There was one thing Nico put on his to do list after the speed dating: Threaten Leo not to say a word about his first speed dating at camp. The guy nearly bit his tongue of once he heard about Nico's date with fear itself, and Nico was not referring to Phobos. It was only the first two dates he attended to and yet none of those two were successful in any way. Nico wondered if he should take the warning seriously and go with the flow. It was very not him, very not a child of Hades.
Aphrodite and Eros made it a lot harder for him, to make a girl like her and make himself like that same girl as well. Nico can wait for a few minutes of dating, but making one fall for you is difficult, really difficult. Nico wasn't romantic; almost everyone who knew him knows that, even though a few Aphrodite kids tried to stick him up with another camper, which of course, never worked out. Let's add the fact that this girl was head over heels for him and Nico was like a frozen statue when they threw him to sit beside her in the fireworks festival.
"Hmm… I guess the next room is Room no. 9" Nico thought miserably. Somewhere in his head, he plans to show a bit of confidence in talking to his next date. That he will be the one to think of another conversation starter, try to get a good review, maybe. Nico wasn't too sure if he could do those.
He turned the knob of the door and saw a red haired teenager with a pen and a notebook on top of the table. Nico sighed and sat down on his chair. The girl was obviously studying him with those gray eyes. He was starting to think that she might be a demigod or something. Her gaze was observing his every movement and that made Nico feel very uncomfortable.
Remember, start a conversation
"Hi, I'm Nico" he said flatly. And it was so far the first time he spoke without stuttering in any way. The girl raised her brow and uncapped her pen. She started to write something on her pad, making Nico a bit curious.
"Victoria Sable, nice to meet you" she said with formality and reached out her hand for a handshake. Nico reluctantly shook hers. In his mind, she might be so far the most normal of all his dates. Nico took up all his courage to start a conversation.
"So- " Nico started but then was cut off by the Victoria.
"Where are you from?" the girl said sternly
"Umm… I live in Manhattan" he scratched his head. Victoria wrote on her pad. Nico started to think she's really up to something.
"And where exactly in Manhattan?"
"Uhhh… somewhere underground?" Nico scratched his head
"That's…strange" she said, frowning. Nico most likely don't want to tell her more details about his not so humble home.
"What kind of music do you like?"
"Let's see, classical and punk rock" Nico said confidently, thinking that this date is finally getting somewhere.
Instead of writing that down, Victoria put down her pen and raised a brow at him.
"Really? I always thought you were one for emo rock or stuff like that. Well, you really can't judge a book from its cover. And classic? Really? Who even listens to that these days? To think it came from a guy like you. Shocking" Victoria then started writing again.
"That's bit offensive, you know?" Nico said and the girl disregarded him, "Doesn't mean I look like those guys means that I get to have the same interests. And for your information, classic music is WAY better than the music of who's that guy? Justin Beaver?"
"Justin Bieber" she corrected, "His music have messages about love while punk rocks don't have any meaning at all! You can barely understand what they say! Classical? You can't get any words from those!" she said hotly
"That's why they are called instrumentals! They make good music just by the use of instruments without that nonsense the beaver guy sings in his songs!" Nico argued. The girl actually slammed her fists on the table, making Nico jump from his chair.
"It's Bieber! B-I-E-B-E-R! And his songs aren't nonsense!" Victoria screamed that her voice cracked.
"What's that? You mean, 'Like baby, baby, baby, oh' is inspirational to you?" Nico gave a mocking grin. He's enjoying this, in a way.
"That's it! First of all you have no good taste in music! That's a fact! You idolize a guy who's named after a dog!"
"For your information, Beethoven came first before that dog in the movies! And heck, I am ten times have better taste in music than you!" the son of Hades leered, feeling completely insulted.
"Well, that's- Bieber's still better!" she yelled, her face was red in frustration.
"Great, I freaking dated a fangirl" Nico rolled his eyes as he slouched on his chair while Victoria ranted on and on about the beaver.
"So much for a good date, Nico" the son of Hades said to himself. Just when he was about to yell something to the redhead, the bell rang and Victoria furiously sat back on her chair. Nico stomped his way to the door.
Nico slammed the door shut behind him and glared at almost everyone walking along the hallway. What made it worse was when Eros appeared out of nowhere.
"Women like men who have the same interests. They also like tolerant men, men who won't argue back because of those silly little things" Eros said in 'as a matter of fact' way.
"Eros, please fuck off…" Nico murmured and Eros smiled sweetly.
"Women like men who have a clean mouth. That language of yours might bring you really closer to that curse" Eros snapped his fingers and Nico's scarf turned pink.
"What the-? Seriously?" Nico complained
"That's a warning, Nico. The scarf won't leave that neck of yours, if ever you try to throw it in the trash" Eros said playfully, "By the way, pink suits you"
Then Eros left in a blink of an eye. Nico kicked the wall beside him and tried hard not to cause an earthquake. The moment Nico cooled down, he sighed and reminded himself,
"I am looking forward to see the soul of that Victoria Sable in the Underworld. I really am…" then Nico turned and saw a pamphlet lying on the floor saying, "Dating Tips for Demigod: Winning a Mortal or a fellow demigod's heart"
"Screw you, Eros" Nico muttered
EVALUATION SHEET
Date number:
#5 Nico Di Angelo
First Impression:
He's a fucking emo
Things in common:
Don't get even started with this!
Did you have a great time?
NO!
Do you feel a connection?
Over my dead body!
Overall impression:
I hate that bastard!
Do you ever want to see this guy again?
I'd rather swim with the sharks!
LEO
"What's your favorite kind of music?" Victoria said in a calm tone. Leo was staring at her intently
"Oh, I have no exact favorite. Almost everything's cool with me" he said confidently and Victoria's face brightened.
"Do you like Justin Bieber's music?" she asked eagerly
"I can't seem to hear anything! Can you please repeat it again?" Leo gestured his hand beside his ears as if he's listening.
"Are you a fan of Bieber's?" Victoria repeated, but a bit louder
"What? I can't hear you!" Leo asked again and Victoria repeated her question in a very loud voice.
"Lady, I'll only be a fan only when pigs give birth to crocodiles or when I start to grow another pair of arms. How about a big no to that?"
AN: No offense to Bieber fans out there! It's mainly just for the fun of it!
