Solangelo Oneshots

Baking Tests

Nico narrowed his eyes at Mr. D as he carried on pairing up people for the food tech assignment. He kept his eyes firmly on his (slightly drunk) teacher, refusing to look at Will Solace.

Of all the people he could have been paired up with, it had to be Mr. Perfect. With his stupid blonde hair and his stupid blue eyes and his stupid smug smile.

Jason had already turned around in his seat to talk to Percy, with whom he had been paired, and was too distracted to help Nico wallow in his misery.

As the bell rung, Nico was forced to snap out of his thoughts.

"I highly recommend that you practice together before you have to make the cakes at the end of term," Mr. D said as everyone started packing up, adding insult to injury. "If you fail this, I fail both of you."

"Inspiring," Nico muttered.

"Thanks," Mr. D retorted. "I thought it was."

"How the fuck-" Nico shook his head free of that train of thought. From the corner of his eyes, he could see Will approaching.

He was beaming like a weirdo and holding his books against his chest like a schoolgirl.

"Hey, Nico!"

Nico looked around him. Jason and Percy were already walking out the door, arm in arm.

"Hello, Will," he mumbled.

"I was thinking that, since we have to practice, I should probably give you my number so we can plan our test bakes."

Will held out his unlocked phone. Reluctantly, Nico took it and typed in his number.

Will inspected it. Nico scowled. Did the guy not trust him to put it in?

"Great! Thanks! I'll text you."

"Looking forward to it," Nico said in the most sarcastic tone he could muster. Will pretended not to notice and walked away, half-skipping.

Nico groaned. A whole two months left of term. A whole two months left of this.

"You look like you could use some more of my inspirational speeches," Mr. D commented. Nico glowered at him. All the other students had left and Mr. D was watching him with an amused smirk.

"Fuck off," Nico replied. "And stop drinking wine during the lessons. You stink of alcohol."

"It's the only way I can put up with you lot!" Mr. D called after his retreating back.

Nico took his time walking home. He shoved his earphones in and focused on the pattern of the pavement tiles. Just as the next song started playing, his phone buzzed.

From Unknown Number: Hi! This is Will :)

Nico turned Green Day up as loud as he could.

-

Nico couldn't avoid the inevitable forever. Eventually, he had to respond to Will's texts and he had to agree to practice with him.

Ideally, Nico would have gone to Will's. However, Will made some excuse about how his house was too crowded and how he wanted to see Nico's 'vampire cave'.

So Nico picked out a day when his dad and Persephone were out at a garden show or something else equally mushy and plant related. The thought of having Will in his living space was abhorrent but Will was a stubborn asshole.

He opened the door to Will's knocking (exactly at the agreed time) and Will didn't wait to be invited in. He took off his shoes and immediately started opening doors to inspect what was inside.