Here is chapter 7! This is a Nico/Reyna fic!
Thank you to Tratie-Zutara-and-Perlia-Fan for the request for this song, and this couple!
Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson, or the song Helena by My Chemical Romance
Helena
Nico's POV
Long ago
Just like the hearse you die to get in again
We are so far from you
Reyna. Just the name sent chills down my spine. And that's saying something, because not much can shake me, Nico Di Angelo, Son if Hades. Reyna was the only one who could make me question everything, make me rethink my every action, make me feel like I was inferior.
I hated her yet I couldn't stay away from her.
I couldn't think clearly when I was with her, yet when I wasn't with her she was all I could think of.
How messed up is that?
Burning on just like a match you strike to incinerate
The lives of everyone you know
And what's the worst to take (worst you take)
from every heart you break (heart you break)
And like the blade you stain (blade you stain)
Well, I've been holding on tonight
I walked towards the praetor's house, black roses in hand. Just 10 more steps before I reached Reyna's house. Just 10 more steps before I tell her how I feel. Just 10 more steps. Just 10 steps. I'd liked her for a while, and now that the war was over I thought I'd finally tell her. We had spent some time together, and I knew know that she at least didn't think I was a freak, so I hoped that maybe she'd give me a chance. I moved forward. 5 more steps still I reach her house. 3 more steps. 2 more steps. Then I was there, standing on her doorstep, straightening my shirt and making sure the flowers were still aligned properly. raised my hand to knock, but then decided to make sure she was there first and I looked through the window.
And saw Reyna kissing Jason Grace.
What's the worst that I can say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight
Heartache. That was a feeling I have never felt before. Guilt? Yes. Anger? Yes. Sad? Yes, but never heartache. When Bianca died I felt mainly anger at Percy and Bianca and sadness, because my sister was dead. This was a different kind of pain. All because of Reyna. I stood there for a minute watching the girl I really really like (maybe love) making out with another guy. Jason Grace. I thought that he was with Piper? I guess he chose Reyna over her.
I managed to tear my gaze away from the sight and I felt tears welling up in my eyes. I let the roses drop from my hands and slowly disappeared into the shadows of the night. I couldn't help feeling that it should have been me in her cabin. I should have been the one to kiss Reyna tonight.
Reyna's POV
Came a time
When every star fall brought you to tears again
We are the very hurt you sold
And what's the worst to take (worst you take)
from every heart you break (heart you break)
And like the blade you stain (blade you stain)
Well, I've been holding on tonight
I found that I cried a lot lately. Not that I would ever let anyone see. I was Reyna, Praetor of the 12th Legion, and praetor's do not cry. Yet I have been. I should never have let Jason in last night. He came because he said we needed to talk and then when I let him in he said that he loved Piper and that he wanted to be with her. I told him I understood, and then I did something unexpected, I kissed him. Now I know that it was a mistake, and by the way Jason took off so quickly afterwords I knew he thought so too. I just had to see if the spark was still there, and it wasn't. Not like before. I lay in bed all night wondering why I no longer loved Jason, was I in love with someone else? Or had I just moved on? I should really know these things, but for some reason I don't, I wish I could just get a sign to help me understand.
I sighed as I exited my cabin and locked the door, I was about to walk away when I noticed something lying on the ground next to my doorstep. As I bent down to pick it up I noticed it was a dozen black roses, with a little card tucked in the middle. I delicately pulled the card out and opened it.
Reyna,
I think I may love you
Nico
Maybe this was the sign I was looking for.
Nico's POV
What's the worst that I can say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight
And if you carry on this way
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight
What was I thinking! Who was I to think that Reyna may actually like me! Ugh I am such an idiot!
I thought all of this as I sat on top of Pluto's temple the next morning. I was such a mess last night that I shadow travelled all the way to my cabin in Camp Half Blood, and passed out on my bed, only to wake up in the morning with a terrible headache and the prospect of having to shadow travel all the way back to Camp Jupiter. I knew I must've looked like a mess, with my hair all over the place and dark circles under my eyes, but right now I couldn't care less.
"Nico?" I heard someone call. I looked down and saw the last person I expected to see.
Reyna.
Can you hear me?
Are you near me?
Can we pretend
to leave and then
We'll meet again
When both our cars collide?
"Nico, can you hear me?" Reyna kept calling.
"Yes, what do you want?" I replied coldly.
"I found your note." She replied.
My heart stopped. She found the note? What was I thinking! Now she probably just pities me!
"And I think I feel the same way." She continued.
Wait, what was that? Did she just say she liked me too? Or is she talking about a different note? Then I felt angry. How dare she say that after she made out with Jason last night?
"Ya, well what about Jason huh?" I sneered.
"Jason? What do you... Oh, you saw us last night..."
"Ya and it looks like you two are still pretty close if you ask me."
"It didn't mean anything Nico, he broke up with me, and it's you that I really love."
I looked down at her and saw that she looked truly upset, and I could tell that she wasn't lying. I felt all the anger drain me as I climbed down from the temple and step towards Reyna.
"I love you Reyna." I said and then I kissed her.
What's the worst that I can say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight
And if you carry on this way
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight
That night we both stood outside her house. I had walked her home after we spent the day together.
"I guess you should go now." She said.
"I think I should stay." I grinned in return.
"Not tonight Nico." She replied, and I felt slightly rejected until she kissed me. As I watched her walk away I whispered.
"Goodnight Reyna."
Hope you liked, and I did not intend for the end part to be seen as sexual, but see it as you wish.
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