@zazzander Dakota and Nico, I don't know if you imagined them this way but...
"Thank you for choosing my sister"
Dakota looked scared and Nico immediately regreted speaking. How did he do that? Whenever he tried to be gentle it always ended up bad. He just wanted to be thanks the person that was nice to his sister and somehow he had managed to mess this up.
"Ahhh, hmmmm. No problem, it was my pleasure"
He looked so uncomfortable. Nico wanted to punch himself. Why he was like this? Why he couldn't just socialize and be normal?
"Your sister looks pretty nice, I think she will be a good addition to the Fifth Cohort"
Nico agreed and tried to think an excuse to go away. Maybe he could just disappear through shadow travel, that's what people thought he did anyway.
"Hmmm, so... what a Pluto embassador does?"
Nico blinked and stayed quiet for a moment. Normally people didn't try to talk to him. He didn't remember demigods doing it in Camp Half Blood after the joy for his help going away. He also didn't know what to answer. His father didn't say what he wanted him to do. He was as lost as Dakota.
"Ermm, you know, I go to missions for him, make sure the legion knows what he wants, those kinda of stuff"
"No offense but you don't seem to be doing any of these things. I mean you are barely in any of the Senate meetings"
The last statement made Nico really surprised. He thought no one would notice he wasn't going to the meetings and the people that would notice would say nothing.
Dakota blushed and looked away.
"I'm sorry, it is not, it is not my bussiness. I... you don't need.. I'm sorry"
"No, it is fine. I just... my dad didn't ask me to do anything so I thought I didn't need to be in the meetings"
"And Octavian and Reyna haven't been really nice"
At this tiime they both weren't looking to each other. Nico wouldn't dare say this out loud. He couldn't believe someone said it, someone said it wasn't his fault he wasn't welcome.
Dakota and Nico made eye contact at the same time. Their faces were as red as a tomato. They were just starring at each other, saying nothing. Dakota opened a little smile. Nico did the same.
"Nico!"
They both looked away, wanting to disappear and stay at same time.
"Nico!"
"Hmmm... it is my sister, Hazel..." he knows who your sister is you dumb being "I need to go, bye. Nice to talk to you"
Nice to talk to you? What am I thinking?
"Bye, see you later"
Nico looked to Dakota one more time and went away. See you later, did he wanted to talk to him again? His heart was beating a little faster than it was supposed and he felt something weird in his stomach. The idea kind of Dakota wanting to see him again made him happier than he was ready to even consider.
...
See you later.
Dakota sighed. He did soo bad in that conversation, he was so invasive. Nico wouldn't want to talk to him anymore. And could Dakota blame him? He would problaby do the same.
He just wished his mind worked well around the cute son of Pluto, but that was definetly not the case...
I really cannot write well...
