Come on di Angelo. You can do it! Nico encouraged himself in his mind, before entering the office of Mr. D.
"Took your time to make a decision. I thought a hole would end up appearing before you knocked the door or went away" commented the Wine God, making the son of Hades feel a bit embarrassed "So tell me Niki, what do you want?".
"I want to go in a quest" di Angelo answered, gathering all his strength to face the demigod's hater God.
"A quest?" Mr. D only questioned, in curiosity, raising an eyebrow "There are no quests to do, yet. Also, I thought that after the Second Giant War, Tartarus and being trapped in a jar you would like to rest a bit" Dionysus seemed uncared of the flinching dark demigod, not like Apollo last night "Why would throw yourself in danger? For what I heard you began to make friends and the whole camp considers you the greatest hero of the last few generations, ever since the Second World War era, with Jace and Peter" he sipped from his coke can before continuing "Why would you start running away again if there is no need?".
Nico was speechless for a few minutes, not believing his ears. Mr. D was trying to give him an advice, in his wicked and rude way. When did he changed? Or maybe he was always like that. Mr. D still acted and spoke like the old Dionysus that I know... but now I can notice that there is a strange kind of concern behind his brute tone. Maybe after spending so much time with a God, outside my family line, made me start seeing them in another light, the son of Hades analyzed in his head.
"You do care about us, Mr.D" the dark demigod said, when he finally stopped gaping like a fish out of the sea "In your wicked and strange way... but you do care. Thank you for that. It must be hard the fight in your head, not being able to chose between your hater of our kind and the concern you feel for the students you began to like... at least a little bit" Dionysus gaped at me, shocked by my little speech. Taking advantage of his trance I continued talking "To answer your question I want to request a quest to kill the Phyton. Also, I want the team to be conformed by a child of Apollo, Clarisse and me. Another request is that this mission remains a secret and starts in four days".
"So you can have the three remaining dates with my idiotic brother?" the demigod blushed at the blunt question of the God "Yeah, I know all about it. He needed to inform me so I would allow him to take you out of camp" he took a deep breath before pinning Nico with a sever look" Do you know that killing the Phyton will be very difficult? Even Apollo had to work hard to win" di Angelo gulped hard and nodded my head slowly but decided "When Apollo finds out about it he will never forgive you".
"I know that" replied the son of Hades, gazing from the window with a grim look "But I still have to do it, Apollo won't be the same if his sight doesn't return".
"You love him" stated Mr. D "If you want my ok, I need to know something. Why Clarisse? I thought you would go for Jace or Ryna".
"Both of them have a lot of work in their hands" I answered "And Clarisse had showed that she is more than capable in both wars".
"Ok" Dionysus said as if the answer caused him pain "You can do this quest. You choose which child of Apollo goes to the mission".
"Thank you Mr. D!" I thanked before leaving his office and heading to the Zeus's fist, where he accorded to meet with Clarisse and Will.
"Start talking di Angelo, I don't have time for this" grunted the daughter of Ares.
"Mr. D gave me the ok to go in a quest and I want you both to go with me" told them the son of Hades. Soon both of them were paying serious attention to the dark demigod "But it has to remain a secret... no one has to know we are going to slay the Phyton" their eyes widened by his words "Are you with me in this quest? Or not?".
"You can count me in" replied Clarisse "What kind of war daughter would I be if I refused".
"Dad needs me" murmured Will "I will go as well".
"Good" di Angelo smirked proudly "We are leaving in four days, and remember that
this has to remain a secret from everyone" Nico waited until he saw them nod to head to my cabin, where the Sun God was waiting for him "Apollo! You are early".
"I just wanted to see you" the blond one said and kissed his loved one sweetly. The God had spent the whole day thinking about the dark demigod, and how he makes Apollo fall in love with him again every they see each other "Date number five begins now!" he announced before snapping them in front of a big building "Bienvenido a Argentina*! This is the Colon Theater".
"I am came here with dad, step-mom, my half siblings, their consorts and Demeter for a family outing" Nico told his date as they were entering the place "Ballet isn't one of my preferences but I did end up enjoying it".
"Good" sighed Apollo "Cause we are here to watch The Swan Lake".
The son of Hades couldn't help himself and laugh at the relieve look in the God's face. He still couldn't believe that he affected the other so much. Also, he hoped that his plan would work out just fine and everyone would end up happy... at least for the rest.
*Bienvenido a Argentina (Spanish) = Welcome to Argentina (English).
