A/N: Blood of Olympus was freaking amazing. Solangelo is so beautiful and it makes me so happy and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I love it. This'll be a two or three shot about Nico trying to leave and failing because he has more people who care about him than he realizes. Let me know what you think in a review!
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Nico POV
Nico was ready to run. He had his backpack packed and his sword ready. He'd left a letter in his cabin for Hazel, and had walked all the way to the edge of the woods so no one would notice him shadow traveling. He turned back for one last look at Camp Half-Blood, the place that had been almost like a home to him for four years. The ring of cabins glowed faintly in the inky dark, and he could make out the shape of the Big House under the rising moon. He could even hear the rush of the Sound against the beach and…footsteps.
He turned to run, ready to duck back into the shadows and leave this place forever when a sharp burst of light touched his back.
"Where are you going?" Will's voice froze him in place.
The son of Apollo had appeared over the crest of the ridge, his blond hair rumpled with sleep. Nico watched as the other boy's blue eyes flickered back and forth between the bulky backpack slung over his shoulder and the shifty look in his dark eyes.
"I'm leaving," he said shortly.
"You can't shadow travel," Will said, "Doctor's orders."
"I don't take orders from you, Solace."
"You do if you want to live."
"Is that a threat Will?"
"No," Will was clearly struggling to compose himself, "It's a warning."
"Well since it's a stupid warning, I've elected to ignore it."
"You're really going to put your sister through this?" Will asked, " She's just lost one of her best friends, you're going to make her go through that again?"
"Don't you dare bring Hazel into this," Nico snarled, his shadows swirling threateningly.
"What about Reyna then? And Jason? I thought you were happy here Nico!"
Nico's face had seemed to have gone an even starker white at the mention of their names.
"It'll pass," he said roughly, "They…they'll stop caring after a while. They always do."
"Is that what you think?" Will asked softly,"That we're just going to not care if you disappear?"
"Since when is this we?" Nico asked, desperately stalling for time
"Gods you're an idiot."
Nico probably could have come up with a witty response to that, but the hot press of Will's lips on his distracted him until the world went black.
