Prompt 1: NICO MEETING HANGING OUT WITH THE EGYPTIAN FAM
Prompt 2: I want nico to meet Sadie and Carter and them. and it's on accident and its kinda awkward.
Nico walked out of the shower with nothing but an almost indecently short towel around his waist. He looked at the floor of the bedroom, trying to spot his boxers. Finding no boxers, he decided to ask his boyfriend.
He opened the door to the living room, "Anubis, have you seen my underwear? I think you might've ripped them off last night-"
All other words effectively died in his throat as he looked up and noticed three other people present in the room.
A girl, probably some years younger than him, with blond hair and a violet coloured streak in it, was staring at him, her mouth agape. (Was she drooling?)
A boy, also a bit younger than him, with bronze skin and dark hair, looked at him with surprise, and was that a little suspicion?
The last of the three, again younger than him (wow, Nico felt old), a rather tall and muscular bloke, with dark skin and quite a few amulets hanging around his neck, looked at him with carefully guarded interest. He glanced at Anubis once and then back to Nico.
The god himself had been standing in front of them, his back previously turned to Nico. He'd quickly turned around and looked a bit embarrassed.
"Who's this, Anubis" the girl spoke up, her left eyebrow raised and a teasing smile tugging at her lips.
"This is Nico-" the god started, but didn't get to finish as the girl interrupted him.
"This is Nico?! You didn't tell me he was hot, Anubis!" The dark-skinned boy frowned and scowled at her. "Sorry, Walt. I was just surprised, is all."
"Yeah, I'm sure it's not because he's a spitting image of Anubis. Not that you ever liked him, or anything," the boy muttered, his scowl still prominent as he looked Nico up and down.
"Nico," Anubis said, addressing the demigod.
Nico looked at him and placed a hand on his hip, "Yes?"
"These are the Magicians."
That made sense. Nico had figured as much, or something along those lines. He gazed at the youngsters again. He now noticed that two of them had short staffs in their hands, almost like wands of some sort. The dark fellow had only the amulets.
"Okay, um. I'll get dressed and then we can talk more," the son of Hades said. He then walked backwards into the bedroom and shut the door.
He leaned his forehead on it. Well, that was awkward.
Now fully clothed, Nico rejoined the others in the living room.
Anubis and the Magicians had sat down by the table. They were talking animatedly, their hands (mostly the girl's) moving here and there.
The dark male noticed Nico approaching and elbowed the blonde in the ribs.
They all shut up.
Nico sat down.
It was quiet for a second.
"I'm Sadie Kane!"
The demigod almost jumped.
He looked at the girl's outstretched hand, then grasped it in his own.
"Nico Di Angelo."
A huge grin spread on Sadie's face, "You've even got a fancy name. Are you Italian? Your skin is a bit pale, but it looks olive. Are you a demigod? I'm a descendant of the ancient Pharaohs. Who's your dad? Do you have any powers? That would be so cool! I have some powers. This is my brother, Carter. He used to host Horus. I used to host Isis. And this is Walt Stone, my boyfriend. He used to host Anubis, but not anymore, now he's not hosting anyon-"
"Jesus, Sadie! Let the guy breathe a bit," the bronze skinned boy, Carter apparently, said. He put his hand on Sadie's shoulder and told her to shut up again.
The blonde smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, I talk a lot when I'm excited."
The third, Walt, snorted, "It's not just when you're excited, you talk all the time. It's annoying sometimes."
"I do not talk that much, Walt! And I am certainly not annoying."
"Okay, okay. Don't go all Isis."
The girl retorted with an insult, but Nico wasn't listening anymore. His attention had been drawn by Carter.
"I'm Carter, as my sister said earlier," he presented his hand, and Nico shook it.
"Pleasure to meet you."
"I apologize on behalf of Sadie, she can be a bit much. She's been talking about you a lot. She's wanted to meet you for a long time."
The demigod smiled, "I have been waiting to meet all of you as well. Anubis hasn't told me much about you." He cast a sideways glance at his boyfriend, "And he certainly didn't mention you were visiting today."
Anubis winced, "That was hardly my fault. I had told them of my whereabouts, but I didn't think they'd just open a portal and travel here."
Portals, huh.
"You guys open portals?" Nico asked Carter.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Sadie and Walt are good with portals."
"Interesting. How does it work? Do you teleport from one place to another?"
Carter looked puzzled, "I don't really know. It's more like an inter-dimensional space, if you get me. A lot like the duat."
"The duat?"
"Uh, it's- Um. It's kinda like a space in between. Uh, it's hard to explain."
Nico nodded, "I think I understand what you mean. Shadow-traveling is a lot like that. Traveling in the shadows, kinda like a realm between spaces."
Carter nodded, "That's pretty cool. You can do that?"
"Yeah, It's an ability I have as a son of Hades."
Sadie turned her head abruptly, "So you are a son of Hades? What else can you do?"
Nico smirked, "I can summon skeletons, and talk to spirits."
The blonde tilted her head to the side, "Like, talk to specific spirits?"
"No, that would require me to summon the spirit. It's best to let them be in peace."
"It sounds like you've done it."
Anubis jolted beside Nico, "Sadie-"
Nico put his hand on the god's shoulder, "It's fine, Anubis." The Egyptian grew silent.
"Yes, I have summoned a spirit to communicate with it. My sister to be exact."
Sadie put her hands in front of her mouth, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have-"
"It's okay. It happened a long time ago."
The demigod felt his eyes sting. Even after all those years, he still missed Bianca so much.
He felt an arm wrap around his shoulders. He looked over at Anubis. There was pain in the god's eyes. He knew exactly how it was to lose those you love. He'd lost many over the course of his existence.
"Grazie, mio amore," Nico whispered.
Anubis smiled a sad smile and kissed the side of the demigod's eye.
A quiet squeal made them look back at the others.
Sadie had her hands clasped together in front of her and was grinning like a madman.
"Oh, you two are so cute together! Please let me be bridesmaid in your marriage!"
Anubis actually blushed, "Wha- Sadie!"
Nico laughed.
He looked at the last member of their company.
Walt was smiling and shaking his head at Sadie. He glanced back at Nico when he noticed him looking and his eyebrows twitched before he brought a hand up to clasp one of his amulets. An amulet shaped like an ankh.
The son of Hades raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, sorry," Walt said, removing his hand from the amulet. "It's just- You feel so much like death. It reminded me of the sickness I had before."
"Sickness?"
"Yeah, well, it was more of an inherited thing. I was actually dying. But Anubis saved me by inhabiting my body. During his stay, we figured out a way to heal me. And thus, I no longer am sick, but I still remember it vividly," Walt replied, shuddering at the memory.
"I see," Nico said. "You haven't told me about you saving a damsel in distress, Anubis."
Walt spluttered, "Wha- Hey!"
The others burst out laughing.
Whoop! Another chapter :D I liked writing this one :)
And this technically counts as hanging out, right? But if you guys want them to hang out more, just say so :3
