Nico's PoV:

I'll be able to leave the hospital soon. They want to keep me for another day, just to run some extra tests. I'm glad I'll be leaving soon, but not so glad that I'll have to be sharing a house with him. Persephone could care less for me. Everytime Hades and her "visit" she just sits on a chair, using her phone. Hazel is nice, though. She says she's going to be in my school sometime the next few days or so. I told her that was great, because it was. I can't wait to be out of this hospital, go back how things used to be. Though things won't go back to how they used to be, will they? Things have changed. And I don't know whether the changes are good or bad or both. (Which I know some changes are bad. More than some, actually.)

I twiddle my thumbs in the dark, and switch positions and lay on my back.

Suddenly, I hear the door open. I furrow my brows. Who would be coming here at night? Thinking it's a doctor of some sort, I close my eyes and pretend to be sleeping. The door closes, and I hear footsteps coming toward me. My breath hitches as the person lays next to me. Please don't be Hades. At this point, I'm panicking.

"Nico?" A familiar voice says and I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding in.

"Will," I say to him and turn to lay on my side to see Will looking at me. "What are you doing here?"

"I couldn't sleep. Too many things. ." His voice seems distant, as if he's thinking.

"What happened?" I ask, putting my arm underneath my head.

"My parents. . They decided it was a great idea to surprise me on my birthday, and they got me a car."

My eyes widen. "That's. . great. Why are you. ." I gesture to him. "Like this."

I never realized Will could be "like this" when he wanted to be. To me he was just Will. Happy, sunshiny, Will.

"I don't know, Nico. Some part of me is happy, another part. . I just keep remembering the times I was left alone for months at a time, and then I'm angry."

I bite my lip hesitantly. "It sounds like you need to stop thinking. Don't let yourself go too far."

"'Go too far?'"

"Go too far into thinking. If you keep thinking, and thinking, and thinking, you'll just be lost in thought, and whatever you're thinking about, happy memories, sad memories, bad memories. . That'll be how you feel."

Will stays silent for some time.

"That happens to you, doesn't it Nico?"

"It's been happening a lot less recently."

"Really," Will comes closer to me, our faces are only a few inches apart.
"I wonder why," he says softly.

"I'm sorry about earlier," I tell him.

"It's okay, Nico. With the way you. . Reacted, I hit a sore spot for you, I'm sure."

We lay like that for a while, staring into each other's eyes. Eventually, he falls asleep and I follow soon after.

-

When I wake up, I'm laying alone on the hospital bed. I look around to see a note with my name on it, and recognize Will's handwriting.

Death Boy,

I have to go to school, so I just left. . By the way, you look really cute when you sleep.

With love,
Sunshine(;

I smile lightly and blush as I put the note under my pillow and lay down again, falling asleep with Will on my mind.

-

Will's PoV:

"Hey, fag!"

I scowl. Octavian.

"Don't call yourself that!" I tell him.

The hallway erupts into a chorus of ooh's while Octavian's ears flush pink.
Percy, Leo and Jason laugh while Frank leans against a locker with his mouth in a tight line, no doubt trying to hold back his laugh. The girls (Annabeth, Calypso, Piper, Hazel, Reyna), stand close to the boys, looking at each other with small smiles. Excluding Reyna, she's laughing.

Octavian pushes me against my locker suddenly.

"Wanna say that again?"

"Look, I know you want to hide it but there's nothing to be ashamed of."

His face turns red, and then his mouth forms a small smirk.

"I notice your boyfriend hasn't been around. Did he finally kill himself?"

The group stops laughing and smiling. Their faces turn serious. Anger bubbles in my chest and I clench my fist. I hear people whispering in the background.

"He's gay?"

"Go to hell, fag."

"Dammit, all the hot ones are gay."

"Disgusting."

"I didn't know he was gay!"

Percy's mouth forms an 'o' shape. Leo whispers something in Jason's ear, most likely something like "oh shit."
Jason mouth opens and closes, like he wants to say something but changes his mind. Frank is shaking his head with anger present on his face.

I glance over at the girls. Annabeth is glaring at Octavian, Hazel is shaking with anger (at least I assume it's anger), Reyna is shouting at Octavian in spanish saying something that makes Leo pale, Piper is going along with her but in english, and Calypso is trying to calm them down but she too seems angry.

Octavian laughs, a sound that's worse than when you scrape your nails across a laptop's​ metal surface and you get goosebumps everywhere.

I push Octavian off me and push him against the lockers. "You think it's funny?" I ask him.

He snarls at me.

I punch him in the jaw. "Answer me," I order.

"Y-yes."

I put my elbow on his windpipe. "You want to rethink that answer?"

"N-no," he says while gasping for air.

"Will," Hazel says. "Let him go."

I glare at Octavian and don't move. He continues to gasp for air while trying to move my hand away weakly.

"Will."

I don't move.

"He wouldn't have wanted this," she says softly.

That catches me by surprise and I walk backwards. I point to Octavian, who is on the floor, gasping. "You were lucky."

The bell rings and everyone in the hallway gets over their shock and start going to their classes.

"That was really hot," I hear a girl say.

"I agree," Leo says and winks at me.

I roll my eyes while beginning to walk to my class.

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A/n:

Did you guys like the school scene? Cause i did. That Octagon got what he deserved. Who's with me?

Anywho, i'm sorry i took so long to update. i've been writing for other stories, reading, and i've had a bit of writer's block.( Or maybe i just didn't want to write this story?)

Thank you for reading, and waiting while I write (or just slam my head into my keyboard trying to write).

Bye! Love you all 😘

-Nicole xo

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