The Son of Hades

The Dolphin Hates Me

Me and Percy reached the boy's dorm. Annabeth and Thalia went to check in to the girl's. Percy was a bit reluctant to leave Annabeth but we assured him she'll be find

The boy's dorm was a 3-storey blue building. My room was 345 while Percy's was 347. I wanted to be his roommate but at the very least, our rooms were just a room away. I'm still quite conscious of my roomies. What if they think I'm emo? What if they think I'm a jerk? What if they decide they hate me? I'm going to have stay up with their bullying for two fricking months.

These thoughts floated around in my head and before I knew it, we arrived in our specific dorms. I clutched my bag tightly. I didn't have much to bring, only a few t-shirts and jeans ( since Aphrodite said she would offer to send us fresh clothes whenever we asked ), my ipod and earphones, my phone ( which was monster-proof ), and the Hades figurine. The exact same one Bianca gave Percy. And in the little pocket of my black bag, lies a photo of me and Bianca, joking around infront of a certain hotel. A beautiful woman with regal features stood next to a man wearing a suit. It was the perfect family photo. And it was the only one that had me and Hades smiling. I found it floating down the River Cocytus on my visit to the Underworld. My eyes stung as I remembered it drifting aimlessly down the stream, a lost dream as a whole family.

I shook my head out of the clouds and opened the door.

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Three guys turned their heads to look at me. I awkwardly raised a hand as a greeting.

" You the new kid?", a blonde guy asked. I nodded.

A guy with brown hair smiled brightly and patted me on the back. "Welcome to Drake's Place!"

"Hey I thought we agreed to call it Chrone's Home!". A guy with sandy hair appeared behind Drake and pouted. Drake just laughed. "We'll think of something later. For now, let's welcome our new roomie!"

"I'm Drake Houstoun. This here's Chrone Waterlow. Blonde guy's Christopher Gronner." . Chrone held out a hand and I stared at it. I was never one to like physical contact.

I just nodded as Chrone awkwardly took his hand back. "I'm Nico di Angelo."

"Nico, huh. Nice name! So I guess we'll be roommates for the rest of the highschool. I wouldn't recommend it though.", Drake chuckled, "Chrone snores and Topher has a cat."

In that precise moment, a black and white tabby emerged from under one of the two bunkbeds. The weird thing was it was wearing a dolphin costume. And it was creepy. It's head stuck out from under the dolphin's snout.

Christopher picked up the dolphin and cuddled it, "Aww! Is little Dolphy hungry?"

"You named your dolphin-cat Dolphy?", I couldn't help but ask. Christopher just blushed, "H-hey I-I was a kid, alright? Don't judge me!"

I shrugged. The cat hopped off and landed infront of me. It hissed and threatened to scratch my leg.

Chris grabbed it before it could bite and apologized, "Sorry! I don't know why he's like this. He's usually friendly to everyone.". I shrugged. I shrug a lot. I didn't really care if the dolphin hates me. Actually, every living things that I come across hates me. Dogs, cats, little kids, strangers, and dolphins.

I stood there for a moment, admiring my new room. It had two bunk beds on either side, four desks lining up by the window, four closets on either side of the wall and a door leading to what I think are the showers and bathrooms.

Chrone patted me on the back and I cringed. I hated being touched. He didn't seem to notice my discomfort because he just got my bag and led me towards the upper bunk on the right wall. "I'll be sleeping below you man. And I promise I won't snore."