Will was walking to his boyfriend's cabin. He walked up the steps to the porch. The front door was opened slightly but the lights were off. Will heard sobbing. He stepped in the door and saw Nico, hunched in the corner with a small blade in his hand, sobbing. Will gasped and ran towards him. He kneeled down beside Nico. He could slightly see a red line on Nico's wrist through his hair. Will put his fingers under Nico's chin and gently moved his head up. He saw tears running down Nico's face "Oh Nico..." he said quietly. He used his thumb to wipe a tear from Nico's cheek. He reached down and put one arm under Nico's knees and the other around his shoulders, lifting him up and carrying him to his bed. He gently set Nico down and sat beside him. He had to say something... "let me see your wrist." He said quietly. Nico held out his arm. Will gently pushed back his sleeve to reveal 5 new, bleeding cuts. He also noticed 3 faded scars. Nico was looking down at the floor. Will didn't know what to do. He was so...worried. What could he do? He started to silently freak out. He wanted to curl up into a ball right next to Nico and cry. But he couldn't. He had taught himself not to show too much emotion. As head counselor of the Apollo cabin, he had to keep it together, even in the worst of times. He did the only thing he could think of. He wrapped his arms around Nico in a protective hug. Nico buried his face into Will's collarbone. Will pulled away but kept his arms in Nico's shoulders. "Nico." Nico looked at the ground. "Nico please. Look me in the eyes." Nico looked up. Will, again, didn't know what to do. He could feel the tears in his eyes. He pushed them back. "If you're struggling, please talk to me. Please don't suffer in silence. I can help you." Nico sobbed even more. He, again, buried his face into Will's collarbone. "I'm sorry!" He sobbed, " I'm so, so sorry! I don't know why. All of the sudden I just felt like...nothing." He sobbed even louder " I thought I would be able to stop. I thought I wouldn't have to tell you, so you wouldn't be disappointed in me..." Will strokes his hair. Why would Nico think he would be disappointed?! "I'm not disappointed. If anything, I'm worried. You scared me Nico. I hate seeing you like this. Nico took a shaky breath. "I'm so, so very sorry." Will kisses the top of his head. "It's ok. I believe you, but please, promise me you won't do that again. And if you ever feel like that again, please, talk to me. I can help you." Nico ever so slightly nodded his head.

Will stayed with him for a little while, comforting him and talking to him. Eventually after about an hour of sobbing, Nico fell asleep in Will's arms. Will kisses the sleeping boy's face. " I love you Neeks. Sweet dreams" will layed him down in the bed and walked out of the cabin. He walked over to the camp/forest barrier and sat against a tree. He couldn't hold it anymore. He cried. He cried and cried and cried. He was crying so much that he could barely see Kayla running up to him. She put her hand on his shoulder and kneeled down beside him. "Will? W-what's wrong?" Will couldn't hold back. He poured out everything to her. He told her everything the happened from Nico's cuts, to him not wanting it cry in front of him, and everything else. She nodded serenely every now and then. Will finished and buried his face into his knees and cried more. Kayla ribbed his shoulder. She seemed to be at a loss of words. Finally she said "well, I'm not sure what made him feel like that, but yell him that we'll almeays be here for him. He can talk to you, and us." Will sniffed and stood up. He turned to Kayla who got up as well. "Thank you" he said as he pulled he into a quick hug. "No problem." She replied. With that, Will ran back to the hades cabin. He gently pushed the door open. Nico was still asleep. Will layed down beside him. He couldn't stop crying. He tried, but seeing Nico just made him want to cry. After a few minutes, he felt Nico shift beside him. Nico day up and rubbed his eyes. Will had just stopped crying, but as Nico rubbed his eyes, Will saw his cuts again. He buried his face it's his hands and tuned away. Nico looked down at him. Will didn't want to look at Nico. He couldn't let Nico see him cry. He had to keep it together, for Nico! Will felt Nico's arms wrap around him. Nico gently pulled him up. Nico grabbed Will's arms and movers them away from his face. Will looked into his boyfriend's dark eyes. The He did what will least expected him to do. Nico pulled Will into a hug. He whispered "I'm sorry. I really am. I didn't want to make you like this. I've never seen you cry like this. It kills me inside. I can't imagine how you felt..." Will cried more. Nico squeezes him harder, rubbing his back. Finally, Will could talk. He was still crying but through his tears, he said "please promise me you won't do that again. Please promise me you will come to me if you're hurting." Nico pulled away and looked into Will's eyes.

"I swear on the Styx."

A/N lmao sorry for being dead for like 9 years. This is the end of this story. I still have more stories and I'm so sorry for not updating in awhile. I feel like I'm in a not so good part of life rn. I can relate to everything in this ff and tbh? It scares me. I know for a fact that I have depression but I haven't and won't tell my mom. I don't want her making a big deal and yeah lmao you probably don't want to hear my life story rn. I'm not sure when I'll get it updating the other stories so sorry but be patient. I hope you liked this. And thank you sooooooooo much for all the nice comments on the last chapter. I actually started writing a bts yoonseok ff on my wattpad account but I feel like my writing skills have gotten progressively worse lmao anyway my name on wattpad is klance_solangelo_ if you wanna check that out. I probably won't be able to update for another long one cause school starts in less then a week so yeah. Again thanks for reading and your nice comments inspired me to start writing again. Tysm

Lilli out-