Josey Di Angelo (A Nico Di Angelo Story)

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<nates POV>

After Lady Selene disappeared, both Nico and Josey collapsed. I ran forward to catch her but I got there slightly too late and I fell down with her onto the damp grass. Will managed to catch Nico and picked him up bridal style. "Uh, mate. My boyfriend and your girlfriend just fell unconscious. A goddess just gave them even more power and gave us a five-day deadline to complete this quest. What do you say about taking them back to the mainland and finding a hotel room or something until they wake up?" Will, nervously said. I think this is his first real quest too. We were on our own. For now at least. I chuckled, "Well at least we won't have to fight them to get them on the boat this time, and yes that sounds good. We don't know how long they'll be out for." I tried to lighten the mood a bit.

After a relatively smooth ride back to the mainland, Will and I carried our significant other and the stuff to a nearby premier inn. Laying them on the sofas in the lobby, we went up to the desk to try and get a room for us all to stay in. Making heavy eye contact with the receptionist I concentrated on the mist around us and focused it on the man's eyes and ears, "Hey, my friends and I were wondering if you had a room for four with two double beds?" His eyes glazed over and robotically replied "Yes, take this key and you may stay in room 216. Enjoy your stay."

"Fantastic, come on Will," Will and I picked up our respective people and things, heading to the elevator. Entering our room on the fourth floor, we dumped the things and lay Josey and Nico on the two beds. "Uh, Nate, I've just checked on them both. Their skin is clammy and they are barely breathing. I'm not sure what's happening. It could be another hour before they wake up based on their conditions," Will said worriedly. "Okay, it's not time to panic yet. How about we remove their shoes and jackets and make them comfortable. Though I'm not sure what we can do, cause we can't watch the TV and we didn't pack anything to do," I said back. I am slightly worried but I know if I show that I'm worried, Will will worry even more and start panicking over Nico. Not something I want to deal with right now. He's become like a brother to me in the past few years. I hate seeing him as worried as he is when Nico is hurt. Though I get.

"I want to keep an eye on them for a while but you could go train in the gym or have a shower or something. I'll let you know if something changes," he said, not taking his eyes off Nico. "I think I'll go for a shower to get this monster dust out of my hair," I laughed. Picking up a towel I went to go take a shower. What I said was true, however, I want to try and take my mind off worrying about my girlfriend. It worries me to no end when something happens to her.

I came back into the room after around 20 minutes. Will was sitting exactly where I left him. It was coming up to 5.45 and I was getting hungry, he probably is too. "Will, I'm going to run down and order some food for us. We need to eat. Okay?" He barely nodded before turning all his attention to the small, Italian boy on the bed beside him. Placing Nico's hand in his, he rested his head on the bed and closed his eyes.

<Wills POV>

I closed my eyes and rested my head on Nico's bed as Nate left the room. My sweet little sunshine boy is unconscious, suffering the effects of a powerful primordial blessing and there is nothing I can do about it. Nico hates it when I obsessively worry about him. I know he would hate what I'm doing right now, but I can't help it. I love him so much.

"W- Will?" Nico strained. "Oh my gods! Neeks you're okay!" I half yelled. Groggily sitting up, he threw his arms around my neck, placing his head on my shoulder. I wrapped my arms just as tight around his middle, putting my head in the crook of his neck, breathing in his scent. "You look terrible Will," I heard him mumble, muffled against my shirt. "Yeah well I was worried, you fell unconscious for almost an hour and there was nothing I could do about it," I replied.