[Medical Reasons?] Solangelo Fanfiction

Will

I don't know how to describe Nico's look when I pulled out Mythomagic. He looked shocked, his near black eyes full of pain. But then smiled, even though the pain remained in his eyes, he looked happy. He asked for permission to briefly visit his cabin.
"Okay, but I'm going to have to follow you."
"Fine. Medical servant."
"I'll let that slide since you're being so understanding"
I followed Nico to Cabin 13, which radiated literal death, but somehow with Nico, it felt comforting. With Nico, anything was comforting. I wonder if he felt the same way. Probably not since he listened to the screams of tormenting souls instead of regular music.
"Okay Solace, I promise that I won't use any Under-Worldy magic and you have to trust me. So turn around and face the door while I get something."
"Ok agreed."
The whole cabin had an eerie, scary tone. First of all, let's just say it didn't smell like roses. The whole cabin was covered by shadows. The door seemed to scream Welcome to Hell! I felt someone grab my arm. Normally I would've screamed or yelped at least, given we were in the Hades cabin, but I knew it was Nico or at least a spirit under Nico's supervision.
"Let's go, not even this cabin seems to dim your glow, Sunny Boy."
"Haha, okay Ghost King."
We performed an unplanned race from Cabin 13 to the infirmary. No one really knew who won.
"I totally won that one Solace."
"Ha, no way, I won that race fair and square."
"Tell yourself whatever you want Sunny Boy."
I've never seen this side of him. The playful, adorable, frankly competitive, Nico di Angelo.
"Hey Nico, when you're free from your three day sentence at the infirmary, we should announce us. But only if you want."
"Let the people find out for themselves. We'll announce us by showing, not telling. Promise?"
"Anything for you Nico"
"You might be the dorkiest person to ever walk into both Apollo and Hades cabins."
"Just you wait, I'll come back with the best comeback in all of comeback history."
"But will that really get rid of your dorky reputation, Solace?"
"Touché, Deathboy, you win this one."

As soon as we made it back to Nicos cot, I set up Mythomagic.
"So basically how you play is-"
"I know how to play" Nico interrupted. Since when did he know how to play this game? I had only discovered it a few weeks ago. And I couldn't possibly imagine the Ghost King here playing a trading cards game about the Greek Gods. Nico playing with trading cards?
As I started setting up the game, he acted as a guide for my hands, placing all the cards and figures where they were supposed to go. We had all figures except for one. Hades. Of course, we had all but Nicos father. Go figure.
Just as I pointed out Hades was missing, Nico pulls out a metal figure of Hades. Are- are those tears? Why is Nico crying? Where did he get that figure?
"T-this was the last thing my sister ever touched. She knew I loved Mythomagic s-so she died getting this for me. It was the only figure I was missing. I was only 10 at the time, Bianca was 12. S-she died getting this for me. I was the reason she died. But she told me not to blame myself, this is one of my only fears, along with anyone finding out my sexuality, but it's time I faced this fear as well as the other one."
Was he tearing? Or was I tearing? I think we were both crying. Nico never talks about his sister, yet he was opening up about her death to me.
"N-nico i'm so sorry."
"Just don't feel sorry. Don't feel like that I can't have the only person I kinda care about feel sorry for me"
"Okay. "
We continued playing the game as usual and I've never seen him smile like how he was now. Even though his eyes still reflected pain, I've never seen him happier. Honestly, he looked like he was 10 again. He threw away all of his bad memories over the past few years and enjoyed the game and I don't think it was intentional. He was guinuinly happy. Really! Fine don't believe me.
We played until midnight, whoops.
"I want you to keep these figures, please" I silently pleaded to Nico.
"No I couldn't possibly-"
"Nico, please. I've never seen you happier than you are right now. Honestly. I'm serious, keep the figures, Nico, please." Hey took the figures and cards and tucked them away under his cot.
"Hey Solace?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you mind if I talk more about Bianca?"
"Anytime Nico, I wouldn't care if it was 3am, whenever you want, you can always talk to me about her."
He talked about her. Their stay at the Lotus Casino, how he was really like 84, how Bianca joined the hunters, when Grover found them, and when Nico found out he was son of Hades. But he mainly focused on Bianca and how she made him felt. How he never got to come out to her, how supportive she always was, her acceptance and courageousness. Bianca sounded like a pretty cool person. He talked about her until 4am, well around there.