When Nico stubbed his toe this morning when he walked towards his bathroom, he disregarded it as nothing serious. Burned his fingers trying to grab his piece of toast, no biggie for our ghost king. When he almost got ran over by a cyclist, not an ounce of forewarning crossed his mind.
He really should have known better.
Which is why he is now currently stuck in Victoria's Secret with fellow demigod Leo Valdez. Nico couldn't help but curse as the two of them tried to hide behind the underwear displays. He glared at him, whispering violently," You're dead Valdez."
He fiddled with his tool belt as he quickly glanced over the display. From afar, a mass of girl's were screaming his name in aggravation. "Hey, I didn't expect trying pick up some girls would lead to this."
"Why in all places are we in-" Nico's face lit up in embarrassment, "this place?"
"Look, when a horde of crazy-very good looking- but crazy girls are coming at both ends, you gotta do what you gotta do man." He threw his hands up lightly in defeat. "Not my fault that I'm such a lady killer."
The latter couldn't help but mutter darkly," Oh, there will be more than one killer after this is over."
The latino patted his friend's back in comfort, "Don't worry Mr. Wingman. I'll pay you back after this."
Nico had to suppress the urge to strangle him. "It's your fault for not keeping your damn time straight. Saying you'll meet twenty different girls at five." A scoff escaped his lips.
Leo exclaimed in hopes of redeeming himself, "Hey! I didn't think they would actually show up."
Before Nico had time to come up with a snarky comeback, the sound of someone clearing their throat drew their eyes upward. A very displeased sales clerk said in a forced tone, "Can I help you two?"
Leo laughed nervously as he tried to back away. " Umm.. no?"
In less than a heartbeat,both were picked up roughly by the workers and tossed out the door. The ghost king rubbed his head lightly in irritation, standing up roughly. Just was he was about to give another death threat (which could easily be followed through with later) the unanimous cry of one name rang through the mall; Leo Valdez. Nico gulped and snuck a peek behind him. A stampede of angry girls were storming over in their direction, and coming fast. Both glanced at each other and without a second thought, yelled fearfully, "Run!"
It was awhile before Leo inquired a very interesting question as they continued to run. "W-why didn't," he took a large breathe of air before continuing, " You just shadow travel us out of there?"
"Fuck."
Today was not his day.