Disclaimer: All characters belong to Riordan.

"That's it!"

"Well there's 6 more books" Will said as he set the finished book aside. "So you liked it?"

Nico sat up from where he was lying on the bed. "Of course I liked it!" Nico exclaimed. He realized he sounded childish, but he couldn't help it. He hadn't gotten this excited about something since Myth-o-magic. "I bet he's guna come back for real at some point and Harry's guna have to fight him!"

Will laughed and pecked him on the lips. "Guess you're going to have to wait and find out" he said before pecking him on the lips once again. "But before that..." He kissed him between every word, making Nico's insides feel warm and fuzzy. Nico leaned forward into the kiss, rubbing his thumbs back and forth on Will's cheeks. Will's hands tangled in Nico's wild black hair.

The boys leaned back in the bed and tangled their legs with each other's. One of Will's hands traveled down Nico's back and landed on his butt. Nico started to think about all the things they did the other day. They'd done it one more time since then and Nico was considering doing it again when his cabin door burst open.

Nico broke the kiss in time to sit up and see the group of people who'd let themselves into his cabin. Reyna was standing there, biting her lip to stop from smiling. Percy was openly grinning with a rainbow sticker on his forehead, and was covering Hazel's eyes. Frank was standing there covering his own eyes.

Nico would've been embarrassed, but he was so excited to see the Romans he hopped out of bed and ran to them. Without thinking he pulled Hazel and Reyna into a hug. "What're you guys going here?" he exclaimed as Hazel laughed and kissed his forehead.

"We're here to see Leo and Reyna tagged along to say hi" Hazel told him.

Reyna gave a slight nod. "You've definitely perked up since I last saw you" she said.

Nico realized he was grinning like an idiot so he forced his face to return to a neutral expression. "Well I'm not fading into the shadows anymore so that tends to perk someone up" he said.

"Mhmm" Reyna hummed before leaning close to Nico. "So do cute blonde boys."

Nico blushed slightly and gave a small shrug. "It's good to see you guys" he said. "Oh- this is Will. Will, this is Reyna."

As they exchanged hellos Nico's eyes drifted back to Percy who was smiling like a dork. "Jackson" Nico said "what's with the rainbow sticker on your face?"

"You didn't hear?" he asked and Nico shook his head. Percy gasped and pulled stickers out of his pocket and stuck on both Will and Nico's cheeks. "America's finally caught up!"

"What're you talking about?" Nico asked as he peeled the sticker off his face. Will grabbed the sticker and stuck it onto Nico's black t-shirt.

"Gay marriage was legalized in all fifty states today!" Percy announced as he patted Nico and Will on the shoulder.

"Wait, what?" Nico asked, his eyes wide. "Boys can marry boys? You mean- really?"

Will wrapped his arm around him and kissed his temple. "Really" he said "most of the states had already legalized it, but now it's finally nationwide."

This wasn't processing in Nico's brain. He never even considered the idea of getting married one day or having a family. He always figured he'd drift through life alone, a social outcast. At the time he and Hazel grew up... the idea of gay marriage being legal was completely ridiculous. So much had changed, so much progress had been made, it was hard believe it was all true.

Nico wrapped his arms around Will's waist and buried his face in his chest to hide the fact that he was blinking back tears. Will hugged him tight and kissed the top of his head. Nobody said anything while Nico took a moment to collect himself. He pulled away from Will's chest and met Hazel's eyes to see she was teary eyed too. "So I get to be the flower girl at your wedding, right?" she asked with a smile.

Nico blushed and scowled at her. "You had to get me back for the flower boy comment, didn't you?" he asked.

"Yes" Frank chimed in. "We better go see Leo."

"We'll meet you guys at the bonfire tonight" Nico said.

"Alright, but keep it PG you two" Percy said as he pointed two fingers between him and Will to make the I'm watching you signal.

"Shut up Jackson" Nico said.

After everyone left the cabin Will started laughing as he hugged Nico and spun him around. "Golly Solace" Nico laughed.

Will set him down and met his eyes. "Did you just say golly?"

Nico shifted his weight. "I'm old!" he defended.

"Whatever" Will said as he pecked Nico on the forehead. "I'm just happy" he said as he and Nico climbed onto the bed. "Can you imagine it?"

"What'd you mean?" Nico asked as he settled between Will's legs so he was facing him.

"I mean us getting married" Will said, and Nico's eyes got wide making Will laugh. "I don't mean now" he said "like, far far in the future. We could go to college in New Rome and then get married and then adopt little babies and-"

"Wow there Solace" Nico said as he held his hands up. "Don't get ahead of yourself, are gay couples even aloud to adopt kids?"

"Of course!" Will said. "And I know I'm getting a little excited, but I can't help it! We could get married at sunset so my dad can drive the chariot over and it could be in a field-"

"The Fields of Punishment?"

"No!" Will exclaimed "we're not getting married in the Underworld!"

Nico laughed and shrugged. "You want your dad to be there" he defended.

Will rolled his eyes and kissed him lightly on the lips. "Guess we have some time to work out the details" he said quietly.

"Guess so" Nico said as he leaned in and kissed Will once again on the lips. Will put his hands in Nico's hair and moved his lips against Nico's. Nico closed his eyes and took in the moment. If someone had told Nico a couple months ago that he'd be kissing his boy friend after making jokes about their wedding he would've laughed until he cried. But now, he could taste lemonade on Will's lips and smell his beautiful scent and he didn't feel the slightest bit ashamed about it.

Will pulled away from the kiss and smiled at Nico making his skeleton butterflies turn into a mosh pit. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Will practically whispered.

Nico bit his lip and nodded. Will pecked him on the lips and leaned back on the bed. "We totally have time to start Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets!"

Figured we could use a fluffy chapter in celebration of gay marraige finally being nation wide! Thanks for reading, please review!