The moon and sun (A solangelo fanfic)

Chapter 3: Nico

I decided to tell Will about my nightmare. Well, leave out the part where Will and I kiss. I don't want to tell him, but it might make me feel better.

He sits on the bed and offers me his hand. I take it. I know I will cry, and I won't be able to stop.

"I was back in the Tartarus, back in the bottle barely surviving. But this time it was different. This time you were there."

I could tell Will was shocked. I started crying softly.

"Then the giant picked you up out of the bottle and threw you on the ground. I screamed, but you were dying. I could sense it. You said it's going to be okay and I told you it will never be okay. Then, you died."

By now, I was crying my eyes out. Will squeezed my hand.

"Nico, I'm so sorry. If you ever have a nightmare again, come get me."

I didn't say anything. I didn't want to. I knew that Will was putting the puzzle together, and would realize that I had a crush on him. Then he would hate me, and our friendship would be ruined.

Will stayed there. I cried and Will just squeezed my hand. Eventually, we fell asleep. I didn't have any nightmares.

In the distance, I heard the dinner horn blow. Will jerked up.

"Dinner time," he said.

"I don't want to," I told him.

"You have to eat," he said stubbornly.

"Fine," I sighed.

We walked out of the infirmary. Then Will spoke up. "Why did you dream about me? Why were you so upset when I died in your dream?"

I thought about it, not wanting to give him the full answer. "I guess I don't have many friends, and the ones that I do have, I don't want to see them get hurt."

"You consider me a friend?" Will asked.

"Of course. If I didn't, I wouldn't be here. I would have refused your demand when you told me to do three days in the infirmary. I would be in my cabin, not about to eat dinner."

Will smiled. "I'm glad you consider me a friend."

We sat at the Apollo table when Chiron walked up to us. "Nico, aren't you supposed to be at the Hades table?" He asked.

"He's here on doctor's orders. I need to keep an eye on him to make sure he is healing properly," Will said.

"Okay. Just making sure you're not doing it for anything else."

"What else would we be doing?" I asked.

Chiron galloped off.

"Well that was weird," Will said. "Eat."

I ate. I didn't eat as much as Will, but I still ate enough to make him satisfied.

"Hey Nico?" He said.

"What?"

"If you need to talk about your nightmares or if you need someone to cry on, I'm here."

I blushed. Everyone probably heard that.

"Okay," I said, trying not to make a big deal out of it.

"Hi, I'm Kayla," Kayla said from across the table.

"Hi Kayla. I'm-"

"Nico. Will talks a lot about you."

It was Will's turn to blush.

"You do?" I asked.

"Well, you're a very important patient," he said.

"I'm important, huh."

"Of course you're important!"

"And the fact that will has a big-" Kayla started to say.

"Kayla, shut up!" Will interrupted.

A big what. He was holding a big sandwich, but why would he not want Kayla to say that? No, there must be something more.

"Well, I'm done with my dinner so I'll head back to the infirmary. See you later."

I headed back to the infirmary. As soon as I was in bed, I went to sleep.

I had another nightmare. I was standing with Will, but then he said, "I hate you, di Angelo. You are a terrible person."

Of course I started crying. "Cry all you want Nico, but that will never make you a good person."

Then Hazel was there. "I can't believe you're my brother. You're just a piece of trash."

This time, I was crying harder.

Jason showed up. "You're stupid, you're nothing. I can't believe I tried to be your friend."

Percy showed up. "You liked me. Ha! You don't deserve me. You don't deserve anyone."

Hades stood in front of me. "Bianca should have lived. I would rather have her than you."

Lastly, and most painfully, Bianca showed up. "You weren't there. You could have saved me. Instead you trusted Percy, and now I'm dead."

I was crying so much.

Then I heard Will's voice. "It's okay Nico. You are all right. It's not real." He stroked my hair and I laid there. I was scared.