Will stood at the front of the porch waiting for his boyfriend. They were going on a date tonight and he was ecstatic. He checked his watch. Nico was 4 minutes late. Nico was never late. Will sighed and took out his phone. He hesitated a bit before typing out a quick message.

Will: hi babe, where are you? Miss you!! ❤️❤️❤️

He waited for a moment, before putting the phone away sighing again. No, Will was not exasperated nor angry. He was worried. Nicos parents and siblings were Christian and very homophobic. They had been keeping their relationship secret for 8 months now, and everything was going perfect. Possibly until now.

He told himself to relax, maybe Nico had forgot something and ran back to get it. Or maybe he couldn't choose what to wear. At his thoughts Will smiled. He could wait for a bit.

After 20 minutes had passed, Will had had enough. He pulled on his yellow converses. And left the house, shouting a goodbye to his parents.

He had memorized the way to Nico's home by now, and knew to avoid certain houses on the way there. For example the old, weird couple a few blocks away. The husband kept bringing different women home and the wife got angry. A few weeks ago, when Will and Nico had been walking back to Nico's home, they found out that the couples' house had been filled with cows. Like he said, weird.

He arrived at Nico's home in less than fifteen minutes.

The lights were closed. Binds shut, and Will saw something that made his heart fall into the depths of Tartarus. At the front of the house, a "for sale" sign stood, swaying slightly in the wind.

There were sounds coming from the garage and Will ran there quickly, hoping against hope that it wasn't too late.

He rounded the corner and bumped into someone. The person was holding a big box filled with... he took a double take. Pictures of him and Nico? He looked up.

Hades's face was looking down at him.

Oh.

Well schist.