wow i thought i was already on chapter 10 but...here's chapter 8 :)

Nico got up early the next day. He was in a remarkably good mood for once.

He had a skip in his step and today, he was the one waiting on the bottom of Will's steps. When the blonde boy saw him, he smiled and jogged down the stairs lightly.

"Someone's happy today," he noted. Nico tangled their fingers together.

"Absolutely."

They talked about the stupidest things on the way to school, like how the English teacher was totally fucking the Junior science teacher, but they were both married and definitely not to each other.

They talked about how Drew had been acting kind of suspicious lately, always watching them with a scowl on her face.

"Because she's not as beautiful as you," Will claimed. Nico blushed and changed the subject.

Every time Will started to walk closer to Nico, he felt his heart beat so fast it could fly out of his chest. He didn't think that was healthy.

When they arrived at the school, Nico felt a hundred stares burning on the back of head. And the front of his head. And every single other part of his body.

Everyone was looking at them. It was a little too much for Nico.

It was odd to go from invisible to overly obsessed over. He just squeezed Will's hand tighter and kept walking towards his locker.

When everyone stopped looking at them and Nico could finally breathe again, he had his textbooks stacked up in his arms and he looked up to see Will already staring at him. His blue eyes were a lighter shade than usual and he had a small smile on the corner of adorable face.

"I'll see you after class," Nico told him. Will nodded, but it didn't seem like he had heard Nico all the way.

"Uh...yeah, okay."

Nico rolled his eyes, stood on his tip-toes, and kissed Will on the cheek gently. When he pulled back, Will's eyes were wide and his face was blood-red.

Nico smirked and walked away to his class, but before he got too far, he heard Will mutter, "Fuck."

He smiled for all of math class.

***

Nico was having a fantastic day.

The walk home changed that. Talk about teenage mood swings.

He was holding Will's hand and they were joking around as usual, but Will said something referencing to Mark's sister. He stopped mid-sentence and looked at Nico cautiously.

"What?" Nico asked. Will coughed.

"Your, um...your sister and your mom died a few years ago, right?"

They both stopped. Nico had a blank stare for a few moments before he glared up at Will.

"How the fuck did you know that?"

"We're neighbors," Will said defensively. "Stuff gets around. We can talk about it though-"

"That's the last thing I want."

Nico started to walk faster, away from Will.

"Oh, come on, Nico!" Will called after him. He ran and caught up to him. "Don't just shut me out."

Nico kept walking, not turning to look at Will. Will grabbed tried to grab his hand, but Nico swatted him away. They were almost to the apartments. Only a few more feet...

Will got in front of Nico. He blocked his way of getting home.

"We are not fighting," he declared. Nico balled his fists.

"Don't bring them up."

"I won't, I'm sorry." Nico still didn't look at him. He just wanted to be inside of his room where no one else was and...

Will put his hand on Nico's cheek gently. He rubbed his cheek with his thumb. Will picked up his chin to make Nico look at him.

"What?" Nico asked harshly. Will glanced down at his lips for a second before tucking Nico's head a little and kissing his forehead. When he pulled back to look at Nico's face again, he had his hand tangled in his dark hair.

"I'm sorry," Will whispered. "But you don't have to shut me out-"

"I know," Nico said. "I'm just not ready."

They stood in silence for a little bit before Will pulled him into a tight hug. Nico had never been in love before, but he thought that Will Solace might be an ideal person to love.

aww he has trust issues:( 
i hope you liked it, i'll update tomorrow:)
-reyna