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Chapter 4

-Nico's POV-

Dinner was lonely and depressing. Hazel didn't show up, so I sat alone. Everyone told me that she 'just needed time', but I didn't think she'd ever forgive me. So I just sat there, staring at nothing, waiting until dinner was over so I could get away from this fucking depressing table. I had a plate full of food laying in front of me, but didn't have an appetite, so it basically just laid there. When dinner finally was over, I walked up to Percy. He looked at me with a nearly emotionless face.

''Hi.'' I said nervously.

''You haven't eaten.'' he responded.

''Yeah, I wasn't hungry...'' I said, looking at the ground. He shook his head.

''I'm not going to let you starve.'' He grabbed my wrist and pulled me all the way to his cabin while I tried not to flinch. Once inside, he pushed me down on the couch and said ''Don't get up.'' as he walked to the little kitchen. I just sat there, awkwardly pulling my sleeves over my hands and trying not to get up and see what he was doing. I heard a few ''Shit'' and ''Fuck''s from the kitchen every few seconds, but I told myself not to look. After a while, he came out of the kitchen with a plate full of black and blue pancakes. I raised an eyebrow.

''Food coloring.'' he explained, ''Now, eat something. I'm not leaving until you do, and neither are you.'' He got up to close and lock his cabin door. ''See? Not going anywhere.'' I smiled and looked at the pancakes again. Some were black with blue tridents in the middle, some were blue with black helmets of darkness in the middle, and a few were just a blur of black and blue. Obviously the reason for the ''Shit'' and ''Fuck''s. I never noticed before, but black and blue looked good together. That was the thought that got me to take a little piece of one of the pancakes to taste. It tasted amazing. I managed to eat three and a half pancakes before it became too much, and I offered Percy the rest. 

''Well, it's something...'' he said, before he ate the rest within a minute. I really didn't understand how he could eat so much and so fast. I got up.

''Can I see where Jason dropped my stuff?'' I asked.

''Yep, wait a second.'' He got up and set the plate on the kitchen counter. ''I'll go with you.'' We both walked to the sleeping part of the cabin. Percy turned the lights on and I looked for my stuff. Then I found it.

Of course, Jason, why not.

Apparently, Jason had thought it was a good idea to drop my stuff on Percy's bed. There were like 18 empty beds in here and he HAD to drop my stuff on Percy's bed. 

Percy saw it too, and he grinned a little. I really didn't know how to make this less awkward, so I just picked up the bag with my stuff in it to see what Jason had packed. Please don't tell me he packed that shirt, please don't tell me he packed that shirt...

Yep, he packed that shirt.

It was black (of course) with white glow in the dark letters that said 'Come to the dark side, we have the Ghost King' and a white glow in the dark ghost. Luckily, he also packed a more normal shirt, so I decided to use the 'Ghost King' shirt as pyjama shirt. He also packed the loose black shorts I always used as pyjama shorts and black ripped skinny jeans for tomorrow. I put everything back in the bag, not knowing where to put it. Percy looked down at his shirt and saw it was stained with black and blue food coloring and pancake mix. He took the shirt off before walking to his closet to pick a new one. He just opened it when somebody knocked on the door. Percy turned around, still not wearing a shirt, and went to open it, closing the bedroom door behind him. I put my ear against the door to hear who it was.

''Hi.'' I heard Percy say.

''Hi- wow eh, go put on a shirt or something, I take it Nico's with you?'' Of course, Jason. Who else? I heard Percy sigh.