User blog comment:Hermione Chase/"The Blood of Olympus" Expectations/@comment-24205801-20131018030827/@comment-6007020-20140331013652

It doesn't matter if there were hints. Some people hide sexuality so well that you feel like it came out of the blue in real life. The same here. We've never seen anything through Nico's eyes. Percy is the antithesis to observance. No one else really "knew" Nico except Hazel and she's too nice to pry.