Nico POV I was- once again- awoken from a dreamless sleep. Seriously, does no one here respect my decision to sleep until 11am? There was pounding on the door, and a yawned, dragging myself out of bed and to the door, twisting the knob and swinging the door open. "Mornin' Sunshine!" At this point, I don't think I even need to tell you who it is. "Is that my shirt?" he pointed to me, and I realized that I was wearing the Nashville shirt he gave me in the infirmary. The sides of my neck heated up, the heat traveling towards my face. "Oh, uh, you can have it back if you want. I didn't- I didn't realize I still had it." Will shook his head. "It looks good on you, Death Boy. Anyways, while you were asleep, Chiron announced that the hunters were coming tomorrow since Reyna and the other Romans of the seven are here. We're gonna play capture the flag!" My face lit up. "Yes!" I said. "Lemme go get changed, I'll be right out." I closed the door and quickly threw on black skinny jeans and a black shirt with a skull on it (shocker). I opened the door again, not bothering to brush my hair. Will was still standing there, but now with Jason, who was talking to Will. "Why have you been standing outside Nico's cabin for, like, five minutes?" "Oh, I was waking him up because the cleaning harpies are gonna clean the pavilion soon and it's about time he got off his butt." Will smirked at me. Jason was facing away from me, looking at Will. I raised an eyebrow and just watched. "Oh. Makes sense. The guy sleeps for, like, twelve full hours, I swear." he chuckled and shook his head. "Anyways, I saw some Aphrodite kid checking you out, man. Gianna, I think she said her name was?" Will visibly paled and he glanced at me before giving Jason a nervous smile and rubbing the back of his neck. I felt a twinge of some emotion- jealousy? nah, probably just hunger. "I uh- I..." I couldn't help but snicker as I watched him struggle for words. Jason jumped and turned quickly around. "Holy Hera, Nico, You scared the living Hades out of me." "It's what I live for," I muttered flatly. Jason looked back at will, said, "good answer," and avoided a slap from me as he ran back towards his cabin. I growled as I watched Jason look over his shoulder, grinning. Ever since that day of truth or dare, he's been going on about something he called, "operation Solangelo." He didn't tell me what it meant, but it translated to "Sun Angel" in Italian which didn't really clear things up at all. Sometimes I wondered if the son of Jupiter was mentally stable. "well, uh, /do/ you wanna go grab breakfast?" I nodded and joined him as we walked up towards the pavilion. Will POV I frowned when we reached the pavilion. Cleaning harpies already milled around, licking the rest of the grime off he plates and depositing them on the shelves. I shivered. /very/ unsanitary. Nico shrugged. "We could always get apples in the woods or something. I know a place where a few apple trees grow." he said, looking up at me. I nodded and let him lead me to a far corner of the woods where a few apple trees shot up. It was a nice little clearing with apple trees around the edges and a little pond the size of a swimming pool in the corner. Sunlight soaked through the branches, casting dancing shadows and bursts of light on the grass. When I was done admiring the area, I turned to see that Nico was halfway up a tree, groping for an apple just out of reach. I raised an eyebrow and smiled as I watched him struggle to reach an apple, nearly falling out of the tree. Finally, his fingers closed around it and he picked the apple off the branch. He threw it in my direction. And I caught it. I stared at the red-and-yellow shell of the apple in amazement. For a solid minute, I was frozen in place, staring at the apple. Nico was snapping and waving his hand at my face. "Will? Will, what's the matter?" I glanced at the apple, then at him. "N-nothing." And it was true. Nothing was the matter, everything was amazing.
For those of you who don't get the ending... I'm gonna let you figure it out on your own ;). I hope you enjoyed, and, yes, I had to put in solangelo's #1 shipper, Jason, in there somewhere. part 10: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/590586005
