Solangelo One-Shots

No Goodbyes

Will was coming back to camp after visiting his mother back at home. He had an excellent time seeing her again, but he missed Nico. Before he went find Nico, he headed to the infirmary. He wanted to see if any help was needed. Will walked in and saw his siblings rushing around as they usually did. Some were searching for supplies, some walked around with food trays in their hands, and some were checking the patients.

   "Hey, need any help?" Will asked. Many of his siblings turned and faced him with apprehensive expressions.
    "No, no we're fine!" Kayla assured him. "You're probably tired. Take the day off. Well maybe take the whole week off instead." A bunch of his siblings nodded in agreement, their eyes wide.
    "Are you s-"
    "Yes! Everything is fine! Nothing happened! I mean I don't know... Ask someone!" Kayla smiled nervously and grabbed Will's arm, leading him to the door. She opened the doors, pushed him outside and then slammed them.

    Will stared at the doors in bewilderment. He wondered what was going on. Why were his siblings acting so odd? Did something happen? He would just ask Nico if he knew if anything was going on.

Will ran to the Hades cabin with a grin on his face. He missed Nico a lot. He was extremely thrilled to be able to see his boyfriend. When Will got to the cabin he knocked on the door. "Death Boy, you there?"
No answer.
He knocked again. "Nico?" Still, no answer.
Will opened the door. As usually it was extremely dark, so he switched on a light. Nico was no where in the cabin and everything seemed to be in place. He knew Nico had not left camp. He couldn't have. Two days ago, Nico was speaking to him through Iris message and telling him how eager he was to see him.
The next place Will headed to was the woods. He walked around for a long time, calling Nico's name. After an hour of searching, Will left the woods to look in other parts of camp. Will was walking close by to the lake when he saw Hazel, Frank and Reyna walking nearby. Will hurried over to them. He noticed they all look enervated, and their eyes were red and puffy.

    "Hey, have any of you seen my Death Boy?" Will asked with a small smile on his face from just thinking about Nico.
Hazel's eyes started to water a bit. "Will." She said, her voice wavering. Her tone made him nervous, but he remained tranquil.    
    "Yes?"
     "Nico is- he's-" Hazel started to sob, shaking her head and Frank pulled her to his chest. "He's dead." Reyna finished, looking down. Will's eyes widened, his heart hammering loudly in his chest that he thought Hazel, Frank and Reyna could hear it.
      "Yesterday, a few monsters somehow got into camp. Nico and a few other people were around when they invaded. Two other campers stayed along with Nico to fight while others went get help. It was just them for a long time. Nico and the other two ended up getting injured. Some campers came to help fight it while some of your siblings brought them in the infirmary. The other two's injuries were less severe. They did everything they could to save him but it was too late." Reyna shook her head with her fists clinched. "Your sister, Kayla told us before he died he wanted you to know that he loved you so much. There's more he wanted you to know. Kayla knows most of the details."

Will could not help but feel anger towards those who had left Nico and the other two campers alone. It was not fair. They should of stayed instead of trying to get help! Why couldn't Nico survive too? He couldn't lose him.
      Will shook his head, tears flowing from his eyes. "No! Not Nico! He can't be dead! He can't...." He sobbed dropping to his knees.
  "I'm so sorry, Will!" Hazel cried. "I miss him too."
     This had to be a horrible dream. He couldn't lose Nico. He just couldn't. He needed him. Please. Let Nico be alive. Let this all be a dream. Will knew that wasn't going to happen. He was fully aware this was not a nightmare he would wake up from.
Nico, the love of his life was gone.

He would never see his rare yet sweet smile, he would never see that adorable scowl he did when he was pissed off.  He would do never get to look into those dark brown eyes. He would never get to feel Nico's lips against his own for the rest of his life. Never.