Nico came and got me. Yay.
Nope. Not feeling it. Not even gonna use sarcasm to say I am happy because believe me, I am not. Nico didn't hate me enough to kill me but he didn't love me.
I glanced ahead of me to see his hand was still attached to Wills. Why was his hand still attached to Will? It's been like five thousand hours and they still haven't let go!
Why the heck was he still holding hands with Will? Were they attached?!?!? There is no reason he still needs to hold hands with Will!
And why was Will so damn likable? He wasn't hatable—no matter how hard I tried. Will was perfect in looks, tan skin, bright eyes, messy hair.
Am I gay for Will?
Nah. He's just too perfect. Too stupidly perfect because guess what? He was nice. Will didn't want to take Nico from me until he thought there was no hope.
Stupid will. There was always hope.
Speaking of hope, I wanted some. But there was none I could find because guess what? Nico HATES me!
But hey, it's fine, it's fine. I could just maybe go become an old cat person. Wait, I don't like cats and I have to believe in hope.
Besides, me and Nico would be working together to bring down chaos, right? Yeah, yeah. I'll be fine.
"You know, Will and Nico aren't attached right? That's exactly how you and Nico were," Percy said.
It then occurred to me I had said that entire thing out loud. "I didn't know I was speaking, I'm sorry. Do you think they heard any of it?"
"Them?" Percy asked and nodded towards the couple that had decided to take a break planning and swallow each other hole, "I don't think they really heard anything,"
I gave a longing full look towards Nico but snapped myself out of it, "Is there hope for me and Nico at all?"
"You two? Yeah, you'll work it out. You didn't get along at first anyways,"
I remember that. We hated each other for a while.
~Flashback~
"Hey Leo, we're going to have a party out on the deck. Just for fun, inspire hope," Percy said, standing in the doorway of my room.
"Okay," then my eyes darkens, "is he gonna be there?"
"Leo, Nico isn't that bad. You guys could be good friends,"
"As if," I snorted, "he's insufferable,"
"Exactly! That's why your perfect for each other!" Percy smiled but held his hands up in defeat upon my stare, "I kid, I kid. But seriously, give him a chance,"
~flashback ended~
"I'm gonna go start plans with them," I grumbled. Per gave a small shake of his head in disappointment.
"Hey," I imtturupted the two, "meet in the big house. We need to discuss plans,"
Nico nodded and shoed me away, before going back to sucking the face off of Will—who was enjoying it. I sulked away and sat on the porch.
"You know I'm not a bad guy, right?" Will said, sitting next to me.
"I know, that's what makes this so hard," I grumbled.
"Makes what so hard?"
"Hating you," I said, turning to face him, "your too nice to hate. And nicos happy which makes it even harder,"
"I know what you mean,"
"How?" I snorted.
Will gave me a small smile, "before the Argo, me and Nico had an unspoken thing. Once he joined you and the rest of the seven, we IMd every day and he would rant about how annoying you are. But one day, when he heard your name he would smile and not grimace. And as that went on, I wasn't sure if we still had a thing. Then you came back and although I hated it, he was happy,"
"Is that why you hated me?"
"I never hated you," he sighed, "you were too nice to hate. I was in the exact same situation you were,"
"Any way to suffer through the pain?"
"Get a good nights sleep and give it time. That's all you need," Will said.
I smiled, about to head over to bunker nine and sleep, "thanks,"
