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Nico was busy swinging his feet above the water, deep in thought when Will found him. Nico had been long contemplating over his ever growing crush on the healer who was ridiculously stubborn and good looking. He had long since gotten over Percy and found himself wanting to attract the affections of Will Solace. He scowled at himself for thinking that way.
"Maybe I should see a doctor or something.." he muttered to himself. A creak on the dock let him know he wasn't alone and his ADHD kicked in. He yanked out his sword and—
"Holy mother of—! Will, what in the gods' name? Don't sneak up on me like that!" Nico's Stygian Iron Sword lay inches from Will's abdominals. The blond demigod's eyes widened.
"Whoa there, Sunshine, calm down. Did you ask for a doctor?" He smirked at the last part. Nico scowled and then turned and looked out at the water. Will walked up next to him and watched him sheathe his sword.
"So, what's—" Before Will could finish his sentence, Nico was blending into the shadows. "Hey! What did I say, no—gah!" Will was cut off when he grabbed Nico's wrist and was pulled into the shadows with the son of Hades. Of course, that didn't make things very easy for Nico. With the fact that his crush had just been pulled into the shadows and was holding onto him, Nico was lucky that they didn't die. Both boys spilled onto the infirmary floor surprising both staff and patients. Will rubbed his forehead and felt slightly traumatized by what he'd just witnessed.
"Jeez, di Angelo! How can you stand that?!" He demanded as he got up and helped the son of Hades up as well. Nico was about to protest when Will shoved a piece of gum in his mouth.
"Agh!" Nico gagged, "Don't you have any healing gum that isn't dirt flavored?"
"I thought I told you no shadow-travel or underworld-y things."
"I must not have heard you. And I had it under control if you hadn't intervened, this is all your fault."
"How is it my fault?!"
"…are you two just gonna stand there and flirt?" Kayla asked frowning at both of them. Nico's cheeks turned red and he stomped out of the infirmary with Will on his heels. Luckily, Reyna had been visiting and was standing not to far from the infirmary.
"Reyna! Will is bothering me!" Nico protested which caused Will to stop in his tracks. Reyna had taken on the role of being Nico's big sister and usually was not at all pleased if people were teasing or bothering Nico. And to Will, the praetor was down-right terrifying.
The praetor turned and put her hands on her hips. Her eyes narrowed slightly and Will gulped. "How is he exactly bothering you Nico?" Reyna asked raising an eyebrow.
Before Nico could answer, Will cried out for the help of Lou Ellen. When the girl saw that Will asked her to calm Reyna down, she adamantly refused and walked away. Reyna frowned and turned back to Will. She opened her mouth about to say something when she glance back and forth between Nico, her eyes trying to decipher something. Then she smacked her forehead and snapped in annoyance, "Do I seriously have to play 'love counselor' for you two? Good gods, why on earth do you come to me for relationship advice, I have a camp to run, not a relationship!" The praetor stormed off leaving Nico and Will standing awkwardly beside each other. Both boys had glanced at each other and then fiercely blushed and turned away.
Will fidgeted and asked Nico, "We, we aren't in love, are we?"
Nico blushed, "Uhm, not that I was recently aware of.." Both boys turned to each other and looked deeply into each other's eyes. Nico gulped. Will started to lean forward when they heard Reyna shout out,
"Jason! What the Pluto are you doing?!" Nico and Will turned and frowned at Reyna who was currently glaring at a bush. Jason sheepishly popped out of the bush and was holding a video camera.
"Heh, just recording Nico and Will's first kiss?" he tried. Nico, Will, and Reyna stared and stared at the son of Jupiter. Reyna mumbled something about dodging a bullet and Nico's face was red with embarrassment and anger. He was about to chase after Jason when Piper and Percy came walking up.
"What's going on?" Piper asked, trying to calm the situation.
"Your boyfriend is recording me and Nico," Will frowned and Piper sighed.
"Really Jason? Did you NOT learn anything after the whole Percy and Nico thing?" Piper scolded him.
"It wouldn't have worked anyways because I'm not Nico's ty—" before the son of the sea god could finish his sentence, a large mass of skeletons erupted from the ground. He shrieked and ran off. Nearly two seconds later, Jason was following suit. Reyna, Annabeth, and Piper sighed and Will glared at Nico for summoning skeletons.
Between Piper's charmspeak and Reyna, the both convinced him to dismiss the skeletons.
"T-thank you guys," Percy said in between breaths.
"Y-yeah," Jason puffed out, "now can you charmspeak Will and Nico to kiss?" Piper sighed and this time didn't do anything to help her boyfriend run away from another set of skeletons.
Will sighed, "You better not give me another patient, di Angelo."
"I won't… ohhh, and Will?" Nico fidgeted nervously, something the healer found to be quite adorable.
"Yeah?"
"I, I.. would you…" Nico's face was red and Will smiled. The smile only vanished when Nico turned to Reyna, "Hey, Reyna, can we go get McDonalds?"
Reyna rolled her eyes, "No. You and Will need to talk. We'll go some other time." She and Piper smiled at him. Annabeth shot him a thumbs up as she dragged Percy away.
Will started to speak, "You like McDonalds? Nico, that is ser—"
"Shut up! You can come with me then. I want company if I'm going to summon the dead."
"Summon the— ack!" Will yelped as he was once again pulled into the shadows.
Reyna raised an eyebrow at Annabeth as they walked away, "Wow.. what a nice.. first date." Annabeth snickered.
After a brief argument about shadow-traveling, Nico and Will walked into McDonalds. Will watched the cashier's eyebrow when Nico ordered 10 happy meals. Nevertheless, she punched in the order and Nico paid. Where he got the money, Will wasn't sure. Will wasn't that hungry and didn't order anything. While the two boys were waiting for the order, Will decided to ponder their current fling for each other?
"Uhm, Nico?"
"Yeah?"
"Remember when we were talking about, uhm…" Will trailed off, not sure how to handle this. For a long time he'd had a crush on Nico, since the whole Labyrinth ordeal, but never had the chance to tell him. Will watched Nico shift uncomfortably. Then the son of Hades blushed which Will found absolutely adorable.
"Uhm, yeah.. that conversation…" Nico stammered, "Uh, do we.. like each other?" He looked at Will, eyes filled with doubt and a ghostly smile on his face. Knowing Nico would be to shy to say anything, Will figured that he might as well confess.
"I, uh, I actually liked you since the whole Labyrinth thing," he said scratching the back of his neck.
Nico's widened, "Oh, oh.. Uhmm.. Heh. I, I used to have a crush on… Percy… but uh, I like someone else now."
Will felt his head droop at the mention that Nico had a crush on Percy. How could he compete with that? Percy was… wait, did he just say "used to"? And what was the last part? "I like someone else now." Did that mean…? Will looked back at Nico, looking hopeful. Nico's entire face turned red.
"Uhh, I, uhm, well, what I mean to say—"
A worker came walking up to them, "'Scuse me, your order is ready." He handed Nico a bag and Will nearly wanted to smack the person for interrupting Nico. The two boys walked out of McDonalds to go get a couple bottles of coke.
"What were you saying now?" Will prompted.
"Er, uhh…" Nico stammered. Blushing he mumbled softly, "Te amo."
"Te what now?" Will asked in confusion.
"Te amo." Nico said a little louder. Will didn't really know a lot of foreign language, but through the poetry and music he studied, he did know a bit. And Nico had said "te amo" which meant.. Will stared wide-eyed at Nico. Then he smiled at the dark haired boy.
"Te amo, Nico."
Nico nearly fainted on the spot, "R-really?"
"Yeah."
"OH MY GODS!" A voice shouted out loud. Will and Nico turned around but didn't see anybody.
"Jason, what the hell are you doing?!" Another girl yelled. A girl in dark jeans, an olive green tank top. Her obsidian hair was twisted into a braid.
"Reyna?" Nico asked. The two watched Reyna angrily drag Jason who was still holding a video camera away. The boy protested and yelled "but it's solangelo!" Reyna just shook her head and shot the two boys an apologetic look.
Nico shook his head, "What an idiot." He paused briefly and then continued, "I think I know who we can summon… why are you eating those fries?"
Will looked down at the box of fries in his hands, "Heh, I kinda eat when I'm nervous."
"Ohh, okay. Well come on, let's go summon some fellow acquaintances of ours."
Will grabbed Nico's hand and the two went off to a graveyard to summon some dead campers.