A Black and White Rainbow (Percico) [Soulmates AU]

Chapter 4

'From the first moment that we touched, your arms felt like home.'
― John Mark Green

Nico di Angelo POV

I snuffed out the fire, taking away its life and watched it die before grabbing Percy's face and kissing him. He moved away from me, my lips that were trailing after him like a lost puppy met his index finger and stopped their chase. I frowned at his shaking form and through his laughs, he managed to squeeze out some half formed words.
"Are we not going to do anything about the rest of the hazards?"
"Excuse you, these hazards took me ages to set up and I would appreciate it if you were considerate enough to notice how romantic this venue is and how hot your host is."
"It's beautiful... You're beautiful..." An arm wrapped around my waist as he drew closer, his lips floating over mine before colliding into a short but sweet kiss. Percy smiled at me before going round and blowing out the candles, intending for them to not burn down the apartment. He picked up the roses and bunched them into a single hand before absentmindedly walking deeper into the living room. I followed close behind and tapped the play button on the speaker as I passed by it.

"I wanna be alone. Alone with you - does that make sense?" I sang along with Billie's song 'HOSTAGE' and smiled between the lyrics when Percy turned around to meet my eyes, surprise written along his facial features. "I wanna steal your soul. And hide you in my treasure chest... I don't know what to do... To do with your kiss on my neck. I don't know what feels true. But this feels right so stay a sec."
I unwrapped his fingers from the stems of the roses, letting the bouquet drop as I traced my fingers along his arms up to his shoulders.
"Yeah, you feel right so stay a sec. And let me crawl inside your veins... I'll build a wall, give you a ball and chain. It's not like me to be so mean. You're all I wanted. Just let me hold you. Like a hostage..." I leaned forward, resting my left cheek against his right and pressing a kiss to his ear. Pulling away, I traced my fingers along the apples of his cheeks and along his lips. "Gold on your fingertips. Fingertips against my cheek. Gold leaf across your lips. Kiss me until I can't speak."
He grabbed my face and tried to kiss me but I pulled away with a giggle, wanting to finish the rest of the song first. His teeth clamped over his bottom lip and he squirmed with temptation as he watched me start singing again.
"Gold chain beneath your shirt," I slid my fingers under his button up shirt, letting my fingers rest along his waistline and slowly draw up. "The shirt that you let me wear home."
I pecked him real quick on the lips so I wouldn't lose my momentum before taking out my fingers and placing them on his chest. "Gold's fake and real love hurts. And nothing hurts when I'm alone...When you're with me and we're alone. And let me crawl inside your veins. I'll build a wall, give you a ball and chain. It's not like me to be so mean. You're all I wanted."
Tucking my arms around his back, I brought him into a tight hold and got up onto my toes.
"Just let me hold you. Hold you. Like a hostage..." Our lips were centimetres from connecting, "Like a hostage..."

As the song came to an end and the speakers automatically silenced to let us have our moment, Percy didn't hesitate to pull me into a passionate kiss. I dived in and captured his lips just as hungrily as his devoured mine. We stood there for who knows how long and only pulled away to take in short bursts of air or when my neck was starting to hurt so we agreed on finishing dinner before continuing. Placing the bowls into the oven and waiting for it to heat, I tapped my fingers against the limestone countertop and rested my chin on my palm.

"Why didn't you tell me you have such a beautiful singing voice?" My soulmate came up from behind me beginning his process of kissing along my neck, pulling my shirt up and caressing the bare skin leaving goosebumps behind each feather touch.
"I'm not that good, I just practised while you were gone to surprise you." I shivered, leaning my back into him and twisting my head around to kiss him gently. Soon enough the oven grew tired of our intimacy and loudly dinged, startling the pair of us.

"That's our cue," I mumbled and reluctantly pushed my lover away to get the hot food.

"That was so good." Percy sat back in his chair, petting his stomach as he licked his lips and picked up the plates to stack them into the dishwasher. I switched it on and with its whirring in the background, we kissed under the stars. 

Wrapped up in blankets, out on the balcony we lay for hours in a tangled mess. Lips forever in sync, cheeks flushed, lower bodies pressed tightly together and our hands intertwined by our side as if we let go our fate would fall apart.