Solangelo One Shots

Off To The Woods

Nico's POV

"Let's talk bucket lists," Will said, plopping down onto the couch next to Nico. Without waiting for an answer he reached down, snatching up the remote from the coffee table and clicking off the show that Nico's eyes had been glued to. 

"Hey," Nico complained, grabbing for the remote before falling lazily back to the couch. "What was that for?"

"Answer the question."

"I don't really have anything, I dunno," Nico shrugged. "What about you?"

"Well, I'm glad you asked." Nico rolled his eyes. "I've always wanted to go camping. And it's gonna get cold soon, and this campsite just opened up at this really cool campground. It's just a bunch of little clearings on a mountain, and you just set up. No store, no pool, none of that luxury stuff that takes away the real essence of camping. It would just be us and the wilderness."

"Well, we don't have a tent," Nico pointed out.

"Percy told me he'd lend us his," Will said. "Come on, I really want to do this."

"Will, I've never been camping in my life, and I didn't plan on it any time soon," Nico groaned. "What about Kayla? Or Austin? They'd go with you, they love the outdoors."

"But Percy said he had a two person sleeping bag," Will said. "Come on, just imagine it. Besides, you're too pale. You need to get outside more, doctor's orders. Maybe you won't look like a ghost after a weekend in the wilderness"

"Hey, that's not fair," Nico complained. "I'm not that pale. Besides, insulting me isn't gonna make me go with you."

"Please?" Will begged. "For me?"

"Fine," Nico sighed. "I'll go with you." A grin spread across Will's face and he gave Nico a small kiss on the forehead, making Nico blush. 

"Aw, look, you aren't completely translucent," Will teased, brushing Nico's cheek with his thumb. "You can finish your show. I'll pack the car, you don't have to."

"Me packing the car was never on the table," Nico grinned, turning his show back on. Will smiled softly, pressing a second kiss to Nico's forehead. 

"We'll be ready to go in twenty minutes," Will said, pushing himself up. "Enjoy your show. There isn't going to be a lot of technology where we're going."

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Nico stared at the block of green that surrounded their car as they puttered up the mountain, the paved road sticking out in an otherwise verdant world. "Look at how gorgeous is it," Will sighed, grinning. "You know, there's a little river right near our campsite. We can go swimming, or fishing. Percy lent us all of his camping stuff. There's this little grill, and I can catch us some dinner."

"Do you know how to fish?" Nico asked as Will turned down a tiny side road, grass reaching for the tires. 

"Well, I can figure it out," Will said as he pulled into their campsite, surrounded by a thick blanket of trees that seemed to block out the sky, with only glimpses of the gray clouds visible through the leaves. "We should set up." He stepped out of the car, opening the trunk and pulling out the tent. "Percy said this was really easy, and I looked up a tutorial before we left. He did lose the directions, but it should be simple."

"You know I've never set up a tent before, right?" Nico asked, watching as Will spread out the flat tent on the pine needle coated ground. 

"It'll be easy," Will assured him. "Like I said, don't worry about it." He stuck a pole through the tent loops, threading it through before it was stuck in the middle. Nico shook his head, smirking as he helped to thread it through to the end. "See, this isn't too hard," Will said as Nico stuck the edge into the ground, hammering in the stake and letting it slide into the soft ground. "We make a good team."