Nico was on his way to the Apollo cabin. Ever since the thing with SOLANGELO has started his relationship with Will got awkward. He still didn't know what to feel for him. On the one hand he had a great friendship with him. On the on the hand he found Will's blond hair shiny, his body was pretty attractive and his eyes were absolutely stunning. Shut it di Angelo, he is a friend, just friend. But deeply in his heart he knew he was just lying to himself.

As he arrived at the Apollo cabin the only person there was Will's half-sister Kayla. He greeted her.

"Hey Kayla, how is it going?" Kayla turned around to her smiling at Nico.

"Nico, I haven't seen you forever, how are you?" She asked him.

Nico shrugged. "Could be better, I guess. Hey, have you seen Will somewhere?"

Kayla shook her head. "I haven't seen him since lunch."

Nico groaned. He was now definitely sure that Will was hiding from him. He just wanted to go out the Apollo cabin to search for Will as he bumped into someone. He immediately fell down to the floor.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry, are you okay, Nico." Nico rubbed his head and raised it too see a worried looking Lou Ellen looking down at him. Lou Ellen did become a great to Nico in the past few months, being Will's best friend and so. She was a rather sassy girl and could get on Nico's nerves really quickly, especially if she mentioned Solangelo. But he enjoyed her company. At least most times.

"It's okay." Nico mumbled. Then Lou Ellen and Kayla, who saw this accident, grabbed his arms and pulled him up. "Thanks." Nico mumbled as he tried to pass by Lou Ellen and Kayla. Lou Ellen stopped him.

"Woah, stop there, Death Boy. Why are you in hurry?" She asked him.

Nico groaned. He was obviously annoyed that Lou Ellen had stopped him. He remained silent.

"He is searching for Will, his future boyfriend." Kayla answered for him while grinning. Nico groaned again. Oh great, here we go.

"You are searching for Doctor Lover Boy?" Lou Ellen smirked. "To confess him your feelings, I guess?"

Nico's face flushed red. "No." He cried. "Why does everyone think that he and I will be together!"

Lou Ellen pinched his cheeks. "Because you both would make such a great couple. Sun and Death united. So beautiful." She wiped an imaginary tear from her eyes.

"We are just friends!" Nico cried desperately throwing his hands up.

Kayla touched his shoulder. Nico flinched a little bit. He still was not really used being touched by others although he got daily bear hugs by his "bros" aka Percy, Jason and Leo.

"Nico, why don't you tell Will, just what you feel for him." She said softly.

"Yeah, do it." Lou Ellen added. "I have enough of you two idiots dancing around each other, okay. If you both idiots don't confess your feelings for each other, then I will do it for you."

Nico glared at the daughter of Hecate. "My relationship with Will is none of your business. If you excuse me, I have to search for Will." And with that he went away. From the distance he could see Kayla giving him a sad smile and Lou Ellen crying to him: "If you wanna talk about it, you know where to find me."

Nico just shook his head. What was wrong with all those campers these days. Why did they all wanted to get him and Will together. Imagine it would be the 1940s. He would be already be slaughtered by the public for being gay. Now he really wished that he was shunned by the demigods again. At least they would leave him alone then.

He continued to search for Will, looking at the different places. He asked several nymphs and campers, but nobody could say to him where Will was. He looked at the amphitheater, at Rachel, heck he even looked at Camp Jupiter for a while. He already wanted to give up when he saw him by the lake.

He was throwing some stones in the lake, not noticing that Nico was behind him.

Nico cleared his throat. "Hey."

Will turned around. He was shocked to see Nico standing in front of him. After a short moment of shock, he recovered himself. He smiled at him. "Hey Nico."

Nico came over to him and sat down beside him. "What are you doing here?" He asked him.

Will shrugged his shoulders. "You know, just being bored, and so. Spending the time at the lake is actually a great way to pass th time."

Nico frowned at him. "Does that mean you were the whole time here?" Nico asked him eying him suspiciously. "I searched for you the whole day."

Will looked at him in shock. "You searched for me the whole day?" he whispered.

Nico blushed. He didn't mean to say it in that way. "Yeah, I did. I was worried about you, alright? I haven't seen you in two days."

Will grinned at him. He looked like his old self again. He pinched Nico's cheek. "Oh, was Nico worried about me?"

Nico groaned. "Get of me, Will." he said while shaking him off. "And don't change the topic. Where were you the whole day. By the lake? If so, why?"

Will felt silent. He turned away from Nico staring at the lake. Nico frowned. Something was definitely wrong with him. He tried to reach him again. "Was it because of me?" he asked desperately.

Will didn't answer. Nico let out a frustrated cry. "It is because of me, right? Ever since this whole Solangelo thing started, you've been avoiding me. Is it because you find me creepy? I thought we were friends Will!" Nico shouted as tears came into his eyes.

Will turned to him. In his eyes he saw a mix of sorrow and confusion. He placed a hand on Nico's shoulder. "Nico we are friends."

Nico glared at him wiping furiously his upcoming tears. "Then why do you keep avoiding me?" Nico cried. He once was used to people avoiding him. He just thought that it finally had stopped. Apparently it did not.

Will ruffled his hair. "I don't know." he claimed. He looked down avoiding Nico's gaze. "Ever since this Solangelo thing started, it became awkward between us. At first I thought I could ignore it. But then…"

Nico looked at him softly. "The what?" He asked.

Will was still avoiding his looks. "Then I felt something in me that I never ever felt for someone. Every time I stood beside you, every time you would look at me, I would get that weird feeling in my stomach." he finally confessed.

Nico gulped. He had the same feeling during this past weeks when he talked to Will Could it be?

"Does that mean you have feelings for me?" He asked carefully.

Will looked up to him. It was clear that he was uncomfortable with this whole situation. "I don't know. I just feel so confusing. One day you're one of my best friends and the other day I just wanna kiss you."

Nico looked at him in complete shock. He didn't know how to deal with this. Here was he now standing in front of Will who has confessed his feeling about him to him. On the on hand he wanted to cry JUST KISS ME YOU STUPID IDIOT. On the other hand he was still confused about his feelings for Will himself.

He cleared his throat. "I…I may feel the same way." he awkwardly confessed.

His confession made them both fell silent. They were both now standing next to each other staring at everywhere, but not at the person beside them. For minutes it was silent. They could only hear the sounds of the owls howling and of something splash into the water. Nobody moved. Nico was overwhelmed with his feelings. He really wanted to be with Will, but he was unsure of that. What will happen if the relationship will fail. What then. Neither of them would speak to each other in the same way again. The most awkward thing now was the total silence. He wanted to say something, but couldn't think of something smart enough to do it.

Finally it was Will who broke the silence. "So, what shall we do now.?"

Nico lowered his head. He wasn't quiet sure what he should say. Then he took all of his courage and answered him.

"I don't know. But what I know, Will, is that I don't want to lose your friendship. You are too important for me to lose you." He said while looking in his eyes pleadingly. He didn't wanted to experience a loss of another important person in his life again. He already lost Bianca, he couldn't lose Will too.

He suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. He didn't flinch. "You're not gonna lose me, Nico." Will said with the softest voice, he had ever heard. "I'm always going to be your friend. It just will be getting awkward between us two, because of our feelings for each other, you know?"

Nico looked at him. He stared at those wonderful blue eyes, that had saved him, saved him from eternal isolation. He knew it was too early for an relationship, so he decided to suggest an idea.

"Maybe, we could start over again?"

Will looked at him confused. "Start over again? What do you mean by that?"

Nico gave him a sad smile. "I mean that we should start our relationship new. Getting to know each other again, spending time with each other, like friends do, you know? It doesn't have to be a real relationship, just something between friends." Nico stared at him expectantly, afraid of what he would say.

Will was silent. He didn't knew what to think of that suggestion. He knew that their relationship would be never be again what it used to be, but he didn't wanted to lose Nico. They had something, something special. And he was willingly to save that. He smiled at Nico.

"That sounds great. I guess we could start tomorrow with a movie night? I need to show you a lot of modern movie. You old man have missed too much during you vacation in the lotus hotel." Will said.

Nico stared at him in shock. He wasn't expecting that Will took his offer so quickly. Then he quickly recovered from it and smiled at him. "Yeah, that sounds great."

They were smiling at each other for a few minutes, lost in their own world. I was like that moment would never end. Then a owl's howling broke them out of their trance. They looked at each other, then they broke out in roaring laughter.

"We should pro…probably go back to our ca…cabin's now. It's already late." Will managed to say between his laughters.

"Yeah, we probably should." Nico said while wiping a tear from his eye. Together they walked back to their cabins. Nico smiled. They weren't together yet, but at least they were friends again. At that was all Nico needed for now.

Yes, finally I have finished my chapter. Puh, sorry guys, that I didn't update earlier. I was stressed those last days. I just got my grades for my A-Levels (well, not exactly, but I haven't found any translation for the German examination, so I go by A-levels). I actually have good grades, but my parents are totally disappointed. They always expect the top grades from me (being Chinese and that) and that can really put me down sometimes. Fanfiction sometimes is a way to deal with my frustration, but I really didn't had a motivation yesterday to write anything. Well, I hope you like that chapter now. I actually never thought that so many people would like my story. I always got C and D's in literature, so I thought my story would be really bad, but I guess I was wrong. So thank you again for all who favored my story and for all the nice reviews. I wish you all a great day. I will post the next chapter soon.

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