"Nico, this is the fifth outfit and it's just as nice as the first one!" Piper was going to lose her mind with this kid. He gets a boyfriend and then suddenly cares about how he dresses. Not only that, but everything in his closet was virtually identical, so everything he tried on looked exactly the same.

"But this one's got a V-neck. I don't want him getting the wrong idea." Nico didn't actually care about the clothes, freaking out about this just stopped him from freaking out about the date.

"What exactly is the wrong idea, Nico?"

"I don't know. That I'm a slut?" He was mostly joking, but part of him was worried about what Will was expecting from a relationship.

"Nico, it took you a year of knowing Will to be okay with him being anywhere close to you. You still jump when he touches you. I think he knows you're not ready to sleep with him."

Nico slapped Piper up her head for that.

"Shut up."

He supposed she was right though, and he did like the V-neck, so he stuck with the outfit he had on and started getting mentally ready. Luckily, he didn't have much time to do that, as Will knocked on the door.

"Ten bucks says he's wearing almost the exact same outfit in a different colour." Piper giggled.

Nico opened the door and immediately turned around, handing Piper ten dollars.

"What was that for?" Will asked.

"Don't worry about it sunshine." Piper said, using her best shady voice. "I'll see you two later. Have fun, but not too much fun." And she ran off, giggling again.

Both of the boys looked down at the ground.

"So, where are we headed?" Will asked Nico.

"Well, I know you said no shadow travelling or underworldly stuff, but I think I can convince you."

"This had better be good." Will warned, half smiling at Nico's flirty tone and half concerned.

"Okay, so I already told Chiron that we might be away for a while, so he's warned. I want you and me to travel to a very special place and then, if you determine that I'm unfit to shadow travel us back, we can stay for a while."

Will had to admit that this sounded pretty good, so he agreed and prepared for whatever was going to happen.

"Okay, so basically you just need to hold onto me and try not to pass out or anything like that."

"He he. What?" Will squeaked nervously.

"Well, in order to shadow travel both of us, you need to be holding onto me. And shadow travelling isn't the nicest of feelings, so try not to pass out and all that."

So Will reached down and grabbed onto Nico's hand, took a deep breath and told Nico he was ready.

It's worth mentioning that Nico was not expecting Will to hold his hand, he was just expecting him to grab his arm or something. This may have been the reason that his aim was so off. Instead of ending up in the middle of Paris, they ended up in a back road in what appeared to be a Scandinavian country, based on the voices from the end of the road.

"oops." Nico squeaked. "Just give me a second."

"Are you okay?" The concern in Will's voice didn't help with Nico's distraction, and then there was the not so small issue of Will's hand still in his.

Nico took a few deep breaths. He tried to pull his hand from Will's in the nicest way possible. He continued focusing on his breath and pictured the place he wanted to end up. He grabbed onto Will's wrists to have a better grip and tried it again.

This time he had better luck and they landed with a perfect view of the Eiffel tower.

"Made it." Nico celebrated, mostly to reassure Will. For someone who never got ill, Will looked a lot like he was going to throw up.

"You okay?" He asked him.

Will hesitated for a second before answering "Yup, all good, just reorienting myself."

"Okay good." Nico had a plan, but it required just a little bit more 'Underworldly stuff'.

"Just wait here for a second." He told Will.

Nico needed to call on Jules-Albert. He had packed a basket of food and a blanket so that they could have a picnic in front of the Eiffel Tower. He summoned him and, true to form Jules-Albert had not let him down in carrying the food and blanket perfectly. He took them and said thank you, bringing his yield back to were Will was sitting, still a bit green but happy nonetheless.

"Are you sure you're okay?" He asked

"Yeah, I'm fine. What's that?" Will asked, pointing at the basket.

"I brought us a little picnic."

"Oh my gods, you're so cute!" Will giggle, causing Nico to blush. "Also you are literally the most extra person in the world. Our first date and you shadow travel us to Paris?!"

So our two favourite boys sat and talked until it got very dark and they decided it was time to head back to camp. Will confirmed that Nico was fit to shadow travel and was more confident when holding onto Nico's hand.

And Will's hand in his didn't even disturb Nico's ability to focus on the place he wanted to land.

Aaand the 6th chapter's done. This one was a bit difficult to write, so hopefully it wasn't too awkward to read. I really love the idea of their first date being completely unbeatable because of Nico's shadow travelling. I'm working on the seventh chapter but I've been super busy. I love reading all of your comments, and thanks to everyone who's kept reading this far.

Let me know if you have any requests and especially prompts, I'm not quite out of ideas yet but it's bound to happen.