solangelo one shots

chronicles of n&w ch 2

Yeah imma do another one even tho I posted earlier

Chapter 2

Nico's POV
I

woke to Will shaking me. "Can you get up? Meet me in the infirmary." He told me softly. I nodded blearily, and he departed as quickly as he had appeared. Where his hands had grasped my shoulders, my skin felt tingly. I rolled my eyes at myself and tried to control my emotions. It seemed to be earlier than seven, but I got up and pulled on my CHB tee shirt, despite the fact that it didn't exactly flatter my complexion. Maybe it was just me, but my skin looked a minuscule amount darker. Still nearly as pale as paper, but without a blue or green tint.
I came out of the bathroom a few minutes later and joined Will. The camp was empty, except for a few yawning kids who were loitering around the dining pavilion. Blinking against the harsh light of the infirmary, I saw that his eyes had gone huge, staring at something to my left, and that he had lost all color.
"Will?" I saw his eyes flick towards me when he heard his name.
"Nico, Aphrodite is here," He croaked. My blood ran cold, and I turned to see her. She was beautiful, I supposed, if you were into girls.
"I am manipulating neither of you, as you undoubtably aren't interested in me." She told us briskly, with a bamboozling introduction. Did that mean that Will was gay too? No? Yes? Maybe? We shared a long look, both of our eyes widening even further. "But," She continued, "you two need a little nudge in the right direction." What? With that, she waved a hand and I felt as if someone was drugging me.
"Will," I slurred dizzily. "Are you okay?" I leaned on the wall, and then slid to the ground. Will was holding his head, sparks of healing magic glowing at the tips of his fingers as he tried to keep himself from falling. He barely caught himself, and that was when I passed out.
When I woke up, Lou Ellen was leaning over me. "Will, are you okay? What happened? We found you and Nico on the ground."
"What are you talking about?" I demanded, sitting up. I froze. Next to me, I saw myself open his eyes and blink.
"What happened?" He asked, and saw me. He froze as well, and we were both staring at each other.
"We're fine," I told Lou Ellen, thinking quickly. "You can go now. I just need to check Nico and see if he's good to go."
"Then why were you-?"
"See you later!" I exclaimed brightly, giving her a little push out the door before slamming it closed and locking it. I let out a long breath and slid to the ground, staring at my hands, whose fingers were longer, warmer, and much less pale than usual.
"Oh my Gods," I heard my own voice say. I looked up into my own eyes. "Is that you, Nico?"
"Who else?" I moaned. "What are we going to do? Why did Aphrodite do this?"
"How am I supposed to know?" He demanded, sitting down next to me. We were silent for a moment.
"Wait, did Aphrodite imply that…?" I asked in realization, unable to complete the sentence.
"So, do you…?" We both stuttered. Then, to my shock, he grabbed the front of my shirt and kissed me. I stiffened. He was kissing me. He was kissing me, oh my Gods.
"Sorry," He apologized, pulling away. He wrung his hands, seeming to shrink a bit. "I didn't know how else to…neither of us could say it, and I thought that maybe you…"
"It's fine. But you do realize that we both technically kissed ourselves." I told him, unable to filter my thoughts before putting them into speech. My first kiss was with myself. Gods. I flinched away from him.
"Yeah, that was a bit weird," He confessed. "Wow, so that's what I look like when I blush."
I blushed even harder and turned away. "Are we stuck like this? How long will this take to wear off or whatever?"
"She didn't mention anything about how long." Will watched me with dark eyes, still a bit cautious after what seemed like me rejecting him.
I sighed. "Okay, that's just fantastic. Should we tell the rest of the camp? I don't particularly feel like acting like you, no offense." It would be pretty humiliating, but Will trying to act like me could only ever do harm to my reputation. I cringed at the thought.
"Yeah, I don't want to act like a total stick in the mud," Will joked, his trademark grin on my face. "Don't tell anyone about this being Aphrodite's doing, or they might figure out…"
"So, should we talk about us?" I asked uncertainly, embarrassed.
"We should," He agreed. Neither of us spoke.
"Do you really like me?" I asked suddenly.
He nodded hesitantly, looking me straight in the eyes. "I thought that you were straight, so I was afraid to say anything. I mean, you kind of got weird when guys walked close to you, but I thought that it was just me imagining things. You are so adorably stubborn, and you're a better person than what people say. No one ever really opened up to me like you did yesterday, Nico. I'm just just an optimistic healer with a sunny personality to them. To be used for medical care, and not much else. You don't seem to know what an amazing person you are, if only you free yourself from that doubt you always carry with you. I've fallen for you hard, Death Boy." His eyes sparkled, and I could practically see their blue from underneath my own dark brown.
"It's just that… to love is to condemn for me. I loved Bianca. She was the only one I ever cared about. And then I lost her. I had nobody. And when my heart told me to love, I hated it, tried to ignore it. I was an outcast, and I was so utterly alone. But you weren't afraid to tease me or argue with me or touch me. It was surprising that you even wanted to be near me." I whispered. "You're one of the first people I wanted to open up to. You weaseled your way into my heart, Will Solace, as a friend or more, and I think you're there to stay, for better or for worse. People always judge you on how you look or seem. You don't." I knew what I felt for him now, and I refused to lie through my teeth.
"Yeah. Just because my dad is the god of the sun doesn't mean that I can't be all dark and mopey. Nico, I've seen and heard your pain. It would be an honor to be your solace." He looked at me like he could see my soul. And maybe my soul wasn't as dark as I thought it was.
"So who are you really?" I asked, a small smile pulling at my lips from his pun. "And by the way, that was terrible. Never try to do a last-name-pun ever again. It would be bad for my health, and you're supposed to be a doctor."
He chuckled. "I'm just what people think I am. But it's their assumptions that annoy me, even if they are correct."
"Should we go?" I asked, gesturing at the door.
He nodded, jumping to his feet and offering me his hand. I took it, feeling those annoying butterflies that now seemed to inhabit my stomach, and stood up. Unused to being a few inches taller than usual, I tripped over my own feet like a total klutz. Will tried to steady me, but we ended up on the floor, with me sprawled on top of him and our noses inches apart. "Is cliched crap going to start happening to us now?" He sighed, sitting up and gently disentangling himself from me. "Let's go see Chiron."
We stepped outside, the late morning sunlight hitting me. And strangely, it felt no different than it usually did to me, although I saw Will smile a bit and close his eyes, momentarily absorbing the light. The image did something strange to my heart. I was seeing both Will and myself at the same time, in one person. Will, son of Apollo, and myself, smiling at embracing the sun. The me that I could have been if I'd chosen a different road. Was Aphrodite influencing us? I guess that I didn't particularly care anymore. Because Will likes me, at least a bit, and I know for certain that I like him back.