Moments: Solangelo

"Don't. Touch. Me. Solace."

What the actual fuck? I am so fricking confused. I haven't seen Nico in 3 days. I know that doesn't seem like much time but considering we live together (not to mention the apartment only has one bathroom), go to the same school (OUR LOCKERS ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER) and have like one other friend, it's pretty dam confusing. I think he's angry at me, but I really have no idea why. He is definitely avoiding me and it's not just a coincidence that haven't seen him for 3 days because he is obviously leaving for school before I even wake up and the first day there was an apple on the dining table with a note saying, you guessed it- 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away.' There has been an apple on the dining table for the past 3 days in the morning. I scratch the back of my head and shoulder my backpack as I walk down the corridor. My head was swimming. I spot him. At his locker, same place I was headed (I was going to my locker). But before I could even attempt to catch him he had disappeared in the swarm of students. Gods, I was never gonna catch him, was I? He was just going to slip through my fingers like everyone else... StOp. No, no, no. Nothing bad happened. Everyone's alive. Everyone's ok... Everything's fine.

Except it wasn't. There had actually been no reason for him to get mad at me. Unless there was, which would be bad. I took a deep breath and noticed that Jackie was now walking next to me. "Do you... need a hug?" she said.

"Yeah." I whispered, staring at the floor. She wrapped her arms around me in a hug. It was nice. I felt like I could finally breathe again even though she was quite literally suffocating me. Heads up, she's a strong hugger.

"How about I try talking to him? I can get him to meet 'me' at McDonalds after school, but you go instead. Would that be ok?" Jackie said after letting go of me, though she still had her arm around my neck. I might have forgotten to mention this before, but she is much shorter than me, so for her to do that, she needed to be tip-toeing. I appreciated it, though.

"Do you... really think he'd buy that? I mean, even you haven't seen him for the past 3 days."

"Yeah, but I don't think he'd like try to run away from me. No offence."

"I- I guess we could try. Okay, let's do it." I managed to smile.

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This could work, right?
I reached the McDonald's after school, but it was kind of cold, so I had stopped by home to get a jacket and put down my school bag. When I walked it took a second to spot Nico, who was sitting at a table in the corner. He was sipping a mocha. He loved those for some reason. His eyes were frantically darting around. I walked over to his table and sat down. He didn't seem to notice for a second, probably thinking it was Jackie. "What part of 'I'm avoiding you' isn't clear to you?" He proceeded to pick up his mocha and attempt to leave.

"Um, I belive that's my hoodie." I said pointing to the hoodie he was wearing.

"Listen, I don't know if you've noticed but you're wearing my jacket." He growled back. I looked down and realised, yes it was Nico's aviator jacket. Guess I didn't notice sooner cause I got it from my closet.

"Oh erm- I'm sorry? What am I supposed to say? I just want to know if I did something wrong cause I'm freaking out about it ccause I think I hurt you so please, please tell me if I did something." I could see Nico's expression shift. Ever so slightly. He sighed.

"I'm going to go now." He said flatly. But I grabbed his arm, not sure of what else to do. I wanted to scream at him to just tell me. "Don't. Touch. Me. Solace." His voice was strained and he was staring at the floor. I felt a shiver go through my spine. Nico was hurt. Like physically hurt. I immediately let go of his arm, realising that it was broken. I had this thing where I could kind of just know if someone is injured by any sort of physical contact. (a/n: nothing like plot convenience, amirite?) Obviously, Nico knew this.

"You're hurt." I gently touched his arm with two fingers and mumbled a hyme to apollo to try and heal him. I could practically see his facial expression soften as his arm got better. Obviously not completely better but it would have definitely hurt less. It didn't seem like Nico was about to say anything anytime soon, so i got up and took the mocha from his good hand so i could hold it and dragged him out of the McDonalds. I took a sip of the drink then turned to face Nico. "Why didn't you just tell me?" His expression was unreadable but I basically already knew the answer. He didn't want to seem vulnerable and maybe, just maybe, I obsessed over his health a bit too much...

"I- I didn't want to... worry you.."

"Do you think I haven't been worried for the past 3 days??? I thought I did something to hurt you! I was fucking freaking out!" I shot back at him letting go his hand. I realised that he was slowly coming out of his little shell that he stuffed himself into at times. It had been a long time since he was like that with me... Yes, we bickered a lot but it was just our way of communicating.

"I'm sorry I was a jerk, amore" Nico said hugging my tightly.

"And... I'm sorry you got hurt. Was it a monster?"

"Actually, no. I was trying to skate. Just my luck. Gods, Will. I don't think it's allowed for anyone to be this amazing." Nico murmured into my neck.

"I'm still mad at you ok stop being so nice, bitch." I cried. Nico smirked as I shook my head in mock dissaproval. "What were you planning on doing anyway? Showing up 3 months later or after your arm healed completely and being like, 'HeY I'M baCk. WanNa gO mAkeoUT iN thE rOoM?'"

Nico stifled a laugh. "Yep that was the plan."

"You're such an idiot." I declared giving him a peck on the lips. And resting my arm around his neck.

"What was that for?"

"It was a healing kiss."

"Sure sure. HeY, wanna go makeout at home?"

"I mean... I don't see why not."

"Can I have my mocha back now?"

"No it's mine now."

"Aww... But sharing is caring." Nico made very convincing puppy dog eyes.

"After ghosting me for 3 days I think I deserve to get your mocha."

You guys have literally no idea how long it took me to write this because I was only able to write small parts of it at a time 😭I know it's probably not the best but hey, I'm not uncle Rick. I try to get their character's right as far as possible.

Also I have my exams coming up so wish me luck! Expect more updates in about 3 weeks, so basically after my exams cause I'm gonna have a lot of free time :))

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