Nico jaw fell down. Will wasn't alone in the room, Butch Walker from Iris stood next to him, with a hand on his chin, and looked thoughtfully at him. Will himself had a needle in his hand and pressed a bandaid on his ear.

Nico didn't know what was going on.

"Will...Why is your ear bleeding?"

Will turned around incredibly quick.

"Neeks! Oh, uhm, oh...", he faced Butch, who looked kind if terrified. "I didn't do anything!"

Nico crossed his arms. "What is going on? What are you doing?"

Will blushed. "It was meant to be a surprise", he whispered. "I wanted... I didn't want to be the typical Apollo kid, you know? I want to be different."

"But how?", Nico asked confused.

Suddenly, Will smiled again. "Let it be a surprise? Come back in like, half an hour and you'll see."

Nico wasn't really comfortable with that, but he wanted to do Will the favor. So he agreed.

After the mentioned half of an hour, in which Nico had been sitting in the dining pavilion eating because he was so confused and worried (and hungry), he returned to the infirmary and hushed through the hallways back to the room where he met Will earlier.

The door was cracked open and Nico saw light shimmering.

He took a deep breath and asked: "Will? Can I... Can I come in?"

Inside, something fell on the ground. Someone yelled: "Sure!"

Nico closed his eyes for a second and breathed in. He couldn't exactly say why he was so nervous but he was.

"Nico?" said someone in the room.

"Yee", coughed the boy and then, without waiting another minute, he threw open the door.

The first thing he saw was Butch, who stood in a corner and grinned awkwardly. Then he moved out of his corner and hissed: "Imma go... Have fun you two!"

"Thanks so much, Butch!" said Will and Nico turned around, his eyebrows raised. He was about to ask a sassy question, when he finally noticed Will- and almost threw up all of the food he'd eaten, just out of shock.

Will looked totally different, but hot.

Some of the curls in his shaggy blonde hair were actually black and red. His light clothes were gone, he wore a black Tshirt with a band logo and ripped jeans. Also, his ears were pierced.

While Nico stared at his boyfriend open - mouthed, Will opened his arms. "Transformation complete!"

"O my gods." Nico almost fainted. He was barely able to step closer. Now, he stood right in front of Will and looked into his eyes.

"Are you wearing eyeliner, Solace?"

Will grinned.

"Also, is that a helix? Woah, woah, where's your skateboard?"

Wills grin got bigger. "I was bored."

"You pierced your ears because you were bored??"

"Yup. I also wanted to look appropriate for the talent show. I'm going to sing 'message men' by twenty one pilots because I am part of the sceleton clique."

Nico still didn't really know what to say. "Sounds great... Can you skate?"

Will blushed a bit. "To be honest... Yes, I actually do. My mortal brother showed me when I lived with my mother and him"

"O my gods! You should've told me! Can you show me? Also, do you have a second helix? That does look quite good."

Will was obviously relieved. "Nice to know that you like the new me. But... You want me to pierce you?"

The son of Hades grinned. "We will be a skater couple."

Will crossed his arms. "If you're singing with me at the show."

That stopped Nicos 'I don't care' moment for a second. He hesitated.

But then he threw his hands in the air. "I'm down for it! Twenty one pilots are totally cool."

Will wrapped his arms around Nicos waist and pulled him close to kiss him. Although it was really hard, Nico shoved him away. "Not now, sunshine. You need to skater - boy me up."

"That sounds so sexual" Will hissed. Nico playfully slapped his chest. "If you say so... Also, we need to practice if you really want to have a perfect performance that will them leave with their mouth open."

Will took a needle out of a small box. "He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious?"

Nico started to sing along to the old song. "He was a punk, she did L.A., what more can I say?" )

"Okay, death boy, it'll hurt a bit. Just close your eyes and keep singing, okay? Concentrate on something else."

Nico, who was kind of panicking, breathed in and out very quickly. "He wanted her, she'd never tell..."

"Secretly she wanted him aswell" continued Will and carefully, he pierced the needle through Nicos ear.

The son of Hades made a "hnnnnng" noise but tried to keep as quiet as possible. "But all of her friends, damnit that song, stuck up... omg that hurts!"

"It's almost done. I just have to get the earring and then stick it in, like this..."

"Ouch! Really? That was sexual." Nico crossed his arms.

But Will smiled bigly. "It's done! You're pierced, congratulations!"

Nico stood up with shaky legs and wanted to touch his ear, which still hurted, but Will put his hand away. "Don't. You need to leave it alone for a time."

"I'm okay with that. Thanks so much!" He threw himself into Wills arms, who catched him and kissed him on the forehead. "You're welcome, death boy."

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