still Anubis's POV
As I unlocked the door I could nearly FEEL how stressed, angry, used, and sad Nico felt. "You can have this room" I said calmly, pointing at the guest room that has never been used before. "It's about time for bed anyway" I stated. It was true, it was about eleven o'clock. I snapped my fingers and all Nico's clothes and books and other knick knacks from cabin thirteen appeared in the room. Then I trudged to my room feeling exhausted from the eventful day. At about three a.m. I woke to the sound of muffled, heartbroken sobbing that I knew must have been Nico having a nightmare, I had expected one. I silently walked towards Nico's room and pulled open the door. There sat Nico, half asleep, looking tired, tormented, and just plain done with life. I cautiously sat down next to him and instinctively put my arms around the poor boy, singing the song I remembered Bianca had sang to him when he couldn't sleep. ( look at the YouTube video above, trust me, it's worth it.) I woke up at what I guessed to be around eleven, when I realised that I was in Nico's bed, with my arms around the small boy who was curled up on my chest. I gently kissed his forehead and got up to make breakfast well, more like lunch, for the two of us. School will start in about a month, so no need to worry about that, so I plopped down on the couch and turned on the television. It turns out I had left it on with really loud volume and it started belting TFIOS. Before I could turn it down, Nico came running out of his room, nearly running into a lamp, shouting "is that the fault in our stars?!?" Oh yeah, he was a mega fan of John Green... I ended up watching the fault in our stars with Nico, and stealing his book. Which resulted with another slap for me, but he let me borrow the book. The next few days and nights were like the first one, and already, out of habit, I sing Nico to sleep every night, though sometimes he comes to me when he can't sleep, where he comes to my bed and crawls in like a child, but I don't mind. I am going to show Nico my Ren. I've been nursing this idea for a while now, but something about today just seems right. Besides, it's only fair. We're also going to school in three days, and this is how I managed to convince him. Nico also wanted to show me the card game that he learned when he was younger, that I know he still secretly plays when he thinks no one is looking. "Niiicoooo" I wined "What?" He asked, poking his head out of his room. "I'd like to show you my Ren." I muttered quietly as he nodded. He came and sat down on on the couch so we were facing each other and I preformed the incantation so he could look into my soul. He didn't laugh. He didn't look at me with disgust. He nodded, emotionless, which I was grateful for. "You were right" he muttered when he was finished. "You are a lot like me, in many ways, including this one." And with that, Nico di Angelo, kissed me.
