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Will was tending to the last patient before he goes and work on the bunch of paper works on his table. As soon as he was done bandaging his patient, there was a knock on the door. “Come in” he shouted as he walked to the desk where the paper work was waiting for him, when he was finally seated someone tapped his shoulder, Will looked up and saw Nico holding a pack of McDonald’s, Will raised an eyebrow, Nico sat on one of the cot behind him as he took the food out, “Well, you’ve been working all day sunshine, and we both missed dinner, so I bought us food, better eat up”, Will chuckled,
“What?” Nico asked with a scowl,
“You sound like me, except that I wouldn't buy McDonald's because its junkfood.” Nico rolled his eyes,
“You’re not the only one who can worry and get concern you know. Also, stop complaining, be thankful I was thoughtful enough to buy you food too.” he snapped
“I know, it’s just adorable when you're like this” Nico glared at him, but it was half-hearted and didn't take effect because he was blushing upto his ears. Will then sat next to him and put his arms around the son of Hades, “Okay, let’s eat then we can sleep in your cabin, after I finish atleast half of the paperwork”, Nico thought for awhile then nodded, “Max of half, not atleast half, okay?” Will chuckled then muttered “What a perfectionist.”, Nico then smirked “Better eat your food before I finish them for you”, Will then grabbed his food then started eating.
When they finished eating Will gave Nico a kiss goodnight, as the son of Hades just came back from one of his father’s bidding, making him tired. Nico would not leave though until Will had sworn to the River Styx that he would follow as soon as he finished only half of the paper works. The son of Hades was still uneasy, but his tiredness took over him as he walked back to his cabin. As soon as he changed into more comfortable clothing, he laid down on his bed, telling himself he will not fall asleep, not until Will was beside him and he knew he was safe. Which he knows it was a stupid thought, it’s not like anything wrong would happen, they were protected by a barrier afterall, and at that thought without even realizing it, he fell asleep.
Nico did not have a dreamless sleep, which is weird because he normally does when his really tired. He was in some kind of dark room, he could feel the freezing temperature even if he was dreaming, when he reached a doorway, he heard someone talking in hushed voices from the other room. He can only see two silhouettes, one was a girl holding some kind of glowing blue object and the other seemed to be a boy, but something was wrong, the boy was flickering, like he was some kind of ghost, that does not sound right,
“I think it’s time” the boy said, his voice sounds familiar Nico thought,
“It is indeed” the girl said handing the blue glowing object to the boy, the boy was reaching for it but stopped halfway as if doubting if he can even touch it, the girl just nodded,
“I made sure you’ll be able, as long as we don’t take too long” the girl said coldly, the boy then took it quickly then snow encircled them as a gust of wind and snow filled the room, Nico tumbled back then he woke up to a knock on his door. Nico looked out, the sun was just starting to rise he then turned to hug Will, but then he realized his boyfriend was not there. The son of Hades stood up as fast as he can when there was another more urgent knock, when he opened the door, it was Kayla filled with worry, “Have you seen Will?”, Nico shook his head then ran as fast as he can towards the infirmary, developing his own worry and completely forgetting about his dream last night.
When he got there, the infirmary looked fine, everything was in place, nothing seems wrong except for some ice by the steps going up the big house. Then he felt something tug at him, there was a cold sensation going down his spine, a familiar sensation he has felt before but somehow something was different about it and he knows it. Nico's face paled, draining of all color.
No no no, this can’t be happening, Not Will, please not him, anyone but him.
Tears started forming in Nico’s eyes, Kayla was beside him now, she must have noticed his expression “What’s wrong?” she asked as gently as she can, trying to pat his shoulder, Nico's voice was shaky, gods his whole body was shaking because of what his feeling
“Something is wrong with Will’s life force, I haven’t felt anything like it before, its like someone is slowly trying to drain the life out of him.”
Kayla’s eyes went wide as she started running towards the big house calling for Chiron. Nico walked down the steps, trying to control his emotions, then something cold landed on his face, he looked up and he noticed it was snowing, in October. That was weird, that’s when he recalled everything from his dream the past night, he then started running towards the big house looking for Kayla and hopefully Chiron.