For context, this is obviously pre-Solangelo dating.

Nico moved through the camp. Everyone moved in such a hurried and rushed matter as they put up Christmas decorations.

Hanukah just ended and everyone was scrambling around for the next December holiday that was to come.

Nico was terrified to see how they dealt with preparing for Kwanza, which was the day right after Christmas. That was going to require a lot of running around. And considering it was Camp Half-Blood, a lot of screaming as well.

Nico just walked over to the pavilion as discretely as possible. He didn't want to get thrown into decorating. The last thing he wanted was to be yelled at on how he should position an ornament on a tree. He just wanted food. And then sleep.

Justifiable for any young lad. (Anyone who reads my writing is on drugs).

Nico plopped himself down at the Hades table. "Chicken nuggets," he said to the plate. Chicken nuggets magically appeared on the plate. He grabbed them and ate quietly.

"NICO!" a voice sang.

Nico groaned. It was most likely Percy or Jason or Leo or any other high-spirited person that was going to drag Nico into decorating.

Maybe if I shadow-travel fast enough, I can get away from decorating still, Nico thought. 

Right before Nico could shadow-travel, a hand wrapped around his arm.

"Oh no, Death Boy, you're not shadow-travelling. Doctor's orders."

Nico blushed. Only one person would say "Doctor's orders."

That stupid, stupid catchphrase, Nico thought. He looked over and much to his non-surprise, there stood none other than Will Solace.

Nico tried to digest the butterflies his stomach. "What is it, Solace?"

"C'mon, you gotta help decorate for Christmas!" Will said excitedly.

"No," Nico said. He stood up and made a beeline for his cabin. Unfortunately, Will followed.

"Why not?" Will pouted.

"People are going to be screaming over the most miniscule details and I'd rather eat the food when it's set up," Nico said.

"You already skipped out on setting up for Hanukkah, though!" Will cried.

"And I intend on doing the same for Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's," Nico said. "Sorry, I don't like doing preparations. There are high chances of me screwing up."

"You won't know unless you try, though," Will said.

Nico looked at Will. His sky blue eyes were begging. Nico was nearly tempted to say yes.

Apparently Nico's face gave away to Nico's consideration, because Will grabbed Nico's hand and dragged him off before Nico could answer. 

Why do you have a crush on this idiot? Nico wondered.

Nico looked over and caught a quick glimpse of Percy and Jason. They both had the real life equivalent of a Lenny Face on their face at the sight of Will dragging Nico around. Nico scowled and flipped them off. He anticipated a bunch of teasing later on that day.

Will eventually brought Nico to a closet. He swung the door open. Inside was a butt-ton amount of Christmas-related decorations.

"Watch out for the hanging mistletoe unless you wanna kiss," Will joked as he walked over to some boxes.

I honestly wouldn't mind that, Nico thought. He turned to the boxes and flipped through them.

"What do I grab exactly?" Nico asked numbly.

"The most festive... and joyous things you can find," Will said.

"Wow, how specific," Nico said sarcastically. 

"I'm wonderful with words," Will said. "That's what makes me an excellent Apollo kid!"

"Stick to the medical stuff," Nico said.

Will laughed. To Nico's ears, it sounded like angels singing in harmony.

"Will do," Will said as he scavenged for more Christmas supplies.

After a while of picking out some Christmas decorations, Will turned around. "Alright you ready to—woah."

Christmas decorations stacked on top of Nico's arms so high that you couldn't see his head.

"You can put some stuff down, you know," Will said. "We can always come back and grab more stuff later."

"The quicker I finish this, the quicker I can go to my cabin and sleep." Nico stumbled around. The Christmas decorations tilted backward. Nico arched his back in an attempt to keep everything balanced in his arms. This just led to Nico tumbling backwards.

Will instinctively reached forward and caught Nico. The Christmas decorations fell everywhere.

"Might wanna watch out or the sleep you get is from a concussion by hitting your head on the ground," Will said.

Nico grumbled Italian curses underneath his breath. He looked up and blushed when he realized what he and Will were under.

"What's wrong?" Will looked up. His face reddened. "Oh."

Nico scrambled to stand up. He looked down at his toes. "So uh..."

"I—I mean..."

"Well it is a Christmas tradition..."

"I'm fine with it if you're fine—"

Nico grabbed Will's face and kissed him with no hesitation. Will kissed back and wrapped his arms around the smaller boy's frame.

Nico's entire body seemed to float. Will's lips were so soft and Nico never wanted to stop. And the way Will's arms were wrapped around Nico's body was perfect.

Eventually they pulled away from each other. The air stiffened as what happened was realized.

Nico turned red. "I—BYE!" Nico ran out as quickly as he could to spend the rest of the day under his blankets and away from the world as he continues to regret his decisions.

So........... I'm bAsIC!!!! I don't care........... mainly cuz I feel numb at the moment but BESIDES THE POINT!!!! Enjoy the rest of your Wattpad reading, I guess. BYE!!!

Nuny Out.