Will

"Come along Death Boy! Your recovery starts now!" Will called as he opened up the door to the Hades Cabin. Nico had just returned from an apparently flabbergasting conversation with Percy. Will didn't ask any questions, though. Instead he walked with Nico to his cabin.

"Are you actually serious about this?" Nico grumbls, Will grins.

"Serious? I'm always serious," Nico glares at him, "Should I remind you that you promised on the River Styx?" Will adds.

"Fine. Let's just get this over with." Nico snaps and starts to head out the door.

"Woah, woah, woah. First, don't act like you won't be happy to have an excuse to be away from everyone here. I know that you feel uncomfortable around them. Second, spending time in the infirmary will be good for you and I can't be THAT bad of company. Third, you are not going on bed rest in torn up jeans and a tattered Hawaiian shirt. Go put on some sweat pants or something."

"What?" Nico asked flatly.

"You heard me. Chop chop." Will says.

"You can't be serious,"

"Deadly serious I'm afraid."

"Solace," Nico closed his eyes and took a breath through his nose, "You are seriously pushing my limits."

"'course I am! That's me. Always the one to push boundaries." Will grinned, "Now, seriously. Change your clothes. Doctor's orders."

"Firstly, you do realize I could kill you right?" Nico growled, "I am literally the son of the God of the Underworld-

"Yeah, yeah, and I'm the son of the God of Music but I can't sing worth a hoot. Even if you COULD kill me, you wouldn't." Will grinned.

"And why is that?" Nico asked quietly.

"Because I'm your friend." Will said simply. And you think I'm cute… he thought, but then chided himself. Now was not the time for his father's flirtatious nature to get the better of him.

Nico was quiet for a long time before taking a breath and continuing on like he hadn't heard Will, "Secondly, I don't have any clothes here, let alone sweatpants you pretentious-

"I thought you might say that!" Will interjected, grinning broadly. He could tell he was getting under Nico's skin, but he also knew the son of Hades didn't hate him as much as he'd like to pretend, "Which is why I brought these!"

Will pulled a pair of black sweat pants and an orange camp half blood tee shirt from the side of the door. Nico gaped at him like a fish out of water.

"Are- Are those yours?" NIco stammered.

"Yep! Don't worry! I washed them! Now go get changed!" Will tossed the clothes at Nico and closed the door. He needed a moment to get a grip on himself.

Will could feel his heart rate slowing back to a normal rate as he waited for Nico to get changed. He didn't scare Will, but something about his presence put Will on edge. His heart raced. He had to focus and make sure he didn't say something idiotic.

He'd always thought Nico was cute. However, he'd never had much chance to really talk to him until the almost battle with the Romans and the actual battle against Gaea and her forces. After the battle he hadn't heard from Nico until today. He thought that he may have misread the small signs of friendship that he had sworn he saw when they were battling the earth mother.

Yet here they were. Gaea was gone and Nico had agreed to spend three entire days in the infirmary under Will's supervision. Will wasn't sure if the thought of being around Nico for so long made him nervous or if all the emotional and physical pain the boy experienced did.

Not that Will knew anything about Nico's pain… He just had an instinct. Maybe it was an Apollo thing. He could just get a vibe off people. He could guess what was hurting them, but he couldn't do that with Nico. Not because Nico was unreadable, but because there were so many problems he wasn't sure where to start. They all merged together until Will couldn't discern an individual ailment. He could only tell that an immense amount of pain swirled around Nico. It was more than he had every seen in one person.

"Alright. Let's go, Solace," Nico pulled Will from his musings. He looked at the doorway to see a grumpy looking Nico wearing the most colorful clothes he'd ever seen him in.

Nico looked so different. He was small, but very lean and he looked pretty freaking adorable in Will's too large sweatpants and an orange camp tee shirt. His hands were shoved deep into the pockets of the sweat pants and he looked very uncomfortable.

At this moment Jason Grace chose to appear as Will's savior. His arrival prevented Will from saying something he was certain he would regret. Jason looked at Nico for a few seconds, his mouth slightly ajar, and then practically jumped up and down.

"Oh my gods, Nico! You look-

"Jason. I swear. Do not say it" Nico growled, his eyes flashing.

"ADORABLE!" Jason finished, grinning.

"Right. Well. Solace is in a rush. Gotta go." Nico said and hurridly walked away. As he passed Will he grabbed his arm and drug him along. Was that a blush Will saw on Nico's face as he hurried them away? Once they got close to the infirmary Nico released Will and slowed to a normal pace.

"Sorry." Nico said flatly.

"Uh… You're fine." Will said… More than fine…Shut up, Will! Will was not thinking like himself. He shook his head. His arm tingled where Nico had touched him.

"When you do that you look like a dog." Nico stated, obviously referring to the head shaking. Will grinned.

"Well… Everyone loves dogs… and everyone loves Will Solace… So I'm taking that as a compliment!" Will laughed.

"I'm more of a cat person," Nico grumbled.

"Maybe, but you still like me."

"I hate you,"

"No you don't,"

"How do you know?"

"If you did, you wouldn't have agreed to your treatment!" Will chirped.

"Treatment? I thought I was just getting bed rest and enough attention to make up for all my daddy issues," Nico asked.

"What? Daddy issues?" Will felt his face redden as he looked at Nico. Then he realized Nico was making a joke and practically burst with laughter.

"It really wasn't that funny, Solace." Nico said, "It was honestly a pretty pathetic attempt at humor."

Will continued to laugh. He had never heard the so called Ghost King make a joke. Eventually his laughter died down to spontaneous giggles. Will could have sworn he saw Nico crack a slight smile as they walked, but it was gone almost as soon as in appeared.

"We're here, Doc. You can stop laughing now," Nico grumbled as they arrived at the infirmary.

"Right…" Will laughed again, "Well, come on then, Death Boy! Off to bed with you!"