[ in the morning, after he's had breakfast and gathered his gifts to take to the party at vex's, nico figures he should stop the whole avoiding percy thing and give the other demigod his gift for the holiday. he's not the only one intending on giving a gift, it seems, and as he's offered the box, he looks up at percy questioningly, a lump beginning to form in his throat.
said lump seems to get worse as nico slowly unwraps the box and peeks inside. it's his very first camp necklace and seeing it, he's reminded of all he's done for the camp despite thinking it could never be his home. licking his lips, he releases a breath and then reads the note that goes with it.
he's reminded starkly of reyna's assertion that he had two homes and looking up at percy, he realizes percy cares quite a bit for him, and that perhaps percy even wants him around, even after everything that's happened between them.
setting the box down, he quickly dons the necklace, brushing his fingers over each of the beads before looking back up at percy again. ]
I, uh, got you something too.
[ he grabs the bag he'd set down and nearly shoves it at percy, looking away. the bag, a brilliant blue with blue tissue paper, naturally holds the bracelet he'd had fashioned as well as the large bottle of blue food dye. in an envelope attached to the bag are the tickets he'd picked up with only a few words: For you and Annabeth. ]
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said lump seems to get worse as nico slowly unwraps the box and peeks inside. it's his very first camp necklace and seeing it, he's reminded of all he's done for the camp despite thinking it could never be his home. licking his lips, he releases a breath and then reads the note that goes with it.
he's reminded starkly of reyna's assertion that he had two homes and looking up at percy, he realizes percy cares quite a bit for him, and that perhaps percy even wants him around, even after everything that's happened between them.
setting the box down, he quickly dons the necklace, brushing his fingers over each of the beads before looking back up at percy again. ]
I, uh, got you something too.
[ he grabs the bag he'd set down and nearly shoves it at percy, looking away. the bag, a brilliant blue with blue tissue paper, naturally holds the bracelet he'd had fashioned as well as the large bottle of blue food dye. in an envelope attached to the bag are the tickets he'd picked up with only a few words: For you and Annabeth. ]