"No, Frank, Zeus' effect doesn't let you do that" Nico whined and proceeded to show him why Zeus' lightning fast didn't allow him to attack the same monster twice.
Frank looked so confused, he couldn't help but wonder if this really was a 'children's card game' (yeah, I made joke). Leo was bored and couldn't help notice Nico's loud complaints.
"What's up dorks?" Leo asked in his best Bugs Bunny impression. Nico gave a sour look to Leo that almost made him shudder.
"Don't you have something better to do?" Nico spat, trying to get back to his game with Frank, who was also giving Leo a bit of a glare.
"Nope, so is the nerdy game fun?" Leo asked in a mocking voice.
"Yes, I'd teach you, but I don't think you have enough brain power to do math in the hundreds and thousands, yet alone past ten." Nico replied, a smirk making its way across his mouth.
Frank couldn't help but chuckle. Leo was a little caught off guard that Nico could make a decent comeback but he quickly covered it by saying
"Yeah, good one, are we done using outdated comebacks from Google?"
Nico glared, Leo just eyed him back almost saying 'what now, ghost kid, going to send a card on the field after me?' Nico thought.
"Fine, let's play a game then. I'll give you the basic rules of the game, and we'll play." Nico said, he just wanted to prove Leo wrong at this point.
"Great, but let's spice it up, you win you get to order me around all day, I win I get to do the same to you, no matter what I say. Sound good?" Leo said, his voice laced with confidence.
That annoyed Nico more how confident he sounded, he found himself saying "You're on Valdez."
Nico explained the rules of the game to Leo and if Leo was confused, he wasn't showing it. That made Nico nervous, but that was just about as unreadable as Leo's smirk of annoying confidence. The game commenced and Frank watched as the two boys, in the moment resembling master strategists as they laid down cards, Leo struggled in the start, but he caught on fast, Nico himself was actually really impressed. They were both down to 200 points of health, their wills colliding as if in true battle. It was Nico's turn but Leo had him in a corner, if Nico attacked; Leo had a back up to destroy his defense. If he didn't attack it would still end up with Leo having both monsters on the field. Nico had a monster still paralyzed by Medusa and unfortunately that cut its defense to Zero. Nico saw no way out, so he forfeit.
"I give up, you win Leo." Nico spat.
Ashamed he underestimated him. Leo looked a bit shocked but replaced it with a cocky grin,
"You Sure You Want to do that Nico? You're gonna have to do whatever I say all day…"
Nico felt like something broke in him, he honestly couldn't believe he lost his favorite game to a guy like Leo. He could barely even get Leo to calm down enough to listen to the directions, yet alone to get him to a level where Leo could defeat him. No way in Hades could that happen, but as Leo's Cheshire cat like grin reminded him, he did.
"Nico, at least finish it, quitting is no fun…" Leo said in a whining tone.
Nico raised an eye-brow, "did you actually like the game Leo?" Nico asked, catching Leo off guard.
"Maybe, I'd change a few things but it was kinda cool actually…." Leo said in a nonchalant manner, but continued on "so are you gonna let us finish the game?"
"No, I'm good… You win Leo" Nico said slightly awkwardly.
"GREAT! NOW OFF TO THE AMAZING ADVENTOUROUS ADVENTOURES OF LEO AND NICO! (And Frank if he wants to come I guess…)."Leo announced.
Nico knew then that he should have looked for any option in the game other than the choice he made to give in, in other words today would be a long day.