expecting; percico

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Percy and Nico walked out off the hospital, all smiles. Nico still couldn't comprehend the joy of knowing he was going to be having a baby girl. He was a bit upset at the loss of hand holding, but ignored it. He was having a baby girl.

"It's going to be a girl!" Nico smiles in disbelief as the two demigods buckled into the car. Percy smiled widely back as he finished buckling, the belt making a click noise.

"I know!" He smiled. He leaned back and sighed, it was a happy sigh, "It's going to be amazing, I'm really excited, honestly,"

Nico knew there was a conversation the two demigods had to have. What would the room look like? Where would it be? Did Sally really want a newborn baby in her apartment with her, always crying? Would Percy want Nico to leave when the baby was born? Would they go to the lawyers for custody? There was a lot of questions, questions that could be asked later, Nico decided.

The two boys rambled on about the possibilities, both staying away from the serious topics, not wanted to leave there little bubble of happy. Nico understood this, there weren't many happy moments in a half-bloods life, so you treasured the ones you could get.

After a short drive, they arrived back at the apartment. "You should tell Sally when she gets home," Nico recommended as Percy unlocked the door. The son of Poseidon shrugged as the two boys walked in. Nico placed down the bag he brought along as Percy spoke.

"I was thinking we could kind of do it together, maybe like one of those gender-reveal things, but we already know? She always loved those and never really got to do one with me, she was too young, her parents, my grandparents, were too made at her for getting knocked-up so she was a bit alone for it, so, for her grandchild I was thinking maybe we could do something for her, we don't have to, it was just an idea,"

The son of Hades smiled by the doorway into the kitchen, a hand lazily resting on his growing bump. Percy loved his mom so much it was astonishing. Of course Nico wouldn't care to do something special to reveal the sex of the baby. Sally deserved it, and, while the pale boy would never admit it, seeing how much Percy wanted it, definitely contributed to how quickly he agreed.

"Why would I mind, it sounds nice," Nico answered shortly after the son of Poseidon said the idea. Nico walked into the kitchen and began to busy his hands, making a late Lunch for the two. "What would you want to do, the balloon thing is pretty unoriginal now,"

The son of Hades noticed how Percy's face lit up at the conversation they were having. Then, the green-eyed boy pondered for a moment before speaking up. "We could do a pinata, or a paintball gun that shoots pink or blue,"

Nico hummed in agreement as he pulled out the ingredients for two grilled cheese sandwiches.

"Or since you like cooking, from what I can see, since you basically do it all the time, we could make a cake with pink or blue inside and the icing could be purple or white, with like question marks on it, or something, I don't know, I like that one because then we have cake after.

"Of course you would," Nico laughed lightly. "I like that idea though, and I think white icing, and with purple we could like put 'Boy or Girl?' and it would look really cool," Nico said, getting more excited about the idea by the second.

Percy nodded happily and pulled himself up on the countertops as Nico continued to cook. The son of Hades started thinking of the type of cake he would make. He was honestly excited to be able to see Sally's face when the cake, or whatever they chose, was pink. Would she be happy? She already had a son, so a granddaughter, especially with Sally being as young as she is, could almost be like having a daughter, even if the child doesn't live under her roof. The pregnant boy came to the decision that she would at least be a little happy.