Runaways

The Motel Part 1: Hobbies

(Y/n) lay fast asleep as everyone else unpacked their stuff from the car. Once everything was brought to their rooms Nico got into the car and placed a hand on the boys arm. "(Y/n)?" She shook him gently. "(Y/n) we're at the motel" she shook him a bit harder and he jolted awake before jumping out of reach of Nico's hand. "Sorry!" She sat down and watched with a frown as the boy breathed heavily.

"No, I'm sorry" (y/n) shook his head as he glanced around the car and noticed it was empty. "We're at the motel?"

"Yeah" Nico nodded. "Everyone's got their own rooms. Not very clean though, but we need to save money now"

(Y/n) grimaced at the thought of what the room may look like. "Alright" he nodded as he unbuckled his seatbelt. He slowly stood up before the two got out of the car.

Nico showed the boy to his room and threw him the key. "I'm in the next room over if you need something"

"Thank you" (y/n) smiled before opening the door to his room. Nico nodded before going into her own room.

(Y/n) was disgusted the moment he entered the room. It was covered in dirt and crud. There was even a bit of blood on the bed sheets. (Y/n) shuddered at the thought of what May have happened in here. He quickly stripped the bed of its sheets and made sure there were no bedbugs.

"This sucks" (y/n) muttered as he sat down on the mattress. He looked around the room again, there wasn't even a television for him to watch. "And boring" he sighed before feeling the weight in his shirt pocket. He glanced down and saw the glasses sitting inside.

After another few minutes (y/n) put the glasses on and saw that Nico was laying in bed staring up at the ceiling. "Belly button piercing huh? Don't know how I missed that before" (Y/n) took the glasses off again and put them in his pocket before standing up and walking to the door. He left the room and closed the door after himself.

(Y/n) knocked on Nico's door. "(Y/n)?" The door quickly opened and the Wiccan was standing in the doorframe. "Did you need something?"

"I'm bored. I was thinking maybe you can help me try to find a hobby now? If you're not busy with anything else" Nico nodded in response before moving so the boy could walk in.

"What's that?" (Y/n) asked as he noticed a poster with Nico's face on it against the wall. He couldn't read the words from the distance.

"That?" Nico turned and noticed what he was looking at. "That's our missing poster. There'll be one for you eventually and then we'll get you one"

She smiled at the boy before walking back to her bed and sitting down. "So... what could be your hobby?" She seemed to be talking more to herself than (y/n). "Drawing?"

"Don't see the point" (y/n) shrugged. "What would I even draw?"

"I don't know. Flowers? Narwhals? People?" Nico said the first things that came to mind.

"I suppose I can try it" (y/n) replied. "Do you have a pencil and paper I can use?"

Nico quickly grabbed her bag and started looking through it. "Pencil, check. Paper, nope" she shook her head. "Check the desk"

(Y/n) walked over to the desk in the room and opened it. "Boom. Paper" (y/n) pulled it out of the drawer and Nico threw the pencil to him. (Y/n) instinctively jumped out of the way of the flying object. "Let's not throw stuff at the guy who's used to dodging flying wine bottles. Alright?" Nico tried to apologize but (y/n) ignored it as he picked up the pencil.

(Y/n) sat at the desk and began to draw. He gave up after a few minutes. "This doesn't seem to be working" he crumpled up the paper.

"What did you try drawing?" Nico asked before walking over to the boy.

"You. It ended up being very unflattering" (y/n) threw the paper into the trash can. "Any other hobby ideas?"

"Singing?" Nico almost laughed at the idea.

"You wish, witch" (y/n) quickly shook his head. "Next?"

Instead of answering (y/n) Nico walked over to the trash and picked out the drawing the boy had made. She uncrumpled it and looked it over. "Actually this isn't bad" she nodded as she looked the picture over. It was a crude drawing but given some more time at work it would look much better. So far it was just Nico's head and neck.

"Really?" (Y/n) asked as a smile appeared on his face. "You think so?"

"Definitely" Nico nodded as she put the drawing back on the desk. "Don't give up on it so easily, you really have a talent"

"Alright" (y/n) gained a smile and nodded. "I'll go get some more paper and try again. This one is to crumpled" he stood up and shoved the paper into his pocket.

"Good" Nico nodded as she smiled gently. "I think this goes without saying but just because you've used the X-ray glasses on me doesn't mean you can draw me naked"

(Y/n) nodded. "Understood. Wasn't going to do that anyway, wouldn't want anyone finding that" (y/n) slid the pencil into his pocket.

"Good" Nico crossed her arms. "You should head back to your room. We've got to get back on the road in the morning" she smiled at the boy.

"Goodnight Nico" (y/n) smiled back before walking to the door and opening it. "See you in the morning"

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(Question of the day: what's your main hobby?)