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— BlueEyedOwl1

Will POV

Days passed, Will laying in bed most of the time.

Today Will decided he should actually get out of his cabin. Especially since his siblings were getting pretty annoying.

Will pulled a jacket on and walked out into the brisk winter air. He took a deep breath and looked around. Everything was covered in a skiff of snow and the buildings had icicles.

He walked down to the amphitheater and sat down and rested his hands on the piano keys. At once Will fingers danced across the keys playing a soft melody.

"Hello darkness, my old friend." Will closed his eyes as he sang.

"I've come to talk with you again." His fingers glided softly from one key to another.

"Because a vision softly creeping, left its seeds while I was sleeping." A tear fell onto the piano.

"And the vision that was planted in my brain… still remains… within the sound… of silence." Will took a deep breath and played more intensely.

"In restless dreams I walked alone, narrow streets of cobblestone. 'Neath the halo of a street lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp." Will was crying silent tears.

"When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light, that split the night… and touched the sound… of silence." Will stopped playing, a sob escaping him. He rested his head on the keys as another sob came.

Soon Will had no more tears to give and wiped his nose with his sleeve. He took a shaky breath and stood up.

"Curse you, Death Boy."

Nico POV

Nico slept a lot but mostly he walked in the forest, collecting flowers and interesting leaves. He never encountered a monster but that probably was because most monsters could smell death on him.

Nico didn't mind but it did get lonely sometimes. Especially when he would wake up in the middle of the night after a nightmare. He always looked around for Will and then remembered he wasn't there.

Today Nico went into the woods, hoping to relax but instead he ran into a hellhound. And it wasn't Mrs. O'Leary.

Nico pulled out his sword and slashed at the monster but he wasn't in very good shape so he missed and stumbled. The hellhound tried to bite at Nico's head but he ducked and backed into a shadow.

Nico stumbled again and fell to the ground. His head felt light and his hands were smoking. His eyesight was fading and he had no idea where he was. He hoped he was safe but all thoughts disappeared as he passed out, face in the dirt.

Will POV

Will made it to the top of the climbing wall and sat down, making sure to stay away from the lava. He looked at the forest and hoped Nico was okay. He hadn't seen Nico nor had anyone else since their fight a couple weeks ago.

Will went down the back side of the wall. Nico had shown him a secret path down so he didn't have to go through the lava and boulders.

Will decided to hike in the forest. He brought a small knife just in case a monster decided it was hungry for demigod.

He walked around, looking at the animals and trees. A light breeze came and Will smiled, he liked the wind. Even though it wasn't good for archery.

A figure on the ground ahead caught his eye. Will pulled out his knife and walked quietly forward. He jumped when a squirrel ran by.

He kept walking and gasped. It was Nico laying there facedown with his sword next to him. Will put his knife away and ran up to Nico and tried to flip him on his back but his hands went right through Nico.

Will tried again and this time he could touch Nico. He turned Nico over and brushed the dirt off his pale face.

"Nico…" Will hugged Nico's thin frame tightly before carefully picking him up.

Will stumbled out of the woods and called for help. A girl came and tried to grab Nico but her hands went right through him. She yelped and went to get Chiron.

Soon Will made it to the infirmary and set Nico on a cot but he fell right through onto the hard floor.

"Will? Is everything okay?" Chiron ducked as he entered.

"Nico… he's fading again Chiron." Will held back his tears as he picked Nico up off the floor and held him while his siblings laid blankets on the ground. Then Will set Nico down on them and grabbed ambrosia squares and a bottle of Gatorade.

Chiron watched as Will gently poured the energy drink down Nico's throat. Then Will grabbed a square of ambrosia and set it on Nico's tongue. He watched as it melted, holding Nico's hands.

A bit of color came to Nico's face and Will heaved a sigh of relief.

"Will." Will forgot Chiron was still in the room.

"Yes?" Will glanced at Chiron before returning them to Nico's face.

"What happened? Miranda said you came out of the woods and that she couldn't touch Nico." Chiron knelt next to Will.

"I went into the woods and found him lying on the ground. H- he was smoking and the first time I tried to pick him up I went right through." Will checked Nico's pulse. It was barely there which greatly worried Will.

"I'm- I'm not sure he's going to make it this time." Will turned away from Chiron and laid down next to Nico. Will rested his head on Nico's slightly cold chest. He let his tears fall, making Nico's black shirt wet.

"It's going to be okay William." Chiron patted Will's back before leaving the infirmary, ducking through the doorway.

Will stayed by Nico's side for a week before there was any sign of improvement. During that week Nico would fade in and out of existence and sometimes Will wouldn't be able to touch him. That's when Will would try to rest his head on Nico's chest. It always seemed to ground Nico into the land of the living.

"Will? Nico's stirring." Kayla called Will as he was grabbing supplies from a storage room.

Will rushed to Nico's side and checked his pulse; it was almost back to normal, thank the gods.

Kayla found a bottle of nectar and handed it Will. Will opened the bottle and poured a bit into Nico's mouth, careful not to get too much and burn Nico up.

Nico coughed and more color came to his skin.

"Nico? Can you hear me?"

Nico POV

Nico was having the weirdest dream. He was in the woods looking at his body laying face down in the dirt.

"I must be dead." Nico cursed and tried to walk (float?) into his body but he couldn't move.

"Dang it!" Nico sighed and sat down on the ground.

Time was meaningless in this weird dream but he knew it was a day or two before Will stumbled upon his body. And that's when Nico got back into his body, right as the son of Apollo touched him, giving Nico a jolt of life.

After that things got fuzzy and Nico was so tired he didn't bother paying attention to his surroundings, it was too odd.

Nico did remember Will putting his head on Nico's chest but he wasn't sure if that was real or just him hallucinating.

"Nico? Can you hear me?" Will's voice was full of worry and Nico wanted to open his eyes but they were just so heavy. He coughed and groaned instead and immediately felt like he was going to puke.

"I'm gonna puke." He muttered and rolled on his side and did just that.

The horrible taste of bile was enough to make him open his eyes. He saw Kayla cleaning his puke off the floor and Will… Will was wiping Nico's face and rinsing his mouth with water.

"I can do it myself." Nico muttered.

"I don't think you could lift a finger right now, Death Boy." Will smiled and gently lifted Nico up onto a cot.

"Thanks, but I can take care of myself, thank you very much." Nico tried to wave Will off but his arm felt like lead so he just sighed.

"Just relax and let me take care of you." Will grabbed Nico's hand. "You had me really worried Nico. I know you shadow traveled." Will frowned at him.

"But I'm fine! You see me here? Talking to you? I lived!" Nico tried for a smile.

"Dude, you almost died. I couldn't even touch you most of the time. Don't EVER do that again. You hear me?" Will had his no nonsense look on but Nico could see the sparkle in his eyes.

"Fine Sunshine." Nico grinned. Will turned red and gave Nico a quick peck on the cheek before awkwardly shuffling out of the infirmary.

Kayla came over and helped Nico drink some water.

"Will was really worried about you."

"I know."

"Don't beat him up too much, okay? I think he really likes you."

"I know." Nico rolled his eyes. He managed to grab his blanket and pull it up. Soon he was sound asleep.

Nico woke up and felt Will holding his hand. Nico smiled and squeezed it. Will's eyes opened and he immediately turned red and pulled his hand away and sat up.

"It's okay Will." Nico smiled.

"I'm sorry about that night." Will grabbed Nico's hand.

"No. I'm sorry. I was the one who freaked out. I- I didn't know what to do with my feelings." Nico whispered the last part, not looking at Will.

"It's okay." Will wrapped his arms around Nico and pulled him close.

"I like you, Will." Will hugged Nico closer and ran a hand through the son of Hades' hair as he started quietly crying. Nico just let the tears come.

"I like you too, Death Boy."