Ch.6 Come in

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The time had gotten away from them, they had sat in the shade of the trees for a good three hours playing and talking about their favorite cards and strategies with Nico doing much of the talking.

Frank looks down at his watch to check the time and sees that it's getting late. "Oh wow you guys, I should really get going or else my grandma might get worried, and when she gets worried she tends to yell. I'll see you again sometime, nice to meet you Nico, see you."

They said their goodbyes and watched as Frank hurried off then they packed up the things that Will had brought deciding it was time to head back as well.

Will looked up at the sky knowing that it was getting late, he had never thought that their picnic and day in the park would go so long and as much fun as they had had he should really get Nico home soon since he wasn't used to being out for so long.

"Well I guess we should get you home." he was a bit reluctant to end their day here but knew that it was for the best, some fresh air would do the other boy some good but being out for too long might make whatever he had worse.

Nico nodded and stood up to stretch, they had spent so long lounging under the trees that they were both a bit stiff, his legs were about to fall asleep.

When they were both ready Will slung his backpack on and led the way back to Nico's house. Because it was still considered a haunted house by many and Nico leaving the house was supposed to be a secret they looked around before heading over to the tree and climbed up to Nico's window.

Like before, Will helped him in but instead of leaving right away Will paused when Nico spoke up.

"Hey Will?"

He looked at the other boy from his perch. "Yeah Nico?"

Nico seemed to be thinking something over like he wasn't sure how to ask whatever question he had started. "Would you… would you like to come in?"

Wills face lit up instantly. "Sure!"

Will inched his way towards the window and held onto Nico's hand as he helped him climb in. Will had seen the inside of Nico's room before, but only from the outside, this was the first time he had ever set foot inside, and he realized that it was the first time anyone besides Nico or his dad had ever set foot inside it before. He felt strangely honored by it.

As he looked around he saw that Nico's room was very neat and orderly, the bed was made, the shelves of books were organized, as well as his games, his toys were all stored in a bin in the corner, and the only things on his night stand were an alarm clock and his Mytho Magic deck. Will momentarily wondered where Nico kept his walkie-talkie, since his dad didn't know he had it he must have it hidden.

"Wow you really keep your room clean; my mom would probably cry tears of joy if my room looked like this." Nico blushed at the praise; Will figured it was because he didn't receive very much of it.

"My dad told me to always keep my room clean; I also help clean the rest of the house too."

Will looked around the room again. "You know most parents would love to have a kid like you. I don't mind helping around the house but I still need to be told a few times before I clean my room." he laughed thinking about how annoyed his mom gets.

"So would you like to play a game or something?" Nico went over to his game shelf looking for something they could take turns on since he had no need for two player games.

"Sure that sounds great!" Will said as he fallowed Nico over to take a look. He skimmed the selection until his eyes landed on one he had been dying to play. "How about this one?" he pointed to it and Nico picked it up and looked at it.

"Okay sure, do you want to go first?" he asked but Will shook his head.

"That's okay, I've never played before, you go first so I can see how it's done then I'll go next."

Nico took the game over to his t.v. and game system to get it set up. "Okay."

They ended up playing for another two hours loosing track of the time until Nico's alarm went off. Beep beep, beep beep. Will looked up after hitting pause as he tried to figure out what the sound was. "What was that?"

Nico got up and went over to his night stand to turn off the alarm. "It's my dinner alarm; dad has me eating on a schedule. He says it helps me get better."

Will could understand that, his dad was a doctor and knew that eating at regular times tended to help keep people healthy. "That makes sense I guess."

Nico seemed to be thinking something over again. "Um, would you like to stay for dinner? My dad leaves me meals while he's gone and since we had a picnic today I still have extra, you can have some if you want to. You don't have to though, it's up to you."

Will did feel hungry and he was sure his parents wouldn't mind him staying for dinner at a friend's house as long as he didn't stay out too late. "Sounds great!"

They made their way down stairs and to the kitchen, as they went Will couldn't help noticing the lack of photos and other homely items, unlike his house where there were so many family photos and art works hanging on the wall Nico's house seemed really blank.

Before he could stop himself the words were out of his mouth. "How come the walls are so bare?" then his face heated up in embarrassment. "Sorry, that was rude wasn't it?"

Nico didn't seem bothered by it though. "Dad doesn't like photos, he says they are pointless and take up too much space."

Will couldn't help feeling that this must be really sad considering Nico had no memories from before two years ago and now he was telling him that he didn't even have pictures to help him remember. Will made up his mind then and there that he would bring a camera next time so that they could have pictures of all of the fun times they'll have together.

Nico led the way into the kitchen and took out the two meals from the fridge and heated them up for them.

Will was wondering if he should call home and let his parents know that he would be home later when something else caught his attention. "You don't have a phone." It wasn't a question, but again Nico didn't seem bothered by it.

"Dad says we don't need one, he has a cell phone so there's no need for a house phone, we don't have cable either just movies."

Will was shocked by this, it's not like they couldn't afford it he was sure, after all Nico had all those cool game systems and toys that his dad always got for him. "So you don't watch t.v.?"

Nico just shook his head in reply and went to get their dinner.

When he brought it over Will couldn't help the growl his stomach let out when he smelled the food, it looked so good. "Do you always eat like this?"

Nico nodded as he sat down at the table as well. "Dad always makes my food, when he's going to be away he keeps enough in the fridge or freezer, all I have to do is wash up after."

They talked about their game while they ate and how much fun they had had today, and tried to come up with other things to do next time. When they were finished Will insisted on helping clean up, after that they were both getting tired so they decided to call it a night, it had been a long day after all. They went back upstairs and Will climbed his way out the window and down the tree, once at the bottom he used his walkie-talkie to call up to Nico.

"I'll come back tomorrow with a surprise, good night fair princess." he heard quiet laughter on the other end before Nico replied.

"Alright, good night noble knight."

Will smiled and made his way home.

And there's chapter 6! What do you guys think so far? I'm glad people really like this one and thank you to everyone who has sent in a review you really make me happy and I love hearing what you think of this.