Valdangelo/Leico - Let It Go

CHAPTER TWO - Bad dreams.

-- Leo Valdez POV --

C H A P T E R 2

I was excited about the school year because my roommates seemed nice, but then Octavian arrived. I hated this guy at the first sight. He's my complete opposite and he looks like he's capable of horrible things. I can even say he's scary.

Nico is sweet. At first, I thought he was shy and solitary, but I think he's trying to be another person. Being bisexual, I can honestly say that he's cute. Maybe not for everyone, but he's my type.

I'm totally fine with my bisexuality. I think it's cool to have the choice between two genders. I'm not ashamed to say it. People don't judge me.

I saw the way Nico looked at me when I was half-naked. Maybe he's bisexual too, but I don't think so. He doesn't look like someone who would date boys...unfortunately.

I'm on my bed and Octavian is texting someone. Probably his mom, because he doesn't have friends.

"Hey, Octy, you're talking to your secret girlfriend?" I laugh.

He suddenly closes his phone and looks at me in the eyes. Whoah, he creeps me out.

"Shut up. Don't call me that."

"Or what?" I reply.

He gets up and walks towards me.

"Or I'll break your little face."

At this moment, Nico gets out of the bathroom. He was probably taking a shower too. Jason is at a football practice.

"Leo? You're okay?" He looks really concerned. It's so cute.

"Yeah, I'm fine Nico. Octy and I were just talking."

Octavian blushes and leaves, still texting. Something is definitely wrong with him.

Oh, and now I'm alone with Nico, who stares awkwardly at his shoes. His hair is falling on his dark eyes, hiding them.

"Hey, Leo...What were you talking about with the professor this morning?" Nico asks shyly.

I smile. "Oh, I just have nightmares. It's nothing."

"I didn't look like nothing..." He insists.

"You're right." I sigh. "My nightmares are terrible. I scream in my sleep and I'm insomniac."

Nico sits near me, on my bed.

"That's horrible. I wish I could help."

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Two hours later, Jason and Octavian come back. Jason is sweaty and tired because he had a long practice. I see him hugging his girlfriend, a girl with brown hair and and kaleidoscope eyes, before he enters the room.

"Tomorrow is the first day of class. We better go to bed early," he says.

I laugh. "Jason, we're not babies anymore. We can handle ourselves. But thank you anyways."

Nico laugh a little. His laugh is the cutest I've ever heard. It sounds like he want to hide it, but he can't. He doesn't want to bring the attention on him, so his laugh is light, true and quiet at the same time.

"You're not my mother, Grace," Octavian says. He's trying to make Jason feel bad.

"Oh, shut up Octy," I shout.

He closes his mouth. That's a good start.

Octavian is on his phone again, texting someone we don't know. It can't be his mother anymore. It must be someone else...

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Nico and I are finally going to bed. We talked a lot, because we're nervous about tomorrow.

It's almost midnight. We obviously didn't listen to Jason's advice.

I fall asleep really fast, and I think maybe I won't have nightmares tonight. I was wrong.

One hour later, I wake up, covered in sweat. I'm screaming. I never remember my nightmares. I just remember that they're terribly scary.

"Leo, are you okay?" Somebody whispers. It's Nico. He gets out of his bed and makes me a glass of water.

"Thanks, Nico," I say.

"It's nothing."

The younger boy touches my forehead with his palm.

"Whoah, you're really hot."

I laugh and look at him.

"You are too, Nico," I say, half joking.

He blushes and removes his hand.

"I...I didn't mean it like that..."

I laugh harder. "I was just kidding. Kinda." I wink.

"Are you flirting with me, Leo?" Nico shouts, trying to look like he doesn't care. I can see him blushing, even in the dark.

"You could say that," I reply with my famous mischievous smile.

He laughs lightly and go back to his bed. I don't regret what I say. At least, his reaction was not so bad. It's a beginning.