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The Hephaestus cabin had managed to make sutible phones for demigods a couple days ago, and Nico only got one a few hours ago. And now, Nico was sitting on his bed, frowning as Will tried (and failed, miserably) to explain how to use it and how it works.

After hours of just not getting it ("c'mon on, Nico, it's not that difficult!") he tossed his phone to the other bed across the room, and flopped on his own bed, crossing his arms and turning his back to Will, pouting.

Will laughed, rubbing a hand up and down Nico's back soothingly.

"You'll get it soon, Neeks," Nico huffed, turning to push Will's hand away before going back to staring at the wall.

"Don't laugh at me," he muttered, and Will frowned.

"Sweetheart, are you crying?" He asked quietly, and Nico rolled onto his back, gripping at his hair.

"No," he said, wiping at his watering eyes, "but It's just so frustrating. And I feel like an idiot, but I just don't understand." Will leaned down and placed a comforting kiss to his cheek, running a hand through his hair.

"It's going to be okay. Most of the people at camp have had some experience with technology, and you haven't had any, really. It's going to take a few days, but you'll get the hang of it eventually, I promise."

Nico looks like he doesn't believe him, and Will presses a kiss to his lips quickly.

"Here," he says, pulling out his own phone and unraveling his earbuds, "at least let's listen to music. It helps me when I feel upset, so maybe it'll help you," Will hands Nico one of the ear buds, and Nico looks at it in bewilderment until he sees Will put the other one into his ear, and then follows his lead.

Will hits shuffle, and the first song that comes up is You are my Sunshine by Johnny Cash.

When the first lyrics of 'you are my sunshine,' plays, Nico looks up at him with a smile.

"This is what you're singing all the time," Will smiles, leaning over and wrapping his arms around Nico.

Nico settles into Will's side, sighing softly in content. Will quietly hums along to the song, rubbing circles onto Nico's hip, where his hand was resting, and Nico soon finds himself drifting off.

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When Nico wakes up, he's laying down, his head on top of Will's chest. He yawns, then smiles gently, letting his head fully rest back into Will's chest again.

He feels fingers start to slowly comb through his hair, and he closes his eyes.

"You up?" Will asks, and Nico hums, "I need to go soon, Kayla is going to need me in the infirmary." Nico whines in response, gripping at Will's shirt.

"Don't leave," Will smiles, wrapping an arm around Nico's waist, "I love you."

"I love you, too, but I need to go."

"Will," Nico looked up at him and pouted, "please stay with me." Will ran a hand through Nico's hair.

"I skipped my shift last time, Neeks, I can't do it again." Nico sighed, and rolled off of him.

"I'll bring you lunch," Nico murmured, his cheek squished against the bed as he looked at Will.

"Thanks," Will smiled brightly at Nico, pressing a kiss to his forehead before sitting up. He scooted to the edge of the bed, leaning over and putting one of his shoes on.

"I'm going to eat lunch with you," Nico stated, and Will turned to look at him with a small smile, one of his eyebrows raised. Their eyes met, and seeing Nico's serious face, he chuckled.

"I'd love to eat lunch with you, babe." Will said, and Nico smiled childishly, burying his face in the blankets, but not so he couldn't see Will- they were still looking into each other's eyes.

Will laughed again, his eyes softening at the sight. Nico really was so incredibly cute after he woke up.

"You're adorable," he claimed, and Nico giggled.

He loved when Will called him pretty, and cute, and handsome-

It made him feel loved, wanted, and, well, pretty, cute, and handsome.

Will shook his head with a smile, going back to putting on his shoes.

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It didn't take much to soil Nico's mood after Will had left-

Jason had knocked on his door and lectured him about skipping breakfast, than dragged him along to all the activities he'd signed up for. (He got hit in the head with a volleyball on more than one occasion, and was convinced one or two times, someone hit him on purpose).

Next, Jason said he 'had to see what Percy was doing.' (That turned out to be a stupid 'prank' of Jason and Percy just straight up pushing him into the lake).

Then, there was another prank the Stolls pulled that ended up giving Nico a mini heart attack (not really), then a panic attack. (To which he fled to his cabin and tried to calm himself down).

It really wasn't Nico's day, and he still had a few hours before he had to bring Will his lunch. He pouted, before he remembered the music.

The nice warm feeling- the relaxing, calming feeling.

He quickly went to the Apollo cabin. He didn't bother with knocking, and he got a few strange looks, but he ignored them and went straight for Will's bunk.

His phone was laying on the bed, and Nico picked it up, then frowned. Clicking the little button Will told him to, he's saddened to find that it doesn't open like it would with his phone, only lighting up to the lock screen. He looks over at Austin, who's plucking at his guitar.

"Do you know how to open this?" He asks, holding the phone up. Austin raises an eyebrow.

"It looks like it's already opened," he says, Nico rolls his eyes with a huff, bringing the phone back down and looking at it. He tried clicking the button again, and it brought him to a screen with a keypad on it, and he frowned.

He heard Austin sigh, than, Austin was sitting next to him, taking the phone.

"You need to enter the password," he said, looking at the phone.

"What's the password?" Nico asked, and Austin looked at him.

"I don't know, I thought you did?"

"Why would I know?"

"I don't know. Maybe because you're Will's boyfriend?" Nico scoffed, crossing his arms. Austin sighed again. "Okay, knowing Will, it's probably going to be something he loves."

After a second of thinking, Nico shrugged, cheeks red.

"He loves me," he mumbled. Austin started typing.

"Didn't work," he said.

"Try Neeks," Austin started typing again. After a second, Austin smiled.

"It worked," Nico rolled his eyes. Austin scooted over to him, showing Nico the phone, then showed him how to go to the music. Nico nodded, thanked him, and took the phone.

He put one of the earbuds in his ear, and flopped back into Will's bed as Austin went to go play his guitar again.

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Nico walked to the infirmary with two bags in his hand and coffee (he may or may not have shadow traveled to Starbucks and got some stuff, don't tell Chiron).

Nico walks up behind where Will is sitting, and loosely wraps his arms around his neck, setting the stuff down on the desk in front of him.

"You're a dork," is the first thing Nico says, and Will chuckled.

"I love you, too, Nico," he mumbled, putting his pen down and picking up one of the cups of coffee, taking a sip.

"Your phone password is I love Neeks," he scoffs, and Will laughs again.

"I can't help it," he murmured, a smile on his lips. Nico drew back, pulling the chair out and sitting in Will's lap. Will wrapped an arm around his waist, his chin going on his shoulder, and Nico started digging through the plastic bag.

He pulled out a couple sandwiches, then two brownies. Will chuckled, husky next to Nico's ear, and Nico bit his lip. He handed one of the sandwiches to Will, and he took it.

Taking a bite of his own sandwhich, he shifted in Will lap. They talked about random things as they ate and drank their coffee.

Nico ended up feeding Will his brownie and Will fed Nico his-

It was a lot of smiles and laughs and Nico's just glad to be Will's boyfriend.

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