Child of Hera (A Reader x Nico Di Angelo Fanfic) ~ON HOLD~

Never Fight Monsters on a Full Stomach

As Eric and Nico argued what we should order from room service for dinner, I replayed the conversation I had with Hades and Eileithyia. I didn't want to choose between Eric and Nico. They both have been so good to me and it would tear me apart if one of their hearts would break because of my decision. My thoughts were soon interrupted by the dinner argument.

"No, Momma's boy, we're ordering Italian food!" Nico exclaimed, causing the floor to shake. Good thing we were on the first floor or the people below us would of called hotel management. Eric then yelled back in retaliation, "No, Skull Brain, Korean food for the win!"

"Actually there's no Korean food on the menu, only Italian, American, Mexican, and Chinese," I stated, trying to defuse the fight. I then handed it to Eric, so he could see for himself. He quickly skimmed the menu and let out a grunt in defeat.

     "That's racist! They offer ALL Asian food on this menu!" Eric huffed before pouting like a toddler. I chuckled at him because I found it adorable. Nico, changing the subject, asked, "Does that mean we can have Italian food?"

      "No, I still want Korean food!" Eric whined. Okay, this was getting annoying. Nico pressed his forehead against Eric's and hissed, "We're having Italian," before sticking his tongue out. Eric hissed back, "Korean for the win."

     "No, we're having Italian food, Momma's boy!"

     "No, Korean food is what we're having, Skull Brain!"

     "Guys!" I exclaimed in frustration, as I stood between the two boys. They huffed at each other for one more time and faced the opposite direction from one other. I sighed a bit and then suggested, "How about we go to a buffet? I saw this place called All You Can Eat down the road! Maybe it will have Korean food AND Italian food?"

     "Good idea, (N/n)!" Eric praised me with a charming smile. I felt my cheeks heat up a bit and they must of because Nico was radiating an angry dark aura while Eric was smiling to himself, like a kid on Christmas morning. Nico then huffed, "Fine. But I'll shadow-travel us because number one, I'm not in a mood for walking, and two, because I need food. Now."

     "Okey-dokey!" I then answered with a silly grin. Nico cracked a bit of a smile and grabbed Eric's and I's hands. We walked through one of the shadows in our hotel room and we were suddenly at the front of a medium-sized building. A neon sigh with the words, "All You Can Eat!" on was hanging above the door.

"You're pretty accurate with this whole shadow-travel thing, Neeks!" I complimented Nico. He blushed and went silent. Nico then walked inside the buffet. I was about to walk inside, but I was stopped by Eric. He pulled me to the side and I was confused. Eric suddenly whispered to me, "He must really like you because he doesn't anyone call him Neeks, even the 7!"

"Really? Not even one person?" I asked confusedly. Eric looked a bit uneasy, but answered, "Well...one person...his name was Will Solace...Nico used to date him almost a year ago..."

My eyes widened a bit in shock. I didn't know Nico was gay...or in this bisexual. Trust me, I support the LGBT+ community and everything, but it never came to mind that Nico was gay. I nodded to Eric and said, "We should go inside now, Nico's probably getting really impatient."

"Okay!" Eric exclaimed with a smile. I felt Eric lace his fingers with mine and I blushed a bit. We then walked inside to Nico standing there, tapping his foot impatiently. I felt Eric quickly remove his hand from mine and the two of us walked up to Nico.

"What took you so long?" Nico huffed at me and Eric.

"I had to tie my shoes and Eric waited for me," I lied through my teeth. Nico stared at me, knowing that I was lying. I gave him a cheesy smile and Nico let out a strangled sigh.

"Three for three?" we heard a peppy voice ask us. We turned around to see a beautiful woman with dark skin and super curly brown hair. She was dressed in a waitress uniform and had a name tag with the words, "Kelli," on it.

     "Uh yes..." I answered awkwardly. She gave me a sweet smile and asked us to follow her. We followed her to a small booth and sat down. I noticed that there was barely any other people in the restaurant.

     "What can I get you all to drink?" Kelli the waitress asked us before whipping out a mini notepad and a blue pen from her apron.

     "Ginger ale," answered Nico with an unamused expression on his face.

     "Diet Coke please!" Eric then exclaimed with a smile.

      "I'll have a water with lemon please," I answered. Kelli quickly wrote down out drink orders and said, "You can help yourselves to the buffet!" before walking away. The three of us immediately ran to the buffet area and placed gobbles of food on our plates. Nico got pasta, Eric got kimchi, and I got just a salad with some breadsticks.

     "See! This place has Italian food AND Korean food!" I chuckled. Nico nodded while Eric was too busy chowing down on his kimchi. Kelli then came back with our drinks. We ate and drank until all three of us were full to the max. By the time we finished, there were no more customers left.

     "Here's your receipt!" exclaimed Kelli. She placed a piece of paper on the table. All three of us took turns reading it for ourselves.

     Your souls ;-) ~Kelli

     "Wait what?!" I yelled before whipping my head up. In the place of Kelli, was a monster with completely white skin, flaming hair, fangs, one bronze leg and one donkey leg, and red eyes. Nico, Eric, and I whipped out our weapons before charging into battle.