The Sunshine's Shadow

VIII- Nico's POV

Oddly enough, it was Will who approached Nico.
It looked like he came from archery class because he was glowing. Not sweating, glowing. Usually, Nico disliked anything brighter than the colour grey but Will looked stunning.

"Nico! Hey!" Will called out.

Nico wasn't sure how to react.

"Just got out of archery class and I thought I'd find you here. We need to catch up." Will smiled.

He looked so chill. Well as chill as a son of Apollo can get, because he was hot.

"Uh. Catch up?" Nico stammered.

To be honest, they've been talking a lot lately.

"I need to tell you something. Let's talk by the shore." Will starts walking away and Nico feels obliged to follow.

What could he possibly need to say? Okay, so maybe Nico knew exactly what he was going to say and just didn't know what to say in return.

Last night, his dreams were more frightening and Will might possibly know what was up with it.
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As soon as sleep hit, Nico was where all of his dreams started out. That is, when Nico has dreams. He was standing in a familiar part of Underworld. It was where he would talk to Bianca in his dreams. But this time, like the last few times, he was searching for any sign of Bianca.

"Hades, I demand to know where my sister is!" Nico shouted into the dark, vast space before him.

He didn't expect a response. But he really didn't expect a girly voice to reply. Then again, he's dreamt of some weird stuff.

"Hey, Nico. Sorry to interrupt your, uh... pleasant dreaming."

It was Drew Tanaka. How'd she get into his dreams? They were usually well guarded. Clovis... he must've allowed her in.
Drew's unease at the dark world made Nico laugh.

"What do you want?" He asked simply.

He was just hoping that Drew hadn't seen any of his other dreams.

"You and Will looked adorable in that dream of yours where you were having a picnic together." Drew sighed.

"This is none of your business!" Nico shouted, trying to wake himself, only to fail.

"I'm here to tell you that the Aphrodite cabin has decided to give you five days to confess your feelings to Will."

"What feelings?" Nico tried to sound convincing but it was more of a whisper.

He wasn't scared. Drew was nothing compared to the horrible Cupid. But she was still a daughter of Aphrodite.

"You should thank that friend of yours, Piper. If it wasn't for her, I'd say you should tell him now or else I'd tell him."

"I said this is none of your business!" Nico shouted.

"Don't feel so pained. I gave the same warning to Will."

"Get out!"

With all of his might that he could summon, he blew Drew out of his dream. He was mad that the jerk was messing with Will. It was sickening.
Five days. Impossible.

A/N: Tried to make this a longer chapter. Hopefully you like it!
Rick Riordan's characters.