Idea: Hogwarts AU. Things just escalated from there.
"Hey, I think you should ask Nico out."
Anubis turned his head to stare disbelievingly at Sadie, who was sitting beside him.
"...What?"
Sadie rolled her eyes, "Nico, you dolt. Y'know, kind of tall, mysterious, messy hair, the guy you've had a crush on for nearly a year."
Anubis blushed and averted his eyes. "It's hardly been a year, Sadie," he muttered.
"Hah! So you admit you do have a crush on him. I knew it, Carter owes me a galleon," the Gryffindor all but shouted, at which Anubis winced.
"Will you be so kind as to keep you voice down. And why would you bet on whether or not I have a crush on Nico?"
Sadie smirked, "He said you didn't like him, and I couldn't have that, I mean, you're pretty obvio- Oh, speak of the Devil. Hey, Nico!"
Anubis started at the outburst and turned his head to see the figure of Nico di Angelo stop in the process of rounding a corner of a bookshelf in the other end of the library, the snake on his badge glinting in the light, much like the snake on Anubis' chest often did. He involuntarily felt his heart skip as the Slytherin's dark eyes met his own.
"...Hey, guys," his slow voice met Anubis' ears.
"We were just talking about you," Sadie chirped.
Nico raised an eyebrow as he glanced at her, then at Anubis, "Oh, really? Anubis, what have you told poor Sadie about me now?"
Anubis smirked, this was the kind of friendship they had, bantering was definitely something he could live with, "Oh, not much, just the fact that you occasionally drool in your sleep."
"I do not drool in my sleep, Anubis. That's your thing, right?"
"Yeah, you got me there, I always wake in a pool of drool, it's a good thing I can swim," Anubis retorted, feigning shock as he placed his palm over his heart.
Nico smiled and sat down in a chair next to them at their table.
"So, Nico, you have a date to the Yule Ball yet?" the Gryffindor asked casually.
"No, I don't."
"Oh, what a coincidence! Anubis doesn't have a partner either."
Anubis wanted to sink into the earth, after strangling Sadie.
The other Slytherin raised his eyebrow again and looked over at Anubis, "Really? I would've thought the girls, or boys for that matter, ambushed you the minute the ball was announced."
Anubis raised his eyebrows in surprise before a tiny blush dusted his cheeks.
"Oh, would you look at the time!" Sadie announced. "I promised Carter I'd help him with transfiguration. Have fun without me guys, but not too fun." She winked at Anubis before disappearing behind a bookshelf.
They were silent for a while.
"...So, uh. Are you gonna ask someone to the ball?" Nico asked.
Anubis looked at him, "I dunno. I'll probably end up not going with anyone." He sighed and leaned his chin on his palm, "How come you aren't going with anyone, Nico? I know for a fact that there are many Slytherins that would like to go with you."
Nico shrugged, leaning back in is chair and folding his arms, "I'm not really a big fan of dancing, and there have actually been a few girls and some guys that have asked me already. But I don't really get along all that well with them, they're too haughty. So I turned them down."
"You've been asked a couple of times, huh? Hm, no one's asked me..."
Nico smirked, "Oh, believe me, I know there are people dying to go with you. I guess they just don't have the guts to ask you out."
"Why wouldn't they? Do they think I'm scary or something?"
"Probably. It's like you've got this godly aura or something, at least that's what the girls whisper when they think no one hears them. If anything, I'd say you have a teddy-bear aura. Or like a dog."
Anubis scowled, "I do not have a dog aura, Nico."
"Doesn't your Patronus charm take the shape of a jackal? That's a kind of dog."
"Then what about you, you have a- a-... What does your charm take the form of?"
"You'll never know, dog breath."
Anubis kicked his shin. Nico laughed.
The olive skinned Slytherin sighed. He then flung his hands into the air in an exasperated manner. "I give up. Willyougototheballwithme?"
Anubis cocked his head, "What did you say just now?"
Nico sighed and scratched the back of his neck, "You're not going with anyone, I'm not going with anyone. Let's go to the ball together. Percy'll never let me live it down if I was stubborn enough not to go with anyone. And besides, we're good friends, we're even in the same house, so why not?"
Anubis stared at the other, his mouth slightly agape.
"You want to go to the ball with me?"
Nico nodded.
"...Okay. Why not?"
Second chapter! Whoop :D If you want me to continue this AU then just say so :) I really enjoyed writing this one :D
