Prologue
For the record, Nico fully blamed Will for everything that happened.
Perhaps he wasn't being fair. It was the son of Hades who had found himself going stir crazy flittering between his two homes, Camp Half-blood and Camp Jupiter, after all. Just because the son of Apollo happened to be the one to mention the idea of traveling around the world to relieve his boredom it didn't mean he wanted to find himself involved in other peoples' matters. However, sometimes shadow travel wasn't always precise. There also was the fact that they were demigods and attracted trouble even faster than Percy Jackson himself (which is saying something).
To think it all started with a simple question.
"Where do you want to go first?"
Will smiled brightly at being asked, as if little suns were exuding from him just from the shear amount of happiness he was feeling. With a backpack slung around his shoulders holding a couple days worth of snacks and water, a few drachmas, a change of clothes for each of them, and an extra dagger, the son of Apollo made sure the medical bag around his waist was secure and rested a hand on the boy staring out over the hill beside him.
Nico took his hand off the Stygian Iron sword strapped to his side and met his boyfriend's vibrant blue eyes with an elated smile of his own. Never before had he felt so free.
"Anywhere," Will answered coyly, "as long as it's with you."
The younger demigod rolled his eyes. "Sunshine, now is not the time to play the romantic sap card. It was a serious question. I know you're interested in going to a comic book convention in Chicago, the cat café in Saint Louis—"
"You can walk in and pet dozens of cats, Nico! Can you blame me?"
"Yes, because I guarantee one of them will attack me in the time we're there. Anyway, there are the gardens in Kyoto, tons of sights in London, and basically you want to try lots of food from every country in between. Is that right?"
The blond nodded in earnest. "Death Boy, if we're going on a trip around the world we might as will stop in as many places as we can. It'll be like Around the World in 80 Days, but better because we won't be flying."
"You got that right. Going into Zeus' domain?" Nico shook his head. "I'd be struck by lightning in a heartbeat."
"Shadow traveling is a much more efficient method of travel anyway. As long as you're not fading into the shadows, that is."
"I trust you to keep me in perfect health on our trip. That's why you're coming along, isn't it?" Nico asked with a teasing grin.
Will shoved Nico playfully, proceeding to blow a raspberry at him when he hopped into the shadow of a nearby tree and appeared at the bottom of Half-blood Hill.
"It's not like I'm coming because we're a couple or anything!" He shouted as he began running down the hill, Nico smirking until he was picked up bridal style and spun around.
"Put me down! If you don't our first stop is Antarctica and I will leave you there."
"Aw, is my little ball of death blushing?"
"I will feed you to Cerberus, Solace. I swear to my father."
"Oh no! You're using my last name; that means you mean business."
"Frozen wasteland it is. Three, two, one…"
AN: Want a sneak peak of the first chapter? Check out my tumblr, therealbluelove22 (actual link on my profile page). Thanks for reading!