I'm back my lovelies with another chapter. And the fainting thing from two chapters ago will be explained in this chapter, where the plot was graciously suggested by KoalaLover-ABC-123.

Age: 18

Graduation day was a happy day for most. At least everyone but Nico. His father had once again failed to show up. He was there with his half sister and friends, and of course Will, but the only person in the audience for him was his chauffer, Jules-Albert, who Nico's father thought would be a good replacement.

Nico played the part though. He smiled. Got his diploma. He even threw his hat in the air the the moment arrived, thought getting it back proved to be difficult. After a while Nico began to realise that his Aunt Sally tried to take the place of his father, because she was taking almost as many pictures of Nico as she was of Percy.

When Sally crushed him in one of her hugs, Nico gave off a real smile. This is when he began to unwind. He had done it. Despite his ADHD and dyslexia he had made it through high school, and in the fall he would be off to college. He was to major in language studies given his talents in the field, but received a large scholarship from the school for his musical talents, which the school desperately wanted. Especially since he continued to expand his skills on the piano after the keyboard incident. Will of course, was heading into pre-med.

"Sorry Sally," Will said, "but we're stealing your son and your nephew."

He and Annabeth dragged the two dark haired boys away from the still grinning women and her husband Paul. Since everyone had just graduated, Piper thought it necessary that she hold a giant party over at her house, especially since her dad was off in Rome to film some movie. Thus, Nico had been dragged along to one of the things he still did hate: parties. He found them to be loud, confined, and filled with the scent of sweat and alcohol. In his mind there was no point to them.

At Will's, and all of his other friends', insistence though, he had been dragged along. Nico immediately started to make his way towards the outer edge of the room, where he planned to sulk. Will however, wouldn't have any of this. He pulled Nico over to the food and drinks, where he pushed a cup into Nico's hand.

"Drink," Will said, "You need to unwind."

Nico reluctantly took the drink and swallowed a gulp, winced as it burned its way through his throat. About twenty minutes after this, Will lost track of Nico. He disappeared out of nowhere, and no matter what Will did, he could not find his boyfriend. He could not see the dark raven hair in nighttime. That is, until he made his way out onto one of the many terraces. Nico had somehow managed to get outside onto one of these without falling over the edge.

"Heeeey Will," Nico slurred, stumbling his way towards Will.

Will looked at him, wide eyed. Nico had this crazy grin on his face, and by the way he was acting, Will could tell he was drunk. Something he was sure Nico has never experienced. Nico swayed back and forth, resting a hand on Will's shoulder to try and keep steady. The drunk raven haired boy giggled and peered at Will.

"Your eyes are very blue," Nico said, "and sparkly."

Will laughed at Nico's antics. He knew he should've been watching over his boyfriend and keeping him from taking in too much alcohol, but drunk Nico was just too funny. He was all happy and cheerful. Oblivious to the world around him.

"Nico?" Will asked slowly, "Watcha drinking?"

"Punch," he responded in a serious voice, "Very, very good punch. It's fruit flavored with a bit of a kick."

Nico giggled again.

"Hey Sunshine, maybe you should take a seat," Will said.

"Pft. I'm fine. You're too worried Will. Just relax a bit," Nico told him.

On the last word he dragged Will over to the drink station back inside, which in Will's mind was technically a bar since everything at it contained alcohol, intentionally or not. To the wannabe doctor, the small boy in front of him looked drunk enough as it was. He didn't need any more.

"Nico, honey- are you sure you should be drinking this much? Especially with your heart condition?" Will asked, his tone a tad worried.

Two years ago Nico had been diagnosed with a heart condition that meant the organ was weak compared to what it should be. Nico couldn't do intense exercise for extended periods of time, but they had yet to see how alcohol would affect his medication.

"Will I'm fine. My heart's fine," Nico tried to reason, "You should be more worried about my liver."

"I'm worried about you as a whole," Will said, still half smiling.

He couldn't help it. Smiles had always been contagious to him. And here Nico was, grinning like an idiot. Looking around the room Will noticed the reason it had gotten a tad quieter was the fact that half the people here were making out. Except Percy and Annabeth for some reason, who were both swimming in the pool fully clothed with their shoes neatly placed on a poolside chair. However, all the other couples- Leo and Calypso, Jason and Piper, Travis and Katie, even Frank and Hazel- were making out somewhere.

For some reason Will felt the need to point this out to Nico, who stood there in front of him, dark hair pushed back and those intense eyes not impeded at all by the alcohol.

"Well we can't let them show us up," Nico slurred, "Come 'ere handsome."

Nico gripped Will's shirt and pulled him close. Without a second thought, Nico softly pressed his lips against Will's. Nico moved his arms to wrap them around Will's neck. He could feel the blush that rushed through Will, who wrapped his arms around Nico's waist, pulling them closer to each other. Their lips moved against each other, Nico's tasting of fruit and alcohol, Will's of strawberry chapstick. Nico may have had a reason for his mind going blank, but for Will it was nothing more than the shear joy of kissing Nico under the starlight, with the moonlight filtering through Nico's hair and illuminating his face. So there they stayed, kissing in the warm air, under the soft light.

I really had no idea how to end that, but I guess that worked for the most part. I should be writing as a Japanese person in Hiroshima when it was hit by an Atomic Bomb for my history class, but I really don't know what to write for that, so here I am. I still have many ideas for the chapters to come, but I could always use more! Speaking of which, any ideas on which college they should go to?