As Nico eased his eyes open, he was greeted with the foul glare of daylight, pouring in through the cabin windows. He yawned, inhaling a waft of fresh, strawberry scented air. He stretched, and sat up, looking around his cabin. Will had gone, probably to breakfast. Nico sighed, struggled out of bed and began to walk towards his closet. As he opened it, he heard footsteps behind him. He turned to see Will, standing in the doorway, holding a tray of food. Will grinned, before setting the tray down on the bed.

"I thought you might be hungry," Will said, "and since I'm your doctor, it's my duty to make your recovery as quick and easy as possible!"

Nico didn't say anything. He had nothing to say because he was afraid that if he did, his gratitude wouldn't be portrayed as sincerely as it should have been. So he just slouched over, sat on the bed, and started eating.

Will smiled and got up. "You want coffee?"

Nico looked up at him and nodded silently.

Will turned towards the counter. After the original construction of the Hades cabin, he had decided to do some renovatiouns. He had changed his bed into a double bed and had put in a kitchen area, allowing him to make coffee, toast, etc without leaving the cabin.

As Will made the coffee, Nico crept off the bed. He walked up behind Will before wrapping his arms around him. Will stiffened in shock, then asked: "Is this about last night?"

Nico nodded into his shoulder. Will turned in his arms before proceeding to hug him back. They stood like that for a while, as the coffee brewed behind them and they were absorbed into each other's warmth. Will looked down at Nico to see that he had fallen asleep again. He laughed, shook Nico awake and handed him his coffee. As he opened his mouth to say something, Austin burst into the cabin. His eyes were wide with shock, his beloved saxophone still grasped in his hand. "Will," he gasped, "there's been an accident on the climbing wall!"

Will winced, reluctant to leave his boyfriend but bound by his instincts as a medic. "I'll be right there."

He turned to Nico who had already drunk half his coffee. "You gonna give me a kiss goodbye?"

Nico scowled and muttered, "Can't. Coffee." He holds it up to exaggerate his point.

Will laughed, leant forward and kissed him on the cheek. "I'll be back later, so don't do anything stupid until I get back."

Nico rolled his eyes and waved at him as if to say, 'Hurry up'.

As Will left, however, Nico smiled into his empty mug. He turned towards the bathroom and proceeded to get ready for the day.

With water still trickling through his hair, Nico headed toward the arena, determined to get some sword training done, now that his 'doctor' was busy. Half an hour later, he was covered in sweat, but feeling satisfied with himself. He jumped as Will suddenly spoke from behind him. Nico whirled around to face him. Will stood there, looking slightly upset. "I- Look Will," Nico started, but Will cut him off.

"I'm not upset about you training, I'm upset that I had to clean up your mess back at the cabin," Will said, exasperated.

Nico's eyes widened and he stammered an apology, before turning away.

Will sighed. "Seeing as your strength is almost back, how about we have a duel to test it."

Nico raised an eyebrow. "Sure, but I thought you were a healer, not a fighter."

"And I thought you were too weak to fight," Will retorted. "I can give you another month of RR if you want."

Nico stepped back and drew his sword. "You ready?"

Will picks a sword up from on the ground. "You bet."

After sparring for about 5 minutes, Nico, despite trying to go easy on Will, managed to disarm him. Will looked discouraged as he watched his weapon clatter to the ground. Nico stepped back, looking indifferent. As he turned to walk away, an arrow slammed into the hilt of his sword, the impact knocking it from his hand. Nico looked down as the sword fell to the ground. He looked up to see Will standing triumphant, a miniature crossbow in his hand.