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After eighteen exhausting hours on the plane, Nico was more than glad to be back on the ground - his element - again. It was fun with Percy insisting on taking selfies, countless thumb wrestling matches and awful jokes. Even three bottles of Mountain Dew couldn't help Percy to stay awake (he said he was afraid), so he told Nico they should probably hold hands ("For greater goods, Nico."). And they did.

Nico doubted Percy would remember, though.

The two had had to endure loads of tedious traveling and immigration procedure before they could have a rest at a small coffee shop. Feeling too tired to shadow travel to their hotel, Nico decided they might as well catch a cab just to find out there was no such thing in Kuta.

"Great, can you imagine a place without cabs?" Percy asked him, his voice showing that he was not annoyed, just tired. Bali seemed funny.

"After what I have been through years ago, this surprises me the least. I should have noticed this before, though," Nico answered, stretching his arms as Percy finished his cup of coffee.

They arranged with the hotel to provide them with a pick-up service and not too long later, a middle-aged man showed up, introduced himself as Marni and helped them with their bags.

The streets in Bali were clean, just like those in New York, but they were less busy and actually gave people a new kind of sensation. They were inviting with beautiful flowers and trees along the pavements and the smell of sea was in the air almost all of the time. Percy seemed to be excited; it was like the sea scent refreshed him so he stuck his head out of the window and shouted.

Nico chuckled but he pulled the son of Poseidon in right after that.

"You go to the hotel first, yes?" Marni asked them, after a quick turn that caused Nico to be squeezed next to Percy.

"Y-Yeah," Nico replied, feeling his face burning. "You know, the hotel Atanya?"

"Of course!" Marni answered eagerly. "Of course!"

"We arrived earlier than expected, didn't we?" Percy whispered to him. Nico nodded.

"I'm kinda tired so… Let's take a rest before doing anything else." The son of Poseidon yawned, probably still suffering from the jet lag. This was nothing to Nico, though. With the amount of shadow traveling he had done lately, Nico's body had learned to adjust to the surrounding environment faster than that of others.

Percy's head rested on his shoulder for the rest of the trip to their hotel.

They whiled away the noon in their cozy room which was on the third floor of the beautiful hotel. The receptionists and assistants were very friendly and helpful, so Nico prided himself on having picked a nice hotel, which fortunately, did not cost much.

"Want anything for lunch, Percy?" Nico asked, unpacking the clothes he needed for two days. Percy asked him why he did so and pouted when told they were not going to stay at Atanya the third day.

"Aww… We're not staying?"

"I have planned this up really carefully, you have nothing to worry about. It's a surprise, you'll see," Nico said calmly, putting away his journal and sketchbook. "Now, lunch?"

"Uh… Sandwiches. We can finish each other's-"

"Sandwiches. Frozen reference?"

"I'm so glad I went with you." Percy grinned as he stretched and reached for the TV remote.

"Me, too," Nico whispered, not letting the other raven-haired hear that.

"The turtles are nice, aren't they?" Nico asked, a little bit nervous back from their tour to the Turtle Island. He had to look the place up to make sure that it actually reserved turtles and tried to protect them from being endangered. Percy seemed to have enjoyed talking to the largest ones but Nico could swear he saw the son of Poseidon scowl on the boat trip. It must be for the oil-stained seawater. It was sad that even in Bali, the Asian Paradise, pollution still had its ugly, hideous vines.

"They are nice and are being taken care of well enough. A little annoyed by the camera flash but the workers noticed and have told the tourists to not use it." Percy smiled happily. He raised his phone and looked at Nico.

"Not again! You've taken pics of me holding a turtle already!" Nico complained, hand instinctively flying to comb his rueful no-longer-undercut.

"You should take a look at yourself. You looked ridiculous!" Percy swept his finger across the small screen and Nico wanted to scream. He was being slapped by the turtle's slimy limb, mouth agape due to being surprised.

"I'll take of pic of you looking even looking more ridiculous than I was!" Nico yelled, trying to snatch the phone out of Percy's grip. The green-eyed laughed as his friend fumbled with the seatbelt, landing on him, but the son of Hades didn't seem to care, he kept swatting his arm at the phone's direction.

Marni eyed them from the rear-view mirror.

"Um…" Nico realized the awkward position both of them were in, he slowly slid back to his seat and buckled up instantly.

"You two friends?" Marni asked. "Or lovers?"

"Woa-" Percy furrowed his eyebrows.

"Friends, we're friends!" Nico shot immediately. He suddenly felt not ready to talk to Percy, fearing that the guy would be uncomfortable and elusive.

"Oh, you two look good together," Marni told him, eyes not leaving the road. "In Bali, men love men and women love women. Men love women. Everyone loves here."

"Yeah."

"Now I take you to dinner, no?"

"Yeah, somewhere in Jimbaran beach, please," Nico said before slumping back to his seat.

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