A/N: Hey there, Cupcakes! Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU again to everyone who's reading this story and a special thanks to the cuties that write so awesome reviews!
Oh, please go on guessing who it could be, I don't mind at all. Truth be told, I love reading all those possibilities you come up with :)
Love you guys!
Day 13: Saturday
"Gods, Nico."
Ah. That voice.
He instinctively turned towards it, reaching out.
A hand touched his face gently.
He smiled.
He heard a rustling and felt the blanket back on him.
Must have taken it off at some point.
He blindly searched for the person.
His fingers closed around fabric.
A chuckle.
Mmh, he liked that chuckle.
He felt something sitting down at the side of his bed.
A hand softly took his hand away, placing it back on the pillow.
Nico tried to take the hand, but it was already pulling away.
He felt a shifting and instinctively turned his face.
Soft lips met his.
The person pulled back instantly, seemingly surprised, but Nico's hand pulled him down again, pressing their lips back together.
It felt so good.
He had never felt anything quite like this.
"Nico...", the voice muttered softly against his lips.
"Hm...", Nico replied quietly, smiling.
"I love you..."
"Mhm..."
"You're so damn irresistible. I shouldn't be kissing you. And you should be in deep sleep."
"Mhm..."
A kiss to his forehead.
The retreating from the bed.
Nico reached out, but into nothingness.
He frowned, sighing depressed.
A low chuckle.
"Soon, Nico."
"Now...", Nico complained and felt something pressing against him.
He identified it as Mrs. O'Leary Jr. and wrapped his arms around it, still upset.
"Soon. I promise."
"Ok..."
He heard something that sounded like scribbling.
Then the person retreated.
"Sleep well, Nico."
Nico muttered something and turned away.
Another chuckle, then the door closed and the person was gone.
.
Percy, Jason and Will sat around his bed.
Nico, extremely peeved he had almost met his admirer and somehow had managed to let the situation slip AGAIN, had bluntly refused to get up.
So his friends had had to get him breakfast and entertain him enough to at least pick up the note.
He had also refused to read that.
Every now and then, his fingertips would brush against his lips.
He had kissed him.
It had felt wonderful.
But he had kissed him.
It had felt better than anything ever before.
But he had still kissed him just like that without even knowing who he was!
Who cared?
Nico was still annoyed but at least he picked up the note.
Why did his admirer have to be so stubborn?
Couldn't he have just let Nico see his face?
Nico would have simply pretended not to know until Christmas.
His admirer could have gone on with his plan and Nico wouldn't have said a word at all.
But no, he always had to go.
Nico sighed and read the card.
[Dear Nico,
I hope you liked the expansion set.
I certainly enjoyed watching you explaining the rules over and over.
I love the way you get so passionate about things you like.
Yes, that also includes when you get angry.
You're special that way.
I hope you'll enjoy today's gift, Nico.
Have a nice 13th day of December.
Only 12 days left.
I love you,
Your secret admirer
P.s.: Soon. I promise.]
Nico found himself smiling even though he was still annoyed at himself.
'Soon. I promise.'
He had said that to Nico as well.
The others watched him, grinning but not in a bad way.
"Feeling better, now?", Jason asked.
Nico shook his head. "No. Guess I'll have to open the gift after all."
They chuckled and Percy gave him the nicely wrapped box.
"Seriously, I wonder if that guy wraps these himself or if he got outside help.", Nico muttered, shaking his head and slowly unfolding the wrapping paper around it.
"No clue. But why don't you ever just tear it open? I would.", Will said and nodded towards Nico's work.
Nico made a face. "No. It's done so nicely I don't want to destroy it. Jason, can you put it over there in the drawer please? The ribbon, too."
Jason lifted an eyebrow but did so nevertheless.
"Seriously? You kept it all?", he asked surprised as he found Nico's stash of red wrapping paper and green ribbons.
"Yes."
"What are you going to do with it?", Percy asked.
"Wrap the admirer up in it and put him next to some fake gifts beneath a big Christmas tree in a shopping mall as payback for being so cruel.", he said immediately.
There was silence for a moment.
He rolled his eyes.
"I was just going to keep it. Maybe it can be reused or something.", he admitted.
Percy chuckled. "I liked the other idea more."
Nico threw him his best 'Seriously?'-face and they laughed.
Then they all looked at the gift in Nico's hands.
"Haha, sweet. I love that series.", said Percy and Nico passed it, grinning.
Of course he would.
"Hm, I don't think I've seen it, to be honest.", Jason muttered while Will's eyes widened and he hurried off to get the TV.
Nico chuckled.
It was the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
Nico wondered whether the admirer was either a very good guesser or knew Nico way too well.
Pirates.
He had always liked pirates.
His gaze travelled over to Percy.
Percy noticed and met his gaze.
Nico immediately broke it off and looked away again.
Then he flung his arms around Mrs. O'Leary Jr. and made a sound he hoped nobody could hear.
Of course, all of them could hear, but they only looked around grinning as Nico squealed quietly and rolled over in his bed, hiding his face.
Pirates.
.
The series was pretty cool.
Nico had heard of it before, of course, but never gotten around to watch it because he usually got his DVDs from his friends.
Or, well, his secret admirer.
But he was also a friend, so meh.
He chuckled to himself, causing Jason and Will to look around at him from the side.
Percy had his gaze transfixed on the TV.
Jason was on the left of him, Will on the right and Percy next to Will.
It sure was difficult to please three people when all three wanted to be next to you.
In the end, Percy had surprised them by stepping back and saying he'd lay on the outside.
Nico had first thought something was wrong, but Percy just wanted to be nice it seemed.
Nico touched his lips softly again, then scolded himself, focusing back on the screen.
This was the third movie.
The sun was up, the snow just waiting for them, kids in the arena wondering why nobody was coming.
And they sat here having a movie marathon.
He loved it.
Jason had his arm around him.
This was mainly to protect him from Will, who had started to get closer again in the middle of the first movie, making Nico squirmish again.
Percy sometimes brushed against him with his hand when he looked for the bowl of chips next to Nico's side.
He always found himself shivering, though he tried not to let it show.
Will had kept his hands to himself after Jason had smacked them away several times.
Nico was really glad about that.
It wasn't as if he didn't like it, but it made him all nervous and weird and he really didn't want to do anything with anybody other than his admirer.
Oh my, it really seemed as if he had fallen in love with a complete stranger and was now just waiting for a face to the whole mess.
But if it really was one of these three, was there one he would prefer?
Was there one he wouldn't be too happy about?
Did he hope it was one of them in particular?
He refused to answer those questions.
He refused to even think about answering those questions.
Usually he also refused to let such questions cross his mind in the first place.
He felt his lips again.
Will turned his head towards him.
"Why do you keep doing that thing with your lips?", he asked, curious.
Nico blinked and dropped his hand. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Jason and Percy looked around as well.
Nico fixed his gaze on the screen.
"Did something happen last night you didn't tell us about?", Will asked mischievously.
Nico hesitated.
He had told them he had had a kind of conversation with his admirer, though he couldn't really remember the voice, just the words.
He hadn't told them they had touched and kissed, though.
He shrugged. "Nothing you need to know.", he said quietly.
Jason chuckled.
Will made a face.
Percy only smiled and looked back to the screen.
"You know what I don't understand?", Will asked.
Nico sighed.
"Solace, I want to watch the film.", Percy complained and threw him an annoyed glance.
"Why don't you ask us who it is?"
Nico bit his lip and stared at the screen, though he wasn't really watching.
"Well, for once, I still can't believe it's one of you. Second, do you really think that person would tell me? I'd probably ask all three of you and you'd say 'No', and I'd still be none the wiser."
Jason chuckled. "He's got a point."
"Maybe he wouldn't. Not if you go to him first and say you return his feelings.", Will went on.
Silence.
Nico stared at the screen, but didn't see a thing.
More silence.
"Leave him alone, Will.", Jason said quietly.
"Can we just watch the film?", Percy asked, annoyed.
Nico stared into the distance.
Then he dropped his head onto his arms.
He felt Jason's hand on his back, soothingly stroking him.
He felt like shit.
He'd love to actually go to one of them and say 'Hey, I wouldn't mind if it's you, because I actually like you'.
The only problem was: He kind of liked all three.
He was a horrible person.
A really, really, REALLY horrible person.
Did he even deserve his admirer?
Somebody to love him so deeply, when he couldn't even say whom of his friends he liked more?
He touched his lips softly again, lifting his head to watch at the screen again.
"I could also simply get you all to write a line of text and compare the handwriting if I really wanted to.", he said quietly after a while.
All three looked around at him.
He shrugged. "But he told me 'Soon, I promise' and I trust him, so I guess I'll just have to wait until it's time."
They smiled at him and finally returned to watching the movie.
Nico really did stay in bed the whole day.
He didn't care.
His mood had somewhat improved, but by then, he simply couldn't be bothered to get up anymore, other than to go to the toilet.
Jason had only shaken his head and gotten him food, while Will had made him drink lots of water (which was why he needed to go to the bathroom so often) and Percy had mostly done the entertaining part, running around wielding Riptide like Captain Jack Sparrow did and citing parts of the films.
Nico had either laughed out loud or dropped his head on his arms, groaning and telling Percy to not remind him.
So all in all it had been a hell lot of fun.
"We still got to go ice skating!", Percy suddenly shot around.
But Nico only rolled away.
"Maybe on Monday.", he muttered, his back to Percy.
Percy came over, sitting down on the bed.
"Aw, really? But I already got plans for Monday!"
"Sucks. Maybe Tuesday."
"How about tomorrow?"
"Uh...maybe. I don't even have skates."
"Don't worry about that. I don't, either. We can borrow some. And if not, Leo will probably be able to build them as well.", Percy reassured him, leaning over him and trying to look him in the face.
But Nico pushed his face towards the pillow.
Percy chuckled, now completely leaning over Nico, looking at him upside down.
Nico looked up at him.
Percy made a face at him.
He chuckled and hit him with the pillow.
"Hey!", he complained, hitting Nico back with the pillow.
He grabbed for it, but Percy didn't let go.
"Percy~, that's my pillow.", Nico moaned and tugged, but Percy only laughed and tugged harder.
Then Percy let go.
Nico fell backwards and instead of falling clean off the bed, crashed into Jason who had just walked past.
They toppled over and Nico landed with his face right at Jason's navel, his hands wrapped around Jason's thighs for some reason, his body flat on Jason's.
Nico scrambled off hurriedly.
"Sorry, Jason! It was all Percy's fault.", he called, looking devastated at Jason, while Percy roared with laughter, rolling on the bed and holding his stomach.
Jason only blinked, his hands still raised as if he had been trying to hold Nico.
Then he laughed himself and got up.
"Damn, you had me there for a moment, Neeks. I completely wasn't prepared for that.", he admitted and grinned at him.
Nico's face was still slightly flushed.
Then he glared at Percy. "Percy! I will end you!", he called and threw himself onto the bed and at Percy, who couldn't react fast enough and suddenly, Nico was on top of him, tickling his sides.
Percy squirmed and laughed and chuckled and freaked, trying to grab Nico's hands, but Nico stopped him, grinning maliciously down at Percy.
Tickling people felt a thousand times better than getting tickled.
Those hands though.
Nico grabbed them both and pulled them over Percy's head, holding them there with one hand while tickling him with the other.
Percy had tears in his eyes, still laughing loudly, looking at him almost pleadingly to stop.
Will whistled, just coming back from the bathroom. "Who'd have guessed? Nico would actually make a decent top."
Nico flushed and looked towards Will for a moment.
Which was enough time for Percy to attack.
In one fluid motion, Nico found himself on his back, Percy on top of him.
"Revenge.", he growled and Nico blushed.
That voice.
Then Percy swiftly grabbed both his hands and held them above his head.
Damn it, maybe he shouldn't have done that to Percy.
He laughed and squirmed as Percy tickled him, kicking with his legs in a futile try to get him off.
"Un...Unfair...", Nico gasped and laughed, tears coming to his eyes.
Percy leaned close over his face. "You like it."
Nico loved those sea-green eyes.
They were so mesmerizing.
Nico found himself lost in them.
"Hey, you know what I want to try out?", Will said suddenly, right next to them, tearing them out of their little world.
Percy looked around annoyed.
Nico managed to get his hands out of his grip, but instead of shoving Percy off, he turned over onto his stomach and tried to crawl away.
Let's just say it didn't work well.
Percy's arm wrapped itself around Nico's waist, pulling him up slightly and pressing him against him.
"Nah, you're staying here. So, what is it you want, Will?", Percy asked casually and pressed down on Nico, keeping him there.
"Dude, you look as if you're going to ravage him any moment.", Will complained with a rather jealous voice.
Percy looked down at Nico.
Then he grinned and flopped down on him, wrapping both arms around him in a way Nico couldn't move his own anymore.
"Nah, I simply want to cuddle with him.", he said, while Nico groaned loudly.
"Can't breathe...", he wailed, though he was fine, really.
Percy knew he was, chuckling and rubbing his face against Nico's neck.
Nico could feel goose bumps all over his body.
This was getting way too out of hand.
He began moving.
Percy chuckled against his neck.
Then Nico put all his strength onto one side, pushing up.
Next moment, they were lying sideways.
"What...aww...", Percy wailed, but Nico had already managed to get free and scrambled out of bed, brushing invisible dust off his clothes.
Will laughed loudly. "And that's a pro for you.", he praised and high-fived Nico.
He looked over to Jason, who sat on a chair with Nico's laptop, though smiling over at him as he noticed his gaze.
He had taken quite a liking to it.
Nico didn't mind.
"So, what did you want to do?", Percy asked Will.
Nico turned around as well now.
Will's eyes seemed to practically glow. "I want to try play Truth or Dare."
"No way.", Nico said instantly.
But Jason and Percy had already perked up.
"That sounds interesting.", Percy muttered.
"I have never played that before.", Jason pondered.
Nico groaned.
He hated Truth or Dare.
Or better said, he hated Truth AND Dare.
.
Of course, they played Truth or Dare.
The rules were simple.
Nothing can be chosen more than twice in a row.
No stuff like IM-ing for dares.
No stuff that will get them into too much trouble, including things like public announcements and what not.
And no illegal stuff, obviously.
Nico so wanted to add 'nothing sexual', but since he was the only gay guy, he didn't really want to point it out that he was thinking into that direction.
Well, he was glad that at least there was the option to 'pass' in case he really didn't want to do something.
Even though they'd then each choose something different for him to do and he'd have to pick one option.
He simply hoped nobody got any weird ideas.
They sat in a circle on pillows on the floor in front of the open fire place.
On the left of him was Percy, on the right of him was Will, and in front of him sat Jason, smiling at him reassuringly.
"So...I'm the oldest, Nico's the youngest, so I start asking him.", Percy said smugly.
Nico made a face. "Do I have to repeat I'm over 80 years old?"
"Fine, then you start."
Nico sighed.
At least he was allowed to start.
He looked at Jason. "Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
Nico thought for a moment.
He certainly wasn't good at games like this.
"Erm...do you sing in the shower?"
Jason frowned, while Percy and Will laughed.
"Gods, Nico, that's hilarious.", Will muttered.
Nico blushed and bit his lip.
That had been the first thing that had jumped to mind.
"Actually, I don't.", Jason muttered, seemingly uncertain whether he should grin or frown.
"Ok, then.", Nico shrugged, glad his turn was over.
Jason looked at Will. "Truth or Dare?"
"Dare."
Nico rolled his eyes. That was so typical of Will.
"Good. Can you go and get me my water? I forgot it over on the counter."
Nico and Percy laughed quietly, grinning at each other while Will rolled his eyes and got Jason's water.
Then he smirked at Nico. "Truth or Dare?"
Nico scowled.
Blah.
"Truth."
"Top or bottom?"
Will grinned at him.
Nico flushed.
Percy shifted.
Jason glared at Will.
Nico began fidgeting with his hands.
Then he sighed. "I...I don't know...bottom, probably."
He felt embarrassed, to say the least.
This made him look like a girl.
He looked down at his hands, not wanting to meet anyone's gaze.
He heard a dull sound and looked up, seeing Jason whacking Will across the back of his head.
"Ouch.", Will muttered quietly, sulking.
Nico turned his gaze to Percy.
"Truth or Dare?", he muttered, though looking at Percy's collar instead of his face.
"Truth."
That was a surprise.
He would have guessed Percy would take Dare.
"Erm...would you ever get a piercing?"
Ok, it was official, he sucked at this game.
Percy chuckled. "Nah, I don't think so. Not right now at least."
Then he looked over at Jason. "Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
"Do you have embarrassing underwear?"
Nico looked around at Percy wide-eyed.
You couldn't ask people something like that!
Then again, he had just been asked whether he'd top or bottom.
He flushed and looked away again.
"Well, I do have some with small superman-logos on them. Leo got them for me as a joke."
Will and Percy chuckled.
Then Jason looked at Nico.
Why always him?!
"Truth or Dare?"
Nico fidgeted.
He didn't want to take Dare.
But if he took Truth now, he was at the mercy of the next person to ask him.
He didn't want to take either, really.
"D-Dare...", he muttered.
"Hm...Go put in some more firewood."
Nico sighed relieved and went to do the task.
Will made a huffing sound.
Nico turned to him. "Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
"Are you straight?"
It had slipped. Somehow, it had just slipped.
Nico blinked, surprised at himself.
Will frowned. "I'm bi. Thought you knew."
Nico blinked even more. No, he hadn't known.
He wanted to say sorry for a moment, but Will already turned towards Percy, grinning.
"Truth or Dare?"
"Dare."
Ew, Percy, why?!
"Woot, this is going to get interesting. Make Jason blush."
Nico inwardly relaxed.
Yay, at least this wasn't about him.
He watched Percy blink, then frown, then move over to Jason, who looked at him as if he was going to kill him if he dared getting too close.
Nico found himself holding his breath.
What was he going to do?
Then Percy put his lips to Jason's ear and whispered something they couldn't understand.
Jason's eyes widened and – believe it or not – there was a faint touch of pink on his cheeks.
Percy grinned broadly and went back to his place, looking rather smug.
"Oh, man. What did you say?", Will asked curiously.
"Secret.", Percy grinned and looked at Nico.
Not again.
"Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
"Do you still blame me for Bianca?"
"No.", Nico instantly replied.
Percy blinked, then smiled slightly.
Nico smiled back. Then he turned to Jason. "Truth or Dare."
"Dare."
Oh great.
Then again, it was to be expected.
"Erm...whack Will once more."
"What?", Will complained but Jason complied instantly.
Percy chuckled. "Good one."
Jason smirked at Nico, then turned to Will.
"Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
"Sunrise or Sunset?"
"Sunset."
That was over fast.
Will turned to him and grinned.
"Truth or Dare?"
Why did everyone go to him?
"Truth."
"Oh, come on? I wouldn't make you do bad stuff if you said Dare. Don't you trust me?"
"I do but I don't want to push my luck."
"Wait, that wasn't my question!"
"Too late.", Jason and Percy said and Will groaned.
Nico relaxed again.
He turned to Percy. "Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
"Did you ever forgive me for that thing with my dad?"
"Ages ago, Neeks.", Percy muttered, smiling reassuring.
Then he turned to Jason.
"Truth or Dare?"
"Dare."
"Do that superman-pose."
Nico rolled his eyes as Jason sighed and complied.
Will and Percy laughed.
Then Jason went towards Will.
No! No, why did Jason go to Will! If he went to Will now, Will would be able to get at Nico!
"Truth or Dare?"
"Dare."
"Give Nico a quick neck massage."
Nico gulped.
Will chuckled and went over to him.
Nico instinctively stiffened.
"Aw, Neeks, don't act like that. I'm a healer, I give good massages."
He put his hands gently at the sides of Nico's neck.
He had nice, warm hands.
Carefully, he started to massage him.
Actually, it felt really good.
Nico slowly began to relax.
Maybe this hadn't been mean of Jason, after all.
Maybe he had just wanted Nico to relax a bit.
After all, he was here with friends.
Nothing to worry about.
He sighed and relaxed against his touch slowly.
Will chuckled quietly, continuing to massage his neck and shoulders softly.
"Like this?"
Nico nodded quietly.
"Good.", he flopped back onto the seat and looked straight at him.
"Truth or Dare?"
Damn it.
"Dare...", he muttered, not having a choice.
He hated this game.
"Do a neck nibble on Jason."
"What?", Jason asked surprised.
"Will.", Percy warned.
Nico blushed.
"Oh, come on, let's make this a little bit fun. Or do you think you can't do it, Neeks?"
Nico made a face and looked over to Jason.
He definitely hated this game.
He sighed defeated and went on all fours, not being bothered to get up when Jason was so close anyways.
Jason looked at him rather surprised but then presented his neck quietly, looking sideways, slightly pink in the face.
Nico swallowed and narrowed the space between his lips and Jason's skin.
He had never done anything like that.
He sure hoped he wasn't making a fool of himself now.
Cautiously, he placed his lips on the sensitive skin, pretty much kissing it, just to then lick over it softly and nibble slightly.
Jason stiffened.
Nico hesitated.
He felt Jason's hand on his thigh, slightly squeezing.
He took that as a 'Go on' and continued carefully.
He started working his way down Jason's neck, gently nibbling on his skin and sucking slightly, though trying not to leave a mark by accident.
This felt weird.
Not exactly bad weird but definitely weird.
Especially with Will and Percy watching.
He found a soft spot between neck and shoulder and concentrated on that for a bit, making Jason shift slightly.
Too much?
He pulled back slowly.
"Like that?", he asked, knowing his face must be bright red.
Jason was pink in the face as well and shifted again, huffing slightly.
They both looked around at Will, who was grinning broadly, nodding.
"Definitely. That was hot. It's certainly interesting watching Jason lose his cool."
Nico felt the heat spreading through his body and hastily went back to his place, looking worriedly at Jason.
When Jason noticed his gaze he smiled reassuringly.
"Truth or Dare?", Nico asked him, knowing he'd have to take truth.
"Truth."
"Are you ok?"
Jason chuckled.
"Yeah. Don't worry, you did a pretty good job."
Nico flushed but had to smile nevertheless.
"So, Percy. Truth or Dare?", Jason asked, touching his neck slightly at the spot Nico nibbled on.
"Truth."
"Do you really think you could beat me in a serious fight?"
Nico rolled his eyes, his flush slowly subsiding.
Those two.
"Hm, truth be told, I'm not sure. But I know Nico could."
Jason and Percy grinned at each other, then looked around at Nico.
Nico blinked. Then he chuckled.
"You do know you just said I'm stronger than both of you, right?"
"Neeks, you just have to put on your pouting face and everybody would gladly throw themselves at your feet.", Will told him chuckling and he flushed again.
"You're all idiots.", he muttered, though inwardly pleased.
Percy turned to Nico.
"Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
"Hm…what would your perfect day look like? As in, what would you do?"
Nico blinked.
What would a perfect day be like?
He felt his hand touching on his earring again, thoughtful.
His mind drifted off to his admirer.
No, he shouldn't think like that right now.
He shrugged.
"I don't know. Probably something like all of us doing something together. I really like that. So, yeah…"
He had pretty much just stated that any day with the three of them was a perfect day for him.
Well, it was the truth…
Percy smiled fondly at him.
Jason and Will did as well.
Nico turned towards Will.
"Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
Nico thought for a moment.
What could he ask him?
The others always asked interesting or at least funny things.
With his questions though, he didn't really find out anything new about his friends.
"Does it bother you that you're a healer instead of a fighter?", he asked after a while.
Jason and Percy looked up at Will, curious.
Will blinked, surprised.
Then he smiled and scratched the back of his head awkwardly.
"I know I suck at fighting, and I really do enjoy healing people and helping them. Though, I admit that when I see you guys train like that I feel kind of bad for not being able to take much part in it."
For a moment, there was silence
"But that was a mean question. Percy, Truth or Dare.", Will then said, turning to Percy, who made a face.
"Dare.", he said, not exactly happy, but not having a choice either.
Nico wondered vaguely whether he simply should have asked something like 'Do you like winter?'.
Hopefully, he wouldn't be mean to Percy now, making him neck-nibble anyone or similar.
"Imitate your favorite sex position for 2 minutes."
Silence.
Nico gaped at Will, who was smirking maliciously at Percy.
Jason put his face in his hands.
Percy stared back at Will.
He seemed initially surprised, but Nico knew his pride wouldn't allow him to refuse.
"Sure. Who will be my partner though? You?"
Will hesitated.
"Hm…rock paper scissors, looser got to do it?", Will then said, turning to Nico and Jason.
Jason made a face. "Why don't you just do it, Solace?"
"Nah, I'm not a good bottom."
Nico flushed, hoping inwardly that he wouldn't have to do it.
Jason frowned at him and they did the first round.
If he won this round he'd be out of this whole thing.
He tried to think hard and fast, figuring out what Jason and Will would most likely choose.
Or would they decide for what they thought he'd least expect?
He hated Rock Paper Scissors.
He always lost at it.
Jason put up Paper.
Nico put up Paper.
Will put up Scissors.
Damn it.
Will grinned broadly and pulled back.
Jason and Nico looked at each other.
Percy drew a sharp breath.
Nico inwardly groaned but only concentrated on his hand.
There'd be no way Jason would take the same thing twice, right?
So what should he do?
Scissors would be pointless if Jason didn't take paper.
So Rock?
But what if he did take Paper?
He put up Rock.
Jason held up Paper.
Shit.
Nico paled and looked around at Percy, who stared at him for a moment.
What was that expression?
Shock? Surprise? Disbelief?
Well, it probably fit Nico's.
Damn it.
Why him?!
He hated this whole fucking game!
Will laughed loudly. "Oh gods, Neeks, today really isn't your day, is it? Ok then, get going, Percy. I'm curious."
Jason threw Nico an apologetic glance.
Nico only wanted to roll up into a ball and die.
Imitate favorite sex position.
What the hell.
Where did Will come up with such things anyways?
Percy awkwardly shifted, making space for Nico to join him in his corner.
No way.
Nico was still stiff as a board as he slowly moved over to where Percy was.
"Sorry, Neeks.", he muttered quietly but Nico shrugged, sitting down, wondering what he was supposed to do.
Percy looked at him awkwardly, a blush spreading on his cheeks now as well.
"Erm…"
Nico didn't know who was more flustered right now.
Probably him.
But Percy turned redder by the minute as well.
"You do know the timer doesn't start until you're actually in the position, right?", Will called, chuckling.
Jason glared over at him.
Percy and Nico flinched.
"Well…how do you want…this…?", Nico asked, forcing his voice out calm.
He had almost said 'How do you want me', but that sounded so wrong in so many ways.
Percy cleared his throat.
"You…can you turn around? Upper body down, lower body up…"
Nico flushed a dark red and chose not to reply.
His voice would have probably come out in one giant squeak.
He turned around and complied, closing his eyes embarrassed.
He hated Will.
Him and his stupid ideas.
Maybe he should glare at him.
No, he rather didn't want to look at anything right now.
He hid his face in his arms and put his backside up.
This. Was. The. Most. Embarrassing. Thing. Ever.
Percy tentatively put his hands on Nico's hips and he shivered.
"C-Can you spread your legs a bit?"
Nico complied, still hiding his face, not daring to make a single sound.
He felt Percy's body getting closer.
Everything inside him wanted to run away.
He stiffened as their bodies connected ever so slightly.
For a moment, there was silence.
"A variation of doggy? That's sweet. Now start humping, Percy, you can't imitate a position with just staying like that."
Jason made a hissing sound.
Percy's hands twitched on Nico's hips.
Then he tentatively pushed.
Nico bit his lip, happy his face was hidden from sight.
This could not be.
Why was he actually reacting to it?!
He could feel his insides churning and filling with want.
No, not now.
He could also feel himself getting hard.
No way whatsoever!
Percy humped him, though he made sure their bodies barely connected.
"Seriously, you're enjoying this, aren't you, Solace?", Percy muttered and Nico noticed how he was slightly huffing.
Will chuckled. "It's definitely cute to see you two so flustered about it."
Nico's head shot up, glaring at him.
"Don't you dare make…fun…of…this…", he muttered, though his anger flared as Percy kept humping him and he bit his lip, pushing out the last words meekly and looking around at Jason, who had his gaze fixed on the timer.
He turned his gaze slightly towards Percy and instantly regretted it.
Intense sea-green eyes locked with his.
Percy bit his lip and Nico could feel his hands tremble on his hips for a moment.
Nico shivered and dropped his head hastily again.
"I'm not. Honestly, I'm not. Actually, I'm jealous of Percy right now. Plus, I think it's pretty brave of you to go with it. I would have expected you to pull out.", Will exclaimed, holding up his arms defensively.
But Nico wasn't really listening.
"One minute left.", Jason said quietly.
Nico tried to get his body under control.
Why did it turn him on when Percy humped him because of a dumb dare?
It's not like this meant anything.
Why was he reacting to it like this?
And why was time running so slowly right now?
Usually, two minutes were over in a flash.
Why not now?
Percy's hand moved on his hip and he found himself shivering again, unintentionally moving backwards, causing their bodies to collide briefly.
A lot more than just the feeble brushing of their fabrics.
Percy's grip tightened for a splint second, then he instantly let go of him, jumping back.
Nico was relieved, confused, slightly hurt and utterly flustered all at the same time.
Had it been his imagination or had Percy been hard?
"Whatever, we're done.", Percy snapped and dared the other two to say anything.
Nico instantly sat back up, looking back at Percy wide-eyed.
Percy now intently stared downwards at the floor, his ears burning red, lips pursed.
Nico scrambled back to his place, hoping nothing was showing.
He was so worried anyone might notice he didn't even dare to check himself whether anything showed.
He only knew his pants were annoyingly tight.
He looked towards Jason and their gazes met for a splint second.
Then Jason looked over to Will, glaring.
"Meh, fine. Fair enough.", Will said shrugging and grinned at Percy maliciously.
Percy glared back. Then he turned to Jason.
"Truth or Dare." It wasn't a question.
"Dare.", came the immediate reply.
"Whack Will for being an ass."
Jason instantly complied.
Will whined.
Percy still looked flustered.
And Nico only hoped he wasn't looking as whooshed as he felt.
After a few more rounds though, Jason called it an end, to the immense relief of Nico, who instantly hurried off to the bathroom.
When he got back out, Percy had already left.
"You ok?", Jason asked him quietly as Nico looked towards the door, hoping Percy didn't feel weirded out now.
"Yeah, I'm fine.", he muttered, nodding.
He felt a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry you had to do that. All of it. I should have said something."
Nico shook his head. "It's ok. It's not like it was…such a big deal."
Jason sighed.
"Maybe, but it still wasn't ok how you had to do all that intimate stuff while we got away with pretty much doing nothing like that."
Nico felt himself agreeing with that.
He had had to answer whether he'd top or bottom.
He had had to nibble on Jason's neck.
He had had to get humped by Percy (though it had been Percy's dare, not his).
But he still shook his head.
"It's ok."
"No, it's not. Next time, we all team up and get Will to do lots of embarrassing stuff to make up for it."
Nico found himself chuckling.
Really?
Jason smiled down at him. "There, now you're feeling better, aren't you?"
"…Yeah…", Nico admitted, still smiling.
He didn't really intend to play any Truth or Dare ever again in his life, but the thought of them all turning against Will and having him be all flustered and embarrassed certainly cheered him up.
Not that he was a very sadistic person.
Or that he really disliked Will (he actually liked him way too much, after all, even with him being so…well, with him being the way he was.)
But it would kind of be revenge for always making Nico all flustered and nervous.
"What are you two talking about?", Will asked, coming over to them.
"Justice.", both replied and grinned at each other knowingly.
"Why do I have the feeling that means something bad for me?", Will said drily and didn't look very thrilled.
They chuckled.
An hour later those two were still around, because Jason seemed to not want to leave Will alone with Nico, while Will wanted exactly that.
Nico didn't know whether he wanted to be alone with Will either.
He hadn't been alone with him ever since the day they had kissed.
He was still worried what Will thought about it.
But hey, at least he was bisexual, so it wasn't as if he was going to blame it on Nico or anything.
Then again, he couldn't really do that anyways, because he had initiated the kiss.
Still, Nico didn't want to talk about it.
It made him feel like a slut.
Jason worriedly looked around at him as he sighed deeply and wanted nothing than to go to bed.
Couldn't Will just leave with Jason?
Couldn't Nico just let Jason leave and get it over with with Will?
He groaned and looked pointedly at Jason, then at Will.
"I don't want to be rude, but I think I'll kick you out now. I really want to just go to bed."
He was simply going to kick them both out.
Problem solved.
Jason nodded quietly and got up, looking around to Will, who had also gotten up.
Nico decided to at least bring them to the door.
Which was a mistake.
"Erm, Jason, can you go ahead? I want to have a word with Nico. Alone.", Will muttered and stood in the doorway.
Jason hesitated for a moment, looking towards Nico.
Nico only sighed and gave a small nod.
Jason really was a great guy, wasn't he?
They watched as Jason slowly walked away towards his cabin.
Then Will turned around. "Nico, I wanted to say I'm sorry."
Nico blinked. "For what?", he asked, frowning.
Will chuckled, coming closer. "Well, for the game for instance. It did seem rather unfair on your part."
Nico looked sideways. "That was mostly your doing, you know."
Will chuckled. "I noticed. But it was simply too tempting, Neeks. You are so adorable when you get flustered like that. That with Percy, that was completely unforeseen. I had hoped for Jason to be the lucky one. That'd have been fun to watch. Though it was interesting to watch Percy get all flustered as well."
Nico's ears turned red but he tried to push it down.
This guy!
But right when he wanted to say something, Will put his finger on Nico's lips.
"And…I wanted to say sorry for…for the kiss…", he muttered, now gently sliding his finger over Nico's lips, gazing at them as if he was thinking about kissing him once more.
Nico's heart was beating way too fast now.
He swallowed. "Y-You don't need to apologize…", he then muttered, pulling back from the touch, looking sideways.
Will only smiled pained. "Nico, it's ok. I guess I really did take it a bit too far. I don't regret it, mind you. You're a pretty good kisser, actually, even though we didn't get to do much."
Nico fidgeted.
He wasn't sure what to say or do.
He wanted to say it was ok, but it really wasn't.
He was surprised about the praise and wanted to return it, but he didn't want to run the risk of Will kissing him again.
Or did he?
Why was he in such an inner conflict anyways?
What was his big problem?
That they weren't dating?
Why not just ask him then?
'Hey, Will, would you like to go out with me'?
Why couldn't he just say it?
Will chuckled. "It's ok, Nico. You don't have to say anything to that. I just want us to be ok again. Without you being all insecure and scared. It's not like I'll do anything you don't like."
The thing was, Nico was worried he might actually like whatever Will was doing.
Not knowing what else to do, he nodded quietly.
Will chuckled. "So, can I get a goodnight kiss, then?"
Nico looked up at him, not sure whether to be horrified, outraged embarrassed or annoyed.
That guy!
Will laughed as Nico stepped back inside his cabin and slammed the door shut in his face.
"Good Night to you too, Neeks.", he called and Nico could hear him hurrying away, still chuckling.
That guy.
Unbelievable.
Nico shook his head, his thoughts drifting off to his admirer.
Was he dragging this out with Will because he wanted to meet his admirer first?
His heart fluttered at the thought of the notes.
Could Will actually be the admirer?
Neither Jason nor Percy had actually tried to kiss him or anything, and they were straight.
If Will actually was interested in Nico, could that mean he might be the admirer?
If so, why couldn't he just say it?
But did he have to be the admirer for Nico to date him?
No.
But the admirer had gone through so much work to get his attention, to prove his feelings…
Going by that, Nico should really wait for him.
Then again, he liked Will.
He really did.
Shouldn't he go based on whom he had feelings for?
What if it wasn't Will and he would regret not asking Will out now?
Would Will feel second place if Nico went to him afterwards?
He didn't know.
And the more he thought about it, the less he wanted to think about it.
He went to bed, snuggling close to Mrs. O'Leary.
Even though he was thinking of Will and all that had happened between them, his last thoughts before drifting off to sleep were about his admirer.
He wondered what he'd write tomorrow.
And, of course, he wondered what he'd get as a gift.
He smiled fondly.