Jasico friend-shipping! I can tag friend-shipping, so deal with it!
Warning, this may be a little depressing...
Disclaimer: We don't own PJO. We have to go eat cookies and try not to cry that we don't own PJO.
Talking and Blue Marshmallows
Nico sat shivering on the mast, the snow sticking to his hair. He had seen one snowball fight already and nobody had noticed him. It's not like they would, though. Nobody notices the Ghost King who spends his time in the shadows.
"Hey! Nico!"
Really?
"Go away, Grace!"
Jason squinted up at him from the deck of the Argo II. "You'll get a cold up there or something if you don't come down!"
"You're not my older brother or anything." Nico shot back down, not willing to admit he was slightly touched by Jason's concern.
Jason sighed and flew up to the mast. Jason grabbed Nico. "Alright, you're coming down."
Nico snarled and jerked away from the other demigod. "Don't touch me. I'll shadow travel down if it's that important."
Jason smiled in triumph.
Soon he had hauled Nico inside and sat him in front of a fire.
"I'm just...fine." Nico tried to scowl but his teeth were chattering too hard for it to really work.
"Uh-huh. Your fingers are blue." Jason left to get blankets.
Nico grumbled but held his hands closer to the fire. It felt so good...
"I brought cocoa!" Jason shouted as he walked in the door, blankets draped over his arms and cocoa in his hands.
"Yay," Nico deadpanned.
"Yay to you too, now drink up!" Jason replied, handing him a cup of cocoa and dumping the blankets on top of Nico.
"I almost spilled my cocoa," Nico grumbled, completely covered in blankets except for his arm that was holding the cup.
"And then I would have had to clean it up!" Jason exclaimed. "Now, Nico-"
"Oh don't get all 'heart to heart' on me! I don't want to talk about it!" Nico snarled.
"Geez man, don't get all protective!" Jason muttered in response.
"Do you want to watch a movie?" Jason asked later.
"No. I would like more cocoa. Marshmallows this time, please," Nico ordered.
"Yes, your majesty," Jason mocked.
He left Nico covered in blankets and staring at the fire. In the kitchen, he grabbed some of the hot cocoa powder and heated up some milk. After a minute, he dumped the warm milk over the powder and stirred it with a spoon. As Jason opened the cupboard, he noticed a lack of blue food dye. Percy. He grabbed the bag of marshmallows and dumped a few into the cup, not really looking, and walked up the stairs.
"Here you go," Jason said, handing the cup of cocoa over to Nico.
"Um... Jason, why are these marshmallows blue?" Nico asked, picking a soggy marshmallow out of the cup. Sure enough, it was blue!
"They are blue! Well, it's kinda obvious. Percy did it," Jason replied.
"We'll have to talk to him about this," Nico replied.
"Later. Now we have to talk about this. Keeping your feelings bottled up is not healthy," Jason replied.
"No," Nico replied.
"Yes, now why were you going to freeze yourself out there?" Jason asked, Nico glared at him.
"The cold feels better," Nico said offhandedly.
"What do you mean by that?" Jason questioned.
"It hurts less than emotional pain..." Nico replied.
"This is not good. I don't want you freezing yourself to death to drown out your emotional feelings!" Jason exclaimed. "You have to tell him. It'll hurt less if you let those feelings out,"
"I can't," Nico replied.
"Why not," Jason asked, calming down.
"I'm afraid," Nico answered.
"Of what?" Jason questioned.
"I'm afraid... That... He'll hate me... I couldn't live like that," Nico replied.
"He'd never hate you! You're his little brother," Jason stated.
"Great," Nico grumbled, shutting himself out again.
"Just promise to tell everyone and the party, please? We'll all be happy for you!" Jason replied.
"No..." Nico answered.
"Please? Why won't you?" Jason asked. Nico had no answer.
"You have no reason not too! Just tell them," Jason pestered, putting on a face that said I am not going to let up on this unless you agree!
"Fine! Whatever!" Nico shouted, grumbling about stupid sons of Jupiter.
"Now lets go ask Percy about those blue marshmallows!" Jason announced, a smug smile gracing his mouth. Nico easily punched it off of him.
Guess what, this is going to have a second part!
Constructive Criticism!