Solangelo Oneshots

Schooled

Nico walked to his locker, narrowly avoiding bumping into anyone. He put his stuff in his book bag to take home and rushed to leave before anyone noticed him.

No one noticed Nico, but Nico noticed someone. Will Solace, a hot, smart, surfer boy who aspired to be a doctor. He had the brain for it. It wasn't rare for Nico to notice Will. Everyone noticed Will, he was amazing. The spotlight shone on him whenever he entered the room. Nico wasn't jealous. He never liked people's eyes on him. He preferred working behind the scenes, every now and then changing the script ever so slightly, in a way no one would notice for a long time. Once, he slowly trained his classmates to cry at the sound of fingers snapping. His father was not pleased to find his son was a mini Pavlov.

Nico rushed out the door. He ran home, not wanting to see any of his classmates. He ran into his house and into his room. Nico exhaled loudly. Okay, he thought, I'm safe here.

He did his homework. He ate a snack. He dealt with the soul-crushing weight of being a gay trans boy in Texas. He chatted with his sister. He folded some laundry. An average day for Nico Di Angelo.
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Will ran out of school, hoping to catch the short dark haired boy. The boy who tended to hide in the shadows, but who Will never failed to notice.

He didn't catch up to him. He had no idea where the smaller boy lived. He always left from school before Will did. Will was in a few clubs and had a lot of friends, even if none of them knew the real him. The dark haired boy always sprinted away from school as fast as he could, as if he was being chased. Maybe he was. He was a short boy with dorky glasses and feminine features. The perfect target for bullying. But Will had never seen anything happen to him. 

Will entered his home. He said hello to his siblings and went up to his room to do his homework. Just as he laid on his bed to start reading, he got a call from his friend Jason.
"Hey, Jason." He answered. "What's up?"
"Piper just posted that she's dating Reyna." "Oh, wow." Will responded, not really surprised. Jason and Piper had broken up a few months ago, and Jason and Reyna long before that.
"Yeah! She posted a picture on her Instagram of her and Reyna captioned 'Reyna is the best girl friend.' I'm so upset." Jason said. Will paused before speaking hesitantly, "You know I'm gay, right?" "What? No, I didn't know that. I'm not hating on them because of gay."
"Then why?"
"Because I can't believe Piper's moved on so quickly!" Will nodded in response before realizing he was on the phone and therefore Jason could not see him. "Oh. Okay. I don't know how to help you with that."
"Yeah, man. I'm fine with you being gay. Just don't hit on me, lol."
"Don't worry, Jason. I'm only attracted to good looking guys."
"Oh, goo—Hey! Rude!"
"But true." Will said as he hung up, Still bewildered that Jason said 'lol.'