Nico POV

I walked into the infirmary, where I had seen Will go. I headed towards my room, nervous about what I had to tell Will. What if he didn't agree? What if he wanted to opposite? What will I do? I don't want that. My heart was pounding as I entered the room. I closed the door and locked it. I heard a noise, and whipped around tapping my skull ring, so my Stygian Iron sword was in my hand. I glanced around the room to find. . . . nothing. I twisted the bottom of the handle, (like a chapstick tube) and it shrunk back to a ring, instantly returning to my finger. It was like Percy's sword, impossible to lose. The noise had turned out to be Will, passed out on his stomach, spread out across the entire twin bead. I chuckled as Will snored quietly. I guess I'm not surprised. I had been in and out of dream land for five months and he'd been taking care of me that entire time. I walked into the closet and changed into pj's. I wore black sweatpants and a normal t-shirt. Will had rolled over onto his side. I gently pushed Will away from the edge, and walked around it. Climbing under the covers, I snuggled up against Will's chest. Let's just say, I did not get much sleep. I dreamed I was back in Tartarus, and was near a ledge, that dropped over a thousand feet by the look of it. Black obsidian colored rock was beneath my feet, and the drop was jagged and steep. Fog started to gather, and I saw silhouettes of maybe 3 or 4 people. They came closer, and then stopped. The first one stepped through the fog. "Will," I gasped. I stepped closer to him. "H-how did you get down here? Are you OK?" Will just smirked. "Am I OK? I'm wonderful!" He laughed. "I just can't believe you fell for it." "Huh?" I asked extremely confused. "You actually thought I liked you!!" My eyes watered. "W-What d-do you m-mean?" I stammered. "I mean, I don't like you. You're a creepy and insecure son of Death!! Not to mention a gay f*g!!" I was stunned. "N-no Will!!" He stepped aside, still laughing at me. The next figure stepped up. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!!" "H-Hazel? W-what are you talking about?" She just glared with her 24 karat gold eyes. "You're gay!" I nodded, and she scowled. "Well, then you're not my brother." I stumbled backwards. "W-what?!" "You heard me. I can't accept you as family." She turned and walked next to Will. The last two people came together. "Mom! Bianca!!" I ran forward but Bianca and mom sidestepped, so I ran passed them. I turned around, and faced them confused. Both looked almost disappointed. Mom shook her head, and Bianca clucked her tongue. "Oh my piccolo angelo della morte," little death angel My mom said to me. The name brought tears to my eyes. I never understood what she had meant when we were younger, but after I was 'claimed', I did. "Why do you have to disgrace us so?" My sister finished. The tears that were already borderline poured out. "I-I'm not a d-disgrace!" I sobbed. "But you are." All four of them said in sync. "We do not care for you anymore." They turned and started to walk away. "Oh, and Nico?" Will called over his shoulder, "You were never my Sunshine, and I was never gay." With that, they left me on my knees, sobbing and screaming. I'm not homophobic, nor do I think any of these people are, I just needed a nightmare

"NICO!!!!!!!!" A familiar voice called. Will. "Noo, NO, NO!!" I screamed. I was thrashing. I felt hands pin my arms down, and weight on my torso. I opened my eyes, which were blurred by the tears sprinting down my face. I turned away from a blurry looking Will, and continued to struggle. "Let go of me!!" I shouted. "I hate you!!!!!!!" Will looked shocked, and his grip loosened on my wrists. I freed my arms, but I couldn't get him off of my legs. Will regained his senses, and regripped my arms. "W-what do you mean?" He choked out. Tears started to well up in his eyes, and mine were still falling. "Y-you sa-aid-d you-u do-o-n't l-like m-me-e!" I hiccuped, still crying. He looked surprised, and brought his lips crashing to mine, but I didn't give in. . . . OK, maybe I did. . . . I relaxed a little, and let him kiss me, but I didn't respond so he pulled away, the tears finally escaping his eyes. "Of course I really like you Sunshine!!" I froze. Sunshine. "B-but you t-told me I wasn't your Sunshine and n-never was." I whispered, the tears slowly coming to a stop. Will's tears had already, gone. "What are you talking about?" Will asked, looking confused. He was cute when he was confused. His eyebrows scrunched together, and he tilted his head a little. "I came in here last night, and fell asleep, and next thing I knew, I had been whacked in the face by you," Will was waving his arms around dramatically while he talked, "so I was instantly awake, and you were having some sort of nightmare, wriggling and yelling something about your mom. . . . " Asleep. It didn't happen. It was all a dream!! I reached up and took Will's head in my hands and brought his mouth to mine. I poured all my emotion into the kiss. The pain, loss, darkness, warmth and love. He responded with the same amount of emotion. I pulled away, still not used to the touching, no matter how I acted. Will shifted us around so we were still under the covers, but we were on our sides and I was curled into Will's chest. He was rubbing my back with one hand, while the other was supporting his head. "Do you want to tell me what your dream was about?" I shook my head as I answered. "N-no, but you obviously want to know so I'll tell you." I gave Will a small smile, but it faded as I remembered the dream. As I recounted my nightmare, Will stayed silent but his facial expressions gave me enough information for what he wanted to say. By the time I was finished, Will had sat up cross legged and had pulled me into his lap as I wept and hiccuped. Will bent down, and kissed me slow, sweet and gentle. Not like the one I started. We gently pulled away, and Will rested his forehead to mine. I could still feel his lips against mine, salty from my tears.I looked up, and started to talk. "W-Will?" I asked nervously. I fidgeted in his lap, and he bit his lip, a muffled moan escaping anyway. Oops. I turned red and stopped moving, looking up to see a red faced Will. "I have a question." I mumbled. "Speak up Sunshine." Will said. "I-I have a question." Will nodded, motioning for me to go on. "Can, can we keep our relationship narrowed down to only a few people knowing? I'm not ready for the camp to know about my sexuality or us dating yet." And I don't need them to have more ammo to tease me with. I added silently. Will frowned and my heart sped up. Uh-oh. "Like who?" I released a breath. "The 7, Calypso, Reyna, Chiron, Clarisse and Chris?" I asked. Clarisse and I for some reason had bonded, maybe it was because of our violent nature. . . . Will nodded, and then added some more people that almost killed me. "I think we should tell the gods too." Will said strongly, but uncertainly. "Our fathers separate, and in private, and then call a council on Olympus maybe?" Will was squeaking by the end. I thought about it, and nodded. "Ok," I started "let's ask the 7, Calypso, Reyna, Clarisse and Chris to come. We need to tell Reyna, Hazel and Frank about Leo and Calypso anyway." Will left to go gather the people and tell them to contact Hazel Frank and Reyna. I got dressed in my usual black skinny jeans and black skull t-shirt. I was bored and wanted to listen to music, but I didn't know any bands of this century and I didn't have an IPod, whatever that looked like/was, so I pushed the thought away for now. The door swung open and Percy, Annabeth, Leo, Calypso, Clarisse, Chris and Will entered. "Hazel, Frank and Reyna are on their way." Percy told me. I nodded nervously. The door opened again, and the last three people entered. "LEO!!!! You were gone for so long! I was starting to think you might actually be dead!" Hazel's reaction was priceless. Her face lit up, almost as much as it did when Frank confessed to her. She tackled him in a hug, her eyes watering. Calypso looked confused, and Frank a little jealous. She pulled away from Leo, eyes shining. Hazel and Frank saw Calypso at the same time. Frank smiled at her, and Hazel introduced themselves. "You must be Calypso." Hazel said, much more calmly. Calypso nodded uncertainly. "I'm Hazel, Nico's half sister, but daughter of Pluto, not Hades. And this is my boyfriend Frank!" As soon as Hazel said boyfriend, Calypso relaxed, and smiled. "Hi." She gave a small wave."She's my girlfriend!!" Leo exclaimed excitedly, bouncing on his heels and grabbed Calypso's hand. "Wait, Hazel, hold up." said Percy, tapping his hands in a 'T.O. position. "What do you mean by' actually dead?'" "He's only mostly dead." OK, sorry. They explained how Hazel manipulated the mist to look like the vial, but Leo had the real one. Then they turned to face me. "What's up?" Leo asked me. In a split second I decided something. "Hazel?" I stammered. She turned to look at me. "Can you meet me in the Hades cabin in ten minutes?" She nodded, looking confused and left the room. Everyone gave me a weird look, but I just ignored them and took a deep breath. "OK," I began "I have two things to tell you. . . ." I shifted on the bed, and Will sent me a message with his eyes saying do it. "I-I'm gay." I whispered. "Speak up Neeks." Jason said grinning widely. "I'm gay." I said louder. Everyone except for Jason, Percy, Annabeth, Will and Piper were surprised. I turned to Piper questioningly. "Daughter of Aphrodite." I nodded. "Wait, I'm confused." I turned. "So am I Frank. I expect that from Percy not from you." I commented making everyone laugh. "Hey!!" Percy yelled, causing us to laugh harder. "So, you like, b-boys?" Frank asked uncertainly. "Yeah." Frank looked uncomfortable. "I don't have a crush on you guys. I used to have one on Percy, but he's-" I was cut off by Percy himself. "Not his type" Percy tried to mimic me, which failed completely. We all cracked up. "What's the second thing?" Jason asked cockily. I glowered at him. "I-I have a boyfriend." That got a reaction. There were shouts of 'who' and 'is he a demigod?' and, 'who's his parent'!!! All except for Piper, who probably knew because she was a daughter of Aphrodite, and Jason who was grinning at me cockily, and he probably knew because, well, it was Jason. "Guys!" I yelled. "My boyfriends in the room." They immediately turned to Will. Percy, Jason and surprisingly Reyna cornered him, pulling out their weapons. They did a Travis-Connor thing, where they each said a word and it made a complete sentence, it went in the order of Percy then Reyna then Jason. "If-" "you-" "hurt-" "our-" "Death breath-" "then-" "we'll-" "come-" "after-" "you." "Understood?" The three of them chorused the last word. Will nodded vigorously, and instantly the weapons were away, and sunny smiles were on their faces instead of the glare that was there moments before. I just rolled my eyes. "How long did that take to practice?" I meant it as a rhetorical question, but of course, they actually practiced it. They shrugged. "Maybe 3-4 days." Jason responded. I face palmed. I turned back to Frank. "Does the fact that I like boys bother you?" He shook his head. "It's fine now that I know you have a boyfriend. I, I don't know how to explain about before." I smiled. "Don't worry Frank. Anymore questions?" I directed that toward everyone. "Yeah, Why'd you send Hazel to the cabin?" Leo asked. I bit my lip. "Because she's from a different century. She might not accept it, so I want to talk to her in private. I know it's a possibility because if people found out I was gay before the Lotus Casino, I would have been publically killed." They were shocked, well, all except for Annabeth, who probably read about this type of thing. "One more thing." They nodded. "I need you all to swear on the Styx that you won't tell anyone/let someone overhear you talking about this. I'm not ready for people to know." They nodded and made the oath. "Thanks." I smiled. Clarisse fist pumped me, Chris giving me a congratulatory nod. Jason hugged me, as did Percy and Annabeth. "That took guts Nico." Annabeth congratulated me. "Yeah, I just hope Hazel will be OK with it." Annabeth grinned. "I think she'll be fine. But good luck anyway!" I nodded. Once everyone was gone, Will turned towards me smiling. He crossed the room, and pushed me down on the bed. He kissed me greedily and I responded, that is until I remembered Hazel. I pushed him off. "Hazel." I said. He pouted nodding. Then together we walked towards my cabin.