Part 3

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot.

The game progressed slowly. At times, it looked like the Half Bloods would pull ahead, but they never did. It was close, though. Never down by more than six.

Will was sitting during the entire third quarter with a sheepish smile. Guilt asked Nico if it was because he went sneaking off during halftime. The fact that he started the fourth quarter made him think so.

Jason and Will didn't make a great team. In the very beginning of the quarter, Jason passed to Will, but it was above his head and his fingers slipped through the ball. Then, Will and Jason were doing a fast break together and passing the ball back and forth. Will faked a shot, and Jason didn't realize it was fake, so he missed the pass over to him.

There was a minute left, and the Half Bloods were down by one point. Nico was on the edge of his seat. He really wanted Will to stay the night, even if it meant a possible panic attack at the idea of what they could get into, but he also had his pride to worry about. He didn't just cave!

The other team was running down the clock for the last thirty seconds. Everyone was going frantic, and they were about to start fouling, but then they passed the ball and Will jumped up and stole it.

He was running towards the other side of the court, nearing where Nico and his friends sat. And then the guy behind him slammed into him with no intention of just stealing the ball. The whistle went blowing and Will went flying directly at them.

Will sort of definitely squished Nico into the bleachers. He'd landed so far up the bleachers that he also took down Percy, who'd been sitting behind him. So together, they were all squished. Wooo pushed himself up and looked at who he just took out.

When his eyes landed on Nico squished between Percy's legs he muttered, "You've got to be fucking kidding me."

There was a gash on his head that Nico reached outward to touch. He didn't have to reach far because gravity took its toll on Will and he quickly passed out on top of Nico again.

Annabeth and Piper couldn't stop laughing.

Jason and Leo came up to help Will back into his feet. He walked heavily on his teammates with a unbalanced step, but Nico was just glad he was able to keep his head up and eyes open. Jason sent Nico a dirty grin, to which Nico flipped him off.

Surely he'd be okay, right? Like he passed out, but he was just tired? It wasn't like his brain was bleeding, right?

Will was slumped over on the sidelines while the team physical trainer checked him out. Meanwhile, one of his half brothers went up to the line to take his foul shots.

At this point, Nico didn't care about the game. His eyes were glued to Will's slumped figure, urging him to be okay. Nico was so focused on Will that he didn't even watch as Michael sank the two free throws. The only reason he knew so was because Will sprang to life suddenly in cheers, and then he looked to the scoreboard and deduced.

"Cheer, Nico!"

So Nico stood and clapped silently. He watched as Will sling his arm around his half brother and shook hands, all the while balancing an ice pack on his head.

They disappeared into the locker room while the rest of the crowd headed out the door. Percy and Annabeth stood. "You two coming?"

Piper shook her head and sat patiently. "I'm waiting for Jason."

Nico looked up with a murderous glare. "Don't make me say it."

Percy grinned ruefully. "Well now you have to say it."

Piper leaned in close. "Say it!"

"We won't leave until you say it," Annabeth reasoned.

"You'll like the way it sounds," Piper pointed out.

Nico glared at them whole all three pestered him to no end. Finally, he breathed out heavily, "I'm waiting on Will. Now scram!"

Annabeth and Percy left laughing. Piper was smiling but trying to hide it, unsuccessfully. After a few minutes of waiting, she turned to Nico. "I approve."

He refused to look at her.

"Do you approve of me?"

He snorted. "You're kidding, right?" Piper's smile began to fade. "Jason's been pining over you for months. I'm just glad to hear him stop complaining."

Piper grinned, and she looked like she was going o say something else, but then the locker room door opened.

The parents sort swarmed the team. Nico and Piper stood. "You kind of have to wait. The parents are viscous."

Nico shrugged, trying to ignore that he was here waiting for Will. He felt stupid next to Piper. He wasn't anything like her. He couldn't be Will's cheerleader girlfriend because cheerleader girlfriends stood and kissed their boyfriends no matter where they were. While Nico was certainly no girlfriend, he wanted to do that. He wanted to show Will his support.

When the crowd finally cleared, Lee and Michael has Will walking between them. Every now and then, he stumbled, and his brothers would catch up.

Michael Yew was a short guy, about Nico's height, but he had this annoyed look on his face. He was superior to Nico and did not approve.

Then, there was Lee Fletcher, who had a crazy stupid grin on his face, as if he knew what Will and Nico did just during halftime. He was even taller than Nico.

Nico couldn't decide which one made him more uncomfortable.

"Piper," Nico gasped as the three brothers walked forward. He clutched at her hand, but she yanked it away and sprinted off.

"Nope! Nope nope nope!"

Nico groaned. His hands were shaking, so he hid them in his jeans and waited for them to finally make their way in front of him.

"Hey cutie," Will stumbled directly into Nico despite his brothers reaching for him. With a groan, Nico kept him upright. "Boys, this is my Nico. My Nico, these are my brothers."

Lee snickered, "He has a concussion. A little loopy, don't ya think?"

"Oh my gods," Nico muttered, eyes wide. "He didn't -,"

"He did," Michael huffed, crossing his arms over his chest. "He accidentally came out, but just to us."

"Also told us you two got hot and dirty in the janitor's closet," Lee interjected with a dirty smirk. "A little gross in there, don't you think?"

Nico couldn't breathe. He looked at Will and felt the strange urge to strangle him. "Umm..."

"Oh fuck, Michael, stop it," Lee rolled his eyes in a way too similar to Will.

"Fuck?" Will gasped, rolling into Nico and burying his head into his hoodie. "Are we gonna fuck?"

"We do not want to hear that answer," Lee snorted.

"No," Michael hissed. "We want to hear a no. It is a no, correct? Because he isn't in any condition to give consent."

Nico managed to cough out an, "Of course not." It took him a few seconds understand what they were saying. "You're letting me come with me?"

Michael winced. "Watch the way you phrase your words."

"But yes!" Lee chirped. "Because I'm trying to get some from my boyfriend tonight, and Michael gets to deal with daddy."

"Why must you make everything gross?" Michael groaned.

Will started giggling. "Dad's easy to distract. Just be...quiet!"

"That's the plan," Lee grinned.

Michael turned his glare to Will's loopy form. "It was Will's turn tonight."

"But young love!" Lee said. "Stop pouting. You know Will will make it up to you and then some."

"Shouldn't he see a doctor, though? Your dad is a doctor." Nico muttered, shifting his weight as Will began playing with Nico's hair.

"He saw one," Michael nodded. "He's trained to gauge how bad they are. His isn't bad. Just, no strenuous activity tonight."

"Look, we aren't...like that," Nico muttered.

"Yet!" Will shouted a little too loudly. He grinned and wrapped his arms around Nico's chest from behind. "I hope. Will we, Nico? You aren't...opposed to that, right?"

Lee snorted, then his eyes found someone over Nico's shoulder. "Oh! My real daddy is here. Remember, keep him away from the basement!"

Then, Lee bounded off toward the door where the only boy cheerleader stood. Nico noticed they didn't keep it a secret, gauging from how Lee picked him up and kissed him with too much passion for the school gym.

Michael shrugged. "He's disgusting, right?" There was a fleeting smile on his face. "You're not bad, Nico. Watch out for him...and his hands, come on, Will!"

Will's hand was trying to make its way into Nico's pants. Nico quickly smacked it away. "Thanks."

Michael fished some keys outside of his pocket. "Don't damage it. But you probably have plenty of money to pay for it, don't you?"

Nico shrugged. "My dad does."

Michael nodded. "Alright. See you around, Nico."

The moment Michael turned, Will spun around and tried to enrapture Nico in a kiss. Aware of the few remaining eyes, Nico shoved him away. Will muttered complaints under his breath as he swung his arm around Nico's shoulders.

"Does your head hurt?" Nico asked as he led him outside.

"Yeah," Will snorted. "But also it doesn't. Like I'd much rather fuck your right now than rest."

"Will," Nico hissed, grateful that the parking lot had cleared out by now.

"What? Do you not want to be fucked? Cause you can fuck me!" Will rambled, trying to look Nico in the eye, but Nico refused. They'd never come near having sex before, and he definitely wasn't ready to have this conversation while Will was clearly off his rocker. "It's just...your ass is so hot. I just want to...ugh."

"Buckle up," Nico said.

Will followed orders. "You're hot when you're bossy."

"You're a pain in the ass when you're talkative."

"See like that! That's hot!"

Nico managed to get Will home without him making that big of a fool, aside from the fact that he'd exposed that he'd had a crush on Nico since he met him despite Nico being oblivious to him. While Nico found that impossible to believe, he did have to admit Will would have never made that up; it was sort of pathetic.

Nico's father was home when they arrived, but that didn't matter. The house was so big, Hades wouldn't have noticed them if Nico hadn't called out to announce that he was home. Hades didn't answer.

It wasn't that Nico never came out to him. It was that Hades never asked one way or the other. Nico figured he'd just let him assume whatever he did.

"Does Hazel live here?"

"She stops by to see me sometimes," Nico shrugged. "But her room is barren. Her house is right next to her boyfriend's house. It's also big. Hades knew about her all along, but...he never loved her mom, I guess."

"Oh? Did he love your mom?"

Nico nodded as they finally made their way into his room. "Yes. Very much, I'm told. But she died when I was born. Hazel is a year younger than me...so clearly he didn't handle my mom's death well."

There was a breath of silence before Will grabbed his hand. His thumb rubbed circles on the back of his hand, soothing and soft. "I'm sorry to hear that, Neeks."

Nico shrugged, pulling Will over toward the bathroom. "You need a shower."

"Want to help me?" Will winked, laughing. "Kidding! But I don't have any clothes."

"You can morrow some of mine. I wouldn't sleep in them, though. Might be a little small."

Will grinned, wrapped his arms around Nico and staring down at him with happiness. "If you wanted me naked, all you had to do was ask, baby."

"Baby?" Nico snorted. "Since when-?"

"Do you want to be my boyfriend, Nico?" Will asked, blinking down at him with hope filling his eyes. "I know we can't be open about it, not until we're ready, but...I've liked you for so long. Making out with you isn't just making out to me."

Nico rolled his eyes, but his heart was beating uncontrollably. "You have a way with words," he scoffed. Will crinkled his nose.

"Fine. Let me rephrase..." He cleared his throat.

"You came to me for help

But I helped myself to your lips

Turning you away from the man with brains of kelp

Now I cling to your hips

My secret lover

Let me call you my boyfriend

If you say no I may not recover

So come here and give me your heart to mend"

Nico couldn't decided whether to laugh or blush. He did both, and then stood on his toes to kiss Will. "You realize you managed to insult me as you were asking me out, right?" Will nodded eagerly, licking his lips as he bent down for another kiss. "You're a mess."

Will kissed him sloppily as if to prove his point. Nico stepped back and wiped his lips, smirking. "You're my mess."

"I am?" His eyes were as light as the sun. The blue was blinding. Nico rolled his eyes.

"Duh. Now go shower. I want to hug your clean abs."

Will winked, backing towards the shower. "You could have just said you want to cuddle with my abs."

Nico smirked, eyeing him one last time in his uniform that exposed his ripped arms too well. "Nah. Too gay."

"You've got to get over your fear of being gay," Will snickered, leaning on the door to the bathroom. "I'm about to make you soo gay, do Angelo. One of these days..."

Nico shoved him back into the bathroom. He'd showered before the game so he stripped down to his underwear and climbed in the unnecessarily large bed just as his phone received a text.

the butler said you have a friend over. who? - Hades

will solace from down the street. poetry project. - Nico

OK. - Hades

Nico wondered when they passed the butler, but he didn't think about that long because a few minutes later, Will stepped out of the bathroom in only a towel. He shook his hair out, splattering Nico in the process.

"Those boxers shouldn't be too bad. My briefs are all smaller though," Nico pointed to the top drawer, amazing he still had full function of his tongue.

With water dripping down his tanned skin and rugged muscles popping out from everywhere and that towel accentuating his butt, Nico couldn't stop staring. His back muscles alone turned him on. Gaping, he worried Will would notice the extremely premature boner he was sporting. He prayed he didn't; it was pathetic.

Finally, Will found a pair of boxers that suited him. Without warning, he turned his back on Nico and dropped his towel. "I - oh - umm," Nico said expertly. Once the boxers were on, Will turned with a red face and smirking lips.

"You okay, Neeks?"

He nodded shakily. Will climbed toward Nico's side of the bed, directly beside him in fact. "Good. I think I'm less loopy now. Sorry about earlier. I was a little brash."

Nico shrugged, eyes running up and down his extremely toned chest. Seriously, could a guy have bigger pecks?

"You know what sucks, I remember telling my brothers about our hot halftime hook up, but I can't remember a thing!"

Nico licked his lips, finally managed to meet Will's bright blue eyes. "I can remind you."

Nico jumped him. He didn't know if that was ethical in Will's state, but he couldn't help it. He swore to himself it wouldn't go past innocent kissing and wandering hands considering they'd done that prior.

Will laughed into the kiss, running his hands through Nico's hair and pulling him closer. Nico ended up straddling Will as their lips collided together. Warmth surrounded Nico, his body tingling with energy. Will began kissing down Nico's neck, sucking on his sweet spot until Nico moaned. Their bodies responded to the stimulation, and they could both tell. With the pressing feeling of a very turned on Will, Nico remembered that Will wasn't in any condition to go much further, no matter what he said.

"Will," Nico gasped, pulling apart from him slightly. "We need to stop."

Will poured against Nico's chest. "You're too hot to stop," he protested as his lips circled one of Nico's nipples. With a loud gasp, Nico felt him flick it with his tongue, and he knew he had to stop now or he'd had trouble stopping later.

"Will!" Nico shouted, scooting off his lap to the bottom of his legs. "Not tonight, okay?"

The innocent grin was back on his lips, which made Nico's heart constrict. How did someone so dirty have such a pure smile? "Sorry. Can we cuddle?"

Nico frowned. He hated that word, but even so, his body craves what his mouth refused to say. Hesitantly, he nodded and crawled back over to Will, who wrapped his arms around him and pulled him down. Of course, Nico was the little spoon.

"I wish we could be like this all the time," Will mumbled wistfully. Nico didn't know if that was the concussion talking or not. He also didn't know which one he wanted it to be.

. . .

It was so warm! Everything surrounding Nico had been heated ten degrees or more. He was amazed he wasn't sweating, but it was definitely coming on soon.

Raising his hand to attempt throwing off the covers, Nico found he had resistance in the form of a hand. With a scream, Nico fell off the bed, pulling the hand and everything attached with him.

"Are you trying to give me another concussion?" Will groaned from on top of him as he rolled off Nico and onto the floor. While catching his breath, Nico stared at Will. His blue eyes stared right back into him as well, dazed and exhausted. "Did we win our game?"

Nico snorted. "Uh, yeah. Austin or one of your blonde look alike's took the shot."

"What shot?"

"When you got pushed into the crowd, ahem, me in particular and Percy, which you weren't happy about, they fouled you." Nico yawned. The cold nipped at his bare skin, sending bouts of shivers through him.

Will rubbed at his eyes and turned so he faced Nico. Despite his injured brain, he did not miss the goose bumps running along Nico's skin. Grumbling about something unintelligible, Will picked himself up off the ground, and before Nico say do a thing, he yanked the black haired boy back onto the bed. Without mumbling a word, Will fell on top of him.

"Ow?"

"Hush," Will whispered, throwing the covers over both of them. "Light hath not broketh. Eyes shalt not woketh."

"That was never said," Nico snorted.

"It has been now."

"That doesn't even make sense. Your words are-,"

Will spin Nico around and hovered over him. "My head is pounding. Do I need to shut you up?" Nico's mind was racing with ideas. "Get that smirk off your face. I didn't mean it sexually. I meant it psychotically."

"Yeah? Well, I meant it sexually," Nico shifted beneath Will's legs that were wedges tightly between Nico's. With that slight movement, he definitely felt everything more sexually. Nico made the mistake of accidentally whimpering.

"Are you...?" This was normal Will. This was wide awake Will. This was not cranky, pre-morning Will. "Are you hard right now?"

Nico's face burst into flames. Instantly, he tried to separate himself from Will. The embarrassment caught up to him, flooding his body with shame. Why did he think for a second that he could casually get by with that?

With a curious frown, Will stopped Nico from moving. "Will-," Nico protested, but he shook his head, as if figuring out a puzzle. "I'm sorry-,"

He shook his head, eyes bright and blue. "Never be sorry, Neeks," he mumbled, leaning down and pressing his lips against his. "Never. Now...do you want some help with that?"

"Uh," Nico gulped. "I don't know..."

With a smirk, Will rubbed his thumb against his hip in a smoothing manner. "It's just a blow job."

"You've done one before?" Nico squeaked nervously, and Will pressed his lips to his softly, making his heart rate only increase.

"No. But I've watched a lot ," he mumbled, kissing down Nico's neck. Nico gripped Will's shoulders tightly. "I'm in sane mind now."

"Have you done anything before?" Nico asked, realizing he had no idea. With a sigh, Will pushed himself back up to be level with Nico.

"No. I'm extremely inexperienced. I'm sorry. It's probably a turn off, and -,"

Nico shook his head. "So am I!"

"You are? But you said you kissed Percy," Will said, eyes bright.

"Yeah. That's it. And even that was just a half a second before he pushed away," Nico scoffed. He ran his hands through his hair. "I don't know what I'm doing."

Will started laughing. He rolled to his back and grasped Nico's hand, grinning from ear to ear. "Neither am I!" Then, his laughing abruptly stopped. "Do I make you uncomfortable?"

"No!" Nico assured. "It's just - I'm nervous."

"It's okay. So am I," Will mumbled. "We'll take it slow."

They were silent for a while. Nico rolled to his side, clutching his hand tightly. "Sorry."

"I just didn't want you to have blue balls," Will said.

Nico burst into laughter, rolling so he rested partly on top of Will. "Thanks, Solace. Maybe later..."

Will brushed his hand through Nico's hair. "Deal. Sleep?"

"Sleep."

A/N: Soo, what did you like? This was the first time I made it where Nico was a little nervous about being intimate, and I think it fits. Many people think he would be. I'm not sure, but I lean towards him being nervous. Thoughts?

Leave me some love for the ending!