Chapter Four: Night and Day, or Day and Night
I was surprised that I made it back to my dorm. I took the stuff that I had dumped on my bed and put it under it. I went under the sheet and faced the wall and cried silently to myself. I heard Damian come in but I didn't say anything. After a while I thought Damian fell asleep so I got out of bed and got ready to pack.
"Nico?" I sighed and turned to look at Damian. He had gotten onto the floor and started to crawl over to me. "Are you leaving or something?" I wanted to tell him I was but I just couldn't. I started to cry and Damian embraced me in a hug. He then let go and laid on the floor. I crawled over and laid my head on his stomach. "Nico, can I tell you something?"
"Yes Damian?" I rolled my head so I could look at him. He put a hand on my chest, it was warm. "Anything," I whispered.
"The last roommate I had left because I am gay, and my last boyfriend was killed by the ex-evil high priestess." I could hear how sad Damian was as he spoke. I wanted to tell him everything was going to be okay.
"My mom died before I could even remember her well, and my sister died halfway across the country." I moved my hand and put it over Damian's. "I was also born in a different era. If you wanted to know my real age, it would be about seventy." Damian laughed, which made me laugh with him.
"That's rough," I nodded and felt a small tear streak down my face. Damian must have seen it because he wiped it away.
"Damian, I want you to know, I'm gay to." Damian didn't say anything but I felt his thumb rub my chest. I slept that night with my head rested on Damian's stomach. I was surprised that I had woken up curled up into Damian's side, with his arms wrapped around me I didn't even have a single nightmare that night. Which was a little unusual especially for a demi-god.
"Nico," I heard when I woke up, it wasn't Damian. Then I heard an oh my and then hushed laughter. I turned my head to see Jason and Percy sending and Iris Message to contact me. "What's that on your forehead Nic?" Jason asked. I felt my face get hot and I felt pissed off again. I looked out the window, it was a little past noon. I didn't want to wake Damian so I took a book and through it at the Message making it disappear. I sighed and would talk to the two idiots when it wasn't night time, or day time for them.
At eight at night Damian woke me up again. I felt better than I did when I arrived. I doubt this this school will be half bad. "You look better," Damian said as we got ready for school.
"I feel better too," I said and smiled in what felt like forever. I felt like this might be a place I could call home, hopefully. "Damian, you didn't hear anything weird last night, or day did you?" I wanted to know if he had heard Percy and Jason last night or day whatever.
"No, I was fast asleep. Why?" I shrugged and got dressed. I would call the idiots at our lunch time, see how they like it. "About last night slash day though," as he trailed off I felt my face get hot with embarrassment. I turned to look at Damian and he was looking at his feet like Frank did when he felt like he was in trouble. "You're not going to still leave are you?" I smiled at him and shook my head.
"Not for a while anyway," I gave him a sly smile which made Damian laugh. "That Stark kid, is he good with a bow?" Damian looked surprised then nodded.
"Yeah why you like him?" Damian said with a cocky grin that made my heart flutter. "Cause he is taken by Z."
"Oh darn there goes my chance," we both burst into laughter. When I was dressed I put an arm around Damian, "this may be the start of a beautiful friendship." And maybe more I thought to myself.
At lunch I felt like I could eat a heck hound. Before I went to eat though I had to call some friends. I made sure no one followed me and made the call to Percy Jackson. When the image appeared he was drooling, go figure. "Jackson!" I yelled into the message. He fell out of his bunk and landed with a really loud painful thud. "Oh, that's gotta hurt," I laughed.
"Nico, why are you calling me in the middle of the night?" I shrugged and put my hands in my leather jackets pockets. "Fine, I'll go get Jason, wait here."
"Percy, wait." I couldn't resist myself, "you have some drool still one your cheek." Percy blushed and I laughed at he wiped it off and went to get Jason. When he came back I had my composer in line. "Hello Grace," I said giving him a cocky grin.
"Why in the Hades did you IM us in the middle of the night?" I smiled and answered them. I told them about how I got here and where I was. I was hoping that they hadn't seen Damian sleeping next to me.
"So Nico," Percy said with a wide grin, I could tell he saw Damian, or at least knew I was with someone. "Who was that you were snuggling with?" I saw Jason snicker and smile, Percy soon followed.
"Just a shadow spirit I conjured to keep me company." I lied through my teeth. Percy and Jason stopped snickering and started at me. They had bought it. I was a freaking genus. "Good bye, boys. And next time don't call me when I'm sleeping." And that was the end of the message and the start of lunch.
