The Deep End

Chapter 11: Part 4

Nico
Nico woke up in Percy's arms, no tear stained face, or burning fever, but his hair stuck to his forehead. He felt disgusting, he obviously sweated out his fever, which sadly left him uncomfortably moist. He ran his fingers through his greasy hair, nasty.
As Nico scooted to the end of the creaky bed he heard the door open.
"Oh! Hello Nico," Sally whispered, "thought you were still asleep with lazy over there," she continued gesturing to Percy, "anyway, here are your clothes I dried them, and feel free to take a shower." Sally smiled and nodded to the bathroom door inside Percy's room. Nico sat up, and headed straight to the bathrooms.
Nico walked into the bathroom taking the toothbrush, he used from his last visit, and wetting it with the tap water. Nico looked up and into the mirror. His eyes were red, and puffy from the nap, his hair was in knots (Which is pretty normal for him), and he had peeling, chapped lips.
Nico spat out his toothpaste, licked his lips, and stripped his clammy clothes. He switched the hot water on, not waiting it for it to warm up as he stepped in. The water rolled off his back, down his thighs and soon down the drain. The shower was a lot nicer then falling into a deep end when you can't swim. It also gave you good time to think. Most of the time, Nico only thought in self deprecation. Including right now. He thought about how Percy will never like him. Who would like a stalker like him? It's astonishing that Percy hasn't even noticed yet, or maybe he has, but he's too nice to say anything. Knowing Nicos luck Percy probably hates him, something will make him come to his senses, they'll argue, he'll be kicked out of Percy's life forever, and the only way he can see him again is when he's being a weird stalker, while watching him swim around almost nude. It's only been a couple days, but he's already used to being close to Percy. He doesn't want to ruin it.