Mistletoe
It was the 23th of December and nearing Christmas. The camp had a slight dusting of snow but was still protected by the barrier from the raging storms outside. Usually the camp only had a few strings of fairy lights up to decorate the place but this year however; the seven (with help from other campers) had decided to go a bit extra. By that I mean there were now light up candy canes lining the cabins and a giant Christmas tree decorated with tinsel and ball balls sat next to the big house. They installed light up Santa's and even had talking snowmen automatons. They started to get annoying fast. To be blunt, the Christmas spirit was running high through everyone.
To add a bit of fun and games the seven took mistletoe and hung it in places where people would be walking through often. That way maybe some of the people they wanted to get together might accidentally kiss. It was a win win.
"How can we get Nico and Will to walk under some of the mistletoe we've planted around camp at the same time and then kiss?!" Percy asked out loud as he and Annabeth sat together in the warmth. They were trying to solve this puzzle. Well and also the one of New York on the table in front of them. But mainly the former.
"I don't know maybe come up behind them when they are talking and hang it above their heads," she replied distractedly putting another piece in the correct place.
"Wait! This could totally work! Annabeth you're a genius!" screamed Percy as he jumped up waving his hands in the air.
"I know, Seaweed Brain," she answered.
Percy ran outside where the sun had already started to set. Campers were mingling around talking to their friends and he spotted Will with Nico, together in front of the infirmary. They talked happily using animated hand gestures as friends do. But Percy along with a few others had bets on them getting together romantically. He needed that money now more than ever to buy a new book for Annabeth. He was determined to win this bet.
He walked over casually to them hearing a snip-it of their conversation.
"Why do you like their music so much?" Nico asked Will.
"It just has a good sound to it I guess and I can relate to some of their lyrics."
"Hey guys," interrupted Percy before they could continue their talk.
"Hi," Will greeted as Nico nodded his head – his way of saying hello.
He stood for a few seconds remembering why he was there and luckily for Percy just hanging a little bit above them was a tree the perfect height for him to reach. At camp the plants grew healthily courtesy of the Demeter cabin, whom Percy silently thanked. Now he just needed to distract the two boys to make his plan work.
"Wait Will, Nico, is that a fish in that tree?" he queried pointing in the opposite direction before reaching up and hanging the mistletoe on the branch above them as they were distracted by the oldest trick in the book.
"Percy are you high or something?" Nico inquired looking at said boy who smirked in celebration.
"No, why would you think that? Hey, before I go and find Annabeth I just want to ask if you noticed that thing above your heads."
In sync the two boys looked up to see the rich green leaves with small white buds and a ruby red ribbon tying the mistletoe together. They hesitantly looked across to each other and Will in a spur of the moment touched his lips against Nico's. In that moment as they kissed, light touched dark and cold touched hot – opposites attracting in a way that seemed surreal.
As they broke apart they blushed brightly and Percy stood trying to control the screams of joy that wanted to escape his mouth. Finally his plan (well maybe it was Annabeth's) had worked. He kind of felt like a child of Aphrodite doing all this matchmaking.
The two stared at each other as Percy ran off to tell his friends.
Running up to Annabeth who was standing on the steps outside his cabin he hugged her.
"It worked!" he told her.
"Did you ever doubt me?"
"No Wise Girl. No I didn't."
Silently Annabeth pointed up where a small piece of mistletoe, like the one that had found itself above Will and Nico's heads, hanged. She pulled Percy in where they kissed 'till dusk.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this second instalment of A Solangelo Christmas. I probably should have started this whole story earlier but I'm so good at procrastinating if it was a subject at school I'd be getting A** which I don't even know if they exist. Thank you for the favourites and follows and also for the two reviews:
Percabeth418 ~ Thanks so much for your review. I like your ideas and so tried adding a bit of Percabeth into the story. I hope you don't mind the change of perspective.
Mycupofteaa ~ As you can see I have, I hope you liked it.
Merry Christmas!
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