Chapter 3: Nico

As Nico walked away from Percy , he seriously didn't know how he just told him that he was over his crush on him. Nico was kinda glad he didn't give him a chance to respond. He and Annabeth didn't look to hate him, so he guessed that was a bonus. Percy just had his usual confused look on his face that Nico had fallen in love with years ago but is so over with now. Nico had another person who he at least had a chance with this time.

As Nico walked closer to Will, he turned to look at him and a smile appeared on his face. "Hey Nico, what are you up to?"

"Just came to talk to you," Nico said with a hesitant look on his face. Will knew he was holding something in but decided not to push it, yet.

"Alright, well are you doing anything later? The Stolls are throwing a party in celebration of defeating Gaea. Would you like to come with me?" Will held out his hand to Nico in offering with a smirk on his face as he winked.

"Sure," said Nico, "what time is it?"

"It's not until 8 but I thought we could hang out a little bit before we go."

"Oh, okay," Nico said a little hesitant. He hadn't been offered to "hang out" with someone that he didn't even know yet. Children of Hades just seem to give off this vibe that they're creepy and people should be scared of them. Nico liked the fact that Will saw past that and didn't care. Nico kind of admired him for that.

"Okay," Will replied, "I'll be at your cabin in an hour after I get ready for the party." With that, Will walked away towards his cabin and looked back at Nico one more time to give him a friendly wink.

Nico felt his breath hitch at that. "Stop it, Nico, get yourself under control," he growled at himself while he walked off to his cabin which he had all to himself.

Nico quickly took a shower and then went into the main room of his cabin where all the empty bunks were sitting. He sat down on the one without the top bunk that he had asked Leo to take off last summer. He sat there for a second trying to not have Leo come into his thoughts, because it just made him upset. He knew Leo was gone because with his dad being Hades he could feel when someone was close to death or already upon it, and Leo was far past the boundary of coming back.

He shook his head to get the thoughts out of his mind but they kept returning. He couldn't dwell on them because Will was going to be here any minute now and he still wasn't dressed.

He quickly went over to his dresser and pulled out a pair of his black jeans and boxers and put them on. He had his leather jacket hanging by the door and he had just pulled out a dark Green Day shirt, when Will walked through the door into his cabin.

"Hey Nic-, oh..., sorry," Will blushed and turned around but not before Nico saw a shiver roll done his spine. Nico, obviously seeing that, got an evil smirk on his face that made him look almost identical to the God of the Underworld. He decided he would tease Will since he saw his reaction to him having his shirt off.

Nico slowly walked up behind him, without bothering to put his shirt on yet, and not stepping on the parts of the floor that he knew would squeak. Once he got right behind Will, he wrapped his arms around him pressing his bare chest into Will's back. He could hear Will's breath hitch as a reaction to this.

"Why so shy, don't be embarrassed," Nico teased him.

"I, um, you, so, I," Will sputtered not able to make coherent sentences.

"What are you trying to say Will?" Nico kept Will pulled tight against his chest even though he wasn't fighting back.

"I, um," Will stuttered a little bit more and another chill went down his back. Nico set his chin on Will's shoulder waiting for him to answer. Since he didn't give him a response, he pulled away from Will and went to sit down in his bed. Nico heard Will release a little whimper from the loss of contact.

Nico patted a spot on the bed right beside him indicating that Will could have a seat. Will reluctantly sat down beside him part of him wishing that Nico would put his shirt back on so it wasn't too awkward. The other part wishing he would leave it off because Nico had become very built from all the previous years of fighting monsters.

Though to his dismay, Nico then stood up and put his shirt on, Will finding now that he wished Nico would have kept his shirt off longer. Will was still sitting on the bed when Nico walked over the door, grabbed his leather jacket and put it on, and opened the door.

"You comin' Solace," Nico yelled to him, "party's about to start." Will shook his head to clear his thoughts before he stood up off the bed and ran out the door to catch up with Nico. Will had no idea what had just happened inside that Hades cabin.

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