A/N: Hello there! This is an unexpected WillxNico fic that my friend Simone and I have written (I mainly pitch in with some fluffy parts and editing, it's mainly her wonderful writing). I barely know what's in store as this is being written on her phone and being sent to me to upload. You'll probably hear from her now.
~Katelyn
This is my friend and I's fanfic that we made while being bored. I had recently finished BoO so I literally fell in love with Nico and Will's friendship.
~Simone
Nico's POV
It was a beautiful, mild weathered day here at Camp Half-Blood. Everyone was bustling around, some lava-rock climbing, some casually walking, and others training to kill vicious, blood thirsty monsters. Whereas I'm still sitting here, alone in this dang cabin. But I can't go out there. I can't face him. I've been sitting in the mostly empty Hades cabin for what feels like forever. I know I'm going to have to face him at some point, after lashing out at Will like that.
*flashback*
"Hey, Nico, are you okay? You, errr, I mean... We haven't been hanging out as much lately... I miss y- it," Will stumbled with his words, scratching the back of his neck nervously. Nico, of course, didn't notice Will's apparent anxiety as he was trying to get away as fast as he could. Even though Will was Nico's best friend, he wanted more than their current friendship. But Will would never know that; he made sure of it. But the main emotions that he knew was hate, abandonment, and loneliness. He still had to get used to making friends and being... What's it called, social?
"I'm fine," a quick, easy answer.
"Are you sure about that? Have you been sleeping? Eating your greens? Exercising?" Will laughed, trying to lighten the mood.
"I said I'm okay, just drop it," Nico snapped, but quickly noticed Wills slightly hurt face.
*end of flashback*
A knock at the door pulled me out of my thoughts. Reluctantly, I pulled open the door and peeked at who it was. However, I had suspicions of who it was.
"Hey! Nico!" Will exclaimed smiling slightly.
"What are you doing, Will?" I tried to sound less angry due to him being my supposive friend.
"Gígantas salamándra."
"Giant salamander?" Will pointed to the direction of the other cabins. I looked out the door to see a giant green salamander simply terrorizing everyone and everything. Its tail swung around as I grabbed my sword and dragged myself out the door. We flew back into a tree and a sharp pain urged it's way in my skull. I looked at Will who stood up groggily. "Nico, go to the clinic. You don't look so good."
"If you can get up. I can." Then I charged the gígantas salamándra.
I joined the other demigods and jabbed at the torso. Will stood stabbing at the monster's ankles and feet. Percy actually got so aggravated he threw Riptide at the thing then stormed away. "Percy!" Annabeth screamed.
"Now we have giant salamanders?! I thought we would be over with the over sized new monster things!"
"Jackson, could you fight the thing and not have a tantrum?!" Clarrisse yelled.
"Jeez, I'm finished!"
"Do not abandon us!" Annabeth yelled.
"I. Am. Leaving!"
The Hephaestus kids threw ropes connected to hooks and pulled down bringing gígantas salamándra along. Leo stabbed a spear into its neck and it disintegrated into dust. That's when I passed out and Will's arms just so happened to catch me.
"Nico?" I felt everything shaking around me and my vision was extremely blurry.
"What? Where am I? What happened? W-" My vision focused on a face hovering over me. "Will?"
"Yeah?"
"Get out of my face."
"Sorry." He sat in the chair next to the bed I laid on. "I'm supposed to make sure you're okay- because I'm your 'health attendant'."
"You're my nurse?" I think I'm about to get sick. "Could you not look at me like that?" I scowled in response.
"Look, Nico. I've been trying to work with you here! Why have you been so cold to me lately?"
"Because I don't know any other way to show how I'm feeling!"
"Why not?!"
"Because I- and- ugh!" I felt my face heating up.
"Because what? What happened to us being best friends?" Will whispered the last part and my heart shattered. I'm seriously resisting the urge to pull him close but I can't. I can't let him know. All I could do was stutter and try not to break down. I sighed an scooted to the edge of the bed. Will looked up and we stayed silent for a minute.
"So... Um, are you going to tell me or what?"
I smiled. I actually smiled.
"Yeah. I'll tell you," I leaned in close to Will, and I could feel his shaky breath.
Am I seriously about to do this? I thought hesitantly before connecting our lips. I quickly pulled away, instantly regretting my decision, until, to my surprise, Will pulled me back into his embrace.
"T-that's a good reason," Will laughed nervously.
Suddenly we heard the doorknob to the clinic turning and wiggling. My eyes widened and I scrambled back just as Hazel, my half sister, stepped through the threshold.
"Hi! Hazel!" I coughed. Hazel looked at us suspiciously.
"I just wanted to come check on you, I saw that nasty landing on the tree," she furrowed her eyebrows, "am I interrupting something-"
"No." We said in unison. "Where's, er, Frank?" I asked changing the subject.
"While on a quest Dakota got caught underage drinking by cops, they arrested all three of them, so now Frank and Reyna have to go get them."
"See you later, Nico. Hazel." Will said and I was scared at the fact, I didn't want him to leave. He exited the door and weights somehow dropped onto shoulders.
"Seriously, Nico what's going on?"
"Nothing." I said it as if I meant it. "I promise."
I walked around the camp looking at all the damage the gígantas salamándra made. That Aphrodite girl Drew stepped in my way and crossed her arms while scowling at me. "I know." I suddenly felt like I couldn't breathe. How could Drew know of all people. You'd think Jason Grace would've guessed from my last crush and me hanging out with Will so much. Annabeth couldn't even figure it out.
"Know what?" I asked surprised at how calm I was.
"You're gay. You like someone here but I just can't figure out who it is." Drew said.
"And even I do tell you, what makes you unafraid of what I can do?"
"After most people witnessed you let Octavian go up into a catapult fireball no one is scared of you." She smiled. "And besides if you wanted to hurt me, you would've already done it when I said the g word." I had to cut her off before she could get it out of me. "Who is-" but I had already dissolved into the nearest shadow.
As I did not plan I ended up next to the Apollo cabin. Which meant that I would be closer to him than I rather wanted to. As if on cue he walked out the cabin and stopped when he saw me. "Are you stalking me?" He asked flashing perfectly straightened white teeth.
"You sound like Apollo. And no, shadow travel forced me here."
"Because you were thinking about me. Or about what we did?"
"You're pushing my temper right now."
"Then I will now definitely push it over the edge."
He definitely pushed me over the edge as he grabbed me by my back and pressed his lips against mine. I didn't plan to but I used my hands, in his tangled hair, to bring his head closer and kiss me harder. I'm pretty sure I forgot to breathe because everything became dimmer. So I closed my eyes and the sensation continued.
Until I realized someone could walk past at any moment.
I pushed him away this time much softer. Good thing I had grown bigger here because it would be really awkward if he were taller. "I'm sorry." He said. "I've really messed up haven't I? I didn't know I was... Gay, until I realized I liked you more than a friend. Now I've pretty much just..." He trailed off and bit his lip.
"If I didn't like you, I wouldn't have pulled you closer, Will. Besides you wouldn't have an arm if I didn't like you. And never apologize, you bug me out when you do."
He smirked and I did too. "You're okay Di Angelo." He sighed. "Now... What do we tell people?"
"How about... Nothing. Let the landslide take out the city slowly."
"It's called a creep. And the Aphrodite kids are getting antsy."
"Yeah I noticed."
*another flashback*
Piper approached Will looking like a mixture of angry, nervous, sad and happy. "Are you in love with someone?"
"Uh-" he answered.
"Because the vibes off of you have been keeping me up all night!"
"Er-"
"Who is it?! Who ever it is tell them you love them now because I cannot sleep!"
"How does that even work?"
"My mothers terrible gift, but that is not the point!" She breathed out. "Tell. Them. Now!"
"I just can't tell him-"
"Him?" She furrowed her eyebrows. "Who... Is- I-"
"Bye Piper I have to go to the clinic now." He started walking away quickly.
"But-"
"Buh- Bye!"
*flashback over*
"Why didn't you tell me this earlier?!" I asked. People could've found out he liked me and I liked him...
"What's so wrong with people finding out?"
"I'm already the son of Hades and alone most of the time. I don't need to be seen as 'that gay guy' too."
"We're both gay Nico." He said softly. "I have to go anyway. Demigods are getting hurt by the second." And then he walked away. I think I just lost my future boyfriend.
Hazel and I sat in the cabin on our beds. I stared at the wall re-picturing my "fight" with Will in my brain. Hazel flipped threw a magazine probably catching up with all the things she has missed. "Who is Kim Kardashian?" She interrupted as I had replayed our kiss. "Did I interrupt your thinking?" I nodded. "What are you thinking about?" I shrugged. "Why didn't you just tell me in the first place?"
"What do you mean?" I said not making eye contact.
"You... Will." My throat began to get dry. "I walked into you two kissing and exited. Then I caught my breath and walked back after making sure you two were finished of course." She went on. "You're... In love with Will Solace."
"He's..." I needed some type of wording that would get to her.
"You're Frank, Piper, or Annabeth." She said.
"I couldn't live without him." I said.
"That's quite deep."
"Could we not go around the camp yelling it?"
"Don't worry. I won't tell anyone. Except Piper, she mentioned someone's love for another is so strong that she couldn't get much sleep. I'm guessing that's either you or Will."
"You're not effected by this? I really like Will, Hazel."
"I'm happy for you."
The next day Chiron called a meeting for all the counselors plus the Romans. And that girl Drew cause she probably forced someone. But apparently he couldn't make it so anyone could've said anything. Clarrisse started off the conversation in a not so subtle way. "We need to shoot each and every gígantas salamándra in the throat."
"Clarrisse, that's not going to work." The Nemesis cabins head counselor said. "It took about twenty demigods to take it down."
"Half of them ended up in infirmary." Will said.
"5% of them decided to quit." Annabeth glared at Percy. "If we have giant salamanders, just imagine what else we have. The next thing is giant serpents, right?"
"No... J- just no." Frank retaliated. "I'm done with friggin snakes."
"Well we've had our share in the past." Hazel said. Drew's eyes were glued to me.
"What haven't we faced against?" Leo asked. He fiddled with gears and band so it looked like a ring. Then he took it all apart and rebuilt it.
"Id rather not know." Frank chuckled nervously.
"We need a plan for the next one. That couldn't involve twenty of us." I said. Drew still stared at me. "What?! What do you want?!"
"Who do you like?!" She said it very suddenly so it sounded like she said, who langosha?! God she was getting on my nerves.
So, I did something.
I grabbed Will by the shirt so fast I don't think he knew what was going on. This time I didn't hesitate. I pressed his lips against mine and it was just as great as the other times. Except the stabbing fact that everyone in here now knew and would probably tell other people. I stepped away and turned my head as if to say, take that. My eyes met with hers.
"So... That giant salamander." Percy said breaking the silence.
"How- what- er..." Piper asked scrunching her face. "Why do I feel I should've known this?"
"I didn't until I walked into them." Hazel said.
"That's not the point." Will started.
"But- what- uh?" Jason asked.
"You have no excuse. You should've known already." I said. Those weights that were on my shoulders earlier were definitely lifted. "Anyway, did anyone wonder how that thing was formed? Gaea's asleep-"
"All the monsters are still living you know. They probably want revenge for putting her to sleep." Drew said.
"I'm just wondering how long we've gotta wait for her to wake. Again." Frank said.
"That could take years- decades even. We won't let that happen-" Anabeth said.
"Unless Percy gets another nose bleed again." Jason said.
"I did not ask to get a nose friggin bleed and then wake Gaea, okay?!"
"It's not really his fault." Piper said.
"Whatever." Jason said.
"You gonna blame me for bleeding too because two people had to wake Gaea." Annabeth said.
"Calm down, please." Will said still slightly shaken. "Giant salamanders are still roaming the earth."
"That's a terrifying thought."
A/N: Hoped you enjoyed the first chapter, hope there wasn't any problems
~Simone
