Okay so, quick author's note, the song I picked is the song I picked for the soul reason that I love it and listened to it a whole lot while writing this (don't judge me) ! Okay, enjoy!!!
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We're talking away
I don't know what
I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, okay?
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After everyone had left at around 8 AM Nico only had 1 hour to figure out a plan so Will would drive him but Hazel wouldn't know. Nico was pacing around his room when Life is a Highway came softly from under his sheets. Nico pounced on the bed and searched relentlessly for his phone. Hazel, who had drifted back asleep on his trundle after Frank had left, woke up from all of this but didn't say anything. She decided to eavesdrop on her brother's conversation as that was a new ringtone meaning it was a new person. The phone stopped ringing seconds before Nico found it making him mumble something about a voicemail. He whispered her name as if trying to see if she was awake or not, she didn't answer. She suddenly heard a voice
"Hey, Nico! It's me! Call me back okay? ... um I l-love you bye."
Well, that was useless. Percy and Jason said I love you all of the time to Nico and it was probably just another close friend who loved her brother platonically. She decided to stay a little longer when he began to call back.
"Hey ( Hey, whatcha doin'? ) Nothing much, you? ( Same as you. Hey, when should I pick you up? ) oh ... yeah um I'll text you when ( Ummm... Did you listen to my message? ) the voicemail? Yeah I listened to it ( Oh... I hope it's okay that I said... you know... ) No! It's totally fine! ( I didn't want to be too forward I mean yeah we said it already but you know... I'm just... I'm just nervous that you don't feel the same... ) William Solace, don't think like that! Of course I do! I said it first didn't I? ( Yeah but- ) Yeah but nothing! I wouldn't have said it if I didn't want you to say it back ( Then I love you Nico! I love you so much! I- oh... my mom's calling me downstairs, I love you, bye ) I love you too, bye ( no, you have to hang up! ) Will, no we're not being those people ( Then you hang up! ) but I don't wanna hang up! ( Haha okay fine. Bye darlin' ) Bye Solace.
"OOOOOOOOH WHO WAS THAT NIIIIIIIIIIIICOOOOOO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" She couldn't resist! Her brother had just said I love you to William Solace!!!!!!!!! (Whoever that was) "GAH HAZEL!!! WERE YOU EAVESDROPPING!?!?" She reached up and snatched his phone out of his hands before she got up and ran to her room, locking her door. Once Hazel reached her room and had locked it she unlocked Nico's phone, she knew adding her fingerprint secretly would pay off one day!
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Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two
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Will fell out of his chair when he heard his phone buzz. He smiled when he saw a text from Nico♥️.
Nico (actually Hazel): Hey
Will: Hey, are you ready for me to pick you up?
Nico (actually Hazel): No?
Will: okay but why the '?'
Nico (actually Hazel): Why would you be picking me up?
Will: What?
Nico (actually Hazel): um never mind
Will: Hey Neeks?
Nico (actually Hazel): yeah?
Will: to test you're actually Nico; Where was our first kiss?
Nico (actually Hazel): school?
Will: a little more specific please; Who caught us making out in the bathroom?
Nico (actually Hazel): a teacher?
Will: a teacher of what subject?
Nico (actually Hazel): I don't remember?
Will: ...
Will: Hazel? Percy?
*incoming call from Nico♥️*
Will answered and heard Hazel's voice on the other end. "Are you dating my brother?!" Will choked on his own spit at that question. "Um..." Hazel waited patiently for the answer. "Maybe?" Hazel squealed before saying that was all the information she needed. She didn't hang up but he heard a door open and someone snatch the phone. "Hey Will, again. Sorry about my sister! Now, what'd she say to you?" He asked in a stern voice. "Um... nothing really... just asked if we were dating..." he said in a small voice. Before Nico could respond he heard his father call up to them saying they were leaving. "Um just come over in ten minutes Will." Will nodded and smiled before he realized Nico couldn't see him. "Okay, see you soon love." Nico smiled at that. "Back at you Will." They hung up and Nico made some excuse about not being ready and that he'd get a friend to drive him. No one questioned him.
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So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But I'll be stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is okay
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
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"Hey, darlin! Want help with those bags?" Will greeted him with a covered kiss on the cheek. He reached to grab a bag and put is lips on the smaller boy's cheek for a good three Mississippi seconds before pulling away and grabbing the last bag. "Hi Will..." he was blushing fiercely as he and Will walked down to the car. "What? Can't handle a little peck?" Nico glared at him.
How did this dork worm his way into my heart?
Will dropped him off at the entrance with a long kiss in the car before they were interrupted by a call from his father. "Love you, see you in a week!" Nico kissed him one last time. "I love you too... see you in a week." The phone stopped buzzing, he'd missed the call. "Shit! Bye Will!" Nico got his bags out faster than Will could get out and help.
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Take on me (take on me)
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two
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Nico fell asleep next to Hazel in first class.
Nico stepped out of the airport. He was so happy to be back and he couldn't wait to see his boyfriend! "Will!" He began running towards the blonde boy. "Will!" He heard a girl scream excitedly behind him. He couldn't make out her features as she ran past him. She jumped into Will's arms and they kissed. "I love you." He heard Will whisper to the girl. Those three words echoed in his mind getting louder and louder until-
"Nico? Are you okay?" His eyes opened groggily as he stared up at his sister. "Hazel? Where's Will?" His voice cracked on his boyfriend's name a tear going down his cheek. "Stay calm big brother, it was just a bad dream! I heard you sleep talking and he'd never do that to you, besides he's gay!" Nico nodded and pulled out his phone. "Do you wanna see some pictures of Will and me?" He was looking for an excuse to look at them and he knew Hazel would say yes. He went into his photos. "Here's one when we first started dating." It was a picture of Will smiling lovingly at something, presumably Nico, a little away from the camera. Nico has added a caption that just had a heart. The next was a picture where Nico had fallen asleep on Will's shoulder while they were watching Netflix on Nico's phone. Will was grinning up at the camera and his other arm was around Nico. The last picture they looked at before they were interrupted was a picture of Will blowing kisses to the camera. Will had texted it to Nico not too long before they had gotten on the plane and he was quick to screenshot it.
"Nico, what are you looking at?"
"Nothing!"
"His boyfriend!"
Hazel squealed excitedly. "Hazel!" She looked at Nico questionably. "What? Do they not know?" Nico nodded in defeat. "Yes, much to my disliking, they know. But that doesn't mean we have to talk about it! Someone else could hear you!" Hazel laughed and pointed above them at the storage space for carry on bags. "Who? It's not like Percy hid himself in your luggage. Or, do you think Reyna is paying the flight attendants to report back everything we say?" Nico smiled sheepishly and shrugged nervously. "I don't know... maybe?" Hazel scoffed and grabbed his phone so she could get Will's number.
