Bloodlust and Eternal Love

Chapter 1

Fuck. The. World.

That was the only thought going through Nico DiAngelo's head as he walked through the empty streets of New York. Which street, he had no idea because he was totally, utterly, completely, lost.

"Fuck you Valdez..I swear I'm going to kill him...when I get my hands on that fucking imp.." Nico muttered inaudible threats, his hands shoved deep in the pockets of his aviator jacket. Now you may be wondering exactly how the 20 year old Italian had found himself lost, and wandering the back streets of New York in the middle of the night. It actually hadn't started that night, it hadn't even started that day, it started 2 years ago when he had first been accepted into NYU. He was majoring in pathology, but his step-mother Persephone had insisted that he minor in something "less gloomy" as she so eloquently put it. So he had ended up in a History of the Arts classroom, sitting next to a girl with frizzy red hair.

"Rachel. Rachel Dare. One of the crazies."

And that was the introduction that may have started it all. After that, Nico was introduced to all of Rachel's insane friends, including Jason Grace, Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Frank Zhang, and Reyna Anderson. And in that one year, Nico made more friends than he had in all of his 18 years of life. The next year the group of friends got two new additions, one being Hazel Levesque, Nico's younger half-sister, and Leo Valdez.

Now it was also during that year that the group decided to move out of the school dorms (mostly after Reyna got fed up of her roomate Drew having sex on the kitchen table with random guys.) In the end, they rented out a four story red brick building, for all of them to share. All of the floors had a small kitchen and living room area, with the rest of the space divided however the pair rooming there saw fit. On the top floor was Piper and Annabeth, who had been placed together before they had started dating. Beneath them were Nico himself, and Jason. Now the first time Nico had met Jason he had despised the blonde superman, but after an awkward series of events involving water balloons, a party thrown by the Stoll twins, skateboarding, and a pony with fairy wings, Nico had come out as gay to Jason and he had been all supportive and shit so now they were like...blood brothers or something. Whatever. On the second floor was Hazel and Reyna, and on the first floor was Frank and Leo.

Now while it was no secret that Hazel and Frank (happy couple they were) had a thing for Leo, and were determined to make the imp theirs, it was a fairly large secret that Reyna had been sabotaging any and all of Jason's dates. Why she wouldn't just tell the blonde her feelings was beyond Nico, but he left it at that.

But all of that relationship drama seemed unimportant to Nico as he pulled his jacket around him tighter, shivering.

"Care for some company?"

Nico spun around. "What the hell do you want?" he growled out, staring at the figure hidden in the shadows of the alley.

"Easy there, just wanted to greet a fellow stranger." He stepped out of the shadows and that was it for any logic Nico might have had. His skin was a beautiful porcelain, completely flawless, and his face was framed by shaggy dark brown hair, styled in a messy fashion. His lips were a gorgeous red, and his eyes. They were mesmerizing, a beautiful green-blue that mirrorred the beauty of the ocean. Emotion swirled in its depths, and Nico was immediately captivated.

"Your name, if you'd please," said the handsome stranger.

"N-Nico DiAngelo." He stuttered out after he regained the ability to speak. He dragged his eyes away from the brunette's face to inspect the rest of his body. He wore a short black peacoat, buttoned, and a pair of black jeans with black converse. Even through the layers of clothing, he could see that he was lean, and well muscled.