Monopoly
Grover x Percy with a bit of Nico x Will
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Percy has never been good at these kinds of things, it's part of the reason Annabeth dumped him.
He's not good at expressing his emotions, and he's not good at expressing his thoughts, and he's just overall not good at this.
You're probably wondering what exactly "this" is. Yeah, so is Percy.
It's been almost 6 months since he and Annabeth broke up, and literally everyone lost their mind over it. Even the fucking gods are still talking about it, especially Aphrodite. She's actually popped up on multiple quests just to cry to him about it.
'Oh you poor thing, you must be absolutely torn up!' She would cry, dabbing the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. Percy awkwardly smiled and shrugged.
'Uh, it's okay, we ended on good terms.' He would reason. 'And it was six months ago.'
Aphrodite sighed, shaking her head.
'Stay strong, Perseus." And then she got back into her limo and left.
Here's the thing: Of course, yeah, Percy was sad when Annabeth broke up with him, the first month was hell. But it's not like she completely disappeared from his life. They saw each other everyday during summer, they talked, they went on quests, they laughed, everything was the same as it was, just less, well, 'dating-like.'
It was awkward at first, but it gradually got easier. He went from wanting to cry every time she walked in a room to being semi-normal, and dammit, he was proud of himself. Now he had a completely new issue to work through.
Percy really can't catch a godsdamn break, can he?
Percy sighed and took off his wristwatch, pressing the button and letting the shield come out. He hung it on the wall to assess the damage. A few huge dents were littered across it from their last few quests. Tyson would have to fix it again.
He laid down on his bed, tossing Riptide onto his bedside table. Now he could finally get some damn sleep, he barely got 30 minutes on his latest quest. Percy shut his eyes.
Right as he was about to get some well deserved sleep, he was woken up by a familiar voice.
"Uhm, Percy?" Grover asked, walking up to Percy's bunk. Percy jolted up in surprise he looked at Grover and blinked, sighing in relief.
"Oh, hey Grov," Percy mumbled groggily, rubbing his eyes. Grover smiled sheepishly.
"Sorry dude, I didn't mean to wake you up."
"It's cool, I wasn't really asleep yet."
Grover plopped down on the edge of Percy's bed and looked at him, a slight frown now forming on his face. He kicked his hooves nervously. Percy moved to where he was sitting next to him.
"Okay, what's up?"
"I just- I noticed that you seemed really.. off when we got back. I wanted to see if you were okay?" Grover explained. Percy felt a blush creep up his neck, but grinned nonetheless.
"I'm fine, Grover, don't worry." He laughed at the doubtful look on the satyr's face. "Really, I am! I'm just tired. That was a shitty quest."
Grover huffed out a breath, but nodded. "Okay, okay! But if you need to talk to me, you know you can come to me, right?" Percy smiled, really hoping the warmth on his face wasn't as evident as it felt. He nodded.
"You're a good friend, Grover."
The other grinned softly and Percy felt his stomach flip. 'I'm so screwed.' Grover stood up.
"I'll see you later, Perc!" "See ya!"
Percy watched Grover as he walked out and sighed. He pictured his smile in his head and groaned, falling back onto his back and throwing his forearm over his eyes.
This. This is his problem. Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, has a crush on his best friend. His boy best friend, Grover Underwood.
What a fucking mess.
It's not like Percy didn't know he was gay. Well, not gay, bisexual, actually. He'd known he liked boys since elementary, he's had plenty of crushes on girls and boys. Just never his best friend before.
Until now. Percy spent the entire dinner time sneaking glances at Grover from his table, pushing his food around his plate. They locked eyes a few times with Grover flashing him a smile, making Percy think he was actually going to die.
He was more orso on auto pilot as he followed the crowd out of the Dining Pavilion. That was, until Nico seemed to pop up out of nowhere beside him.
"Someone has a lil crush." Nico snickered as Percy jumped in surprise, whipping his head to his younger cousin.
"God dude! Where the hell did you even come from?!" "Not important, what's important is that you were staring at a certain satyr dude for the past, like, thirty minutes."
Percy narrowed his eyes at him. "No clue what you're talking about." He picked his pace up, but Nico kept up with him. The son of Hades groaned in exasperation.
"Oh, for fucks sake! You're sooo obvious, Percy. You might as well just staple a sign that says 'I'm gay for Grover' on your forehead." He whispered. Percy stopped in his tracks
"Bi! I'm fucking bi!" He paused. "I- I don't like him, though."
Nico held back laughter to not draw attention from the other campers, but gave his cousin a smug smile.
"You should just tell him." Percy rolled his eyes.
"Sure, whenever you confess to Solace."
"I'm working on it!"
"Uh huh."
Percy stretched and sighed. It had been a shitty day, but it was finally coming to an end, though he was already up way later than he wanted to be. Maybe he could finally get some sleep now.
"Hey, Percy." Grover chimed, plopping down on his bed again.
Or maybe he won't.
Percy yawned and looked at Grover. "What're you doing up?" He asked, scooting back on his bed to give Grover space. Grover shrugged.
"I was bored and I knew you were up, so I snuck over."
"How'd you know?"
Grover tapped his temple. "Empathy link."
"Ohhh." Fucking idiot.
They ended up staying up until the early hours of the morning, the sky a pale blue. The were joking around and rapidly switching topic to topic as they played some stupid board game Percy had brought with him. They eventually got onto the topic of crushes.
Percy huffed as he landed on one of Grover's properties.
"This is bullshit, how much?" He grumbled. Grover laughed and smiled.
"One thousand."
"Dickhead." Grover just laughed harder.
Percy shook his head as he handed the other the monopoly money before continuing the conversation.
"Are you still into that one girl? Jupiter or something?" Percy questioned, handing the dice to Grover.
"Juniper, and nah. I, uh, I got my eyes on someone else." He averted his eyes as he rolled the dice, his face flushing.
Percy laughed and bumped shoulders with his friend.
"Awww, does Gwover have a cwushhh?" He teased him. Grover blushed darker and lightly shoved Percy.
"Shu- shut up."
"Who is it?!"
Grover snorted and met Percy's eyes. "You first." He mumbled, then moved his piece on the board. Percy's breath caught in his throat, sending him into a coughing fit.
The satyr's eyes widened. He scooted closer to the demigod, patting his back.
"Woah, are you good, Perc?" He asked, concern clear in his voice.
Percy gave him a thumbs up once he stopped coughing, cheeks burning with embarrassment. 'Real smooth, Percy.'
Grover snorted again and started laughing. Percy just stared at him, silently debating what he could do.
On one hand, if he just tells Grover now, then he can get the embarrassment over now, and might, MIGHT, get a boyfriend. On the other hand, if he tells him then it might go absolutely terribly and ruin their friendship.
Percy then realized that he had been zoned out on his friend that entire time, who was now looking at him curiously.
"What is it? Is there something on my face?"
'C'mon Percy, do something, say something, literally ANYTHING.'
He suddenly leaned forward and kissed him. Grover's eyes went to the size of saucers.
It was just a peck, Percy had immediately jolted back before Grover could even fully react.
"...Shit." Percy murmured. He bolted out of the cabin and didn't stop until he reached the beach, leaving Grover dumbfounded and red faced on the floor of the Poseidon cabin.
Percy sat down in the sand. He buried his face in his hands, hot tears threatening to spill from his eyes.
"I'm so fucking stupid."
"Language, kid."
Percy lifted his head to see Hermes. The God sat down next to him, smoothing out his suit. He then looked forward to the sea.
"Y'know, you and that satyr really put on a show for us. Aphrodite is losing her mind."
The teenager paused. "You..you guys were watching us?" Percy had never felt so embarrassed in his entire stupid lifetime. Hermes smiled and nodded.
"Yep, we were all free tonight. Very entertaining. I've never seen Poseidon so embarrassed."
Percy winced. "Cause I like guys?" Hermes laughed, shaking his head.
"Of course not, it's because you ran away. You literally kissed him, out of nowhere, and then ran away. Aphrodite thinks it was adorable, though."
Percy groaned, covering his face.
"What else was I supposed to do?! I'm so bad at shi- stuff like this!" Hermes patted his back.
"You'll learn, kid." He glanced behind him and grinned. "That's my cue. Good luck, Percy!"
And just like that, the messenger God was gone. Percy heard steps coming closer and realized what Hermes had meant.
Grover slowly sat down beside him. He looked at the boy beside him.
"....You wanna talk about it?"
Percy sighed, refusing to look at him. "No. Not at all, but I think I have to.
Percy bit his lip. 'Just rip the fucking bandaid off. Get it over with.' He looked at Grover.
"I…" He swallowed, hands clenching from nerves.
"I like you Grover. Like, uh, not like a friend." He hesitated and laughed nervously. "Well, yes of course I like you like a friend, but not just that- I think you're really cute and sweet- and fuck I need to be quiet." Percy's ears burned as well as his face.
Grover grinned widely, face about as red as Percy's. "I like you too, Percy." He placed his hand on the back of the other's neck, nudging him forward. Percy swallowed and leaned forward again, kissing Grover again. This time Grover was able to kiss back before they pulled away.
They both had stupid smiles on their faces. Percy let his head fall on Grover's shoulder, sighing in relief.
"You wouldn't fucking believe how badly I've wanted to do that."
Grover laughed, resting his head on Percy's. "I think I can actually.."
They stayed like that until they fell asleep, eventually getting yelled at by Mr. D. Even as they got half dragged to breakfast, they couldn't stop smiling.
Percy should probably have been exhausted, but honestly couldn't stop moving. He felt buzzing under his skin, unable to sit still at all. Grover actually liked him. Him! Of all people, he liked the damn train wreck that was Percy Jackson.
A stupid grin spread across his face. Percy was practically vibrating in his seat, staring down at the table as he zoned out.
Now all he had to do was figure out if they were dating. His stomach dropped at the thought of it. He hadn't really thought about that yet.
Grover tapped Percy's shoulder, making him jump. He craned his neck to look at him. Grover smiled sheepishly.
"Hey, Perce. Uh, mind if I sit with you today?" He asked.
Percy grinned widely, a little relieved, and rapidly nodded. He paused.
"Wait, uh, no- i meant like," He internally cringed as Grover started chuckling.
"Fucking christ, please, yes, sit." Percy's face flushed, clearly embarrassed. 'On a fucking roll, Percy. Gods.'
The satyr laughed harder, sliding onto the bench next to Percy. He looked at him and smiled again.
"You're really cute, dude." He smiled wider at Percy's reaction. The demigod looked away and laughed nervously, somehow blushing darker.
"Holy shit, that's adorable!"
"Sh- shut the hell up!"
Percy huffed and looked down, picking at his hands.
'Stupid lovable goat dude.' He looks back at Grover and takes a deep breath.
"Soooo.." He started
"..Sooooo?" Grover said, raising an eyebrow.
"Are we, like..dating?" Percy finished, voice going quiet at the last word.
Grover's eyes widened, face burning. He failed to suppress a grin.
"I mean, do you want-"
"YES- or, uh, yeah, that'd be cool." Percy coughed and lowered his head, trying not to notice all the glances he just got. He nonchalantly reached between them and grabbed the other boy's hand. Grover laughed and interlocked the fingers.
"Boyfriends?" Grover asked. Percy grinned
"Boyfriends."
Mr. D cleared his throat, gaining the attention of Grover and Percy. He crossed his arms with an unamused expression.
"As little as I want to, me and Chiron need to speak with you two. Come to the Big House, now."
He spared a glance to their interlocked hands, but said nothing. The God walked off without hearing a response, and Percy could've sworn he saw him smirk as he did.
Percy groaned, hanging his head back. "We're so fucked!" Grover frowned.
"Oh yeah, totally. It's gonna be about this morning, isn't it?" He asked anxiously. Percy sighed and stood up, tugging Grover with him.
"Probably." Percy mumbled. Their hands stayed laced together as they made their way towards the Big House.
Nico and Will were making their way to the Dining Pavilion when Percy and Grover passed by them. Nico stopped mid rant about some new game he was playing and gasped, holding his arm out to make the other stop.
"Holy fuck. Will, look." He pointed at the pair making their way to the Big House.
Will looked to where he was pointing and grinned.
"Finally! It was getting kind of weird to just watch them pine for each other." He laughed and grabbed Nico's sleeve.
"C'mon, let's go eat, we're already late!" He stopped tugging at the son of Hades' sleeve when he realized he wasn't budging. He gave the other a confused look. Nico was just staring at him with a conflicted look.
'Okay, Nico, you're coward ass cousin did it. Why can't you? For the love of fuck.'
"What's wrong?" Will asked, slightly concerned. Nico bit his lip and looked around. No one was around now, so no one would be there if he got rejected. He looked at the other demigod and grabbed his hand, feeling his heartbeat speed up.
Will just smiled and squeezed the other boy's hand reassuringly. Nico laughed sheepishly.
"Will? I kinda need to tell you something."
Grover released Percy's hand, much to the demigod's dismay, as they approached the porch. Chiron was in his human form, playing card with Mr. D who sat on the other side of a table. He looked up at them with a pleasant smile.
"Hello, Percy, Grover! We were just finishing up this game very quickly." He looked back at Mr. D and laid his remaining cards down.
"I believe I win again, Mr. D."
Mr. D huffed and tossed his cards down, refilling his cup with diet coke. Percy snorted, eating himself a death glare from the God of wine. Grover elbowed him in the ribs. Chiron looked to Grover and Percy again, his expression turning more serious.
"I'm sure you two can guess what this is about." Both boys nod, Grover looking far more embarrassed than the other. Chiron sighed.
"Now, we have no issues with you two being together, but you're both aware we have rules against being out of your cabins after curfew."
Grover frowned. "We're very sorry, Chiron. It will never happen again, I swear!" The satyr was basically radiating anxiety. Percy nodded along with what he said.
"Yep, never again."
Chiron then smiled. "You're both off the hook for now, but if this happens again, you're on cleaning detail for a week." Percy grinned at Grover, who returned it.
Mr. D huffed. "I dunno why he's letting you off easy, Peter Johnson, but just know you're lucky." Chiron laughed and then waved them off.
"Just get to class now Percy, and you to work, Grover!"
Both of them walked off with smiles. Percy looked at him.
"Well, that went better than expected." Grover nodded in agreement.
"I thought we were screwed for sure!" They both laughed and parted ways, Percy heading for his Ancient Greece class.
He was stopped by Annabeth, though. She smiled at him.
"Heard about you and Grover, congrats Percy!" She said sincerely. Percy blinked a few times.
"Uh, thank you, but we haven't even told anyone yet. How'd you find out?"
She snorted. "Nico. He and Will saw you guys holding hands and kiiinda told a few people. Not many though." Percy huffed and crossed his arms.
"Little shithead." He was grinning fondly, though.
Annabeth hugged him. "I'm really happy for you, seaweed brains." Percy laughed and hugged her back.
"Thank you, asshole." She pulled back and hummed thoughtfully.
"Y'know, Nico and Will left in a hurry after they told us about you and Grover. I wonder what they're doing."
Percy clicked his tongue.
"Hopefully they're admitting their obvious crushes on each other."
"If only."
Quiet conversations and muffled laughter could be heard from behind the Hades cabin, then accompanied by shushing.
"Oh my god, shut up, you're gonna make people hear us and then we'll have to go to lessons." There was no actual bite behind Nico's words, he was just as happy as Will.
"I can't help it! I've liked you for so long, and you had no idea!" Will whisper-shouted, sporting what could only be described as a lovesick smile.
Nico was the one holding back laughter this time. He leaned up and pecked his cheek. Will flushed and cupped Nico's face.
"I take it back, you're too cute to be the Lord of Darkness." Nico snorted.
"Uh Huh, and you're a douchebag." He smiled and leaned forward, kissing Will.
When they pulled away, both of them were smiling widely.
"Will you be my boyfriend? Please?" Nico asked, his voice barely audible. Will laughed and kissed his cheek.
"Absolutely."
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this was originally posted on my ao3 account in two parts lol. Haha gay campers brain go brrrr
