Nico stared at the wall. His had was hurting too much to notice the sound of the Hades cabin doors opening, so he was startled when a cold hand touched his burning forehead.
"Hey, it's just me," said Will Solace when Nico jumped slightly. Nico then relaxed at his touch hearing Will say this. "How are you feeling?" Will then asked, concerned.
"My head and throat hurt, and I feel like I've fallen and I can't get up," Nico replied dryly.
Will chuckled. "Is your life alert not working again? Sounds like you have a bad cold. It's probably from too much shadowtravelling," Will teased him gently.
Nico protested weakly. "I haven't used any of my powers since you made me stay in the infirmary for three days, then made me let you stay here in my cabin three weeks, then three months with you as your boyfriend."
"Oh you so liked it because I was there," Will snarked cheekily.
Nico scoffed. "Totally."
"You so love me," Will said climbing into the bed with Nico. "By the way, I like how you've redecorated the place. It looks good."
"Yeah, the vampire theme was getting old."
Nico had replaced the coffin beds with regular queen sized ones. He had repainted the walls black with purple trim on the edges. The bedspreads and carpet had the same theme of black with just a hint of royal purple. The outside walls of the cabin were made with blocks of obsidian. It was almost as if he had built the cabin in Minecraft. Will wouldn't have been surprised if he had, considering that Nico (who had only just recently discovered the game from Leo right after he came back from the dead, but that's a story for another day) was in love with the game from day one. He wouldn't stop talking about the game and all the different mods and yada yada. Will was surprised that he hadn't heard anything about it yet today. He figured Nico was just sick. The wooden door was framed on both sides by two torches, each burning with green Greek fire. The Hecate cabin had charmed them to never blow anything up or go out, which was really handy.
All in all, his renovations looked a lot better than what Cabin 13 had previously looked like for sure. Back then walls had been painted all black with what looked like blood (but was likely red paint) dripping down the sides. It wasn't a pretty sight. Will hoped he never forgot what Nico's face looked like when he first walked into his cabin earlier that summer. . .
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS THIS?!" Nico asked/shouted at Will when they entered the new cabin 13. Because Will would be staying with Nico for the next couple weeks he figured he should show Nico around. Normally it was the other way around, but with Nico not being there much the duty fell to Will. "WHO DO PEOPLE THINK I AM? I'M NOT A BLOODY VAMPIRE!" Will reminded himself to never get Nico that mad. He could practically see smoke rolling out of the older boy's ears, and his normally chocolate brown eyes had turned a dark, almost black color. Looking back, Nico looked really adorable angry with his hands tightened into fists and his eyes snapping. Despite his cuteness Will never wanted to be on the receiving end of that glare. ..
After their shared flashback the two boys started cuddling in Nico's bed. When Will tried to kiss Nico goodnight, Nico turned his head away and whined sleepily, "But I've got a cold. . ."
"What's a cold between boyfriends?" Will said, then he smiled, kissed Nico softly, and the pair fell asleep holding each other in their arms.