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       Luke smiled and ruffled his boyfriend's hair.

He had really missed seeing him in Elysium. Sure it had been fun and he enjoyed it there. Not to mention Beckendorf and Silena's wedding was straight fire.

But he missed his boyfriend.

Percy smiled widely. "And I walked in and they were making out. Annabeth was practically shoving her tongue down Amity's throat."

Luke laughed. "I didn't know she swing both ways. I'm happy for her."

Percy nodded. "So Silena threw her bouquet off a unicorn? Who caught it?"

"Pheobe the hunter. Kinzie was trying  to catch it but it fell right into Phoebe's hands. She refused to take it because of her oath and all."

Percy nodded. "How is Kinzie? The last I heard from her before she died she was offering me on of those jumpers."

Luke laughed. He put his arm around his boyfriend and planted a soft kiss to his lips.

Oh how he had missed this when he died.

He missed laughing with Percy and kissing him.

Percy glanced at the time and shot up. "Oh shoot!"

Luke looked up at him. "You okay?"

"I am so late! I'm sorry Luke but I've got to go lock Will And Nico in a room together."

Luke raised his eyebrow. "Lock them in a room? Are you sure that's the best idea."

Percy shrugged. "Reyna thinks it'll help them get back together. They broke up because of me so it's only right I help get them back together."

Luke nodded. "I love you okay?"

Percy nodded and headed out the door.

When he got there Reyna full on glared at him. She was pretty much the only one who was still mad at him for what happened with Will and Nico.

"Nice of you to finally show up." Reyna mumbled.

Annabeth shot her a glare but said nothing.

Amity smiled when she saw Percy. "Hi. Hazel you can go lure Nico. I'll go lure my brother."

And Hazel and Amity set off.

Reyna walked off grumbling something. Annabeth rolled her eyes and came over to Percy.

"Ignore her. We know it wasn't your fault."

Percy nodded. He couldn't help but feel like it was his fault. Maybe if he hadn't sat down at the table the fight wouldn't have happened.

"The fight wasn't really about you. It would have come up whether you sat at the table or not."

Reyna from the other side of the room grumbled some more.

Annabeth turned to look at Reyna. "If you've got something to say then say it. No point in grumbling."

Reyna turned to glare at her. "I think that Percy shouldn't have went over to the table. Why try to convince Nico to be your friend. Why do you even care?"

Annabeth turned to Percy. "Sorry seaweed brain but that's a good point."

Percy shrugged. Now looking back on it he seemed stupid to do it.

Nico and Hazel had arrived. Hazel quickly led Nico into the room we had planned.

Not long after Amity led in Will. Amity shoved Will in the room and locked it.

After a few minutes Will and Nico started banging on the door in anger.

Eventually they saw wisps of black smoke. Nico was trying to shadow travel. After a while the smoke disappeared.

"Why can't I shadow travel!"

Reyna smirked. "Magic. The only way you can get out is if we let you out."

Nico groaned. Why he did not want to spend another minute in this room with Will.

Will was annoyingly calm. He was sitting on a little chair in the corner of the room.

There were two chairs and a table in the small room.

Will looked up at him. "Will you stop!"

Nico glared at Will and banged on the door three times harder. He wasn't about to let his ex tell him what to do.

Will rolled his eyes and put his head in his hands. "The door isn't going to open!"

"Shut up Will!"

Will rolled his eyes. "Just sit down and stop pounding on the door please. My head is pounding in my head."

This made Nico hesitate. He was angry at Will sure but he had learned to care about him.

So instead of banging on the door a little louder like he would do for any else Nico sat in the chair across from Will.

"Thank you."

Nico nodded. He was a little embarrassed by how quickly he listened to Will.

Will looked up at Nico. "How are you?"

Nico shrugged. "Fine!"

"Stop lying!" Bianca screamed.

Nico rolled his eyes. "You?"

Will shrugged. "Fine."

Right before their very eyes two cups of hot chocolate and a grape soda appeared on the little coffee table next to the two chairs.

Will took a glass of hot chocolate and raised his eyebrow at Nico when he didn't reach for the soda.

"Go on. I know it's your favorite."

Nico picked up the soda can and popped it open. "You don't know anything about me."

"Oh yeah? Why are you drinking the soda?"

After a while of silence Reyna began pounding on the door. "I don't hear feelings!"

Nico rolled his eyes. "Just let us out!"

No one answered.

After a sip or two of his drink Nico set the soda back down.

Will stared at him but said nothing.

After the drinks a few sandwiches appeared on a platter in front to them.

Will happily took a sandwich but Nico stayed still.

Will glared at him. "Eat a sandwich."

Nico shook his head. "I'm not hungry."

"You didn't eat breakfast or lunch."

Nico rolled his eyes. Don't say anything. Don't respond. Please just stare straight ahead.

Will jabbed him with a finger. "I'm talking to you. Why didn't you eat breakfast or lunch."

"Just because you didn't see it doesn't mean I didn't eat.

Will rolled his eyes. "What'd you eat then?"

"A salad."

Will's eyes widened. "Now that I think about it you didn't eat yesterday either."

Nico rolled his eyes. He really didn't need this. He was just wallowing in his room being a ball of sadness when Hazel came in.

She had said there was an emergency. They had ran into the big house.

Nico had barely gotten a glance to see Reyna and Bianca until he was shoved into this room with his ex boyfriend.

Will was still going with a lecture on how he needed to eat and sleep and a lot of other unimportant stuff.

Nico really didn't see how it was his concern if he ate or not. Will wasn't his boyfriend anymore and he sure wasn't his friend.

"You've got to eat Nico. I know you haven't been sleeping I see the bags under your eyes."

"Well the nightmares are a little hard to sleep through." Nico snapped.

"Why didn't you just come to me? I wouldn't have cared."

Nico almost laughed. He couldn't be serious. "Oh sure because everyone knocks on their exes door after a nightmare!"

"Well who's fault is it that we're exes!"

"Yours!"

"How is it my fault! I didn't end the relationship!"

"Yours because you made me dump you! Being all annoying and having Percy sit at the table!"

"Why shouldn't he be allowed to!"

"He isn't my fucking friend!"

"He's mine!"

"Since when! Just last month you wanted me to stay away from him!"

"Because he was your first love! That makes me feel insecure! I wanted you to stay away from him because it made me feel better!"

"That's stupid Will!"

"I was scared your feelings for him might reemerge! What with his liking boys openly now! I was scared I wasn't good enough for you!"

Nico paused for a second. "Will that's dumb. I love you. Not Percy or anyone else okay? You. I don't care if the richest man in the world wanted me. I would choose you."

Will smiled. "I was being dumb wasn't I?"

Nico nodded. "The dumbest. First loves are overrated."

Will leaned over and kissed Nico.

"Let us out!"