AN: If I owned HoO, I wouldn't have to do my brother's laundry.

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Nico's POV

He was soaked to the bone.

Being stuck in a hotel where time stands still for seventy years had kinda made him forget how fun they were.

Not that he'd admit it to the others.

Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Jason, Will and even Hazel and Frank were at Camp Half-Blood for Christmas. The morning had consisted of being buried under wrapping paper, singing carols and admiring the the ice statue Percy had made. He had summoned a wave of water to form in the shape of a woman carrying a shield with a sword in the air and Jason had somehow decreased the temperature so it froze. After ridding it of frost, it glittered in the cold morning of December the 25th.

They were still admiring it when a snowball hit the back of Piper's head.

The Hermes cabin all came out from various hiding places and assaulted eight with snowballs.

Hence forth the reason he was wet.

As most campers were with their families at Christmas, Chiron had allowed all remaining campers to stay at the Big House, which was decorated in a festive manner. Nico vaguely wandered how they managed to buy baubles that looked like satyrs.

"Here," he felt a cup being shoved in his hand and looked into Percy's sea green eyes. Nico nodded his thanks and sat down next to his sister. Hazel's gold eyes glowed with a sort of content. That might've been something to to with that this was her first Christmas in the twenty first century. Next to her, Frank and Will chattered non stop.

"You're quiet."

Nico turned to see Jason staring at him as though he could see into his soul.

Nico shrugged. "I suppose I've got nothing to talk about."

Jason raised an eyebrow. "Oh? So what did you do for the past few Christmases since you got out of the hotel?"

Nico stared at him. "I ran errands, tried to speak to my mother's ghost and ignored the fact that the Titans were planning on destroying mortal civilization."

"Hey," Percy called out to them, "we're going now. Yous coming?"

Nico made to get up but Jason descreetly held him down. "Later."

"Ok." Percy gave them a weird look before leaving with the other demigods.

Nico sighed. "Jason I'm tired. What do you want?"

Jason shrugged casually. "Nothing big. Look up."

Nico obeyed and looked up. Into mistletoe. His ears burned. Oh.

He looked back down into Jason's blue eyes just before his lips met Nico's.

'Oh' he thought again. It was like lightning through his veins and starbusts behind his eyes as he kissed him back. Never in a million years would he have expected this. Jason and Piper were a power couple, everyone knew that. But here he was, kissing Nico.

Jason drew back and smirked. "Like I said, nothing much."

He leaned closer, closer...

And they were interrupted by a throat clearing.

And Percy staring at them.

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AN: Merry Christmas guys! This chapter is kinda dedicated to mel-chan1003 on fanfiction for her awesome PJO advent calendar fic. Common sense will tell you to check it out.

-InsecureAngle