#and rolley came out adorable

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Look at the wonderful art I commissioned from @raymustardd for my story If You Give a Demon Curry! Featuring Ryuuji Suguro, a wild Rin Okumura, and Rolley the hobgoblin 💙💙💙

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Feed Me

Pairing: Alpha! Keiji Akaashi X Omega! Reader, Alpha! Wakatoshi Ushijima x Omega! Reader, Alpha! Rintaro Suna x Omega! Reader

Genre: Fluff

Request: Ooooo what about when Alphas 🐘 ( maybe akaashi, ushijima, rin and kuroo) find out that their omega has not been eating enough like (their only eating little things like granola bars or fruit) so their upset that they had to find out through someone else and they scold them for that but then their told that they have gain some weight and that gets them even more upset because they think their perfect etc.

Summary: Some times, people do things because it’s what they think is best. You don’t tell your alpha about some weight gain you’ve noticed, and try taking care of it yourself because of this.

Author’s Note: Hey, you. Yeah you. The beautiful person reading this? You are perfect. You are worth it. Your feelings are valid and you shouldn’t feel bad about having them. You are so amazing, and even if I don’t know you, I am so proud of you. You are so strong for making it so far. Keep going. Never change. :) Also your nice comments? Literally my dose of serotonin

did I mention my OC one or twice? Yes. Am I sorry? No. Also, idk if anyone is curious, but Yuka doesn't actually go to Shiritorizawa but whatever.

Requests: Closed!

Buy me a coffee?

Trigger Warning: Mentions of (Semi?) Starvation.

Keiji Akaashi

➵Now, Keiji is pretty on top of omega and significant other care.

➵ Like, weirdly so. It's honestly kind of creepy?

➵ In an endearing way.

➵ He always says 'Bokuto-Kun prepared me in a way.'

➵ Honestly, he loves doing this for you too!

➵He loves caring for you so much.

➵ Like I firmly believe Akaashi's love language is acts of service.

➵ So things like bringing you food, leaving sweet notes in your locker, helping you with your homework.

➵ He lives for doing these things.

➵ Especially feeding you snacks and things.

➵ It made his inner alpha purr because that meant he was caring for you. Providing for you.

➵ Being the very thing that made him worthy of an alpha.

➵ Prove that he could continue being the alpha you needed and wanted.

➵ Unfortunately, there were downsides.

➵ Your hips had the beginnings of small love handles, a little more chub on you tummy, thighs a little squishier.

➵ Let's not lie, Keiji absolutely adored this, by the way.

➵ I also think one of his biggest kinks is praise

➵ He makes sure you know how loved and how perfect you are.

➵ It's sometimes hard to believe him though.

___

"Y/N?"

You hummed an acknowledgment at Keiji's call, typing the final words to your essay before turning to look at your beautiful alpha- Sometimes you questioned how you hooked him. His gorgeous emerald eyes shining with love and adoration.

"I'm gonna go run and pick up some supper, what would you like beloved?" He came up to squeeze and massage your shoulders, leaning down as he pressed a small peck to your temple, your purr a sweet melody to his ears.

You swallowed behind your purr, trying to hide the small panic in your eyes. Your mind instantly flashed to your reflection this morning, how you pinched your hips with a frown. You already had been slowing down on the snacks, and fast food made you shiver.

"I-I'm okay for now, Keiji. Thank you though." You smiled, nonetheless, holding Keiji's cheek in your hand. He quirked a brow, frowning slightly before nodding lowly. Another peck was pressed to your cheek before he left, ordering your favorite from the diner he took you to for your first date.

-

"Beloved, I'm back." Keiji called, once more tearing you away from your essay; you were always thankful for the distraction though. He set down the take out bag, taking out the top box and handing it to you before shrugging off his jacket.

"Keiji? I said I was okay-"

"I didn't believe you. Now come on, you need to take a break and I'm touch starved." The raven didn't even look behind at you before pulling out his own box, dragging your rolley-chair to the bed. He pulled his sweater over his head, handing that to you as well before giving you a sweet peck.

His eyes locked with yours. Your breath hitched. So many silent words swam in his eyes, asking you, demanding you, to tell you what was wrong.

"I just- I've gained a little weight lately and-"

"And? My love, you are just as gorgeous as the day I met you. Nothing is wrong with a little weight, even if I think you're foolish to think you've gained weight. Never think otherwise. Even if you do, let me know, my job as your alpha and boyfriend is to make sure you feel as good as possible no matter what."

He slipped the sweater over your head, rehanding you your meal that he took from you momentarily, running a hand through your hair.

"Your my beautiful omega. Nothing should keep you from your happiness."

Wakatoshi Ushijima

➵Unlike Akaashi, Wakatoshi is little more...Hesitant (In a way) when it comes to omegan care.

➵ He never really learned how to? Ya know?

➵ Both his parents were alphas, and he was never around omegas consistently enough to learn.

➵and it's not like you were a volleyball that he could use the same techniques to up-keep.

➵ He also couldn't ask his team.

➵ Well, he could, but only one other person on his team had an omega. (It was Satori and his advice, though helpful, could only go so far.)

➵ He was doing good though, especially with you holding his hand through the entire thing.

➵ The first time he noticed something was up was when you didn't show up to lunch-- texting him a picture of you in the library, tongue poking out as you held up a peace sign to assure him you were okay.

➵ When he brought it up to Satori, who had his own omega (A small, but fiery brunette named Yuka) leaning on his side as she played some sort of phone game on his phone (Mama's slusheria? He thinks?) .

➵He explained he didn't know what was going on with you while Satori listened with a hum before giving him a sad smile. "Sorry I can't help you further Ushi-waka, but as you can see-" He slid his unfinished lunch towards Yuka, who popped one of the Dango skewers into her mouth without looking up. "I'm not very familiar with the problem."

➵ He offered his help as much as he could nonetheless.

➵ He slowly began to pick up on smaller things, locking them in his steel trap.

➵ Like a good boy :)

➵ He put hours of research into omegas after this (not that he hadn't previously). Keeping strenuous notes beside him.

➵ They were colorful and highlighted :)

➵ And he followed the advice that 'Mommy Luna-boo' posted on the blog he found like a goddamn Mantra. ('Sometimes Omegas need a little more love! Their bodies, especially during high school years, will change a lot! They may feel a little down! As an alpha, make sure you remind them how beautiful they are!')

➵She was mother Theresa and he was her follower.

➵ Well after he followed you.

➵and after he made sure you were feeling better

___

"Omega?"

"Toshi."

Walking into your dorm room, Wakatoshi set down a small bag filled with goodies. He set it down on your bed as he sat down as well, watching you carefully.

When you gave him a small smile with a quirked brow, he took a deep breath, remembering everything Tendou had coached him through.

"Have you been eating enough lately?"

You sucked your tongue at the question, shuffling your shoulders. Truth be told you had been missing out on a few lunches after noting a few extra pounds you hadn't noticed earlier. You never meant to worry him, that was never your intention, but it seemed the world was working against you. You had no clue where to go from here. If you told him the truth that would do nothing but worry him, but lying was never good in any form of relationship.

Your hesitance to tell him was more than enough though, as his larger lands encased your own, holding them tightly.

"Why?" His tone wasn't accusatory nor was it angry in the slightest. Genuine curious if anything. If he could get to the bottom of the root of the problem, he could prevent it from happening in the future. Right?

"I- I just...Noticed a few extra pounds and-"

"That's it?"

You looked up to him with a tilted head, like a lost puppy. "What do you mean that's it?"

Pulling you closer, Wakatoshi effortlessly pulled you onto his lap, using one hand to dig through the bag beside him while the other wrapped around your hips. He pulled out a few of your favorite snacks laying them out in front of you.

"That's, in my opinion, a silly thing to worry about. If you feel that's a big problem, I can offer my services to you in any way you wish-- whether it be support or as help, it is my job to be there for you." He nuzzled your scent gland, voice rumbling against your shoulders.

You purred in response, leaning back onto your alpha.

Rintaro Suna

➵ Suna is a lot like Akaashi in the sense that he has incredible observational skills as an alpha.

➵ His eyes are like sniper scopes.

➵ The minute something is wrong, he's on it.

➵ Like he looks aloof but he's not.

➵ He had notes.

➵ So hiding something from him is not easy at all.

➵ But you two most likely ended up together because you gave him a run for his money.

➵ You made him work at being an alpha.

➵ And he loved you for that.

➵ It did come back to bite him in the ass though.

➵ The only reason he heard about this was because the betas at Inarizaki were loud mouths.

➵ Honestly he learned so much tea from them.

➵ Like this third year was sleeping with a first year because she planned on baby trapping him and-

➵ It was wild.

➵Though most times it was nothing more than a source of entertainment for you and him to laugh about.

➵This time the gossip was actually useful.

➵ He wasn't thrilled they were talking about you, but provided some very useful information.

➵ And he was set into action.

➵ typing a few things onto his phone he set out to find you.

___

"Rin, I said I'm not hungry-"

"I know and I'm making the executive decision to ignore you."

He squinted his eyes at the carefully written instructions in front of him, sending a silent thanks to Atsumu's mate Haruka. (;)) She had written a step by step instruction sheet to making Onigiri while also dropping off all the ingredients (Pre-prepped). The only reason she didn't make it was because Suna's alpha, no matter how much he trusted her, wouldn't have let it near you.

"Rintato-"

"Look, Y/N. I love you, you know that. You know a lot of things, you're my smart little omega. So you must also know this isn't good, right?" Sliding a plate of, albeit mediocre, onigiri towards you, Rintaro focused his gaze on you.

"You know this, eh?"

You swallowed before grabbing one of the triangles, nibbling on the top in an attempt to appease your alpha. His sharp gaze still focused on you, making you shiver as he rounded around the counter. He turned you around so you were facing him, his hands holding your hips.

"You know this."

You wilted under his expectant gaze, knowing what he wanted from you. "I know this."

He smirked, leaning to take bite from your snack, licking his lips as he did. "Good omega."

"Rintaro that's mine!"

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Kadena fic two (The interrogation)

Prompt: Sutton and Jane want to make sure that their best friend is being treated right.

Sutton yawned loudly and stretched out, causing her rolley-chair to back up a few inches. Ryan had said that he would be calling her, but didn’t tell her when; not even so much as a ‘between the hours of blah and blah’. Needless to say that Sutton was pretty antsy. She kept going over how to make her responses to Ryan professional and unsuspecting.

“Excuse me?” Came a soft voice.

Sutton looked up from her computer and noticed a familiar looking woman in a hijab.

“Umm…” Sutton closed her eyes “Adena?”

The woman smiled and looked around the office. “I’m looking for Kat Edison, is she here?”

“She went out for lunch!” Came Jane, who rushed over to Sutton’s desk from her own.

Sutton furrowed her brows. Couldn’t Jane have told Adena that Kat was at lunch without Sutton having to experience her lack of deodorant?

“Oh.” Adena looked surprised and weary of Jane’s sudden apparence. Her eyes flashed between her and Sutton. “Uh, I guess I’ll just come back later.”

“She’s a fast eater, I doubt it’ll take her more than ten minutes.” Jane said and gestured to the empty office chair directly in front of Sutton’s desk that was vacant due to a suck worker. “Sit.”

Adena gave an uncomfortable smile and slowly made her way over to the chair. As she walked, Sutton leaned closer to Jane and lowered her voice to a whisper.

“What are you doing?”

“I want to ask her a few questions. Get a feel for her personality. Make sure she’s right for Kat.”

Sutton gave a nod of understanding and looked at Adena; she was off to a good start with her beauty: warm brown eyes that looked golden in the single ray of sun coming from the window, neat clothes, manicured fingernails…

“So, Adena, what do you need Kat for?” Jane asked.

Adena looked a little startled by the question. “Oh, I just wanted to ask her what she was doing tonight.”

“Why? What do you wanna do?” Sutton chimed in.

“Just wanted to share my favorite movie with her, is all.”

“Mm. Kat says you don’t drink? What’s that like?” Jane asked.

“Well, you can’t miss something you’ve never done.” Adena looked particularly wary of both Sutton and Jane at this point. “Kat, um… Kat talks about me?”

“Oh yeah.” Both Jane and Sutton said in unison.

“Oh…” Adena said softly with a blush that she tried to hide.

Sutton couldn’t lie: this girl was adorable.

“Adena!”

All three girls looked towards a surprised Kat that was carrying a cup of coffee. Kat blushed and apologized to all of her startled co-workers who had turned around. Sutton couldn’t help but notice the slightly dreamy expression that Kat had on her face as she walked up to Adena.

“What are you doing here?” Kat asked.

“Oh, I just wanted to know if you wanted to watch a movie tonight.”

“Yeah, sure!” Kat said with a grin.

“Great! See you at seven?”

“You betcha.”

Adena quickly grabbed her stuff with one more freaked out expression towards Jane and Sutton.

“What did you two do?” Kat asked as Adena quickly walked out of the office.

“Just an interrogation.” Jane said with an innocent look.

Kat looked at Sutton, who’s phone rang just in time. “Sorry,“ Sutton said with a grin “gotta take this.”

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Break My Heart: Chapter 5 (A Solangelo Fanfic)

Day 2 in the infirmary! Complete with: Dead Poet’s Society, nosy siblings, adorable girls in love, a visit from mother nature, Daft Punk, Grey’s Anatomy, love intrigue, and Percy Jackson. 

I hope you all enjoy!

Read Previous Chapters on Tumblr: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four

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Preview:

“That’s a no,” Will said before sighing, “whatever is going on back there is none of our business. Whatever they are talking about is none of our business. You should know better, Kayla.”

“You aren’t even the slightest bit curious? Even though you like him?” Kayla asked, pointing in the direction.

“I am not—what?”  Will spluttered, staring openly at Kayla. “I do not like Nico!”

“Funny, I only said him. Oh ho ho, so you like Nico?” Kayla asked in a conspiratorial whisper, leaning against the counter.

The thing that people didn’t know about Percy Jackson was that Percy Jackson wasn’t dumb. If anything, Percy Jackson liked to use that assumption against them. He could be rather cunning when he wanted to be. For example Will couldn’t count the number of times on his hands that Percy had skipped out on counselor meetings while feigning ditzy forgetfulness. Percy could be obtuse, but to Will it had always seemed like it was more on the account of having too many thoughts shoved into his head all at once and not being able to sort out the thoughts well. And to be fair, he did have a lot to worry about— being the center of earth-shattering prophecies and all that. Will often wondered how a guy like that slept at night, and then when he often saw him sagging in the pavilion in the morning, the answer was that Percy Jackson didn’t.  

So when Percy was standing there, with a look of obviously faked confusion, Will just let him continue. Whatever Percy thought he was doing, it was better to go the long way rather than the short way to address it.

“Nico’s here, are you here to visit?”

“Yeah, I just need to talk with him, unless he’s busy,” Percy said with an awkward smile that he still managed to look good with. That was another thing about Percy Jackson, he was pretty dang good looking. In terms of demigod genes, Percy had won the cosmic lottery with the black hair, green eyes, and surfer bod looks. Good for Annabeth, Will thought for about the millionth time with a hidden grin. Will had to give it up to a girl who could get a guy like that to go to Tartarus and back for her. Will saluted her: Oh Captain My Captain.

 Will noted something under the sleeve of Percy’s sweatshirt and grasped his hand. Mottled bruises layered his arm. Percy gave him a sheepish look.

“Uh…I was going to have ambrosia later?” Percy asked hopefully. Will pointed to the open bed.

“Sit. Shirt off. You Big Three kids are going to drive me up the wall at some point,” Will muttered as Percy did as he was asked and Will got to work healing his arm, reaching over to press his palm against his shoulder and letting the warmth sink into Percy. “Do you all hate seeing me that much?”

“Never, you are one of my favorite people ever,” Percy said with a devilish grin.

“Okay, what do you want you delinquent?” Will reached to pinch his cheek and Percy cackled in return.

“Holy Hera—“

Will looked over to see Nico, his face still partially smudged with magic mud, staring with mouth agape at them. His face was flushed in embarrassment as he rocked back on his heels, and Percy waved at him.

“Hey Nico, sorry, Will’s healing me,” Percy apologized with a flashing hopeless grin. Will noting the proximity they were at, adjusted to a more respectable distance. If Will hadn’t known any better, based on Nico’s reaction, he might have thought—

“Put a godsdamn shirt on, Jackson!” Nico hissed at Percy cover his eyes, and breaking Will’s train of thought. “And you—you—“

“Aw, I think we’re embarrassing him,” Percy said and with a shit eating grin, wrapped his arms around Will’s waist, and stuck his tongue out from the side.  

“Have some shame, man!”

“Will, protect me, Nico’s going to try to morph into a puddle and drown me! I’m so scared!” Percy screamed in exaggerated high-pitch faux-terror, Nico looked like he was ready to throttle him. And Will waved him down, since throttling was definitely against Infirmary Policy. Something was happening and Will didn’t know what, but holy shit Percy Jackson was hugging him and Nico di Angelo was glaring at him and that was pretty hot so it was A-Okay. But too soon, Will extricated himself from Percy Jackson’s hold. He waited until he knew both boys weren’t going to start grabbing at brooms and dueling before sighing.

“Enough teasing, you were looking for him and here he is. And be careful. You can come to me to get healed you know,” Will chided Percy who just gave him a guilty expression.

“Yeah, you’re right. Sorry Will.”

“I’ll give you guys a few minutes,” Will said as he moved himself to the front desk, away from Nico and Percy.

He was in the middle of organizing files into their proper spaces when Kaya popped in, curls wet and looking fresh from the archery fields. She rested her hands on the counter before looking up at Will with a wicked bright grin.

“So I saw Percy walking here, do you think they’re going to throw down?” Kayla asked conspiratorially, ready for whatever information that Will could give her.

“They were just joking around so I doubt—hey!” Will said as he flung his arm over the counter and grabbed Kayla by the collar of her tee-shirt. “What do you think you’re doing?”

“Trying to get a piece of the hot gossip!” Kayla whined, her lip jutting out. Her eyes the definition of a puppy dog’s. “Come on Will! Please?”

Will groaned and pointedly looked away. Call him a sap, but Will loved his little siblings— every single one of them. If love was all it took, many of them would have never seen a war or lost a patient or anyone they loved, and they still would have Lee and Michael looking out for them. But with their father generally distant and uninterested in any of them, and with family situations being what they were for demigods, after he had become the head councilor Will made sure to take his responsibilities to his siblings seriously. And his chief responsibilities were keeping them alive, and making them happy. They were his family after all. He had a hard time refusing his siblings anything, even if that meant compromising on his sanity. Whether that be two-in-the-morning Disney Sing-a-longs, fidget spinners, or getting into debt with the Hephaestus cabin to get new speakers in the cabin. Will had done it, and hadn’t regretted it. But there were three things he couldn’t be pushed on; activity schedules, clean up days, and infirmary confidentiality.

“That’s a no,” Will said before sighing, “whatever is going on back there is none of our business. Whatever they are talking about is none of our business. You should know better, Kayla.”

“You aren’t even the slightest bit curious? Even though you like him?” Kayla asked, pointing in the direction.

“I am not—what?”  Will spluttered, staring openly at Kayla. “I do not like Nico!”

“Funny, I only said him. Oh ho ho, so you like Nico?” Kayla asked in a conspiratorial whisper, leaning against the counter.

“Cute, Kayla, really cute. What part of me not liking Nico is hard for you to understand,” Will asked, wildly gesticulating between him and the area down the hall.

“Well you’ve been acting all whispery and weird since he came to the infirmary,” Kayla pointed out as she sat herself on his rolley chair and spun around idly. “I just thought you were butthurt because you made a move and Nico’s straight or something.”

“Listen, first off, I have not been acting weird. I’ve been acting normal. I am normal, the epitome of normal. Look at me, I am so normal,” Will told her primly as he sipped his coffee. “Secondly, you should never assume someone’s sexuality. That, my dear sister, is how we fall into the pit of heteronormative nonsense. Thirdly, I have not put any moves on Nico. He is my patient and that would be irresponsible.”

“First off, you wish your plants goodnight and you prefer the cookie to the cream on an Oreo so you are a certifiable freak. Secondly, everyone knows Nico had a crush on Annabeth. Thirdly, you have been making goo-goo eyes at di Angelo since he got here,” Kayla told him as she jutted her hip out and planted her hand on it.

“Okay no—“

“Okay yes!” Kayla told him. “So what are you going to do?”

“Kayla, my buddy, my sister, my pal, I have absolutely no idea,” Will admitted honestly as he pushed Kayla and the chair a bit, watching her roll, before releasing a breath. “Trust me, if you even knew the half of it…Gods, I don’t want you to know the half of it. You would never let me live it down.”

“What? You can’t tell me that and not tell me! And the fact that you totally pissed off Drew earlier just proves you suck,” Kayla scoffed. “Do you really want Drew of all people mad at you.”

“Ugh, don’t talk to me about Drew right now,” Will groaned as he rubbed his temples. “That’s a can of worms I don’t want to open again.”

“Yeah well you’re the one who opened that can to begin with.”

“Don’t remind me,” Will muttered before finally giving up. “I know, I know. I need to talk to her, or at least get it so she doesn’t keep cursing the air I breath with, with her negativity that is.”

“Good luck with that,” Kayla said, looking very much like she considered it a lost cause. It probably was, Will admitted to himself.  

“Don’t you have somewhere to be?” Will asked her.

“No, I’m all yours. And don’t forget the day after tomorrow you’ll be back to your regular schedule. No more all day shifts for you, after di Angelo gets out of here. Chiron’s made sure the ball’s in your court now,” Kayla said as she snatched the patient chart from the desk. “Oooo, so di Angelo’s birthday’s in January.”

“If you are going to be mouthy with me I will smack you,” Will warned his sister half-heartedly.

               For a little while longer they chilled together, just chatting about music lessons and archery. Kayla helped Will with some of the organizing that needed to get done on the files. It was the moment after Will had finished with the H through K section that Percy emerged from down the hall. He gave Will a weak smile and Kayla a friendly wave before leaving in a flurry of movement as he grabbed Riptide from the weapon cubby.

               “What was that about?” Kayla asked, her curiosity only seemingly grown.

               “No idea, I’m going to nonchalantly check on Nico I think,” Will noted, hooking on his ipod and letting his sweet tunes wash over him in the form of Daft Punk.

               “Good luck. Hopefully his bite’s not poisonous.”  

               Will sighed and grabbed his broom and tray, being sure to sweep as he went along, letting the rhythm guide him. As naturally as he could have, he made it to Nico’s bed. He was sitting on his bed, face still smudged with mud, looking horribly relieved and incredibly sad.

               “You okay?” Will asked him quietly, stopping his sweeping. Nico quickly scrubbed at his face, only smudging mud and wetness further.  

               “I followed your advice I think,” Nico said vaguely, looking forward but without any real focus. “We’ll see how successful that is…the whole communicating thing.”

               “I’m glad that I could be of assistance,” Will offered, and watched as Nico di Angelo looked at him.

               There was something wrong with his face; he was smiling. A little, tiny, helpless thing. Like a baby bird that was hatching out of an egg, unsure of what to make of everything around him. And his eyes were still watery and his face was still mucky, but Will swore it was the prettiest thing he had seen in a while. Prettier than Percy or Reyna, prettier than that autumn day and the lake in his dreams, there wasn’t much that could rival Nico di Angelo.

               “Do you think…do you think we could be friends you think?” Nico asked before scoffing and shuddering, rubbing his arms as if he had just gotten the willy-nillies. “Gods, I sound like a little kid. I sound ridiculous, how do you do this friendly thing without wanting to throw up.”

               “Takes practice,” Will said before giving a smile he couldn’t help. “Hey Nico, guess what?”

               “What?”

               “We were already friends, you emotionally stunted moron,” Will teased. “Now wash your face and get back into bed. I have all sorts of things I want to experiment on you today, while you and me have the whole infirmary.”

               As Nico walked off Will couldn’t help think that his music choice was incredibly fitting as the melody continued to play. Will really didn’t know what he was going to do about this dream and Nico di Angelo.

               Nico was significantly better after his ambrosia and mud-treatment, and it actually did feel like the shadow-gunk in his system had subsided a substantial degree. It definitely wouldn’t go away, for a long time. But any progress was good progress, and with the dark circles under his eyes somewhat lessened, and a bit of color in his face, he was looking like less of a real ghost every minute and looking more like a substantial real boy.

               “I think we may need to approach this more like, a mono case for instance,” Will explained to Nico as he moved Nico’s foot around, getting a sense for how the fibula had healed. “So, mono is a viral infection that has a long incubation period, so often the virus has been there a while before a person is visibly sick. There is no classic pill or shot we can give the patient, and they might be symptomatic for months. The worst symptoms may usually present for a few weeks, but a patient remains sick for a while longer, and doctors often have to worry about secondary illnesses with the compromised immune system. Most likely, you’ve actually been sick with this power overuse for a long time, but it hadn’t been stressed to this point, and even if you do feel better you might still be actually sick for a while after. We just need to monitor and be careful after we get through this period without any more serious complications arising.”

               “But do you think I’ll be able to shadow-travel again?” Nico asked, sounding oddly hopeful, and Will liked the way that suited his voice. Good, Will thought. Giving him something to work for will keep him focused and attentive. Will could work with that.  

               “Yes, I do. But I don’t think you’ll be at the same level that you were for a long while, we aren’t going to push it, but we’ll see how you’re doing after tomorrow,” Will told him, releasing his foot. “And it’ll also depend on if you are planning on shadowing traveling yourself out of trees and falling on your legs or something because that’s what I’m assuming happened to your legs.”

               “That didn’t happen,” Nico scoffed, colorless eyes narrowing at him.

               “Well, they didn’t heal well. Doesn’t that bother you?”

“No, not really,” Nico said with a frown.

“Well, that’s the wrong question, considering you have an insane pain tolerance. The question I should ask is, do you ever have discomfort in your legs?”

“…my knees twinge sometimes. Does that have anything to do with it?” Nico admitted as he bent and straightened his legs thoughtfully.

“Maybe. We could always rebreak and reheal the bone. It’s not pleasant but it’ll get rid of the persistent—what? You have a look on your face.”

“Aren’t you going to ask me how I did it?” Nico said, not acknowledging Will’s comment, his eyes searching his face for something. Will didn’t know what.

“Unless you want to talk about it, no,” Will promised him. That wasn’t his job, and he didn’t want to assume anything.

“There isn’t much to tell,” Nico huffed, looking rather unsettled.

“I’m sure that isn’t true, but I would rather not make you uncomfortable,” Will said thoughtfully, which made Nico twitch with annoyance.

“A Canadian tried to take an axe to my leg, but I was faster,” Nico reported as he crossed his arms over his chest, he sounded deathly serious, but something about the way he said it made Will pause, look up, and search his face.

“Are you joking with me, Nico di Angelo? Are we telling jokes to each other?” Will asked him, partially confused, partially delighted by this turn of events. His lips twisted up into a legitimate grin. “Hardy har.”

“I lost a fight with a boulder, but I won the rematch,” Nico said, still looking stone-cold, but there was something trying to fight its’ way up—a grin.

“Sure you did, Rocky,” Will said, unfazed.

“That pun was disgusting, Solace.”

“You basically set yourself up for it,” Will warned him. For a moment they both smiled at each other, and it did something funny to his stomach. No, no, no, Will scolded himself as he released Nico’s (very fine looking) legs. Not good—

“Incoming, Will!” Kayla’s voice called from the front. Two girls, Nyssa Barrera and Billie Ng made their way to where Will and Nico were sitting. Billie collapsed dramatically onto a cot, running her hand through her stylish her blue-dyed hair. Nyssa, who was taller than Will by about a head, and with the body of a stunt double, yanked Will up and pulled him into a hug.  

“My body has forsaken me,” Nysssa told him as she continued to squeeze him, her muscles shaped and defined by long hours in the forge making him feel like his bones were going to pop. “So shut up and hug me, Will Solace, or else I’m going to stick my monkey wrench somewhere really uncomfortable.”

“Uh, ow?” Will offered, from both the idea and the cramps he was feeling tense in her abdomen. He let the taller girl nuzzle against him as he let just a drip of his power seep into her. Immediately she relaxed, and Will felt the pain and the spasms subside. He gave Nico a helpless look who looked on as if Nyssa and Billie were rare creatures meant to be approached with caution.

“Ah, damnit Solace, that feels good,” Nyssa groaned, and it wasn’t an awful sound by any stretch of the imagination. “Be my hot water bottle and when I make it big I’ll take care of you for the rest of my life.”

“So you’re just using my for my body, huh?” Will laughed, unable to help his amusement at the idea. “Can’t say I didn’t see that coming, but I’ll need to decline. I’m an independant man.”

“Please do me next,” Billie Ng asked as she continued to lay on the bed beside Nico.  Nyssa reluctantly let Will go and Will was immediately latched onto around his waist by Billie who sighed as his magic soothed her nausea.

“Did you guys sync up again?” Will asked them suspiciously. “Do you have enough supplies?”

“Mother nature’s a bitch,” Nyssa muttered, sitting down next to Billie.  

“Hey, don’t blame my mom for this,” Billie told her as she rubbed her cheek against Will’s shirt. “We’ve got enough supplies, but painkillers are in low supply.”  

“Sorry about that, I put in an order for more painkiller so they should be coming soon. Also, side note, when I used to imagine girls clinging to me, it wasn’t quite like this,” Will pointed out to them wryly, letting Billie release him with little decorum. She leaned back on the cot like she owned it.

“So you never used to imagine Silena like this? And Beckendorf?” Billie snickered and Will felt himself blush. “You adorable little adulterous whore.”

“Hey! I had crushes! And let’s not get into the embarrassing crushes game, haven’t the two of you been calling Jason Grace ‘McSteamy’ the past few months, and Percy Jackson was McDreamy before that!”

“Don’t worry Will, you’ll always be the camp’s George O’Malley to us,” Billie promised him sweetly.

“And that’s supposed to make me feel better?” Will demanded as he tapped his foot on the ground. “So I’ll just be a character that gets shafted in a later season, never to be the main love interest? I wanna be a main love interest!”

“What are you guys even talking about?” Nico asked, looking interested but wary.

“Grey’s Anatomy, quality entertainment,” Nyssa commented, giving Nico a thumb’s up before returning her incredulous dark gaze back to Will. “And did you forget the last time you were a main love interest? It was a whole big headache for everyone at this camp. We do not need any more love intrigue at this camp from either the Apollo or Aphrodite cabins.”

“Oh! But if you wanted to know Valentina was telling me--” Billie started before Will held up his hand.

“Nope, nope. Don’t wanna know. Nope. Aphrodite cabin gossip about a particular daughter of said cabin is a no go. Nope,” Will said firmly before sticking his fingers in his ears dramatically before reaching over to grab a new smiley-bandage and replace the one on Nyssa’s cheek. “Lalala, not listening.”

“If anyone has got intrigue, it’s di Angelo,” Kayla reminded them, popping her head in from down the hall.  

They all stopped and looked at Nico, who glared at Kayla but couldn’t seem to muster up any heat. He just sunk back on his bed, looking exhausted, as if the idea of drama weighed on him heavily.

“I have no love intrigue,” Nico muttered as he worked his jaw. “I have nothing to contribute to this conversation.”

Billie and Nyssa and Kayla all looked at each other and then back to Will, and then back to Nico. Will followed their gazes worriedly, unsure of what was going to happen. However both Nyssa and Billie leaned in, looking understanding in the older-sister kind of way.

“It’s alright, we’ve all been there with the unavaliable love interest,” Billie promised him with a shrug.

“Plus, I love Annabeth and all, but she’s kind of intense. What you need, di Angelo, is a girl who can relax you,” Nyssa said offhandedly. “Plenty of volunteers in my cabin.”

“And in mine,” Billie offered, clapping her hands together excitedly. “You are hot, and you did save everyone.”

“What are you talking about?” Nico asked, openly staring between the two girls.

“Nico, kid, you are a good looking son of the Big Three, and that’s besides the fact that you are a certified hero, you could have your pick,” Nyssa said, clapping her large hand on his shoulder. “Though of course, I prefer someone who knows how to get dirty.”

Billie giggled as Nyssa wrapped her arm around her waist.

“You guys are crazy,” Nico said as he shook his head, as if that were his definitive answer.

“Yes, they are, and now they’re leaving,” Will said before chiding, “no teasing my patients.”

“Anyways, I’m glad to hear you are staying, Harley’s super pumped. Feel free to pop by at any time,” Nyssa told him with a friendly wave.

“Just don’t kill the grass on the way there, or else Miranda might get testy!”

And with that, both girls left hand-in-hand with Kayla trailing them and chatting with them.

“See, people like you,” Will said, waving at the two departing girls. Nico was still watching their retreating figures as if they were a force of nature that Nico had just managed to live through.

“Are they…?” Nico croaked, his gaze was strangely intense.

“Oh, yeah, they’re together,” Will said idly as he sat back down on his rolly chair. “Fun couple, but I’m sorry if that was overwhelming for you. Also, sorry if you felt like they were teasing you, about Annabeth, they meant well by it. I mean…especially after today with Percy—”

“I…” Nico interrupted him, before he swallowed heavily as if trying to work something out his throat. “I…I’ve never liked Annabeth. Well, that’s not true. I like Annabeth, just not like that. I’ve…I’ve never liked Annabeth like that.”

“Oh…” Will said slowly, trying to compute that information. Nico looked up at Will ruefully through his bangs.

“I never liked Annabeth…I…I liked Percy Jackson.”