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"I miss you Nico," Will said into his phone. "I miss you so, so, so, so, so, so, so much!" On the other end of the call Nico audibly sighed. It wasn't that he didn't miss Will too, but he still had trouble with the boy's eternal happy tone in his voice.
Six months have passed since the Giant War, Will Solace has returned home from Camp. This of course means that he can't be with Nico. He was still adjusting to not being able to sleep with his boyfriend every night like they did at Camp Half-Blood. In fact, now Will had to go to bed all by himself. That was not something he liked doing. Will figured it was harder on Nico though, as Nico often had nightmares if he wasn't with Will. The idea of Nico being alone drove will crazy.
It had been three weeks since Will left Camp Half-Blood for his home in New Mexico. There had been many times over the past week where Will wished that he could shadow-travel. He wanted to be able to visit Nico, but he knew that if Nico shadow-traveled to him, there could be profound consequences. He wasn't willing to risk any kind of harm to Nico, so he refused to let the boy use his ability to visit.
When the school year stars, Will will be a junior. He lived in Santa Fey, with his mother. She was a beautiful woman, which explains why Apollo fell for her, she was supportive of her son in every aspect of his life. It was sometimes even too much for Will, and he would often complain about how his mother wouldn't leave him alone. Nico would always remind him how lucky he was to have a mother though, so he was learning to appreciate her more.
He had returned home 3 ½ weeks before school had started, just to be able to settle back in, and he would call Nico every single night. He kept hoping that calling Nico would make him feel less far away, but it didn't. If anything, it sometimes made him feel worse. Not being able to see Nico, and only hear his voice, was hard. He couldn't even touch his boyfriend. It had been three weeks since they had kissed. KISSED. That was unacceptable to Will. Absolutely, completely, unacceptable. If Will had his way, he would be kissing Nico every second of every day, but alas, that was unrealistic.
Tonight, was the last night that Will had before school started, and he really wished he could spend it with his boyfriend. He had to call Nico earlier than normal tonight because Will's friends had coaxed him into going out on their last night of freedom. It was about 4 pm, and Will was getting ready to go out, it just seemed like the perfect time to call Nico.
The phone rang four times before Nico answered. He clearly was still getting used to using a cell phone. "Hey baby, it's only 4, we don't normally talk until 6, what's up?" Nico asked with a tinge of anxiety in his voice.
"Oh nothing cutie, I'm just going out with my friends tonight, so I figured I should call you now since I won't be able to later." Will responded, his smile was noticeable even through the phone. "I miss you Nico," Will was clearly emotional, he continued with, "I miss you so, so, so, so, so, so, so much!"
"You're so over-dramatic. I miss you too," Nico sighed, obviously a little annoyed by how Will sounded like a lovesick teenager, which to be fair, he was. Nico could hide his emotions much better than Will, in fact Will couldn't hide his emotions at all. Especially when it came to anything to do with Nico di Angelo. "Where are you going with your friends tonight?" Nico asked, to just anyone, he would have sounded apathic, but Will could hear the hint of concern in his voice.
"It's cute how you worry about me, we're just going to get food. I think Italian, but who knows really." Will was more outgoing than Nico, so he was never as concerned about being out with his friends. To Nico, any social activity was dangerous. Will found his anti-social nature cute, but he had been working hard to make Nico more comfortable around people. Will was even able to get Nico to make some new friends. He considered that a victory in itself, in fact he even prayed to Nike because of his success. The goddess clearly wanted Will to help Nico.
"Who is going?" Nico still had that sound of concern in his voice. "It's the day before school starts, shouldn't you get sleep instead of going out?" Nico sounded like Will's mother.
"It'll be fine Nico, I promise." Will answered, trying to hide the annoyance in his voice because of how that was exactly what his mother had said when Will asked if he could go out in the first place. Being overprotective wasn't something Nico did often, that was actually Will's job, but he had his moments. "It's just going to be me, Justin, Max, Colin, and I think Colin's girlfriend. I may be missing a few people."
"I still think you should stay in, and talk to me all night, but ok." There it was. Nico's true motive for being overprotective. He was just being selfish, and wanted Will to talk to him all night. Who knows, if Will did talk to Nico all night, maybe it would feel like they were in bed together.
"I knew you had an ulterior motive!" Will yelled as though he knew the answer to a game show question and wanted to be the first one to get to answer.
"I guess it will give you the chance to tell your friends about us, if anything." Nico sounded defeated. That made Will smirk, he didn't like beating hurting Nico, but he sure liked it when Nico admitted defeat, because it rarely happened.
"Yeah, about that, I'm not exactly… out to my friends," Will sounded quiet, it was like he was hoping Nico wouldn't hear him, but unfortunately for Will, the son of Hades had excellent hearing.
"Wait—what?" Nico yelled. He was obviously unhappy to hear this news. "What do you mean you're not out, how can YOU not be out?" Nico was starting to get fired up, and Will could tell a fight was about to start.
"Well, I just haven't ever explicitly told them, I mean, I've never denied it, but I've never confirmed it either." Will said plainly, hoping against hope to prevent a fight. That wasn't going to happen. Nico wouldn't let it.
"So what in the name of Hades are you going to tell your friends, hm? Are—are you going to suggest to them that I'm a girl… wait… is that what you have been doing for the past three weeks?" Nico was offended now. He couldn't understand why Will, the most open person at Camp Half-Blood, who would tell everyone what they did in bed, was in the closet. It wasn't shame of being gay, or else he wouldn't be so open at Camp. To Nico, there was only one reason, he was ashamed of him. That hurt the son of Hades more than any weapon or monster could.
"I haven't said that you're my girlfriend, but I haven't exactly corrected them when they call you my girlfriend," Will sounded afraid of what would happen next, but the call was cut short by Nico.
"I—I have to go, bye Will," and with that the call was ended. No, "I love you" or "talk to you later," just "bye." Will didn't know what to do, but he had to fix things with Nico. He hadn't gotten the chance to explain why he was in the closet to Nico, the call ended before he could. To be honest, Will wondered if there was even an excuse that would be acceptable. He loved Nico, and he shouldn't be hiding him. Will knew he had to come out. There was no fixing this fight any other way. He had to face his fears, tonight he would have to come out. This is it, he thought, tonight I tell my friends about my BOYfriend.