The Deep End

Chapter 11: Part 2

Percy
Percy woke up to Nico coughing, sitting on the other side of the bed, "You oka-" Percy whispered, his voice hoarse from sleeping, before Percy could finish his sentence Nico ran to the bathroom, vomiting out whatever he had in his stomach. Percy was quick to his side, pulling back Nicos long dark bangs, and rubbing his back. Nicos stomach felt as if someone was squeezing it from the inside giving him a feeling of discomfort. "I'll get you some water," Percy spoke standing up, as Nico wiped the side of his mouth, back leaning against the white wall.
"Here I brought some advil too," Percy was holding two green pills in his hand, a glass of water in the other holding it out for the boy, "Thank you," Nico whispered, "Hm?" "I said thank you," Percy didn't know why, but it looked as if Nico was gonna cry, "Hey, it's oka-" Nico burst into tears, Percy reached out, giving Nico a hug, Percy hated seeing Nico like this. He just wanted to see Nico like he was earlier, splashing his feet in the freezing water, doodling on his sketchbook. He was worried the near-drowning scared him from water forever.
Nico
Instead, Nico was crying because he was so grateful for Percy. He knew he liked Percy, but the past few days Nico felt more than just liking Percy, and it hurt him that the aqua eyed man that was holding Nico would never like him back the way he liked Percy.