When I Don't Remember You (Percico)

Chapter Two: Just My Stupid Head

Nico di Angelo

Figuring I'd prevent him from getting too worried, I went to go tell Percy that I was just heading out from camp for at least a few days. Just to recharge and whatever before they start building cabin nos.

I'm getting a cabin, though, which is going to be cool.

I don't know if I'll use it because I don't think it'll change how out of place I feel here at camp— and it definitely won't change the looks from other kids, but it's a nice thought to know that I'll have my own bed when I am here.

Walking towards the cabins, which is where I figured Percy would be, I actually spotted Grover on one of the docs by the lake, and saw a head of dark hair next to him that could only belong to a certain son of Poseidon.

So, hoping, but also not caring that much if I was interrupting them for just a minute, I made my way down the small line of docs that form around the lake and slowly came to realize that Percy and Grover weren't exactly... Hanging out, per se.

Maybe they had been, I don't know, but based on how frazzled Grover was, I'm assuming he came over here after Percy started to... Freak out? Lose his mind?

I wasn't even sure what I was witnessing, if we're being honest, but Percy looked like he was fighting with death even though I could obviously tell that he wasn't and Grover should also know that he's not.

That might not even be a good description of what's happening, though, because he's just... Tweaking out. Panicking, maybe, but he's not frazzled like Grover is. He's stationary.

Either way, Percy's curled into a ball next to Grover, who's kneeling down next to Percy, talking to him and trying to ask him what's going on or what's wrong or what happened or anything along those lines, but Percy isn't responding and he's breathing fast and he's shaking and I couldn't tell if he was crying or if he was even muttering or murmuring because his head was in his knees and Grover may be a protector and he may be able to detect people emotions.

But it doesn't mean he always knows how to handle them.

Not to say that I do, either, but...

But Percy knew how to handle it, with other people. And this never happened to me I've never shaken like that I don't think. I never... Not like this.

I've been closed off, though. I've tried to shut out the world and I've had breakdowns and he knew how to handle them and he's done it for me a lot so I thought that I should at least try to help because even when I tried helping earlier this week it didn't go exactly how I wanted it to because my dad is just... My dad and yeah.

So I walked down the dock.

"Percy?" I whispered as Grover took note of me and moved over a little, telling me that Percy's been like this ever since Grover walked over a few minutes ago and he doesn't really know what's happening besides the fact that Percy's like, extremely out of it. Everything just seems to be intense as far as he can tell.

"Hey Percy," I whispered again, because he's not responding, but that doesn't mean that he can't hear me. "It's Nico. I am going to move your hands off of your head and neck so that way you can breathe better, okay?"

Was I basically just doing what he did for me after I broke down after talking to Bianca in the Labyrinth?

Yeah.

Would it work?

I hope.

So, like I warned him I was going to, I moved Percy's hands from the back of his head and because the initial touch made him tense up, but it was worth it in the long run because he lifted his head just slightly and his legs didn't completely release from the ball he was in, but they relaxed a little so his thighs weren't shoved again his chest.