•Will•

"So by everyone here, welcome to the infirmary Nico." Will said, trying to control the blush spreading to his cheeks as he touched the younger boy's thigh.

Keep it professional!

Will had to remind himself, his eyes avoiding any glances to Nico's legs, chest (minus his waist), and hypnotizing eyes.

Nico remained quiet now, almost as if he was asleep again.

Will didn't have much to say, so he stayed quiet.

Finally, Will inspected Nico's major injury.

It looked terrible.

His flesh was torn, dead skin hanging off freely- moistened by sweat, and sticking to his skin because of the bandages.

His pale skin was now an unhealthy array or greens, purples, reds, and sickly yellows- sometimes blending to make a dull orange of darker violet.

The claw marks had quickly turned red, scabbing over with the help of the Anti-Chimera.

"This may hurt." Will whispered, the warning probably ignored by the young boy.

Carefully, he injected the Anti-Chimera into the largest claw mark again.

Nico gave out a small whimper.

"Sorry." Will whispered, looking up.

Nico's cheeks were red- he assumed from the temperature of the room, and the Anti-Chimera effects taking place.

His eyes lids were starting to flutter.

Another side effect.

"You don't have to hold back you know. The infirmary is a safe. . . Ish place." Will had to say, looking up at Nico.

Nico gave no sign that he had heard Will, and continued staring at the rooms white walls.

Will grabbed a new roll of gauze from his left, and started to wrap the bandages tightly around Nico's waist.

"Is that it?" He whispered, Will almost didn't hear him.

"Nearly, we'll have to discuss times and other ratios to your recovery." Will said, just as he had finished wrapping Nico up.

"Why do my ribs hurt?" Nico questioned, glancing at his wrapped up body.

"Because you broke three of your ribs." Will stated, getting on some latex gloves.

"Now, I'm going to check your vitals, and then. . . I'm just gonna have to check your abdomen. Make sure the internal bleeding has wrapped itself up. Doctor business." Will said, trying not to be awkward.

"But isn't my blood suppose to be internal? Would you rather it spill out of me?" Nico asked, his joke was said in a flat tone.

Will gave a small chuckle, "You can still bleed out Nico." He pointed out.

Nico muttered something under his breath, Will didn't catch it.

"What did you say?" Will asked, Nico's eyes widened in alarm.

"N-nothing!" Nico stammered, Will started to laugh.

Nico's face was turning red again, and Will could feel himself blush. "You know." Will said, continuing to laugh.

"Nico, you're kinda cute."

Nico didn't respond, Will quickly realized what he had said.

"Um, sorry." He muttered, trying to keep his embarrassment to a minimum as he started checking Nico's vitals and started the internal bleeding check.

Crap. Solace, that was too soon!

He scolded himself mentally, trying to ignore the blush that was obviously on his face right now.