The the next few days passed just the same as the first. Soon it was Saturday and Will was bored out of his mind. All of his homework had been finished and letters about his first week had been sent to his parents.

That's when Will decided it would be a good time to explore the castle. but, naturally he got lost within twenty minutes. He wandered down into an empty, dead end corridor. The corridor seemed useless to Will. Why wouldn't they put something there, like a picture or something at least.

Just when Will was about to leave he noticed something that hadn't been there before. A door. He had no idea how it got there, but this was hogwarts, anything could happen.

Will being the idiot he was, decided to open the door. Behind the door was a big room that held, bookcases, couches, a huge bed, what looked to be a storage closet in the far corner. But what suprised him most was a small figure on one of the couches.

Will slowly approached to find Nico. He was curled up reading a book. Papers covered the floor in front of the couch.

"Nico?" Will asked.

Nico's head snapped up from his book. "How the fuck did you find me?" he asked in surprise.

"LANGUAGE!" was the first thing that came out of Will's mouth. The second was, "And honestly I don't know."

Nico huffed and went back to reading his book.

As Nico sat reading Will watched. Will saw more emotion on Nico's face than he ever had. It wasn't in his expressions, exactly. It was more in his eyes, and Will was intent on watching.

His gaze only broke when Nico spoke, "I can feel you staring at me, you know." He stated without looking up from his book.

Will discarded the comment and asked, "What are you reading?"

Nico held up the book so Will could see the cover. The only problem was he couldn't read the cover. It was in a language Will didn't know.

"Can't read that Death Boy," Will said.

Nico's eyes shot up from his book. He spoke angrily, "One," He hend up a finger, "don't call me Death Boy. Two," he held up a second finger, "I'm reading Bloodlines." He held up another finger, "And three," some of the anger drained out of Nico's face. "Why do you care so much?"

The question caught Will off guard, but he quickly recovered.

He answered with a story. "When I was a kid I was very shy. I spoke to nobody and my only friends were in my books. I got lost in them. I shut the world out. Then my brother, Lee, died of cancer when I was eleven. I got caught in a dark hole and I couldn't get out. A month lated I received a letter from the muggle military that my other brother had died in an explosion. After that I never come out of my room. By the time I was thirteen I had tried to kill myself twice.

"Then I met this girl named Katie. She brought me out of my depression. She got me socializing and was helping me make friends. Then I came out as bisexual. I lost count of how many jinxes the kids at school put on me. Bisexual and muggle born, I was a freak. Then, after lots of suffering I got a letter of acceptance to Hogwarts. I got a new start and I am grateful for that. Here I have met friends that except me. Sure I still have those bed thoughts in the back of my brain, but now I have people to help me tune them out." Will pause for a moment. " I see myself in you, Nico. And I want to help."

Will thought spilling his life story would be difficult, but once he started it just flowed out. Quick and easy.

Nico closed his book and set int on the floor with the papers.

"My mother died giving birth to me. She was a muggle. Dad tried to save her but he couldn't. After that Dad left me and my sister. Bianca was all I had. We went to live with our aunt after that.

"Then one day my sister and I were playing soccer in the street. The one with the tackling and touchdowns. We didn't see the car. They came around the corner so quick. I was nine at the time, and she died saving my life.

"When I was fourteen I was kidnaped. They put me in a dark room and beat me. When the police finally found me two months had past. I never found myself again. I don't let people in because the last time I did, they died. I started cutting because it distracted me. I was never the same person."

Thats when Will hugged Nico. He didn't even think about it, it happened in a split second.

Nico stiffened in Will's arms. Will held him in his arms until he relaxed. Eventually he did. Nico's arms wrapped around Will's neck as he curled into a ball in Will's lap. Nico was cold against Will's warm chest.

Will didn't know how long they sat like that, but Nico eventually pulled away and looked Will in the eyes. "I guess I could let you in," he said

Will smiled a brilliant smile. "Okay."

"Okay."

For the next week Will spent all his free time with Nico. They studied in the library together, sat by each other at meals, went on walks exploring the castle, and Will loved it. Will wasn't sure when his crush on Nico really started. But he found himself with butterflies in his stomach every time he saw Nico, which was alot.

They didn't have another moment like they had the day when they shared their life stories, but the time they spent was still treasured.

After a month Nico had started becoming more comfortable with touch. Will still saw him flinch when other people touched him, but Nico didn't with Will. and Will considered that an accomplishment. In more intimate moments, like when Nico had fallen asleep on Will's shoulder, Nico would blush, and this gave Will the impression that Nico might be starting to feel the same way about Will. but Will didn't want to push his limits and ruin their friendship.

So, Will was fine with loving Nico from afar, if it meant he could still be with Nico.