Okay screw the whole schedule thing I suck at deadlines any way so hears another update for you guys it's ten after three in the morning, I need sleep

Chapter 7

It had already been a few days since Nico had last spent time with Will and he had spent all of his spare time at home working on his art project in secret, he kept it hidden in his closet when his friends would come over so that they couldn't peek at it. As Nico cleaned off his brushes after calling it quits for the day he looked over at his phone and debated if he should call or text Will, after all he had gotten Wills number so that they could make plans to get together, you know to hang out, as friends, just friends…

Nico was still trying to convince himself not to get his hopes up when it came to Will when his phone went off, his heart jumped but calmed down when he saw that it was a text from Percy. Nico put away his painting and grabbed his phone to shoot back a text as he went to find his keys. Today was when he was supposed to get together with his friends for Percy and Annabeth's anniversary, everyone had been invited to join them for a movie followed by dinner and it didn't take a genius to guess why. Nico made sure that he had no paint on his clothes and that they were suitable for such an event, then he picked up his phone and headed out.

As soon as he got out the door, just managing to close it before being swept up into a bone crushing hug from Percy "Thank you so much for agreeing to come tonight, I'm really nervous!" Percy said quietly which went to show how true that statement was considering Percy wasn't the quiet type. "Okay Percy, put me down already so we can go or we're going to be late for the movie." He gasped out.

Once Percy had set him down and he locked his door before they headed downstairs. Percy kept talking about how he had had this night planned for a while now and how excited but freaked out he was about it, Nico tried to listen but his mind kept drifting off to images of him and Will going to the movies together.

After the movie they had all gone out to dinner and everything had worked out beautifully, Percy the normally laid back type of guy had everything arranged so well you would have thought it had been Annabeth that had set everything up but going by her complete surprise she hadn't seen it coming at all which seemed to make the moment Percy proposed even more special, the look on her face as he got down on one knee and pulled out a small box with a ring in it seemed to completely blindside her but when she said yes there was applause all around and not a dry eye in sight. Nico was really happy for his friends.

By the time he got home he was still so happy all he could do was put on some happy music and sing along. After a couple of songs he decided that if Percy could work up the courage he had to ask Annabeth to marry him, then he could work up the courage to text Will and ask to hang out even if it was just as friends.

Nico: Hey, how about we go for coffee tomorrow after classes, maybe 4:30?

He held his breath as he waited for a reply but he didn't have to wait long

Will: Sure, sounds great. Where would you like to meet up?

It was happening it was really happening!

Nico: How about the café on campus? I usually sit in the corner and study.

He was so ecstatic right now

Will: I know the place, sure sounds great. See you there.

Nico couldn't help himself he was so happy he turned up his music and started singing along again and dancing around not caring at all right now if anyone could hear him, he wouldn't care right now if the world could hear him.

I'm walking on sunshine, wooah

I'm walking on sunshine, woooah

I'm walking on sunshine, woooah

And don't it feel good!

Hey, alright now

And don't it feel good!

Hey yeah

Nico was so excited yesterday but now all he felt was fear that he would somehow screw this all up, he had finally asked Will out for coffee outside of their apartment and Will had said yes. They were going to his favorite café where he liked to go to study so hopefully the familiar setting would help to calm him down as he sat with Will. When Nico got to the café he found Will in the back where he had told him he liked to sit whenever he came here, Will was so absorbed in his notes and didn't seem to notice Nico's approach, he finally looked up as Nico took a seat opposite him.

"How goes the studying?" Nico asked nodding towards Wills notes. "Pretty good I guess, I'm working on the nervous system at the moment." Nico couldn't help himself he cocked his head to the side and said "I hope that means that you're not going to get on my nerves then." Will looked up at him seemingly caught off guard by his joke and Nico couldn't help the smile that tugged at his lips that he was having a hard time fighting. Then Will laughed, it had been the type of joke Percy or one of his other friends would have made not him but hearing Will laugh at it made him feel much better. "Well I hope I don't because we'll probably be walking home together after this and that could get awkward." Will said and this time it was Nico's turn to laugh.

After a couple of hours of studying and small talk over coffee and café treats it was time to pack up and head home for dinner. So Nico gathered up what courage he had left over from yesterday to ask Will if he'd like to come over. "You know I'm always coming over to your place and having coffee with you or watching movies, how about I return the favor and have you over for dinner?" his heart was beating so fast but almost stopped completely with Wills reply "Sure that sounds great." He had such a beautiful smile on his face as he said that, so they grabbed their things and fresh coffee to go and headed out.

When they got to Nico's place he headed right for the kitchen while Will took a look around the living room. "I usually cook for myself but make larger portions when my friends come over so you don't have to worry about there not being enough." He said as he set the table. He had free time earlier that day so he had made dinner early and left it in the oven to keep warm for later, he'd be lying if he said that he hadn't been hoping that things would work out this way so he had purposely made extra. You need to dream big right?

Nico started dishing up. "That smells great what is it?" Will asked. "Baked tortellini and garlic bread, I had already planned on making it but thought it would be too much so I'm glad that there's someone to share it with." This was technically true. "I'm glad too, this looks amazing." Will said as he joined Nico at the table. "Are you sure you don't want to switch to being a chef? I'm sure you would be great at it." Nico's heart swelled at the complement, he smiled but shook his head "I love cooking but I always wanted to learn more about the world and different cultures so I decided to take up History and Art because you can really learn a lot about a people by their art."

"That's great, I've always wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember, I want to be able to help people, to save lives. I don't know if I'd go as far as different countries but I wouldn't rule anything out. I just want to be able to help as many people as I can." Nico was so blown away by Wills ambitions that he spoke his thoughts aloud "You're amazing." Will looked up from his plate "What was that?" Nico quickly took a drink before he spoke again. "I said that's amazing, having so much conviction to help people like that I mean." Will blushed a little, it looked good on him Nico thought.

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