expecting; percico

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a/n: trigger warning: mentions of losing a baby. ||don't stress it too much, love you!||

Nico woke up and had never felt more pain. Okay, maybe that wasn't completely true, but it was a pretty large amount of pain. It was the middle of the night and he couldn't go back to sleep it hurt so bad.

Of course, this worried Nico, not because it hurt, but because that could mean something was wrong with Zoella, and then he could lose the baby.

I mean, the due date was approaching soon, and that meant things would be happening soon that would hopefully naturally allow the baby to come out and it all stressed Nico out, but he heard stress can cause preterm labor and he didn't want that so he stopped his rant and took a deep breath.

He didn't want to wake Percy up but he had to try and find out what was wrong with his - back? Stomach? He didn't know, something around that area hurt like a mother fucker. He pulled the blanket off himself.

He looked down at his legs and there was dark red blood.

He saw this before, in a film. He remembered hating the thought. The thought of... no. this wasn't possible he didn't no. no. nope. This -. No, please, no.

Nico felt something on his shoulder and turned around, he had tears running down his face he was sure. When he looked around, he didn't see Percy, just heard his voice and felt his hand, but he didn't see him, not even an outline.

"Nico?" It was low and confused.

"Nico, what's wrong?"

Nico couldn't make words, he just turned back around, his legs hung over the bed and cried.

"Nico? Wake up," Percy's voice came.

Wake up? It was a dream. He was fine. He just had to open his eyes and it would all be over. It would be over. Zoella was fine, the baby was fine, he just had to open his eyes.

He managed, and he was still sitting up, but when he looked down, there was no blood, his eyes were still wet with tears, but this time when he turned around, he saw Percy's outline, it was hard to see him, but he was there.

"Nico, are you okay, what happened?" His voice was low and sleepy.

Nico was still gasping for air, his chest tight as well as his throat. "I can't - I can't -"

Percy pulled the covers off himself and brought himself closer to Nico. "Hey, it's okay, just breathe, it's okay, you don't have to talk right now, it's okay, just focus on breathing, in," Percy took a breath in. "And out," And Percy did just that to demonstrate, though nico was having a problem replicating it.

"I - I - I - it was horrible, I just had to - and I didn't know - and it was everywhere, and I -"

"Nico," Percy said, wanting to wrap the shorter boy in his arms, but knew it was probably better to not, especially while he was freaking out. "It's okay, okay? Just calm down, I know it's hard, but just try, okay?"

Nico nodded and started focusing on his breathing. He reached his hand out for Percy's and felt his warmth, and that helped a lot. It rooted him to the world, and he was able to calm himself so he was softly crying. Eventually, he trusted himself to speak.

"Sorry, i didn't want to wake you," Nico was finally able to say. "It was just, there was blood and I thought I had lost her and it was, so horrible,"

"Hey, don't apologize, okay? It's okay, It's okay, everything's fine," Nico's hand subconsciously went down to his stomach, wanting to be able to feel his daughter kick, or do anything. Sometimes, dreams mean something and that scared the shit out of Nico.