Nico is a son of Hades. That means he generally isn't a very happy kid. But there is one person he's genuinely happy around. That person is someone who goes by Will Solace.

Will is a son of Apollo. God of the sun, hunting, poetry...Basically the exact opposite of Hades. But there was something about Will's bubbly, energetic personality Nico just couldn't get enough of.

Nico was in his cabin, just brooding as per the norm. Reading on his bed was one of his favourite pastimes. Then out of nowhere, there was a knock on the door. Intruiged, Nico sat up and put his book on the desk beside his bed.

He opened the door to the sunny head consellor of the Apollo cabin, Will Solace. His heart immediately skipped a beat, already feeling butterflies in his stomach. He took a moment to look at the other boy. His eyes flickered to Will's sideswept blonde hair.

He was so tempted to stroke it...then he made the mistake of looking into his eyes. They were a deep blue. He loved them. They were beautiful. And Will...he was just gorgeous.

"H-Hey, di Angelo. What's up?" Will asked, seeming to be a little nervous.

Nico blinked. Generally Will was cool and calm. This sense of nervousness was unlike him. This made Nico a little concerned.

"Not much, just reading in the dark..." Nico replied flatly.

Will rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.

"Okay...well...can I come in?"

Nico blinked again, a little shocked. No one had ever asked to come into the Hades cabin before. It was pretty lonely though. Maybe Will's sunny personality would brighten it up.

Nico nodded, gesturing for Will to enter.

Will closed the door behind them. He had a little look around the dark cabin as Nico sat on his bed, an awkward tension filling the cabin. He didn't know why Will was being so secretive. Maybe had something on his mind. Then Will gestured to the spot beside Nico. He was a little hurt that Will hadn't told him what was wrong. He considered himself to be quite close with the Apollo boy.

"May I sit?"

He asked, brushing his wavy locks out of his eyes.

Nico nodded, feeling the bed creak a little as Will sat beside him.

"So...what's up? Really. You want to talk about something, right? You can tell me anything, you know..."

Nico said, brushing a raven lock out of his eye, facing Will. Maybe the hurt showed in his face, because the other boy scooted a little closer to the raven-haired one.

Will took a deep breath before looking Nico straight in the eye.

"I do know. Look, Nico. I don't know if you noticed but..."

A light blush filled the Apollo boy's cheeks. It was really cute, Nico thought. But...was he really about to say what he thought he was going to say? His heart was going a mile a minute.

"I-I like you. A lot. I-I dunno if you'd be into someone like me, the son of Apollo, a sun god, when you're a son of Hades-"

"Will. Stop. I-I...You're wrong..."

Nico felt a blush creep onto his features as well.

"I'm really into you. Like. I like 'like' you...too?"

Will's gaze went from shocked to a awed look, his blue eyes shining brightly. He scooched even closer to Nico, the both of them becoming increasingly red. They were both grinning like idiots.

"Well then...May I touch you? Hold your hand? Hug-"

Before Will had even finished his sentence Nico had snuggled up into his chest. The Apollo boy let out a contented chuckle and ruffled the other boy's already messy hair.

"In that case...What do you say Death Boy? You want to be the partner of an Apollo boy?" Will asked softly, his voice ridden with nerves.

"Yes...I most certainly do, Solace."

Nico replied contentedly.