A/N: Thank you all so much for the kind words and encouragement! It means a lot to get such friendly, helpful reviews, so a big thanks to all of you down in the review section! Keep being awesome ;) Sorry if this chapter was a bit short and/or boring, but I just wanted some more character interactions, and I want baby Nico to realize that he loves Will to Tartarus, and yeah XD (Lol, jk, but this chapter is going to move some things along, though c;)

Textin', as always;

Bold = Nico

Bold and underlined = Jason

Bold and italics = Reyna (Yes, I finally brought Reyna in!)

7

Nico

As soon as Nico hung up with Will, he got a text from Jason.

1:06 PM - Sooooooo. How'd it go?

Nico rolled his eyes.

1:07 PM - Fine

1:07 PM - JUST fine?

1:08 PM - Yes. What did you expect me to say? "We hit it off and now we're a couple, I'm so happy"?

1:09 PM - Neeks, I'm serious. Pipes is begging me for details, because apparently Lou Ellen is over at Will's place right now, and she knows but she's not telling

Groaning, Nico tore a hand through his hair, frustrated.

1:10 PM - There's nothing to tell!

1:11 PM - There must be SOMETHING! C'mon, Neeks, we're best friends!

1:12 PM - Jason, I swear to God...

1:13 PM - Don't make me call you and beg!

1:14 PM - Jason...

1:15 PM - I'm calling!

1:15 PM - Don't you dare

1:16 PM - 3...

1:16 PM - Jason.

1:17 PM - 2...

1:18 PM - JASON GRACE.

1:19 PM - Nico, 1!

1:20 PM - OKAY, FINE! Are you happy now?!

1:21 PM - Yes! Now tell meeeeeee!

1:22 PM - Okay, so maybe there's a little TINY thing that happened...

1:23 PM - NEEEEEEKKKSS TEEEELLLLLL MEEEEEEEE!

Nico squeezed his eyes shut and sighed loudly, pinching the bridge of his nose.

1:24 PM - Tutto quello che posso dire è che... Will... è molto coccolone...

1:25 PM - Good, good. Now this time in English, Nico

1:26 PM - No. You can google translate it. I will not type it

Jason didn't respond for several seconds, and when he did, it was a call. As soon as Nico pressed "accept", he was met with Jason laughing like a hyena on the other end. He was immediately annoyed. "Smettere di ridere!"

"I— Oh gods, I can't!" He burst into another fit of laughter, and Nico grimaced and glared at the wall. Finally, Jason seemed to collect himself. "Okay, okay, but seriously; what the hell does that even mean?"

"You know he fell asleep on me," Nico mumbled, flushing slightly. "Well, we kind of... got... tangled while we were sleeping."

"Awwww!" Jason cooed on the other end, making Nico's grimace deepen. "That's so sweet!"

"Grace," Nico said darkly. "Concluderò voi."

"Sorry, sorry, Neeks, but it is!"

Nico took a deep breath. "Okay. But he forgot the manga."

"He forgot... the manga?" Jason repeated, and Nico could practically picture his blond eyebrow raising.

"Yes. So I sort of... invited him over... again. Well, more like he said he was going to come over... It was very complicated."

"Oh. Well, that's, that's great." Nico could practically see his best friend stifling laughter, and he swore to strangle Jason next time he saw him.

"Listen, he's only coming for the manga this time. That's it."

"Suuurrreeeee," Jason hummed on the other end. "Whatever you say, Neeks. Anyway, I gotta go. Pipes demands details!" And with that he hung up, giving Nico no chance to respond. Sighing, he ran a hand through his hair in irritation and exasperation. Just then, his phone dinged.

For a second he was annoyed, thinking it was Jason bugging him once more, but it turned out to be another of his friends, Reyna.

1:33 PM - Hey Nico. I heard from Hazel that you had someone over to your house?

"Gods," Nico sighed out exasperatedly. "Is everyone talking about this?!"

Nico sent a quick text to Hazel.

1:35 PM - Hazel, I'm going to kill you.

He switched back to Reyna and typed out a reply.

1:36 PM - Yes. But PLEASE don't ask me for details, because I'm tired of explaining

1:37 PM - Oh, I already have all the details from Percy.

Nico groaned.

1:38 PM - Percy heard about this, too? And if he knows, so do Tyson, Annabeth, Leo, and Frank... Oh, gods, just kill me now...

1:39 PM - Calm down, Nico. We're all just excited you finally took an interest in someone!

1:40 PM - I AM NOT INTERESTED IN WILL SOLACE! He wanted a manga, and that's IT!

1:41 PM - Suuuurreeee, Nico. Just a manga

Nico frowned down at his phone. What's that supposed to mean?

1:43 PM - What is that supposed to mean?!

1:44 PM - Nothing. I'm certainly not implying you like him. Nope. Not at all

Finally, Nico snapped, and poured all of his rage into his next text, his thumbs flying across the keys furiously.

1:45 PM - Okay, so fine, MAYBE he's fucking gorgeous and looks like a Greek god or the sun incarnate, and MAYBE his golden hair is fucking beautiful, and his eyes are so damn blue, and he smells like honey and flowers, but I have NO feelings towards him WHATSOEVER!

1:46 PM - Really, Nico? Read over what you just texted me VERY carefully

Nico face-palmed and glared at his phone with a slight blush on his face.

1:47 PM - That was all completely platonic!

1:48 PM - Riiiiiigggggghhhht. Nico, I've got to go, but PLEASE just realize that you like this boy so you can finally be happy for once in your life. Do it for Bianca and Hazel, and me and Jason. We just want to see you happy.

Nico tossed his phone on the end of his bed and burrowed under his blankets, glaring at the black wall (no, really, Nico's wall was painted black—it's his favorite color, okay?).

I do not like Will Solace, Nico thought to himself stubbornly, squeezing his eyes shut. I do not like Will, I do not like Will, I do not like Will, I do not like Will, I do not like Will.

He thought the words so many times that they started to blur into something different.

Or maybe I do...

Forse lo faccio...

Translations;

- Tutto quello che posso dire è che... Will... è molto coccolone... - All I can say is that... Will... is very cuddly...

- Smettere di ridere! = Stop laughing!

- Concluderò voi. = I will end you.

- Forse lo faccio... = Maybe I do...