Leico- I've Known You My Whole Life

At eleven when Ms. Valdez came to pick them both up, their faces were flushed and they stayed quiet the whole way home.
After reaching the Valdez household the boys got out, and Esperanza stopped them “I’ll be working late at the shop,” she paused for a moment and looked them both over, then smiled “and don’t do anything you’ll regret.”
They stared at her for a moment as if she had known what happened at the movies. They gave each other a side glance before nodding to his mother in understandment.
With a small smile she drove off, waving a final goodbye.
Leo shifted slightly, and began grinning at Nico. This made the pale boy quirk an eyebrow.
Their quiet moments were always strange because Nico always knew Leo could say something incredibly stupid at any minute. When Leo began laughing the pale boy stayed quiet for a moment and then began laughing with his friend.
A few minutes later they finished with their boisterous laughter, while catching their breath Leo began speaking. “So..do you wanna get snacks..and play video games..”
Once Nico caught his breath he smiled lightly and nodded, replying with that little smile of his on his face. “Oh yes, Leo you are going down!”
Leo snorted and pushed the other some before trudging to the kitchen to get a few snacks and drinks. There were at least three different types of cookies, two different types of chips and a couple sodas.
When he got those collected he had ran up to his room where Nico was patiently waiting on the bed, Leo grinned a bit and dumped the things beside his friend, then went to set up the playstation.
Nico pawed through the items to see what Leo had chosen for them to eat, he let out a small laugh. “I swear Leo! One day you’re going to be chubby! All these cookies..”
Leo rolled his eyes and threw a controller at Nico, then spoke promptly. “I don’t caaare, let me eat cookies and be happy!”
“You’re always happy though.”
“That’s because I’m always eating my favorite things.”
Nico let out a small sigh of defeat and nodded. “Alright, but don’t expect me to carry you when you become chubby.”
Leo snickered a bit, “Nico please I swear you aren’t my mom.”
Nico moved and tackled his friend and laughed as the controllers went flying to each side of them. The pale boy had Leo pinned to the floor, they were both panting from that little wrestling match.
“Get off me.”
“Make me.”
Leo pouted a bit and tried to push Nico off himself but ended up failing, so he whined. “Nicy!”
Nico bent down closer to Leo and smirked. “Yes little Leo?”
“Not cool, get off me.”
After a few more minutes Nico got up and held out his hand, which Leo graciously took. Leo looked like a little kid who had just got his toy and sweets taken away from him.
The raven haired boy pursed his lips for a moment before moving to get a cookie from one of the containers, he then placed it in front of the others lips with a small apologetic smile.
Leo huffed a bit and opened his mouth some letting Nico slide the cookie into his mouth. Once in was in Nico yanked his hand back in fear of Leo was going to bite him. The curly haired boy giggled as he ate the cookie.
They were both weird thats why they completed each other. Nico kept Leo out of trouble as much as possible. And Leo made sure no one hurt Nico.
After situating themselves they sat down, ate snacks, and played a couple rounds of some zombie game Esmeralda got Leo a year back.
Everytime Leo died he threw up his hands and groaned. Nico would revive him and help him out most of the times.
After Leo threw his controller against his bed they quit playing, and laid on the bed chattering about how years past had been.
Nico told Leo about how big it was in New York and the kind of things that could be found there. Leo jumped up and tackled Nico to the bed and grinned wildly. “I want to see the Empire State Building! It look’s soo cool!!”
“It’s pretty big, I think it took them one year and forty five days to build.”
Leo scoffed. “I could probably build something like that in less time”
Nico quirked an eyebrow, “I’d like to see you try.”
“When were older!”
“When?? Where like fourteen now!”
They began laughing a bit but stopped when they heard a knock on the door. They glanced at each other and raced to the front door, when they opened it they looked at the three kids that stood there. They gave each other a sideways glances and Leo placed a cookie in his mouth.
The three kids looked at each other and gave one another questioning glances. Finally one with blond hair spoke up.
“Are you Nicholas di Angelo, and Leonardo Valdez?”
Both the boys scowled. “It’s Nico di Angelo.”
“And Leo Valdez.”
The kids let out a relieved sigh and one of the three kids seemed to bleat like a goat. After a few moments of quietness Leo leaned over and whispered to Nico. “These kids look weird, should I call your mama?”
Nico shrugged a bit. The blond girl spoke again. “Sorry we must have scared you, my names Annabeth Chase, that’s Percy Jackson, and behind us is Grover Underwood.”
Leo covered his mouth and giggled lightly, Nico nudged him slightly and nodded his head a bit. “Nice to meet you, but please excuse Leo here.”
“It’s all fine, but you need to come with us to this camp.”
Leo regained himself. “We can’t go anywhere, my mom’s at work and Nico’s is coming to get him soon.”
Percy chuckled lightly while Annabeth gave a slight groan and mumbled, “great two demigods who actually listen to their mortal parents.”

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