Nico was forced to confess about his crush in the Labirynth. Him and Will had crushes on each other since the Battle of Mannhattan, and got together between the first and second series, and the newbies at camp, a.k.a the Lost Trio, know nothing and think that Hades and Apollo campers dislike each other. Nico and Percy have a bond stronger than brotherly, and he's worried sick when the son of Poseidon disappeared. Annabeth is the 'responsible big sister' and people tolerate Nico. That's pretty everything I needed to explain. And I don't own HoO or PJaTo. Rick Riordan Does.

Chapter One: In Which Leo Kisses Walls

It took Hephaestus only a minute to claim his son. Right now Leo was following Will Solace around the camp, 'oohing' and nodding at everything the son of Apollo was telling him. It was still kinda weird, the whole Greek God thing, monsters, and himself being a demigod, god of fire and forges' child. The latino saw a not so tall, long cabin decorated with seashells and starfish. There was also a fully silver cabin, looking like it was made out of moonlight and cold wind. It weirdly reminded Leo of the cold, unpleasant territority of Alaska. There was also a cabin with grass on the roof, and one looking just like a very, very old camping house. But the one that really drawn Leo's attention was cabin thirteen.

- Whose cabin is that? - asked Leo, pointing to the dark building. Solace stopped and pointed in the same direction.

- Number thirteen? - said Will. Leo nodded.

- Hades. He has only one son, Nico, but after Percy disappeared, he's been outside for a long time. The Poseidon kid was really close to him, they had kind of a brotherly relationship.

Leo imagined the mysterious child of the Underworld. But weirdly, he couldn't. The image just didn't show up in his mind. But he knew that a person living in something like that was no good, or at least trouble.

- How does he look like? - Will blinked, surprised, at the latino's question.

- And why do you want to know? - responded the son of Apollo.

- Dunno. But hey, I'm ADHD and just found out that I'm a demigod son of Hephaestus. I don't even know what I'm thinking sometimes.

The blonde mouthed something that looked like 'nothing', but it was too quick for Leo to find out if he was correct. Will sighed and began his explanations.

- Look at me. And then, when you finally have a clear image, try to think of a polar opposite. That's a pretty accurate description of Nico di Angelo. If you wanted to know about character...

'Oh, so his name was Nico', thought Leo. 'Sounds kinda... European'.

- I guess his and Apollo's kids, including you, relationship must be... Interesting. Since he's so gloomy and all... - Leo didn't quite catch the silent chuckle Will let out.

- Yeah. I guess we can call it 'interesting'. Now please, can we go on? Because there's still some work for me in the infirmary. And someone has to look at the chariot and see if we could fix it.

Leo continued following the blonde around, thinking about what he said. None of the campers seemed specially dark or lonely, so this Nico kid was probably a bit outstanding in the crowd. And from his experiences Leo knew that 'interesting relationship' often means 'we hate each other but try to act nice'. Drowning completely in his thoughts, he didn't notice that he was heading to his cabin's door... Which was closed.

A lound THUNK! Was followed by an 'Ouch!'. The son of Hephaestus guessed that his own door didn't quite like him. He had seen that the son of Apollo was trying hardly not to laugh.

- Sorry, I shouldn't laugh. But it wass kinda funny... Nevermind. Don't you worry, I'm a healer. Come here. - Will reached out a hand to the latino, who was now a real-life copy of Rudolf the Red-Nosed reindeer. His long fingers grabbed the bridge of Leo's nose. To his surprise, he didn't start a 'healing incantation' thing or something. Instead, he sang a fragment of 'Sweet Child O'Mine', in a voice reminding of Axl Rose. Leo could feel the cracked bone get back in it's place.

- Really? Guns'n'Roses? - Will chuckled again.

- Our dad decided that the whole 'hymn' thing was too 'second century' and we could use some other songs to heal people. Guns'n'Roses was my first choice. Now, since you're finally here, I guess I don't have to give you a second tour?

Leo shook his head, and then watched as the son of Apollo jogged fastly to the infirmary. He entered his new cabin, and what he saw and heard didn't make him jump with joy. The 'Curse' was making every attempt a failure, and all of his half-siblings just radiated sadness and misery. Leo did everything he could do - and that wasn't really much, but it still counted. He sat in his bed, lost in thoughts again. If he had an oppoturnity to meet this Nico di Angelo, he definately would use it. And if he had to see Will and Nico locked in the same room (Altough there might be other things those two could do than fight *;]*... am I perverted?)... he wasn't sure if he wanted to see it. From Will's reactions he guessed that the relationship between them might be kinda tense. Leo didn't know why he was so intruiged by that guy, but that was something new. Nico was a son of Hades, god of the Underworld and death. Apollo, from what he knew, was inter alia a god of healers, and that wasn't so far from a Life God or something. One, Leo has never met a son of Hades, (It didn't matter that he knew about demigods for what, three hours?) two, he was ADHD and there was a sudden chance to do something about something. Even if it wasn't helping Cabin Nine.