'Not like him that way back.' The phrase almost sends Nico into hysteric laughter. Luckily, he's able to control that impulse. No need to fuel the rumor mill with the son of Hades being insane on top of creepy.

Speaking of which, he can't help casting a wary look around the place. He's not willing to out himself in this mess of people and neither is he willing or comfortable enough to have a conversation like this in public.

"Look, can we talk about this somewhere else? Without a lot of people around to overhear?"