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"Oh my gods, guys, you have to come see this!" Hazel grinned as she and Piper burst into the dining room where Percy, Jason, Annabeth, Leo and Frank were drinking hot chocolate and eating marshmallows, contented and relaxed.

At Hazel and Piper's arrival, however, they all scrambled out of their seats in a frenzy.

"What is it?" Annabeth frowned. Hazel and Piper shared a sly smile that made the others extremely nervous.

"Just follow us," Piper smirked. "But be quiet." Puzzled, they all made their way to the hatch that led to the deck, Frank falling over his own feet on the way and consequently being hushed fiercely by the two girls. With a finger to her lips, Piper gently opened the hatch and they all filed out after her, everyone but Hazel with a curious expression.

Suddenly, they realised why; Nico.

He was fast asleep on the deck with his sword laying a meter or two away. But what made everyone, even Jason, 'aww', was how cute their Ghost King looked when he was sleeping. His jet black hair ruffled and falling over his face, his head resting on his arms and his vacant smile and carefree expression looked too adorable to belong to the cold, distant Nico they knew.

Suddenly, his eyelashes fluttered and Nico rubbed his eyes and sat up slightly, gazing without seeing, and everyone once again 'aww'ed and 'ahh'ed at Nico looking like a lost kitten. His eyes seemed to search for the source of noise and they focused on his fellow demigods crowding around him with adoring eyes.

"Arrhhh!" he screamed as he scrambled quickly backwards. "What in the name of Hades are you doing?"

Everyone shifted guiltily, except for Hazel.

"We were watching you sleep." Hazel stated with no hint of embarrassment.

"W-wha-why?" Nico stuttered. They all looked at him in surprise. Nico never stuttered. Nor did he ever look as flustered and unsure of himself as he did now.

"Nico, you look like a rabbit caught in the headlights!" Leo laughed, only to get a death glare from Nico.

"Dude, you are adorable when you sleep." Percy grinned. He also got a death glare but then Nico frowned.

"What?" Nico stared around at them.

"You look sweet when you sleep." Jason clarified, trying as hard as he could not to grin. Yet again, Nico gave another glare, along with a sneer.

"I'm not 'sweet'." Nico hissed.

"'Course you're not." Piper put a consoling hand on his shoulder, to be almost immediately shrugged off.

"Sorry, buddy, but you're cute when you sleep. There's no denying it." Leo grinned and Nico flushed.

"I'm NOT cute. If you're all done staring, can yo-"

"Nico, what were you doing on the deck at this time? It's freezing!" Frank shivered and looked around at the impending darkness. Nico stood up and retrieved his sword.

"I was training." he said stiffly.

"At night?" Annabeth cocked an eyebrow.

"Yes." Nico bristled. "I train better at night. Thank you all for watching me sleep, but I think I'll go to the privacy of my room now. Good night." And with that, Nico stormed hurriedly out, leaving the others to roll around on the deck, overcome by peels of laughter.

And, for once, Nico allowed himself a rare smile.