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the goofiest goobers of chb!!
February 28, 3:28 pm
nico: do not. for the love of god. set fire to the apollo cabin
leo: YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH WILL!! 😱😱🤯🤯
nico: no i just dont want you to be shot with flaming disease arrows that sing happy birthday to you
leo: Sooo you care about me?? I take this as a win either way
nico: jump off the nearest ravine
leo: Okay fine
leo: Hear me out here A TOPICAL PRANK We can dye Chiron’s fur green
nico: is topical in the room with us
leo: HELLO saint patricks day 💚💚💚
nico: wait what if we dye Chiron’s skin orange and he’s an oompa loompa
leo: NICO OMFG YOURE SO SMART I LOVE YOU IM COMING TO YOUR CABIN TO GIVE YOU A SMOOCH RIGHT NOW ❤️😘😍😍😍😘😘🥰🥰
nico: thanks please dont
leo: Oh yeah what would will think 😉😉😉😔😔😔
nico: what would jason think though
leo: I regret telling you that
nico: leo valdez?? self aware?? of his own emotions??
There were two things that everyone in the camp knew. The first was don’t fall in love with Percy or Annabeth. You’re not special, you’re not different. The second (and the one pertaining more closely to this particular story) was Never trust Nico or Leo if they tell you to go somewhere.
After the war, Nico and Leo had become close friends somehow. Perhaps, it was their close ages, or their ability to shut people out or the fact that they believed strongly that no one would ever love them.
Or the fact that they both assumed everyone thought they were “ so straight, brah!”
Either way, they bonded. And one fateful foggy April morning, Percy was given a note telling him to come to the lake. Percy, being the love struck idiot he was and Annabeth, being exactly the kind of person to give him a note instead of verbally telling him to come, skipped his way over to the lake, and sat down to wait. Annabeth never came. Instead, Leo waddled up to him, safely fastened himself to the underbelly of a canoe he had installed legs in. He approached an unassuming Perch and began talking to him. Later, Nico put the icing on the cake by claiming he could speak to all gravestones in Latin. Percy believed he could speak to canoes and kayaks for several weeks after that.
The success of Prank Zero had only encouraged them, and even as their pranks got more and more outlandish, the camp allowed them. After all, getting Leo Valdez and Nico di Angelo to have any healthy hobbies was unheard of. And they were damn funny! It was surprising how well their talents and powers blended together— Leo building full sets and props, Nico’s ability to gain access to literally everything, Leo being a genius full stop, Nico’s ability to shadow-travel at his whims, simply put, they were powerful. If anything, the camp was grateful their brainchild was just pranking people and not setting off with murderous intent to rule the world (a task not as implausible as one might assume).
And, if Leo and Nico, made a stupid amount of side money from the pranks channel they had set up online, well, so be it.
Prank 42 was what they were on now, but it was a big one. This was no small prank. This was the April Fool’s prank. Dying Chiron’s skin orange and fur green to make him an Oompa Loompa was funny, but telling Mr. D that Zeus would grant him one singular alcoholic drink if he dressed in a Willy Wonka suit— that was April Fool’s worthy. And why stop there?
Why not make the entire camp like a chocolate factory?
@niconleo
> hey guys! big project coming up for april fools so bear with us !! in the meanwhile, here’s a hint: timothee chalamet??
> @carlisle COLLAB??
> @jenna_slays bffr theyre not collabing with timmy ARE THEY??
> @bee_bee maybe it’s like dune themed?? Idk any timothee chalamet movies please tell me
> @jenna_slays Yay! i’m super excited. love you guys
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those damn prankmeisters
March 14, 1:01 AM
percy: HAS ANYONE NOTICED THE SILENCE IN THIS GROUP CHAT
piper: percy this is an emergency group chat it’s supposed to be silent
annabeth: No guys he’s right
annabeth: Leo and Nico haven’t pranked anyone in weeks
katie: oh crap
percy: THERE PLANNING SOMETHING BIG
will: Travis?? this is your cue
travis: I DIDNT EVEN DO ANYTHING
travis: and they didn’t tell me which probably means it’s really really big
clarisse: Can we just beat them up
annabeth: No
clarisse: Then LET ME SLEEP CHASE
jason: guys we should get them back
katie: YEAH LETS GET EM
travis: okay lets calm down babe
katie: I WILL SIC MY PLANTS ON THEM WHATEVER IT TAKES
piper: katie i’m in love with you
katie: me too babes
will: nooo guys we shouldn’t get them back that’s mean
travis: Okay Will we know why you don’t want to get them back
percy: EW PLS I KEEP HEARING ABOUT THIS WILL WHY ARE YOU CORRUPTING NICO
will: what
percy: nico is literally ten he is not allowed to date yet
annabeth: Nico is fifteen years old
piper: not to be rude. but. isn’t jason in love with leo too
jason: PIPER! PLEASE SHUT UP
piper: sorry! everyone knew though
annabeth: Yeah I knew
percy: yeah I knew
travis: Yeah I knew
will: Yeah I knew
katie: yeah i knew
clarisse: Yeah I knew
jason: great
travis: [screenshot of @niconleo’s tweet]
katie: timmyyyy
piper: katie. no. you are not
katie: im sorry he’s my guilty celebrity crush
piper: noooooo!!
clarisse: mclean’s stealing your gf stoll
travis: At least I don’t talk using only last names
percy: ANYWAY since their tweet is indecipherable
percy: let’s make our own prank
annabeth: what if we make them think that their prank is interfering with jason/will’s date plans for them
will: Like?? Example please
annabeth: jason/will asks out leo/nico, and everybody’s all excited and in love and then they realize that their prank would ruin the date plan and they’re so upset about the date being possibly ruined that they self-sabotage their own prank
percy: I would like to say I love you
piper: yeah yeah keep it in your pants lovebirds!!
travis: No it’ll work guys
katie: CAN I SIC PLANTS ON THEM
jason: i don’t know guys…
will: yeah what if nico says no??
piper: they definitely won’t!! are you guys crazy??? bffr
jason: alr then…
katie: OPERATION DESTROY THE PRANK MEISTERS WILL TO LIVE IS A GO
percy: go team!!
clarisse: how about operation we all shut up so clarisse can sleep
“Hey.” Jason sat down at his table, heaps of food piled onto his plate. Leo’s had near to none, and what was there was shoved to the side in favor of some sort of gizmo that Leo was working on. Leo shifted a gear to the right, “Whatcha doing?”
Leo looked up, eyes sparkling, “Nothing. You know,” Leo gingerly picked up some food, biting into it, “we’re kinda like Isabella and Phineas. I’m always tinkering, you’re always helping. You kind of even say whatcha doing in the same way.”
Jason blinked, “What’s Phineas and Ferb again?”
Leo lightly punched Jason’s side, “Jason! It’s the one with the two brothers that are building over summer vacation— there’s a hundred and four days of summer vacation and school comes along just to end it?” He sang, hoping the theme song would remind him. Jason was particularly stupid about childrens’ TV shows because, well, wolves didn’t find much use in Cocomelon to stimulate toddlers.
Jason smiled. Leo’s singing voice was majestic, though he denied it. And, well, hadn’t Isabella and Phineas ended up together in that show? “Right. Well, what are you doing?” Jason swept some of his food onto Leo’s plate while he wasn’t looking, a practice so commonplace that Jason was sure Leo knew at this point.
“Well, Nyssa’s swamped with work, and I felt really bad, so I offered to make the Apollo kids the new clock they wanted.” Leo shoved a spoonful of food into his mouth, none the wiser before turning back to his project, “They want it on a solar calendar, but Apollo gave them this clock as a gift, so the entire thing is a lot less day work than I expected it to be. Either way, I just need these two gears to line up, but this one has to pop off to do that and it feels like it’s been sealed with Greek glue. I don’t think that’s a thing, but if Greek fire is a stronger version of regular fire, I don’t see why not.” He glanced up at Jason, who was still patiently listening, glancing intently between the machine and Leo as if trying to understand. Now, Leo and Jason both had ADHD, but Leo presented hyperactive (if you couldn’t tell by his strange rant on Greek glue.) Jason presented insanely inattentive— it was an issue of his childhood where teachers yelled at him simply for being unable to focus. But he was paying attention (an act that Jason and Leo both knew could not just happen if Jason so pleased. No, Jason Grace was interested in Leo Valdez. Jason Grace wanted to know what Leo Valdez had to say.)
Leo’s lips parted as he hid a smile before he ducked down, sneaking a peek at what Jason was doing. Eating. With a—
“Ah!” Leo squealed, slapping Jason’s hand, “Give me the— you know, your—” He made a series of wildly indecipherable hand gestures before adding, “— cuchara? Ay, dios freaking mio, la CUCHARA!”
Jason narrowed his eyes before handing him the spoon, “Spoon, Leo.”
Leo snatched it, prying at the gear. Jason watched in fascination as Leo rearranged the array of gears carefully. Jason muttered something about eating, so Leo opened his mouth and a flustered Jason scooped food into his mouth. Leo stepped back to check his work, “How did you know what a cuchara was?” He asked, screwdriving the bolts back into place.
“Leo, you forget the word for spoon seven times a month.”
“Okay, but do you blame me? I mean, una cuchara is so cuchara . Like what the hell is a spoon?” Jason grinned, shaking his head and looking away.
“Look!” Leo exclaimed, turning the newly made clock around. The display Leo had been working on now turned with the clock rather than against it, “I gotta get this to Will. He’s going to love it. I added a Sun Rising time and Sunset time too, as a thank you for that one time they saved me from getting kebabed by the Hunters.”
“So, you needed the spoon for what, exactly?”
Follow-up questions! Jason Grace wanted to know more about Leo’s project.
“Well, the Hephaestus cabin has pretty much made a big switch to polymers and composites instead of heavy metals in the last year. I completely forgot! I don’t even know how— I was the head of the campaign. Anyway, steel pops off rust really easily.” Jason nodded.
Jason scrunched up his brows and Leo took in the sheer absurdity of the situation, how strange he would have found it three, four years ago. Leo explaining his projects to a guy the size of a quarterback, forcing himself not to stare at his lips, “Because steel is a conductor, it causes more slip.”
“Exactly. You’ve really being paying attention to me when I talk, huh?” Leo said, bumping his elbow against Jason’s, “I don’t think anyone else does,” He admitted, abashed.
Jason glanced around the pavilion. It wasn’t because of Operation Destroy-The-Prankmeister’s-Will-To-Live, but sure, it had given him the small boost of confidence.
He leaned forward, bending his down to get closer to Leo, “Well, everybody else is an idiot.”
“Nico!” Leo groaned, laying on Nico’s bed, his legs half off. Nico being the sole inhabitant of the Hades cabin was nice because even though he and Jason stayed at Percy’s cabin the days Percy was here, he got a king sized bed and all the perks of a five star hotel, “His eyelashes! They’re so long and blonde. Did you know eyelashes could be that blonde?”
“No.” Nico deadpanned, “Did he ask you out or not?”
“He did! He said we could figure when out later. He’s so— AGHH!” Leo screeched, curling up into a small circle in the center of Nico’s bed. Then he popped up, staring at the small Italian boy across from him on a desk chair, “Don’t worry. Will will ask you out too. Love is in the air.”
“Sure.” Nico said, spinning around in his chair, “Now, 42?”
“Yes! I finished the giant chocolate river. We just have to dump it through the gap between Zeus and Hera’s cabins the day of.” A task they would surely be turned into cows for.
“Alright. So that leaves the edible trees and boat.”
“And I swear they’ll be done by next week.”
Nico raised an eyebrow, “Are you sure?” Leo was known for getting off-track from his own time consuming projects to, for example, and this is completely hypothetical, make a sun based clock for the Apollo kids.
“Promise on my soul.” Promises tended to mean less when the only one that binded was the Styx, but Leo had a habit of promising things anyway. Nuco rolled his eyes playfully, “Hey! Acting like you’re so much better than me! Have you even started any of your work or are you still making a schedule for when you will do it?”
Nico blushed, shoving Leo, “Shut up!” He laughed, “I will do it, okay?” Nico and Leo’s balance was so in tune that it barely felt like his work or his work, it was just their work. But there were few jobs reserved for one or the other. Nico always edited their videos, always managed their social media, always figured out the actual day of stuff. Leo built the prank, made it come to life. Was either more important than the other?
“Okay. Well, if you’re free—” Leo said, shaking his hands, “maybe you should ask a certain Will Solace out in the meantime.”
Nico gave Leo a proper shove at that, “I knew telling you that would be bad news! Look at me, Jason freaking Grace asked me out—” Nico began doing an impression of Leo, hunching over slightly to pretend that he was 5’6. (For the record, Leo would like to state that Nico himself is 5’7 and therefore has no room to talk.) “ And now I’m a romantic genius. Go ask your crush out!”
Leo rubbed the spot Nico had shoved him, “Okay, I get it. But Will makes these puppy eyes every time he sees you, he’s all—” Leo juts out his bottom lip and makes a crying motion.
“He’s a doctor, and I’m dangerously close to death.” Nico rebutted.
“Yeah, he’s a doctor and he wants to give you mouth to mouth.” Leo began making kissy noises at Nico, who swatted at him.
“If I actually ask out Will, would you shut your face for seven weeks?”
“I’d build you a McDonalds if you actually did it.”
Nico was faster with the reply, “Fine.”
>@niconleo hey guys!! thanks for being so patient while we work on prank #42 ! here’s your second hint: 💜🎩 hmmm what could it be?? AND SURPRISE: prank number 42 will be LIVESTREAMED whooo!! tune in 4-6
>@jerseyiscray Are you trying to give me a heart attack oh my god i’m so excited now
>@lumity Guys do you think they’re part of Project Livestream??
>@aidanhigh the only way it’s possible to love them more is if they dedicate this to cancer charities
Nico rocked back and forth on his heels. Should he sit? Of course the one day that Nico had something actually important to tell Will, he wasn’t at the infirmary. He was always at the infirmary!
“Nico. I can tell Will you were here if you’d like.” Lou Ellen said from where she laid on a bed, “You look antsy. If you have anywhere to be…” She trailed off, but Nico shook his head.
“No, I’ve got nowhere to be. Just here. Just— do you know where Will is?” Nico asked, taking a ginger seat across from the daughter of Hecate.
Lou Ellen shrugged, “I think he said the bathroom in the infirmary isn’t working and he’s just going to use the one in the Apollo cabin.” Nico relaxed. That wouldn’t take much time at all, “Or, he’s going on a cross country trip to see his mom for three weeks.”
“Lou Ellen! Those are completely different.”
“They’re not that different!”
“One is five minutes and the other is weeks!”
Lou Ellen whined, “Nico! You can’t yell at me, my arm is broken.”
“Yeah, and how did you break it?”
She frowned, grumbling out, “I made a potion that would break my arm, in case that cute girl in the Apollo was on rotation today.”
“You are pathetic, and I can and will yell at you.” From behind Nico, Will tsk ed.
“Being mean to my patients, Di Angelo? Rude.” He said, poking Nico’s side before walking over to Lou Ellen, “And Jenna’s never on rotation on Tuesdays, Lou Ellen. Go magic your arm better and find her in the library.”
Lou Ellen’s cheeks flushed with color, “Alright.” She whispered to Nico as she left, “Now, who’s pathetic?” Nico touched his cheeks and they were noticeably warmer with color.
“Shut up,” He murmured back. Will was bent over, fixing the bed Lou Ellen was just on, “Will.” No response, “Will!” He tried again and this time Will jumped up.
“Sorry, Nico. Whadya need?”
“Uh, okay. So, please bear with me here. Could you turn around?” Will furrowed his eyebrows, but did so, facing the brick wall, “So, and shut up here, I’m gay.” Will snorted, “What’s so funny?” Nico demanded back.
“Nothing. But I knew, Nico. If that’s your big reveal, I’m completely fine with it. I mean, I’m—”
“Shh!” Nico shushed, “There’s more. I’m gay and I think I—” He was interrupted by a small creaking noise and a gust of wind. Behind him, a small furry guinea pig scrambled across the floor, bumping against the bottom of Nico’s foot. Had he seen it earlier, perhaps he could have avoided it, but he hadn’t seen it earlier and it ducked undernesth his feet and he scrambled onto the floor.
From his spot on the floor, he could see Will running around, trying to grab the ‘potential contamination’ while an equally frazzled Percy popped in.
“Is it here?” His voice took on disgust, “Oh, it is, thank god.” Percy took the guinea pig from over Nico, his careful steps causing a blanket rack to fall on top of him, “Whoops.”
“Percy, it’s just a guinea pig,” Will laughed, somewhere above the black void that was Nico’s vision right now, “You can hold it properly.”
“Sure, Will. Just a guinea pig,” Percy’s voice scoffed as it got quieter.
“Will! Do not move. I can say it from down here too.”
Will paused and bent back up, “Alright, then.”
“I’m gay and I think I like you.” There was no reaction from Will at first, but it was followed by a hand reaching to pull him up. Did he not share the same feelings? Was this a pity hand of help?
The blankets were gently thrown off of him, and Will leaned in to kiss him on the cheek, “I like you too, Nico.” Nico’s eyes widened.
“Really? I thought you were straight.”
“I was trying to say I’m pan before, but you cut me off entirely.”
“Oh,” Nico blushed, “Sorry.”
those damn prankmeisters
piper: i heard from a little birdie! that jason and will are now dating their special someones!!
katie: I was the birdie and i see all 👁️👁️
jason: Piper! do you have to say all of this in public group chats?
will: In Piper’s defense, she probably just wants to prank Nico and Will
piper: no! i care!! this is exciting my best friends are dating
jason: **going on one singular date
percy: Ah, bro, don’t worry about it! You’re gonna do great on the date
annabeth: Or you won’t Either way Leo and you will probably end up together Great first dates don’t matter that much
annabeth: Percy threw up on our first date
percy: NO I DIDNT
clarisse: this is not clarisse! my name’s lucy, clarisse wanted me to tell you that nico and leo are planning something to happen on april 1st! she’s currently on the ground laughing, btw.
percy: Great
katie: How did Clarisse figure that out
travis: babe you can’t underestimate clarisse she’s a hard core sleuther
clarisse: their tweets literally says april fools prank idiots and livestream
will: Oh
jason: whats april fools
travis: omfg HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW APRIL FOOLS
jason: raised by wolves + remote training in a cave
travis: I’m sad now
katie: It’ll be okay
annabeth: Guys this is perfect
annabeth: Tell them you want the date on April 1st
percy: they’ll say no
piper: askjdfkhajsjdh no they won’t!! it’s nico and leo!! people pleasers of the century
will: This feels kinda wrong
jason: will remember that time nico dumped orbeez all over you and the slime didn’t get off of you for four weeks
will: I’m on board now
will > nico
will: Hey nico! For that date would you want April 1st? I’ve been planning a movie night and I’m gonna make some food
nico: hi! that sounds great but
will: You’re not planning on backing out are you?
nico: no! i really want to go out with you will, but idk if april first will work
will: Oh
will: I mean, that’s fine, it’s just that I’m visiting my mom from now to the 31st, but I guess we could postpone to the thirteenth?
nico: the 13th?
nico: well that’s kinda far away
will: Sorry Nico it’s the only day I’m free
will: Other than the first
nico: you know what, i’m sure the 1st will work
nico: i’ll figure something out
will: Are you sure?
nico: yes trust me
nico: see you at lunch
jason > leo
jason: do you want to go to a restaurant on the first?
leo: is the first the only date we can do? I’m kind of busy
jason: Well, no but
jason: sorry I might have booked a reservation already
leo: Oh
leo: well I guess I can find a way to clear my schedule up
jason: are you sure? we could hang out on the pavilion in a couple weeks instead
leo: no first dates are important
leo: when’s the reservation
jason: 4 pm and then I thought we could just hang out for a little while after that
leo: that sounds perfect jason
leo: seriously
jason: so, yes?
leo: yes obviously
the goofiest goobers of chb!!
nico: we have a problem.
leo: WE HAVE A PROBLEM 😨😨😨😰😰
nico: will asked me out but its dead center of the stream
leo: OH MY GOD
leo: NO NO NO NO
nico: what
leo: JASON ASKED ME OUT FOR 4 PM DEAD CENTER OF THE STREAM
nico: holy hera we’re doomed
leo: no let’s just swap places!!
nico: what
leo: twenty minutes you distract the stream and i go to the restaurant date i finish up come back and you catch the movie and we keep switching
nico: that is so smart
leo: thank you
nico: **stupid
leo: less thank you
nico: be fr we can’t keep swapping
leo: Well, you can easily man the prank while I go to the restaurant
leo: Just move the date forward, so when I get back you can chill on your date and I finish up the prank
nico: But
nico: won’t it ruin the dates??
leo: i guess we’ll find out
leo: Is everything set btw??
nico: Yes. I’m going into dye the shampoo tomorrow night.
leo: And Monday afternoon, the prank will commence
nico n leo started livestreaming two minutes ago. click here to view stream.
[nico fixing camera]
[leo: hey guys!]
[nico: leo. i’m fixing the camera. don’t talk yet.]
[leo: fine.]
[leo silently flips nico off]
[nico: okay. done. hi everyone.]
[leo: whoa! four thousand people are here already. that’s crazy.]
[nico: anyway, today is, in fact, the april fools prank extravaganza. we have situated three cameras across the area of attack. our very own connor stoll will be operating the cameras, as we watch the prank unfold.]
[leo: for now, we’ll just read some comments. i don’t think the prank is going to start until, like, five more minutes, so— why is leo wearing a suit?]
[leo does a spin]
[leo: i can’t wear a suit? jeez, dress codes these days.]
[nico: you’re so funny. anyway, leo’s leaving by the way to actually get the prank moving, so you won’t see him for— for a while, at least.]
[leo: are you guys straight? whoa! personal question alert.]
[nico: none of your business alert!]
[both laugh]
[nico: are we going to see those two blonde dudes again? great question! yes, you will.]
[leo: wait, nico you didn’t read all of it. they also wrote ‘lowkey kinda ship you guys with them.’]
[nico: yeah, for a reason.]
[leo: jeez, guys, do y’all really care that much? wait, nico, look!]
[nico, reading the message out loud: my favorite is piper. i don’t ship anybody here, but i think that her and frank look cute together. no way!]
[leo is dying of laughter behind him]
[nico: don’t– don’t do that. for so many reasons. stop.]
[leo is still laughing]
[nico: leo, i think it’s time for you to go.]
[leo sits up and grins, brushing off his suit]
[leo, in stupid mario accent: it’s a-go time!]
[they do a handshake]
Leo ran to the back of the camp. Hidden behind the trees was the Goldberg style machine he built to release 10 tons of artificial chocolate, (hand-crafted to be neither chemical or damaging to the Earth!) and he clicked the button that would release it through the lightly dug path and into the clearing between the Zeus and Hera camp.
After that, Nico would run in and tell Chiron and Mr. D about the situation and both would step outside, each unaware of the prank they were both part in. Once everyone was fully and truly confused, Nico would press the lever that Leo instructed him to, revealing the chocolate bearing trees.
And everyone would marvel. It would take twenty minutes for everything to pass and at that moment, the final touch would occur. Connor Stoll, who everyone would be concerned on the disappearance of, would appear, floating down the chocolate river, flailing his hands for help. The only reason he agreed (Leo never said the chocolate wouldn’t be sticky!) was to see if Stella from the Eos cabin might give him CPR.
But instead, the chocolate river came down. Very loudly. Like really loudly. And Will came out of his cabin to begin evacuating everybody out of the area because he thought an earthquake was coming, “Will! Stay here.”
“What?”
Nico, panickedly, ran up the hill, throwing open the door to the Big House, “Something’s happening outside.” Chiron galloped outside, dressed in his purple blazer, but his hair and fur the color of an oompa loompa.
Nico glanced back. The campers began to stare, sensing that maybe this wasn’t as dangerous of a situation as they thought. Will walked up to Nico, “Very funny. Making Chiron an oompa loompa. Hilarious, in fact.” This all did add up. Timothee Chalament, star of Wonka, purple hat, like Willy Wonka’s.
“If the prank is over,” Will continued, “We could go on our date early. Also, is the noise part of your date?”
“No, but I can’t go on the date, yet, Will,” Nico explain, hurriedly walking away. How to fix this? He needed Mr. D, “Mr. D! Mr. D!”
Mr. D walked outside in an ill fitting Willy Wonka costume and kids began to actually laugh. Nico let his shoulders relax. All that was left was the lever.
“Thank you!” Jason added as he took his food. This was no simple restaurant. This was fancy. Leo uneasily took a glance at the livestream from his phone. Why was Nico talking to Will? Why weren’t Mr. D and Chiron outside yet?
“Do you not like the food?” Jason asked nervously, pointing at Leo’s untouched sushi.
“It’s great!” Definitely a step up from the Costco california rolls Leo was used to, “Percy texted me that the camp needs our help, though, so maybe we should—”
Jason knew perfectly well Percy did not text Leo, “I think they can handle anything without us. I mean, they know we’re on a date. Unless,” Jason added, worriedly, his concern of boring Leo real and not part of the prank ploy, “You’re bored? I didn’t know if this restaurant would be your speed.”
“It’s perfect. The food is delicious,” Leo hurriedly ate three rolls of sushi to demonstrate how much he loved the food, “And I’m here with you,” Leo added, knocking his fist against Jason’s hand.
Jason smiled, blush taking over his entire face. Forehead to the base of his neck. Leo laughed a little, poking him, “What?” Jason complained jokingly, putting a hand over his face in embarrassment. He sunk lower in his seat, feet knocking against Leo’s seat. He was so much taller that he overtook Leo’s leg room, but it was alright because the boy in question had discarded his shoes and began sitting criss-cross applesauce.
“Nothing. It’s cute. You’re cute,” Leo said.
Jason mumbled something of a thanks before looking up, “Is that your shoe? Why is it on the ground?”
“It’s more comfortable!” Leo said defensively, “I like flexing my toes.” Jason nearly choked on some seaweed with laughter. A couple of guests side eyed them.
“Bringing up toes while I’m eating is probably not the best idea.”
“Why, you into that kind of stuff?” Leo waggled his eyebrows, causing another full red Jason.
“Leo! Oh my gosh.”
Leo checked the livestream again, this time far more concerned, “Wait, Jason. Oh my god. Nico is actually in trouble. We have to go.” Leo stood up, reaching out to go already. Jason followed hurriedly behind him. Annabeth had made a detailed plan of how the self-sabotage would occur, but this was not on it. They were supposed to leave after dessert, but Leo was already gone.
The lever did not in fact work. A realization he had made because the chocolate from the river had careened into the Zeus cabin, destroying the side wall of it. The campers started screaming at the chocolate liquid streaming into the camp. Nico got pulled into the whirlpool of brown sweetness, flailing against the current. It pushed him towards the forest. He dived away, but Nico could not swim in water, much less sticky chocolate. “Nico!” Will screeched, and, as gracefully as one could rescue someone from a deadly river of chocolate, pulled Nico into the corner.
Nico glanced at the nearest camera, “This is not supposed to happen yet!” He started pulling the lever, hoping to salvage this prank.
“What? This is the prank? A chocolate flood? Is it supposed to be, like, Noah and the Ark style?”
“No! It’s Willy Wonka.” And Will looked up, for a moment, seeing it past the chaos. Willy Wonka leisurely strolling past the chocolate river while an oompa loompa hurried to save the children from the disasters of the chocolate factory, “This stupid thing is jammed with chocolate.”
Will glanced back at the two of them, who despite the alcove they were hidden in, were drenched with the brown liquid, “I wonder why.”
“This is why I need a a second person.” As if on cue, Leo ran into the camp, discarding his blazer to dive into the chocolate river.
“Nico! I will save you!” He dived into the river, drenching his very much rented white button down and formal pants in brown, “Nico! Where are you?”
A confused Jason ran up behind him, but seemed more concerned with moving campers away rather than saving the transformed mermaid that was diving through the river, somehow managing to stay afloat. Leo swallowed a chunk of chocolate, coughing, “Nico?” He screamed, watching his friends sit in a safe alcove between the Apollo and Athena cabin, “I just ruined my suit for you!”
“Why would you dive in?”
“I saw you jump in on the livestream, and then it cut out.”
“What? You should’ve seen me rescued.”
Leo checks the stream again, “Oh my god, the stream is back on and Connor’s written a message by Camera 2.” He pointed it at Nico and Will, who read it out.
Hi. So one, I was totally reporting back to Annabeth this whole time. Two, surprise!
“Oh my god, Connor’s in the river!” Will shouted.
“Well yeah, he’s supposed to be— OH MY GOD, THE RIVER IS NOT SAFE!” Nico and Will shouted at the same time. If the river was this dangerous, then they desperately needed to get Connor out.
They glanced back at Connor, who was bobbing above the chocolate, “Stella! Look!” He shouted, swallowing multiple mouth(and nose)-fuls of chocolate. Stella wrinkled her nose from where she sat on the hill above camp.
“Connor! Get out!” Travis shouted from the other side of the river. Connor swam over, getting blasted out by a particularly strong wave.
The river eventually subsided, the chocolate flowing out of the CHB bubble instead. (A mortal problem, Nico and Leo insisted. Your clean up duty, Annabeth demanded.)
In the wreck was left many dozen campers laying there, all glaring at Nico and Leo, “How did that go so wrong?” Leo asked.
“I think it’s because apparently Annabeth was conspiring against us.”
Annabeth looked up from where she was talking to Chiron about the mess, “It was everybody. We did not think the prank would be a chocolate tsunami .”
“It worked better on the trial run?” Leo offered.
“Did it actually?” Nico murmured.
“I did not do a trial run, be for real.”
“Exactly why. I mean, that prank was bad. But we were conspiring. Jason and Will set up your dates to be on April 1st, so the entire thing would be as messy as possible, but we didn’t think it was inherently this messy.”
Nico and Leo had the self-awareness to look sheepish, “Does Connor get yelled at?”
“Connor snitched. So he’s clear.” Annabeth leaned in (and down) to whisper, “Plus, the boy just keeps getting rejected, it’s kinda sad to watch.” They all glanced over at Connor, who was already bandaged up and put in an arm cast while doing finger guns at Stella.
“Hey, Stell.”
“I have a boyfriend.” She said back, putting her hand up.
Travis and Katie pat his back.
“Okay, fair.” Leo said, “Well— wait! Jason and Will were in on it?
The blonde boys in question popped up behind them, each greeting their respective short boy, “You deal with that,” Annabeth said, watching as Nico and Leo immediately glared down Will and Jason.
“You both were in on it?”
“Oops?” Jason shrugged, “But the date was real.” Jason and Leo began walking away from the other two, “I really like you, Leo.”
“I mean, memorable first date for sure.”
Jason barked out a laugh, “Chocolate tsunami? And you guys genuinely thought it’d be a good idea!”
“Shut up,” Leo mumbled, immediately getting enveloped in a hug, “I really like you too, Jason.” They brought their faces apart and then together, a light kiss that barely lasted any time at all.
Maybe, it would’ve been longer if Nico hadn’t shouted from behind them, “The cameras are still on!” Leo glanced panickedly to the side, where a camera was still viewing them.
“Goddamnit!” Leo groaned, and both began running towards the camera room Connor operated from.
@niconleo
> memorable first livestream, huh? maybe our last too. anyway, see you guys when we fix our entire camp. hope you enjoyed anyway!
>@juliarobertsfanaccount I KNEW IT! I KNEW YOU GUYS WERE DATING
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