Not right after BoO, but two months after. Will and Nico already hang out a lot, so they know each other.

Author's Note: If I don't update in a long time, it may be because of high school or simply Writer's Block. Or maybe, I'm just lazy. Face it, we humans procrastinate a lot. If you don't like my story, then don't read. Criticism is approved, but let's keep the swearing off, okay?

Disclaimer: With the exception of my own plots/OC's, etc.; Rick Riordan owns the rest (quotes, characters, etc.). The song Perfect is by Hedley. No copyright infringement intended.

Maybe you could listen to the song? (Perfect, Hedley Lyrics - Youtube)

.: Perfect :.

(Nico's P.O.V)

Nico was eating at the Hades table, alone. Of course, there weren't any other Hades kids so this was altogether depressing yet good. At least Nico didn't have to talk to anyone.

He remembered a comment an Ares kid told him: "What's wrong with you? Are you antisocial or something?"

"I am not antisocial!" Nico said to himself out loud. Before he could take a bite out of his past (spaghetti), the plate slid away. Glaring, he looked up into cerulean blue eyes.

"Oh dear, you look mad," Will Solace observed, his mouth curving easily into a smile.

"Do not mess with my pasta," Nico told him, grabbing the plate back.

"I won't." Will pulled out a guitar from nowhere, the strap around his neck. "I'm going to sing you a song."

Nico's mouth dropped open, as he glanced around. Nobody seemed to notice, but when Will started to strum his guitar, a few heads turned their way. "Will! No!" he protested. "Couldn't you, I don't know, serenade me outside or something?"

Will pretend to think about it, but obviously planned this. "Nah, I like it here better." He continued the song, much to Nico's dismay.

"Falling a thousand feet per second, you still take me by surprise. I just know we can't be over, I can see it in your eyes." He gestured to Nico for emphasis.

"Who even said we were over?" Nico asked, bemused. They weren't even dating!

"Making every kind of silence, takes a lot to realize; its worse to finish then to start all over and never let it lie. And as long as I can feel you holding on. I won't fall, even if you said I was wrong," Will continued, his voice rising. Now every half-blood was crowding around.

"I never said you were wrong," Nico objected, but his voice was drowned out by piano and drums, played by Austin and Kayla; Will's siblings.

"I'm not perfect but I keep trying 'cause that's what I said I would do from the start. I'm not alive if I'm lonely, so please don't leave. Was it something I said or just my personality?"

Nico sat down, defeated. He turned slightly pink, as Will walked up, standing in front of him.

"Making every kind of silence, it takes a lot to realize; its worse to finish then to start all over and never let it lie. And as long as I can feel you holding on. I won't fall, even if you said I was wrong." Will clapped his hands, as Annabeth, Percy, Jason, and Piper joined in the chorus.

"I know that I'm not perfect but I keep trying cause that's what I said I would do from the start. I'm not alive if I'm lonely, so please don't leave. Was it something I said or just my personality?"

"When you're caught in a lie, and you've got nothing to hide," both Percy and Annabeth sang. "When you've got nowhere to run, and you've got nothing inside." It was a good attempt, but Percy's voice was off-key.

"It tears right through me, you thought that you knew me, you thought that you knew..." This time Jason and Piper sang this part.

It was back to Will's solo.

"I'm not perfect but I keep trying cause that's what I said I would do from the start.

I'm not alive if I'm lonely, so please don't leave. Was it something I said or just my personality?

I'm not perfect but I keep trying cause that's what I said I would do from the start.

I'm not alive if I'm lonely, so please don't leave.

Was it something I said or just my, just myself?

Just myself? Myself? Just myself?"

The drums and the piano faded, as Will quietly finished, "I'm not perfect, but I keep trying. "

"Aw, dude, take him back!" Percy shouted to Nico. There were hoots of approval followed by his statement.

"W-What?" Nico stammered. "W-We aren't even -!"

Will grinned cheekily at him. "Come on, Nico, help me out here. Just take me back."

"To your farm," Nico muttered, but reluctantly stood up. The crowd cheered as he slung one arm over Will's shoulder. "I am going to kill you," he said in Will's ear.

"I'll like to see you try," Will countered. "You're so short, Death Boy. I could pick you up and carry you in my arms."

Nico turned red, irritated. He could summon dead skeletons! Wasn't Will at least frightened for that?

Will's grin disappeared. He seemed to notice Nico's frustration. "What I want to say is a like you, and want us to go out. At least once."

"Okay, once," Nico relented. "But maybe don't sing in the Dining Pavilion anymore?"

"Deal, but I know you want me to perform again," Will replied, while putting his guitar back in his case.