Nico Di Angelo was staring at the lake, feeling the cold breeze on top of the picnic mat when Will Solace came to him, all running and sweaty. âNico! sorry Iâm late, the infirmary was suddenly having shifts change, so I was healing another child from the burn of the lava, and when my shift ends, I immediately went straightâwell not straight since i swing both ways but you know what I mean, darlingâto get our notebooks andââ and Nico smiles, Will immediately went quiet and full grinning at the sight of his two-years commiting, beautiful, breathtaking boyfriend. yes, this is their two years anniversary.
âItâs okay, you dork. I knew there was shifts change so I went here instead. the weather was calming anyway and it doesnât bother me. how are you feeling, Solace?â sweet apollo, heâs beautiful. how did Will get to deserve him?
âfine, but better since I now see my beautiful boyfriend in front of me.â Nico chuckles as Will sat down beside him, putting the two journalsâblack and yellowâbeside the picnic basket. âyou sappy dork, seriously cheesy? this early?â Will kiss his boyfriendâs cheek as an answer. âitâs never too early to compliment my lover.â then there was the comfortable silence, as if there were words that cannot be spoken but enough to tell how in love they are. how comfortable they are with eachotherâs presence.
itâs been one year since the tartarus visit. since they help Bob the Titan escape and be free. since they both had Cocoa Puffs to take care as they scatter around like blobs. they have been dating for two years. two years. how crazy is that? they sure has a lot of talk after that, hell they even cuddled in peace after that. âcause no matter what, a tartarus visit or even a daily life in Camp Half-Blood, they know they can face it as long theyâre together. they may not Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase, but they have eachother, and itâs enough.
âso, whoâs journal are we going to read first?â Will finally open voice, despite the comfort he found in his partnerâs present.
âboooo~ no, you first.â
âwhy do I even argue?â
âbecause you love me.â
âdo I?â Nicoâs answer was an immediate whine from Will.
âoh please youâre being dramatic! hurry up if you want to read mine, or Iâm going to read yoursââ Nico was already reaching for the yellow journal when Will immediately snatched the black journal and reads it out loud.
â 1, Fall. you wrote seasons in your journals too?â Nico groans as he just let Will rests his head atop of his lap, stroking the soft, blonde curls. âsweet hades, just read it already!â Will grins wider as he catch the glimpse of Nicoâs reddening ears. beautiful. of course heâs beautiful, itâs the Nico Di Angelo after all. Angel is his name.
â Will Solace told me (us actually ). to have this journal thing going on. said that it was apart of healing from the journey. so here I am.
Iâm bad with words actuallyâ thatâs a lie! those poetry? Nico, youâre under-grading yourself!â Nico rolled his eyes at this sentences and mutter a soft âcontinue reading it. youâre embarassing me, Solace.â
âbut since I have Solace in front of me, smiling as he write his own journal, I will try. Itâs crazy, really, whatever he can do to me with only such smile in beautifully carved face of his.
he has a really bushy blonde curls, which are very soft if you stroke your hands across. his shampoo smells both mint and daisy, I hate to admit how I love the smell of his. the mixture of mint, daisy and herbs with faint traces of infirmary alcohol and medical supplies. heâs Will Solace after all. I often wonder how come he always look majestically ethereal in everyway whatsoever. heâs so full of life, just like persephoneâs garden, he is full of life, no matter how death is around him.
if youâre wondering, I just got back from tartarus. that place which I worry so much how it affects my boyfriend. Iâm just happy heâs recovering with me, but I often feel like Iâm dragging him so much into my mess. but he always assure me that he volunteers himself into these âmessâ so I guess, heâs my everything. my warmth and home.
this morning, he woke me up and asked me to go on a picnic date. he had this beaming laugh and was glowing from the morning sunlight.
why does he have to be so beautiful all the time?
ugh I hate him. (âno you donât!â) anyway, he then took out two notebooks, one in golden yellowâwhich is hisâand blackâwhich is mine, and it is you. he explained his whole plan to have these journal as a therapy as he keep fidgeting on his gold chain nervously. I found him both adorable and concerning. despite the morning and how I look like shit, heâs attractive in the most incredible way. I wonder if heâs using his glow power at that point, because he looks absolutely stunning.
âNico, would you fill the journal for me? and then we can read it in our next anniversaryâoh! and happy one year anniversary! I apologize that Iâm late to say this to you because of this tartarus things going on. and I know weâve talked a lot. like, a lot. but I canât help that I love talking!â but I just want to say how happy I am to be with you and how I adore you. I love being your âsignificant annoyanceâ and if I may, Iâd love to grow old with you. you can always talk to me, you know? Iâm your boyfriendâone year at that! how exciting!!
you deserve to be loved and Iâm proud of you for staying this far. your life has been pretty hard and no, you donât deserve all those bad things which happened to you. Iâm here, and always going to be. Iâm here and Willâgreat pun? Iâm sorryâtrust you and accept your darkness. tell me more about youâif you are comfortable with that. tell me how I can love you right. tell me because I donât want you to feel like Iâm âfixingâ you. all I want is to take care of you, sweetheart. my grumpy ball of darkness. I donât want toââ and then I shut him up with a kiss.
he tasted like the golden oreos he just ate. heâs warm, as always. heâs beautiful, and heâs mine.
âbeing sappy in this morning, Solace? happy anniversary too, you dork. Iâm sorry that I canât speak the way you just throw up the words, but trust me, I love you too.â
heâs all red and I laugh. how easy I laugh when it comes to him? and he laugh to. oh sweet hades, he laugh. and the sound made my stomach feel like a thousand skeletal butterflies. I really have to thank Naomi Solace for giving birth to such fine young man in front of me.
is this what love and happiness feel like? it feels foreign, yet strangely, I crave for more. Hades had told me to be happy, and Iâve let go of Bianca and Motherâs death. life has been pretty hard, and knowing youâre a demigod will never be easy, but with Will. I feel like everythingâs possible.
I feel extra sappy, but what do I do to deserve such solace in front of me?â
âand all of this is just the first page? sweet apollo, youâre amazing!â Willâs eyes brightens as he gaze upon his partner. flustered and tinted red on his skin from ear to ear. âuntil you see where Iâm being dramatic on our fight that one timeâ
âugh that one serious fight, we had a terrible miscommunication back there. I love you, you know that?â Nico smiled, faintly. âI wonder how dramatic you are in your journal, Solace.â âdefinitely not every page, but that one fight journal was in tears.â
âoh you dork. now come on, letâs eat from the basket. how was cecilâs injury?â Nico caresses Will cheek.
âlet me tell you how the little girl from aphrodite cabin fell in the sword training.â