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WILL'S POV

"And then you just feel the water beneath you and go along with it!" I shout at Nico as I watch him learn to surf. He's a quick learner.

I see Nico get defeated by a particularly big wave.

Okay, maybe not an incredibly fast learner.

I swim over to him and grab his board. Handing it to him, I offer a little smile.

"I'm not good at this," he complains.

"Do you want to do something else?" I ask, with a grin on my face. Multiple ideas pop into my head. Just going for a walk on the beach, building sandcastles, playing beach volleyball...

Nico nods.

"Just the two of us or with other people?"

"I guess... just us."

We walk back to our towels and dry off. I plop down into the sand after a good rub down. I flatten the sand to prepare for sand castles.

"Percy! Can I get some water in my bucket?" I yell at Percy as he passes by with Annabeth.

With the flick of an arm and a smile, water shoots out from the ocean and into my bucket.

"Thanks!" I reply cheerfully.

I start to build the Apollo Cabin with the sand, taking water little by little from the bucket. A few times my hand brushes Nico's, making me smile. I glance briefly at Nico's creation from time to time. Even though I can tell it's a building and well sculpted, I don't recognize the structure.

Casually, I make small talk while I build the Artemis Cabin across the Apollo Cabin. "Did you like surfing?"

"It was okay." Nico seems to be building some sort of a gate. "It was better because you taught me pretty well. Clearly, I'm not the best."

"Yeah, that's obvious. It was your first time surfing, wasn't it?"

"Yep," Nico replies, still building.

I finish the Artemis Cabin slowly. I make arrows in the sand, sculpted finely so that the arrow looks like it could shoot. I wonder if the gods appreciate their kids making small representations of their power. Even if it's just sand sculpting, it's still something of worship.

"I'm done," Nico tells me quietly.

"What is it?" The building appears to be a castle- No, a palace.

Oh.

"It's my dad's palace in the Underworld."

I'm not sure what to say. "Do you miss it?"

"I've had some bad experiences there. But it was the only place I could go besides Camp Half Blood. And Camp Jupiter, of course. Cerberus liked to play with me. Persephone hated me. I got Percy thrown in Underworld jail. I have a room there. I convinced my father to fight in the Battle of Manhattan. It was a combination of ups and downs. It was mostly home, though. No one bothered me, but I still felt lonely," Nico explains. He gives me a slightly manic grin. "I'll take you there sometime, introduce you to my father."

"Ummm, that's a little scary," I tell him sheepishly. As much as a "meet the parents thing" is part of a relationship, no one else has to meet a dad like Hades.

"I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like the Underworld anyway. Too... dark. No sunshine, ever. Death everywhere," Nico tells me lightly.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't."

"I'll still take you sometime," Nico says devilishly.

"I'd rather not," I respond quickly.

He just smiles and goes back to building his sand castle- er, Underworld. I sit there awkwardly, watching him build.

"What about your dad?" Nico asks suddenly.

"What about him?"

"Will I, you know, have to meet him?" He asks, looking slightly anxious.

"Haven't you already met him?" I ask, giving a laugh, all the while joking.

"You know what I mean!"

"I guess. Eventually. If you want. I'm not really sure."

Nico goes back to building again.

"Hey, why don't we go for a walk?" I ask. This conversation seems uncomfortable for both of us.

"Sure!" He seems happy to avoid the conversation, too.

Nico leaps up and comes to my side. "Let's avoid these conversations from now on."

"Okay. Just remember conversations need to be talked out later. But let's save that for another time because we are going to take a cliche walk down the shoreline like a cheesy, romantic couple."

After a few seconds, he gives me a peck on the cheek. "Is that an order, Doctor Will?"

"You bet it is!" With a wink, I grab his arm and bring him to the shoreline.

We walk hand in hand as the sun sets around us. Somewhere above us, I bet my dad is smiling. I can't say the same for Hades, but... it'll take time.

. ..

"You're going to miss the bonfire if you don't come back, Solangelo!" Jason shouts at me from nearby.

"Solangelo?" I shout back. "What does that mean?"

"It's your ship name!"

"Ship name? What does that mean?" We reach Jason and I can see the smile plastered all over his face.

"That means you're a couple or a potential couple and we support you being together! And that's the name of you two together," Piper tells us by Jason's side.

"And we ship it," Jason tells me cheerfully.

"So we established your ship name as Solangelo," Piper finishes.

"Oh, uh, that's kind of you..." Nico responds, taking his hand from mine to uncomfortably scratch his head in awkwardness.

I pull him close again and kiss him lightly on the lips. "I think it's perfect," I say, loudly enough for Piper and Jason to hear.

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