Nico Di Angelo x Reader

Chapter 2

It was another average day here at CHB. You went about your daily routine: walk around a bit, help Leo with his projects, yada yada yada.

You eventually got bored with the everyday routine and decided to play around on the climbing wall. You were heading over when you grabbed Connor Stoll's arm (he was in the middle of talking to his brother about a prank they were gonna pull on the Iris cabin) and challenged him to a race up the wall.

As soon as you two got up there, you could tell this was gonna be hard. You both decided to race on the same side of the wall, and sabotage was absolutely necessary. The second the race started, you had to sling yourself up to avoid a kick Connor had aimed at your left leg. You got a bit above him and twisted a hold out of the wall. You dropped it right on his head and it was enough to deter him from his climbing for a second. He caught up pretty quick though and grabbed onto your ankle. He probably would have dragged you off if not for the lava flowing steadily towards him. He released your leg, and the two of you scrambled over to the other face of the climbing rock, narrowly avoiding the burning substance now dripping off the bottom of the rock, and scorching the place where the two of you had just been.

He came to his senses only slightly before you, and proceeded to scale the side of the wall. Of course, because this was a climbing wall for demigods, just lava wouldn't be enough. A small boulder about the size of a basketball rolled towards the two of you. Connor was directly above you, so you couldn't see it coming. He moved out of the way just in time for you to notice his actions and attempt to move to the left. The rock clipped your hand, and you would have fallen if you hadn't attached your shadow to the wall, preventing you from falling 30 feet onto your face.

You continued to catch up until you two were neck and neck once more. You delivered a swift swinging kick to his right knee, and he buckled a bit. This gave you the dearly needed upper hand, and you pulled yourself up to the top of the wall, Connor crawling up just a second after.

"Aww, you won." He admitted.

"Yeah." You said out of breath.

Connor then noticed the dark form of Nico Di Angelo sitting with his legs hanging over the edge of the climbing wall, completely ignoring the two of you.

Connor (who was slightly frightened by Nico's presence) excused himself, saying that he had a prank to pull on some unsuspecting camper, and swiftly climbed down the wall, leaving you and Nico sitting quietly on the top of the wall.

You two sat there for at least an hour in silence. The sun was setting around you, and dinner would probably be in another half hour. Nico made no effort to talk to, or even acknowledge you being there.

Suddenly he stood up and walked to the other edge of the wall. 

He then proceeded to scare the living shit out of you when he just walked off the 60 foot high platform. You scrambled to your feet and ran over to the edge. You saw him plummeting to the floor, arms crossed, bored look on his face. Your eyes widened waiting for his seemingly unavoidable death, but as soon as he hit the floor, he melted into the shadow of the wall and disappeared.

That little shit.

∞∞∞ Time Skip To Dinner ∞∞∞

You sat at the lonely Nyx table, a a half eaten caprese salad on the plate in front of you. (A/N sorry if you don't like caprese, I have really exotic taste lol).

You watched sadly as the overflowing Hermes table chatted joyfully, and the Ares campers bragged about fighting, and the Athena table whispered strategies for tomorrow's capture the flag. It was times like this that made you wish for siblings. It wasn't necessarily terrible, you had friends and such, but the Nyx cabin got awfully quiet sometimes.

Percy waved you over from his seat at the Poseidon table where he sat with Annabeth, Jason, and Piper. You got up from your seat and sacrificed the rest of you salad to your mom, quickly walking over to Percy's table and taking a seat next to Annabeth.

You looked around to find Chiron, hoping you wouldn't get in trouble for sitting at another Cabin's table, and you noticed how empty the Hades table was. Nico must've skipped dinner again. You swear to gods that kid doesn't eat. Maybe he shadow traveled to McDonald's again. Percy said he did that sometimes.

Maybe you're just worrying too much about him. He can take care of himself.

Jason noticed you staring at Nico's vacant table and smirked.

"Someone is looking for Nico, eh?" He said, the teasing tone evident in his voice.

"Where does he go all the time?" You wondered out loud.

"He's probably in his cabin." Piper responded.

"Why are you so worried?" Annabeth questioned with the same tone as Jason. 

Immediately, they all started questioning you about your assumed crush on the son of Hades. You spent about 10 minutes denying everything they said, and attempting to get them to stop prying into your business.

"Really! I don't like him," You defended, "I was just wondering where he is!" 

"Suuuure..." Piper said. "Ya don't like him."

Deep down, you figured they were probably right. Why did you care so much? Why were you so worried when he dove off the edge of the climbing wall? Why do you think about him so often?