The grass beneath him was soft. Soft and green. It was one of those lazy midsummer days Nico could only describe as perfect. He lay on his back and watched the world pass by. In the distance, Arion was grazing along with another Pegasus, while up above a gentle breeze herded puffy clouds. Softly, it tousled through his hair. Warm and nice and quiet. Nico's thoughts drifted towards Jason. He felt slightly guilty. Poor guy got a stomach bug. All the whirling and twirling last campfire, well… . "You should have said something," he had told him sternly and Jason had agreed with the saddest of smiles.

A Pair of flip-flops suddenly appeared next to his head. The son of Hades looked up.

"Your place or mine?" Will plopped down beside him, grinning from ear to ear

By now Nico lost track of all the bad puns the healer bombarded him with. So stupid. But also cute. Despite himself, his lips curved up. "Both. You go to yours and I'll go to mine," he replied.

They waited. Weird. Usually, Will's SWAT team should have been here already. The sheer amount of excuses the Apollo-kids came up with was impressive. Albeit lately the quality greatly suffered. What was a Prinz-Albert-Incident even supposed to mean?

"Fine with me," Will used his opportunity without missing a beat. "I don't care where you go after we're done in the car." The head counselor put on a smolder and turned it up to 11.

It was just too much, didn't even make sense. Nico lost it then and there. He broke down laughing. It was official, Will Solace was an idiot. Who would have thought?

There were no regrets on the idiots' part though. Nico's laughter was worth it. He was in love with the sound, could die happily now. Wanted to hear it over and over again.

"Nico di Angelo, please will you go on a date with me?" He asked with his sun-god smile. It was almost blinding.

Nico calmed and the hair on Will's arms straightened as the other boy sized him up. He could see the ocean of thoughts flashing behind those dark orbs, trying to figure him out. Weighted and measured, the healer stood his ground.

"Sure, why not?" Nico shrugged. Will was a stubborn and annoying guy anyway, no point in trying to resist. He never really stood a chance of not falling for him.

Will's face lit up like the sky at dawn. His light blue eyes glistened happily and before he knew it he kissed the top of Nico's head, reveling in the history they were about to inherit.

"Let's go!" He jumped up.

"Wait, now?"

Will grinned simply grabbing his hand and pulling him up.

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Calypso smirked when she saw Will Solace and Nico di Angelo walking together. Their shoulders were slightly touching and both boys were wearing matching smiles.

Nico noticed the Queen of Ogygia and came over. On the way, his fingers fiddled with something hidden in the pockets of his aviator jacket.

"I think I don't need these anymore," He told her before finally getting the stack of flashcards out and handing them back. His face turned into a cute shade of red.

"I hope so," she winked.

The son of Hades thanked her once more, before bidding himself goodbye.

"What was that about?" Will asked confused.

"Uh, nothing."

Calypso shook her head in amusement. Those two dorks were made for each other. Fondly she brushed her thumb over the card on top. 'Don't worry, I don't have to rearrange it to put N&O together,' it read in her own handwriting. She grinned as a sweet memory of her and Leo emerged.

"Boo!"

Speaking of the devil. "Geez Leo, don't scare me like this!"

Yay. Womanizer Leo Valdez finally managed to sneak up on his girl. "Whatcha doing?" Leo asked. He followed her gaze and winced at the cutesy-wootsy scene of Nico kicking Will in the shin while the other followed him like a good little doggy.

"So sad little kitty sweater it is."

"Uh-huh," she agreed. "Perhaps some ice cream and a movie too?"

"Sounds about right. Just make sure you don't let him see your PJ's."

Calypso's mind flew to the bright pink shirt that said in big italic letters 'TEAM WILL' and grimaced. "Yeah."

"Also I took the liberty of letting the Apollo-kid out of the closet."

"Ah, right. Thanks!"