Murder Doll (life of a broken teenage demigod)

Chapter 6: Stubborn Cutie

*Nico's POV

Her eyes fluttered open, automatically searching for something recognizable to reboot her memory.

Her amazing gray eyes found my cold brown ones and her expression looked like her heart sank.

What did i do to her!?

I sighed .

"How are you feeling?"

I asked her softly,breaking the unbearable silence in hopes of making peaceful conversation.

"Why should you care how i feel?! Why are you even here??"

So much for peaceful...

I opened my mouth in attempt to respond but she cut me off.

"Forget it..just leave me alone. My head is killing me."

She pressed her index finger and thumb and squeezed her temples.

I thought about leaving but before i did i went around from the foot of her bed to hand her a cube of ambrosia.

She looked at it in curiosity.

"What is this?"

I placed it gently in her hands.

"It will make you feel better. But too much will kill you. Just bite into it."

She gave me a worried look before she decided to ingest it.

Her eyes widened in joy. "It tastes like thick oreo pudding!!!" she squealed in delight causing me to chuckle at her cuteness...wait what??

"Why does it taste like this?? It looks like caramel cubes but tastes nothing like it!"

"Ambrosia is medicinal food from the gods. It can heal any wounds faster than normal compared to mortals. Mortals can't consume this. It will burn their insides to ashes. It also tastes like your favorite food for some odd reason." 

She nodded slowly,taking in what she just learned.

She pulled the covers off slightly and inspected her major wounds on her arms. There were only little brown scars remaining.

My eyes unconsciously roamed her body. Checking out all the tattoos scattering her perfect figure.

Wait,what am I doing??

I quickly pulled my eyes away from her and turned to exit-

-But her soft voice stops me.

"I thought you hated me...why would you...?", she says barely above a whisper.

I turn around to face her. Her eyes are glued to her hands as they fiddle,pulling unnecessary skin off of her nails. She looked sad and lost.

"I don't hate you,i never did...I just-" as i went in to move closer to her the door swung open and leo walked in with a red rose and a 'get well soon' balloon with pink flowers and smiley faces on it.

Hellica cringed when she saw the balloon but stared at that rose as if it was a lollipop.

Does she not like balloons? Or is it just the bright colors that she cringed at...

'Hey nico! I'm here to entertain la muchacha linda! So if you don't mind....oh and percy needs to talk to you about something. He told me to tell you to meet him near the docks."

I didn't feel too comfortable leaving Leo with her but i was sorta curious as to what percy wanted to talk to me about.

I gave Hellica one last look before exiting...she really is a stubborn cutie...but there's so much about her that remains a mystery and so many things i'm just dying to know about her,but that feeling faded when i remember the look she gave leo when he walked in...i felt empty again and melted into the shadows to escape what light i was exposed to and let the darkness consume my troubled soul...