Internet Friends (Percico)

Chapter 6

(new cover, what do you guys think?)

-Nico-

Ah, Saturday. How I loved my usual routine. I could freely lay in the dark in my bed with the curtains drawn and scroll through Tumblr for hours. Why couldn't I do that today, you ask? Ask the boy draped over my lap and whining about how 'doctors never get sick' or for me to 'turn up the heating, I'm cold'.

Will moaned again as I sighed and pushed him off my stomach. "Why can't you go bug somebody else, Solace? Like, I don't know, your boyfriend?"

Will sat up and pouted. I have to admit, he did look really sick. Pale and sweaty and stuff like that. "'Cause you're my best friend and I want you to take care of me."

"You see, that's where we differ. I don't want to take care of you. I wanna go on my phone and forget anybody else exists." I rolled my eyes and threw the covers back into Will's face, getting up and walking down the hall.

Will trailed after me like a lost puppy. "Have you got any food? Or tablets? Drugs maybe?-"

"Will, go sit down on the couch and I'll be with you in just a second, okay? Gods give me strength," I shook my head and walked into the kitchen, sighing internally with relief when Will did as I asked.

I grabbed a water bottle from the fridge and set about heating up some chicken soup. Okay, I admit, that's such a cliché thing to do. Chicken soup for a sick person? Yeah, of course.

So, let's just say it didn't work out. Will finished the bowl, only to throw it back up literally ten minutes later. Same with the glass of water I later gave him.

Truth be told I didn't know what else to do. I had no idea how to take care of sick people, Will was usually the one doing that! So what did I do?

I texted Percy.

Don't ask why, because I have no idea. One moment I'm grabbing a blanket from the dryer and the next my phones in hand and I'm already typing out a text, which I got a fast response to.

to: percy💙
n: hey percy?
p: yeah?
n: how do you take care of a sick person?
p: ...chicken soup?

I smiled irl. He thinks just like me.

n: that's what i thought, but he can't hold anything down. not even water. what the hades do i do?!
p: oh shit
p: okay, stay calm
p: alright i've got a medical website up on my laptop
p: i'm too lazy to type it out smh can i call you instead

My eyes widened. Call? Percy? Actually hear his voice?

Sign me the fuck up.

n: sure, just don't be put off by the whining in the background -_-

I felt my heart beat faster with excitement as my phone began vibrating a few seconds later. Percy's name flashed up on the screen, and my fingers shook as I pressed answer.

"Hello?" I said into the phone.

"Hey." A deep yet boyish voice replied. My heart stuttered. I could practically hear the smirk in his voice. "I don't hear any whining, is he dead?"

I chuckled. "I wish."

"Nico!" Will moaned from the couch. "I want poptarts!"

"No, Will." I sighed. "I'm not giving you anything after you projectile vomited all over my toilet."

"But-"

"He's being difficult," I said into the phone.

Percy chuckled, causing my heart to melt. I was already falling in love with his laugh. "Okay, well, it says here to get him into the shower. It'll cool him right down when he gets out. Does he know exactly what he has?"

"Uh, I'll check." I held the phone away from my ear, "hey Will! What exactly do you have?"

"A fever, cold sweat, ear ache, head ache, vomiting bug, over all body ache, sore joints, my eyes hurt-" Will whimpered as he flicked through the channels on the TV.

"A fever and a bug." I repeated into the phone.

I heard Percy type something out. "Get him to take some paracetamol, he doesn't have any inflammation so I guess he doesn't need ibuprofen. Make sure you keep trying to get water down him and possibly some food, and keep him in a blanket after the shower. Make sure his hair's dry too, that could give him a cold and worsen the fever."

I smiled bashfully. Gods, he was adorable. Too adorable. "Alright, I'll give it a try. Thanks, Percy. I owe you one."

"How can you owe me one if we're in different states?" Percy laughed.

I rolled my eyes. "Tumblr can do a whole lot of things, Jackson."

I kept talking to Percy on the phone as I helped Will out. Something about his voice alone was alluring and mystifying, and I ended up just listening to him instead of what he was saying.

I learnt lots of new things. Like his favourite colour is blue, his favourite animal is anything living under the sea, he likes rock music, and he owns a skateboard. Plus, his New Yorker accent is so fucking hot, and that's an observation I made all on my own.

Finally I got Will asleep. Poor guy, he looked so sick and helpless. I ruffled his blow dried hair (hey, I had to dry his hair some way. Plus guys can blow dry their hair too, who says we have to conform to your shitty gender roles?) as I walked past and smiled slightly.

"He looks cute when he sleeps." I commented as I walked back up to my room.

"Oooh, does Nico have a crush?" Percy teased.

I rolled my eyes. "No, absolutely not. Will has a boyfriend, and I don't usually swing for blonds."

"Then what do you swing for?"

I thought for a second. Nobody had really asked me that before, I guess. "I don't know, but guys with dark hair and light eyes just do something to me. Gods, have you seen the tag on tumblr? It's like heaven on earth, man."

Percy laughed. "Whatever you say, Neeks."

I genuinely smiled. I liked talking to Percy.

-

HEEEEeeeEEEEeeeeEEEEeeEYYY

it's me

IM ALIVE

ITS A MIRACLE

awe guys i missed you all so much, you're all adorable okay and i'm sorry for taking so long

but hey, i'm back now, thats the main thing

chapter okay?

lol alright that's all from me byee ilysm <33

-Ella xx