Uhg. I've been avoiding this chapter because I knew it would be short... I hate short chapters, they annoy me...

The title of this chapter is a song I was listening to while writing it.

My Weeks in Hell

Papermoon

"What movie?"

Percy shrugged. "I don't know, you pick." He let his head drop off the couch, looking at Nico upside down.

Nico rolled his eyes. "You know, if I pick the movie the moment it starts you'll get scared and asked me to change it," the ghost king explained, already knowing Percy too well.

"No, no," Poseidon's son said. He turned onto his stomach, trying to get the blood back to the rest of his body. "I won't complain this time. Just pick."

"So something scary, maybe Paranormal Activity 3?" Hades' son asked, already knowing the reaction he would get. They had been going on for about ten minutes of which movie to watch and each time Nico would give a suggestion, Percy would come around saying "Now do you really want to watch that?" Of course, this would make Nico choose a different movie, only to get the same answer.

"Now do you really want to watch that?" Percy asked, tilting his head to the side in the most adorable way.

Nico had to tear his eyes away from that face, knowing he wouldn't be able to resist just staring for long. Sighing, the ghost king knew the movie they would end up watching, even if he'd tried to avoid it. "The Little Mermaid?" He groaned.

"That sounds good," the sea prince grinned. "Now put it in and get back over here." He patted the couch beneath him.

"Demanding much?" Nico muttered, putting the movie in the player. "Just because we're 'sort of' going out doesn't mean you are allowed to boss me around." He walked over, eying the older boy whom refused to admit they were in a real relationship.

Percy sighed, sitting up so to allow Nico to sit. The black eyed boy sat, pulling Percy onto his lap. "I'm allowed to boss you around as much as I want," he grumbled, laying his head on Nico's shoulder, listening as the movie previews began.

"What makes you think that?" Hades' son chuckled, wrapping his arms securely around his sea prince's waist. This did not go without Percy flinching, still surprised by the little gestures Nico did.

The sea prince, lazy grin on his face, looked up at Nico with half-lidded eyed through strands of his dark hair. "Because I can do this." He softly pressed their lips together, slowly sliding a hand up to tangle into Nico's hair.

The younger one reacted immediately, turning Percy around to face him and adding more pressure to the kiss. He took the sea prince's bottom lip in his mouth, nibbling it softly as Percy's hands ran through his hair. Suddenly, Percy pulled away, leaving Nico with his mouth parted and a confused light in his eyes.

A wicked smirk broke out on the son of sea god's lips. "I can do that," he said stupidly. Nico just glared at him, wondering where Percy had learned to be so mischievous. "Hermes," the sea prince said, as if reading the other's mind, "he thought me a few tricks, if you are wondering."

Nico groaned, "I should have expected no less." He rolled his onyx eyes. "Now, you won't leave me hanging like that, will you?" He rolled them over to where he was laying on top of Percy, who had his back pressed against the cushions. Nico pushed Percy's wrists above his head.

The sea prince shrugged the best he could with his arms above him. "I suppose I could," he muttered. Percy looked up at the ghost king with a stupid grin. "But I won't." He pushed forward to kiss the other demigod, only to find the lips just out of reach. "Nico," the older one whined, "You're kidding?"

The black eyed halfblood shook his head. "Nope," he began sucking on Percy's neck. "I'm going to tease you for a while Perce." Nico ran his tongue up the green eyed one's neck, successfully sending a shiver though Percy's body.

"N—Nico!" Percy whined. "Just stop, please."

Hades' son blew into the sea prince's ear. "No," he said before taking the earlobe in his mouth.

Percy cried out when he felt Nico bite his ear, turning his head to the side in a sad attempt to get away. "Nico." Percy froze.

"What's wrong Perce?" The ghost king asked, noticing the stillness. When there was no answer, Nico became worried. "Seriously Percy, what's wrong?"

Poseidon's son turned his head to look back at Nico. "The movie's on Neeks." He motioned to the screen. "Can we please watch it?I haven't seen The Little Mermaid in months," Percy begged.

Sighing, Nico shifted to where he was laying with Percy beside him. He circled his arms around the older demigod's waist. "You're lucky I love you," the ghost king whispered.

"I know." Percy gave a noise resembling a squeal when he felt Nico's lips ghost over his neck, leaving kisses. He intertwined their fingers and gave Hades' son a soft kiss.

My Weeks in Hell

"Nico," the sea prince whispered.

"What is it?" Nico asked in a tried voice. He tightened his grip around Percy's waist so no one could snatch him away. "Why are you still awake? Go to bed."

Percy lifted his head from Nico's chest and brought his sea green eyes to look up at the ghost king's lidded ones. "I'm serious Nico. Please, wake up a little."

Regretfully, the shadow prince peeled his eyes open to find the green irises staring into his. "Alright Perce, I'm somewhat awake. Now, what is it you want?" Nico hissed, only to regret it a moment later when he saw the hurt look on his sea prince's face. "I didn't mean it like that. I'm just tired. So, please, just tell me what it is so I can go back to sleep."

Nodding, Poseidon's son bite his lip, a sign of his true worry. "It's just—" He cut himself off, looking away. "You know what, never mind. I'll tell you in the morning."

Nico sighed. He leaned down and kissed Percy lightly, using his tongue to force Percy's teeth away from the bottom lip. "Don't do that, you'll split your lip," he said once he had pulled back. "Now, what is it?"

Percy went to bite his lip, only stopping when he remembered what Nico had just said. "I'm worried," he confessed. "When I finally get out of here, back to camp, what will everyone think? I mean, I know that I'll break up with Annabeth once we get back—because I don't love her like that—but when they see us together, the other campers won't be nice."

The ghost king sighed. Of course, Percy was worrying about others still, that was in his DNA. "It doesn't matter what those idiot campers think," Nico told him, knowing the truth in his words. "They'll ask questions, and some of them may even avoid you for a while, but your friends will understand. If they don't, then they never were your real friend. Besides, me and Rachel will always be there. And Tyson and Grover. They won't forget you just because you and Annabeth aren't dating anymore."

"Still." The worry lines on the sea prince's face began to sink in. "What about my dad? He'll know, if he already doesn't, that Hades was the reason of my disappearance. There is no way he'll just be okay with us dating. And what about my mom?" Percy buried his face in his hands. "Gods! Both my parents will hate me!"

As much has he tried, Nico's body just wouldn't agree with his brain. He laughed. Laughed because he found Percy's over reacting funny. Clearly Percy took this as a different sign.

"Stop laughing like that!" He demanded. Sadly, the green eyed halfblood didn't look convincing with swollen lips and a few hickeys traveling around his jaw and down his neck. "It's not funny that my parents will hate me!"

The shadow prince shook his head. "That's not why I'm laughing," he said, trying to smother his last few chuckles in Percy's hair.

"Why are you laughing then!"

Nico pulled back, looking down at the flustered sea prince with a soft smile plastered on his lips. "Because you are worrying for nothing," the shadow prince said, calm as always. "Your mom, she could never hate you. If you think Mrs. Blofis would, well then, you aren't giving her enough credit. As for your dad, you are his favorite child Percy. Of course, he won't approve at first, but after he sees I really love you and that I will never allow anything to happen to you, he will come around. Poseidon is extremely kind, especially when it comes to you, if you hadn't noticed."

Percy shrugged. "I guess," he muttered, still not believing anything.

"Look at me." Hesitantly, the sea prince lifted his eyes to stare into Nico's Tartarus brown. "I mean what I say. I love you Percy Jackson and I intend to always protect you and stand by you, no matter who you are fighting. Whether it be some idiot god or Annabeth, I'll be next to you."

Finally, Percy smiled. He reached up and kissed Nico lightly on the lips before snuggling back into the dark heir's chest. "You're amazing, you know," the sea prince yawned. "But one more thing, before we go to sleep."

"What is it?" Nico asked, settling back into the sheets.

"I love you Nico di Angelo. I know it's soon, but you made me fall in love with you," Percy manged to mumble before letting Hypnos take him.

The ghost king smiled. It had worked, he loves me. Was the last thought before Hypnos, too, took him into sleep.

My Weeks in Hell

Nico yawned, stretching out, hearing his bones crack. He kicked the covers off and blinked the sleep out of his eyes. He stared up at the black ceiling, silently cursing Morpheus for making his dreams so good. As if Percy Jackson would ever love him. As if he'd been in the Underworld for real.

The ghost king throw his legs over the side of his bed, glancing at the alarm clock to check the time, like he did everyone morning. Something was wrong though. Beside a glass of water—that, alone, surprised Nico to know end because he never kept water there—he noticed the crumpled paper. He picked it up, noticing it was a sparkling blue color with white on the back. What was that type of paper called? Oh, yeah. Wrapping paper.

Wait...

The shadow prince did a double take, flipping it back over to the blue side. He shifted it from side to side, letting light capture it. The same paper from the dream. Poseidon had used it to send Percy that late Christmas present. What was it doing here? Was the sea god trying to taunt him, knowing of his crush on the sea prince?

Nico flipped the paper back to the over to the white side, just noticing the sloppy writing that could only belong to Percy.

Sorry I didn't wake you, you looked like you were having a good dream so I figured you'd want to sleep. I went to the kitchen because I got hungry. Come there when you get up, we can make a real breakfast.

I love you. See you soon.

Percy

Beside his name there was a little heart.

It all made Nico smile. So, it wasn't a dream. Morpheus wasn't trying to be extra cruel and Poseidon wasn't trying to trick him. He'd actually captured the sea prince's heart and it was all real.

Hurriedly, the ghost king jumped out of bed—stuffing Percy's note into his pocket on the way—and made his way to the kitchen. Hopefully Percy hadn't been awake too long. Nico knew he sleep like the dead—no pun intended—and that the sea prince usually woke before him. In the kitchen, there was no green eyed morning person, so Nico guessed he'd slept longer than intended.

The shadow prince made his way around the palace, checking all the places Percy could have stumped into, whether it be an entertainment room or even a bathroom. Once he'd decided that Percy was no where in he could find, he choose to see his father. Perhaps Poseidon's son had decided to go exploring, maybe even back to Persephone's garden. Either way, the Underworld king would know.

"Dad," Nico called, walking to his father's bedroom, knocking on the door.

Persephone pulled the door open. "He's in the throne room," she told her step-son. "Is there something you need Nico?"

"Yeah, is Percy in one of your gardens?" The young demigod asked, concern for the other boy clear on his face. "I couldn't find him in the palace so I figured he went exploring."

The spring goddess gave him a sad smile, which went unnoticed. "Your father wanted to speak to you about that. Go find him," she began closing the door, only to have Nico reopen it.

"What do you mean?" The halfblood demanded. His eyes narrowed, not trusting the goddess. "Just tell me where my father has decided to put Percy so I may retrieve him."

Persephone glared. "Nico, you are my step-son, so I will give you a fair warning. If you decide to go around treating gods and goddess' like you are treating me right now, you will die." The demigod took that as his cue to take a few steps back. "That's better. Now, your father wishes to speak with you. Go to the throne room now." Then she slammed the door, not giving Nico a chance to answer.

Sighing, Nico made his way to the throne room. With the way Persephone was treating him, he guessed that his father had decided to lock Percy up. Most likely in the dungeon again. Maybe Poseidon had discovered his son's whereabouts and made a threat, forcing Hades to hide the favorite child of his brother away. No matter what it was, though, Nico had already made up his mind that he would stay by Percy, even if it meant staying in that dungeon room the death god had designed.

"Nico."

The demigod lifted his head, realizing he'd reached the throne room while lost in his thoughts. The ghost king knelt down, knowing even if he was trying to find Percy annoying his father was never an option. "Father," he said respectfully. Hades made the sign to rise, so Nico did. "You requested to speak with me."

"Yes," the god of the dead confirmed, nodding his head. "I wished to speak to you about Perseus."

Nico took his father's pause as allowing himself to speak. "Yes, I noticed he wasn't around the palace and Persephone said that he was not exploring, did you know of his whereabouts?" The shadow prince knew better than to start accusing his father of anything, especially involving Percy, so he left out the idea of a dungeon.

Hades sighed, stepping off his throne and coming to stand in front of his son. This was when Nico knew something was wrong. His father, even for family interactions, stayed on his throne. This was rare, so rare that it had never happened before that Nico knew off. Now, the ghost king was beginning to worry. "What's wrong?"

"I should have explained this to you before," Hades sighed again. "As you know, Jason Grace has been brought to Camp Half-Blood, which—I'm sure you've discovered—is not right."

"Yes," Nico nodded, eager for him to continue, not sure of the god's intentions.

The god looked away, walking towards one of that large windows on the far wall. The ghost king was quick to follow. "That was my sister's doing, Hera. Before I decided to take Perseus, she had a plan of her own. She wishes to unit the two camps, I believe, but to do that she needs them to trust each other." Hades glanced over at his son, a sad look on his face.

"And?" Nico asked, wanting the god to continue. Instead, his father continued to look at him with that sad expression. "What?" Even as he said it, the pieces fell together in the ghost king's head. "She wanted to put Percy at the Camp Jupiter, like she put Jason at Camp Half-Blood." It all made sense now, why the Jupiter brat had been at a Greek camp.

"Yes," Hades nodded.

The two were silent for a long time, until Nico decided to speak.

"She took Percy from me," his voice crack, even if he didn't intend it too. "How?"

"A deal with the Fates," the god said, a sense of sadness surrounding him. This was not his plan at all. "I apologize Nico, Hera wasn't supposed to do this."

Nico gulped down the cry that wanted to break out of his lips. "I'll find him. I don't give a fuck how long it takes for Percy to get to Camp Jupiter, I'll be there waiting for him when he does get there. I swear on Styx I'll be there." He promised, almost expecting lightning to strike, even if they were in his father's realm.

Hades sneered. "I supposed I can not get around that then," he muttered. "But, you do have to swear not to tell him anything about his old life when you find him. Nothing at all, Nico."

"What?" That was just simply crazy. The god couldn't just expect Nico to not take Percy in his arms and hug him once he was found. That was simply crazy!

"Hera had also taken his memories," Hades glared at Nico, annoyed with the overreaction. "He most discover them on his own, even if that means forgetting you."

"I won't just let him forget me!" Nico snapped. "I love him! I promised Percy I would always stand by him!"

"Then you will stand by him forgetting loving you," Hades said angrily, though a hint of sadness still was hidden in his tone. "These are the wishes of the Fates, Nico, I have no say in them. Now swear you will let Percy remember on his own and not interfere."

The ghost king glared at his father, refusing to back down. "Fine," he hissed. "I swear on the River Styx that I will let Percy remember everything on his own."

"Even if that means forgetting you?" Hades raised his eyebrows.

Nico nodded sadly. "Even if he must forget me."

The god nodded. "Very well. That will be all Nico," he said before blending into the shadows.

Nico just glared for a while at nothing. He wanted to kill something. Kill Hera. Kill the Fates. Kill that Jupiter brat because he was somehow part of this. He knew he couldn't do that though. That "wasn't allowed".

The shadow prince pulled out the crumpled note from his pocket.

I love you. See you soon.

Percy

He read it over and over again, trying to remember how Percy would have said it.

"I love you Nico di Angelo. I know it's soon, but you made me fall in love with you," Percy mumbled before falling asleep.

That was the last thing he said.

"I'll find you," Nico promised. "Even if Hera has stripped you of your memories and you fall back in love with Annabeth, I'll stand by you, because I love you Percy Jackson." A drop of water landed on the note. When Nico realized he was crying, it was too late to stop them, so he let the tears fall.

*Hides behind Hades because Nico won't hide me anymore*

Alright, do me a favor and put away the pitchforks and torches. I know, this is a bad place to end it, but I've kind of had this planned from the start. Before you even ask, yes, there will be a sequel. No, I couldn't put it in here because Percy's not in the Underworld anymore, therefore, the title—My Weeks in Hell—would no longer make sense.

Please don't hate me. First chapter of of the sequelwill be out in a couple days.

Thanks so much for reading! See you again in Lost on Jupiter!

~Goddess of the Multiverses