Authors ramblings- Alright, this is some crazy story based of another crazy drabble I found on was only 100 words or so, therefore I decided to do this so I could be satisfied. I got the title from a Panic! at the Disco song which I absolutely love, it's of the same title as this fic. I will post the altered lyrics at the last chapter of this fic, or maybe here. I don't know. The lyrics are shorted and altered to fit and so I don't bore you. Anyways. Enjoy!


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When the sun found the moon
He looked like he was barely hanging on
But his eyes saved his life
In the middle of summer

So he said, "Would it be alright
If we just sat and talked for a little while
If in exchange for your time
I give you this smile?"

When the moon fell in love with the sun
All was golden in the sky
All was golden when the day met the night


Then he walked back across the green to where Will Solace was waiting. As he approached Will smiled brightly. "Ready to head to the infirmary?"

Nico looked at him like he was crazy. "Now? No, way. Give me at least one more night in my own bed."

With this he started towards cabin thirteen. Will was not satisfied, he ran to catch up.

"Nico, don't be ridiculous. You need proper rest in a medical environment, and your cabin is too dark, its not good for you." he said, frowning.

Nico sped up. "I don't care, I'll be fine for one night."

Will kept walking alongside him. "But what if there is some other problem? I need to at least check you over."

The Hades cabin was in sight, and Nico was done with this. He whipped around to face the Healer, stopping them both in their tracks.

"Will, look. I have no injuries whatsoever, and I am feeling much better. I will come to the infirmary tomorrow. Now let me sleep." he said icily. Not waiting for a response he spun on his heel and started making his way towards the Hades cabin once again.

Will ran after him, Nico was ready to turn around and scream at him, but Will got there first.

"Would you listen to me!" he yelled.

Nico stopped in his tracks, surprised. Then anger started to seep into his mind. He didn't turn, he just stared at the ground, clenching his fists and letting his hair fall over his eyes.

"Why do you care?" he mumbled softly.

He couldn't see Will, but he felt his presence soften with concern.

"Nico, I care because I want to be your friend, and because I want to see you happy. Why won't you let me in?" he said sadly.

Nicos head shot up in surprise. He stared dumbfounded at Will. Then turned back to the ground scowling. "I don't shut people out, it's just no one wants me, and why would you care if I am happy? No one has before." he said darkly.

Will just smiled, seemingly holding back laughs. "Seriously? You are so dark. I'm not going to give you the usual 'everyone cares about you' speech because you already know that, and you need to be in bed."

Nico just growled.

Wil did laugh this time. "Allright, grumpy. Can I change your mind about coming with me to the infirmary?"

Nico shook his head, still scowling.

Will sighed. "Alright, you can go back to your cabin."

Nico was anxious to get out away from the Healer, but Will continued speaking.

"But you have to promise me to come to the infirmary first thing tomorrow. And if you're not there by breakfast I'm coming to your cabin. Oh, and here."

He opened his backpack and took out a canteen. He held it out to Nico.

"It's nectar. Drink half of it before you fall asleep, and the other half the moment you wake up." he instructed.

Nico nodded, gingerly reaching out and taking the canteen. He was careful not to touch Will's hand.

Will smiled at him. "Now, off to bed with you!" he said shooing Nico towards his cabin.

Nico gladly ran away, slamming his cabin door behind him. He into his room. he had discovered a room hidden in the cabin earlier today, it was apparently meant for the head counselor. This place was much better than the rest of the cabin. Nico had decided to keep the hidden door open, since it was only him in the cabin.

The walls were a softer black. Maybe due to the normal touches, which burned orange, not green like the rest of the cabin. But the best thing by far was the bed. It had a big black fluffy comforter, and an outrageous number of pillows.

It was on this bed that he collapsed, tossing the nectar onto the bedside table. Nico curled into a ball not bothering to change out his clothes.

Nico found he was shaking. In truth he had been feeling terrible all day. It hurt to breathe, and he was also panting, he felt warm, he never felt warm. Nico knew he should have gone to the infirmary, but Nico would have had to tell Will about the werewolf claws.

Will would want to see them, and that would require the son of Apollo touching him. Nico could not have that. Will was a Healer, he could feel the darkness in Nico's mind, and that was with a quick brush of hands. What would he say when he actually touched him? What would he say when he saw the darkness consuming his mind? He wanted Will to like him, although he had no idea why, and if he knew exactly how messed up Nico was, there would be no chance of that happening. He liked how the past few days had been, the light playful way Will had talked to him was nice. Nico didn't want to ruin that.

The demigod's mind was running, but his thoughts were beginning to feel hazy. Nico contemplated getting up and going to the infirmary. but quickly found he didn't have the energy to move. He probably could if he wanted to but it really wasn't that bad. He could just sleep it off.

And with that as his last thought he drifted into the sleepy abyss.


Will was starting to get concerned, Nico still had not shown up for breakfast. They were already seven minutes in, and the child of Hades had yet to be seen. Will got up, grabbing his backpack.

He leaned over to one of his cabin mates "Hey, I'm heading to the Hades cabin, I won't be back for a while."

The other camper looked at him funny. "Why go there? That Hades kid will burn you alive."

For some reason this made Will incredibly angry. He in general did not put up with anything unkind being said about another person, but he usually handled that calmly. Now he felt like yelling at his cabin mate.

Instead he glared coldly at the camper. "He's actually really nice, and you would all know that if you took the time to talk to him." with that he rose from his chair and stalked off in the direction of the cabins.

As he approached the obsidian building his thoughts turned worried, why hadn't Nico shown up? Will told himself to relax, the demigod was probably still sleeping. But what if he had gotten weaker overnight? What if he couldn't get up? Will shook his head. That was ridiculous. Unless there was some other factor, some wound Nico hadn't told anyone about. Will stopped himself again, that was also ridiculous. The son of Hades had told him he had no other problems yesterday. He wouldn't have lied.

The Hades cabin was becoming visible. Will remembered something Percy had told him yesterday when the son of poseidon had come into the infirmary to get the check up that was mandatory for the seven.

'Hey Will.' he had called.

Will greeted him back and sat him down on a bed. He had begun to check over Percy's scrapes when his patient spoke.

'I wanted to thank you for looking out for Nico, he's had a tough life. He needs a friend that can accept him. He's always had trust issues. I hope you can get through to him, like I never could.'

Will had just nodded.

Percy had left soon after smiling.

Will was getting close to the Hades cabin. Trust issues? That couldn't extend to lying, could it? Will broke into a run.

Oh, gods. If Nico had lied to him... He could be seriously hurt, or the damage from the shadow magic could be far greater than he had been letting on. He could be dead.

Will reached the cabin. He pounded ungently on the door a few times, he got no response. This only served to worry him further. Will stepped back and took a few breaths. Alright, it was not guaranteed anything had happened to Nico, and if something was wrong, he would need to have a calm head on his shoulders to help Nico.

Will let go of his anxieties and opened the door, he peaked into the dark cabin.

"Nico?" he called. Wil got no response. He stepped into the dark cave like room. "Nico?!" he called a bit louder. Again, no response.

Then Will heard something. He may not be musical but he had good ears. There it was again. Will stepped towards where he had heard the sound.

He crept forward trying to stay quiet for fear he would miss the noise. Again he heard it. Now he could place the sound. It sounded like weak coughing. Will abandoned his attempt at silence rushing forward, he found the bed it was coming from, but it was empty. Will was confused, until he heard the coughing again. it was coming from a hidden place between the bunk bed and the wall.

The demigod of Apollo looked and found a hidden door. He slipped into the room.

It took a moment for his eyes to adjust to the new light, and a moment longer for his brain to register what he was seeing.

Nico was curled on the bed on top of the blankets, shivering.

Will gasped and rushed to the bed, kneeling down beside the demigod.

"Nico, can you hear me?!" he said urgently, placing two fingers on Nicos neck and counting his pulse.

Nico whimpered slightly and weakly pulled away from the touch, but he did not open his eyes.

Will's eyes widened as Nicos shoulder length hair fell out of his face. The was blood trickling out of the corner of his mouth.

Will whipped around and reached into his backpack, pulling out a mortal radio.

He pressed the call button to connect his to the other radios all the other Apollo Healers carried.

"Will Solace calling on Apollo cabin. I have an emergency in cabin thirteen. Sick and possibly wounded demigod, showing signs of internal bleeding, and a high fever. I need healers and a stretcher, prepare the medical bay."

It was a few moments before a call came back.

"Heard you Will, I'll have a medical team down the in five. Can you keep the patient stable for that long?"

Will answered back "I don't know the full extent of damage, but that sounds doable. Thanks."

Will clipped his radio to his belt. he reached up to take Nico's pulse, as he had not been successful the first time, and to his horror his fingers went right through Nico like he was a ghost.

Will snapped his hand back, Nico was fading. Fast. He reached forward again and found Nico to be solid. He quickly took advantage of the situation, reaching up and taking Nicos pulse. It beat slow against his fingers. His breathing was shallow and raspy.

Will quickly reached into his pack and pulling out a small cause, he flipped it open and removed the hypodermic needle from inside, he began to prepare it. Will knew it was dangerous to have Nico drink anything when there was possibility of internal damage. He would have to inject the nectar.

He started to search around the pack for his nectar before remembering he had given it to Nico last night. He looked around, hoping it was still here.

Will spotted the canteen, lying on its side on the nightstand. Will picked it up pouring it out and loading into the syringe.

He took Nicos arm and slid the needle into his vein. He injected it and Nico gave a small shudder.

Will taped a bandage over the injection site, holding the other demigods small pale hand.

"Come on, Nico. You can do it" he whispered.

It was almost a full minute before some color returned to Nicos face. His breathing became stronger, and as Will measure his pulse once again. It was a bit stronger but still weak.

Nico lurched, weak coughs wracking his small body.

It stopped and more blood trickled out from between his blue lips.

This was confirmed the healers suspicion of internal bleeding. Will was still clasping Nico's hand tightly.

Will pulled out a cloth with his free hand. He wet it with nectar and began to gently wipe all the blood and sweat from the sick demigods face. Nico, despite his shivering, was drenched in sweat, but his hand was going from very hot to ice cold in seconds.

It was like two sicknesses were battling with each other. It took a few seconds for Will to realise what had happened. Nic was hurt, he had an infected wound somewhere. Will wiped out a pair of medical scissors and began to cut off Nicos shirt.

He reached the sleeves and cut them open, Will's worry increased as he saw the deep gashes. They were puffy and red, dried blood crusted around them. They looked like they had been stitched closed but ripped open again. They were definitely infected, but Will could do very little here.

Will was getting more and more uncertain on Nicos condition. It could be bad. Very bad, depending on how much bleeding there was, and where it was coming from.

Will grabbed Nico's hand again, finding it cold and clammy, he almost recoiled. He hated the feeling, he had felt that chilled touch before. It came along with death.

Will frantically put two fingers across Nico's wrist, checking for the beat of life that he hoped lay in those veins.

Will had a moment of fear before he felt it, slow and fluttering against him. This was getting serious, but there was no way to know how extensive the damage was until they got to medical bay.

Will kept one hand on Nicos wrist as he worked, gingerly wiping the sweat off Nicos brow, trying to keep him comfortable. That was all he could do for now. All he could do was not let go.


AHHH! SOLANGELO! This is my second overall OTP in all my fandoms. It is just so symbolic and cute. I profusely apologize for my sadistic need to injure my characters horribly. I promise this will get fluffier. Until the next chapter, farewell!