skinny love | solangelo

Sabotage

HEY REMEMBER THAT HEADCANON THAT CHILDREN OF APOLLO GLOW WHEN FEELING STRONG EMOTIONS? YEAH THAT IS ALL
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~Nico

I poked my head out of the door and glances around. A week has passed since Kayla and Jason burst in, uninvited, and Will has let me leave the infirmary, almost reluctantly. So far, nothing has happened concerning Will and I. Gods, what are those two planning?!

Stepping out quickly and catlike, I glanced around once more. No sign of them. They could be anywhere. Lurking in the shadows, hiding behind trees. Anywhere. But at this moment in time, I really need food. I can't survive on old candy alone.

Tiptoeing across the plain to the campfire, I catch sight of a blonde haired person from behind. Gasping in a breath, I jump into some bushes. It's just a fellow camper. Furtively glancing around once more, I sprint over to the food table and grab a magic plate and cup. Stuffing the plate into my shirt, and the cup into my jeans, I sprint once more across the plain and try to yank open my cabin's door. It won't budge! Oh, shit.

Footsteps sound from behind me. Kill me now. Kill me now. Killmenow. Sighing deeply, I turn around with the usual scowl and glare.

Meeting my eyes, is a frightened Will, and the rest of his cabin. And, dear Gods, Kayla, Jason, and... Reyna? Since when..? One of Will's siblings, Austin, pushes him into the semicircle they were forming around me. Screw it, I'm so dead. No pun intended.

"Don't try to run, di Angelo." Reyna chuckled. The door opened up behind Will and I. Confetti and streamers rained from overhead, and Piper, Frank, and Hazel, burst out of my cabin.

"Where are the others, and since when were you guys here?" I asked Hazel. Leo, Annabeth, and Percy leapt off of the roof of my cabin, surprising me.

"Hello, did you order a subscription of hot?" Leo winked.

"No, Leo." I deadpanned, glaring. "What are you idiots doing?" Will glanced at me, glowing purple, nervous.

"Hey, Death Boy. Nice afternoon, isn't it?"

"Oh, shut it, Sunshine! We're both so dead." His siblings kept closing in on us, and the rest of the seven from behind. Enclosing us, together.

Matching grins appear on everyone's faces. They have formed a tight circle, too tight for me to slip through. No escape, anywhere. My captors start to wave their hands back and forth, almost like a ritual. Dear Gods, please no.. Please......

"Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la,
My oh my!
Why is Will so shy?
Go on, kiss Nico!"

Everyone simultaneously shouts.
Will's light turns the color of bright hot pink. I, myself, probably turned the color of borscht. My palms were cold and clammy. They went up to my face, covering my blush.

"G-guys, stop!" Will faltered, obviously embarrassed as well.

"Go on!" Jason yelled. "We're not going to stop singing until you kiss!" The rest of the campers came to see what the noise was about.

Chanting started up from the campers who weren't singing (currently on, "Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, don't be scared, you got the mood prepared, go on kiss Nico!").

"Kiss him, kiss him!"

Will yelled into my ear. "Shall we give them what they want?" I blushed. "You know Death Boy, you're actually really cute when you blush!" He winked. The throng laughed.

"Screw you, Solace!"

He winked once more. "You would!"

"You wish!" I yelled back, glaring.

A shout struck out from the crowd. "You two fight like an old married couple!"

"What do we do?!" I screeched into Will's ear.

"This!" Warm lips pressed against my cheek, spreading liquid light throughout my body. A small gasp escaped my mouth. It was only a peck, but it feels like lightning shot through my bones to my very dark, undead, soul. A dark blush creeps up my neck as the crowd screams deafeningly then departs as quickly as it had started.

"See, that wasn't so bad, was it?" Will asked jokingly. I look up at Will, seeing him in a whole new light. He's looking down, obviously avoiding my eye. But a smile tugs at his lips and light is in his eyes. He is literally glowing, a bright sunny yellow, with a hint of red, turning the color a bit orange.

I yank at his shirt, pulling the blonde idiot towards me. "If you're going to kiss me, do it right." I whisper and smash our lips together.

My arms go around his neck and my toes step on his shoes. Why is he so tall? My fingers weave themselves into his soft, curly, hair. He smiles into the kiss and wraps his arms around my waist. I can see the sweltering red glow coming from him behind my eyelids.

He tastes like strawberries and reminds me of hazy nights and warm blankets. It feels like my bones, heart and mind exploded, and were replaced with fireworks, popping and cracking over and over.

I pull back first, and quickly unravel my arms from around his neck, slipping out of his arms still around my waist. My eyes are probably dilated by the looks of Will's, and lips swollen, too.

"I kissed you," I whisper, shocked and breathing hard.

"I kissed back." He chuckles, breathing heavily as well.

No. No, no. That shouldn't have happened. No.

The ground starts to spin as my face pales even more than usual. Fissures in the ground form and skeletal hands reach up. Will tries to put a hand on my shoulder to calm me down, but I push it away. Tears spilled as I turn around and shut myself in my cabin, the grass on which I stepped dying and turning black. I locked myself away, heedless of anyone else.

"Nico!" Will's voice rang through the throng of noises in my head.

"Please, don't!" I yelled as my breathing became ragged.

The pounding on the door didn't stop, and after a while, it had less energy until the person punched the door, and left.

I was sobbing now, but nothing came from my eyes. It was more like dry heaving as my throat clogged and my eyes burned.

Why did I kiss him? I shouldn't have done that. None of that should've happened.

Black energy emanated from my body, and the air temperature in my cabin dropped to 0 degrees.

Memories of being cared for when I was younger flit across my mind. Mamma, smiling at me for the last time, and Bianca as she waves goodbye to go on her quest. Then the lightning and Mamma's tortured scream. Percy breaking the news to me.

The Labyrinth. The way I felt watched, like a sheep being stalked by a pack of wolves. Kronos recruiting demigods. Geryon and his horses. Dedalus.
Everything I cared for, or cared for me, dies.

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I like angst okay.