This is basically the idea that was listed somewhere a while ago and basically, it's, like, Nico carries around stuffed animals and like talks to them and Will finds out and okAy

Also Hazel is like 5 in this please and thanks

Important for the story,, Will's never been in Nico's house before okay okay
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"Can you grab my pencil pouch?" Nico asked Will as he shuffled the papers on their desk into the correct order. Will hummed, grabbing Nico's bag.

His eyebrows raised as he saw a small stuffed cat tucked beside Nico's pencil case, and he looked up at Nico with a small smile.

"Why do you have a stuffed cat?" He asks, and he can see Nico visibly tense. Will frowns as he grabs the pencil case, looking at Nico again. His face has gone red and he's moved his head in a way that has his hair covering part of his face.

"That wasn't supposed to be in there," he muttered, grabbing a pencil and starting to work on the papers, "Hazel must have put it in there or something."

Will frowned as he looked at him, as Nico shifted uncomfortably under his gaze. He didn't want to call him out, but Nico was a terrible liar.

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After school, when Nico tosses his bag in the backseat of Will's car and sat in the front himself, Will looked at him with a raised brow.

"What?" Nico asked.

"Wanna talk about the stuffed animal?" He asked, and Nico blushed, looking away and sinking into his seat.

"I told you. Hazel must have put it in there," he replied, and Will pursed his lips, tapping the steering wheel.

"Neeks," he said, and Nico huffed, shifting and crossing his arms.

"Can we go home?" He asked, and Will looked at him for a second before nodding and putting the car in reverse.

When Will parked in Nico's driveway, Nico hesitated.

"You okay?" Will asks, and Nico huffs. Sitting for a second before looking at Will.

"Do you, uh, want to come inside?" He asks, and Will frowns.

"Sure?" He says, turning the car off. Nico sits for a second, before grabbing his bag and getting out of the car.

He led Will up to his room, and once they were outside his door, Nico frowned and turned to look at Will.

"You aren't allowed to make fun of me," he stated, and Will raised an eyebrow.

"Of course not," he said, looking at Nico. After a second, Nico sighed and opened his door.

Will was. . surprised, to say the least. There were a lot of stuffed animals lined on his bed, some even on shelves that hung on his walls. 

"That's a lot of stuffed animals," Will mumbled, and Nico blushed, turning and punching his shoulder, "Ow!" he whined, pouting as he looked back at Nico.

"Shut up," Nico said harshly.

"I wasn't making fun of you," Will said, rubbing his arm with a pout, Nico glared at him. Will rolled his eyes, "Nico, if you like stuffed animals, you like stuffed animals. That's not weird. I'm not going to judge you for having interests," he said, though his tone was slightly teasing at the end, though not a mean way. 

"Whatever," Nico huffed, but after a second let out a small smile, standing on his tip toes to kiss Will's cheek.

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