Nico anxiously went down the hill. He felt, if he was being absolutely honest, really relieved. He had just come out to Percy that he used to have a crush on him. Annabeth took it quite well. Percy...well, he was now oblivious AND confused. 

'Why did I ever even like that guy? He's so immature. then again, I was only 10 when I gained a crush on him.' thought Nico. 

Nico was actually feeling happy at how accepting his friends had been. 

As he was walking down, his eyes wandered and landed on Will Solace, the very cheery Apollo kid who had somehow talked Nico into staying 3 days in the infirmary. he fixed his gaze on Will and a swarm of wild skeletal butterflies decided to attack Nico's insides. 

Nico knew that feeling. 

he hated it. 

even then, it seemed a whole lot more intense than he remembered it 

and he HATED that!

He walked over to Will. 

"What do you want me to do now?" asked Nico 

"You? Come with me to thr infirmary. and walk in FRONT of me!" Will commanded. 

"You're compulsive" said Nico, scowling 

"That scowl doesn't work on me, Death boy!" retorted Will, smirking

When they reached the infirmary Will opened the door and let Nico in. 

"Do you want a room or a bed space?" asked Will. 

"Can I have a Room?I prefer to be alone." Said Nico 

Will gave Nico a look that said 'knew it!'

Will led Nico to his room. It was a small white room with a wooden door, a small single bed, 1 cupboard with 3 cabinets; 2 small, 1 big, a small desk on the right side of the cupboard that was stacked with a few files and papers, a chair, a small table on the left of the bed, 2 windows that brought in harsh sunlight (its run by APOLLO kids, god of the SUN), and blinds. 

"Sit down!" Will commanded, pushing Nico onto the bed. 

Nico groaned and sat( flopped) down. 

Will smirked at Nico for some reason (i think WE know why!!) and Nico couldn't help  but give a small smile back. 

'What is this guy DOING to me!!??' Nico thought [;)]

"Ok, I'll be doing a normal checkup first to see what else is wrong except for high levels of shadow travel." Will said 

"I literally walked here with you. I think I'm fine." He replied 

"Well 𝐼 don't think so. Also doctors orders."  Will said 

"Again?" Nico muttered rolling his eyes 

"Yes." Will said sticking his tongue out at Nico

Nico opened his mouth to retort but he couldn't find words (𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝙽𝚒𝚌𝚘😅) 

Will took Nico's height. 

"5'6 feet. Not bad." Will said 

"I'm short." Said Nico 

"You're fine." Will reassured him 

"You're taller." Nico grumbled to Will 

"I know. I'm 6 feet." Said Will smirking  

Will patted the top of Nico's head "shorty" he commented 

Nico grumbled again 

"Okay, mr.Dark and gloomy, stop grumbling . Let me take your weight" He said 

Nico stepped on the weighing scale. Wills eyes widened, "Do you have ANY IDEA....how....how the f**king hell are you alive?!" 

"Don't curse." Said Nico 

"What are you? Five?" Will said 

"It's not right." Said Nico 

"Sweetie, people stopped caring what was right long ago." Will said 

What had Will just called him?! Why?? No one calls the ghost king sweet! Regardless, Nico held back a blush (which we all knew he had coming). 

Will had noticed what he called Nico too. He immediately 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 to regret it (and failed miserably, if I do say so myself). 

"What's that supposed to mean?" Asked Nico questioningly 

"What part?" Will said realising it was stupid, even though he was genuinely curious.

"People stopped caring about what's right? What's that supposed to mean?" Nico asked

Will laughed a little which caused butterflies in Nico's stomach to do stampede. "Why are you so curious?" He asked 

"Say tomorrow you see two dudes kissing?" Nico asked hesitantly 

"That's some serious pda!" Said Will laughing. Again with the butterflies. But then he looked at Nico seriously, "Are you trying to say that that's wrong?" He asked 

"I dont think so but people do." Nico said 

"I mean, some people do, yeah, but most honestly couldn't care less who likes what gender." Will said kind of relived 

"Oh? Since when?" Nico asked genuinely curious 

Will laughed a little again. "I don't know! 1930?" Will said

Nico snorted , "Yeah...I doubt that early. Probably later."

"Because you would know?" Asked Will teasingly 

"Yes I would. I'm from the 1940s and that was A VERY... anti-gay era." 

Will snickered "Era? Really grandpa?" 

Nico held back the temptation to laugh and the butterflies didn't help, "shut up." He muttered

"How the hell are you from the 1940s again?"  

Nico flinched a little from the curse word (hell is not a curse word Nico).

"Time travel casino...long story." He said 

"You're here for a long time." Will said 

"3 days. Just 3 days." Nico said 

"Should I make it longer?" Will asked smirking

"3 is long enough" Nico said giving a small smile back. 

He tossed Nico a pair of clothes from the camp store, A black cabin 13 t-shirt and black jeans. 

"Change!" Will ordered and went out. 

After Nico had changed, Will came in with a bowl of salad from the pavilion.

"What is this stuff?" Nico said making a disapproving face. 

"It's salad. You will eat it." Will ordered 

"No." Nico said plainly 

"Doctors orders!" Will retorted 

Nico grumbled and ate.

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A/n: Hi! This is not my first story but it's been written over a long period of time. 

I'll try to update as usually as I can. No promises....sorry 😅

Creative criticism is appreciated! No hate, though please!

I love you all and hope you liked this! 

Part 2 coming up! 

Love,

QueenofCabin7