(AN: takes place one week after BOO)
Nico POV
It had been exactly four days since Nico had seen Will (not that it mattered to him or anything), and things at camp were getting back to normal. After the war had ended, the romans quickly left to restore Camp Jupiter to its original glory, Hazel and Frank leaving with them. Although most of the camp was slightly more welcoming to him now, he still felt like an outsider. He was afraid. Afraid that if he opened up to anyone they would hurt him, or that he would hurt them. After he came out to Percy and Annabeth, they assured him that the attitude towards the LGBTQ+ community had changed since the twenties, but he was afraid to come out to anyone else since then.
Then came the three days he spent in the hospital. Those day were the best and the worst days of his life. Will was there at all times, but Will, the cute Apollo boy was THERE AT ALL TIMES. After three days of a constant state of blushing, awkwardness, and almost coming out five times, he almost ran back to the Hades cabin when he was released. He decided to clear his mind at the archery range (AN yes I'm going to use this cliché) after shooting (and horribly missing) a couple of arrows, he heard a familiar voice behind him. "Hello, Death Boy" Nico turned around to see Will Solace, standing behind him, with his annoyingly perfect smile.
"What do you want, Solace?" Nico snapped at him
"Calm down, Death Boy!" Will exclaimed, "I just noticed you were having a little trouble with that bow" Nico scowled. Even though he was struggling with his aim, he wasn't about to allow Will, of all people to help him.
"I don't need your help, Solace." Nico responded, hoping to scare Will away, like he did with most people.
"You sure?" Will questioned "here, let me help you." He stepped next to Nico, causing him to tense up. "You okay there, Neeks?" Will turned to face him, their noses almost touching. Nico slowly backed away, then took off running
"Sorry!" Nico yelled "I just remembered I had to finish cleaning up my cabin! Bye Will!"
I'm really sorry for the short chapter! This is all I had time to type (Blame it on DI state being a week after the final show for the play) My updating schedule will be a bit weird, but please remember to Favorite and/or review so I know someone is reading this. Goodbye, my fellow secret potatoes! :)