His Other Half | Solangelo Fanfiction

Chapter 12

Will hummed to himself as he was leaning back against his bed, holding himself up with one hand behind him while scrolling through some stuff on his phone. He got changed into his pyjamas a few minutes ago, and now Nico was getting changed.

Will sighed and he set his phone down next to him on his bed. Will brought his hand to his necklace, fiddling with the sun charm around it. Will couldn't stop thinking about how Nico seemed down when Will played that song on his guitar. Will didn't know why Nico felt down, but he wasn't going to pry, especially if Nico seemed to be iffy about opening up about it.

"How come this is baggy on me?"
Will looked up to see Nico entering the room. Will raised his eyebrows and he smiled. Nico tugged at the hem of the t-shirt by his collarbones.
"Awh, cute!" Will exclaimed, getting up from his bed and going over to Nico.
Nico looked up at Will and Will tugged at the hem of the t-shirt on Nico, fixing it up a little. Nico felt shivers down his spine as Will was so close to touching his collarbones.

"Cute?" Nico raised his eyebrows at Will.
"Mmhm. My clothes on you is an adorable sight." Will smiled.
"You're ridiculous." Nico rolled his eyes, walking past Will and going over to Will's bed.
Will turned around, watching as Nico laid down on the bed and clasped his hands together, placing them over his stomach while he stared up at the ceiling.

Will went over, grabbing his phone and setting it on his bedside drawer. Will laid down next to Nico on his bed and he placed his hands behind his head as he stared up at the ceiling too.

"Sooo, what do you wanna do?" Will asked, turning his head to look at Nico.
Nico turned his head and looked at Will.
"Uhm, not sure." Nico shrugged. "I mean, you played a couple of songs for me, you showed me your art, I learned more about you."
Will hummed.

"...Yeah! So, you should tell me more about you then!" Will smiled at Nico.
Nico blinked.
"What? Oh, there's not much to know about me." Nico said, shaking his head slightly.
"Oh, really?" Will asked as he sat up and rested his hands on his lap.
Nico nodded as he sat up and rested his hands on the bed.
"Seriously, there's not much to learn about me!" Nico exclaimed. "I am a huge goth, my taste in music is more emo though, I'm gay, and... I'm a huge introvert!"

Will hummed.
"Mmhmm, right... I don't believe that. There is more to you that I need to learn about!" Will exclaimed, shuffling around to sit across from Nico.
Nico crossed his legs as Will sat down across from him. Nico smiled.
"Uh-huh. What do you want to know then?" Nico asked.
Will shrugged.
"Literally, anything about you." Will said. "I mean, you've learned a bit about my interests, I wanna learn about your interests too."

Nico blinked and he bit his lower lip.
"Erm, I like Greek mythology." Nico said, looking down at his hands and fiddling with his ring. "And I have this card game, that I'm into. Mythomagic. It also comes with these little figures, but I only have the cards. It's based off of Greek mythology."
Will studied Nico's face, more specifically, his eyes. Nico's eyes seemed to brighten up a little when he mentioned the game, the Mythomagic cards.

"You'll have to show me this game sometime soon." Will said. "Maybe I could come to your place one day after school?"
Nico blinked as he looked at Will.
"Oh uhm... yeah, sure. We can set that up sometime soon." Nico smiled at Will.

"You seem uncomfortable with that." Will raised an eyebrow. "You sure you're gonna be up for that?"
Nico rolled his eyes and he nodded.
"Don't worry, I'm sure. It's just... there's some stuff you don't really know about that I don't want to talk about right now. Sensitive topics." Nico said.

"Well, I'm a really good listener." Will smiled at Nico, reaching his hand over and placing it over Nico's. "For whenever you feel comfortable talking to me about these 'sensitive topics'."
Nico looked down at Will's hand over his before looking up at Will. His smile was kind and Will didn't look at him with pity, he looked at him with concern. Nico bit his lower lip and he smiled.
"Thank you." Nico said softly.

"You're... you're too good for this world, Solace."
Will smiled and he couldn't help but let out a soft laugh.
"Oh, quit it, di Angelo, you're being ridiculous." Will rolled his eyes.
Nico bit his lower lip as he shuffled closer and interlocked his fingers with Will's.
"Seriously, you're a really good guy." Nico said.

Will blinked and he looked down at Nico. His cheeks turned red as Nico shuffled closer and actually held his hand. Will bit his lower lip as he tightened his grasp on Nico's hand and leaned in a little.
"Pfft, you're not giving yourself enough credit, Neeks. You're also great." Will said softly, pressing his forehead against Nico's.
Nico swallowed but he quickly relaxed in the warmth of Will's presence and proximity.

Nico looked up into Will's eyes while Will kept his gaze on Nico's hand with the skull ring around his finger. Nico glanced at the sun charm necklace around Will's neck.

"Will?" Nico questioned quietly.
"Mmh?" Will hummed, looking up into Nico's eyes.
"Do you..." Nico gulped, not holding Will's gaze. "Do you believe in... Well, do you think that some people are just meant to be?"
Will blinked, surprised by the question, but he smiled.
"Yeah." Will shrugged slightly.

"I mean, have you seen Magnus and Alex? Totally meant for each other."
Nico smiled as he now held eye contact with Will.
"Oh, of course. Percy and Annabeth are soulmates too, they like to talk about how they found out, and how they just clicked ever since they first met." Nico rolled his eyes.
Will hummed.

"Why do you ask?" Will asked.
Nico shrugged slightly, looking up at Will.
"Just curious." Nico replied.
Will squeezed Nico's hand.
"And... do you believe that some people are just meant to be?" Will questioned.
Nico thought about it.
"I think so." Nico answered. "I mean-"

Nico got cut off by his phone going off. Nico exhaled as he backed away from Will. Will swallowed as he also slightly backed away and let go of Nico's hand. Nico reached over to the drawer nearby Will's bed and grabbed his phone.
"Sorry, my dad. Probably wants to check up on me." Nico said, getting up from the bed and looking at Will.
"It's fine." Will smiled at Nico.

Nico quickly answered the phone and he began to talk to his father, more in Italian at first. Will blinked as he watched Nico sort of pace about the room while speaking a mix of English and Italian to his father over the phone. Nico's accent was quite strong when he spoke Italian and Will felt his heart beat increase. Will smiled as he watched how Nico kept pacing about and spoke to his father.

Nico then took his phone away from his ear as he sighed out, hanging up on his dad and setting his phone down on the bedside drawer.

"I don't think I've heard you speak like naturally, in a sort of conversational way, Italian before." Will stated as Nico went over and sat down across from him again.
"Well, I did tell you I am from Italy." Nico shrugged. "From my mom's side but me and my dad like to try and speak as much Italian as we can."
Will hummed.

"Your accent is really nice." Will said. "When you speak Italian."
Nico raised his eyebrows at Will.
"Thanks, your accent sucks when you speak Italian in class." Nico grinned.
Will frowned.
"That's just mean, Neeks!" Will exclaimed.
Nico laughed and he leaned back in Will's bed, making himself comfortable.

"Pfft, you know I'm messing with you!"
Nico lifted up the blanket and he got under it.
"It's still very mean!!"
Will went over and he got under the covers next to Nico. Nico laid down and he turned onto his side, Will did the same, both of them facing each other.

"So? You're just gonna sleep then?" Will asked.
"Just getting comfortable." Nico shrugged, smiling at Will. "We can talk a bit more, but if I doze off, I doze off!"
Will hummed.

"Well... I'd like to hear more about that game that you like. Mythomagic? Maybe you can explain the game to me?"
"Oh, sure! I have everything memorised for that game!! Okay, so-"

Nico began to ramble on about Mythomagic and the games rules, how it worked, that sort of thing. Will listened intently and he admired how excited Nico seemed to be talking about this. It truly was an adorable sight.

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