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Nico's day was getting worse by the hour. First, he accidentally raised an army of the dead when one of the Hermes kids snuck up behind him and screamed. Second, he spilled some juice on one of the Aphrodite girls, and in turn he was called a "dumb ass" and told "why do they even let you stick around." Then, he unknowingly shadow traveled in the middle of a nap into the middle of capture the flag. Finally, Will Solace was assigned to him to monitor his health so Nico wouldn't "fade away" due to his shadow traveling while sleeping. His day couldn’t get any worse, right? Wrong. Will had to live with Nico in his cabin for one month. One month. Nico wasn’t having any of it. He wasn’t going to live with Dr. Sunshine for a month. And he definitely wasn’t going to let him mother him. Nico had already spent three days in the infirmary under Will’s care and he wasn’t going to let that happen again . He already had decided in order to keep Will out of the Hades cabin he would have to barricade the door since the doors didn’t have locks. Or he could raise an army of the dead right outside the door to guard the cabin. The second option sounded more appealing to Nico, but he could fade away if he chose to go through with it, so he decided on the harder task. He tried to move his bed in front of the door, but since he's a scrawny 15 year old boy, he wasn’t able to. He heard a knock on a door. Oh shit. Nico fell to the ground and crawled under his bed, and tried his hardest not to panic.
The door creaked open. “Nico? Nico? Where are you, Deathboy?” said the annoying son-of-a-bitch Will Solace. Oh gods, Nico thought, I can’t shadow travel out of this one. What the fuck can I do? Nico tensed up when he heard Will walking around the cabin. "Nico, where in the name of Hades are you?" said an obviously annoyed Will. Just go away. Please just go away. Nico held his breath in order to avoid detection. "SHIT!" Nico felt Will grab his leg and pull him out from under his bed. "What in the name of Zeus were you doing underneath your bed, Nico?" Will stared down at Nico who was breathing heavily from the scare. "What do you think I was doing, S-Solace?" "Looking for you Mythomagic cards?" Nico rolled his eyes. "I was h-hiding from you, s-shithead!" Will held out his hand. "Need help getting up there, Deathboy?" "Can you stop calling me Deathboy? I'd rather you call me Nico." "Whatever you say, Deathboy." Nico grabbed Will's hand and was pulled off of the ground. Will looked at Nico with a worried look on his face. “What?” Nico said. “Are you sick?” Will said, “Because you have an obvious stutter.” “I stutter sometimes after I get scared.” Nico said, “So I’m not sick.” Will took out a thermometer. “I’m taking your temperature just to be sure.” “I’M NOT SICK!” “I’m making sure!” Nico backed away from Will. “GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!” “Its not that kind of thermometer!” “I’M NOT SICK!” “You’re acting like you are now come here.” “NO! I’M NOT SICK!” “You look like death, Nico!” Nico started to run towards the door. “I ALWAYS LOOK LIKE DEATH! I AM THE SON OF HADES!” “You are looking even death-ier lately! GET OVER HERE, DEATH-IER BOY!” Will sprinted in front of the door before Nico could escape. “Move!” “No!” “Why?” “You’re sick!” “For the last time, I AM NOT SICK!” Nico attempted to shadow travel outside, but was stopped by Will picking him up and throwing him over his shoulder. “You’re acting like a five year old, by the way.” “That’s what I was aiming for, Solace.”
Will set a pouting Nico down on the bed and stuck the thermometer in Nico's mouth. "I'm not sick, Will." Will took the thermometer out of Nico's mouth and looked at it. "Your temperature is normal, so you're not sick." Nico rolled his eyes. "I told you I wasn't sick. Now don't you need to unpack or something?" Nico looked around the room. “Did you bring anything with you because I’m pretty sure I was told you were staying here for a month.” “Oh it’s just outside.” “I’ll help you unpack.” “Thanks Deathboy.” “Can you please stop calling me that?” “Sure, Sunshine.” Nico attempted to punch Will in the chest but was blocked by Will. “Violence is never the answer, Nico.” “It is when you’re being an ass.” Nico muttered. “What was that?” “Nothing.”