Holy shit this is such a long chapter, hope you enjoy!
This would've been up last night but I had a bit of an... emergency which I'm going to ignore and blot out with more gay fanfiction!
Hope you enjoy reading!
Fez.

"What do you mean I need a makeover?" Nico asked. Piper and Jason took hold of his arms and began steering him towards the Aphrodite cabin. He saw the curtains in the window twitch and the door ominously swung open. He began trying to dig his heels in and craned to look over his shoulder at the infirmary but Will wasn't coming to save him.

"Well, you don't need one but you could do with one." Piper told him cheerily as she hauled him along. Nico glared at her, he'd thought Piper was cool on the Argo II but evidently not.

He was pushed through the door of the Aphrodite cabin before he knew what was happening and Jason was standing in front of the door like a bouncer when he tried to escape. He could shadow travel out but Piper still had a vice-like grip on his arm.

"So, you're pretty emo aren't you?" Some girl was saying, and Nico frowned.

"Well, I prefer goth-" he started, but the girl cut him off.

"You say that, but you're not committing to the role!" She told him, and Nico slowly connected her to Drew, the Aphrodite kid with an attitude. "You're wearing ratty T-Shirts and jeans, and that gross aviator jacket."

Nico opened his mouth to argue but Drew ploughed on like he wasn't there.

"But what you need is a new wardrobe, with proper emo clothes, to wow your boyfriend." She finally paused as if to let him speak, but he was suddenly caught up in wanting to 'wow' Will. Before he could gather himself to protest again, she was turning around and waving a hand at the group of campers who were standing ready with arms full of black clothes, hairspray and… makeup.

The campers advanced and Nico backed up into Jason, who caught his shoulders gently. "Hey Neeks, they won't hurt you." He told the smaller boy with a grin, but Nico could tell he was glad he wasn't on the receiving side of the Aphrodite campers.

"I can't believe you've forsaken me like this." Nico told him and Jason laughed, leading him forward to sit him in an admittedly comfy chair and the campers descended on him.

"Face and hair first and then clothes." Drew called and suddenly a young girl was looming in alarmingly close. For a shocked second Nico thought she was going to kiss him and jerked back.

"Eyebrows need work, eyelashes are nice. He needs a good wing, and maybe some concealer." She called out to the other campers, and Nico gave Piper a scared sideways look.

"I don't need concealer."

Piper made a face. "Can't agree with you there Nico. Just for your eyes."

Before he could complain anymore- and Nico was beginning to think no one wanted to listen to him- Piper pulled out a packet of cards and waved them at him.

"We have time for a game?" She told him, and damn, she knew his weaknesses.

He nodded and the boy who was playing his hair groaned. Piper smirked and tried to hide it.

"It's best if you just stay still." She told him and he rolled his eyes.

He shuffled the cards for the three of them, and he definitely noted how Jason stepped away from the door to sit down and play, and they began to play, while Nico's hair was tugged and, much to his horror, cut.

"What are you doing?" He squawked and the boy leaned into his vision.

"I'm cutting your dead ends off. It'll look tidier and easier to manage." He explained, and Nico reluctantly calmed down. Easier to manage did sound good.

"Only a few inches." He muttered.

"An undercut?" The boy bargained and Nico deliberated for a moment before shaking his head slightly.

"Maybe another time." He said finally. Piper gave him a triumphant grin which he chose to ignore.

XXX

Their Myth-O-Magic game was cut short when his cards were taken off him swiftly and Jason and Piper were forced to stand in front of him while two boys sat next to him and took his hands.

"Now what's happening?" He asked hopelessly and one of the boys waved a pair of small scissors at him.

"We're just fixing up your nails so we can paint them."

Nico frowned, trying to reclaim his hands again. "Boys don't wear nail polish." He said, a questioning tone in his voice.

Both boys flashed him their nails- one with some kind of holographic glitter pattern and the other with hot pink polish- and gave him a sympathetic look.

"You can wear whatever you want, ignore what other people think." The boy on his right side said, clipping his nails and buffing them. "Plus, we're only painting them black unless you want something else?"

Nico nodded slowly. "I'm fine with black." He said, wondering what his sister would say if she saw him now. Or his mother. Bianca would always paint his nails with a pot of their mother's stolen polish if he asked but it would be removed swiftly by their mother when they went out in public.

While he was silent, Lacey, a kind girl who was one of the few he recognised, leaned in with a pair of tweezers.

"What are you doing?" He asked as threateningly as he could.

"I'm just tidying up your eyebrows. Nothing major just getting rid of the uni-brow." She told him, before plucking out a hair.

Nico gave a yelp of pain and he could see Jason and Piper laughing. "I don't have a uni-brow!" He argued. His eyes were watering and he blinked, annoyed.

Piper didn't look so sure again. "It's not a bad unibrow."

"Then why are we plucking it?"

Piper went silent. After a minute of torture Lacey leaned back and brushed off his eyebrows.

"Piper I'm going to kill you." Nico got out through gritted teeth.

"I'm not even doing anything to you, except letting you win at Myth-A Magic."

"It's Myth-O-Magic, not Myth-"

"Isn't it time for the make up?" Piper said brightly and Drew herself leaned again, armed with an eyeliner pencil.

"I want big wings." Nico said and she looked surprised but proud.

"I can definitely-"

"So I can fly away form this bullshit."

Jason burst into laughter next to him, dropping his cards as he did so. Damn he'd had the Venus Seduction Card. If he'd known how to use it he could have taken most of his and Piper's cards.

Drew looked a lot less proud. "Anyway, I'm the best in the cabin at this. You need to close your eyes."

Nico frowned and looked at Piper, who gave him a reassuring smile. "You're not going to get hurt Nico." She told him and he relented, closing his eyes for Drew.

XXX

"Ow, fuck, you got it in my eye!" Nico's eyes started watering as Drew swapped her mascara wand for a wad of tissues.

"Stop crying! You're smudging everything!"

"I can't help it!" Nico had been sitting here far too long, and he was getting fidgety. "Piper, you lied."

Piper shrugged but had the decency to look guilty. "Look, I said you wouldn't get hurt if you did what you were told and didn't shift around."

"This is nothing compared to what's coming next!" Lacey told him and Nico felt his heart sink.

"What's coming next?" He asked, side-eyeing Piper who was suddenly staring at her nails.

"Take your trousers off!" Drew announced and Nico was just about to fade into the shadows before Piper's hand covered his.

"Leave your boxers on. There's nothing none of us haven't seen before." Drew said dismissively. Nico sent wild looks around the room of about ten campers, some of which half-heartedly covered their eyes.

"What are you doing to my legs?" He asked suspiciously.

"We're just going to wax them." Drew said like it was no big deal and Piper's hand held on even tighter.

"That hurts." Nico said, narrowing his eyes at her and she leaned over him, narrowing her eyes right back.

"You can't handle some waxing?" She goaded him and he glared at her even more ferociously.

"Just cover your eyes. All of you." He declared, feeling childish. Everyone did, albeit a few with some eyerolls.

He took his jeans off and sat back down, his face burning. Drew rolled her eyes one final time at the whole spectacle before motioning for one of her siblings bringing forward a pot of wax and some wooden sticks.

"Are those bone boxers?" Jason asked, innocently enough and Nico glared at the middle of the room again.

"Not a word, Grace."

After poorly hiding his laugh, Jason held out his hand for Nico to take. "Squeeze my hand if it hurts." He told him simply and Nico reached for Piper's hand as well.

"Nico, she hasn't even put the wax on yet." Piper told Nico, who was clutching her hand for all he was worth.

"But this is your fault so you deserve it." He grit his teeth at the feeling of the wax being spread and then nearly bit through his lip when Drew ripped it.

"Oh fucking hell." He muttered, gripping Piper and Jason's hands hard.

XXX

After an eternity Drew leaned back and sighed happily. "See that didn't hurt too much! You look much better now!"

Nico tried not to take it too harshly and jumped to his feet as soon as he could. His legs were tingling and he didn't like it at all. His skinny legs looked far too pale and knobbly and he tried to reach for his jeans.

"Can I see-?"

"Nope! Not until you have your clothes on."

Nico looked down at the clothes he was wearing and Drew tutted loudly, throwing a big pile of clothes at him.

"Bathroom's over there," She waved a hand at a closed door. "No peeking and do not mess your hair or face."

Nico headed for the door and locked it securely behind him. He began sorting through the pile and found that thankfully he could keep his own boxers on.

He pulled on a pair of jeans with more rips than actual fabric and found they fit him exactly. They even looked quite nice, from what he could see of them. For the goddess of beauty's cabin's bathroom there were no mirrors. He had a feeling they had been taken out because of him.

There was a pounding on the door and Nico almost dropped the T-Shirt he was holding.

"You better not have shadow-travelled away in there, di Angelo!" Piper was calling.

"What are you going to do if I have?" Nico snapped back and pulled his shirt off as carefully as he could. His hair felt lighter around his head and the ends were soft and feathery. He just hoped Will liked his 'new look'.

He squashed down the part of him that said Will would think he looked stupid, especially when he held out the T-shirt (also with several holes gaping in it) with a large skull on it.

"Did you pick these out of a dumpster?" He called, feeling stupid about putting the clothes on.

"The holes were already there! It's fashion!" Drew yelled, sounding like she was pressed up against the door.

He slipped the shirt on and looked down at himself, hoping he didn't look as ridiculous as he felt.

"Come out Nico!" Piper called, and Nico couldn't resist.

"I'm gay Piper!" He heard Jason and smirked, feeling proud enough to open the door.

Drew clapped her hands together and Piper grinned at him. The other Aphrodite kids looked pretty impressed too and Jason offered him a high five.

"How do I look?" He asked, rather meekly.

"Fantastic! You didn't even smudge your makeup!" Drew exclaimed.

"You look great Nico, but there's one thing that would make you look better." Nico crossed his arms, waiting while Piper reached into a wardrobe and pulled out a leather jacket, complete with skull-and-crossbones patch on the back and metal spikes on the shoulders. Nico's mouth fell open.

He took it from her and his arms sagged with how heavy it was to hold. He put it on and laughed at how comfy it was, and how well it fit.

"Well, maybe two more things." Jason added and pulled a pair of combat boots from behind his back. They looked to be Nico's size and he gasped at them, staring up at Jason with shining eyes.

"Try them on. I just need to go and… Do something." Jason gave him a clap on the back, avoiding the spikes well and left the cabin. Nico sat down to put the shoes on but glanced after him.

"Where's he gone?" He asked suspiciously.

"Nowhere!" Piper said just a bit too shrilly and waved briskly at a girl struggling with a massive full-length mirror.

"Now, are you ready to see yourself?" She asked, and the girl spun the mirror around so Nico could see himself.

He looked… He looked good. His eyes didn't seem so sunken and dark with the eyeliner around them and his eyebags were covered by the concealer. The jacket looked cool on him, and fit him better than he expected. The outfit overall looked great.

He turned to Piper with a big grin. "Thanks Piper. And you guys."

Drew looked pleased and tossed her hair over her shoulder. "It was an emergency."

"Are these all mine?" He asked in awe, straightening his jacket over his shoulders and Piper gave him a sisterly grin.

"Of course they are Neeks."

Before Nico could thank her, there was a knock at the door. Nico turned around, and one of the Aphrodite campers opened the door.

Will was standing in front of Jason, with the older boy's hands cupped over his eyes.

"Why am I here again?" Will asked, and Nico looked at Piper with a worried look. What if Will didn't like his outfit? He wouldn't like his makeup and he reached up to try and scrub it off.

Piper caught his hand, and squeezed it gently. "He'll like it, don't worry." She whispered. Nico didn't really believe her but stood in the middle of the cabin.

"Ready?" Called Jason and Nico nodded with a thick swallow.

Will blinked at the light but they quickly focused in on Nico, who was fidgeting on the spot.

"Wow." He said softly and Nico felt his cheeks flush. Will stepped closer to him, his eyes wide. He cupped Nico's cheeks and Nico was relieved at the adoration in Will's eyes. Of course Will would like his clothes, Will liked everything.

"You look rather dashing." He said, a wide smile on his face and Nico gave a nervous chuckle.

"You like it?" He asked, still unsure about the whole ensemble himself.

"I love it! The jacket really suits you, and I definitely like the jeans. Your hair's really cute too." He winked and Nico distantly heard the squeals of the Aphrodite campers.

Will leaned in and kissed him briefly, aware of the other campers watching them and kept it innocent for Nico's sake. "You look fantastic." He murmured in his ear after he pulled away.

Nico's cheeks were rather pink now and Will reached for his hand and grinned at Drew and Piper.

"Am I allowed to steal him away?" He asked, and Piper waved at them.

"Go on, Nico check your jacket pocket." She called as Will pulled him towards the door. Nico waved back at her and gave the Aphrodite campers a rare smile.

"Thanks guys."

When they were out of the cabin and in the cool evening air, Will pulled him in for a deeper kiss.

When they pulled away, Nico started walking to his cabin. "They're still watching us." He told his boyfriend and when Will looked back at the cabin, all the faces in the windows ducked. He laughed at the obviousness and jogged to catch up with Nico, catching his hand in his own.

"What's in your jacket pocket?" He asked, and Nico felt for second before swearing.

"What?" Will asked again, reached into the pocket closest to him and pulling out a small, capped bottle. Nico held up the foil wrapper from the other pocket.

"They've put condoms and lube in it." He groaned and Will laughed, loud in the quiet night.

"Well I guess we better use them then."