Solangelo Oneshots (NicoxWill)

Happy Birthday, Nico!

It's January 28th and I just remembered that today is Nico's birthday so naturally I had to write a chapter.

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Nico

CLASH!

Sweat beaded on my forehead as I swung my sword to counter Percy's attacks. The pitch black stygian iron colliding with the celestial bronze of Riptide. A few campers gathered around to watch. With each move, I pushed Percy back. He was starting to stumble and lose his balance trying to fight me and find a weak point.

I was finally going to win. I was going to beat Per-

"Good job, Nico!" I heard Will Solace call from the audience of spectating campers. Will was cheering me on? 

The thought made me loose my focus, giving Percy the advantage while I was sidetracked. He  used an disarming technique against me with ease. My sword clattered to the concrete grounds. He ended the training match with the tip of his sword pointing at my chest. I raised my hands in surrender. He had won. Again. Just my luck that Will had to come along and distract me just when I had the upper hand.

A few cheers and claps came from the crowd as Percy lowered his sword and turned it back into a seemingly ordinary ballpoint pen. Seeing the match was over, the campers began to disperse and resume their normal activities.

"Looks like I win again, di Angelo. What's the score again? 4-0, me?" He said with a cocky smile. 

"Yeah, yeah, you win," I grumbled, picking up my sword and wiping my brow with my sleeve.

"Hey, you two!" Will called from a few feet away, walking toward us. "That was a pretty great match."

"Thanks!" Percy said, still proud of his victory.

Will nodded and smiled, then turned to me. "Nico, I actually came here to talk to you." 

Why would Will want to talk to me? 

"Can you come to my cabin?" he glanced at Percy, then back at me. "Um... alone?" His tanned complexion turned a slight pink. "C'mon. I have something to show you." He outstretched his hand, which I took in mine, causing the butterflies in my stomach to flutter around wild.

Percy, who clearly knew about my crush on Will raised his eyebrows up and down at me suggestively. I punched him in the ribs as Will led me to his cabin.

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I had never been in the Apollo cabin before. I mean, it's not like I ever had a reason to go in anyways. The outside was a blinding gold with purple Hyacinth flowers in bloom all around the place. Six sets of bunk beds with sun-yellow comforters were along the sides of the place, with a shrine to Apollo in the center. Makes sense, considering Apollo loved being the center of attention.

Will, still holding my hand led me past the shrine to the back of the cabin to my left to his bed. He let go of my hand and sat on the edge of the mattress, patting a spot next to him for me to sit down too.

"So what did you wanna show me?" I asked.

"Well," he started. "It's actually for you." He got momentarily and crouched down to pull something out from under his bed. Then, he plopped back down and handed it to me. "Happy birthday," he said with a bright smile.

In my hands was a small, rectangular item encased in blue and white striped wrapping paper and topped off with a silvery bow. I was in shock. I had never actually told anyone when my birthday was before. No one ever cared, so I didn't either. In fact, I nearly forgot that today I turned 15... or like 90-something. I turned to Will. "H-how did you know it was my birthday?"