The First Times

First Breakfast

Will wasn't surprise Nico wasn't up early.

He had learnt- the bad way, unfortunately -that Nico was not a morning person. Sure, he could get up in the morning, but he would glare at you without a tea or coffee first. And don't even think of talking to him, because he would give you the cold shoulder during breakfast. So, Will's work was to keep the coffee warm for when Nico woke up.

Of course, he assumed he'd be the only one awake.

It wasn't that early, 7am on a Friday. Nyssa had offered him the day off once she heard that he and Nico had adopted. Of course, she was dying to meet the new addition, but was respectful enough to not show enough enthusiasm. The show of having someone as little as Anastassia trying to reach the shelves and the appliances of the kitchen spurred him to action.

"Need a hand?" He apparently had startled her, because she dropped the bowls she was holding and they fell down. Luckily, those were made of plastic or Nico would had woken up. He immediately went to help her, hiding his shock that she could had found where all the things were. Judging by the open cupboard doors, she opened everything and started to pull out. "Good morning." He greeted her, smiling.

"Morning..." She replied back, blushing a little. Will looked around and, even though it was a mess around the kitchen- flour everywhere, a long with several used plates and sort -he was quite touched to see a tray of food already made for breakfast. "Er, I made breakfast..."

"You made breakfast for us? Sweetie, it's amazing..." Will praised her, earning a blushing but smiling face.

"Really?"

"Really, really." Will assured her, picking her up in his arms. "Although..." And here, he brought her closer, as if he was telling her a secret. "Nico is very grumpy in the morning... He doesn't like to wake up very early." Anastassia gasped and nodded, before frowning. Will assumed it had to do with the food she made. "But it's his lose, as we will eat this amazing breakfast..." Anastassia blushed again, but nodded in agreement. "Here we go..."

Anastassia's eyes widen when she saw Will placing her portion on her plate, way much what she was used to it in the orphanage. She looked wary and Will noticed this, but she then started to eat the food she had cooked with a lot of effort. Soon, Will was eating with her while drinking his coffee.

"Is it any good...?" She timidly asked him, after he ate his second pancake. Will smiled and nodded.

"Actually, these are very good..." Will agreed, thoughtful. "In fact, these are so good that I don't think we need to leave Nico any!" Anastassia giggled and served herself another pancake, while drinking some orange juice Will had poured her. "You like to cook, sweetie?"

"Uh-uh..." She nodded, before launching in an timid explanation about it. "I- I was in charge o-of breakfast at the orphanage, be-because I was always up early..." Will, who had sat next to her, wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "B-but I wanted t-to make breakfast to thank you..."

"Well, like I said before, it's a great breakfast..." Will repeated, wondering inside how a woman like Ms. Grutiner would allow a child like this to cook. "But, I think we should leave it for special occasions, like birthdays and stuff! That would make them more special..."

"You really think so?" Will saw hope in her eyes and he nodded, serious. "Pinky promise?" She pulled out her little finger and Will wrapped his own around it.

"Pinky promise." She smiled and hugged him before hearing some shuffling from the hallway. Both looked up to see Nico walking in like a zombie and, without even looking at them, heading towards the coffee maker. Anastassia looked at Will, who made a silence gesture with his finger. She understood that she wasn't suppose to talk and started to eat again.

Will smirked as Nico would serve himself the breakfast Anastassia had made and ate it without complaining or even saying a word. It wasn't until he finished his first cup of coffee and two pancakes that Will thought it was safe to conversation to resume. However, Nico beat him to the punch.

"You finally improved your breakfast skills, Solace." Nico mumbled, earning a chuckle from Will. Nico looked up from his plate to see that, along with a blushing Anastassia. "What?"

"Good morning to you too, GhostKing." Will mocked him, ignoring Nico's eye roll. "And I'm glad you liked the pancakes, because there won't be more until the next birthday." Nico frowned, not fully understanding.

"Will, threatening me with your cooking is not a bad thing-"

"Ah, but you see..." Will interrupted him, smirking. "I didn't cook." Confusion was the only emotion Nico was showing, until the chip fell to him. Will nodded when he saw recognition. "Yes, our little chef here made the pancakes..."

"Do- do you like them...?" Nico was surprised to see a shy girl in comparison with the day before, but she was still getting used to the idea of them. That, and learning their horrible habits.

"I think Will is right." Nico agreed, looking at the pancakes. "I think I haven't eaten pancakes this good in my life... And that's counting Aunt Sally's blue pancakes!" That earned a confused child, who was frowning.

"Who would eat blue pancakes?" She said that so serious, Will couldn't help but to laugh at it. Nico simply smiled.

"Well, my cousin Percy, he... He's nuts about the color blue so his Mom, Aunt Sally, makes him pancakes of that color..." Nico explained, while Anastassia seemed to be pondering that. After a few seconds, she shook her head. "No blue pancakes?"

"No blue pancakes!" Will started to laugh more because of her serious little face, while Nico finally chuckle.

"Well, it's safe to say you won't meet Cousin Percy first..."

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Hello, everyone.

First all, if there's anyone out there who is also from Argentina and/or you followed Argentine during the World Cup, I'd like to do a moment of silent upon the pathetic and devastating lose of yesterday.

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Now! Onto the fanfictions!

The First Times: 1 chapter! I hope you guys are enjoying it as much I enjoy writing it!

Quest: Matchmade (former collab with the wonderful ReeReeWithAngst): 1 chapter!

Also, I'd like to give a shout out to @FancyCallisto , who asked for a request. I'm working on it! Its a bit of a challenge!

I hope you all have a great weekend and a very Happy 4th of July for my USA readers next Wednesday!

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