Prompt: Anubis meeting everyone from CHB and Camp Jupiter, Nico meeting all the wizards and the two of them just bringing the two worlds together. (With the gods arguing in the background).

A/N: Decided to not do the arguing gods, and might've spent too much time on something other than the meeting.


Anubis wrung his hands together. He was nervous.

Today was the day they were introducing their friends to each other. They were all going to have dinner together in the Brooklyn House. Zia, Carter, Walt and Sadie from his side. Percy, Annabeth, Thalia, Will, Jason, Piper, Leo, Frank and Hazel from Nico's side.

He glanced over at Nico, noticing how he was biting his lip, a bad habit he had when he was anxious.

Anubis reached over to grab Nico's hand, rubbing his thumb over the back of the other's hand. Nico looked up at him, his eyebrows furrowed with worry.

Anubis poked him between the eyes, watching as the furrow disappeared. "It'll be fine, okay?"

Nico turned to face him fully and Anubis placed a hand on his hip, pulling him closer. Nico's hand landed on his shoulder. "You keep saying that…" he murmured.

Anubis smiled. "Well, it's true."

Nico looked him in the eyes, his gaze searching. "How can you be so sure? I mean," he ran a hand through his hair. "What if they don't like me?"

Anubis snorted at that. Nico scowled at him, and Anubis reached up to stroke his cheek. "Hey, of course they'll like you. And even if they don't - which is literally impossible, have you met you? - I still like you, a lot. So they can just suck it up, because you're sticking around."

Nico smiled at that, his hand sliding to the back of Anubis' neck, his fingers tickling the hair on his nape. "That's actually really sweet," he said, leaning forward to press their lips together briefly.

Anubis raised his eyebrows at him, smirking slightly. "What if your side doesn't like me? Reyna and Jason seem pretty protective, from what you've said."

Nico's fingers brushed a stray lock of hair from his forehead. "They'll like you, because you're so cute." He kissed Anubis again, humming thoughtfully against his lips. "And, also 'cuz they have really low standards."

Anubis gaped at him in mock betrayal, hitting him in the arm.


The dinner had gone well, so far, all things considered.

Anubis was seated next to Nico. Their various friends seemingly couldn't decide on where they wanted to sit, changing their seats every once in a while. They all had a sort of odd dynamic, being way too close, and moving around each other constantly.

Anubis had started the dinner seated opposite Jason and Reyna, who had all but glared holes through his head as they interrogated him about his relationship with Nico.

Nico had called them out several times on being way too invasive, but Anubis didn't really mind (it showed him just how much they cared about Nico, a sentiment he shared). The two Roman demigods had later moved on to give their spots to Percy and Frank.

Their approach was rather interesting, more of playful ribbing than actual interrogation. They had apparently made it their mission (or Percy had, at least) to share embarrassing stories about Nico, the boy in question trying and seemingly failing to ignore them.

He now sat opposite Annabeth, Will and Leo. He decided he quite liked Annabeth. She was unapologetic about being the arguably smartest person in the room, but didn't make a big deal about it either. She was definitely deciding what she thought about through her questions, that actually was more about Anubis himself, rather than his relation to Nico.

Will had been a source of nervousness on Anubis' part. He was Nico's closest friend, and definitely a person he wanted to make a good impression on.

Leo was a ball of energy like no other, and had pulled Nico into a conversation about what Anubis figured was some dragon? or something like that.

As he continued his conversation with Annabeth and Will, he let his eyes sweep over to his own friends. Carter was in an animated discussion with Jason about something, the blond nodding along to his rants. Walt and Sadie were speaking calmly with Piper and Thalia (well, Walt and Piper were calm, but Thalia and Sadie were gesticulating like crazy). Zia was talking to Reyna, Percy and Hazel about the logistics of magic, and Hazel's eyes were glittering with interest.

He let his eyes trail back to Annabeth, who was now watching him with a tiny smile. He raised an eyebrow at her.

"What?"

Annabeth pursed her lips. "Just thinking about the fact that you're a god hanging around teenagers, like it's completely normal."

Anubis shrugged. "Beats hanging out with lame gods all the time."

Annabeth actually laughed at that.

Will was grinning beside her.


Nico sat down heavily beside him on his bed in the Hades cabin. He flopped down onto his back, groaning.

Anubis leaned over him, resting his weight on one hand. "Hmm?"

Nico just groaned again, his hand finding Anubis' to squeeze it.

Anubis reached out to card his fingers through Nico's hair, watching as the demigod leaned into his touch. "You should change before you fall asleep, y'know."

Nico made a muffled grunt. He grabbed the arm Anubis was leaning on, and pulled it, making him fall face first into Nico's chest. Nico let out a pained oof.

Anubis tried getting up, only to be stopped by Nico's arms around his back, pulling him even closer.

"Ugh, it was worth it, even though you're heavy," he mumbled into his hair.

Anubis gave up on escaping, bringing his hands up to rest them against Nico's waist. They laid like that for a while, Nico's breath tickling the crown of his head.

He could feel Nico's chest rumble as he spoke. "I say today was a success, all things considered."

"Yeah," Anubis murmured back. "I guess my friends have pretty low standards too."

Nico snorted, the sound weird against Anubis' ear. "Gods, I can't believe I love you."

That made Anubis freeze.

It had made Nico freeze too.

Anubis could hear and feel his heart thundering against his head, and apparently, he had stopped breathing too.

"What?" Anubis tried to get up, to see the other's face, but Nico had a death-grip on his back, pushing his head down into his chest to keep him from seeing his face.

"Fuuuuuck…" Nico groaned.

Anubis blinked, feeling his own heart hammering. "You love me?"

He felt Nico's breath hitch.

Anubis tried once again to get up, and this time Nico let him. He got to see his face for less than a second before Nico covered it with his hands. It had been the reddest colour Anubis had ever seen on the demigod.

Nico mumbled something.

Anubis leaned closer. "What?"

"I said, I didn't want to say it like this."
Anubis felt his heart skip a beat. So he really did love him.

He reached his hand out to pull the other's away from his face. "Hey. Let me see you."

Nico was scowling at him, but it just looked a bit pathetic with his anxious eyes and flushed face.

Anubis cupped his cheek. He leaned down to fit their lips together in a soft kiss. He pulled back slightly to rest his forehead on Nico's. "I love you too, Nico."

Nico let out a curse in Italian before he surged up into him, their lips smashing together. Nico cupped his jaw like he was afraid to lose him, his lips insistent in their pressing against his.

Anubis thought something along the lines of gifthorses and looking into their mouths as he rested his weight on his elbows on either side of Nico's head. Their bodies were pressed close, and Anubis could feel how affected Nico was by the situation.

He pulled away to catch his breath, gazing down at Nico's dazed expression. He felt a flip in his belly at the sight. Licking his lips, he reached up to trace a thumb across the demigod's bottom lip.

"I was thinking of taking a shower," Anubis murmured. Nico blinked owlishly at him. "If you wanted to join me?"

Nico licked his lips too, his body reacting to the words. "I might. If you tell me what you said earlier."

Anubis pressed his body down into Nico's, moving his mouth closer to his ear. "I love you."

Needless to say, the shower dragged on a little longer than usual.