Oops. [ points to Nico for not retaliating and starting a full on flour war. Percy attempts a guilty look but he's mostly trying not to laugh. he takes the measuring cups out of Nico's hand as instructed and makes an even bigger mess trying to sift it into the cup and then pours it into the bowl. right. "sifting." he's good at this. he has this so down that he could do this with a blindfold on. it's only after he has the whole amount in the bowl they're using that he stares at Nico really hard, eyebrows raised, totally unimpressed with his doom and gloom act. ]

Seriously? [ come on! ] Get used to it.

[ maybe it's rude, reacting like that when Nico's opening up to him about insecurities but Percy doesn't see why he still feels that way. ]

Being a son of Hades will push people away if you let it and it did for awhile, but only because you never let anyone in. Now that you are, it's not really that surprising that you have people that want to be around you. That's what friends do. They like being in each other's company. [ Christmas and birthdays are different. days that are reserved for close friends and family. he knows exactly what Nico's trying to put into words. ] And you'll always have Hazel, Frank, Jason, Reyna, Will, Annabeth and I for the rest of it. Everyone else too, if you gave them the time.