Nico's POV

I walked over to where Will was standing surrounded by some other people.

We had won. The world was safe, we were safe, and everything had come to an end.

Will hadn't seen me yet but a pretty girl he was talking to had, she crinkled her nose at me, I save the world and they still don't like me.

I shrug it off and grab Will's shoulder. "Ack-" he exclaims before I press my lips to his.

I pull away after a few moments and stare up at him. He is grinning like an idiot, a big stupid idiot who I really really hate. "Thank you." I tell him.

He is grinning even wider now, his smile shining like a thousand stupid suns because he is that fucking perfect. "We did it, didn't we?"

I suddenly became very aware at the fact that there were about 4 other people right by us, staring. I quickly jumped behind Will and used him as a giant 6 foot shield.

Stupid blond, too tall. I hate his beautiful tan skin and pretty eyes and charming smile. I really hate his perfect smile that is the worst thing.

Will turned around and shook his head at me. "You dork, c'mere." He threw his arms around me in a tight, warm, comforting, horrible hug.

I was not enjoying this, I did not hug back, I did not close my eyes and bury my face in his chest, I did not start to cry, and I most certainly was not enjoying this one bit. Will Solace was a terrible person who is very annoying.

"Thank you." I whisper into his chest, my face totally not streaked with tears.

He pulled off and wiped the nonexistent tears off my cheeks in a very rude way. "You're welcome, Nico."

His eyes sparked in an obnoxious way that didn't make me want to hug him and never let him go. "I hate you, you know that?" I mumble.

Will laughs. It isn't the most perfect thing I've ever heard, it isn't something that makes me want to smile until my cheeks split, and it most certainly was not adorable. "Keep telling yourself that Neeks."

He led my hand into his own and started walking away from that group of people, not bothering to say goodbye.

We went up to a small hill where no one else was and sat there looking out at the sunset.

While we sat I wasn't extremely aware of him holding my hand or the 5 and half inches left between us, or the fact that Will was just smiling looking out at the camp still standing after all this chaos.

"Nico…" Will said. "Do you ever wonder what it'd be like if we weren't demi-gods. If we had just grown up normal and had ordinary lives?"

"That is horrible, why on earth would you ever think that?" I ask him smiling slightly.

Will laughed then, his smile brighter than the stars in the sky. "There's going to be a celebration soon. I'm not sure if I want to go."

"What do you suggest instead?" I ask tilting my head to the side.

Will doesn't look at me and instead at the horizon with the sun starting to sink. "Later on we go to our separate cabins and have a good sleep then tomorrow help clean up, then just go from there." Will says. "And for right now we stay up here and watch the sun go down."

I smile at that and decide to close those few inches and lean against him. Will scoots closer and puts his arm around me.

Then we just sit there. Me and the most terrible, gods awful, annoying, arrogant, selfish, putrid, disgusting, weird, sweet, perfect, beautiful, lovely, amazing boy I've ever met, side by side watching the sun drift behind the earth and the first stars come out. For hours we sat there, watching as the sun hid away revealing a thousand more twinkling lights beyond it.