Always You - Nico di Angelo x Reader (Oneshots)

Cold as Ice & Everything Nice - Pt. 2

A/N - hello! I'm back with another respond to a request. This time, it was by the lovely @cutebutboredstuff : "can you do a part two?"

Sit back and enjoy, ya'll. This one's going to be a fluffy treat <3

Happy reading!

- Third Person's POV -

Since your incident with the guy at the skating rink, Nico, you felt ever so nervous to go back to that place.

Gosh, just remembering how much you embarrassed yourself in front of a totally cute guy made you scream internally.

But still, his cool and quiet demeanor made you think of him constantly. It didn't help that you were a hopeless romantic, falling in love with a stranger at first sight.

In the end, you made up your mind to overcome your fears and decided to pay a visit to the same ice rink again.

You purposefully scheduled a time that was similar to the last time you went there, hoping with all your heart that you would be able to see him again.

And there he was, chatting with his two friends, whom he was calling "Frank" and "Hazel".

Looking at his bright smile, his dark eyes, and soft hair... you chickened out.

You grabbed the unused gloves on the bench next to him, assuming that the person renting it out was finished with it.

You held your breath and skated to the farther end of the rink, trying to get away as far as possible.

This was so stupid. What were you thinking? You've just met the guy once!

And there he was, looking as enchanting as ever.

You sighed, doing your laps around the rink, occasionally stealing glances at the boy on the bleachers.

You were awkwardly trying to skate backwards, still too timid to try anything bold for fear of embarrassing yourself again.

"You have talent, you know," the voice of an angel perked up.

You whipped your head way too fast than your neck was capable of to find yourself staring at the eyes you fell in love with.

Gods, he was beautiful.

"D-Don't mind me," you smiled shyly, fanning yourself slightly to reduce the heart crawling up to your cheeks, "Just practicing."

"As I recalled," Nico smirked, starting his attack on teasing, "You were quite the active skater."

"I don't remember who you are," you said snootily, trying to hide the fact that you thought of him everyday, "Have we met before?"

Nico's face fell slightly, making your heart burn with guilt.

Oh, you shouldn't have said that.

"Never mind," he mumbled, pointing at the black gloves you were wearing, "I'm just here to tell you those are mine. I brought my own, personal gloves."

"Oh!" you looked down at your hands, immediately starting to pull the gloves off your fingers, "I'm so sorry."

"No, no," Nico smiled weakly, pushing your hands away gently, "Keep them."

He was about to say something else, something that might be the start of something beautiful.

Instead, he chuckled, "Your stinky sweat must have contaminated them already."

Your jaw dropped. The audacity of this man.

"Hey!" you protested as Nico laughed heartily. How he loved seeing your face scrunch up like that.

"Anyway," Nico smiled nervously, his heart beating like a drum against his ribs, "I was wondering, maybe you would like me to teach you a thing or two?"

You blinked. Why was this cute, cold guy being super nice to you?

"Yeah, sure," you blushed, now freely exposing your rosy-pink cheeks, "Please."

~ extra ~

"Finally," Hazel smiled, watching as you and Nico skated around the rink, "She's looking at Nico the way he dreamed of."

"That's probably the sweetest thing he has ever done," Frank agreed, wrapping his arm around Hazel's shoulders, "And it must have taken a lot of courage from Nico. Gods, look at how happy he is."

"Makes sense, since he's been admiring her since day one," Hazel chuckled, "How heartbroken he was when she disappeared for weeks after the tumbling incident."

Nico's laugh echoed through the rink, looking at you with eyes full of hope.

"She patched him up again, though" Frank nodded in approval, "Nice choice, Neeks."

A/N - to everyone who has been commenting on my old posts and saying that I didn't portray Nico's personality accurately, let me tell you one thing:

You're absolutely right.

But hey, they're still super fun to read and write! And it shows just how much I've progressed in my writing skills :D

Thanks for all your love and support guys, we're so close to 40k reads!

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FantasyDemiWitch