A/N: Here's the next chapter, and once again, a huge thanks to everyone who's continuously showing their support by reviewing/PMing with me about the story! You guys are awesome! (Warning; slight Mulan II spoilers.)

Textin' info;

Italics = Will

Underlined = Lou

Bold, underlined, and italics = Apollo

Bold = Nico

9

Will

"Hey, pass me the popcorn," Will said, reaching out a hand blindly in the dark.

He'd been at Nico's house all day, and they had started watching movies around six, along with his dad and sister. They had gone to be around nine, leaving Nico and Will alone. Will (after texting his dad to tell him he would be home around eleven) had made popcorn; fortunately one of the foods that were actually in Nico's house.

The lip of a bowl was thrust under his fingers, and Will pulled it over onto his lap, taking a handful of the buttery stuff and stuffing it in his mouth. "I luf popfcorn," he said happily, his voice muffled through the food in his mouth.

Nico laughed. "Yeah, that's a bit obvious, il mio raggio di sole."

Will turned to him, frowning. "What does that mean? I only got a few words. Sole means sun... And di means of..." He sighed and slumped back against the couch. "I'm not very good at Italian."

Nico tugged his legs up on the couch and sat cross-legged, resting his chin in the palm of his hand. "Don't worry, Will. It's nothing bad."

Will looked at him suspiciously before grabbing his phone and discreetly sending a text to Lou.

10:03 PM - Hey, google translate 'il mio raggio di sole' for me, would you?

10:04 PM - Sure thing babe~

Sliding his phone back in his pocket, Will turned his attention back to the movie they were watching. Nico was a huge fan of Disney, so they were currently watching Mulan II (after finishing the first an hour ago.) Will loved Disney, too, of course, but Nico's family seemed like much bigger fans. His sister had made them watch Cinderella and Bambi before she went to bed, and even Nico's dad had requested they watch Hercules.

But Will didn't really mind. It was kind of adorable, actually; Nico being so emo and introverted and loving Disney movies.

Will turned to talk to Nico, but his eyes were trained intently on the screen, and he was clutching a pillow to his chest and biting his lip rather adorably. "No! She was about to make up with him!" he yelled at the screen, and Will noticed that it was around the time when the bandits attacked the princesses. Slowly, he turned to look back at Nico. "Nico, is this your first time watching this?"

He nodded against the pillow. "Yeah. I watched the first one but I never got around to the second one."

Uh oh... Then he doesn't know that...

Nico suddenly gasped and leaned forward so far his pillow fell on the floor. "No! Don't you dare let him go!" He put his hands on his face and tugged his fingers through his hair viciously. "No, no, no, no. How could she?! I thought—" He gasped again, his hands falling to his lap. "He let go! WILL, HE LET GO!"

Will raised an eyebrow. "Uh, yeah... Are you okay?"

"HOW COULD I BE OKAY?!" Nico exclaimed, turning to face him and grabbing him by the shoulders. "HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF TO SAVE HER! DI DIO, SHE'LL NEVER FORGIVE HERSELF FOR THIS!"

"Don't worry," Will said with a slight smile. "It gets better."

About four minutes later Nico was clinging to Will's arm and strangling it like it was a life raft and he was drowning. "Better?! This isn't better! How could you lie to me?"

Will patted his back soothingly. "Don't worry. Just keep watching."

At the wedding scene, Nico was in tears and nothing could tear his eyes from the screen. "Don't go through with it," he kept repeating. "Don't you dare go through with it."

When Shang appeared, Nico let out a cheer and started grinning like a mad man. When the movie ended, he was winded from laughing and crying and collapsed against Will's shoulder. "Disney is evil. Evil and genius."

"Yep," Will agreed, amused by Nico's antics. Catching a glimpse of the clock on the side-table, he cursed. "Oh no, I totally lost track of time! It's nearly eleven!"

Will scrambled off the couch and gathered his things, Nico watching in amused silence. Will threw open the door, said a quick farewell, and was off sprinting across Nico's lawn in the dark.

The clock struck eleven the very second Will entered his house, and he grinned breathlessly, kicking off his shoes and heading towards the kitchen. "Dad? You up?"

There was no reply, so Will figured his dad was already asleep. Grinning, he grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and headed up the stairs to his room. When he was seated on his bed with his legs sprawled out and back resting comfortably against the headboard, he slid his phone out of his pocket to check his texts.

The first two were from Lou, and there was one from Nico and one from his dad.

He clicked on Lou's first.

10:46 PM - Gods, Will, the translation XD

10:47 PM - Call me the second you get up tomorrow

Clicking over to his dad's text, he frowned.

10:51 PM - Hey, Will, I'll be gone when you get back. I went to meet one of my old friends. I should be back soon.

Finally, he read Nico's.

10:54 PM - Missing something, sunshine?

Will set down his phone and looked around, making sure he had everything. The only things he'd taken over were his phone and an old college sweatshirt of his dad's, and he had his phone, and the sweatshirt was slung over the back of his desk chair.

"What is he talking about?" he asked himself, confused. "I have every... Oh shit." He face-palmed, cursing under his breath. "The manga. I forgot the fucking manga again!"

Hesitantly, he picked up his phone and typed out a response.

11:09 PM - Um, yeah... Totally forgot

11:10 PM - That's fine. I guess I sort of owe you one for earlier...

11:11 PM - Nah, I was happy to help. But I do want the manga, though, and if you feel inclined to just give it to me, well...

11:12 PM - Ha ha. Nice try

Will sighed. Should've know that wouldn't work...

11:13 PM - But I will give you one more chance to get it since you're ever so forgetful

11:14 PM - Oh will you?

11:15 PM - Yes. Meet me at the bookstore where we met tomorrow at twelve

11:16 PM - Fine. See you then

11:17 PM - Ci vediamo allora, sole~

Will sighed and fell back on his pillows, looking up at the ceiling. One more chance... And this time, nothing will go wrong.

Translations;

- Il mio raggio di sole. = My ray of sunshine. (◕ω◕)

- Di Dio = Gods

- Ci vediamo allora, sole. = See you then, sunshine.