(Im) perfect

Chapter 6

"What time will you be here again?"  Nico di Angelo asked his boyfriend of a month and a half.  They were on a iris message call and had been for well over two hours.  Steve wasn't home yet so Nico had the bathroom all to himself.  He wasted most of his drachmas on the call and kept on having to spray water into the air with a squirt bottle in order to keep a rainbow up. 

"I think 6:30," Will Solace replied.  He had to steal drachmas from his brother, Austin to keep the call on this long.  They talked about everything but also just sat in each other's silence.  Will was coming over to Nico and Steve's apartment for dinner tonight and Will was nervous.  Nico still wouldn't admit it but Steve was like a father figure to him and not to mention he was Captain fucking America.  Will used to dress up as him for Halloween when he was younger!  His mom had multiple scrapbook pages dedicated to "Captain Texas," as his uncle liked to call him. 

Will had told Nico of his concerns.  "What if he doesn't like me?"  He's like a dog, he likes everyone but the people that annoy him.  "What if I say something I'm not supposed to?"  Like what?  Just don't mention anything about ww2?  "What if I make a fool of myself with fanboying?"  Then I will laugh at you while you die.  Nico was dramatic when he said that, going as far as putting his hand in his forehead and leaning back like a dramatic Medieval era woman. 

Nico heard the door to the apartment open and the heavy footsteps of the one and only Steve Rogers.  Soon the door to the bathroom flew open, exposing Nico and the iris message of Will lying on his bed, throwing a ball up into the air and catching it again.  He really had to remember to lock it. 

"Nico, what are you doing in the bathroom?"  Steve said, his fingers pinching between his eyes. 

"I'm... I'm talking to Will?"  Nico replied nervously.  He had nothing to be nervous about really but he had done this before.  Spent at least 30 minutes in the bathroom talking to Will but this time was much much more than 30 minutes. 

"Hello William, 6:30?"  Steve asked, looking around Nico and at the I.M call with a smile on his face.  Will jumped up quickly to look at the call. 

"Y-yes sir!"  Will replied quickly.  He hoped he didn't say it too quickly, he didn't want to show just how nervous he was.  His uncle always pressures whatever boys his cousins bring home and
He has seen just how nervous they are and that always makes it worse for them.  Will's goal was to make Steve like him, not to have Steve try and scare him away from Nico.  That wouldn't do well though, not even Hades could scare Will away 100%. 

"Wonderful!  How are you planning on getting here?" 

"I'm taking the bus, sir."

"Nico could always come and get you?  Or... I could come get you-"

"NO!  Absolutely not, I mean, I can get him but you?  No."  Nico said, cutting him off.

"Well... how long will it take with public transport?"  Steve asked. 

"The route I'm taking should take at most two and a half hours?"  Will said, and Nico's eyes widened. 

"I'm coming to get you."  Nico said in a "no questions asked" voice, but Will was still going to ask questions. 

"Neeks, you really don't have to do that... I'm cool with the bus!" 

"Yes I do, I've only been on the bus twice but it's hell." 

"It is not hell Neeks." 

"Yeah?  Well you also think that motorcycles are fun so I don't think I can trust your judgment of hell."  Nico said white rolling his eyes.  Will smiled at him and laughed.