『〔Solangelo One Shots〕』

Past, Present, and Future?

Dedicated to the new book coming out soon. Istfg, Rick... please don't emotionally scar me. Please.

I think he might tbh.

He will.
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Tartarus was everything Will had expected. I mean, nothing like a weird 1st true "date" going to one of the most dangerous places for demigods.

They were exhausted, but who wouldn't be? They were trapped in the worst place in the world, all because Will's boyfriend wanted to save some Titan named Bob. Will isn't going to blame him though, he's happy that Nico cares about his friend and supports him thoroughly.

Finding shelter was a doozy, but they were happy when they found a cave. It was dark, but Will gave a good glow at this point in time. Apparently it wasn't a good enough glow when a voice from the darkest part of the cave spoke.

"Visitors? My, at such an hour..." they croaked.

Nico turned quickly, despite his exhaustion, and unsheathed his sword. Will internally groaned, yay (note the sarcasm). 

"No need for something so dangerous, I can help you two," they laughed.

"I don't trust you," Nico told them.

"I really can, though, I can show you the future," the former said.

"Like an oracle?" Nico visibly relaxed.

"Ugh, I hate oracles," Will huffed.

Nico gave him a weird look, "your dad is the god of oracles."

"Yeah, but they're always so confusing, with those stupid riddles and poetry crap," Will shook his head.

Nico gave him another weird look before turning his head back to the stranger who laughed.

"Well? What's the catch?" Nico asked, fixing his grip on his sword.

"Catch?" The voice said between laughs, "whatever do you mean?"

"There's always a price."

"Hmm, I can receive it later, do not worry," the voice replied, an eerie feeling made Will shiver. "So, do we have a deal?"

Nico looked at Will who gave him a sideways smile and a shrug. Seems like he is also tempted.

"Fine," Nico snapped, "but don't make me regret it."

The voice barked another laugh before light emitted from the back side of the cave. It was bright, the lit up every inch of the room except where it came from. Blue clashed and danced with green, twirling and twisting with each other, like an aurora borealis. Beautiful. It did not take long for a picture to emerge itself from the light.

It showed Nico, he was laughing with someone, who he couldn't make out, smiling and talking. It was weird to see himself outside of his body, looking so happy. He heard himself laugh and smile at this person. If he didn't know this was the future, he would have thought it was a different dimension without all the monsters and fighting. It soon disappeared and showed another image from a different side of the room.

Nico's eyes darted across the cave's ceiling to look at all these images, turning his tilted head and body to glance at every detail the light showed.

Will glanced at Nico. He smiled at his boyfriends lit up face, like he was a child watching his first movie.

Will's smile slowly faded as he looked back up to the ceiling. You see, as Nico watched the blue and green lights and scenes in front of him in awe, Will saw nothing. There was no scenes, no lights, not even a word.

It was pitch black, and there was nothing to be seen. His eyes darted from corner to corner to try and see something, but nothing would show. He felt a terrifying itch behind him as he looked into the black abyss of the cave.

Nico was too amazed to notice the ever growing fear that Will was feeling. Will knew that Nico was looking at something, wether it be lies or the truth, Will couldn't shake off the feeling that something- something- was wrong about him not seeing images of the future, but he didn't know why.

He felt his nose get itchy, like he was going to sneeze, a solid ball forming in his gut and tears welling up in his eyes, he felt helpless.

Does this mean I don't have a future? Does this mean that these are lies because the god of truth is my father? Does this mean I'm going to die?

He knew the images were gone when Nico shook his shoulder.

"So, did you two enjoy that experience?" The voice asked.

"That- was amazing," Nico replied. "Wasn't it, Will?"

Will swallowed, and it hurt, "of course, it was amazing."

"So how do we repay you?" Nico asked.

"Oh don't worry," the voice said. Will could feel something, like hands- which he knew were the person's eyes- on his body. "I'll get it very soon."

"C'mon let's go find somewhere else to sleep," Nico tugged on Will's sleeve.

Will gave him the strongest smile he could conjure up, "yeah, sounds good."

They kept walking until they were out of the cave, which also was when Will stopped feeling the eyes watching him.

"So what did you see?" Nico asked.

"Oh! Well..." Will pondered. "Nothing much, how about you?"

"I saw so much! Wow..."

But Will couldn't bare to listen. He couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.

And he couldn't stop it from coming.
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Happy Reading!
-Tin~

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