Friendly Encounters

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters but I own the plot. Rick my man owns the beautifully made characters.

Warning: there's nothing bad here, but I may change the rating later.

TWO POSSIBLE THREE SHOT

It first came to Will's knowledge the night they snuck out to camp in the woods. Sitting around the campfire, everyone had a drink in their hands and a story on their lips. Percy Jackson brought up the topic by complaining that Annabeth, his current long-term girlfriend, had stolen his first kiss without permission.

"Not like you didn't like it, Seaweed Brain," she said. Leo jumped at the topic.

"My first kiss was with a dragon." When everyone started laughing, he burst out, "I swear!"

After that, everyone took turns going around in a circle with stories of their first kisses. Nico was sitting next to Will, and he noticed that the dark-haired angelic friend of his had no interest in the topic at hand.

"Nico? What was your first kiss like?" Piper inquired with more excitement than she'd had with everyone else. It was no secret that Nico didn't share his experiences often, if at all. In fact, Will had a decently sized hunch that Nico only shared day-to-day experiences with Will. At Piper's compelling voice, Nico's head snapped up with the usual dark glare brooding behind his pools of brown.

"What?"

His voice was scratchier than one would expect. Will had been graced with the gift of hearing it enough to pick up even the slightest changes in tones. Piper leaned back towards Jason in alarm at the seemingly vile approach of the younger boy's words. And it wasn't an uncommon thing for him to snap at anyone like that, but Will knew that tone.

He was scared.

"Your first...kiss?" Leo asked as if the question was obvious. It would have been to anyone other than Nico, who hadn't been paying attention the entire campfire.

"What about it?" Nico snarled as he picked the mud off the bottom of his biker boots. "Nothing special. Some girl in fourth grade on the playground."

Will paled momentarily. They weren't talking about literal first kisses; they were sharing first make out experiences. He coughed, and Nico's eyes locked with his instantly. An understanding passed between them, and Will's voice made everyone to jump to alert.

"Who cares about his? My first kiss was with the quarter back, and right after I made out with his girlfriend!" Will exclaimed suddenly. He threw an arm around Nico's shoulders and rubbed his hair until it was even more disheveled in the adorably-Nico way.

Nico snorted and shoved him off the log back into the dirt. Will came up grinning. Annabeth grew a smug smile and shook her head. "Wasn't that the night you lost your virginity, too?"

Will frowned and scratched his head. "Depends. That guy fucked me that night...Jake Mason? Yeah, Jake. A week later was when I fucked that girl. So I think technically it was with the girl. You decide."

Everyone threw marshmallows at Will, shouting man-slut and whore along the way. Meanwhile, Nico stayed silent. Will could feel his eyes boring into his face. When everyone finally stopped assaulting him, Will turned to Nico and offered a comforting smile with a wink. Nico's face turned red and he looked back at his hands, but Will knew. He knew for whatever reason, he'd saved Nico from exposing one of his least-loved stories.

Ever since then, Will paid closer attention to Nico. It wasn't very hard. They spent half of their day together throughout the week already.

Will had known Nico since they were in third grade and shared animal crackers together. Nico insisted on ripping off the heads of all of the crackers, which made Will cry, but Nico would always give him the bigger pieces so he digressed.

"That's you," Will said one day as he hopped next to Nico on the bed. "I'd better watch out. You could easily be that very serial killer."

Nico rolled his eyes and threw a pillow in his face. "He didn't even do it. I've seen it before. It's his dad. He likes reviving people and being a hero. So you're the serial killer, Einstein."

Will groaned and dramatically fell onto Nico's body, face pressing into his legs. It wasn't uncommon for him to do such things. Nico normally muttered something in Italian and leaned back, letting Will rest there for the rest of the movie if he preferred. Will almost always preferred.

Will didn't know if it was because he was so comfortable around Nico due to their long friendship or if it was because he knew that if he did feel attraction towards him and acted on it, Nico wouldn't be offended or disgusted. He'd just laugh and call him 'that weird bi dude I hang with' in a way that warmed Will's heart. It only happened twice before. Once was when Will was drunk. The other time was when he was just really horny and his girlfriend had dumped him and Nico was simply there. Neither time has led to anything past Will growing a boner or groping Nico. And every time it came up, they only laughed harder.

But this was different. Will let out a heavy sigh and turned on his side, ready to watch the remaining episodes of Criminal Minds with his cheek pressed into Nico's thighs. He thought nothing of it...until Nico coughed awkwardly and shook his shoulder.

Now Nico was generally an awkward person around others, but Will Solace didn't qualify as 'others.' Will Solace was his best friend who had seen it all and vice versa.

"Dude, get off me." Nico grunted.

Will felt dejected because the tone was anything but playful. Still, he knew Nico could get into moods, so he decided to try and charm his way out of it. "Why am I making you all...horny?"

"I said get off," Nico shoved Will far enough down that he could climb off the bed. Will scoffed haughtily, now owning some attitude.

"Fine. But don't complain to me when your legs are cold," Will snipped and rolled back over to his side. With an annoyed breath of expelled air, Nico sat back on the bed, legs tucked to his chest.

Will could feel the tension rolling off of his dark angel, but he didn't comment. Commenting only made Nico defensive. Something was definitely amiss.

It only got more puzzling.

"Want food?" Will asked between episodes. Nico shrugged absently. "Well you're eating. I'll be back."

He spent a few minutes preparing some good old-fashioned Ramon noodles and joined Nico once again. Instead of lying on the bed, however, Nico was looking at pictures hung on the walls. At first, he thought it was of his baby pictures. Instead, Will found Nico looking between the posters opposite to his bed. Will blushed.

"How did you know?" Nico suddenly asked.

"Hmm?"

Will stood beside the boy whose head reached his nose. Nico didn't turn to him. His eyes were locked on the poster on the right of Ross Lynch.

"Well I've known you since elementary school and you never officially 'came out.' So was there ever a point where you just realized it or something?" Nico asked causally as if they were studying art. It was casual conversation...for Will to bring up. He couldn't name one time where Nico willingly asked about his sexual activity. It was an exciting turn of events.

Will stood between Ross Lynch's image and Megan Fox's poster and shrugged with a slight smile. "Dunno. I never really thought about it. Everyone has always been hot to me."

"Everyone?" Nico smirked. Will found it odd he was now looking at him the same way he had the poster.

He rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Not everyone."

Nico laughed, but his voice trembled slightly. Will watch him sit back on the bed slowly, as if he couldn't see. He was too focused on his thoughts. Will was worried.

It didn't come to his attention until a week later. Will had opened his window and was siting on the roof, shooting apples from the apple tree down with his slingshot. He couldn't get that day out of his head. Something about last period bugged him.

At school, their group was forced to split up. In the beginning, Nico and Will were on their own. Little by little, they'd squirmed their way into a friendship with people who hadn't broken apart once. Yet their school was still so large most of them only saw a few every day. Will and Nico had a lot of classes together, and a few with Piper. It was the way the system randomly assigned them, but nobody ever complained. They had fun in last period 'history.'

It was basically a sleep education class.

Piper leaned back towards Will and Nico's desk. Piper's partner was firmly out of it. The tanned girl looked at them with mischief. "Nico. I heard you and Lou Ellen have been getting...close."

Lou Ellen was a friend mainly between Nico and Will, along with Cecil. Odds were that they had one of the other three in each of their classes. Lou was a close but loud, dear friend. And he didn't like the way Piper was implying that things went on between them. He didn't like the idea of Nico doing that.

"Rumors will be the death of everyone here," Nico rolled his eyes and kicked his feet up on the table.

Will let out a frustrated scream, which startled himself so much he almost fell off the roof. It shouldn't have bothered him, but Nico had never had an interest in anyone before, and Will knew it wouldn't be in Lou Ellen if he did. Yet still, Lou asked Nico to see the newest horror movie out and he said yes.

It didn't make sense in Will's mind. Something was wrong about this. He was so close to naming what it was. They just didn't fit together, not in any form. Besides, Cecil had been crushing on Lou much longer than Nico had even known her for.

Will growled and hung his head between his knees, staring at the roofing while some Panic! At the Disco played in the background. He had called Nico to see if he was coming over, but the guy never answered. He normally answered. Will jumped back and forth from being worried about his well-being - he showed classic signs of suicidal tendency - and being jealous.

Will pulled out his phone with a groan and called his sister. "Hey Kayla," Will sighed. Kayla was very familiar with Nico even though she was away at an archery boarding school. Will closed his eyes as he leaned against the roof.

"You don't sound well," she noted. "What's up? I haven't heard from you in a while."

Will sighed heavily. "I think there's a problem."

"What is it?"

Will gulped. He didn't know what it was exactly. He couldn't say what he was worried about. He didn't want it to be true. "Nico is going on a date."

"Oh!" Kayla said with minor confusion. "Is that a bad thing?"

"Yes!" Will emphasized. "It's Nico! He doesn't date."

Kayla scoffed. He could see her twisting her braid between her thumb and pointer finger. "And why wouldn't he? He's a guy. I'm sure he-,"

"He just doesn't!" Will barked as his eyes popped open. Kayla was silent. "Sorry. I just...I don't know why it frustrates me. Hell, it's with Lou!"

"Oh, ew. No. Him and Lou won't work out. Don't worry, it'll be over before you know it," Kayla said with a cheery voice. Will clenched his phone in his hand tightly.

"So?"

"I mean - you're jealous, right? You don't want him dating somebody else." Will couldn't respond. He felt like something was eating a hole in his stomach. "Wait. Wasn't that the problem? Will, I'm so lost."

She kept talking, but the boy walking across the street distracted him. His black hair shielded his eyes and his head bobbed along with the music blaring in his ear. Will's heart thudded as he turned up his driveway.

"Di Angelo! Up here!" Will called out and nearly made Nico fall in his surprise. He glanced up and jerked his head in a nod. "I have to go, Kayla."

"Was that him?" She didn't wait for a response. "Behave yourself brother!"

"I'm not into him for fuck's sake."

Will ended the call and tossed his phone back into his room. Nico opened the door at that moment. An inevitable grin appeared on Will's face without his permission. Nico rolled his eyes as he climbed through Will's window.

"Dude, you never answered your phone," Will said. Nico shrugged. "So...I heard you're going to the movies Saturday with Lou." He nodded solemnly. "Are you okay?"

Nico sighed and leaned back on the window. "I thought she liked Cecil."

"Me too."

They didn't speak. Will had so much to say, but he couldn't form a complete thought. Nico looked at Will through lidded eyes. "I need to ask you to do something...and you might not want to, and that's okay."

Will didn't know how to feel about his tone. "Okay. Ask away, angel." Nico's nervous slipped to aggravation momentarily, and it relieved Will to see that the normal Nico was still around. Nico hated all of Will's nicknames for him, but it never deterred the blonde.

"Uh, can we go inside?"

Will frowned. "S-sure," he stumbled on his words. "Neeks, you're worrying me."

Once inside, Nico shut the window and sat beside Will on the bed. He noticed how much distance he'd kept between them. Will worried he was suddenly growing homophobic or, at the least, wary of Will's 'gay side.'

"What's up?"

Nico's eyes burned into his hands brighter than the sun burned the earth. Will tried to pull Nico's gaze up to his but failed. Finally, Nico spoke, "So I've never really, uh, you know - kissed anyone before." Will's heart rate evened out in the slightest, but he knew this wasn't done.

"That's okay," he whispered, but Nico didn't hear him.

"I'm not saying I'm going to kiss Lou - Hades I don't even think I could see Lou as a girlfriend, but it just made me realize...I wouldn't know how to kiss her if I wanted to."

"Okay..." Will didn't see where he did him a favor. He didn't know what to think of that. He wished he wouldn't even go on a date with Lou; it would only hurt her feelings. And Will's, but Nico wouldn't know that. Will fought with his insides to keep from chanting the words Kayla said over the phone.

Nico finally shot his cold glare at Will as the words tumbled out of his mouth all at once, "I need practice kissing and since you're into guys would you help me out?"

Something rammed into his heart, forcing all movement to stop. It felt like Nico had spoken underwater and yet he understood every single muffled word. He had trouble breathing.

"So, uh, you want to, like, make out?"

Nico immediately sensed the hesitation as disgust. "I - well, just I don't - no, it's weird. Forget I said anything-,"

"Okay." Will said because he couldn't let this opportunity slip away.

Nico's eyes grew wide and he finally looked back at Will. "Look, if it's weird..."

Will grinned. If there was one thing he'd admit, it was that his friends were very attractive. All of them. But Nico's personality amped up his attractiveness with his mysteriousness and smoldering glare. Will would definitely not feel weird kissing him. Any of his other friends would be odd considering he wasn't nearly as close to them as he was with Nico.

"I won't be complaining, Death Boy. Sure it won't be weird for you?" To Will's knowledge, Nico was straight. He'd never done anything with a girl aside from the peck on the playground, but he'd never said otherwise.

Nico went back to looking at his hands. "Piper and Annabeth make out all the time when they're drunk. Same thing."

"They're drunk." But Will understood what he meant. Of their entire group, Nico always embraced his bisexual side more than anyone else. Sometimes Leo or Percy would crack jokes, and Will was comfortable enough to laugh with them, but it still distanced him from them in a way. Jason and Frank never truly commented, but they also never dared to get as close as Nico often did. He'd play around flirting with him just for shits and giggles sometimes. "I don't, like, have to direct you though, right? I think you'll just pick it up after a few times."

Nico breathed out as if it was hard to keep his gaze steady. "You'd know." Will laughed, but he was starting to get nervous, too.

"Yeah," he chuckled, "yeah I would. So...how do you want to do this?"

"You're making this awkward. That's my job," Nico complained. Will felt some familiarity between them then. Nico loved to complain. "You decide."

Will gulped and looked at him sheepishly. "Fine. Just stop me whenever, but I'm warning you; I get turned on easily."

Nico smirked. "Are you suggesting I'm hot, Solace?"

Will blushed heavily. "Don't ask that type of stuff. It's rude."

Nico smirked and leaned back against the wall. He raised an eyebrow. "Oh no. I am serious. Do I turn you on, Will?"

Will knew he was pulling his leg. But he saw an opening to kiss Nico without having to awkwardly position themselves. So he followed Nico backwards, prowling like a tiger stalking his prey.

"Yeah. You're hot, Nico." Will grinned mischievously as he climbed over top of Nico's lap. Nico's eyes widened as he realized what was happening, and Will once again felt like the predator as he got an immeasurable amount of pleasure from seeing the way Nico squirmed.

Nico tilted his head up as Will came closer. He realized then that it would be smart to use his hands like most first kisses went. Only then did it click in his brain; this was their first kiss.

So Will didn't kiss Nico immediately. As he settled himself on Nico's thighs, Nico's breathing sped up. Will found this odd considering Nico shouldn't have been as attracted to him as he seemed. He wasn't going to question it.

Their eyes connected once before Will realized he wasn't going to back out. Then, he cupped Nico's cheeks in his hands and moved his lips on to the boy's below him.

Nico didn't know what he was doing. It was obvious, but Will did. And he felt wonderful energy zooming between them with sparks of a firefly. He massaged his lips into Nico's surprisingly soft ones for a few more seconds, relishing this even if Nico didn't move an inch.

Will pulled back. "Move your lips with mine this time. Normally, you'd be leading, but..." Will couldn't wait to kiss him again. He was adorably confused the first time and Will ate it up.

Nico kicked the floor out from under Will's feet this time around though.

One of Will's hands held his face again, but the other had moved into Nico's silky locks, something he'd never been allowed to touch before. With the smallest, slyest smile Will yanked Nico's face back to his.

Nico's lips tasted minty; he'd come prepared. No. His mouth tasted minty. Will knew because soon Nico started kissing back sloppily and completely more into this than he'd expected. Something about the way Nico's hands had come to rest on Will's hips spurred the blonde into overdrive. His head was spinning and his heart was racing and he sank down into Nico, no longer keeping himself hovered.

Nico didn't say anything, not even when Will's tongue licked along his lips. But Will had to pull back; he had to ask before he got carried away. With great disappointment, Will's lips slid off Nico's. They were both breathing heavily.

"That was..." Will huffed as he wiped at his lips. "Wow. You got, uh, really good really fast."

Nico's face split into a smile, unsure but all his own. "Yeah?"

Will nodded and thought. "Yeah. But you didn't move your hands much - oh, well, I guess you're not into guys so that makes sense..." he blushed and Nico laughed that boyish pure laugh that Will looked forward to every day. "You should, uh, probably try taking control this time, though. Usually girls follow our leads."

Nico's smile fell.

"You'll be fine, Neeks. Haven't you ever wanted to grab a girl and slam her against the wall? Think along those lines. Last time I promise and you're good to go." Will could tell he was still nervous. He lifted a finger to Nico's chin and forced their eyes together. "Don't worry about messing up. I've enjoyed every second."

It seemed to give him enough strength to grab fistfuls of Will's shirt and yanked his head back down. Will gasped into this kiss. It was harder - hungrier. For a moment, Will pondered how he had so much intensity if he didn't enjoy it.

Then Nico pushed off the wall, and Will fell backwards on the bed without a worry in the world. Nico's wet tongue slid along Will's lips as his body rested on Will. With a groan, Will's hands fell to Nico's ass, unable to stop himself from grabbing it. He's always had a perfect ass. Will's tongue met Nico's and for a while they lied like that, licking, tasting, and nipping at each other. Nico's hands held himself upright, but there was no hesitation in the kiss anymore. Nico knew what he was doing, but he didn't stop.

Will was the one to stop them. With Nico's firm body pressing into his lower half, his jeans were about to kill his member.

"Ah, Neeks, my - move!" Will moaned in pain. The moment Nico rolled off him, Will fell off the bed in his haste to get his jeans off. When he did, he sighed heavily and looked up at Nico guiltily. "Sorry. I told you it'd happen."

Nico was just grinning. He crossed his arms and laid his head on them on the bed as Will continued to shake off his jeans. "Horny fag."

Will snorted. "You're more a fag than me. I've at least been with a girl before. You've only kissed a guy!"

Nico started laughing - the true laughter Will was only rarely graced with hearing. It was better than his brother's singing or his dad's music. It was perfect.

Still, Will wore a pained expression. He bit his lip. How could he ask this without it seeming weird? "Hey, um, look..." he trailed off again. Nico raised an eyebrow with too much ease - he knew. "Oh just go downstairs so I can jerk off in peace, shithead!"

Nico burst into another round of heart-aching laughter. Will wished he could have it on recording. He shook his head. "I'm not moving. Go to the bathroom or something."

"Nico!" Will whined.

He shrugged. "Fine - do it here. I don't care." To prove his point, Nico pulled out his phone and began played a video game. A video game!

"I hate you." Will stomped to the bathroom, grabbing the lotion on his nightstand in the process, and prayed to the heavens that he couldn't hear him.

A/N: I should not have started this. But it's already finished so don't hate on me! Five reviews for part two! Six if you want a sneak peak at the ending! Don't worry my lovelies, I am still working on my other stories. Check out my other Solangelo short and long stories on my page.