A Perpollo fanfic

Four

Percy woke up in a strange bed. He could feel his wrists throbbing dully, and he remembered what he had done. Percy attempted to sit up, but as soon as he moved, his wrists flared with pain. He heard faint talking as he drifted back into a dreamless sleep.

When he woke up again, he heard somebody's footsteps coming closer to him. He kept his eyes shut in fear that it was somebody who was mad at him.

"Seashell, I know you can't hear me, but you need to wake up," He heard Apollo say. "I guess it might be weird for me to say this, but I actually do care about you. You lost a lot of blood, and it's been over a week since you were last awake."

Over a week? He hadn't realized that he'd been asleep that long.

"It took three days to get all of the blood you lost back in you, and I really hope that you can forgive me for everything I've done."

Forgive him? Maybe I need to wake up so he can see that I'm okay.

Apollo grabbed his hand and squeezed it. Percy squeezed back even though he didn't have very much energy. He could feel Apollo flinch against his hand. "Seashell? I'm gonna need you to do that again if you're awake please."

Percy squeezed his hand again. Apollo gasped. "I'll be right back, Seashell. Just stay awake for a little longer. I need to go grab Nico and Will." he let go of Percy's hand and Percy could hear his footsteps receding. Percy opened his eyes. Hsi eyelids felt like weights on his face, and kept drooping down, but he forced them to stay open.

Will walked in, with Nico following. As soon as Nico saw him, he tackled him in a hug. "Ouch, a little bit less pressure please, Nico?" Percy croaked. "Oh. Oh! Sorry Percy," Nico said, and quickly got off of Percy. "So," Will interrupted. "I'm gonna need to run some tests on you tomorrow, but otherwize, you're free to go, just relax, and I'm assigning you a personal healer."

"I'm guessing that'll be you?" Percy asked Will. "Oh, no. I'm Nico's personal healer. You get Apollo," Will told him.

"I heard my name?" Apollo asked as he barged into the room. Everybody laughed. "Yes, Apollo. You heard your name," Percy told him. "Seashell? Oh my gods, you're finally awake! I knew I felt you squeeze my hand, but I couldn't tell for sure. Oh my gods, Seashell," Apollo rambled. As Apollo rambled, Percy noticed that he had dark bags under his eyes, and looked really sickly,very unusual for him. Has he really been that worried about me? Percy thought. I guess I really do matter to some people. Apollo came up to him and offered his hand. Percy took it and Apollo helped him out of bed. They walked out the door side-by-side to Percy's cabin.

When they got inside, Percy showed Apollo to a spare bed where he could sleep. While Apollo got his things organized, Percy checked the time. Nine o-clock? Percy thought. Dinner had already happened, and most everybody was getting ready for bed. Percy went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and shower. While the shower was warming up, he called out to Apollo, "I'm going to take a shower, Sunshine!"

Sunshine? Where'd that come from? Apollo seemed to hesitate before he responded "Uh, okay I guess. Just don't take too long because I need one too!"

Percy stepped back into the bathroom. He undressed, and stepped into the warm water. I felt like heaven- if it even exists -after sleeping for over a week. He scouted the shower. There was shampoo and conditioner on a small shelf and a small bottle of body wash on a shelf underneath. Percy grabbed the body wash. He squirted it onto a loofah and starters scrubbing his body. When he was finished with that, He grabbed the shampoo, squirted some in his hands, lathered up his hair, rinsed it in the water, and did the same thing with the conditioner.

After he was done with everything, he stepped out of the shower, and grabbed a towel to dry off. After he was dry he got dressed and called out to Apollo, "Hey Sunshine? I'm done in the shower, just wait till I finish brushing my teeth" he heard Apollo call back, "Okay! I'll be there in a minute!"

When Apollo got there, He was shirtless, and had a towel thrown over his shoulder. Percy was still brushing his teeth. Apollo came up right behind him and threw his arms over Percy's shoulders. His lips brushed the outer shell of Percy's ear and whispered, "Can I do this?"

Percy's knees buckled. "Woah there Seashell! Having a hard time standing?" Apollo teased. There was a bright blush on Percy's face. "Uh, yeah I guess. Just a bit tired?" Percy told him and quickly finished up brushing his teeth and headed to bed.

As soon as Percy's head hit the pillow, he was asleep.

Percy was in Jason's body. He was fighting Caligula, who was clearly beating him. Caligula was saying things that he couldn't understand. Suddenly He was in Caligula's body. He threw the spear directly through Jason's back. Jason turned around, and widened his eyes. "Percy?" he asked, clearly confused. "Why would you do this to me? I never did anything to you!" He had blood trickling out the side of his mouth. He walked up to Percy. "Percy? Why won't you answer me? Are you deaf!?" he asked him. "Percy? I'm talking to you! Didn't you mother tell you to listen when somebody was talking to you? I bet she didn't. Because YOU NEVER LISTENED. You could never see the bigger picture! It was always about you! Never about anybody else. You know what? I don't think I deserved to die! I think it was you." Jason pulled the spear out of his body and stabbed it into Percy's chest.

Percy woke up sobbing. His fault. It's all his fault. He bit his lip to try to make it stop, but it wasn't working.I just want somebody to hold me, he thought. He tried curling up in a ball with the blankets around him, but there was no way that he could stop crying without somebody there to comfort him.

As soon as Apollo heard Percy sobbing, he was over there in seconds. Percy was in a tight ball, wrapped up in his blankets, facing the wall. Apollo quickly laid down behind him, put his arm around Percy's body, and pulled him close, just like he had the other night. He heard Percy's breaths slow down. Percy turned to face him, his head buried in Apollo's chest. "Please don't leave, Sunshine," he heard Percy mumble before falling into a dreamless sleep. 

A/N: I know this one is shorter, but it had a good cliffhanger! Sorry to all who wanted a longer part