Disclaimer: I don't the characters, they belong to Rick Riordan. I don't own the plot, it belongs to MBC. I just joined them for fun.

Episode 11: Part 3

To say that Will was a little confused about how things were developing would be the understatement of the century.

He was super confused.

Nico di Angelo wasn't this trustworthy. Sure, he was now a fugitive and he kind of saved him and believed in him and came back to check on him but despite that, Nico had no reason to trust him.

So, why was he acting like this?

"You don't have clothes to wear either, right?" Nico mentioned his clothes, the same clothes that, according to him, had been wearing for at least a whole month. "If you don't, I should buy some for you."

"It's fine." Will stopped him while they walk around a small market of Valhalla. He really didn't care if he was wearing the same clothes, for him it hadn't passed that long time.

"No, I have to buy them for you. I want to." Nico insisted, which was slightly surprising. He walked to one of the market's tents that sell clothes and began looking through the rack, leaving Will no more option than to follow him. "Take your pick. Whatever you like from here." He said after a few minutes before blushing slightly. Another new thing. "This is a little bit embarrassing, but I can't buy expensive things. I do have a lot of money, my cash flow has been blocked at the moment." He explained to him, but Will keep staring at him. Why is he like this...? "What about this one?" He grabbed a shirt that was on the rack. Will only nodded at him. "It's 5 bucks. The price is good too. I'm in a position where everything's burned down, so I'm saying we should be frugal. Just know that in my heart, I want to buy you a 3 thousand dollar suit."

He's not helping things easier for me talking like that... He doesn't remember me so why is he making this harder on me...?

"I can't show my face so go buy this." Nico took Will's silence as agreement of his choice before handing him some bills. Will had no other option but to do as told, watching Nico disappearing to the other side of the market. He followed a few minutes later but he seemed to be nowhere in sight.

Where is he now...? He was about to have a small panic attack when someone grabbed his elbow and turned him. Seeing Nico standing there and showing him two ice creams was just as surprising.

"It's too hot. Let's each eat one and go." He explained his decision before extending his hand. "The change. I have to be thrifty." He excused himself but Will said nothing and handed the change over. "Let's go." That confused Will even more- his face said it all -, especially since he placed a hand on his back and pushed him to his desired direction until they found a small seat in the middle of the market- that the seat was in fact the elevated floor of some stores, more like a set of stairs, cared very little to Will.

"It's good." Nico announced once he ate his ice cream. He got happier by the minute and that kind of confused- or disturbed -Will. "How's that one?"

"Vanilla flavor." He said, eating it.

"Give me a bite." Without even waiting permission, Nico grabbed Will's wrist and brought the ice cream to his mouth, biting a piece of it under Will's shocked face. "It's eh. Mine's better. Try it." He determined, placing his own ice cream on Will's still shocked face. With no alternative, Will ate the ice cream. "Mine's better, right?" Will couldn't take it anymore.

"Why are you like this since earlier?"

"What?"

"You're a fugitive right now. You've been on the run for about a month. And, do you know who I am?" Nico didn't realize his silence was allowing Will to rant to him. "You don't even know my identity, but you say let's hang out, buy me clothes. You're not thinking about clearing your name, instead you're opening up ice cream. What are you thinking right now? Are you going to keep living like this? Doing nothing?"

"When a person keeps going through events with no logical connection whatsoever, they go insane." Nico replied, philosophically. "You can just think that I'm crazy. I don't have any thoughts right now. I did all that I could for one month. There's really not much I can do." He confessed. "There are only two choices left for me. Get arrested while keep running, or turn myself in. Then from there, comes the legal fight. Then I would rot in prison for my entire life." Will stared at Nico. He did seem calm but how long will it last? "I am following my predestined destiny. No matter how much I try, the conclusion is always the same. My life must be already determined as a sad ending." Why is he saying that...? "Since we just shopped and ate ice cream, I did two things, right?" He numbered, changing radically the topic. "Let's go grocery shopping." He didn't wait for an answer, he grabbed Will's hand and dragged him to the closest supermarket.

Once inside the store, Will watched as Nico filled the cart he was pushing around with things. It was either too much food for two people or he was stocking up because it was too much. Especially, beer.

How much is he planning on drinking...?

"Should we buy some snacks?" Nico asked looking around the store after setting some things in the cart. For some reason, Will felt a mother following her hyperactive child that filled the cart with anything. Nico was acting like a small child. "Have you tried this before? Let's buy this." He didn't wait for an answer, placing the snack inside the cart. "My appetite increased since I now have someone to eat with, strangely." Nico somehow apologized to him, smiling. "Should we buy a watermelon as well?" Again, he didn't wait for answer. He simply took off.

Confussion seemed to make Will's face home permanently.

This man is going to make me crazy in every possible way now...

After collecting and paying for everything in the supermarket, Nico drove to the place he had been staying hidden. The drive was silent but it wasn't awkward for Will. Sure, he was still confused about Nico's attitude but at least the silence was comfortable.

"I'll make you spaghetti. Do you like creamy spaghetti?" Nico announced as soon as they reached the kitchen to place the groceries.

"You can't cook though." Will pointed out.

"Who told you that I can't cook?" Damn it, I blew it... "You're right. I can't, but I studied

while looking on the Internet." Nico smirked at him. "There is not much to do here, and I wanted to cook for you when you appear someday."

"What?"

"Go wash up." Nico's ability to change the subject was slightly confusing Will even more. He remembered him more focused. "The bathroom is over there." Not having other alternative, Will grabbed the shirt he had bought and decided to change when he heard Nico mumble. "Did I just do four things? I just need to do two more to finish my homework."

Will stopped dead in his tracks. The 'homework' comment triggered a memory from him, when he had marked all the things they should do every day.

The sweet things to do together.

Go grocery shopping.

Eating ice cream.

Go shopping.

Cooking.

"What did you just say?" Will confronted him.

"What do you mean?" Nico spoke as he either didn't understand or was playing fool.

"Just now, you talked about some homework." Will pointed out.

"Oh, homework." Nico repeated, nodding his head.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Homework to do ten sweet things for you a day." That blunt confirmation surprised Will, who kept staring at Nico. "But your husband only did four things and disappeared. So I tried to do it for you in the place of your husband, since I'm indebted to you for saving my life. Didn't you say that your husband looked like me? Isn't that why you are following me around?" Not the reason- wait, when did he learn about that..?

"How do you know that? I never talked about a homework or anything like that." Will recognized, not even remembering a moment he might have slipped that information- granted, he did mention his 'husband' had only done four sweet things with him but he never mentioned his 'husband' considered them homework!

"I saw it."

"From where? Where did you see that?"

If Will thought the surprised were over, he would get the biggest one now.

Nico had hoped they could do this after dinner.

But he realized that mentioning that Will would triggered him.

Since now Will was demanding answers to things he wasn't supposed to know, Nico decided to show the source of his information. He walked to the living room and, from the coffee table, picked up something he was sure Will would recognized. He waiting until they were face to face before showing him.

"From here." Will's reaction was immediate, dropping the bag he was holding because of the shock. "You know this manhwa, right?" Nico kept talking, his voice neutral. "By looking at your expression, it seems like you know it very well. I saw it from here." He continued, answering his own question. "Your husband disappeared after doing only four sweet things." He even smirked at him while talking. "He's a bit dishonorable. How can he do that to a man after marrying him?" Nico saw Will trying to hide the panic he was feeling, letting Nico free to talk.

"Percy brought it for me when I asked him to investigate you. It seems that you left it in the hospital before all this madness." Nico explained why he had it in his possession. "Everyone thought it was strange that it had characters named like us." Nico stopped for a second to look at Will. "I thought that this is yours. Aren't I right?" Will's face was cracking slowly, showing his fear.

"You didn't appear, and there was nothing I could do here. So I just read this book. Again and again. I memorized all the dialogue now. At first, I wasn't interested. The story was very interesting. This Nico di Angelo seemed a bit pitiful and foolish, like me." Not even insulting himself a little he got a reaction out of Will.

"So I was just holding on, without turning myself in. To meet you. If I meet you, I was going to ask you what happens next. Before I find that out, I couldn't just go to prison." He explained his hiding before lifting the manhwa up one last time. "Did you read the next chapter as well? What happens to Nico di Angelo and Will Solace in the next chapter? So does Nico di Angelo forget Will Solace forever? Answer me." Nico demanded upon hearing Will's silence.

"Is your husband, who suddenly disappeared, me?"

Hello, everyone...

As you probably realized, I had been absent from posting for a while and at first, it was pure procrastination- I hadn't or couldn't finish the full episode and it got accumulated. Sadly, that wasn't the case on the last two weekends, as personal problems stopped me from even using the computer during my free time.

To compensate for the troubles, I'll try to finish this story by the end of the week- I did say 'try'! -as we're only five episodes away. From here on, this only gets more action and tears than anything, so be ready for everything!

I'll be low until the New Year, only to post a collab I did with a friend as Christmas present for you all. Besides that, I'll be on hiatus until New Year comes. I need that time to reorganize my ideas and put them on paper/screen.

Thank you all for understanding. Have a lovely week.
xoxo, SilverHuntresses