Will POV:

My phone buzzed waking me up. My hand searching for it, while my head was still buried into my pillow. Closing my fist around it I answered. "Hello?" my voice ruff with sleep. I could hear sobbing on the other end. "Will?" The shaky voice of Nico's came through.

"What's wrong?" I asked feeling more awake now. I was slowly getting out of bed, while waiting for Nico to talk.

"Can you come over?" He finally asked as I was getting a shirt on. I looked over at my clock. 1:30 am it read. Good we didn't have school right now. "Yeah." I said. "I'll be over in ten minutes." Neither of us say goodbye, just hanging up the phone. I finished getting dressed, grabbing a small bag I keep by the door for times like this, and made my way to my car.

Once I got to Nico's house, I opened the door, letting myself in. I saw him sitting on the sofa, knees to chest, head down tucked under his arms, hands clawing his pants making his knuckles white. I quickly walked over putting the bag down on the ground, and wrapped my arms around his body. Neither of us said anything, as I rocked him back and forth.

I don't know how much time has passed until Nico said something. I couldn't quite make it out. "What was that?"

"Thank you." Nico said again, this time raising his head up a tad.

"I'm always hear for you love." Instead of replying, Nico snuggled up to my some more. We let the silence fall over us again.

Next thing I know, sun was staring me in the eyes, and there was a weight on top of me. I opened my eye, trying to make things out with my blurry vision. Slowly last night came back to me. I look down at my chest to see an angelic, sleeping Nico with his face tucked into my chest and his hands fisting my shirt. I smiled at the sight, lifting a hand to run through his soft hair.

I don't know how long we stayed like that, but sooner than I would have liked, Nico woke up. He lifted his head, and looked around before his dark eyes landed on my blue ones. "Morning." I said sounding a little too cheerful this early.

Nico glared at me before replying roughly. "Morning." We stayed like this until we heard Hazel coming down the stairs. "Oh." She said ones she say us. Nico got off of my, and made his way to the bathroom, leaving Hazel and I to stare at each other. "I didn't know you were over."

"I wasn't."

"I see." She gave a sad smile before leaving my on the sofa as she headed to the kitchen to make breakfast. It took her a while to understand, when Nico and I first started dating, why I wouldn't be there before she went to bed, but be there then she woke up. I think she guessed that it was Nico having nightmare and calling me to come over. Neither of us told her what was really going on.

After breakfast, Hazel got a text for Percy asking if we wanted to come over. We all agreed saying we would be there around noon. Hazel left us to go take a shower and get ready, while the two of us sat on the sofa with the T.V. on.

Nico POV:

Cuddling with Will after my nightmare helped, but I still felt a little on edge. I was hoping that going to Percy's to hang out with everyone, that I would feel better. Some days that was the best cure, but others, like today, it just made everything worse. I don't think we were there for ten minutes before I went over to Will and ran my fingers across his wrist. It was my sign to let Will know that I felt the need to cut. He looked over to me and nodded.

Without letting anyone else know we were leaving, Will took my hand and pulled my out into the backyard. He took his bag off, and opened it. Inside it held a pack of washable markers, a small water bottle, bandages, and a granola bar. It was my safety cutting pack. I pulled up one of my jacket sleeve, while Will pulled everything out.

Will handed me a red marker. I uncapped it, and started dragging it across my wrist. Some areas had thicker marks while others were line but dark. After I finished that arm, I pulled up the sleeve to the other, repeating the process. Once I was done, I recapped the marker and handed it back to Will. I started at my newly damaged wrists for a few minutes. Neither of us talked. Once I was done, I turned towards Will and put my arms out. He uncapped the water bottle and slowly poured it over my wrists. The water started washing away the marks turning the water red as it fell to the ground.

For some reason, this calmed me down. Seeing the tainted water wash away my fake pain. It was relieving. Once the water started becoming clear again, did Will stop pouring. He recapped the bottled before taking my hand and wrapping the bandages around my wrist. He was gentle through the whole thing. After they were covered, Will gave me the granola bar, silently telling me to eat. I ate, as I leaned on him. Will just put his arm around my shoulder, pulling my closer.

"Thank you." I said, long after I finished eating.

"You're welcome." Silence fell over us again. "Do you feel better?" Will asked after a while.

I didn't even need to stop and think about the answer. "Yeah."