PJO One-Shots (Fluff)

Shopping Trip (Solangelo)

Nico knew what most people thought of him at camp. People saw him as either the son of Hades or a paper thin kid who wears black a lot for a person who claims he's not goth (because he's not). However, just because he knew, didn't mean he liked it. He knew it shouldn't bother him what other people think, Will told him that enough to get it, but it still didn't feel good. Especially not when he overheard another camper talking about him. So, Nico made a decision to try something different. And if he didn't like it, he could always go back to how things were and pretend nothing happened. One day he stopped by the Aphrodite cabin to talk to Piper, he figured she would be the most likely to help him discreetly. But it was not Piper who opened the door. "Ugh, what do you want ?" The previous leader aka dictator of Aphrodite cabin, Drew Tanaka answered the door instead. "Where's Piper ?" Nico said with a flat tone, not even going to bother acknowledging her question. Before what was most likely going to be some snarky comment came out, Piper appeared behind her "Hey, Nico. What are you doing here ?" "I was hoping I could talk to you for a moment..." Nico looked at Drew as he spoke the last part, silently telling Piper that he wanted to talk in private. "Sure, how about we go to your cabin ?" Drew rolled her eyes "Whatever." she moved out of Piper's way and back inside the perfume-soaked cabin. Piper could tell that Nico felt more comfortable the second he closed the door as if the sigh of relief wasn't a big enough hint. She sat down on one of the empty beds "What did you want to talk to me about ?" Nico looked down to attempt to hide his embarrassment before mumbling quietly. "I need your help with something..." Piper raised her eyebrow, curiosity peaking. He took a deep breath, his face now a light shade of pink. Despite the fact that he tried to speak clearly, so he wouldn't be forced to repeat himself, all of his words jumbled together. "Ineedfashionadvise." Thankfully, Piper understood him. A slow smile spread across the daughter of Aphrodite's face "YES !" she squealed and jumped off the bed "Finally ! I have been waiting forever for you to ask !" she took out her phone and began to text someone. For a moment, Nico entertained the idea that Piper was texting some random person about Nico's confession, but he knew that Piper would never embarrass him like that. As if she read his mind, she took her eyes off the screen and looked at him "Don't worry, I'm just gathering reinforcements." A few minutes later, Annabeth burst into the cabin. She looked out of breath as if she ran all the way from her cabin to his. "You weren't joking ?" Piper moved closer to her "Nope. Everything going as planned ?" Annabeth nodded. Realization slowly came over Nico "You planned this ? Both you ?" Both girls nodded. "Yeah, we knew you would eventually ask. We had to be prepared." Piper informed him. "Even Hazels in it." He looked at the door, waiting for his little sister to burst through as Annabeth had. "She's with Chiron right now, convincing him of a much-needed shopping trip." "It shouldn't take her long," Annabeth assured him. To the girl's credit, Hazel came in 10 minutes later. He felt a little pity for the centaur, no one could resist Hazel's puppy eyes. (He was sure it was Frank who had taught her while in dog form) "Ready ?" Piper asked the other two girls nodded. "Good, time to get going."

***TIME SKIP***

Nico shadow traveled them to a mall that Annabeth had once been to with some of her mortal friends from school. He was immediately dragged into the nearest clothing department and was forced to sit on one of the benches. Piper had gone over the different choices, all things he was comfortable wearing. She had been shoving him into one of the dressing rooms to try on a shirt that they picked out when he noticed Hazel on her phone. He narrowed his eyes, suspicious of what his sister was up to, but quickly forgot about it when Piper shoved more clothes into his arms. After the initial chaos, he decided on a couple of black tee shirts that actually fit him, unlike the ones he was used to. It had shocked the girls how much weight he had regained since the giant war, being with Will was good for him. He caught Annabeth whispering something in Hazel's ear, whatever it was, it left her blushing. "Nico, I have one more thing for you to try on." Piper handed him a maroon fitted tee-shirt and maneuvered him into another dressing room. He quickly put it on, he was ready to go back to camp and looked in the full body mirror that was in the closed space. It was definitely a tighter fit than any of the shirts he usually wears. He was also not wearing his aviator jacket, which Piper had swiped at some point. Right as he stepped out of the room, he wished he could jump back in. In between Annabeth and Hazel, stood his boyfriend, Will Solace. I should have known they were up to something. "Hey, Nico..." Will's voice trailed off when he noticed what Nico was wearing. Piper's face was a mixture of mischief and pride "What do you think ?" she asked Will. Nico went to take a step back, planning to go and hide in the dressing room but was thwarted by his sister. She stood behind him and pushed him closer, his face was now matching the color of the shirt he was wearing. It was only when he found the courage to look up did he see that Will was equally flustered, but he hadn't answered Piper's question yet. The only sound that came out of him was a string of unidentifiable stupefied noises "I think you might have broken him" Annabeth said casually, even if she was also sporting a wicked grin. "Well, Will. I brought you here for your opinion. So, what do you think ?" Piper tried again to get a different reaction out of him. Thankfully, it was enough to break him out of his trance. "You look fantastic." Will had moved his hands to his face in attempted to hide his blushing. "Good. It's picture time." Before he could tell her no, Hazel moved him into place. He stumbled into Will, who grabbed his shoulder to still him. A flash went off before either could move out of the position. Nico would never forget that picture, after all, they had made a thousand copies of it and placed it on the walls of all of their cabins.