expecting; percico

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When the two demigods got home, Percy unloaded everything from the car, Nico grabbing as much as he could without major back pain. Speaking of back pain, it was getting worse and worse as the baby grew. He knew all pregnant people received back pain, but he couldn't help but wonder if it was just a bit different since he was male.

Then, he told himself that was just what Reyna called, male brain, which is to make every situation worse for him even if a girl goes through the same thing. Nico was blaming his male brain on a lot of his pain lately, and that made him think of Reyna, he wanted to see her soon.

When everything was put up into the house, Nico made himself and Percy some lunch. They ate while talking on the couch, planning where to put things and other things. When done, Nico took a swig of Nectar, and it helped his back just a bit, but not enough.

Percy cleaned the dishes, well, he ran them under the water and left them in the sink. Nico decided to deal with it later. They then scooted everything that was in the living room/hallway into the empty room where their daughter would be living for hopefully the rest of their lives. Then, that scared the living shit out of Nico because the rest of your life is a long time, but the fear was quickly gone as he saw Percy carrying the crib and the bassinet AND the changing table, trying not to drop them.

He realized how much Percy would do for their daughter and it reassured him. Nico followed after him, carrying in the rest of the crab, really enjoying the fact the Nectar had soothed his pain to an extent.

The two demigods decided to change into something a lot more comfortable. Nico changed into fluffy pajama pants, and a black tank top. Percy going into joggers and a blue T Shirt. Nico slid on grey socks because socks are great and the hardwood floors were cold.

When changed, they went back to the nursery and opened up the crib box. "I have no clue how to put this together," Percy stated as the two looked at the pieces and the very confusing directions that weren't in greek so neither one of them could read it.

"I have no clue, either," Nico states, his hands on both his hips as he looked at the white pieces, then up at Percy and smiled, receiving one back, and looking back down, slightly blushing. Nico slowly sat down on the floor and grabbed one of the four pieces from the sides. "I think - I think if you put this one, with this one, then - no, that wouldn't make sense,"

"I know they're four legs, and then four walls, and a bottom," Percy said, know kneeling on the ground.

"Thank you, Sherlock," Nico laughed. He looked around for the instructions, trying to make sense of the pictures. "Okay, from what I can see," Nico started, reaching for a certain bag of screws. "We put these two together, then - do we have this?" Nico asks, gesturing to a weird twisty thingy.

"A screwdriver?" Percy asks, holding back a laugh.

"If that's what that is, yeah!" Nico smiled, putting down the instructions and looking at Percy.

"How do you not know what that is?" He asked, getting up and walking out the nursery.

"I don't know, when I was born, it was really different, I didn't have anyone to teach me crap like that," Nico shrugs, getting up and leaning against the doorway as he saw Percy walking around. "It wasn't really important, and I was only like nine, then I went into a hotel, then camp, then you kind of know the rest, plus when the Athena cabin can just put it together for you, it seems kind of unimportant,"

"Well, this," Percy said, opening the hall closet and grabbing a bag that was on the top shelf. He reached in the bag and pulled out a 'screwdriver' that had a blue handle. "Is a screwdriver," He said, making a motion as if he was about to toss.