Author's Note:
IT IS 11:43 AS I FINISH WRITING THIS SO TECHNICALLY I'M STILL ON MY SUNDAY POST SCHEDULE HAHAhaaa
-(frantically typing) Aleavon
Outside Piper's bedroom, the party was raging on, and the pulsing of drumbeats coupled with the occasional shriek was giving Nico a slight headache. He liked having quality time with his boyfriend and the rest of the friends he didn't get to see frequently, but did it have to be in the midst of this environment? The last Christmas party was nice, there were less people there, and he had his time with Will as well.
I ain't got no business here
But since my friends are here
I just came to kick it but really
I would rather be at home all by myself not in this room
... So tell my friends that I'll be over here
Nico was thrown out of his thoughts Piper held up her hands in a "shush" motion as everyone heard the boards outside the door creak. A scuffle of footsteps slowly got louder and louder and then...
The bedroom door creaked open as the departed trio walked back in, with Annabeth's arm around Tyson's shoulders and Tyson sniffling into Percy's shirt. Tyson, dragging his feet, slowly released himself from his two friends' grasps and lowered himself down back into his spot at the circle. Annabeth gave Percy a worried look, but also returned to where she was sitting near Tyson.
Thalia furrowed her brows at Percy as he sat down next to Annabeth, slowly taking Annabeth's hand. Percy offered Thalia a slight smile, giving her a thumbs up to indicate that Tyson was, after all, okay. As the three re-settled into their spots, the game started up again.
"Hm... Who to pick, who to pick... this is gonna be good!" Thalia sing-songingly said, smiling at a certain boy sitting a few spots away from her.
"Luke," Thalia cooed, smiling. "You're next!" A rare mischievous glint was sparkling in her eyes as the short-haired girl playfully addressed Luke.
The floppy-haired blonde sighed, rolling his blue eyes. He crossed his arms and impatiently said, "Let's make this quick, shall we?"
Thalia immediately retorted, "Well, I bet you'll spend quite a bit figuring out this pairing. Kiss, Kill or Marry... Percy, Annabeth and Connor!" She grinned, proud of her set up, and then sat back to watch the outcome unfold.
"Hey!" Travis butted in, pausing in his lock-picking practice and pouting. "What about me? Connor always gets all the attention."
Thalia laughed. "You'll get your chance next time, buddy."
Travis, seemingly satisfied with the answer, resumed picking his MasterLock and attempting to slip an unidentified object down the back of his brothers' shirt.
After a quick moment of consideration and deep thought, Luke grinned. "You aren't serious, right? That's easy!"
At the moment this was spoken, Nico noticed something out of the ordinary out of the corner of his eye. Annabeth was trying her best to not let any extreme emotion appear on her face, but he could tell she was fighting back something. Most of the people in the room were aware that Annabeth and Luke had some sort of relationship before she had started dating Percy, but how serious was it really?
"I'd marry Annabeth, kiss Connor, and kill Percy." Luke finally replied.
"Oi!" Percy exclaimed, leaning threateningly towards Luke. "Are you trying to steal my girl? I mean, I understand you killing me, but marry Annabeth?"
Luke glared at Percy. "First off, it's just a game. I also would not want to kiss or marry you, and Annabeth is clearly in love with you. Of the choices I was given, I made the best decision that I could."
There was clearly still some animosity and tension in the air between the three, but they quieted down as Luke moved onto the next dare.
"Clarisse, your turn!" Luke exclaimed. "Kiss, Kill, or Marry... Percy, Chris, or Grover?"
"Marry Chris." Clarisse bluntly stated as she grabbed her boyfriend's hand, gently squeezing it.
"And...?" Luke prompted, gesturing for her to continue.
"Uh... Kill Percy, and I guess kiss Grover?"
"Why does everyone want to kill me?" Percy complained, running a hand through his messy black hair. "It's not like I did anything to you!"
Clarisse gave Percy a look that said, 'Yeah, right' as she replied, "Well no one wants to kiss you, Prissy."
Percy laughed at the mention of Clarisse's old camp nickname for him as he remembered all the times Clarisse had tried to hurt him. Of course, she had rarely even laid a finger on him, but she did get her lucky breaks every now and then.
Clarisse cleared her throat as she looked away from Percy, who was staring dreamily at the wall with a nostalgic smile on his face.
"We should probably move on, Jackson. And wipe that stupid smile off of your face."
"Hey, Travis," Clarisse finally said, "Your turn. Kiss, Kill, or Marry... Connor, Miranda, or Drew?"
"Ew! Connor's his twin!" Luke said with a disgusted look on his face. A couple of the Jupiter High graduates looked kind of uncomfortable with the concept, but the Olympus High students seemed totally fine with it.
"Um..." Travis submerged himself in deep thought for a moment before finally coming up with a response.
"Marry Drew, kiss Connor, and kill Miranda. I know we used to date, but now she hates me... so I don't really want to be anywhere near her."
Jason blinked. "Wait... why wouldn't you kill Connor? Isn't that like... incest?"
Travis grinned devilishly. "I mean, it's not like it hasn't happened before, so..."
The conversation ended with an awkward silence.
"Anyways... Do I get to KKM someone now?" Travis meekly asked, after being elbowed sharply in the ribs by his twin.
"Heyyo, Leo, Kiss, Kill, or Marry..." Travis started, eyes gleaming impishly as he looked across the circle at Leo. "Calypso, Piper, or Thalia?"
Leo turned beet red as Calypso turned and fixed him with a glare comparable to that of a hawk's eye, awaiting his response.
"Uh... Marry Cali... Kiss Piper, and kill Thalia." Leo turned to Thalia. "Sorry, but... you're kind of... you know..."
Thalia waved it off, gesturing for Leo to choose his person.
"Nico!" Leo said, jolting Nico out of his wallflower status. "I've got a KKM for you!"
"Um... Okay?" Nico said, sitting up straight."
"Kiss, Kill or Marry... Percy, Will, or Jason?" Leo finished.
"Uh..." Nico flushed bright red as he looked at the three best friends he had ever had. Percy laughed knowingly as Jason uncomfortably ran his fingers through his already wind-blown hair, and Will smiled but still had a hard look in his eyes as he watched the other two.
"I'd ... uh... have to marry Will." Nico immediately said, causing Will to smile and pull him into a hug.
"I love you too, Nico." Will said, still holding Nico.
"Of course..." Nico said, fully aware that there were people that he didn't usually talk to there, and therefore was uncomfortable completely expressing himself.
"And... uh... Jason... Percy..." Nico found it very hard for himself to choose Well, Percy... I'm sorry, but you're not really... my type?" Nico cautiously said, trying to piece together his words.
The room fell dead silent.
Then, everyone started laughing except for Percy and Nico.
"Uhhh... what just happened?" Nico said, looking around weirdly. Piper was laughing her head off, Annabeth was hiding a smile behind her hand, but they didn't let in on their inside jokes. The other people who had been aware of Nico's relationship with Percy were also hilariously guffawing while the two boys looked at the people around them awkwardly.
"Ahahahaaa..." Piper gasped for air. "Percy's not... your... type!" She dissolved into another fit of giggles.
Minutes later, the laughter had died down, and Piper wiped her eyes, saying, "Well, that was the last of the seven. What do you think we should do next?"
