Heart Beat (Willco/Solangelo & Caleo)

Chasing Cars

Chapter V

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After Will let Nico out of the infirmary,  he didn't see him for a while. He tried looking, but he just couldn't find the son of Hades anywhere, and he didn't have very much time to look. Taking care of sick and crippled demigods is very time-consuming.

"WILL!" Shouted his frustrated half-brother, Carter, who was making the bed of a patient who'd just been released.

"Hm?" Will said, snapping out of his thoughts.

"You're staring off into space again! C'mon, what's bothering you?" Then a sly smirk slid across his face,"Or is it a who?"

He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and a smile tugged at the corners of Will's mouth.

"IT IS!" Carter whooped loudly. "Who is it?"

Will scratched the back of his neck awkwardly, "Well. . . I uhm... I can't tell you. . ."

"What?! You can trust me! I won't tell, I swear it on the River Styx!"

Thunder rumbled outside. And Will looked at him, on the verge of spilling his guts.

But what if he thinks I'm a freak? What if he hates me?

"Come on, who's the lucky girl?" He plopped down on the bed.

"It's not a girl." Will mumbled.

"What? I can't hear you, speak up, dude!"

Will sighed, "I'm. . . gay."

Carter's jaw nearly hit the ground, "Wait so. . ."

"Yeah. . ."

"Oh. . ."

Crap. He thinks I'm digusting. His throat felt like it was constricting, "I shouldn't have said anything. . . I'm sorry." Will said, starting to stand up.

Carter pulled him back down, "No! That's not what I meant, I was just shocked. So, who is it?"

Will gawked at him, "You mean, you don't care?"

Carter shrugged, "You can like whoever you want to, bro."

Will grinned at him and blushed slightly, "It's Nico. . ."

"No way!"

"Why not?" Will asked defensively.

Carter shrugged, "I don't know. . . He's just so. . . Gloomy."

"Not really. . ." Will said with a slightly wistful expression.

"Oh, man." Carter grinned.

"What?"

"You have it bad."

Will scowled at him.

"Wait! So, is Nico. . ."

"Gay?"

Carter nodded.

"Well, I would certainly hope so." Will said with a cocky smile.

Carter fell back onto the bed laughing, "Oh my godddssss."

Will laughed at him, "We only kissed."

"Oh. . . Well that's disappointing. . ." Carter said, staring at the ceiling.

Will looked very confused to say the least.

"Never mind, but where's Nico?"

Will sighed, "I don't know, I think he's avoiding me." He confessed.