(When Nico pulls his hand free, Will feels a small drop in his gut like he's done something wrong. He puts his hands into his lap and folds his fingers together. The silence that follows is unnerving, to say the least. Nico wasn't a fan of touching and Will had always known that and maybe, just maybe, he was pushing his limits on annoying the kid.
While Nico spends time thinking about- whatever it is he's thinking about- Will spends time thinking about how to apologize or if he even should. By the time he figures that a simple, blunt apology would do, he turns and opens his mouth to start speaking but Nico beats him to the punch.
Annnnd it has absolutely nothing to do with what Will had been expecting. His mouth hangs open for a moment and his brain does this useful white noise thing where he can't seem to think of a single thought, word, or anything useful at all. His mouth audibly clicks shut and he bites his tongue in the process.
Thing is, Will had a lot of friends at camp. Enough that Nico had a point and he knew that Nico had a point and he knew that Nico knew that he knew. Will wasn't stupid by any means.
His eyes cut away to look ahead of them and into the woods a bit. He rubs his thumb along the curve of his knee, his face a bit soft and closed off.)
Of course it was because I wanted you to rest. You have no clue what you feel like to me.
(He grabs Nico's hand again but this time not to hold. He moves their hands up into the air and opens his palm against Nico's, forcing Nico's hand opened as well and aligns their fingers tip to tip.)
You know, I can feel people's energies too a little bit. Not like you can. It's different. But with you...It's like I can feel the darkness moving under your skin. How it's apart of you. How you're apart of it.
(He slowly withdraws his hand from Nico's and looks at his own palm, cooled from touching Nico's hand.)
I've...I've kind of noticed you for a while. I guess I just wanted you to finally notice me too. I know I'm not like-. A son of Zeus or Poseidon or anything big like that. But. I was hoping...
(He trails off and okay yeah. This was. Really embarrassing actually. He's blushing like a total idiot on top of it all.)
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While Nico spends time thinking about- whatever it is he's thinking about- Will spends time thinking about how to apologize or if he even should. By the time he figures that a simple, blunt apology would do, he turns and opens his mouth to start speaking but Nico beats him to the punch.
Annnnd it has absolutely nothing to do with what Will had been expecting. His mouth hangs open for a moment and his brain does this useful white noise thing where he can't seem to think of a single thought, word, or anything useful at all. His mouth audibly clicks shut and he bites his tongue in the process.
Thing is, Will had a lot of friends at camp. Enough that Nico had a point and he knew that Nico had a point and he knew that Nico knew that he knew. Will wasn't stupid by any means.
His eyes cut away to look ahead of them and into the woods a bit. He rubs his thumb along the curve of his knee, his face a bit soft and closed off.)
Of course it was because I wanted you to rest. You have no clue what you feel like to me.
(He grabs Nico's hand again but this time not to hold. He moves their hands up into the air and opens his palm against Nico's, forcing Nico's hand opened as well and aligns their fingers tip to tip.)
You know, I can feel people's energies too a little bit. Not like you can. It's different. But with you...It's like I can feel the darkness moving under your skin. How it's apart of you. How you're apart of it.
(He slowly withdraws his hand from Nico's and looks at his own palm, cooled from touching Nico's hand.)
I've...I've kind of noticed you for a while. I guess I just wanted you to finally notice me too. I know I'm not like-. A son of Zeus or Poseidon or anything big like that. But. I was hoping...
(He trails off and okay yeah. This was. Really embarrassing actually. He's blushing like a total idiot on top of it all.)
Why are you asking anyway?