It was night time.

The stars twinkled ever so brightly in the night sky, dancing around the Earth's nightlight, glowing up the ebony dark up above. The others wanted to have a campfire, so they planned one that night.

After both Jason and Nico had dueled, both boys were taken to the infirmary to heal up. Jason's leg had a slight fracture, so he needed to rest up for a while. Will frowned when he examined Jason's legs.

Nico, you kicked too hard. There's a fracture in Jason's leg! What if he had a quest and had to go with a partially fractured leg? Will scolded him, sighing. He could've just said it all directly, but didn't want to start any commotions.

Nico didn't answer. He sat in a chair, scratches and bruises all over his body. He didn't even understand why he was in the infirmary. These injuries were so minor, yet Will insisted on treating them, which Nico found sweet yet slightly annoying at the same time.

Will, standing over Jason — who was lying down in one of the infirmary beds, his leg being elevated as it has been wrapped with a bandage — looked at his boyfriend and frowned.

"Hey, Will, I just wanted to say thanks," Jason said with a smile, "Although I'm sure I'll be fine."

"Nuh-uh," Will told him, putting a finger in the air, "I know what you're thinking. You're going to tell me that you really don't need those bandages of yours and that you can walk just fine without crutches. Gods, you're just like Nico! Don't be stubborn, and let your leg heal, Jason."

The said man sighed, his smile still evident. "Okay, okay, I admit defeat." He tilted his head to look at the small ravenette sitting in a chair across from him. "Nico, you're so lucky to have someone look over you like this, especially with how stubborn you can be... although I do think I enjoy Piper better, nothing personal in your direction, Will." He added with a sheepish grin.

All the son of Apollo could do was chuckle. "No, no, it's fine. I understand, she's your girlfriend, after all."

Nico glared at Will. When will you two stop that?

The blonde whipped his head around, eyebrows furrowed. What do you mean by that?

The boy didn't answer. He averted his gaze and crossed his arms tightly over his chest. Will stared at him for a few seconds, and then turned back to treat Jason.

A single piece of sweat trailed down the son of Zeus's face. He gave Will an uncertain smile, "Hey, uh, what was that about? You just turned your head suddenly, and then Nico sorta looked annoyed, and then you stared at him..."

The doctor's eyes widened. "Oh! That was... ahaha..." He closed his eyes, waving two hands in front of him, saying, "It was nothing, just a little thing we'd done... earlier..." He trailed off, knowing that what he was saying probably didn't make sense. He rubbed his hand behind his neck sheepishly. "Don't worry, it's just a thing we do sometimes."

"Okay then," Jason said, a hint of doubt in his voice. He covered it with a small smile. "Me and Pipes do something like that too. Except that she glares at me, and all I can do it chuckle like a complete idiot..."

Will put on a genuine smile. "That seems nice!"

"Yeah, it really is."

Nico immediately got up and left, his chair skidding across the floor, as his sudden movements were rough.

Ugh... I can't stand this. What a waste of time. Will could hear Nico think. He probably didn't mean for Will to hear it, but it came to him either way.

Will had a concerned look on his face as Nico stormed off. He looked at Jason, and his patient gave him a look of understanding, as if saying, I'll be fine, just go. Which let Will follow after his boyfriend.

He saw the ravenette slumped against a nearby tree, crossing his arms and looking down. Nico heard footsteps approach him, and his eyes widened as he realized it was the son of Apollo.

"Nico, what are you doing? What happened? Why were you upset?"

It was then when Nico realized that Will had heard his thoughts. He covered his head in his hands. "Go away, Will, I'm fine..."

"Well, you certainly don't act that way..." The blond huffed.

They stayed silent for a while, Nico slumped against a tree, and Will, crossing his arms.

Gods, why do I feel this way? There's no reason to feel so... The ravenette thought, but he cut himself off, knowing that Will could hear him. Too late, a look of realization spread through Will's face as he gave a sly smirk.

...Dammit. Nico finished, his eyes dropping.

"Oh," Will dragged on the vowel, "What do we have here? A jealous Nico, I see?"

The said man scoffed, "What? No way." He denied, a sprinkle of pink on his cheeks.

Will eyed him, his tone serious, and eyebrow raised, "You do realize there's no reason to feel that, right? You know I only belong to you. Besides, Jason has Piper, Neeks."

A visible blush appeared on Nico's face now, as Will stated the obvious facts. He knew that, but still...

The son of Apollo opened his arms and hugged the ravenette. The son of Hades's pupils went wide, as he was not expecting a hug. "Stop thinking those things, death boy," Will told him, "You already know I'm with you."

Nico's expression softened as his buried his face into Will's chest. "Thanks," He murmured.

They stayed like that for a while, staying in each other's embrace.

"Oh!" Will said, breaking the silence. "That reminds me..." He stepped back, separating him and Nico. He took a an object carefully wrapped in tissues from his pocket and handed it over to Nico. The ravenette's brow cocked down in curiosity. "Open it," Will urged him with a smile.

The son of Hades obliged. Inside the carefully wrapped tissue was a cookie —

It was the cookie from earlier!

A look of amusement spread over Nico's face. "You kept it? In you pocket?" Will grinned, and Nico shook his head with a smile on his face. "And our cheesy hug reminded you of a cookie?"

Will laughed. That was when they heard multiple footsteps nearby.

Both turned around to see their friends —including Jason, who was on crutches —heading towards them. Will immediately ran up to Jason in a panic, but Piper stopped him, grabbing him by the arm. "Hey, it's okay," She reassured him, "He's fine, we helped him put on his crutches. It wasn't Percy or Leo or anything, so you can relax."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!" Both cried indignantly.

"It means both of you are horrible at helping others put on crutches..." Piper said, shaking her head.

"There's no proof to that!" Percy said.

"Plus, I'm good at helping people! I'm sure helping others put on crutches is like... programming a machine to work again." Leo added.

"That's... not how it works, Leo." Will told him, putting a hand behind his neck.

"Well —."

"Are you guys okay?" Frank cut him off, "We saw you guys hug. Did you have an argument?"

"Yeah, something of that sort," The blonde admitted.

"Was Nico being stubborn again?" Annabeth said, tilting her head.

"Well, not exactly... it was something else."

"So, what brings you guys here?" Nico spoke up, making all heads turn towards him. He was holding a half bitten cookie in one of his hands, the other in his sweater pocket.

"Yo, Nico, can you spare me some of that cookie you're eating?" Leo asked, reaching for it. Nico swiped the cookie away from his grasp, giving the son of Hephaestus a deathly look.

"Leo, stop that," Calypso scolded him. "Let him eat his cookie in peace."

"Well, we were just going to check up on Jason," Hazel admitted. "Piper helped him get on his feet, because he said he wanted to get up and walk."

Will glared at Jason. A single piece of sweat rolled down his forehead, "Well, I just —."

" — We made sure he was okay. He convinced us that he could walk, and that he was fine. Don't worry, Will." Piper interrupted Jason before he could say something stupid.

"Yeah, what she said." Jason hastily agreed.

"And then we asked where you were," Annabeth said, "And Jason told us you two had gone outside."

"And then we ran into you," Percy said in a matter-of-factly tone, spreading his arms, "The disaster gays."

Annabeth nudged him. "Don't call them that, seaweed brain." She hissed.

"No, no, it's fine! The word pretty much describes us." Will laughed. Nico nodded in agreement, feeling the corners of his mouth tug upwards.

"See, wise girl? They're fine with it," Percy bragged, letting Annabeth scowl and cross her arms over her chest. "My nicknames are awesome."

"So, are gonna do a campfire tonight, or what?" Jason said, getting the others' attention.

"Hell yeah we are!" Leo said, a flame bursting from his fist, which was being pumped in the air.

Calypso smiled.

"So what're we waiting for?" Jason grinned, "Let's get this campfire started!"


After a few minutes of gathering wood and setting them up with some stones surrounding it, Leo happily set fire to them. They sat around the campfire, letting the grass tickle their clothes. Percy and Annabeth were holding hands, both Hazel and Piper were leaning on their boyfriend's shoulders, Leo was lying down on Calpyso's lap, and Will and Nico were just... sitting.

Will looked at the others and at themselves before frowning. Everyone seemed so lovey-dovey, except them. Unacceptable!

Will put his hand on Nico's shoulder and nudged him closer towards him. The man looked at him strangely but didn't attempt to resist, and slumped onto Will's shoulder.

Hey, Nico... Will thought, knowing it would reach the son of Hades.

Yeah? He replied.

What you said, earlier today...

Nico turned pale, as his face flushed with red, knowing where this was heading.

...what did you mean by private?

The blond squeezed Nico's hand and gazed at him. The ravenette's gaze flickered up at his aquatic eyes, and he felt like he was being splashed with clean, fresh water.

Nico sighed. It's nothing. Just — forget I ever said something like that.

The son of Apollo frowned once more. Nico, tell me. Please.

A shaky breath came from the smaller man. You know, when we're older, we can... we can do it. And — and I was just, y'know, suggesting that we — you — me — fuck, I don't know —. He sputtered uncontrollably.

Will gasped, his face turning red. Wait. Were you implying se —

Yes, yes I was, okay? Shut up! It doesn't mean anything. Now forget like this ever happened!

Will chuckled softly as low mutters came out of Nico's mouth. He looked up, and saw everyone's eyes on them. Their friends were giving them weird faces.

To Will and Nico, it seemed like an intimate conversation. But to the others, all they saw was strange reactions with no reason; Nico's uncontrollable blushing, Will's gasp... what the hell were they doing?

"...Are you guys okay?" Percy said, eyeing the two suspiciously. Will nodded and laughed sheepishly, Nico burying his face in Will's shoulder. "We're fine, hehe. Just some telepathy." The son of Apollo told them.

It was the truth, but the others took it as a joke. Will received a few soft smiles and low chuckles. Leo snorted.

"Have you guys ever imagined your girlfriend or boyfriend wearing something... revealing?" Percy asked randomly. It was quiet — he wanted a conversation.

Annabeth looked up and glared at him. "Out of all the questions in the world, seaweed brain," She hissed, "You had to choose that?"

To that, Percy shrugged. He was bored, can you blame him?

"Yep," Leo responded right away, no hesitation. Calypso blushed and smacked him harshly in the arm, which impressed Will, because it looked like it hurt and Leo was laying down. "What? Babe, you're perfect. How could I not?" Leo added, getting cute giggles from both Piper and Hazel, while Annabeth smiled.

"I... I have too." Jason admitted. He looked at Piper, an uneasy grin on his face, but Piper nodded in understanding. To his relief, she smiled. "Don't worry. I've done the same."

"What about you, Frank?" Hazel said, looking at him. Frank blushed, hesitant but nevertheless answering, "Y-yeah, I have." He said shyly. "I'm sorry." He quickly added.

Hazel blushed back and giggled. "I have too," she confessed.

"I —." Percy started, but got cut off by Leo. "Don't even bother, Percy. It's obvious you've done so before."

Percy looked at him and glared. "What's that supposed to imply?"

Leo shrugged, before sporting a grin. "Am I wrong?"

The son of Poseidon frowned, but answered, "You're not. You know why? My girlfriend's too hard to resist. She's got beauty and brains." Annabeth's face turned as red as a tomato as she gave Percy a soft slap on the shoulder. "Hey, it's the truth!" Percy added with a grin.

"Why are you guys getting all cheesy? This is honestly depressing." Nico grumbled.

Will snorted. It was kinda hypocritical, as they were as equally cheesy, but still. He was right.

"What about you guys?" Jason asked the two. "Will? Nico? Have you guys ever imagined each other like that?"

Leo snorted. "Just imagine Will in like, a thong or somethi —."

"Leo, stop that!" Calypso hissed, giving him another hard smack, earning a pained "Ow, that's gonna leave a bruise..." from the man.

Much against Nico's will, he couldn't help but think about what Leo said. Will in something that lewd? He blushed a furious red as he imagined his boyfriend in that type of clothing. He shook his head — he didn't like these thoughts.

Will covered his mouth and looked away, as equally flustered. Did Nico just seriously think of him like that? Nico's eyes widened as he realized what he'd done.

The image had been transferred to Will's head.

Nico cursed loudly in Ancient Greek, now attempting to cover his entire face with his hickory jacket. He wanted to shrivel up and die in a hole. (Mood)

"Hey, no swearing at the campfire," Percy said. The others had their eyebrows raised. Th two kept blushing for no reason and doing randomly weird things with no explanation. What were they reacting to?

"You guys haven't said anything to each other in the past hour. Are you guys sure you're okay?" Jason asked them, visible concern being shown in his voice.

"Yeah, we're fine," Will's voice cracked. He cleared his throat, "Don't worry about us."

"Nico... you okay?" Hazel asked her brother, reaching out to him.

"I'm fine, Hazel," The ravenette replied in the most normal way he could muster. It was hard — he was shaking from embarrassment. He looked up and forced a smile.

"Okay, then..." The daughter of Hades reluctantly answered. She went back to leaning on Frank's shoulder.

Soon enough, the rest started to talk about a different topic. Nico could hear his boyfriend take a shaky breath. Nico... He thought.

Yes? The ravenette replied.

Please don't expect too much from me... that image of me in that thing... I looked too perfect. I'm not.

Nico frowned. Do you honestly think I care? You're perfect — Nico knew that he sounded cheesy and weird, so he hastily added, — ly fine the way you are.

Will smiled. Thanks, death boy. He thought as he squeezed his boyfriend's hand. You know, I really, really like you.

After a beat of silence, Nico replied, ...I know.

I'm so glad I have someone like you. Thanks, Neeks.

Nico stayed silent, so Will continued, I know it's a little too early to say this, but I think I love you. Like, a lot.

If this were a verbal conversation, Nico would've stuttered out the same words, or wouldn't have said them at all. But this was his mind, so much against Nico's will, the son of Apollo could hear Nico say,

I love you too, Will.


Yay, another chapter is finally out! Sorry I've gone for so long, I was working on my other fanfics. I hope I made the sexual tension good enough? Did I? Well, either way, I really hope you enjoyed! Stay tuned for the next chapter. Also, if anyone has any ideas, please share them with me, and I might write it down!

Sorry if any of the characters seemed OOC — it's a common fear of mine, if they are. Keep in mind that everything Nico basically says to Will is from his mind, something people literally don't share with others, because personal and sometimes kinky thoughts can appear. :)

Love y'all, and see you later!

—MK