A/N: Ok, so sorry about the Bianca part. It made me sad too. This is a bit better.  Also no, no translations. :)

TW: Homophobia

Hi sunshine," she greeted him, using her nickname for him. "Hey sis. Why isn't mom here?" "I wanted to see you earlier, and mom had a long day at work. She wanted me to ask you something though." "Hmm" "She wanted to know if you wanted to do that camp again, the Greek mythology one?" Will was a bit taken aback by the question, he was expecting something different, but he nodded anyway because he did.

"K, good," said Kayla, "Another thing. Who was that boy back there?" Will blushed, hoping his sister wouldn't freak out. "Nico di Angelo." "Are you happy?" Asked Kayla. Will nodded. "Is he a good boyfriend?" Again, Will nodded. "Then I don't have a problem. I bet you don't want to mention it to mom though." "Not until dad's home at least. Just wait until then." Kayla smiled and nodded. She mimed locking her lips and throwing away the key.

When they got home, after the normal how was your day, did you have any homework stuff from his mom, he went up to his room and pulled out his phone. He saw that he had a couple of texts from Nico.

Nico: Hi!

Nico: How are you

Nico: Will?

Nico: Hello?

Nico: Ciao? Sei qui?

Nico: WILL!

Nico: Why are you ignoring me?

Will: My god Nico.

Nico: :)

Will: 🤦

Will: I was going home, and getting interrogated by my mom about homework and stuff. You can't leave me alone for 5 minutes?

Nico: Love you too

Will: *sighs*

Will: I'm leaving this conversation.

Nico: Tu fai quella fidanzata

Will: Nico, I don't speak or read Italian

Nico: Sembra il tuo problema

Will: Goodbye Neeks

The next morning, Will had Social Studies, which was nice, because Nico also had it. "Sole mattutino," said Nico. "Nico. I didn't learn Italian in 8 hours." "You could've if you wanted to." Will sighed and went to sit down. Nico followed him, sitting next to him. "Alright," said Mr. Brunner, their Social Studies teacher, "for the next couple of weeks, we are going to be learning about world religions. You will get into groups of two, which I will assign." At this, the class collectively groaned.

Mr. Brunner smiled and continued. "Your group will get a country to research, again assigned by me. You will find out religious facts about your country. These are things like what religions are practiced there, what are those religions, is there a state religion, what are the religious freedom laws, all that stuff. Also, please note, if you do my summer camp, I am not giving you Greece." Will smiled a bit.

Mr. Brunner co-ran, along with a man named Mr. D who hated everything, a summer camp fashioned around Greek mythology. Nico also went there, and so, Will was pretty sure they were both hoping to get Greece. But alas, it looks like we would have to do something else.

"Now then, for the groups." Will sort of zoned out, waiting for his name to be called. "Will Solace and Nico Di Angelo, you will have Italy. Nico looked as though he were hiding a grin, and Will felt like that too. He was A) paired with Nico, and B) had Italy? This project would be a breeze. After Mr. Brunner had finished calling out names, he rolled his motorized wheelchair over to his desk, and Will went to talk to him.

"Ch- Mr. Brunner," he said, nearly slipping and using the name Chiron, who Mr. Brunner went by at camp if only to add to the immersion. "Yes Will?" he asked. "What influenced your group decisions?" "Oh, I just picked them at random. The fact that you and Mr. Di Angelo are paired together is completely random. As is the fact that you got Italy. All random luck." Mr. Brunner looked down at his book, but Will could tell that it was not just luck. Either way, Will went back to where Nico was sitting.

"So," said Nico, "What's the plan?" Will smiled and said, "The plan is that you put your Italian brain to use, and tell us everything we need to know about religion in Italy." Nico smiled and rubbed his hands. "Since I know a lot about Italy, we can spend less time researching, and more time creating an awesome presentation. Do you want to come over later to work?" Will hesitated until Nico said, "We can get pizza." Will's willpower crumbled and agreed.

Later that day, he thought of one small hiccup. He needed to convince his mom. It shouldn't be too hard to convince her, he told himself, just tell her it's for school. Luckily, when he explained the situation, she agreed and said that Kayla could take him in about an hour.