Listen to your Heart! [SolAngelo][BoyxBoy]

Chapter 1: I can't keep my own secrets.

Plugging in the earbuds in his ears, Nico di Angelo, the son of Hades, opened the door of his cabin, and walked out of it, closing the door quietly. Covering himself with his newly-bought aviator jacket –that resembled his old one so much-- , and tucking his hands in his pockets, he stopped right in the strawberry fields to look around the camp wherein he actually stayed in for almost a month now.

A month has passed since the fight with Gaia, and her servants had ended. He couldn't say that everything was perfectly back to how it was before. How could he possibly say such a thing when he, himself, could still hear the screams of those who died fighting, those cries of the people left behind, those shouts of commands, those whispers of goodbyes, and those voices of the dead that haunted him? He looked at his hands, and remembered the nightmare he just had last night: Tartarus.

Some might have moved on, but it wouldn't be easy for him. With Jason Walker's 'Echo' playing on his Ipod, he closed his eyes.

Somehow, those flashbacks he hated to have came back rushing into mind: Knowing his sister had decided to be part of the Hunters, Percy telling him Bianca was gone, Percy shoving him away, him watching Percy, and Annabeth happy, those looks and murmurs of disgust he received weeks after the first Titan war, that statement his father that crushed his life about him being better dead than Bianca, those lies Minos spouted, Akhlys' joy upon knowing he was miserable enough, and those things he fought and saw in Tartarus no one could ever understand.

Pushing those thoughts away, the son of Hades re-opened his eyes. On his far right were Jason and Piper having a picnic near the lake, completely happy that they finally have a rest day after building almost three shrines within a month. On his far left were Percy and Annabeth planning their future together in the porch of the Cabin Three. Behind him were Leo and Calypso, who miraculously crashed back into camp in the middle of the night a week ago, riding Fetsus, who seemed as pleased as his riders for being back home. Calypso ended up as a mortal after breaking the curse placed on her, and Leo, like Hazel, having a second life thanks to Asclepius. The two were half arguing and half laughing as they fixed Festus back to his old perfect form. Frank, Hazel, and Reyna were back to Camp Jupiter, and were now tending the injured demigods on their sides, and doing their best to bring back the peace Octavian ruined.

Octavian. He knew that Octavian was now suffering down on his father's domain. But he still couldn't stop the guilt in his heart. And Bryce Lawrence...he couldn't seem to find the guy wherever he visited on his Father's three domains, and it worried him.

And far in front of him were Will Solace, and his siblings teaching young demigods how to use a bow and an arrow.

He couldn't help the smile that spread on his face when Will, himself, failed on landing an arrow right in the middle. Laughing, the medic said something, and the others laughed along with him.

Will Solace, the self-proclaimed doctor of the camp, and self-proclaimed owner of the Camp Infirmary, was one of Nico's closest friends (or maybe ever more than that) – something he would never say out loud or willingly, of course. During the course of his mandated three day stay in the Infirmary, he's found out that Will was actually a very stubborn, determined, persistent, approachable, funny, and caring person. He tended to each of the patients as if their his life depended on them. What Nico admired most about the guy was his smile—it never wavered. Yes, sometimes he'd frown, but after awhile, his bright smile would lighten up everyone's life, again.

The son of Hades wasn't even sure what he was feeling anymore. At first, he tried to shove the medic away, but as the latter persisted on clinging to him, and babying him—he ended up being attached, and sometimes never thought of Will, but most of the time, Will was all he could think of. He was sure they were still not a thing, but Will had sent hints, and he could...say it was a mutual understanding—not in a relationship yet, but more than friends already.