Hey there everybody! Happy (late) New Year! Here's the second chapter, I hope you guys enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or its characters. I only own this fic.

"I'm home!"

Will shut the door behind him, muffling the sounds of thunder. Nobody expected that it would rain – the weather was perfectly nice when he was still in Starbucks.

"Will! You're just in time for pizza!" his father called from the kitchen.

Will grabbed five slices of cheese pizza, stacked it on a paper plate, and sprinted upstairs to his room. He still hadn't finished his school project – he had spent almost five hours chatting with Nico after finding out they had some common interests, and his grade was going to suffer if he didn't hurry.

Suddenly, there was a ping from the pocket of his hoodie.

4:19 PM – Shut up Jason, it's nothing like that
4:19 PM – Besides, we just met

Will frowned. Maybe Nico texted the wrong person?

4:20 PM – ? I think you texted the wrong person

4:20 PM – Crap

4:20 PM – Yeah, I meant that for another person

4:21 PM – Sorry

4:22 PM – I understand, I do that all the time lol

Will sighed and opened his laptop. The screen lit up with a familiar logo – a bright, yellow sun with orange and red accents.

As he continued to work on his project, his mind drifted to the Italian boy he met this morning. Will had saw Nico a few times in the hallway in passing periods, but he had never really noticed him because Nico always kept his head down and walked fast.

He has really long eyelashes, he thought absentmindedly as he typed away.

An hour later, Will's project was finally finished and ready to turn in. It had taken forever to reach the specified page count, and he was glad to be done with it.

Will stretched and checked the time on his phone, which showed 5:42 PM. He threw the paper plate away and decided to take a hot shower to release the0 tension in his muscles.

As he toweled himself dry, he heard his phone ring. Will walked outside and pressed the green "answer" button without thinking, assuming that it was either Cecil, who didn't mind seeing his best friend naked, or Lou Ellen, who had seen everything he had and more.

"What? FaceTime? Oh! I'm sorry, I accidently pressed-"

Will screamed and threw his phone across the room, where it hit the wall and fell to the floor with a thud.

"S-solace, what the hell are you doing naked?" Nico's voice said, sounding shocked.

"Um! Wait a sec," Will called out while throwing a yellow t-shirt and sweatpants before retrieving his phone. He had not anticipated this when he exchanged numbers with Nico.

"Sorry, I just got out of the shower and I thought you were one of my friends," Will said sheepishly, his face red.

"Are we not friends?" Nico asked with a hurt look on his face.

"I-I didn't mean that! I just thought you were Cecil or somebody!" Will exclaimed quickly.

Nico laughed, the sound making Will's heart skip a beat.

"I was just teasing," he said, smirking.

The blush that had just left Will's face came back again.

"A-anyways, I n-need to go, my dad's calling me," he stuttered.

"Mhm. See you at school, Sunshine," Nico said before hanging up.

Will felt his heart stutter again as Nico used the nickname Cecil made up. How did he know what his friends called him?

"What the hell is wrong with me lately?" he groaned as he flopped onto the bed.

I can't write romance ;-; Thanks for reading, and leave a review if you liked it! Have a wonderful week :)