A/N my first solangelo fanfic so I hope you all like it.

All rights to Rick Riordan I own nothing but the plot

Nico's POV

"Nico, why are you limping?" Jason questions. Nico and Jason stop in their tracks on their way to the arena.

"What?" Nico questions, suddenly realizing he was limping from the stabbing pain in his right knee.

"You were limping." Jason confirms, "Why? Is something wrong? Should I go get Will?"

"No! No, no. I'm fine. Nothing's wrong." Nico quickly states. He honestly didn't realize he was limping. The pain on a daily basis was normal, he was used to it just being there at random times. He'd dealt with it for four years, alone, he didn't want Jason finding out now.

"Are you sure? I don't want whatever's wrong to get worse." Jason looks back up the hill towards the infirmary. "Maybe we shouldn't train today. I'm sure Will wouldn't mind looking you over real quick." Jason says.

"Jason, no. I'm okay. Nothing's wrong. You do not need to go get Will." Nico jumps to defend himself. "Let's just go train." Nico continues toward the arena. Jason is a little less eager.

"Are you sure? I wouldn't want to make anything worse." Jason asks, wanting to run to the infirmary to get Nico's boyfriend.

"I'm fine, Jason. If you want to help, let's spar." Nico picks up a sword and gets into a fighting stance. Jason flips his coin and has no choice but to defend himself against Nico's offensive blow.

Nico, having a head start, was on offense which pushed Jason onto defense. The son of Zeus eventually made his way onto offense, in which he was strongest, and accidentally delivered a quick swipe to Nico's left forearm.

"Oh my gods! Nico, I'm sorry. We should stop." Jason lets his sword arm drop but Nico is still intent on continuing.

"No. I'm fine. Let's keep going." Nico protests. Jason moves to stop him but has to pick up his sword to block another blow. They danced around the arena in an intense battle and it was a tied fight until Nico felt a sudden stabbing pain in his right knee and hip.

The son of Hades stumbles and falls backwards, cursing in surprise. Jason immediately drops his sword and rushes to his best friend's side. Nico grasps his knee tightly and groans in pain.

"Nico, are you okay?! Is this why you were limping earlier?" Jason asks, frantically.

Nico knows he doesn't want to reveal his secret after so long, but in the midst of his pain, he nods.

"Can you walk?" Jason questions. Nico slightly nods his head in response. The son of Zeus holds out his hand and brings his friend up to his feet.

Nico throws his arm around Jason's shoulder and leans lightly on him. "Can you please take me to my cabin?" Nico requests.

"After that, absolutely not. We're going to the infirmary. Will needs to look you over." Jason says, basically dragging Nico up the hill.

"No! No, no!" Nico moans. "I'm fine, Jason."

"Like hell you are!" Nico starts fighting back and breaks away from Jason in an attempt to run back to his cabin. The pain in his right leg had disappeared for the time being, only to be reignited from the sudden change in pace. "Nico!" Jason screams. He quickly catches up to the younger boy and throws him over his shoulder in a fireman's carry.

"Jason! Put me down!" Nico pounds on the older boy's back. Jason makes his way up to the infirmary, gaining him strange looks from his odd way of carrying his friend. Jason flings the door open to walk in and see Will doing paperwork. Will saw who Jason was carrying and he immediately jumped up from behind the desk and motions for Jason to put Nico on a bed.

"Nico, explain." Will demands, snapping on some gloves.

"It's nothing." Nico insists. "Just give me a bandage so I can fix my arm."

"Um, no. Jason, what's going on?" Will says. He grabs a wet towel off the counter and starts cleaning all of the blood off of Nico's arm. He douses the wound in antiseptic and in response, Nico hisses in pain.

"We were walking down to the arena to train when I realized Nico was limping. I asked him about it and he said it was nothing so we started sparring but I accidentally cut his arm. I said we should stop so he could come get that treated but he kept striking so we kept going. It was going fine but suddenly he just collapsed. I dropped my sword and he was on the ground holding his knee, then I took him here." Jason explains.

Nico looks as if he wants to disappear into the shadows as Will glares at his boyfriend. The son of Apollo is three-fourths of the way through stitching up Nico's lacerated arm when he starts questioning him.

"Why didn't you come in sooner?" Will interrogates.

"It's just a little cut. It's sword fighting, it happens all the time! I was fine." Nico assures.

"That too, but you know that's not what I was talking about." Will, being the head healer, was quick to finish his patient's sutures to then move on to the reason he was here. "Jason, you're good to go, Nico will be fine."

"Great! I'll see you guys around." Jason jogs out of the infirmary and back down to the arena.

"Cool, if I'm gonna be fine then I'll go too." Nico makes his attempt to slip away. Unfortunately, Will already knew what he was trying to do. The son of Hades executes his plan when the Healer turns his back once Jason leaves to throw his gloves into the trash.

"Sit." Will commands.

"Ugh!" Nico groans, knowing if he tries to run he'll just be slowed down by his leg. He plops down to the bed and glares at his boyfriend in annoyance. Will moves to the side of the bed and pulls out a clipboard.

"Are you ready to tell me what's actually wrong?" Will asks. Nico subconsciously twists his skull ring on his finger.

"Nothing's wrong."

"Oh really, if that were true then why did you collapse during sword fighting?" Will pushes.

"I didn't 'collapse', I stumbled." Nico defends.

"If you don't tell me, I'll be forced to use my powers on you and will find out anyway." Will threatens.

"Fine, my right knee and hip just started hurting. They do that sometimes. It's no big deal, today was just one of the bad days." Nico quickly explains. Will swiftly scribbles onto the sheet clipped to the board then moves to the boy.

"I'm gonna touch you, okay." Will warns. Nico nods in permission. The Healer places his hands on Nico's knee and uses his thumbs to put pressure just under his kneecap. The boy on the bed hisses in pain, making Will almost immediately release the pressure.

"That hurt?" Solace questions, concern evident in his eyes. Nico nods, not wanting it to be evident on the extent of the injury. "Lay down." He commands. "I'm gonna touch your hips, okay?"

"Wow Solace, I thought you were supposed to keep things professional." Nico teases.

"Oh shut up, di Angelo, I'm testing something." Will continues pressing on Nico's hips in search of a diagnosis. "Okay, a few things then I'll have narrowed it down."

"Really?! Am I really that broken?" Nico asks, sitting up.

"It's okay, I'll fix it." Will assures. "Stand up, I have to test a couple more things." Nico does as he's told while Will grabs some instruments from the cabinets on the wall. "Oh yeah, also, pants off."

Nico gapes at his 'doctor' with wide eyes, unsure of what he's planning to do. Through his uncertainty, he strips off his jeans and stands in his boxers. Will turns around, to his patient blushing intensely and looking extremely distracted.

"Embarrassed, Nico?" Nico, impossibly, blushes harder. "You know this isn't the first time I've seen you in your underwear."

"Oh shut up, Solace. Doctor-Patient Confidentiality." Nico grumbles. "And you've stripped in front of me before, too."

"You're right, but I wasn't embarrassed about it. Now, bend over and touch your toes." Will commands. Nico gives him a skeptical look, reluctant to follow commands. He does regardless of Will's smirk. Will lifts his patient's shirt and runs his hand along Nico's spine. He grabs the scoliometer he recently gathered from the cabinet, and runs the instrument along the boy's back. The small instrument confirm's Will's suspicions once it shows a 13 degree curve of Nico's back.

"Ok, you can stand up now." Will informs his boyfriend. Nico does as he's told and immediately stretches his back. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, it just gets kinda uncomfortable being in that position for that long." Nico explains. Will gives Nico a confused and concerned look.

Will's POV

"Okay, I have one more check to do. Just stand upright and hold your arm out right in front of you." Will says. The son of Hades holds his arms outright, Will moves forward and puts his hands on Nico's shoulders. Will feels a tilt in between his hands.

Oh no.

The Healer moves down to feel Nico's hip bones. They have the same unlevelness that his shoulders had. He steps back and examines the boy's knees. His right knee is noticeably higher than the left one.

Oh no.

"Are you done yet?" Nico asks, dropping his arms. Will snaps his head up to meet Nico's eyes. His blue eyes flash with concern and Nico catches on. "What's wrong?"

"Has your back been hurting?" Will questions.

"I mean, yeah. I don't remember a time when it hasn't at least a little bit." Nico says.

"And you said your knees and hips randomly start hurting, right?" Nico nods in response. "How long has that been happening?"

"Um…" Nico is reluctant to answer.

"Nico," Will pushes, wanting a response.

"Fo-four years." Will's eyes light up with concern for his patient and Nico slowly lowers himself onto the bed.

"Why didn't you tell me? How bad is it?" Quickly interrogating him, Will grabs Nico's hands and holds them in his own.

"I was handling it. It was fine at first, only hurt a little when I strained it. Then it progressively got worse. Slowly but surely, it became more and more common and more painful. Now, I don't even have to strain them for it to hurt." Nico explains. "What's wrong with me, Will?"

"You have scoliosis which is a mild curve in your spine that causes your pelvis to tilt. That pushed your right hip upwards which brought your shoulder and knee with it. The tilted pelvis puts extra pressure on your knees and hips. Your entire right side is noticeably higher than the other." Will describes. Nico looks concerned about how worried Will is.

"Can you fix it? Cuz, you look really worried about it." Nico comments.

"I-I'm not sure. This sounds like a chiropractic problem and I'm no chiropractor but I'll look into it. I'm gonna have to consult Chiron but I'll do my best." Nico's face falls at the news of his injury. "Hey, Nico, look at me." The boy slowly lifts his head. "Everything is gonna be fine. Worst case scenario you have to go get treated in the city. I'm gonna do everything I can to help. If I have to learn how to be a chiropractor, I will. You are not alone in this. I'm here now."

Will envelopes his boyfriend in a hug and for a moment, they feel completely safe.

A/N This one I will continue writing in chapters but I'll be releasing the same 1st chapter as a one shot bc I feel like it's a good one shot ending but I still wanna build on it :)