AN: Hey guys!!!!

I'm aliveeeeeeeeeeeee! I survived my term test!! WHIPPEEEE!

I'm so sorry for the delay guys, I've just been so busy. And even though my tests are done, I have a lot of stuff packed for the near future, but I will try my best to update whenever I can!

Welp, enjoy!

It was a weekend. Nico had decided to sleep in, however, his plans for the day were blown to smithereens when he heard the front door being torn off its hinges- sorry, opened.

There was only one person who slammed the door open like that.

"Niiiicoooooooooo!" two voices sang.

Nico groaned in exasperation and looked at his clock. It was only 7.30 still. He dragged the blanket over his head, hoping to drown out the world and the voices of the two demons now pounding up the stairs.

Honestly! No manners at all! Who just barges into someone else's house like that?!

"Neeeeeks! Come out!" someone called as they banged- sorry, knocked on his bedroom door.

"We know you're in there!" chirped a second voice, it was much more contained than the first one, but sounded unbearably childish at the same time.

Nico resigned to his fate. He should just forget about sleeping in.

He got up, taking his sweet time in getting ready for the day, completely ignoring the impatient whines coming from outside his door.

Finally padding softly up to his door, he reached out to turn the handle, but stopped.

"Are you leaning against the door, by any chance?" he asked in the most innocent voice he could muster.

"Uh, what?"

"Just answer the question."

"Yeah."

"I thought so," Nico said with an air of victory.

A puzzled voice answered back, "what does that have to do with anythi-"

Nico turned the handle, and swung the door open swiftly. Then he proceeded to deftly move out of the way as a body fell through the door, having lost the source of its support.

The person grabbed his companion in the hopes of stopping his fall, but ended up dragging both of them down to the ground, ending in a pile.

"What the heck, bro?!" Jason exclaimed at Percy, "why'd you grab me?!"

"Bro," Percy said with a sincere voice, "you're my bro, if I die, then you die with me."

Nico dragged a hand down his face. Idiotas.

"Neeks! Whatever did I do to deserve such treatment from you?" Percy whined dramatically.

"I wanted to sleep in," Nico stated flatly.

Percy tutted, "kids these days! No respect for elders!"

Nico remained unfazed, but helped them to their feet when they started scrambling up. He wasn't that heartless.

"So, what're you guys here for?" Nico asked.

"We wanted to hang out!" Jason exclaimed, eyes crinkling as he smiled, "it's been so long!"

Percy nodded enthusiastically, "yeah dude! Speaking of time, I think you might've even gotten a little taller-"

Nico lost no time in punching him in the gut.

Percy doubled over, gasping like a fish out of water (AN: Literally lol!).

"Definitely stronger," his cousin wheezed, then added, "and meaner."

Nico tilted his head back, "thank you for the compliment."

It wasn't long before his cousins made themselves at hope, Percy plopping unceremoniously on bed while Jason, ever the dignified one, sat properly in Nico's swivel chair.

Nico slid to the ground at the foot of his bed and looked up at Percy's ratty sneakers dangling over the edge of the bed and then at Jason.

The time was 8.12.

"How the heck are you two up so early?" Nico questioned, his words riddled with genuine curiosity, "you oversleep on a daily basis."

Nico heard Percy sigh dramatically enough to make a theatre actor jealous, "Jason, our little cousins think so highly of us!"

Nico ignored him pointedly, and looked inquiringly at Jason, hoping for an actual answer.

Jason smiled, "we wanted to get up early so we could come here early. You know, spend more time hanging out? So we asked Annabeth to wake Percy up, and then he came banging at my door to wake me up."

Nico cracked a smirk, "how are you still in one piece, Perce? If Annabeth woke you up?"

Percy's girlfriend, Annabeth, was vicious when it came to getting Percy behave. Nico quite liked her. The two of them got along well, bonding over mutual complaining about Percy.

Percy peeked at him, "don't ask me! Even I don't know!"

Nico let out a chuckle, starting to feel more at ease. Annabeth and Percy were a match made in heaven. Annabeth was everything that Percy was not and Percy was everything that Annabeth was not. They filled out each other's blanks, balancing each other.

Nico wondered whether he'd ever be able to find the one destined for him-

And suddenly the face of a certain Will Solace, grinning from ear to ear, appeared in his mind.

Right then, his phone decided to ring.

It was on his table, and Jason jumped a foot in the air when it starts ringing loudly behind him. He peered cautiously at the screen, eyes eyebrows scrunching before picking the cell up and passing it over to Nico.

Call it a coincidence, call it fate, call it destiny-

It was Will freaking Solace.

Nico's finger hovered over 'decline' for a moment. He did not know what made him change his mind, but almost involuntarily, his finger was sliding across towards the little green icon.

He put the phone to his ear, "hello?" He was aware that Percy and Jason were lending a keen ear because they were nosy and did not respect Nico's privacy one little bit.

"NEEKS!"

Nico flinched away from the phone at the sheer loudness of Will's voice.

"Jeez, Solace, I think my eardrum just burst."

"Right, sorry sorry," Will apologized, sounding sheepish.

"You're up early?" Nico questioned. He knew Will tended to sleep in, Lou Ellen and Cecil had told him many amusing tales of all the wake up pranks Will had had the misfortune to suffer through.

"Oh, nothing special, just thought I'd catch you early before you make plans for the day," Will replied casually.

Nico sighed internally. Why on earth was everybody who oversleep up so early on the VERY DAY that Nico, the one who doesn't oversleep, wanted to sleep in?! WHY?!

Nico grunted, "so what do you want?"

"I was wondering if we could meet up tonight?"

Percy sat up bolt upright and Jason went rigid.

Nico could've screamed many profanities at his rotten luck. He knew exactly what Will just said sounded like, even if that was not the case.

They had decided to take the night off to take a breather. Will was just wondering whether they could go on nightly patrol anyway.

Nico stood up fast, and covering his cell with a hand, said to Percy and Jason, "be back in a sec."

He stepped out into the hallway. This call was not meant for the ears of anybody else. No one can know his double identity.

Nico returned to the call, "uh, why?"

"Mn, I just feel bored, I guess?"

Nico shook his head, a slight smile gracing his lips involuntarily, "fine, but only for a little while, I wanna sleep today."

"Okay okay!" Will chirped, "then, see you tonight?"

"Yeah, see you tonight."

Nico turned around just in time to see two silhouettes rush back into his room. Nico stalked back inside and gave his cousins a very unimpressed stare.

Percy and Jason were trying, and failing, to look as casual and nonchalant as possible. Percy's out of tune whistling definitely did nothing to help.

"You two are shameless," Nico sighed. God, he felt like a parent when he was with these two! And he was the youngest!

"Whatever are you talking about?" Jason asked, his eyebrows receding into his neat hairline in an attempt to look surprised.

Nico was not impressed, "you're a bad actor."

Then Percy, decided to be even more shameless, if that was even possible. He cleared his throat, as though preparing to say something very philosophical and worth listening to. He looked like a professor about to give a lecture, with that odd serious expression on his face...

...which lasted for an entire span of three seconds- yes, Nico counted- before falling away to a mischievous smirk.

Nico did not like where this was going.

Then, the great and knowledgeable Perseus Jackson, parted his lips to bless humanity with his wise words.

"So... who's Solace?"

If two murders were committed that day, then Nico knew absolutely nothing of it.

Word count: 1411

AN: How was it? I'm sorry that it the recent chapters weren't that plot related, but I wanted to give Mr. Bro and Mrs. Bro a chance to shine. Also, Since Sunny's fic absolutely tore you all to shreds, I thought this would be a much more lighthearted story... but I might change my mind lol.