Why couldn't Nico keep his eyes off of his Trainee, why do his ocean blue eyes drown him? His blond hair gets him tangled in this feeling that Nico cant seem to escape.

Why did he have to feel this way? What couldn't he be like everyone else? He had only known Will was a few days at least. Why?!?

Nico wondered if this was what Bianca would have wanted. Would she have desired this for him?

Nico remembered Percy, the spirit he had fallen in love with a while ago. He loved him, but it was a unreturned felling. Part of Nico thought Percy was using Nicos feelings to suffer less torture from the underworld.

Percy was a dead Marine-Biologist who had the hottest smile, but now that Will was here Percy felt like runner up.

Nico didn't wanna fall in love with another straight boy, and plus they couldn't even touch each other, so he told himself its best if he confronts the fact he has a little crush on Will and then gets over him. He cant fall for Will anymore than he barley has.

To Nico it sounded easy, but was it really?

Not when William "Mortis" was literally a 6 foot tall, blonde adonis.

Nico was supposed to be training Will, who seemed to be nailing his arrows but Nico wasn't sure he had the chops to have a fake torture job.

But he did believe Will had the passion of Prisha Sharma herself, and if there was anyone who should wear the bracelet it was him. He barley knew him, but he was the most stubborn and driven person he had seen. He hoped he didn't make a wrong choice.

The bracelet was given to him by his sister, Bianca, who worked with Prisha, and paid the price for it.

         Nico was so deep in thought, he didn't notice Will was gone. He scanned the training center, when Will peeked out from behind him. "Boo!"

         "i miei fottuti dei!" (1) Nico jumped, bringing his hand to his heart.

          Will laughed, smiling at Nico after he stopped. "That was too good!" Will exclaimed, exhilarated. He started another little laughing fit, which Nico scowled at.

          "If your not going to train with your arrows, I will train you in the art of painful and slow torture."

          Will was not impressed, "Can I have a break-uhhh?" He dragged out his words for a whiny affect.

         It affectively made Nico annoyed.

"Will, we have two weeks to make allies," Nico said sternly, laying down the law. Will pouted. Nico sighed, "Go pretend to train and talk to people. Find their disloyalty to the underworld. You strike me as an extrovert, knock yourself out."

Will huffed, giving me one last please look.

"Im training you, you obey me." Nico teased, lightening up just a little.

"Fair." Will wore a dissatisfied but amused expression. He gave gave me a salute and a wink, before walking off with the others training.

Nico smiled, and then quickly dropped it.

He was being strategic to choose to give Will the bracelet, not "lovey dovey". This was a strategic game, if you failed to plan you planned to fail.

And Nico planned for success, for himself, and for Prisha's legacy.

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(1) "i miei fottuti dei!" Is Italian, it means "My fucking gods!" In English
(I dont speak Italian so correct me if this is wrong)

Qotd: fav music genre?

A/N: I have state testing TOMORROW. So nervous. Its reading though, so thats good.

I hope you like this chapter, its not as interesting but you get a little more insight to Nico. Personally, I like writing Wills point of view more so maybe thats why they may be more compelling to read, but I hope you like this sorta filler- (barley) romance chapter.