PJO Advent Calendar 2014
Characters © Rick Riordan
Idea + Writing © Mine
A/N: Hello Cupcakes :D
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-Tári
Prologue: 1st Advent Sunday
The day had started good and turned even better. He fumbled for the small square package in his pocket.
Still there.
He looked over to Nico, just chatting animatedly with his other friends.
He knew Nico didn't suspect a thing.
Today was the first Advent Sunday.
Originally, he had intended to start the whole thing today, but that would probably be inappropriate.
He sighed.
Hopefully, Nico would take this the right way.
What if he didn't believe him?
What if he thought all this was a joke?
He gazed at Nico, watching him roll his eyes exasperatedly at his other friends, though a smile was tugging at his lips, a gleam in his eyes as he looked around at him.
Those eyes.
They were so beautiful and dark and at first glance you'd think they were cold.
But if you lost yourself in them the way he did, you realized they were full of emotions.
He smiled to himself, thinking of how sappy he was getting.
But hell, he knew he'd get even sappier.
He felt for the letter.
Still there.
He had it all planned out in his head.
He only hoped Nico wouldn't notice.
The most important thing right now was the small package he had in his pocket. He needed to deposit it soon.
He knew where he would put it, but he wasn't sure how he was going to pull it off.
Since the other guys were around as well, he couldn't go about it the way he had hoped.
Blah.
But he'd manage.
As they walked towards the dining pavilion, he saw an opening. Casually wrapping an arm around him from the side, he pulled out the small package and pushed it into Nico's jacket pocket.
He knew Nico rarely checked his pockets. So, if anything, he might find it tonight when he hung it up on that hook of his.
Nico evaded his hug. To be expected.
It wasn't as if he still was as sensitive about physical contact, it was more that he got flustered whenever they acted like this, getting closer for no apparent reason and staying close even though they were 'only' friends.
He chuckled and let him flee. He only hoped that when the time had come, Nico wouldn't feel the need to flee.
He looked him up and down as he walked in front of him, and shook his head to himself.
How he had not been attracted to Nico before, he had no idea.
Not to mention how long it had taken him to realize his feelings.
Gods, Nico had to be the only person in the world that could pull off sexy as well as cute.
Nico looked around at him, raising an eyebrow.
He smirked at him, getting way too close again behind him.
He could see Nico's ears turning red as he turned his head away again and ran off to
his table.
He chuckled, fingering the letter once more.
He hoped everything would go well.
...
Hours later, he bade his farewell to Nico, waiting for the other guys to disappear as well.
He watched from his spot between a few trees from where he had a clear view of Nico's bed. Nico got changed.
Out of respect, he looked sideways, checking out his fingernails for some time.
Then he looked back to find him slipping beneath the covers.
He knew Nico's sleeping patterns.
Now all he could do was wait.
He felt for the letter.
It had taken him ages to write.
He wished he didn't have dyslexia quite as bad as he did.
He sure as hell wished Nico didn't have such bad dyslexia.
What if he couldn't read it?
What if he got annoyed and decided to throw it away?
Well, he would know by morning. He only hoped Nico would find the gift in his jacket tomorrow.
The letter would be hard to miss, after all.
After what seemed like forever, he finally came out of his hiding place and pushed the letter through under the door.
He'd have to think of something better in the future.
Maybe he should get a copy of Nico's cabin key.
He scolded himself.
He couldn't go breaking into his cabin like that!
His mind drifted off to the other packages he had.
…There was no way he'd be able to deposit all of those on Nico at some point unnoticed, nor push them through under the door.
He peeked through the window next to the door, looking over at Nico's sleeping silhouette in the bed.
What wouldn't he give to be beside him now…
He stepped back and forced himself to turn away.
He'd think about the thing with the key tomorrow.
First, he would have to wait and see how Nico took all this.
He just wanted him to be his…
A gentle smile tugged on his lips and he turned around one last time, peeking at the sleeping Nico.
"I love you, Nico." He whispered into the cold and then hurried off, back to his cabin.