Three days in the infirmary a Solangelo Fanfic

Worry

Will

I woke up at daybreak to my dad blasting the most annoyingly loud and obnoxious rock music he could find through the sky, just like he did every morning. Of course, it's at only a frequency that us Apollo kids can hear so it only bothers us. Dad just won't let us miss his amazing ride through the sky, we have to bear witness to his awesomeness every morning. Anyways, I woke up to find I was in the infirmary. Then the events of last night came flooding back to me. All the more reason to make Nico stay in the infirmary, not like I needed another reason. Di Angelo was extremely emaciated and if he were mortal he wouldn't even be breathing.

I was getting ready to tromp over to his cabin and deliver the news that he was going to have to come to the infirmary for at least three days when I realized that it was only six in the morning. No one at camp other than the Apollo kids ever woke up this early, not even Chiron. So I waited until breakfast, I was planning on catching him at the dining pavilion.

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He didn't come to the pavilion, not for breakfast and not even for lunch. No wonder that kid was so skinny, he never ate anything! This was getting on my nerves, I walked over to the Hades cabin and knocked. Knock, knock. No answer. I knocked again, louder this time. Knock, Knock! Still no answer!

"Di Angelo, if you don't open this door in two seconds I'm coming in there." I would not be ignored. And yet, I was. I got no answer, not even a 'come in' or 'don't worry, I'm not dead.'

I turned the handle, thankfully it was unlocked. And I walked into his cabin, my eyes landed on him laying face first on his bed. The tacky decorations made it look like he was dead in a coffin. I walked up to him and turned him over. Good news, he's not dead. Bad news, I almost was.

Let me explain, he sleeps with a knife under his pillow.

When I turned him over he woke up and before he even opened his eyes he swung blindly at me. I backed a good three feet away and then said, "Well that was rude."

He opened his eyes to discover that it was me, "Well it's rude to sneak into someone's cabin unannounced and wake them up!" He seemed really mad, his face was turning red.

"Look, I'm sorry to wake you but it is past noon and I didn't come in here unannounced. I knocked, twice, and when I didn't get a response I announced myself and then walked in."

"Well, you should've known better. My cabin is soundproof, I can't hear a thing that happens outside of it."

"Oh, didn't know." I scratched the back of my neck.

"What are you doing here anyway? What was so important you had to wake me?"

"Oh, right!" I started to get really cheerful, I would get to spend some quality time with Nico, "You are going to be spending three days in the infirmary... At least three days, maybe more."

"Why? I'm perfectly fine."

"No, you're not."

"Yes, I am."

"No."

"Yes."

"No, Doctor's orders."

"Fine!"

"Wonderful! Not too bad, see how easy that was?"

"Ugh!"

"Get out of bed death breath, your stay starts as soon as we get to the infirmary."

Nico

I, for once, was getting some peaceful sleep when I was rudely awakened. On instinct I slashed in front of me with the knife I slept with. Hey, you would too if you spent enough time living on your own while evading monsters and raising the dead. Then I saw who it was, it was Will Solace.

"Well, that was rude." And now I'm really flustered. The guy I like just came into my cabin and woke me up, then I try to kill him, now he's initiating banter.

I try to look mad, "Well it's rude to sneak into someone's cabin unannounced and wake them up!" He said something, I wasn't really paying attention anymore. I said something else, and really I was just enjoying talking with him.

Then he said something that shocked me, "You are going to be spending three days in the infirmary... At least three days, maybe more."

"What! Why? I'm perfectly fine!"

"No, you're not."

"Yes, I am."

"No."

"Yes."

"No, Doctor's orders." That made me flush again, I really did want to spend more time with Will. Maybe...well I had to at least sound begrudging about it

"Fine!"

"Get out of bed death breath, your stay starts as soon as we get to the infirmary." Did he just...he did. He just gave me a nickname.

I snapped out of it. I can't believe I let my feelings get out of control. I can't get close to anybody, even if I wanted to all I would do is hurt them.  That's all I seem to be able to do, cause pain and misery to everyone around me. My mom, Bianca, even when I met Percy I made him lose Annabeth. And I hate hurting people, Ugh! But I already agreed to go. Maybe I could take it back...Maybe I could get away with just dying on my own.

When I didn't make a move to get up Will caught me by the arm and dragged me out of bed. The second I had to support my own weight though...I fell. I can't believe I let myself get this weak, I looked up to find a worried expression on Will's face.

"It's worse than I thought, You can't even stand on your own."

I couldn't believe myself, I was supposed to be strong. I am one of the strongest demigods in this era and I can't even stand on my own anymore. I was walking around just fine the other day, what happened? I really hate myself. Maybe it was last night that delivered the final blow, all I know is that right now I'm weak.