Helpless (Solangelo fic)

Day 1

"How are you feeling."
"Terrified." Nico whispered, biting his nails. He really needed a smoke but he knew Will would never let him, for fucks sake he didn't even know.
"You're going to be okay, I know you're scared but everything's going to be okay. Just think of it as another three days in the infirmary."
"Mmhm.." Nico thought back to Reyna, he might as well tell him everything that's happening, he didn't want to but he'd rather Will find out through him and not anyone else. "Will... can I talk to you about something..."
"'Course Neeks, is everything alright."
"Well... umm- you know how I don't eat that much? Well... it's- fuck- it's because I can't. Every time I eat I throw it up and just either way... I can't let myself- eat. I- before that I would starve myself... because... I got so fucking used to it." Will pulled the shaking boy into a hug,
"Thank you for telling me, I'm going to help you, I promise."
"Th-Thanks."
"That's what I'm here for Angel boy."
"That's a new one."
"Thought I'd get creative." Will smirked,
"Of course you did Sunshine."
"Nico is anything in particular worrying you?"
"Not really... just- yeah." Nico didn't mention the fact that asking for help made him weak and he felt useless, he couldn't bring himself to tell Will that. The living sunshine grabbed his hand,
"I swear on the river of Styx you're going to be okay." He hesitated before leaning down and kissing him on the forehead, Nico blushed, staring into Will's bright blue eyes.
"Will... last night.. who found out?"
"Jason and Percy, they were going to force you to watch Mean Girls-"
"-Oh I love Mean Girls."
"I never thought I would hear you say that; then when you didn't say anything they got worried."
"Shit... wait... did they tell you about the...?"
"Yeah..." Nico flinched back, covering his face with his hands.
"It's okay, I know they're easy to get lost in."
"They help to not feel the pain..."
"I'm going to help you find a healthy way to cope, I know your life's been hard, believe me, drugs won't make it easier." Oh such a hypocrite, Will thought to himself, relling Nico that drugs won't help when he'd probably smoked more than the rest of camp combined. There's a difference, Nico's worth saving, he's actually fought, him on the other hand, had fought so little times he could count it on one hand. He didn't say anything to him, right now the last thing that he needed was finding out about this shit, maybe if they ever got together he would tell him eventually but right now it wasn't important. Will hoped that would be possible, dating Nico, but he knew that after he realised he was useless he wouldn't give a shit. But he was the one that kissed me... He thought to himself then promptly told that thought to go and fuck itself.
"It's too much."
"One step at a time Nico, you can have as much time as you need. Rome wasn't built in a day."
"I'm not worth it, I have more problems than wor-" Will cut him off with a kiss, at first he was shocked but he didn't back away from him. Will pulled the shaking boy closer to him as his fingers threaded through his blonde hair, he was cold. Nico wrapped his arms around his neck, a glowing brightness shone off his tan skin. He was strong but still gentle as he cupped the smaller boy's face with his hands until they broke appart, both gasping for air.
"Nico di Angelo you are worth everything, never say that again."
***
"Close your eyes."
"Why?"
"I- if you look now it's going to make you want to do it more, also you don't need anything more on your mind." Nico shut his eyes as Will started to unwrap the bandages, cleaning them before stitching them up. He tried to not think about what he was doing but he couldn't, he needed to see what he'd done, and why it wasn't enough. He wasn't worth all this effort, he wasn't worth keeping alive. Any hope he'd had died years ago, it died that day when he was nine. "Take a deep breath Neeks." Will whispered in his ear when he saw his expression, how tense he was. He placed a hand on the Ghost king's one and intertwined the fingers with his own. Then he softly started to sing the hymn, it hadn't worked since he healed Nico's rib but he sang it more for the calming effect it could have if he focused. He watched as his faced relaxed, and the tension in his body faded. The familiar warmth of the magic coursed through his veins, his skin started to glow as he ran a hand over Nico's arm, watching as the harsh cuts were replaced with scars and subsequently a stinging pain appeared in his own. By this point Nico's eyes were open, Will placed a hand on his chest, letting those cuts heal. Fuck, he would need more painkillers, the amount of injuries that had piled up in the last few weeks he'd practically been high on them. The lack of sleep had started to catch up to him, he'd gotten one half proper night of sleep in the last eleven-ish days but he couldn't let that stop him, people needed his help. "You okay?"
"Yeah... hey Will, what does it feel like after you heal someone? Like how much does it effect you?"
"It feels like a sort of warmness running through your veins, and then after you feel bit tired but it doesn't actually drain you that much, don't start getting out of breath until it's five different injuries, we'll for me now. When I started I would fait after each patient for a few minutes." He left out the part about feelings everyone elses injuries until they would have healed normally, there was no point in him knowing anyways. "Nico, try to get some sleep, your body needs rest." Nico muttered an okay under his breath before getting out of the chair and walking to the bed half dragging himself before quickly falling asleep. Will paced the infirmary, he wasn't sure what to do. The son of Hades hadn't been difficult but he wasn't sure how to get him to actually improve, running someone through a set of actions is easy, making sure they listen, that's almost impossible. Even if they want to get better so many people can't because of how much it had happened, he wanted to get him to talk to someone but he knew Nico didn't like opening up in that way to strangers, and the whole demigod thing would be a nightmare to work around with most professionals. Will quickly packed up everything he'd brought with him to the room remembering he wasn't allowed to keep any sort of mildly sharp object or medication in there. The room didn't have much in it, it had a bookshelf, bed and a wooden desk with a blue chair as well as a set of drawers and another table for anything people needed to bring in. Most people never came, only one person had come asking for help, the rest were concerned friends that wanted to keep someone safe from themselves. The one person who'd come willing was Annabeth, after that night on the bridge, it was only for a week and a half but he'd hoped it had helped. No one else knew about that, Annabeth has a tendency of disappearing for weeks on end so this was nothing. The son of Apollo took two painkillers and swallowed them with a glass of water, hoping they would kick in soon enough. Will walked out the infirmary and took out a pack from his short pocket, hiding behind a wall around the back of the infirmary where he knew no one would find him. He lit one a breathed in letting the smoke fill his lungs, he thought about what would have happened if he lost Nico. He thought back to everyone he'd lost, the children that died on their way to camp that he couldn't help, children whose names hadn't even been known when they were announced dead at the infirmary. Everyone he'd failed to heal, he let the rush of nicotine absorbe him, at least he tried with those ones. It was worse when he was left with a dead body and a note, seeing how he couldn't help because he never noticed. He burnt it out on the side of his leg before walking back inside, acting like nothing had ever happened.
***
Nico woke up after three hours with a splitting headache, he felt nauseous, where even was he? He spotted the blonde boy sitting on the chair next to him reading a book, he was surprised that he wasn't off with ten other patients by this point. "You okay Neeks?" Will said putting his book down and walking over.
"I've got a headache."
"Nauseous to?"
"How'd you know?"
"It's normal, I'll go get you some water." Will walked out returning with a glass and handing it to the Hades kid, he started taking small sips from it, letting the cool water run down his throat, when even was the last time he drank water? "Would you be open to talking to someone? I know you don't like opening up to people but it could help."
"Are... are you forcing me to?" Nico asked so softly Will could barely hear him, he sat down next to the whispering boy.
"'Course not Neeks, we just want you to get help."
"Please don't make me talk to people." He whispered back, curling up.
"You don't have to do anything you don't want to." Nico mentally laughed at the irony of Will telling him that when he was being kept in the infirmary which he really didn't want to do. The son of Apollo grabbed the small boy's hand and started rubbing the back of it in circles, "You could try a journal? I've heard that helps."
"Maybe... can we leave this for now?"
"Sure, anything in particular you want to talk about?"
"Can we finish our game of twenty questions?"
"Okay."
"Who's your favorite siblings?"
"Don't you dare tell any of them but Kayla, Austin will kill me if he finds out." Will laughed, "Least favorite of the seven?"
"Valdez, he's annoying as fuck also I fucked him that one time so it just makes everything awkward."
"Wait what?!"
"We were both bored and drunk, we never talk about that day. Anyways, have you ever dyed your hair?" He decided to let Will come to his own conclusions on that one, especially because Leo was too drunk to actually remember it, or he was just a very good actor. He remembered that night, it was the anniversary of when Bianca had died, while he last memories with her weren't the best he still loved her. He still wished he'd died instead of her. He was drinking himself numb, standing outside on the deck in the darkness when Leo walked, well walked was being generous, stumbled down the stairs, so drunk he could barely stay up right. He remembers thinking 'well might as well do it, haven't got anything to loose.' He remembers grabbing his shirt and smashing his lips against his.
"Why are you so drunk Valdez?" He muttered into his ear, trailing up kisses
"None ya business Shadow boy."
"Fine." He pulled away,
"Hey!"
"No sympathy sex if you don't tell me."
"My mom died today."
"I'm sorry."
"Di Angelo I seem to realise you are also drunk, would you care to explain why?" His words were practically just slurs, fuck it, he thought, they'd both just never acknowledge it again.
"My sister died today."
"What? But Hazel-"
"My other sister, Bianca, died when I was ten."
"I'm sorry."
"Can we just fuck senseless I can't take processing this anymore."
"Fine by me." And then that was it, they never spoke of it again and went back to hating each other, honestly it was a disaster that they we're probably never going to unpack.
"Nope, I was going to dye it brown again when I saw my mum but then she didn't talk to me for years so never really did that."
"That is messed up but in a desperate attempt to keep this light hearted we will unpack that later. Now, I will be kidnapping you and dying your hair every colour imaginable."
"Can I ask why?"
"You're blonde, what else would I do?"
"Umm... okay then, have you ever watched Star Wars?"
"Nope."
"What! How? I'm putting Kay or Aussi on tomorrow night and we are binging all of Star Wars together."
"Please no."
"Too late Angel boy." Nico sighed in defeat, shaking his head but accepting his fate.
"Why didn't you tell me you could speak Italian?"
"I didn't know, I mean the song I learnt a while ago but actually speaking it's like how Aphrodite kids can speak French because it's the language of love, Italian's the language of music."
"That makes a lot of sense."
"Speaking of Italy, do you miss it?"
"Yeah, but when I went back there with Jason on the Argo II I didn't really feel anything, everything there changed so much, it barely feels like home now. What's something no one or only one person knows about you?" Will could tell him so many different things, he had so many secrets but was it safe to share them? He could do the easy thing and say that he glows in the dark, he could talk about his mom or the things he does at night when he's sure no one's watching him.
"I can glow in the dark." It was too soon, he'd tell him... eventually.
"YOU'RE A PORTABLE SUNSHINE!!!" Nico cringed at himself mentally but it was so easy to get lost in conversation with Will, just about fun shit, not worrying about everything all the time. I mean he'd had his fair share of hard conversations and lectures from the blonde boy but it was still so easy to relax around him. That wasn't good, he couldn't let his guard down, especially after those kisses. He said he loved him, he kissed him after the first one, he didn't pull away but that didn't mean anything. He would leave after realising that he was worthless and didn't deserve love, he wanted to let him in but his brain wouldn't let him, the only reason he'd said half the shit he had now was because of Reyna.
"Shut up Doom and Gloom." He laughed, messing up Nico's hair.
"Don't think I will, Care Bear."
"Really?"
"You love it, be honest." Fuck, he shouldn't be letting himself get this comfortable, he shouldn't be getting this relaxed with anyone. But it was living sunshine, cinnamon roll, Will Solace, he could trust him... right? Will rolled his eyes in defeat,
"...Will you be my boyfriend...?" Fuck, why did he do that? What if he- his thoughts were cut off with Nico di Angelo, son of Hades, ambassador of Pluto smashed his lips against his own, grabbing his blonde hair. He wrapped his arms around the small boy's neck, pulling him as close as he possibly could until they broke the kiss.
"I'd love that Sunshine." Here goes nothing, at least he'd be happy for a day or two, he didn't want to build hope of Will liking him for any longer than that, but at least there would be some temporary happiness. A moment of silence passed until Nico asked the next question "What's going on with your mum?"
"Well- Umm.." Will struggled to hold back tears,
"You don't have to talk if you don't want to."
"I want you to know, it's just... hard."
"Take a deep breath, it's going to be okay." Will shook before a tear fell from his eye as started to talk.
"Well until I was eight she was amazing, honestly the best parent I could wish for. But then after that she became really busy, working two jobs to pay for the album she was writing. Then when I was nine she dropped me off a my aunts, said it was for a few days, three months later I ran away. Her house... it was a nightmare, constantly called the unwanted child, yelled at for getting in trouble at school and not paying attention. And for anything that went wrong... ever and well let's just say she wasn't the nicest overall. Food once a week and if I was in trouble once every three weeks and well she hit hard. I don't think mom knew how bad she was, at least that's what I used to think, now I'm not so sure. I ran away which is when I found camp, just wandering around aimlessly until I was attacked by symphalian birds and I just ran until they couldn't find me. I was in the infirmary for two weeks, which was when I met Michael... first time someone cared about my existence in a few years. I was claimed the first campfire I went to; I wrote to mom so much those first few months... poured my fucking heart out, never got a goddamn response. Well she sent me a letter yesterday... wanted to meet up next week, don't even know how she fucking found out where I was. Didn't even bother asking the fuck had happened." Will didn't realise he was crying until Nico wiped a tear from his cheek and kissed him on the forehead,
"I'm so sorry."
"I'm going to go there next week and say every fucking word I want her to hear." He said in a broken voice, he pulled him into a hug.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Will just nodded, sinking into the smaller boy's arms, slipping his hands into Nico's.
"Why do you always wear that ring?"
"Bianca gave it to me before she left, it was my mothers; nearly got it stolen at a club a when I was twelve."
"Why were you...?"
"Addicted to more things than I would be willing to admit, easiest way to get them. Cats or dogs?" A look over uncomfort washed over his face as he quickly changed the subject; Will knew he wouldn't get any more information on what had happened, at least any time soon.
"Cats and that is objectively the correct answer, also I already asked you that."
"Firstly, I don't care. Secondly, you're wrong. Thirdly, you are a golden retriever but you like cat's!? How?? Why??"
"Cat's are just better, and anyways you are the definition of black cat but preferre dogs."
"Cat's aren't 'just better' why do you think we have three headed dogs but not three headed cats?"
"Simple, a single cat is already perfect, why add two more when you've already got perfection?"
"Shush, dogs are still better."
"Whatever you say Neeks, just know that your opinion is wrong." Will teased, patting Nico on the head, covering his hand with his mouth to stop any protests. "Who's your favorite Mean Girls character?"
"Regina, what kind of a question is that? How much longer do you think Jason and Piper are going to last?"
"What?"
"His much longer will they last? It's doomed, my bets are another week or two before one of them snaps." Will thought back to the two of them, he didn't know either of them that well but he normally never would have guessed they're together.
"Umm... I haven't really thought about it but I guess another month maybe month and a half. Favorite book?"
"Ernesto, it was impossible to find and even harder to read since it was all in bad handwriting and dyslexia didn't exactly help. Also if I was caught with it I would have to spend months in the church but I still managed to get through it." Nico remembered finding the first page somewhere on the floor and picking it up, desperately trying to find out where it was from. It took him months to find one and about a year to read that one but he remembered the plot word for word. He could remember sneaking out at dawn to read it before anyone else was up, it was like that for half a year, waking up every morning to read it and then hide it from his mum and Bianca, he didn't know how he never got caught. "Do you like being in the infirmary all the time, I swear you never take a break."
"Yeah, I like being able to help people. Also I'm the only healer so I try to not put anyone else in the Apollo cabin have to be in here too much, I mean normally it's Kay and Aussi but sometimes we have other people in here. What's your favorite season?"
"Winter, I love the rain also I hate the sun."
"Heyyy!"
"Sorry Sunshine, it's the truth, when have you ever seen me outside willingly? What's your favorite song?"
"Probably... Pretend."
"Sing it?" Nico said laying down on his lap, looking up at him.
"Tonight my self-respect went out the window
It didn't stay for long
But I figured I'd be wrong
So, don't come close
My heart is rather clueless
I don't know why I do this But just once more
Let's close the door and play pretend
More than a glance
More than a friend
I'll close the door and play with you
Is that what you want me to do I'll do what you want me to do
Hit me up
It's fine, Mil pause my healing
It's all part of our truce
Oh, the sweet smell of abuse So, please don't go
My life is going backwards
No room in it for you But this bed fits two
Let's close the door and play pretend
More than a glance
More than a friend
I'll close the door and play with you
Is that what you want me to do I'll do what you want me to do
Why do I want it too?
I should be running from you
Why do I want it?
Oh, I want it too
Let's close the door and play pretend
More than a glance
More than a friend
I'll close the door and play with you
Is that what you want me to do
I'll do what you want me to do" Nico stared into his eyes, mesmerised by the blonde boy's voice. Will smiled, planting a kiss on his forehead."If you could have one wish, what would it be?"
"I'd bring Hazel's mother back, she deserves to see her again."
"Not your own?"
"I'd rather make her happy; do you play any sports."
"I love playing soccer but there isn't really time with being in the infirmary."
"You mean football?"
"No I mean soccer...?"
"Soccer is football, the abomination of a sport you have here that you call football is rip off rugby."
"I would argue with that but I really can't, there's basically no difference between the two sports. But it's definitely soccer."
"All Americans are dumb and that is the hill I will die on, you kick the ball with your foot, that's why it's called football. Where did soccer come from?"
"I don't know but it sounds better."
"It really doesn't Solace; just ask the next question, I can't afford to lose any more brain cells."
"Rude, but what's your favorite time of day?"
"Sunset, who's your favorite out of the seven?
"Probably Annie, but I talk to Leo a lot, mainly because he's here a lot."
"Can't imagine why." Nico said speaking in fluent sarcasm,
"What's your fatal flaw?"
"Holding grudges."
"How am I not surprised? Also that was the last question."
"Good, I was starting to run out of ideas."
"Same though," Will glanced down at his watch, "Neeks, it's almost lunch time. I want you to try eating just a tiny bit, stop whenever you feel sick, but could you try?" He half nodded, dreading what would come next.
***
"Hey, take a deep breath, you'll be okay."
"-I no- can't- just-" Will gently took his hand and started breathing deeply,
"Copy my breathing, your going to be okay di Angelo."
"Do I have to do this?"
"Please just try, tell me when it's too much."
"O-okay." Will handed him a strawberry, Nico took a breath and ate it. He wished he could just be normal but here he was, eating made him throw up and even the thought of food made him sick.
"You okay?"
"I'm fine."
"Do you think you can take another one?"
"I think I'll be sick if I do."
"Okay, thank you for trying, I know it's hard. I'll leave you alone for now, call me if you need anything." Nico paced around the room, he wanted to get out of this place but he knew he shouldn't. His head still hurt, he felt nauseous and he really wanted a smoke but he knew that wasn't an option, he desperately needed a distraction so he decided to read. He flicked though the first pages of a few until he came across one called Heartstopper, it seemed decently short and it was a graffic novel so he didn't have to do that much actual reading. He didn't think he'd like it but as the book went on he ended up falling in love with the characters and story, it was about these two boys, Nick and Charlie. Charlie gay and ends up falling for this guy on the rugby team that he thinks is straight but Nick likes him and is having a whole crisis over it because he always thought he was straight, the book ends in the middle of a party where they kiss and it honestly tore him apart. He looked but he couldn't find the second book, he needed to know what happened next.
***
Nico turned for the hundredth time, he checked the clock, 01:53am. He still hadn't been able to get to sleep, he stared out the window until he noticed a figure standing outside the infirmary. The doors weren't locked, he wasn't sure why but he walked outside trying to see who would be standing outside side the infirmary, by the look of it smoking at almost two in the morning. As he edged closer, still remaining perfectly silent he realised it was Will, he crept up behind him, not believing his eyes. As he got closer he realised he was crying, he sank to the floor as he brought the cigarette back to his lips, breathing the smoke in and out.
"Will, are you okay?" He said sitting down next to him,
"Neeks? What are you doing out here?"
"Couldn't sleep, saw someone outside. Will what happened?" Nico said, grasping his hand,
"Lost a patient today, she was barely seven. Isla Brown, I thought she was doing better, she said she was feeling fine, everything seemed normal, we were doing hourly check ups, she was fine at seven, then we walked in at eight and she had no pulse, she never said anything about being in pain, and we tried to bring her back but it- it didn't work. We never even found out her godly parent, I think she was an Athena kid though, she was crazy smart especially for her age."
"I'm so sorry."
"I should have been able to save her."
"You can't prevent every death, it's part of how the world work."
"But she was so young."
"I know, the world in cruel that way."
"It's my fault, I should have noticed I-"
"Noticed what? Something you still can't figure out?"
"I should have run extra tests I-"
"William. It isn't your fault, there was nothing you could do. She's happy, she's in Elysium, I can sense it, and she doesn't blame you."
"But-"
"Shh, you said you could glow in the dark, can you show me?" A faint light started to appears from around him, growing brighter quickly.
"I can go brighter but I don't want to get anyones attention."
"That's so cool, why don't you show it off more?"
"I have the most boring powers, what's glowing in comparison to having perfect aim with a bow."
"Anyone with enough practice can learn to shoot a bow and arrow, don't think anyone can just try and suddenly glow in the dark." Will half smiled
"I guess." Nico glanced down, the light had revealed a scar on his forearm, he didn't want to panic but as he slowly turning his arm around more and more scars and cuts revealed themselves, most didn't look that old and they all looked very much self inflicted. How the Hades had he not noticed before? He thought back to every time he'd seen Will, he was always wearing a hoodie or some other sort of long sleeves. Fuck, he started to panic but managed to keep his expression calm, he knew he needed to say something but what the fuck was he going to say?
"I guess you think I'm a hypocrite now?"
"What?"
"Telling you to quit drugs and smoking yet here I am."
"Why haven't you gotten help?" Nico asked, being careful around the subject, he wasn't exactly sure how Will would react and was trying desperately to not make him mad.
"I'm not worth it, even if I was I don't have the time for it."
"Wil-"
"I've never been on a quest and I can't fight to save my life, I'm not worth helping."
"Without you all of camp would be dead."
"Clearly I'm not doing too good of a job, I've lost so many patients, more than Michael ever did."
"Two wars have happened, obviously more people are going to die after a war."
"He would ha-"
"No. No he couldn't, Will sometimes people die no matter what you do. If the fates decide it you can't save them, sometimes people are too close to death and no matter what you do you can't save them." He pulled him closer, pressing his lips to the taller boy's. "Everyone's worth saving Will, you told me that, so apply it to yourself." Nico ran his finger over Will's cuts, "And please, please tell me if you ever want to hurt yourself again. William, you're one of the nicest people I know, you care for people even if you know nothing about them, I've never even seen you get mad at someone, everyone would miss you."
"You haven't seen every part of me, you don't know how many people I've hurt. I hate myself."
"Will, you can't be perfect. Nobody's perfect, everyone has different sides. You're only human."
"But I hurt them, I was trying to hurt them and I did."
"What are you even talking about?" He said, pulling the cigarette out of his boyfriend's hand and taking a breath before getting rid of it, he knew he wasn't meant to but he needed it.
"When I first came out, people started to say stuff, it made me hate myself but I wouldn't fight them. That- that was until one time a group of Demeter kids were beating the living shit out of Kayla for being les so I... I sort of fought them... I broke a few jaws and arms until Annabeth stopped me. I don't regret it but- I shouldn't have hurt them, I'm a fucking healer I'm not meant to fucking hurt people."
"You did the right thing."
"I should have called it down, not made it worse."
"You stood up for your sister, that's nothing to feel bad for."
"I still shouldn't have hurt them."
"I would have killed them, you're did a lot better than I would have."
"I'm a fucking healer, and that wasn't the only time."
"You're a person, you're whole life isn't your power, you are a living, breathing, human being who sometimes does things that aren't perfect. I don't know who told you otherwise, tell me who hurt you, and let me make life hell for them."
"Don't do that, they don't deserve it."
"Look me straight in the face and tell me you wouldn't do the same if someone was in your position."
"I- but- they-"
"Will, you deserve to be happy just as much as everyone else, I don't know why you don't believe that."
"My own blood doesn't want me."
"What would you say if Leo said that?"
"But that's different, he's brave and smart and a genuinely amazing person. He's fought and his life's been hard, he's had to work so hard for everything."
"Apply that to yourself."
"I'm worthless, no one fucking wants me, not just my family."
"I want you. Will I want you and I love you no matter how much you hate yourself I will always love you."
"You'll get tired of me soon enough, they always do."
"I swear I won't, I swear on the river of Styx I will never stop loving you William."
"Why would yo-" His sentence was interrupted by a kiss, Nico wrapped his hands around his neck, Will smelt like smoke and strawberries, he was warm even in the cold night. He wiped a tear from his eyes,
"Just being honest, come on Sunshine." He whispered, pulling him up, they walked with each other inside the infirmary.
"Will, can you stay?"
"Course Neeks." He started to walk towards the chair
"Sleep, you need it." Will wanted to protest but his tiredness got the better of him so he slipped inside the bed next the the raven haired boy, kissing him on the forehead before they both fell asleep.
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