Disclaimer: Riordan owns all the characters, not me.

Nico walked across the green towards Will Solace, leaving a very confused Percy Jackson behind. When he got to Will, he was smiling at Nico like an idiot. "What're you so happy about Solace?" he asked.

"You" Will said, and Nico just stared. Will rolled his eyes. "You're smiling idiot" he said, and Nico instantly frowned. He hadn't realized he'd been smiling.

"No I wasn't" he said and Will laughed.

"Yes, you were. What the heck did you say to Percy? He looked pretty confused" he asked. Nico felt his cheeks heat up, he felt like an idiot for saying what he did to Percy. Why did I do that? he asked himself.

Nico practically growled. "I thought you wanted to heal me or something?" Nico asked.

"Sure do!" Will said with a smile as he tried to clap his hand on Nico's shoulder, but Nico side stepped it. Will acted like he didn't notice the rejection. "C'mon, you owe me three days."

Nico followed Will into the infirmary and Will lead him to the back and opened the door to a small room. "You're gonna be sleeping majority of these three days so I got you a private room" he said "wasn't too hard to convince Chiron since you're only in the infirmary since you practically saved the world."

Nico stepped into the room and looked around. It was a plain room with nothing but a bed, a table, and a lamp. He felt his face heat up slightly. "I didn't save the world" Nico mumbled.

Will rolled his eyes and gestured towards the bed. "Sit" he commanded "and yes you kinda did. Don't go all humble on me. Don't move while I grab some supplies." With that, Will turned and left the room.

Nico sat down on the bed and sighed. He wasn't really sure why he was here, or why the skeleton butterflies kept showing up whenever Will came near him. He didn't have much time to think through these questions before Will came bursting back through the door holding a bunch of bandages. "What're those for?" Nico asked.

"Oh nothing, just the giant cuts on your arm" Will said as he dumped his supplies on the bed and sat down next to Nico. Will grabbed Nico's sleeve and rolled it up, careful not to touch Nico's skin. Will gasped as he saw the full extent of the scratches. "Holy Hades, Nico!" Will said. "Why didn't you come to me earlier!"

Nico stared at him. "I was kind of busy fighting a battle" he said.

"Oh.. yea" Will said and Nico swore there was a slight blush on Will's cheeks. They sat in silence while Will redid the stitches on Nico's arm and wrapped them up in bandages. After what seemed like forever, Will stood up and ran his eyes over Nico's body. "Take your shirt off" he commanded, and Nico's face instantly turned red.

"What?" Nico practically hissed. "No."

Will rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Yes, deathboy" Will said "Zeus knows what other cuts you've got and I'm not providing crappy healing because you don't want me to see your stomach. So shirt off. Now." Nico simply glared at him. "Doctor's orders" Will adds and Nico groans.

Nico grabbed the bottom of his shirt and glanced at Will. "Just... don't laugh at me, okay?" he mumbled, his voice small. He was scrawny and covered in scars, he was nothing compared to Will's broad shoulders and tan skin.

Will dropped his arms to his sides. "Nico," he said "I'm a doctor-"

"Not really.." Nico mumbled, but Will continued as if he hadn't heard him.

"I've seen some pretty gross stuff, but you... you're not..." Will let out a long breath. "I'm not going to laugh at you Deathboy. I just want to make sure you're okay."

Nico knew he was probably redder than a tomato, but he finally did pull his shirt over his head and set it aside, trying not to look at Will. After what seemed like an eternity of awkward silence, Nico looked at Will only to find out he was staring at Nico's bare chest. Nico wrapped his arms around himself. "Do you heal things with your eyes?"

Will jumped and his face turned red. "Uh, yea. I mean- no. I was just..." Will let out a long breath and collected himself. "Move your arms di Angelo, I need to clean up some of these cuts" he said and Nico reluctantly did as he was told.

Will started to work on a gash on Nico's left peck and Nico had to resist the urge to get up and run when Will laid a hand down on his chest. "Is that necessary?" he asked as he looked down at Will's hand.

Will looked like he hadn't heard Nico. "Your heart's beating really fast" he said.

"I- uh- can't I just take some ambrosia or something?" Nico asked, ignoring Will.

"No Deathboy, you can't" Will said "you're fading into nothingness, who knows what will happen if you try and take anything Godly. I'd feel much better using mortal healing and Apollo hymns."

"Great" Nico mumbled. Will removed his hand from Nico's chest, and Nico was surprised that he was disappointed by the lack of contact. He glanced down and realized Will had put bandages on his chest.

"Alright, now I'm going to do some hymns, so just close your eyes and relax" Will said before taking Nico's hand. Before Nico could stop it, he let out a small gasp. The skeleton butterflies were doing a dance. He felt his cheeks burn, but he ignored it and did what Will said. He closed his eyes and let out a long breath. Will began humming Apollo hymns and Nico tried not gasp again. His body felt weird as it began healing itself and his heart felt warm and fuzzy. It must be mold, he thought. He felt a wave of tiredness wash over himself. He didn't realize until he was sitting there, his eyes closed and Will singing to him, how tired he really was.

Nico's breathing evened out and he knew he would fall asleep any second. Apparently, Will picked up on that because he took the hand that wasn't holding Nico's and placed it on his shoulder. He pushed Nico back so he was lying down on the bed. Nico made a small groan in protest, but he was too tired to put up a real fight.

When Will finished singing, he squeezed Nico's hand before letting go. "Sleep Deathboy" he said in soothing voice. "You need it."

Nico opened his eyes and looked at Will, who flashed him a smile before standing up. "I'll be back later, okay?" Will said before turning to leave. Nico couldn't help but watch as Will left. As soon as the door closed, Nico's eyes drifted shut again, the image of Will burned into his eyes. Soon enough, he drifted to sleep.