Sorry it's so short~

Nico blinked, he was pretty sure his face was very red. He didn't say anything, because he didn't know what to say. He just looked at Will, a part of him praying he wasn't joking, the other half praying otherwise.

"Y-you… L-like me..?" He wasn't very good at talking to begin with, but the way Will was looking at him, and what he just said, made it feel like his face was burning off.

Will just nodded, actually blushing himself, "Yea... " He crossed his arms in embarassment, "I'm bi…"

Nico looked at those bright blue eyes, "I-I'm gay…" It just kind of came out. He didn't want to say it, he was afraid he was taken, afraid he'd get turned down for someone better.

Will actually hugged Nico. Which was considerably embarrassing and awkward for Nico because one, he was kinda sorta shirtless, and two, he was still sort of lying down. He of course hugged him back, for lack of feelings for anyone until now kind of haunted him. He didn't care anymore, he had a feeling this Will was worth opening up to.

"I'm proud of you.. For being true to yourself." Will spoke close to Nico's ear. He blushed ever so slightly.

When Will was sure Nico was healed enough that he could leave, he insisted on taking him to the pavilion to actually eat something. Nico wasn't sure if it counted as a date really, but as long as he was with Will, he actually felt safe for once. He wasn't sure how exactly, but he didn't feel like he was in any danger, or that nothing could hurt him.

Until of course, he let his guard down.

He and Will were sitting with Leo and Jason just talking about how training was going, and how the borders were holding up, when there was a loud screeching sound from behind Nico. When he turned around, he was quite surprised to see a quite large flock of Stymphalian Birds diving straight towards them. It took his brain a whole three seconds to register that his arm was already bleeding, and that Jason, Leo and Will were shouting at the birds, killing most of them.

He immediately raised his hand to summon his sword and sliced a bird in half inches from Will's face. Will looked at him in shock, some fear. "Run!" He told Will. He did just that, and Nico followed, cutting and killing all the birds that managed to get close to him or Will. Mainly Will. Nico didn't care as much about his own wounds, but he just wanted to make sure Will was okay, nothing else mattered. He wasn't even that close to him, why did he feel this way? He didn't know, or care. He wanted him safe.. He felt a drawing towards Will. Will ducked inside a cabin, not really paying attention to which one it was. And what made Nico's heart flutter was that the first thing Will did when they were safe from danger, was he looked over Nico for wounds. It wasn't that, well, he was touching him to do so, it was that he for one, was actually paying him attention, and two, he cared more about Nico's safety than his own. Nico reached up and brushed a finger across a cut that Will had managed to get on his cheek. Will stopped looking over Nico and put his hand over Nico's. "I'm alright, it's just a scratch.. You're the one bleeding.."

Nico blushed slightly and looked at Will, who was… Holding his hand? He almost had a heart attack then and there, if it weren't for the wall behind him, and Will holding onto him, he may have actually fainted. But it wasn't because of Will, he was bleeding. A lot. He found it hard to see, spots in his vision. The last thing he remembered was Will picking him up, and the distant scent of honey.

Nico opened his eyes and blinked a few times against the light of the infirmary.

"Should I expect to bring you here every day?" Will said to the right of Nico, a smile in his voice.

Nico sighed and rolled his eyes, but felt a hint of a smile in his own, "How long till I can leave?"

Will shook his head, "Not long this time, but you were bleeding pretty badly, I got you fixed up, and there shouldn't even be a scar."

Oddly enough, Nico wanted one. So he could remember the day he met Will, the one who was going to soon change his life for the better. Though of course Nico didn't know it at the time. He just enjoyed looking into those perfect blue eyes..