Solangelo Oneshots

3rd In Command

Will's POV
"C'mon, bro." Jason whines. He's trying to get me to go with them to a bar. I keep telling him that I need to study, that med school doesn't sleep or go out with its friends and so neither do I. But they eventually convince me. Pretty easily, actually. I'll be the first one to admit I need a break.

"I'm gonna go flirt with him." Percy says, pushing back his hair only for it to get back in his eyes a moment later. I look over to where he's looking. A short, pale man was sitting at a table with two women. I assume that since Percy said 'him' he's going to go for the dude. And dang, he's cute. Percy stands up and takes a step toward their table before turning back around and taking back the one step he had moved. "Can you guys come with me?" So Jason and I stand up with him.

Nico's POV
I'm just chatting with Reyna when Piper interrupts our conversation. Reyna seems annoyed, but honestly, I like hearing Piper talk. I'm super gay, but you don't have to be attracted to her to appreciate her voice.
"Look at those guys." She says, pointing to a nearby table. "Ten bucks says that one," She points to the tall dark haired guy. "Is the alpha. That one is his number two," She points to the short haired blonde guy. "And him..." She pauses and looks at the curly haired blond. "And he's third in command."

Suddenly the tan, dark haired man stands up and takes a step toward us, only to take the step back and sit back down. Then they all the stand up, the 'third in command' rather begrudgingly, and walk toward us.
"Hey, Baby." Says the 'alpha' to me. Ugh. This is why I don't leave my house. "The name's Percy. You wanna go get a drink sometime?" He hands me a business card. He's a marine biologist. And he's really hot. "No." I say. "I'd rather not. You're cute, Percy, but you're not my type." Percy's cocky smile falls from his face. He turns red and stammers, "Sorry. I, um, this is awkward." He looks from side to side and walks back to his table.

They didn't seem to get that I wasn't interested in them. I just want to chat with my friends. A few minutes later, the 'number two' walked up, the third guy behind him, again begrudgingly. "So, I heard you like blonds?"
"Where did you hear that?" I ask.
He doesn't answer. "I'm Jason. Jason Grace." Jason holds out his hand for me to shake. I (spoiler alert) don't shake it. I just raise an eyebrow and look at him with a look that says, 'boy if you don't move that hand you're going to lose it.' He seems to get the message, taking a step backward and walking away. He leaves the curly haired blond guy behind. "Hey, y'all." He says. "I'm Will. I'm not a creep like my friends. I just want to apologize for my them. I'm sorry, they aren't usually like this. Sorry they made you uncomfortable." Will pauses and puts a few dollars on the table. "Here, drink away the memories of ever meeting them. Sorry." He smiles uncomfortably and walks back to his friends.

Will's POV
I put a twenty at the table of the uncomfortable people. Percy and Jason are....... They're pieces of work. I walk to the table and ask the waiter for the check. Percy and Jason start complaining, but I just glare at them. When we're outside, I start scolding them about how it's fine for your friend to go up to someone and ask them out, but when they say no, you don't go and do the same. I wanted to talk to that cute guy (I think I heard his friends call him Nico) too, but I'm not weird.

"Guys! What the heck?" I shout. Percy and Jason are standing against the side of the building. I'm proud of how scared they look. I'm not going to pretend not to be proud. I've spent years trying to be intimidating. I remember once, someone was like 'you're a doctor, you aren't tough' and I was like 'I'm a badass doctor. I'll break all your bones while naming them.'

Sorry, went off on a tangent there. I'm still yelling at Percy and Jason, both of whom now look more bored than scared, when a rabid cat hissed from a box. Honestly, I don't know what I was expecting. I kinda had it coming, standing in an alley next to a restaurant. So Jason, Percy, and I run. We jump into Jason's car a few blocks away and drive to our apartment.

3rd Person POV
"Hey," Nico says into the phone.
"Who is this?" A voice asks.
"Nico, from the bar. You flirted with me and I said I wasn't interested."
"And you've changed your mind?"
"No. You're still not my type. And neither is your friend, Jason."
Percy sighs. "Then why did you call me?"
"Because your friend is hot and he didn't give me his number."
"You just said Jason wasn't your type."
"Dude, you have two friends."
"I have more than two friends."
Nico slow claps. "Good for you. I'm calling to get the cute guy's number."
"Will? Will's number is...."

"Hi, is this Will?"
"Uh, yeah. Who is this?" Will asked, pausing the show he was watching. When you're killing someone, don't wear your signature perfume. Come on, murderer. You're better than this.
"Oh! Right, this is Nico. I was the guy at the restaurant bar with whom your friends flirted."
"Well, hello, good sir. C— oh no. Why are you calling? Did they do something weird? And how did you get this number?"
"No. They didn't do anything weird. Well, they might have, but nothing regarding me. They aren't being creeps. But I might not be the best person to judge, because I might sound like kind of a creep right now. I called your friend and he gave me your number and I wanted to know if you wanted to go out sometime?"

No response.

"I'm so sorry," Nico said, "I shouldn't have called. What was I thinking? Why am I like this? I apologize, I'm going to go now. Sorry. I- bye."
"Wait." Will said into the phone. "I didn't answer because I was kinda weirded out by how you called Percy so you could call me."
"Yeah, sorry about that. I feel awful. I didn't-"
"I think it's cute. Wanna meet up Sunday?"