Chapter 3

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You felt a hand on yours. It was warm. 'who's hand is it?' You opened your eyes and Nico was right next to you. Sadly he wasn't the one holding your hand. 'Wait what?! I do-dont care!"
"Congratulations, (Y/n), you won!" Will shouted.
"O-okay." You said.
"Percy is still asleep. You each gave each other a good beating." He started to laugh.
Nico just stood there twisting his skull ring, again, "hey, um, Will, I need to speak with (Y/n) alone for a few minutes."
"Oh, okay. See ya!" He shut the door behind him.

You felt- well you don't know how you felt. Maybe happy, worried, nervous? You sat up, "hey, Nico."
"I volunteer to go on the quest with you." He said.
"What, why?"
"I don't know. . ." His hand were cupping your face. You felt your face heat up.
"N-nico! W-what ar-"
He moved his hands, "I-I'm sorry, I didn't m-mean to uh-"
"It's okay. Just tell me why you volunteer."
"I don't know. I just want to help."
You were happy someone was helping you. You were so glad you didn't have to do this alone. You suddenly did something unexpected. You jumped up and hugged him. ". . .Thank you." You felt him hesitate but he wrapped his arms around you.
"You're welcome." Nico's voice was as soft as his hug. A tear slipped from your eye. He must of felt it because he hugged you tighter. "It's okay." He stroked your (h/c) hair. You buried your face on the crook of his neck.
"(Y/n), please don't cry." He whispered.

You both broke apart.
"You really know how to fight."
"Yeah, my mom tought me. . ." You looked out the window across the room. The sun was setting, "I'm going to go talk to Chiron and 'Wine dude.'"
"You know, they aren't going to move the quest date."
"Son of a bi-"
"Don't forget, we've still got to find an extra a volunteer."
"Why?"
"Well three is best."
"Zack! He can come!"
"What if he doesn't want t-"
"Lets go find out!" You take Nico's wrist and pull him out the cabin, "wait, where is Zack?"
"I don't know but we can find him during dinner."
You really weren't all that hungry and being there would just mean a lot of attention at the Posiedon table, 'no thanks, "well actually, I'm not hungry, I'm just going to skip it."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I need to get cleaned up and find a shirt."
"I have one you can borrow, d-do you want it?" He asked nervously.
'He's cute when he is nervous.' You immediately threw that thought out of your head.
"I-"
"Hey! (Y/n), Percy's finally awake." Will interuped.
"Oh, that's great!" You grabbed Nico's arm and followed Will to Percy.

He was sitting up on the bed. When he saw you his eyes lit up, "hey, (y/n), how are you feeling?"
"Fine, how are you holding up?"
"Oh, great!" He winced, "sorry about the whole 'cutting you'."
"Don't sweat it, I almost killed you."
"I got to admit, I have new respect for you, man, you are one scary-"
"One scary what?"
"One scary. . .person."
Chiron and Mr.D opened the door, "(Y/n), we are very surprised with your power but I'm afraid we are not going to move up the quest." Mr.D spoke.
You frowned. Those lying rats! "Now I know what 'Mr.D can also stand for, Mr. Di-" Nico yelped and covered your mouth, "(Y/n)! You must still be feeling a bit tired, let's go!" He yanked you away from the group and dragged you to your cabin door while Mr.D shouted threats to turn you into a dolphin.
"I don't need you to protect me!" You shouted at him.
"Like it or not, I'm always going to protect you!" Did he even know what he was saying?

His lips were so close to yours. His hands cupped your face. His lips barley touched yours.
You were surprised, you felt a blush creep into your cheeks. He got near your ear and whispered, "we have sword practice tomorrow."

He inched away and left without saying anything else. He left like nothing happened.
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One day, two days, three days, four days. . . You felt like an idiot. You couldn't forget how close he got, how he almost could've kissed you. You chided yourself, no, forget it. It was just strange, so forget it. You were mad he'd do something like that. You tried to ask him what that was all about but it seems you'd be better off forgetting it. Every day you would practice sword dueling with him, neither of you ever said anything about that day. five days, six days, a week.

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