Reynico One-Shots

[Throwing Apples]

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I'm sorry if you didn't like it...

  Jason had to.

  He just had to drag Nico into this stupid 'boys' night' thing. Poor Nico was stuck in cabin 3, forced to listen to boys do silly dares, brag about the monsters they have fought, the battles and quests they were in, and their girlfriends/boyfriends. Were they what, twelve?

  Seriously? Who should brag about their journeys and monster-slayings when Nico was in the room?

  Nico started examining the blood stains on his sword for the hundredth time.

"-and Annabeth caught that apple! And poof! We're engaged."

"Did she know about that greek custom?" Frank asked Percy.

"Probably not." Travis said. "If she did, she wouldn't have caught it."

"Ouch!" Connor said. "Sorry about my brother Travis here. It really hurts when he says the truth."

Leo snorted.

"Hey, at least you three are too scared to ask your crushes out." Percy said. "And I have a girlfriend, and we're going to be married as soon as we graduate this camp."

  Jason, who was drinking hot chocolate, did a spit take.

"Aw. Come on, bro. You were asking me which jewel would fit best in a proposal ring." Percy said. "Why so surprised?"

'An apple...' Nico thought. He zoned out for a while.

"... and of course, I'm a better dancer than you, Leo." Travis said.

"What?" Leo asked. "Nobody can out-dance Mr. Mcshizzle!"

"So is it a..." Travis said.

"Dance fight." Leo ended his sentence.

"Yeet." Percy said.

  Nico decided that it was the best time to sneak out- maybe Frank did, too. A hummingbird was sitting on one of the higher bunks, avoiding attention.

  Nico sunk deeper into his shadowy corner.

  Then he materialized in the camp kitchen. He took an apple and disappeared again.

  He appeared in Reyna's office.

"Hey." Reyna was sitting in front of her usual paperwork with her pen moving swiftly across the paper.

  Nico's heart was beating twice the usual pace. He immediately regretted coming here. "Still working?"

"That's what praetors do." Reyna sighed.

  Nico twirled the apple hidden behind a column. He gulped silently and managed to pull on his usual calm facade.

"I suppose you haven't ate anything while working?"

"Got me." Reyna raised both her hands in mock defeat.

"You should take care of yourself sometimes." Nico tossed her the apple and bit his lip.

  Reyna caught it and took a bite. "Thanks."

  On the inside, Nico was holding a dance party with an elephant.

"Is there, um-" Nico eyed the huge stack of paperwork. "-anything I can do to help?"

"It would be great if you take that to the senate, but if you don't want to-"

"I'll do it." Nico said.

  Reyna smiled. "Thank you again, Neeks. You're the best."

  Nico grinned to himself as he left Reyna's office.

  Now all that's left to do is to tell her about what throwing an apple to a girl means in greek.

'I might as well prepare another bottle if physician's cure.(did I spell it right?)' Nico thought.