I touched Nico's pale skin and woke him up. " Hey sleepy head" " What do you want" he grumbled. "I just want to make sure your alive that's all!" He leaned closer and I thought he wanted to kiss me but he buried his head in my chest and begged me to stay with him in the infirmary for the rest of the day. I felt lazy and agreed. I played with his mat black, greasy hair and stared into his eyes. " You have eyes like the ocean" Nico told me. I smiled at him and started to rub his back. He cuddled with me for a while until I told his health was enough so he could leave. I was shocked when Nico asked if he could stay longer because usually he would have bolted out the door and ran as fast as he could to the Hades cabin.
I told him he could until the infirmary was too full and we needed room. Later the same day after lunch I saw Nico throwing up in the infirmary. I ran to his side as quickly as I could. I held him up by his waist and chest, after a few minutes Nico fell backwards against me. I guessed he had fainted but I wasn't sure. I put him on a bed in the infirmary and checked his breathing and heart rate. He wasn't breathing and his heart was slowly stopping. I looked to see if anyone was around, no one. I had to do CPR to try and get his breathing back and steady but I didn't want to kiss Nico. I felt hopeless but then remembered I promised to keep him safe so I did CPR and within a few moments I heard Nico gasping for air.His face looked red and annoyed. " What was that kiss about, Solace" he demanded. I felt guilty but explained to hi how CPR worked.
I could tell he felt guilty about yelling at me but I couldn't help but laugh while he was so flustered and annoyed. " Don't laugh at me, I'm not some medical nerd like you!" We both sat there laughing until Nico started shaking. I put my hands on his arms and asked him what was wrong. he fell into my body, so I pulled him on my lap and cuddled him trying to soothe him if possible. He felt slightly better but his breathing was still extremely hard. My lungs would explode if I breathed that hard. Nico fell asleep a few moments later. I layed him down on the bed and pulled the blankets up to his shoulders then I moves his hair out of his face and kissed him on the forehead and told I love you.
