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Imperfect

Imperfect ch3 - The Text Message

Kevin POV
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Bing!

I woke up this morning with a text message. I was going to kill whoever dared to wake me up half an hour of sleep. Half a fucking hour, I don’t even like waking up a minute early before my usual wake up time. I was furious until I saw what was written on the text.

Good morning! ;p it’s time to wake up dude
-Leo

When I read that message, I thought it was sweet to message me in the morning. I never even got one before, even from my exs. I thought it was cute. Cute? No Kevin, you can’t do this to yourself. You know it will never work out, he’s straight. You CANNOT fall in love with another straight boy. The first one hurt too much. All this thinking made me exhausted and I got up to get ready for school.

When I got to the kitchen, I found my mom cooking breakfast. “Hola mommy,”

“Hola mijo, apúrate para escuela,”{ hi son, hurry up for school}. When I heard her say that I rushed to get ready. In my family, there is one thing you must do, and that’s to always listen to her. She isn’t just a motherly figure to my little brothers and I, my mom is a mother to all her family and friends. Everyone loves her and would do anything to pay her back.



Once I got to school, I went straight to look for Nico. I finally spotted him and went up to talk to him. “Heyyyy Nico, so how was your visit with Bianca?” when he saw me, his face brighten a little.

“Hey Kevin, it was pretty fun. I barely had any time to talk to her though. And get this, Haze has met someone. I’m scared my little sis might get hurt.” When I heard him say that, I gave him a serious face to back off. I hate it when he gets overprotective about his sisters. Last time Hazel was interested of a boy, Nico kidnapped him and threatened to break his legs if he ever hurt his little sister. Thank God I was there to stop him from doing anything that will get him in trouble with the police, because knowing Nico, he probably would do it.

“Nico, what did I say about being overprotective with your sisters?” Nico gave me a frown knowing that I was right. “If you don’t let them go, they will never grow up. They need to experience the outside world, even if they might get hurt in the process.”

“I know, I know its just, that they are the two most important girls in my life,” he said while holding tight on to his text book. “If I ever see them cry, I will cry and hurt whoever hurt them. But enough about me, we better hurry to class before were marked late.”

“Yeah let’s go. Oh but before that, did you get a surprising message this morning?”

“No, not the last time I checked. Why, did you?” Nico said with a confused face.

“Never mind, it was probably nothing. Maybe it was even sent to me as a mistake,” I replied to try to make it seem like nothing. The message was nothing, right?



I was sitting down at the lunch table where we usually sit with our friends when Nico said, “Hey Kevin, do you want to hang out afterschool?” A million things went inside my head when he said that. I don’t usually make decisions without thinking them out thoroughly. I don’t have a problem, it just eases me to know what I’m going to do today and about any other things I could do if I had anytime.

After I was done thinking and figured out that it wouldn’t kill to spend some time with Nico finally said yes. By saying yes, I could already see Nico brightening up. It always made him happy when he knew he won’t be alone in that big house. Nico’s mom, being a fashion designer, and his dad, being the CEO of Underworld, would always leave him alone with Hazel in that big house. And now that Hazel wanted to hang out with her new friends, Nico had no one to keep him busy. Plus, who was I to deny this bundle of cuteness. Certainly not me.

“That reminds me, what was with that thing this morning?”

“Oh, what thing?” said the green eyed boy walking his way to our table. “Come on, you can tell me. I promise I won’t tell anyone,” Percy said putting some kind of adorable pout. If I didn’t care about the message so much, I would probably fall for it, but nope, like hell I’ll make a huge mistake like that.

“It doesn’t matter anymore, it was probably just a misunderstanding, so stop asking,” I said to the both of them and then turned to Percy, “and would you stop with that face of yours. It’s not going to work on me, little boy.” Percy stopped pouting and started to eat his meal. “Wait a minute, why are you eating in our table in the first place Jackson?”

“I’m here because I want to. Plus aren’t we friends now? We even exchanged numbers.” Nico and I were totally confused by that statement. We’re friends with thee Percy Jackson? When in the hell did this happen? “Isn’t that right Leo?” at that moment the cute Latino boy had arrived to our table and sat next to Percy across from us.

“Of course it is. Why wouldn’t we be friends?” said Leo. Because you two are popular and we’re not, because you guys should be talking to us unless you needed something, and the only reason we ever talked to each other is because we are assigned in the same group. Thoughts kept on going through my mind, but I thought it would be wise to just sit there and accept what was going on.

“Fine whatever, back to what we were talking about in the first place before you tried to change to subject. What do you want to do today it’s your choice, but once it hits eight, I want to watch my Flash.”

“You know how big of a fan I am of super heroes. I am offended that you would think that I would forget about The Flash.” Nico sarcastically said to me.

“No way, you guys watch The Flash too?” we turned to see both Leo and Percy stared at us as if they were looking at their role model.

“Hold up, you guys watch The Flash too?” both of them nodded their heads after Nico said that. I could not believe that they would watch The Flash. They don’t look like they would watch The Flash. “I guess you really don’t judge a book by its cover,” Nico said to me. But what he said was true, I couldn’t see them as Flash fans.

“If we all like The Flash, we should hang out sometime and watch the show together someday.” Leo was quick to agree with Percy, but both Nico and I thought that it wouldn’t work out. If anyone found out that we were hanging out with those two afterschool, we would both get a betting from their secret admires. “Well, I gotta go, see you two in English. Bye.” Percy left with Leo behind him, leaving both Nico and I confused.



“Okay guys, yesterday you guys were supposed to create bonds with your group members, now it’s time to put them in action.” After Mr. Blofis said that, I knew what was going to happen next. “You and your group members are going to create your own story. There is no requirement, except that it has to have to theme of either school, or summer. Using both or adding other themes in your story will give you extra credit. It will be due in the end of the week so you better start cracking.” Mr. Blofis laughed and sat down on his desk and gave us the rest of the hour to about what to do about the project.

“I say that we start tonight. It would be wise to start early, since we don’t know what will happen with our schedule,” I said to everyone. They all nodded in agreement and Percy had started to talk.

“I have swim practice until five and Leo has workshop club until 4. Would it be okay if you waited until we are done?” Both Nico and I said that was fine and if there was any other thing that needed to said, to say it right now. “Oh, can we do it at either of your houses, my mom doesn’t want any guests when she’s not there.”

“We can’t do it at my house to much kids,” Leo replied.

“Can’t do mine either. My mom is cleaning the house today. I don’t think she would like it if strangers come inside her house,” I said and then turned to Nico. “So that leaves Nico’s house. Now that that’s settle, we’ll meet up at the pool and head over to Nico’s house after we’re all done.”



Nico and I sat down on the benches in the school’s pool, where a bunch of girls where sitting cheering for the hot shirtless guys. It was a huge lap pool only used for the swim team’s practice. It was weird that they had indoor benches when they never had any home games. You can see the discrimination in the school. The library couldn’t get new books that weren’t worn out, but the swim team could have benches that would have costed a lot of money to build.

A cheerleader kept on staring at us like we were not supposed to be here when we sat down. Finally the cheerleader got up and started to walk towards us. “Why are you two faggots doing here?” It wasn’t a surprise that people thought of us as being gay. There have been many rumors that Nico and I liked guys, but whenever they asked, we never confirmed that it was true. At least this way, weren’t in real danger, but we would still get our beatings occasionally. “What disgusting faggots. They’re probably here to stare at the swim team. Fucking dick suckers.” She started to laugh causing the rest of the girls to come to us and start laughing as well. I was going to show those bitches that they were messing with the wrong person, until Leo showed up and came to our rescue instead.

“What in the fuck are you doing Drew?” the little latino was furious. I never knew he could get this mad for someone he barely knows. “Get out of here bitch or else.” Leo’s face turned red with anger. The cheerleader was about to say something, but was intrupted when she got soaked by water. We all turned to see who through it and saw Percy with a furious expression. Drew ran out of the room with her army of sluts, when she knew she wouldn’t win. I could not believe that these two boys stood up for us. “Are you two okay?” we both turned back to Leo and nodded. “I’m sorry about Drew, she can be such a bitch. What did she say anyways?” Leo looked at both us and then after Percy got out of the pool, so was he.

“It was nothing, just the usually insults about us. You don’t have to worry about it.” A little part of me was depress when I lied to these two. I could already feel Nico’s glare about faking my feeling, but what else was I supposed to do? If they found out about these rumors, they would either one of the two reactions; 1) they would try to stop the rumors by denying it, causing them to fall down on their social rank and maybe making them new bully targets, or 2) they will believe it and be disgusted and never talk to us. I couldn’t let either of those to happen so the only choice I had was to lie. I then turned to Percy, who was dripping wet and shirtless (holy crap, I have to admit he is hot). “Since your practice was over, hurry up and get change so we can do our project.” Percy left and we all waited until he was done.



Nico POV
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Oh my god, I can’t believe Kevin. He knows how much I hate lies and fakeness. I know it would be bad if they found out about the rumors, but it didn’t mean we should lie to them. While Leo was distracted by the incoming cheerleaders, I took Kevin by the hand to see what was happen. “Kevin why did you lie and faked your smile?”

“You know what would have happened if we told them the truth.” He was right. We couldn’t make the same mistake as before. “They’ve been really nice to us already. We don’t want them to hate us now.” I nodded in agreement. “So please put up with this, even if it’s for a little while. If we can really trust them in time, then we’ll spill everything even the part of being gay.”

“Fine your right,” I replied. “We should head back before they notice that we were gone.” Once we got there, we saw Leo and Percy talking and giggling.



Kevin POV
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By the time we all arrived at Nico’s, both Percy and Leo had their mouths wide open in awe. Leo kept on touching everything that he thought was “cool” like a little child, while Percy just stared at everything. He probably thought it was wise to “see and not touch” everything that looked expensive. But that didn’t last long by the time we got to Nico’s room. Percy kept on staring at the bookshelf with all of Nico’s comic books and the cabinet with all comic book collectibles. If I didn’t know better, it felt like Percy may have a dork orgasm by looking at all of this. When Nico finally saw what was happening to Percy, he finally said, “You can read or play with any of those if you want.”

“Really!? Is that okay?” Both Percy and Leo looked at us with eyes full of joy. They kept on jumping up and down; I couldn’t help but think that they were cute. We both told them it was fine as long as they don’t ruin them. The two of them rushed to the shelves and grab their favorite action figure and started to play with them. While they were playing, Nico and I started to do the assignment. By the time they notice what was happening, they stopped playing and sat on the bed that we were sitting on to join the group.

Nico looked at me and them to them to talk. “You don’t have to work if you want to, we can do it.” Both of them were depress for some reason.

“No way. This is a group assignment for all of us. We are not going to let you do all of the work.” When the green eyed boy said that, I couldn’t but laugh. I was surprise that they would actually think that we would do all the work by ourselves. “What’s so funny?”

“Ha ha, no I just couldn’t believe that you thought we would do all the work for you.” Both Peercy and Leo blushed in embarrassment. “We weren’t going to do all the work with you two. We were just starting it while you two played for a little while. I like to fool around before doing a project sometimes as well, so it’s okay to play.” At that signal, both boys ran back to what they were doing. Even Nico joined them so I thought what the hell if you can’t beat them join them. I left the room and went to the empty guest room Nico used to store his manga and grabbed one of Nico’s manga that were sitting one of his shelf and started to read.

“You like Naruto too?” I stopped reading and saw that Leo was standing at the door looking at me. I was laying at the bed and for some reason, Leo thought it was okay to lay next to me. “Is it okay if I read it with you?"

“I don’t see how it would hurt.” I replied. Leo gave me a huge smile and moved closer to me. “I never saw you as someone who loves comic books, manga, or anime. You are just full of surprise aren’t you?” Leo blush in to a new shade of red that I haven’t seen before. He looked so cute I couldn’t resist, but blush.



Percy POV

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While Leo and Kevin were out of the room, I thought it would be great to get to know more of Nico. I put my action figures down and looked at Nico. “Hey Nico,” the raven haired boy turned to me, “I was wondering if you can tell me more about yourself, I think you’re a cool guy and I want to get know you a little.” Nico started to turn a bit red, he looked kinda cute when he was embarrassed.

“I’m not that special really. There isn’t much to say about myself,” he replied.

“That is a total lie. You have all these comic books and action figures. Plus, you’re stinking rich! If I know better, you probably can get whatever you want by a snap of your fingers.” Nico face fell a little when I said that.

“I see, so you just think of me as a rich kid. Look, you may think that money can buy you anything, but that’s not true. I would trade all the money in the world for more friends, to be accepted in society for who I am –” he stopped talking all of a sudden.

“What do you mean ‘to be accepted for who I am’?” I asked.

“It was nothing,” Nico turned away from me, “none that concerns you anyways. I’m going to go see what Kevin and Leo are doing.” Nico got up and was going to walk out before I stopped him from going. “What are you doing?” What am I doing?

“Look I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to offend you. In my family, money is a problem. We barely make due every month.” I kept on going about my family’s private business. I don’t know what was possessing me to spill everything to Nico when I never talked about this to anyone other than my mom, but after I was done I felt like a huge weight was lifted off of me. And it was sweet of Nico to sit their listening to every word I said.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know,” Nico said after I was done confessing. He had settled down and sat on his bed. “I didn’t know Mr. Perfect had problems too.”

I was surprise that he thought of me as perfect. I couldn’t help but blush. “I never knew you thought of me like that. You think I’m perfect?” Nico nodded and blushed after realizing what he had said. “Thanks for the compliment, but as you can see now, I’m not really perfect. Sorry to disappoint you.

“No!” Nico yelled, grabbing my arm. “You did not disappoint me at all. It’s more like the opposite.” He soon lets go of my hand and takes a step back, making me a bit sad. When I tried to walk towards him, he would keep on walking back. The closer I got to him, the better I could see his face. I noticed he was so red that it reached all the way to his ears. Aw, how cute.

Before I could say anything, Kevin and Leo walked in talking. “What’s up with you two?” Kevin asked. Before I could answer, Nico rushed out the room with Kevin to follow.

“Dude, what happened?” I froze there until Leo spoked to me. “I the vibe in this room felt intense.” A part of me didn’t quite understand what had happened. One moment Nico and I were getting to know each other, and then the next I knew it, all I wanted to do was hold Nico in my arms.



Nico POV
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What in the hell is wrong with me? This day has been a total disaster. After Percy confessed to me, I just had to go and run away. Sometimes, I just hate being me. I hate how weak I am, running away when things get tough, or pushing people away so that I won’t get hurt. And now, I even dragged Kevin down. Fuck. I am so stupid.

I kept on running all around the house, until I finally found a place for Kevin and I to talk. “Okay, spill it Nico. What happened between you and Percy?” Kevin kept on staring at me while I kept on pacing around the room to try to calm myself down.

I looked to Kevin and opened my mouth to tell him, but I couldn’t say it. I didn’t even understand what really happened. Every time I replayed what happened in my mind, I would blush and look away from Kevin. Finally I said everything to him in one breath. After I was done Kevin just stood there with his mouth wide open.

“Alright I think I got it. Nico do you want to set things right with Percy and go back to normal?” I couldn’t say anything to him. I just nodded my head in agreement. “Then you just have to talk to him. I don’t really know what happened or if I got it right, but I think it would be wise to sit down and communicate with each other.” I am so glad that Kevin is my friend, without him, I think I would have lost it and hid in a room until they left.



“Soooo, what did you want to talk about?” Percy said. I hated this atmosphere between the two of us, awkwardness. For the first five minutes, he and I kept on staring at each other, hoping one of us would start the conversation. It was dead silent, until Percy spoked again. “If this is about before, I am sorry. I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable. That is the last thing I wanted.” Percy saying that made me blush. I couldn’t believe that he cared about what I thought.

“It’s okay. Actually, I want to say sorry for what I did. I shouldn’t have ran out on you after what you said.” Percy’s face brightened up. I could feel the distance between us getting smaller. I like this feeling. Being able to talk to someone other than family or Kevin without feeling awkward, feels great. I don’t know what it is, but I feel like I can say anything to Percy.



Leo POV
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After whatever happened between Nico and Percy got sorted out, Kevin and I thought it was time for us to pack our stuff and go. Nico insisted that we take his private driver home, but Kevin denied the offer saying that if they brought a limo to his neighborhood, he would most likely get mugged being mistaken as someone rich. “Whoa man, if your neighborhood is that dangerous, you shouldn’t go walking alone in the night.” I couldn’t let someone I know get hurt, I am a gentleman.

“Well in that case, why don’t you go with him Leo?” Percy said to me. “If I remember right, you live the same direction as he do,” he said, pointing at the direction Kevin seemed to be walking.
I couldn’t believe him. I just said that it’s dangerous to walk alone at night, and here Kevin goes, walking like nothing’s going to happen to him. “Screw it. Kevin wait up!” Kevin stopped for me to catch up. “Dude, what did I just say?” Kevin just looked at me confused. “I just said that it’s dangerous to walk alone, the least you can do is let me come with you for protection.” I put my arm up and flexed my muscles. Kevin kept on laughing and looked like he was going to break something for laughing to hard.

“Sorry, I just couldn’t believe what you just said,” Kevin said. “You think I need protection?” I nodded and Kevin’s face looked like he was offended. “Okay, look here chico, I am not like those other girls you flirt with, In the first place I’m not even a girl, so you can stop that.” I was surprise and a bit aroused at Kevin’s response. I was going to retaliate, but then Kevin started talking. “Well if you really want to walk me home, then it’s okay. But so help me God, if you say anything about school or your flirting with girls, I will kick your ass.” Kevin glared at me, until I finally nodded.

It was completely silent most of the time. “So tell me Kevin. Why are you so rude sometimes?” Kevin stopped walking for a moment, but then started to move again.

“Well if you really want to know.” Kevin said a little shaken before continuing. “It’s because I feel safe.” I looked at him confused, why would he feel safe by pushing people away? “It’s not something I much really. I just don’t like it when people pretend to be friends with me.”

“But don’t that sounds a little sad I think you would actually become popular if you act like yourself.” Kevin face fell for some reason. “And you should just let loose and have fun some time,” I said smiling at him. “Oh by the way, did you get my message this morning?”

“Wait, so you did that for real. I thought you just did that by accident.”

“No way. Of course I meant it. And let me just say, it was rude of you to not text me back,” I smirked at him. “You never received one before?” I asked questionably. Kevin’s face became red. “Wat, so you never got one before?” Kevin nodded.

Before I could say anything, Kevin stopped at a house. “Well this is my stop. Thanks for coming with me it was sweet.” Kevin turned to face the house and started to walk towards it. Before I could say anything, Kevin dashed inside his house.

I was heading back home, when I got a text message from Kevin:

Thanks for worrying about me today and walking me home. I suggest that you don’t do that with anybody though. I had fun talking to you.

I was smiling at the text message. I was happy that Kevin cared about me like that. I got a feeling that we’re going to be close friends. Before I was going to put my phone away, I saw that the message wasn’t over:

Btw, don’t flirt randomly with anyone, I don’t like it and you look a little sad. I like it when you’re happy.

My heart started to feel weird. I didn’t know anyone could see that I was actually sad whenever I was flirted with random girls. Something tells me, there’s something special about Kevin.

Notes

Hey guys sorry for the mix up this is actually the third chapter and the one I put up last month was actually the next chapter. I already changed the chapter to number 4 and it is already up.

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