User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The House of Hades Official Discussion/@comment-4662873-20131011152546/@comment-5050355-20131012014101

Whether he is gay or bisexual is completely unrelated to the story right now. Sure, it gives Nico a new side but as Ginger says- it can't go anywhere. Percy only views him as a good friend.

Seriously, I think Rick is just trying to bring Nico down to a point where readers will pity his life so much that they would be happy if he died. Which is very likely in BoO