? A little help?" I pleaded with my friends.

"Nah, you getting nothing from us we wanna watch this show,"

"Really guys? All of you support this? Rachel? Piper? Silena?" (She's not dead okay!)

"Yeah!" All of them chorused but Silena,

"I feel sorry for you darling, but it was bound to happen sometime," She told me, patting me on the shoulder.

"I BET HE WOULD CHOOSE ME OVER YOU!" Jason yelled in reply to Nico,

"HE'S MY BEST FRIEND!"

"YOU DON'T OWN HIM!"

"NEITHER DO YOU!"

"Ugh!" I can't take it anymore!" I blurted out suddenly.

I ran out out of the cafe and down the street.

So... bit of Nico possessiveness, someone's gonna have to make it up to Percy...Someone's in trouble...

Yeah, so thanks for reading I'll be back soon.

Hope you enjoyed!