So I've officially decided an end date for this story (not gonna lie, I didn't even think I would get past like three chapters due to my commitment to writing issues). On August 18th, I'm moving to a new college out of state (it's a 16 hour drive), so I plan to hopefully keep writing more chapters up until that point. Just to let y'all know.

As always, thanks for reading!

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

"I feel like I'm forgetting something important," Will commented as he leaned back on his bed.

Nico sat crisscrossed at Will's feet. "I don't know… is it someone's birthday?"

"I don't think so." Will shrugged. "I'm sure it's nothing. I'm probably just losing it."

"Wouldn't be the first time."

Will responded by flinging a pillow at Nico's face. Nico smirked and smacked Will's feet with said pillow.

The son of Apollo jerked his legs back. "There's no need for such violence."

"Yes, there is." Nico promptly whacked Will once again, this time aiming for his chest.

Will managed to grab hold of the pillow and wrench it from his boyfriend's hands, and Nico soon found himself in a corner of the cabin as Will playfully pummeled him. The son of Hades was finally able to clench the front of Will's shirt, pulling him towards the shorter boy into a kiss. As Will relaxed, Nico reached around and grasped the pillow.

"Ah ha!" Nico exclaimed, stepping back with the pillow. "I am victorious!"

"That's not fair!" Will said, crossing his arms. "You used your seduction skills to trick me."

Nico scoffed. "Um, I'm pretty sure I lack all seduction skills. I just know how to work you."

Will wiggled his eyebrow. "Hmm you sure do."

Nico smacked Will one last time with the pillow before throwing it back on the bed. Suddenly, Will's eyes lit up.

"Hey, so you know how, like, five minutes ago you mentioned you were bored?"

"I didn't say I was bored, Sunshine. I believe my actual phrasing was 'I don't want to go to the arena to spar because Percy is gone and it would be boring without him,' to which you replied, 'I'll spar with you!'"

Will placed his hands on his hips. "Yeah, and then you laughed at me. But anyway, my point is…" He gestured around the Apollo cabin. "Look at all these perfectly made beds."

Nico looked around. "Um yes, they are neater than usual. I still don't see your point."

"Think of all the possibilities."

"For what?"

"Fort building!"

Nico stared at his boyfriend. "Fort building?"

Will leaned down so his face was parallel and inches away from Nico's. "Do you wanna build a foooooort?" He whisper-sang.

"You're actually serious?" Nico asked incredulously as Will pulled the sheets and pillows off of all his siblings' beds. "I'm pretty sure we have better things to do with our lives than build a sheet fort."

"I highly doubt that," Will replied, flinging sheets towards the other boy. "Come on, I'm willing to bet you've never built a fort before!"

Nico gathered one of the sheets. "Of course I have! In my room… in the Underworld… out of skulls…"

Will stopped what he was doing. "That's basically the most hardcore thing a child could ever say. Anyway, we're going to build the most kick-ass fort that will put all other bed forts to shame. Grab another blanket."

"Aye aye, sir," Nico mock saluted as he picked up a blanket.

The two boys worked for a good twenty minutes on their fort, and it was coming together very nicely until Will tripped on a rogue pillow and brought a majority of the sheets down with him. Through his laughter, Nico reached down to help him up, but Will yanked on his arm instead and caused the son of Hades to land right on top of him.

"Was that necessary?" Nico asked with a hint of pink on his cheeks as he gazed down at Will's smirking face.

Will kissed his boyfriend. "Yes, it was."

Nico scrambled to his feet (albeit slowly, but he would never admit how much he actually enjoyed the position they were in) and surveyed the damage. "Most kick-ass fort, huh?"

Will stood up. "Okay, screw the kick-ass fort." He stacked two pillows on top of each other. "New idea: a kick-ass barricade."

Nico rolled his eyes but nevertheless began stacking pillows as well. After an hour and only one other tripping episode, a fully constructed bedding barricade spanned the entire width of the cabin and reached almost two feet below the ceiling, dividing the cabin in half.

"Well, I think this is a worthy barricade," Will said, admiring their work.

"Yeah, it's beautiful," Nico responded with less enthusiasm. "What do we do now?"

Suddenly, Will pulled his red shirt over his head (triggering a slight blush on the other boy's face) and waved it around as he climbed up one of the bunks.

"Do you hear the people sing, singing the song of angry men?" He sang. "It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again!"

Nico stared. "What the hell are you doing?"

"It is time for the common masses to rise above the French corruption and take control of their government! The Friends of the ABC Café (hehe my pen name) fight for the people of France!"

"Solace, you're not French."

Just when Nico thought his boyfriend couldn't get any stranger, Will jumped off the bunk and held him close.

"Hush-a-bye, dear Epo-nico, you won't feel any pain. A little fall of rain can hardly hurt you now."

Nico wriggled free of Will's grip, consciously aware that he was shirtless. "You're absolutely insane"

Will beamed. "But look at it! This barricade is quite possibly the coolest thing we've ever done."

"Gee, and I thought that award belonged to saving the world a few times."

Will chuckled and began to since once more. Luckily, Nico was saved from seeing the son of Apollo reenact the entire musical of Les Misérables when they heard the cabin door open. Will quietly climbed up the bunk bed again while Nico followed suit on a bunk against the opposite wall.

"Hello?" The mysterious guest called.

Will jumped up with his fist clenching his red shirt. "French Revolution!"

However, he clearly misinterpreted the amount of space he had and slammed his head into the ceiling. Nico began to grin like an idiot to prevent himself from uncontrollable laughter as he peered over the barricade and saw Annabeth standing in the doorway with a clipboard in hand.

Her eyes darted from an embarrassed Will rubbing his head to the giant pillow barricade to a smiling Nico.

"Will, you're not French."

He shrugged. "Can we help you with something, Annabeth?"

She tapped her clipboard. "Cabin inspection."

Will's smiled faded immediately while Nico struggled harder to keep his laughter in.

"So I did forget something today," he said sheepishly. "I guess that explains why everyone's beds were so neat."

Annabeth wrote some notes on her clipboard. "Uh huh."

"Do you mind coming back in ten minutes and pretending you never saw this?"

The daughter of Athena shook her head. "Not going to happen. I'll give you a two out of five," she pointed her pen at Will, "but only because your barricade is so well-constructed."

And with that, she turned and left the cabin. As soon as the door closed all the way, Nico broke out laughing.

"Your siblings are going to be so pissed," he managed to get out through his amusement.

Will admired the barricade once again. "Oh well, it was worth it. I am going to keep this up as long as I can though."

Nico calmed down. "If you say so." He mimicked Will and peered over all the pillows. "So uh, how exactly do you plan on leaving this cabin then?"

A/N: Let's play a game of "how many musical references can I make in the chapter titles/through Will's comments by the time I finish this story?" (Because I have this headcanon that even though Will lacks musical abilities, he still has an extensive knowledge of musical theatre... so basically, he's like me.) So far, I'm at 7 references in the titles and like a lot with Will after this chapter. Also, I apologize if you've never seen any form of Les Mis because you may have been somewhat confused at the references, but I love it to death. :)