Hello! So I decided to write this instead of working on my long research paper for one of my Brit Lit courses because I have my priorities completely straight. This means that you shouldn't expect another chapter until Tuesday night (4/21) at the earliest.

Anyway, this chapter is just a random thing I came up with that I thought would be cute.

Disclaimer: All characters and places relating to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus series belong to Rick Riordan.

"There is no way I am wearing that."

Nico stared disgustingly at the shirt his boyfriend dangled in front of him.

Will laughed. "What, you don't like it? I think it brings out your eyes." The son of Apollo received a lethal glare in response. "Oh come on, just wear it for an hour!"

"Over my dead body." Nico shook his head. "Actually not even that. Knowing you, you really would dress my corpse in that thing for my funeral."

Will considered that for a moment before silently agreeing. "It's really not that bad," he said as he gestured to the shirt.

Nico scoffed. "Yes, it is. It's a Hawaiian shirt, for gods' sakes! A sickeningly bright and blindingly ugly Hawaiian shirt! I bet you wouldn't even look good in it… Why do you want me to wear it?"

"I don't know," Will shrugged. "Now that we're together, I thought it might be cute if you wore the same shirt you were wearing the day you came back to camp with the Athena Parthenos and we became friends.

"Okay, first of all," Nico began, "I'm not cute. I'm a force of darkness." Will attempted to stifle a laugh. "And secondly, you're telling me that this shirt is the exact same one I was wearing that day?"

"The very same!"

"How in the name of my father did you even get a hold of this? I threw it away!"

"Yes, but you threw it away in one of the infirmary trash cans. I just couldn't let this shirt disappear, so I took it from the trash while you were sleeping," Will replied proudly.

Nico scrunched up his nose. "That's kinda gross and a little creepy."

"I washed it!" the other boy said defensively. "And it's not creepy, it's sentimental."

"Whatever, I'm still not wearing it."

Will gave Nico his best puppy dog face. "Please?"

"No."

"Pleeeeeaaaase?"

"No."

"Pretty please?"

"I don't care about the level of attractiveness of the please."

"Come on, Death Boy."

"Nope."

"Yes."

"Shall I say it in Italian? No."

"I don't speak Italian, therefore I didn't understand what you said. Was that a yes?" Will pecked his boyfriend on the lips.

Nico rolled his eyes. "Bribery will get you nowhere, Sunshine." He turned and started to walk away.

"You're impossible!" Will called after him.

"Yep!"

The son of Apollo huffed as he watched the impossibly stubborn son of Hades disappear into his cabin.

Unfortunately for Nico, Will wasn't about to give up that easily.

The next day Nico trudged past the infirmary after helping Percy train some of the younger campers in how to wield a sword, but he immediately regretted his decision to come within range of that place when the door opened and out came Will, sporting his own Hawaiian shirt.

Nico stopped walking. "What the hell are you wearing?"

Will struck a pose. "I think I look sexy."

"I think you look stupid."

The blonde dramatically placed his hand over his heart and gasped. "You do offend me so."

Nico folded his arms across his chest. "Good. Why are you wearing that?"

"Because I thought if I wore one too, you might be willing to try yours on for a bit and not feel so ridiculous by yourself."

"Seeing what you look like in it, I think I'd actually feel more ridiculous with you," Nico teased. "Nice try though!"

And with that he left Will standing alone and once again musing on a new plan.

"Seriously, Will, how many of those do you own?"

For the fifth day in a row, the son of Apollo donned a flashy Hawaiian shirt, different than the previous four.

Will just smiled in response. Nico shook his head as he diverted his attention to his cereal, trying to ignore the insane boy sitting next to him. In his periphery vision, he caught sight of a figure plopping down across from him, so he glanced up to greet said figure.

"Hey, Jas—oh my gods." Directly in front of him sat Jason in a blue, flowery Hawaiian shirt.

Jason began to pick at the scrambled eggs on his plate. "Good morning, Neeks! Fine day out, isn't it?"

Nico glared at his boyfriend and then at the boy across from him. "I'm going to murder you, Grace."

"Hey now, let's not murder people," Percy commented as he and Annabeth planted themselves down next to Jason.

Nico face palmed at the sight of Percy's Hawaiian shirt with the image of a beach on it.

"You have got to be kidding me right now, Jackson."

"What?" The son of Poseidon asked innocently as he cut into his blue pancakes. Annabeth let out a small chuckle while taking a bite of her own pancakes (not blue). Thankfully she wasn't wearing a Hawaiian shirt as well.

Nico stood up. "I'm so done with you people." He grabbed his bowl of cereal and, ignoring the snickers from Will, Jason, and Percy, fled the dining pavilion.

But he wasn't done with those people because the following morning he approached his friends' table like usual, except he stopped dead in his tracks when he caught sight of them. Every single person, meaning Will, Jason, Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Leo, Calypso, and Grover, were all wearing—yep, you guessed it—damn Hawaiian shirts. Nico noticed that in the empty spot beside his boyfriend sat the same Hawaiian shirt Will wanted him to try on a week before, folded up nicely and waiting for him. Nico huffed a sigh of defeat and marched over to the table, grabbing the shirt and shoving it onto his torso.

"One hour."

Will high-fived Jason before flashing Nico a bright, victorious smile and pecking him on the cheek. "I knew we'd crack you eventually!"

After breakfast, Nico and Will walked hand in hand towards the infirmary for Will's shift. It hadn't quite been an hour yet, so Nico still sported the vivacious shirt.

"Well, I learned something very important about you this past week," the son of Hades commented.

Will raised his eyebrows. "What's that?"

"That you can be just as stubborn as I am."

The son of Apollo grinned proudly and leaned in for a kiss. However, several other children of Apollo decided to walk by them at that moment, causing Nico to step back when he saw what they were wearing.

"Seriously, Solace?" He asked incredulously. Will turned around to see a few of his siblings dressed in their own Hawaiian shirts.

"Um… I didn't ask them to wear those," he replied, feeling extremely confused.

Nico pointed at a random kid from the Ares cabin. "Did you ask him?"

Will shook his head. "No…?"

The two boys scanned the camp, noticing that several other campers donned bold Hawaiian shirts. A few Demeter kids, some Hermes children, a random Hypnos girl—all wearing their own in a unique style. Even Drew had one on with the sleeves cut off and tucked into a black skirt.

Will looked back at Nico, mimicking his bewildered expression. "I think I accidentally started a trend."

A/N: As usual, thanks for reading!