Three Whole Days!

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Nico P.O.V.

As I walked away from Percy I noticed that Will was simply staring at me, slack jawed. I realized that he heard everything. All about how I was gay and had just gotten over my crush on Percy. I thought I was being quiet! Oh no! Was he gonna laugh at me? I don't think I could handle that. It's not like I cared about the happy go lucky son of Apollo's opinion of me or anything. But still, it was nice to have someone, even someone as annoying as Will Solace, actually care about my well being.

"Wow," Will muttered under his breath.

"I know that was so embarrassing," I replied. I was having trouble reading Will's expression but at least he was polite enough to not laugh at me.

"No. Not at all. That was really brave Di Angelo, I mean I-I c-could never admit anything like that," Will stuttered out quickly. For the first time since I had met Will, the usually calm boy seemed flustered.

"Okay, I do believe that it is time to start your three days of rest," Will stated. His regular, blinding smile back on his face. Oh Gods! That smile seemed to just turn me into a puddle. I quickly snapped back to reality though.

"Do I really have to?" I whined. Ugh! Way to go Nico, you idiot! He probably thinks your a whiny little brat.

"Come on, you promised me that you would cooperate," Will said. He flashed me those adorable blue puppy dog eyes and all common sense slipped from my mind. No Nico! I realized that it seemed like I had a crush on this obnoxious boy. Which I definitely didn't. And even if I did, there was no way in Hades that Will was gay. He would most likely tell me that he wasn't interested but just to be polite he would say that we could still be friends. But that wasn't going to happen because I wasn't going to catch feelings. End of discussion.

I followed him to the Infirmary building which has been in full use since the war. Most of the injured were healed but between clean up and the last few remaining patients all of the Apollo cabin was on call that day. I hated that I had to be suck in the white, pristine structure but at least Will was watching over me and not one of his random siblings.

Will lead me to a room in the back that was closed off from the rest of the patients. It had cream walls and two large windows that looked out on to the strawberry fields. I was grateful for my own room, for I was a boy who enjoyed his privacy.


Will P.O.V.

I knew that Nico would need his own room. He was about as antisocial as they come. He almost never participated in camp activities and he locked him self up in his cabin for days on end. At least that's what I've heard. I didn't know the son of Hades well but I could tell by his skinny frame and dark under eye bags, that he had a very traumatic life.

"Okay I want you to focus all your energy on eating properly and getting plenty of rest," I said.

"Ugh!" Nico sighed, "This is going to suck."

"Well aren't you just a ray of blinding sunshine," I retorted while rolling my eyes. Honestly, I found it adorable when he whined. Wait, hold up! Did I just call the son of Hades adorable. I guess I did, not that it meant anything. I knew that me and Nico were only friends, but still I couldn't help but realize that I was really happy when I found out that Nico was gay. I mean, I got flustered and almost giddy. I guess it was nice to know that I wasn't the only one. That's right, I, Will Solace, son of Apollo, am gay.

"Never call me Sunshine again!" Nico scolded with a scowl on his pale face.

I'm sorry did you say something sunshine?" I asked with a wink. I let out a chuckle, but stopped when I realized that Nico was laughing. The joke wasn't even very funny but somehow it had coaxed a giggle out of him. I had to grab a chair to steady myself. His laugh was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard and I was a son of Apollo, so that's saying something. It made me blush like hell and I almost went weak in the knees. I swore on the River Stynx that I would do everything in my power to get him to laugh more, just so I could hear that beautiful sound and see his beautiful smile.

"Okay enough goofing around," I said going into doctor mode. "I will have to do a full checkup and then you can rest. Can you take you shirt off?

"Wait what?!" Nico cried, trying and failing at hiding his deep red blush.

"You heard me Sunshine. Shirt off now." I replied even though I was blushing a little myself. Nico for whatever reason decided not to be his usual stubborn self and he took off his shirt.

The first thing I noticed was that even though Nico was very skinny, he still manged to have a six pack. I don't even know how that is possible. That's when I noticed his V-line. I couldn't even think straight, i was so distracted by him. Finally, I looked over at his arms and noticed the huge werewolf scratches. That snapped me right out of my day dream. They were hastily stitched and most definitely infected.

"Oh Gods Nico, Why did you tell me about those scratches?" I demanded.

"I didn't think they were a big deal," he replied sheepishly.

I grabbed a bottle of rubbing alcohol, bandages, and two squares of ambrosia. I got to work clean, restitching and wrapping the cuts. All the while, Nico ate the ambrosia and tried to sit still. Eventually he was all set and it was time for him to rest.

"Will, we need you over here," one of my step-siblings called from the front of the infirmary. I looked back at Nico to tell him I had to go, but realized that he was already fast asleep. I went over to his bed side and gave his had a quick squeeze. He looked so peaceful that I just wanted to stay with him all day, but duty called and I had to go help other patients.

I went through the rest of my day as normal, treating all the campers that came flooding in and sending them back out just as fast. When my shift was finally over I ran to Nico's room without thinking. As I reached for the handle, it dawned on me that throughout the whole day I hadn't stopped thinking about the son of Hades. I pondered every word we exchanged, worried about how he was doing, and I thought about every thing he said to Percy. I even day dreamed about his adorable laugh and how drop dead hot he was. It finally dawned on me that I didn't just care about Nico because he was my friend.

I, Will Solace, had a major crush on my one and only sunshine, Nico Di Angelo.

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