Will's POV:

Nico di Angelo.

That was his patient's name. Nico di Angelo.

Will sat at a table at a local café, sandwich in hand, staring at the info papers Katie had given him. He must have wished a thousand times he'd checked them before he went in-how could he have been so stupid?- and not have wondered the entire time what his patient's name was, and why he was there.

Now, for some reason, he seemed to be mesmerized by the name on the top of the page. Nico di Angelo. Italian for Nico of Angels. Some people might have found that ironic, Will mused, but he thought it fit Nico well, if that made any sense. It was like a sign that the heavens had sent telling Will that, no, your patient is not a complete asshole, he actually has some good in him. Not that Will had many doubts to begin with.

Taking a deep breath, Will scanned farther down the page.

Name: Nico di Angelo

Age: Fourteen

Height: Average*

Gender: Male

Well, that one was obvious, Will thought, but he continued reading nonetheless, skimming over some info and starting again in the middle of the page, until one section in particular caught his eye.

Reason For Hospitalization: Murder

"Welcome back from lunch break," Katie told him. "How was your day so far?"

"Pretty good," Will said casually. Katie looked surprised at his statement, but really, it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Nico could have set Will's head on fire or something. "Isn't it visiting hour now?"

"Yup," Katie nodded. "Nico's cousins have come over, so they're in his room. You could go meet them."

"Should I?" Will asked. "I mean, is that allowed?"

"Not sure," Katie admitted. "Everyone just does it, since Chiron doesn't really mind. Nico's cousins won't either. They brought their friends, and they're all really cool, if not slightly weird. You can go if you want to."

"I'll go," Will said, and made his way towards the elevator. Truthfully, he was really glad that Nico had visitors. He didn't seem like the cuddly type, so Will hadn't been sure anyone would come. But it was good knowing Nico had people out there that cared for him. Maybe this would help cheer the kid up.

The elevator dinged, and Will stepped out on his floor. Laughs echoed so loudly along the hallway that Will was surprised that no one was telling the people creating the ruckus to quiet down.

Storming towards his room, he opened the door and stepped inside.

There were a bunch of teens hanging out in there, all talking extremely loudly as if they were the only ones in the world. The sight of it was enough to make fury bubble up in Will, and he unconsciously clenched his fists. "What are you doing?"

Everyone stopped chattering and looked at him as if they just realized he'd been standing there, which they probably had. A guy with sea-green eyes and black hair waved. "Hi!"

"Ignore him," Advised a blond with grey eyes. Despite her words, however, Will noticed her hand was intwined with Green-Eye's. "He's an idiot."

"I would think so!" Will snapped back to attention, feeling offended all over again. "He didn't answer my question. Scratch that, none of you answered my question!"

Scrawny-Boy (As Will had dubbed him upon first sight, why did he look so much like an elf, though?) raised his hand. "Um, what's your question again?"

"It was, 'What are you doing'?" Will repeated, gritting his teeth. "Who do you think you are? This is a hospital, not a party! You shouldn't be disrespecting the patients by yelling so loudly! Do you really think the people here don't have ears and can't hear you? Because it seems like to me that you're acting like you do!"

There was a beat of silence, which was broken by the person Will least expected to speak up for him.

"I never thought I would say this, but I agree with Will," Nico said. "At least someone here realizes how annoying you all are."

"Annoying? Us?" Green-Eyes feigned mock-surprise. Then he turned to Will. "Sorry for being so loud, it's a habit, I guess. I'm Percy, and you?"

"I'm Will," Will said, a bit shocked by Percy's sudden change of mood. Was the guy bipolar or something? And why didn't he just read my name tag? "And as long as you don't do it again, I'm cool. I probably overreacted anyways. I do that a lot when it comes to medical stuff, I'm kind of obsessed with it."

"Sounds like Annabeth," one of them said, and the rest laughed. "Except she's crazy about architecture."

"I am not obsessed!" Annabeth huffed. "I just like architecture is all. I mean, with the angles and calculations that's involved. I mean, the Great Wall of China-"

"Obsessed," A girl with electric-blue eyes whispered.

Everyone except Annabeth laughed at that.

"Anyways, I'm Thalia," The girl- presumably Thalia- continued. "The blond guy over there is my twin brother Jason-"

Jason waved.

"his girlfriend Piper-"

"That's me," Piper grinned.

"and the scrawny dude over there is Leo."

"Nice to-hey! I am not scrawny!" Leo complained. Again, everyone laughed.

Will smiled and sat down on a chair. These people had a sort of feel to them, a lighthearted friendship complete with teasing and insults. It was hard for him to stay mad.

(Later)

"Lets play a game," Thalia suggested.

"Okay," Nico agreed. "Lets play, everyone leaves. You play by leaving. First one out of the room wins!"

Thalia smacked him. "Humph. You could at least act grateful we came here to see you!"

Nico sniffed. "Please. Why would anyone want you here?" he joked. "I can't wait until you leave which is, what the Hades?"

"What?" Everyone swung around to stare at the clock in disbelief. How could have time passed so fast? It was already 2:55pm, five minutes away until visitation hour ended. Will felt his cheeks turn red. "This is all my fault. I should have been paying attention."

"We all should have been paying attention," Annabeth said. "Don't let yourself take all the blame. We can still get out of the hospital if we hurry."

Thalia, Percy, Annabeth, Leo, Piper, and Jason all scrambled to get out of the room as fast as they could. "Bye!"

"Bye," Nico and Will echoed. Will prayed that they would manage to get out of the hospital in time.

"So," Nico said. Will turned around. While his friends were there, he hadn't said anything to Will. He was starting to wonder if the guy had something against him, or if he just disliked people in general. Nico hadn't even been that warm to his cousins, so that might make sense. Will shook his head. Even if he wasn't a sociable person, Will had never done anything to him. Nico was just being moody. "Why were you here?"

"What?" Will was suddenly indignant. "Why couldn't I be? Katie said it was okay."

Nico scowled. "Oh, so everything Katie says is okay? Maybe you should stop breathing, then, just so you don't not do what Katie says."

"Do you not like me or something?" Will snapped. "Because it seems that way. You're always being rude to me for no reason."

"I don't like you. That's my reason."

"But why don't you like me? We just met this morning! I haven't done anything to you!"

Nico crossed his arms. "You exist. That's enough."

"You've got to be kidding," Will said, but it turns out that Nico wasn't. At least about the not liking Will part, because for the rest of the afternoon Nico spent his entire time making Will's life miserable. He kicked off his blankets 10 times, ran away more than eight, actually nearly set Will's head on fire, and had Will running a thousand different directions trying to clean up his messes. The only thing that kept Will going was the fact that this was his chance to fulfill his lives dream. Even so, quitting was incredibly tempting.

When his shift was over- finally-Will all but ran out the door.

*I know it would never say this on a hospital document, but I didn't feel like making up one. Average was the only height I found while search for his height, so yeah.

On another note, thanks for all the favourites, follows, and reviews. You guys made me so happy~

I know this story seems like it has no plot, but it does, I promise. Now one of my reviewers said to not make the romance happen too fast. I'll try, but I'm not really sure what you mean by "too fast" so yeah. The reason Nico's in the hospital will be farther elaborated later, though I'm not sure when. Sometimes I change the timing for things while writing.

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LAST EDITED: 24/03/15