The Boyfriends and Football

The Gift

Instead of sitting in the Apollo table today when they were having lunch, Nico and Will decided to sit on the Hades table. It didn't seem to be an issue any longer anyway for Chiron. Especially in this time of the year, when the one left in the cabin were just the all-year round campers.

Will was eyeing the way Nico studied his plate.

"Just eat it, Nico."

"Will, is it just me or the amount of this ...green stuff here," he said, poking some lettuce on his plate with his fork. "Suddenly they just kind of... strangely increased?" he asked, lifting his head up to shoot a slightly accusing look at Will.

"What do you mean?" Will said, trying to put on his best innocent look.

"I am pretty sure that when I left to get some drink, I didn't have this much of leaves on my plate."

"It's vegetables, Nico! Not leaves!"

"Will-"

"Nico!" Chiara Benvenuti's voice made the two of them turned their head. Chiara was walking towards them, holding a tray with her food and drink on it. Damien White walked just one step behind her, slightly smiling.

"Chiara!" Nico waved at her. "Ready for Friday?"

Chiara put her tray on the table. "You bet I will. I just hope that Spain fucked up so we had better chance to win the group."

"I know, right?" Nico threw his hands in the air dramatically. The two Italians started to speak in Italian, along with some rapid hand gestures.

"Fascinating, huh?" Damien said. He apparently took a seat next to Will when he was too busy watching Nico and Chiara in amazement.

"Huh?" Will turned his head to look at Damien. "Yeah. It's just... Fascinating."

Of course, Damien did not need to know that Nico talking Italian like that made him look even more attractive for Will.

Something that Nico said last weekend when they were at Will's house flashed back in Will's mind. Will turned his head back to Damien.

"Are they talking about.. that..." Will moved his hand in vague circles, trying to remember the exact words that Nico said. "Uh... derby? Something about... Milan?"

"Oh, the Milan Derby?"

"Yes! Yes! That's the one!" Will nodded.

Damien tilted his head a bit to the left, eyeing the piece of meatballs in his fork.

"Nahh.... I don't think so," he said, and ate his meatball. "I am pretty sure that they are talking about the World Cup Qualifier."

"Oh," Will nodded, even though he wasn't really sure that he got it. "Okay."

"The derby is next week. Now, that would be interesting," Damien said.

Will chuckled. "Yeah, Nico and me, we watched a game of Nico's team playing last weekend. But honestly, it's more like I was watching him watching the game."

Damien laughed. "Did he scream to the players?"

"Not always. Only like, for ninety percent of the game."

"Chiara is also like that. I need to make sure that she won't have anything that she can throw at the laptop whenever we are watching a game."

"Nico said he couldn't watch the game anymore after his team conceded a second goal, but he kept on watching anyway."

Damien snorted. "Did he say he hates his team after the game?"

"Chiara does it too?"

"Oh, you bet she does. But whenever anyone said anything bad about her team, she could barely hold herself from decapitating them."