Thinking About You

What, no smile for me?

Percy's POV

A few days have passed since the incident with Hazel and Nico. Nico was finally able to come to the cabin but Will told me not to push him to hard. I had nodded at him and rushed Nico into cabin 3. Him along with Hazel made up two of the 6 people I had.

There was a girl named Leah who was a very beautiful dark skinned girl. She was about 15. The next one was a boy named Octo. Though his real name is Tyler. He insisted that we call him Octo. He was a tall 16 year old with a bush of curly brown hair on his head.

The next was a girl named Kitty and much like Octo, kitty was a nickname. Her real name was Kathleen, but she didn't like it. She was also 16. Last was a boy named Dev, and yep, it was short for Devin. He was 15. He was a mix between an Asian and a Hispanic, but I didn't know which type for either of them, maybe Annabeth would know.

The cabin was divided into 4 parts. One part for boys, one for girls, one for me, and one to hold their stuff. I had set Nico's stuff on the bed closest to my room. I just wanted to make sure he could get to me if he needed anything.

After walking him into the cabin, I showed him around. I showed him where everything was and I told him what our daily schedule was. He seemed to grasp what I said but it was hard to tell. He was quiet, always looking around, like he was examining everything. Maybe I should introduce him to Annabeth soon, they might get along if he was anything like her when it came to being smart.

He pulled away from me and walked to his bunk. He was on the bottom bunk and the other boy, Dev, had taken the top.

"Do you understand everthing?"

He nodded before grabbing his stuff and heading toward the area where we keep out things such as clothes and things. I followed after  him to make sure he knew what to do. I saw him putting away his clothes. Turns out the boy really likes black.

I turned to walk away as Hazel ran past. She ran at Nico and hugged him tightly. He hugged her back and smiled at her. It was the first time that I had ever seen him smile. Though it has only been a few days, I feel as if his smile could make even the darkest day slightly brighter.

I walked out of the cabin and bumped into Will. He smiled his 100 watt smile at me. I smiled back and started to walk away until he grabbed my arm.

"Hey, how's Nico, is he getting on okay?"

I looked at him and nodded. "You want to come in and see for yourself?"

He nodded at me enthusiastically. I led him into the cabin and found Nico on his bunk.

"Nico, Will is here to see you."

He looked up at us and ran to Will. A big smile on his face. He wrapped his arms around him in a hug. Will smiled back and rubbed Nico's arms as if trying to warm him.

"Hey sunshine, you feelin' better now that you're out of that stuffy old infirmary room?"

Nico let out a soft laugh and nodded. "It was no fun in there, but I had you to talk to. You seem to know a lot about random medical stuff."

Will chuckled at that. "Well, I want to be a doctor later on. So I have to learn everything that I can."

Nico looked at him on awe. I suddenly got this feeling in me, like I really wanted to punch Will in the face and then wrap my arms around Nico. It annoyed my that he could get him to laugh and smile but he would ignore me completely, unless I was telling him something about the camp.

I sighed loudly before shaking my head. "If you want to talk take it outside, Solace I'm taking to you. Out, now."

I shooed him off and Nico followed. I frowned slightly before walking out to meet Annabeth at the beach.

~~~~~~~~le time skip~~~~~~~~~

I was sitting on the beach with Annabeth curled up against me. I sighed in frustration and felt her shift ever so slightly. Turning my head, I could see that she was looking at me, her grey eyes darkened with worry.

"You okay, Perce?"

"I...yeah I guess. I just, I feel like he hates me Annie. I was there, visiting him just as much as Will was but it's like he's glued to him. He won't even give me the time of day."

"Have you tried sitting him down and talking to him? You might have visited him everyday he was there but did you actually talk to him?"

"I tried, the only thing I got out of him was an age. I think he said that he had turned 16 at the beginning of the year. So you think that I just need to talk to him, and see if we have anything in common?"

She nodded and smiled at me. "See, you're more than just a kelp head!"

I laughed softly at that and leaned in. I pulled her closer and kissed her softly on the lip. She wrapped her arms around my neck and deepened the kiss. We soon broke away for air and just laid in the beach with each other for company.

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