Nico crossed his arms at Auto "no" he said clear and simply.
"Aw come on, Nico, this dog is the gentlest dog ever; just come see her and you'll agree" Auto pleaded, they had been given a day off from the kids since Annabeth and Percy had agreed to take them.
"Auto, we can't handle a dog on top of 3 kids" Nico replied, Auto started kissing his neck.
"Please?" Auto murmered, Nico groaned.
"I'm making absolutely no guarantees but I will see the dog, it better be the most baby proof dog I've ever seen in my life. It can't bothered by a thing" Nico added.
"You remember Lucy right?" Auto asked grabbing his coat with Nico zipped his hoodie up and they strolled out of the house and got into the car.
"Yes, your cousin who's practically a sister and lives in Brooklyn, she was the most shocked by the pregnancy since she fainted but yes, I remember" Nico agreed.
"Yeah, well she's got a dog that she's trained since she was a little puppy now before you say anything about the breed it's gotten a bad rap because people train it to be aggressive but let me tell the dog won't bark or bite. Its 5 years old and you can touch it anywhere and she will just sit there… super patient dog" Auto had set into full convincing mode.
"Auto, what kind of dog is it?" Nico asked.
Auto hesitated "pitbull" and Nico's eyebrows shot up "please, you'll see she's so sweet" he added quickly.
"Fine but only because I have experience with Mrs. O'Leery" Nico replied, soon they were in Brooklyn. The door opened as they were on the steps, Lucy with red hair and all immediately hugged Nico who smiled and hugged her back. "Come on in, I'm so glad you're considering taking my girl in, I got her from ASPCA when she was a puppy" Lucy explained.
"So she's trained to be nice?" Nico asked.
"Oh no, that's her natural temperament, I just trained her to sit, be potty trained, be alright alone, and all that stuff. From when she was just a puppy we did a temper test, she's calm as a bunny except she don't run." Lucy explained laughing.
Nico turned when he heard clicks on the hardwood floor and a white, floppy eared pitbull rounded the corner. She came up to Nico first, he let her sniff him as it was proper and she licked his hand. He scratched her ears and she immediately sat and let him.
Auto was a bit more 'doggy!' then he was and tackled her to the floor and started rubbing her belly. "Hey Molly, Molly" Auto cooed and she sat up and gently licked his face, Auto hugged her and made puppy eyes at Nico.
Nico sighed "have you ever done a test with her? You know for kids" he asked Lucy.
"Molly's like a baby sitter, at the last family reunion, all the parents would just put their toddlers with Molly, she doesn't mind tugging at her ears and even when she takes treats she barely even touches your hand" Lucy explained.
Although Nico was relieved to hear this he couldn't help but freak a little "Family reunion?" he asked blankly. Auto heard him and flinched realizing his mistake.
"Yes, every 3 years we have one, it's next month… Auto didn't tell you?" Lucy asked. Nico turned very slowly, his eyes were like a murky red as he glared with the full intensity of a son of Hades.
"Auto…" Nico said calmly but his gaze and aura said otherwise.
"Heh, my bad…" Auto said cringing away from Fiancé.
Nico sighed then looked at Molly who wagged her tail looking very cute. Molly did seem very sweet and he didn't doubt what Lucy said, he whistled low crouching and Molly walked over and licked Nico's face gently. "Do you have all the stuff for her?" he asked.
"Yes, her dog food, leash, collar and toys are in a box in the laundry room" Lucy replied.
"Great, thank you" Nico said hugging Lucy "Auto, get the box, we've gotta pick up a few things on the way home" Nico said "come on Molly" he added gesturing out the door. She followed obediently and jumped in the back when he patted the seat saying "up."
Auto giddily brought out the box and set it in the seat next to Molly, she was laying on it now. "I love you" he told Nico, kissing him repeatedly on his cheek, collar bone, and Molly licked him too.
Nico laughed "I love you too, Molly" he added and kissed Auto on the mouth "you're walking her everyday though, you get up to feed her too" he added.
"Okay" Auto promised, Nico sighed then cut him a stern look causing the hairs on Auto's neck to stand up. "Auto, I mean it, Molly is going to be much easier than a baby but you take care of it like she's one of ours, got it?" he said.
Auto nodded curtly "hey Angel?" he mentioned, Nico blinked dropping the intense stare "you can be really scary sometimes" he said, laughing breathlessly.
"Of course I can just like you can; god of death… The ghost king?" Nico added.
"Still, I forget sometimes but then I'm reminded" Auto replied and Nico laughed.
"We're going to drop Molly off at home with her toys and things after she gets settled we'll go to Percy and Annabeth's" Nico said decisively.
"Alright… how do you think Percy did?" Auto asked.
"Probably exactly like you did, freaked out a bit then got used to it" Nico replied "it's really a good thing you're not one of those guys that leave the babies to mama or I would have killed you" Nico added.
"We have 3 children, there was no way I was going to leave three of them with you all by yourself… speaking of which, I think we need someone to be with you during the day while I run the Salon" Auto explained.
"Auto-" Nico started to protest.
"Nico, three of them is tough and you're already handling lunch when I come back. It doesn't have to be a stranger, maybe Hazel would be willing, just someone who will help you feed them and watch them so you can take a nap. I'm kind of tired of seeing these" he added gesturing at the bags under his eyes.
"I just wish I could offer more time but I'm taking the time I can. I'm just worried Nico, you know what happens when you have no sleep" Auto added.
"I know I turn pale and skinny" Nico nodded then sighed in defeat "fine, we'll find someone" he agreed.
"Thank you, love you" Auto added then kissed his lips.
"Love you too, get the box" Nico added getting out of the car as they arrived in the Salon. Molly went right in sniffing the salon then going upstairs to the main house. Molly sniffed all around curiously and basically just getting used to the house, once Molly laid down on the floor comfortably Nico and Auto decided to leave to get the babies.
I figured that Auto was a guy among guys and what do guys do? Convince their boyfriends to do and have unecessary things like dogs and Nico had to be the one to put a foot down, the one to convince.
Also the reason I chose Molly to be a pitbull is because there are really dogs like that... there are small dogs said to be very calm types of dogs who ended snapping and biting.
It's just in my opinion that the nature and nurture of the dog matters... any dog treated the wrong way will turn violant so it's not the type of dog.
Yeah, REVIEW PLZ?