To See Our Glory (Percico)(Abused! Percy)

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Grover

Everyone seemed to be in pretty good moods the entirety of the day. Sure, some bitches on the occasion would comment something rude to Nico or Percy. But they took it well.

I thought.

I went to Percy's cabin after campfire and both Tyson and Nico were in there. Nico and Percy we're really cute, though. They care about each other.

"Hey, Grover, what's up?" Nico asked, noticing me.

"Not much, I just realized that this is Percy's,"I explained, raising up an item Percy gave me a while back,"thought he might like it back. Where is he?"

"Sleeping,"Nico told me.

I nod my head as I enter his room, and what I saw was terrible.

Percy was always one of the happier ones of our circle of friends. Always, always, always. He always kept us going again stayed positive. Something we all needed. We aren't the happiest kids you'll know.

And he did that to hide his own problems.

His shirt had pulled up a bit, about half way up his chest. Sleeves rolled up. Waist down covered with a blanket.

Percys eyes were puffed up and red around them, tears trails stained on his face, his arms were covered in horizontal scars. His chest was filthy with scars of any which way.

The chest I can't explain. But his arms? It was how I lost my childhood best friend here.

Those were scars from purposefully cutting himself.

I, um... Felt a little guilty about it, but I took photos of his chest and his arms after putting down what belonged to him and I left. After a few hours I fell asleep, and the first thing I did after breakfast was search down Chiron. He always said stuff like this needs to be reported to him, but it hasn't happened since Luke first showed up and that was a one time thing that was actually an accident worded weirdly. Nobody self harms here. Nobody. Nobody tries suicide, nobody does that stuff because we'll probably end up dead in a year anyways.

"Grover, my boy,"after my dad kind of went missing, Chiron quickly stepped in as my kind of second dad. Which was nice to have,"what brings you here in a rush?"

"I'm worried,"I explained,"about Percy."

"Percy?" Chiron questioned, not seeing why,"why? He seems mighty fine to me, enough so that he wanted to even stick around for a bit longer than normal. What worries you?"

"I don't think he is back her because he just wanted to,"I go on to him,"I think that there's a situation between him and his parents that forced him back here that he doesn't want to talk about."

"And why do you say that?"

"I went to give him something last night, something he gave me a while back to use, and he was sleeping so I didn't interrupt him, but this is what he looked like."

I slid the camera over to the centaur, who took it out of curiosity.

For a moment, he just looked. Surprised, concerned, worried, anxious, all of it. He wasn't expecting this.

"We haven't had a demigod do anything or that in... Over ten years,"Chiron told me,"that... That surprises me, I never noticed or picked Percy to be that type of soul.. maybe Nico or Thalia, but they're both doing wonderfully, I talked to them this morning. I talked to Percy, too. He seemed happier than ever, as always. He must use something to cover the scars, I've never noticed them before."

"Neither had I,"I agreed,"I mean, I know some kids get him a little crap yesterday, but he didn't seem to care at all. He ignored most of it."

"But my boy,"Chiron explained to me,"that's just what happens when you're used to it. I'll call Sally today and see if she's aware of this."