The last thing he heard was, "Oh, Gods Annabeth"

            When he woke up, he saw the face of Will Solace looking over him Normally he would've pushed his face away..but not today.... He looked down and saw purple, blue, and black bruises on his body, including stitches on his arm, head, legs, and chest. On his bedside table was his sword, made of Stygian Iron, and his clothes, and his aviator's jacket. He remembered Percy, and his body began to shiver and ache. 

"Take it easy Nico, you've had it pretty tough"

"Percy" He croaked.

Will looked away

"N-No, its all my fault."

Will looked anxious as he said, "You did the best you could, there was nothing you could do"

I-I could've summoned more soldiers, tried to create a curse, shadow traveled him away!" He started to hyperventilate.

Will gripped his soldiers, and exclaimed, " And nearly killed yourself?!" He actually looked concerned, as if he cared. Nico pushed Will's hand's off of his shoulders, and looked away. He tried to get up. 

"You can't Nico. You're not strong enough!" He put his hand of his arm and gently pushed him down. He winced in pain. Will looked at him with pain in his eyes. Why?

Nico thought he could sneak out at night, but when he weakly opened his eyes, he saw Will was was still there, and was still awake. 

"Why aren't you going to sleep?"

"Because I knew you'd try and escape"

"You don't know me" Nico growled.

"Why do you keep pushing everyone away?!" He said it with a little anger in his eyes. 

"Because people get hurt around me, especially people I care about." This took Will aback.

"You think the son of Hades can't care about people?"

"I never said that! And you can't lame yourself for what happened to Percy!"

"I can and I will!" saying this he tried to get up, every muscle in his body ached. But Will kept putting him down. The sun began to rise, but he was still struggling to get up. "3 days top, Nico"

"NO"

"Come on, are you trying to kill yourself?"

"Maybe I am!"

"Come on you don't mean that!" There was pain in his eyes.

"Why are you helping me?" Tears began welling up in his eyes.                                                                        "Why do you act as if you care?!"

"Maybe I do care! Have you thought about that?"

Nico was shocked, "W-what?" he sputtered.

Will blushed, or maybe he was hallucinating again. But before he knew what was happening, Will put his hand over him, and he fell asleep. 

Demigod dreams were terrible......                                                                                                                            He kept seeing Percy, the attack, Kronos's laugh. And Kronos kept whispering, "it's all your fault, it's all your fault" over and over. After that he heard Will saying, "Maybe I do care! Have you thought about that?" He jolted awake, he was sweating, and his arms were shaking, he felt tears on his face. All of his bruises felt as if they were on fire. Him waking up, must've woken up Will because, he said, " Wha- Nico, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing" he shakily whispered, and lied back down, pretending to be asleep. Will checked his pulse and changed a few of bandages. His bed sheets felt cool against his skin. When Will began nodding off, he got up, and stood, which probably opened a few of his stitches. His body still ached but that wasn't going to stop him. He grabbed his clothes from the table and put them on, then slipped on his jacket. He limped over to his cabin and sat on his bed. And the pain came crashing back. He felt tears sliding down his cheek and he just sat there.