Nico POV Without even thinking, I was /out/ of there. I bolted from Poseidon cabin and just slammed the door shut on my own cabin. What I wasn't expecting was for someone to burst in as soon as I sat down. "Have you ever heard of knocking?" I growled to whoever was behind me. I didn't bother turning around. I was expecting Reyna or Hazel, so I was surprised to hear a familiar smooth, nervous voice. "If I did, would you have let me in?" I faced the freckled boy, twisting the silver skull ring on my finger. "No," I admitted, looking at my hands. "Why'd you run out?" Asked Will, sitting on the other reading chair. "They asked what girl you would want as girlfriend, did you... did you like one of them?" I shrunk my head in a little. "I-I used to have a crush on... /someone/ in the group, but I'm over him now." I said, once again fidgeting with my ring. Will froze. "Him?" I looked up, shooting him a death glare. "You got a problem with that, Solace?" W-what? no. This is gonna sound silly, but I had a crush on Percy Jackson for a whole year once he got to camp." I gaped at him for a few seconds after bursting out in laughter. Will POV I didn't know whether to feel offended, to laugh, or to jump up and cheer in excitement, "Nico's not straight!" but I was somehow able to restrain myself, so I went with the first option. "Wow I just shared private information and you laugh at me." Nico reduced his laughter to a slight chuckle. I wanted him to keep going. It occurred to me that I had never heard Nico di Angelo laugh before, and it was /brilliant/. He had a musical laugh, and I assumed that he didn't get a chance to use it often, making it that much sweeter. "That- that's not why I'm laughing," said Nico, sitting up in his chair. "I'm laughing because I had a crush on Percy too. It's why he looked so confused after the battle." he said with a smirk. I honestly didn't know what to say anymore. So I said something really smart. "O-oh uh-" Nico rolled his eyes. "We don't have to go back to his cabin if you don't want to." I said after a moment. Nico looked at his hands then back up at me. "Nah, let's do this." To my surprise, he grabbed my hand and led me to the door. He was strong for his 5'8 size. We arrived back at Percy's cabin and he knocked on the door. this time, it was the one and only Percy Jackson, who everyone apparently had a crush on. He beamed at us and I noticed for the first time, his attire. Nico burst out in laughter for the second time that day. Percy wore a green mermaid tail dress with a purple shell bra. He had a red wig on. I couldn't help but start laughing myself. Percy shifted and rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I know, I was stupid enough to accept a dare from Travis." I saw a flash from inside and looked over to see piper snapping a picture (on an old instacam of course) and giggling. Percy went and sat next to Annabeth, glaring at the Stolls, who were laughing hysterically. "Well, Nico, you never got your turn." said Jason, who was glancing between Nico and I with a smirk and raised eyebrows. I tilted my head in confusion while Nico's face took on a red hue. Did they have some sort of inside joke or something? "In that case," Nico started, looking directly at the son of Jupiter, whose sly expression quickly turned into a fearful one. "Jason Grace, truth or dare?"
Part seven- Complete! I hope you enjoy it, and yes I know it's part seven and they still don't know that they don't really have strong feelings for each other yet, but I'm doing this like real life- taking it at a steady pace Part 8- https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/590002365
