Nico POV
Everything was dark.
Really dark.
And being the son of Hades, who rules a dark realm, you'd think I'd like the dark.
I don't. It's my worst fear.
"Nico", a whispery voice says.
"what", I say spinning around in the darkness. "where are you".
No one answers until I hear.
"Niiiiiccccooo", the voice whispers.
"where are you"! I shout.
"right behind you", it laughs.
Without looking back I run, and I keep running. I trip and stumble in the darkness, but I keep going. I don't know how but, I sense that there is a cliff up ahead. I slide to a stop, gasping for air.
"what a choice to make", the voice mocks. "face me, or jump".
I want to face him but what am I against a haunting soul.
"I can get you to the underworld", I offer.
"Petty offers will not silence me, son of Hades", he says.
"then what do you want", I ask.
"your eternal suffering", he says.
"but why", I demand.
"because you stepped into my realm", he explains. "and it's been so long since someone came into my realm. So, I thought I might have some fun", he begins to laugh menacingly, and I choose to jump off the cliff. I somehow knew that I was going to be ok, that this wasn't actually real. But that didn't stop the fear coursing through my veins as I plummeted to the ground. I think I was about to land but, I wake up to Will shaking my shoulders.
"Nico wake up," he says worry in his covering his words
I open my eyes and close them tight again
"too bright" I hiss
"Oh right" I hear Will whisper then I hear a click and its dark again he comes back over to me and turns on a torch that is on my side table
"I heard you mumbling in your sleep", he begins "you sounded scared and desperate to get away, so I woke you up".
He looks almost as scared as I am, I kind of want to hug him
'NO! stop that' I think
"are. You ok"? I ask slowly
"Oh, yeah I'm fine, just worried about you", he says
I feel a surge of anger, I let myself get taken here and now I've become a burden to Will.
"You shouldn't have to worry about me", I say sitting up and throwing off the covers. "I shouldn't have let myself come here; you shouldn't be worrying about me. I'm not worth it". I try to stand up, but my legs give way and I feel my head start to ache
'not now headrushes', I think.
Will catches me and pulls me back onto the bed.
"You are not going anywhere, not for three days, as I said, and this is only your first day. The sun hasn't even come up yet", he says laying me down and pulling the covers over me. "And Nico, I'm a Doctor, it's my freaking job to worry about my patients". His voice becomes calm and reassuring and it makes me almost believe him… almost "you are definitely worth it, and I will do everything in my power to make sure that you are on your way to making a full recovery".
I sigh and close my eyes again.
"night death breath", he laughs
"whatever solace" I grumble
I fall back to sleep, it's a quiet sleep, a dreamless sleep, the best sleep I've had in months.
When I wake again the first thing I see is Will's face relaxed and asleep in the chair next to me
'He must have stayed by me the rest of the night' I think. Managing a small smile, it was very small. I get up to move and then realize that my right hand is kind of warm I look down and see that Will is holding my hand I begin to blush I want to let go but I like holding his hand
'gods what do I do' I desperately think
Will starts to stir and I begin to freak out more he opens his eyes and smiles looking at me
"morning Neeks" he yawns "why are you so red" he looks down at his hand "oh that's why"
