"Hey, Leo, have you seen–" Percy stuttered to a stop as he opened the door.

Me and Nico froze and broke apart. We were just kissing, thankfully. ('Just kissing' was a bit of an under exaggeration. We were both shirtless and there was a fair amount of tongue.)

I just kind of reached around Nico and grabbed my shirt, while Nico put on his. Once I did, I got up the courage to look at Percy's face.

"Hey Percy. What did you need?" I asked, willing the flush in my cheeks to go down.

I wasn't as flustered as one would expect to be in this situation, but this is how I came out the last time, so...I got used to it?

How the Hades does that happen?

Percy began to gesture wildly while saying, "Uh, I think I'm just going to ask Piper. See you guys later," then fled the room.

Nico slumped onto my bed.

"Well, we seem to have a bad streak. This is not how I plan to come out to Annabeth, is that clear?" he said, resigned.

I exhaled and nodded. Percy was probably interrogating Piper as we speak.

"C'mon. Let's go talk to her. She'll hate us if Percy is the one to tell her," I said, grabbing Nico's hand.

"Now? You don't want to plan or anything?" Nico asked, and I could tell he was fighting to keep the uncertainty out of his voice.

"We'll just wing it. We didn't exactly have much planning time before, have we?" I replied, and grabbed his hand.

"Besides, she likes us. Company is nice," I said, opening the door and walking down the corridor. I was still dragging Nico,though he wasn't resisting quite as much now.

Reaching Annabeth's door, I tentatively knocked.

"Annabeth? Can we come in?" I called in softly.

From within the room, I heard her say, "Yeah."

Dropping Nico's hand, I turned the knob and came in.

"Hey Annabeth."

Crap.

"I just wanted to let you know that me and Nico are hella gay."

"Whatever makes you happy. And it's Nico and I."

"Thanks for your support."

I closed the door.

Nico stared at me.

Did I really just say 'hella gay?'