expecting; percico

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Nico walked out of the bathroom with a tear stained face. He ran to his cabin and noticed it was night time, he didn't realize how long he had been gone, geez. He discarded that thought and slammed Cabin 13's door behind him as the harpies came out.

He sunk down to the floor, tears flooded his eyes once more, and he didn't even try to wipe them away, or control them. He let them fall. How could this happen? Honestly, how? He'd been to the doctor before, how could he not know he had the anatomy to carry a child?

As he thought about doctors, he instantly regretted it. Will. How was he going to react when Nico started showing more, and in no way could he play it off as Will's because they hadn't had any sex, which was honestly driving Will crazy, most likely.

He could tell him now, or he could tell him later, either way he would have to tell him and it would be horrible. Then he would also have to tell Percy. He didn't want to trap Percy into anything. He would make that very clear, but how in the world do you tell someone that?

Nico found more tears going down his face, he had his hands wrapped around his stomach. He then started realizing how malnourished the baby was. He hadn't eaten a whole meal since the baby was conceived and anything he did it, the baby rejected.

He tried thinking about food, and how he would just have to force it down, and the thought made a wave of nausea wash over the son of Hades. It was that feeling you get when you know you're hungry, or you know you need to eat, but the thought of putting a bit of food in your mouth makes you feel sick.

Nico continued sitting on the floor, his head and back against the door, hands wrapped around his abdomen. He couldn't believe himself. There was so many things wrong, he couldn't pinpoint which one was truly making tears roll down his cheeks.

He took a shaky breath a thought of a list, not in order from suckiest, to least, but a list of everything that had gone wrong.

Cheated on Will. Amazing Will who was patient, kind, caring.
Slept with someone who was dating someone, at the time.
Got pregnant, despite being a male.
Probably had a very unhealthy baby.
He was having a baby at 17.
He couldn't find one of his mythomagic cards.
He felt nauseous.
There was a knock on the door followed by the voice of William Solace.

He quickly wiped the tears of his face, thought of a lie, allergies, and opened the door. Will was standing there, pale faced, most likely because of the fact a harpie could come out of nowhere and eat his face off.

Will rushed in and Nico closed the door. He was thankful for the darkness of the Hades cabin. Without it, his red face and puffy cheeks would be a lot more prominent, and while the extent of the puffiness was hidden, it didn't go unnoticed.

"Neeks?" Will asked, only after taking a few breaths, indicating he probably ran from his cabin to his brown-eyed boyfriends. "What's wrong? And I know I bother you when I say that," Will's voice was calm and sweet, his southern drawl making his voice sounds like honey. "But, please tell me, I'm getting worried,"

Nico should have told the truth, instead, he settled with his lie. "Allergies I think," Nico forced a smile before looking at his boyfriend. "What brings you here though? Not that I mind,"

Will gave a look as if he didn't believe the son of Hades' lie, but quickly masked over that expression with a look of teasing. "Well, you were sick, then you yelled at Chiron and Mr. D--"

"Everyone yells at Mr. D," Nico states with a small laugh.

"Okay, but no one yells at Chiron, and then you shadow traveled away for the entire day. I asked Reyna if she had seen you, and she said no, so I came here to know where the hell you went, and if you ate, and if you're -- I know it annoys you -- if you're okay,"