Solangelo One Shots

Percy and Annabeth Play Matchmaker

A request from @Blessed_by_Hypnos! I hope you like i this is going to be kind of pg-13 ish, nothing too bad, but I thought that since some of you guys are younger I'd let you know. 

Nico's POV

He heard a knock at his door and before he could answer Percy pushed his way inside, flicking on the light and standing in front of Nico's bed, his arms crossed over his chest. "Nico, come on. It's been two weeks." 

"He cheated on me, Percy," Nico groaned, turning over and throwing Percy a watery-eyed glare. "You can't expect me not to be sad." 

"Octavian's a piece of shit, and so is Bryce," Percy said, offering up his hand. "Come on, get up." 

"I found them in their bed together," Nico muttered, latching onto Percy's hand and leaning over the edge of the bed, making no move to stand. "Can you believe that? In our bed, just- going at it. What kind of inconsiderate-" 

"I get it, he's a monster," Percy said, rolling his eyes. "I've heard this story ten times in the past two weeks. It's time for you to try and start getting over him." 

"I can't," Nico whined. "I really liked him, you know." 

"Yeah, I do. That's why Annabeth and I are stepping in." 

"What?" 

"We have this friend, Will Solace," Percy explained, throwing Nico a pair of black jeans laying in a heap on his floor. "He just figured out he's gay, broke up with his girlfriend, he's looking for a completely new start. You're going out with him at six. It's a blind date, it'll be good for both of you." 

"I'm not going on a date with someone I've never met." Nico threw the jeans back at Percy, collapsing onto his bed. "Just leave me alone and let me wallow in my own self pity."

"You're so emo, you know that?" Percy scooped up the jeans, grabbing a plain black tee shirt off of the floor that didn't smell quite as bad as the rest. "Get dressed, I'm serious. Be downstairs in half an hour or I'll be back up with Annabeth and we'll drag you to the date ourselves."

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Annabeth squealed when Nico walked down the stairs, brushing crumbs off of his shirt and combing his fingers through his hair. "You look so good! Will's gonna love you." She snapped a picture. 

"I feel like shit," he muttered, his arms crossed and a scowl on his face. The same black sweatshirt he had been wearing for two weeks was draped over his shoulders, junk food receipts from the convenience store downtown crumpled up inside the pockets. 

"Hey, this'll be good for you," Percy reminded him, wrapping him in a hug.

"Remember you don't have to fall in love with him," Annabeth said. "This is just to get your mind off of Octavian. You deserve someone better, Nico." He blew a shaky sigh out of his mouth, nodding slowly as he squeezed the receipts in his pocket with his hand. 

"Yeah, thanks," he said, his eyes focusing on the cracks in the floorboards that seemed to stretch on for miles. 

"Will's a really good guy, too," Percy was saying as Annabeth snapped another picture. "He's super sweet and nice and funny. You'll like him. Even if there's no romance, he's still a great friend." 

"Yeah, thanks," Nico repeated. His voice sounded hollow and he felt shame stab at his heart as he looked at Percy and Annabeth's excited faces, watching him with happy eyes. "I should get going though, right? It's almost six." 

"Right, yeah, go," Percy grinned. "You know where you're meeting him, right? Just that little movie theater a few blocks away?"

"Got it, thanks," Nico said. A small part of him felt bad for acting so ungrateful but every inch of his brain was screaming at him to crawl back inside of his bed and fall asleep, so he thought that they were getting the reaction they deserved. "See you later."