Hello there again! Here is the third chapter of this story. I got stuck on how fast the romance should go, so the next chapter might come out slower.

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

"NICO!"

Nico sighed as his sister Bianca's desperate cry rang out. He walked to her room where she was trying to merge with the wall.

"There! Do you see it?" she asked frantically while pointing at the doors of her closet. There was a huge spider on it crawling toward the contents of her closet.

"Bianca, it's not hurting you," Nico said exasperatedly.

"I don't care! Just take it out! Please!" Bianca said.

Nico shook his head as he took a tissue, picked up the spider, and disposed of it in the trashcan.

"Thank you!" Bianca hugged her little brother, ruffling his hair.

Nico grumbled even though he secretly loved it. He walked back into his room and checked his phone for a message from Will.

It had become a routine now – he had grown attached to the blonde after several nights of staying up to text him.

7:26 PM – Death Boy.

7:26 PM – Sunshine.

7:27 PM – I wanted to ask you something

7:27 PM – Are you coming to our performance this weekend?

Nico frowned. Performance?

7:27 PM – You perform?

7:28 PM – You know

7:28 PM – Orchestra

7:28 PM – Ohhhhh

Nico face-palmed mentally. Of course Will performed, why didn't he remember?

7:29 PM – I'll think about it

7:30 PM – Come on, Death Boy

7:30 PM – I know you want to come see me perform

Nico blushed furiously. He did want to see Will perform – he was curious at what instrument he played.

No, you want to see Will again, his mind thought.

Shut up, Nico grumbled internally.

7:32 PM – Fine, I'll go

7:32 PM – Yay! I'll pick you up at 5 tomorrow night?

7:33 PM – What, like a date?

Nico mentally slapped himself. Why did he just write that? Now Will would think that Nico wanted a date, which he did not want, thank you very much.

7:34 PM – Sure, you can think of it as a date if you want ;)

Nico blushed again and groaned. Solace could be so insufferable sometimes.

7:35 PM – Fine.

7:35 PM – K. Don't be late!

Nico put down his phone just as Bianca poked her head in.

"What are you doing, little brother?" she asked, walking to the bed where he laid.

"Nothing," he mumbled.

"Really? Your face is red," Bianca replied, smirking. "Did you agree to go on a date with someone?"

Nico turned redder and threw a pillow at his older sister.

"Ooh! Who is it? How does he look like? Is he nice?" she asked eagerly, leaning forward.

"First of all, it's not a date. I'm just going to see his music performance," Nico grumbled.

"How are you going to get there? Is dad taking you?" Bianca raised an eyebrow.

"He's going to pick me up tomorrow," said Nico.

Bianca gasped and clapped her hands excitedly.

"My little brother's got a boyfriend!" she shouted, prancing around the room.

Nico covered his face, smiling. He was glad that Hades and Bianca had accepted the fact that he was gay so quickly. Hades had grunted in agreement and Bianca shrugged, saying it didn't matter who her little brother liked as long as she approved.

He was quite looking forward to Saturday.

What did you think of this chapter? Is the romance too fast? Here, Bianca never died because I love her and I felt like it would benefit the story somehow if Nico had someone to tease him about his developing relationship with Will. Please review, and thank you for reading!