Heyyo, don't know if anybody kept reading, but this is the next chapter.
Warning! Fluff!!!!!!!! And kisses!Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or HOO.
Third person PoV*
Nico had worse night mares. Mostly of people hating him. He new that Aphrodite had finished the video, and he new that it showed him in his cabin.
He didn't want to ever leave his cabin. Ever.
But never the less, a boy gets hungry.
Nico PoV*
I went and took a shower to get rid the thin layer a cold sweat that had gathered on my back. When I got out I put put on my black sweat pants and one of wills oversized sweatshirt that he had left in my cabin. The sweat shirt was mostly black, but it had a cartoon sun with sunglasses in the middle. It had the words 'you are my sunshine' on the back. I shook out my wet hair that was plastered to my fore head. It was sticking up all over and started to curl.
I reached for the door handle when I heard a loud crash and cheering. I looked out my window and saw people crowding around a bronze dragon. Piper tackled a small Latino boy and punched him. Then she hugged him while sobbing.
Oh. Leo's back. That's nice.
My stomach growled. The crowd of campers ran to the pavilion.
I opened the door and walked out. Jesus why is the sun so frigging bright? I shielded my eyes from the brightness. As i walked into the pavilion the campers fell silent. I grabbed a plate and started filling it with food from the buffet. Leo kissed a girl on the cheek. Oh good for him. She was pretty. Oh wait. That's Calypso! Sometimes i shadow traveled to Ogygia on accident, and she was one of the only people who i came out to willingly. As i was walking out Leo called out,
"Oh come on! I don't even get a hello?"
"Hey man." I said turning around, annoyed. "Good to have you back." I nodded at Calypso. "Hey Callie. Nice to see ya."
"Hey nico! How are you?" She beamed and waved.
"Umm," i hesitated, and forced a smile, looking around at the campers who watched the movie. "I'm good. You?
"I'm great. Free from my curse."
"I see that."
"Wait you know her?" Leo butted in.
"Yeah. Sometimes i would accidentally shadow travel to Ogygia." I told him.
"What?!!" He cried. "So I didn't have to die?! Or crash?! Dude! You gotta tell people stuff!"
"Sorry." I shrugged and I stared walking out.
"Oh and aren't you going to eat with us?"
"Nope."
"Sacrifice to the gods?"
"Hell no."
"Is that wills sweatshirt?" He wiggled his eyebrows.
"Yup." I sighed.
"So you guys got together?"
"Nope."
"Wait. Then why are you wearing his sweatshirt?" He looked genuinely confused.
"Because he left it in my cabin and I'm to lazy to do laundry." I rolled my eyes.
"Oh."
"Hey nico, about yesterday-" Jason started.
"No." I said.
"Please just listen-"
"Nothing happened yesterday Jason." I snapped.
"Nico-"
"Nothing happened." I said louder glaring at him harder.
"Nico please! Just listen to us!" Hazel cried.
"Hazel! You're from the 1940s too. You should understand."
"I do! But-"
"It was considered a mental illness." I lowered my voice. "I know you guys accept me i still haven't. So please, understand that."
"But nico you already said-" Percy protested.
"I admitted i had a crush on you! I never said anything about feeling good about that!"
"So you're homophobic?" Some hermes kid asked.
"Never said that." I snapped.
"Wait what are talking about?" Leo said.
"We're talking about-"
"NO!" I said. "We aren't talking about anything." I turned back to Jason. "You still have a job, Grace."
"Nico-" i reached over to him and pressed down on his pressure point. He passed out and his face landed in his oat meal.
"Nico! Did you kill him?!" Piper yelled. I shook my head and backed into a shadow.
(DRAMA!!!)
I shadow traveled to my cabin and plopped down on my bed. Schist. I forgot a fork. I summoned a skeleton and closed my eyes. It left the cabin and ran to the pavilion. Campers screamed, but it just walked over to the buffet and grabbed a fork. It walked back to my cabin a gave it to me.
I sat and started eating. But with silence comes thoughts.
I thought about Bianca, and how much i missed her. I wonder if she's having fun in Elysium. She deserves it. I wonder if Hera is suffering. I hope. Or if big blue, Zeus, is planning my death. Speaking of blue, blue eyes are nice, will has blue eyes, their really bright and make me happy. And his lips. Pink lips, and his hair, oh my gods his hair! It looks so soft and curly, and i could just run my hand through it all day and-NO! I'm don't have a crush on will solace! I cant do that again. But he has such a nice tan, and we would be really cut together. We would balance each other out. NONONNON SSSTOOP NICO! NO! BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD! YOU CANT THINK LIKE THAT! I thought.
Oh gods. No.
That day I couldn't stop thinking about the sunny son of Apollo. Crap.
Hazel didn't come in that night. I sensed around for her and she was in the Poseidon cabin, with percy, annabeth, and frank. Wait. Why is Reyna in the Aphrodite cabin? And Jason! Piper too obviously. Oh well.
LiNe bReAk
All week I thought about will. I just couldn't get him out of my head! He probably hates me now. I wonder if i should talk to him.
I finally accepted that i have fallen yet again for a guy. Fuck.
But he does have a really nice face. Defined jaw line, beautiful eyes, clear skin, long eyelashes- oh good gods not again! But- no!
It was like i was fighting myself.
I didn't skip any meals, and i changed my own bandages and stuff, i just ignored everyone and everything. Life is good.
Kayla PoV*
I could tell will was worried. We all were, but he seemed distracted. He had a permanent scowl on his face unless he was talking to a young camper. He rarely talked, unless you asked him a question. He worked furiously and stayed up at night. Eventually, his mood made the whole cabin sad. The gold walls dimmed and the air seemed grey. After breakfast, i finally asked him about it.
"Will." I said.
"Yes."
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm fine." He lied.
"Will, were all worried about nico, but the whole cabin is effected by your mood. You should like, go talk to him maybe. Just, try to lighten up." I said, almost laughing at my own joke.
"Oh. Okay. Sorry."
"And, get some sleep." I added.
"I don't need sleep, and i have injured patients." He said.
"Yeah but-" Austin had walked over and we shared a look. I quickly opened the door and helped Austin shove him out.
"Sorry bro! You need a break!" I yelled through the door.
Will PoV*
Dammit.
I wonder if i should sleep. Maybe talk to nico. It's been a week, and i miss him.
It was a trip, with the whole, 'Hera's great idea' and nicos gay and stuff. But, I'm really exited, cause now i have a chance with him.
I had had a crush on since like, the titan war, when he was 12, and i was 13.
(Ricks tweet said that they are the same age, so i wanted to make nico a little younger that him. But! Hey, nico was like 12 in the titan war, so was will then, so annabeth was healed by a 12 year old. But it sounded like he was so much older! So when percy showed up at camp, will was literally 7!! What!?)
It was seeing him in battle that really made me fall hard. He was fighting like a maniac and i was just, wowed.
In the giant war, i fell for him harder. If that's possible. And then becoming friends with him was awesome, and then finding out he was gay, so i had a chance with him. My only concern was percy and Jason. They were really protective of him. And of corse he's a bit angry right now, but i wanted to shoot my shot. Now, I'm 15, and nicos 14.
I walked back to my cabin to change out of my scrubs and shower. After my very calming shower, i got into jeans and a camp t shirt. I put a flannel on to. The chilling fall wind nipped at my bare skin, leaving my shivering on my way to the hades cabin.
I knocked twice.
"No." Came the muffled response from inside.
"Nico-" i started.
"Listen grace-" the door swung open, revealing a grumpy nico. My breath caught in my throat. I guess being away from him made me forget how hot he was.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he looked sleepy indicating that he was sleeping which was good. His hair was so messy it could give Percy's a run for its money. He was wearing my sweatshirt and black sweat pants, and grey socks. My sweat shirt. My sweat shirt!!!!!! *Squealing loudly internally* he looked really good.
His scowl disappears and his eyes lit up.
"Oh. Hey will." He said looking at his feet.
"Hey. Wanna hang out?" I asked.
He looked up. "Wait. So you don't hate me?"
"No. Why would i hate you?" I asked.
"Umm. Ive been a bit of an asshole lately. And umm other reasons." He rubbed his neck, embarrassed.
I laughed. "'A bit?' That's an understatement. But um no I don't hate you. I-umm missed you actually." It was my turn to be embarrassed.
"Oh. Umm, do you wanna come in?"
"Yeah. Thanks."
We went to his room sat on his bed and after he got mint Oreos from the kitchenette. The hades cabin looked great after remodeling. Nico and hazel had separate rooms with bathrooms. Each had a tv, a queen bed, dresser, closet (yes both), small couch and a nightstand. There was a kitchenette, and mini living room. It was more like a house if you asked me.
"So. Wanna play twenty question? But not with the limit?" I suggested.
"Sure."
"Okay, favorite color." I said.
"Yellow." He said not missing a beat.
"What?" I asked. I thought it would black.
"Yellow. It reminds me of you." He blushed, realizing what he had said. "Um my turn. Favorite sibling?"
"Kayla. Favorite relative?"
"Umm, hazel. Favorite holiday?"
"Christmas. Have you ever kissed anyone?"
"Um." He paused. "Once. When i was in the military school, we played spin the bottle and i kissed a girl named Adrian. You?"
"Um. Yeah, my first was a girl named Casey, also a Demeter girl once, Conner-"
"Stoll?"
"Yeah. Truth or dare game."
"Oh."
"And um, also Alec." I finished.
"Ross? The ares guy?" Nico asked.
"Yeah. We actually dated for a little before he started dating an Aphrodite guy."
"Oh. Did you date anyone else?"
"Yeah. I dated a Demeter girl for a little. Proving I'm bi sexual." I shrugged. Nicos eyes nearly pooped out of his head.
"Oh. Cool."
"Nico. I just wanted you to know that a lot of people support you. There is a pretty big LGBTQ community in camp. At least a fourth of the campers are part of it. And all the other campers support them. Almost my whole cabin is part of LGBTQ. Someone actually came out as straight the other day. But being gay is nothing to be ashamed of. I know that in the time you were born, it wasn't accepted, but its not like that an more." I paused letting it sink.
His lips parted slightly. He has really nice lips. Plush, full, pink lips. Really kissable lips. And the pale skin made them stand out more. And- no! Focus William!
"Really?" His voice sounded broken, just barely above a whisper.
"Yeah. And people wont look at you differently, they'll treat you the same. It doesn't it matter what your sexuality is. People don't stereotype you either. I mean gay nico, and not gay nico are the same. I doubt you would change, but if you wanted to be more feminine, that's fine! People will accept you."
A single tear escaped his eye. Followed by another. He looked at me through his long eye lashes and smiled.
"Thank you." He leaned over and hugged me. Which surprised me given the fact that he hates physical contact. I pulled him onto my lap and held him.
"So. Is it my turn?" I asked.
"Yeah." Nico crawled off my lap, much to my disappointment.
"Okay umm, favorite food?"
"Sallys blue cookies."
"Who?"
"Percys mom. Favorite candy?"
"Mentos. Ice cream or cake?"
"Ice cream. You?"
"Cake. Pizza or hamburgers?"
"hamburger. Favorite book?"
"Umm, I don't read very often, but i like Harry Potter, but I don't like jk Rowling, she's homophobic and transphobic, and the books aren't very diverse ya know?"
"Oh yeah."
"List the gods from favorite to least favorite."
"Hestia, my dad, Hermes, Demeter's okay, your dads a little cocky, but him, Hephaestus, Poseidon Athena, Artemis, Aphrodite cause she's playing with my love life, Dionysus, Zeus, and last and very much least, Hera."
"Nice." I said.
"Do you have crush?" He asked quietly.
"Yeah. You" he looked at me so fast i was sure he would get whiplash.
"Ummm. What?"
"I said, yeah, you." He blushed. Hard. But i tried to remain expressionless.
My plan was fool proof. If he said he liked me back, then we live happily ever after. If not, i say, 'I mean, yes, i have a crush. What about you?'
"Oh. Well, um that's- um jeez, well i like you too, and umm i think you're really cute, um thanks, i um, gods, uh, do you really cause i think you might have mistaken me for someone else cause there's not really much to like, I'm really short, and umm are you- why are you looking at me like that?"
I didn't really register the word after he said 'I like you too' but he is so gods dam cute when he rambles!
I couldn't. I just couldn't do it anymore! I couldn't resist!
I leaned over and captured his lips. I pulled away quickly. He was frozen.
"Sorry." I said quickly.
He didn't respond.
"Umm. Nico?"
"Did you just kiss me?" He asked.
I nodded slowly.
He frowned. "Do it again." He demanded. I leaned in slowly, pressing my lips to his once more. This time he wrapped his arms around my neck, keeping me in place. I slid my arms around his waist. Our lips moved in sync, and i leaned back onto the pillows. Nico crawled on top of me, sighing. The kiss heated up quickly, but we didn't go any further.
If you know how the human body works, you know that we need oxygen, so eventually we pulled away. Nico and i stared at each other for a really long time. Did his eyes always have flecks of chocolate brown?
Nico and i smiled, and broke into fits of laughter. We were rolling around, holding our stomachs, and gasping for breath.
"Do it again!" I mocked nico.
"You apologized!" He yelled , still laughing.
"Well yeah! You froze! What was I supposed to do?!" I cried, in my defense.
"So, are you gonna ask me to be your boyfriend or not?" Nico said turning serious.
"No. I kissed you! It's your turn!" I said.
"Ugh. Okay. Will solace, will you be my boyfriend?" He sighed. I kissed him again.
"I thought you'd never ask! Yes!" I cried.
"Good." He nodded. "Wanna get lunch?"
"Sure." I shrugged.
PLEASE READ!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!!!!! Heyyo! Thank you so much for the support, i know not many people are reading it, but thank you for supporting me! Any way, they finally got together! Also i have a question! So later on, they are going to school, what I haven't decided, is if they should go to Hogwarts or regular high school. I really think Hogwarts, and it being like a quest, but i want your guys opinions. Thank you!
