Nico's PoV
About Five Seconds Later
It seriously freaked me out when Hannah just collapsed like that- especially with how hard she had slammed her head into the Hermes cabin. I was almost worried that she'd died before I, being an idiot, remembered that I'm a son of Hades and would've felt her die.
She was just unconscious, but she'd probably be fine. Probably.
I dragged her back into the Big House, grateful for the training that had given me muscles beneath my overly thin appearance. I got her onto her bed without injuring her more.
"Oh my gods," Frank said, coming inside. "What in Hades happened?"
Her head was bleeding. How had I not noticed before? Head wounds bleed a lot!
"None of your business, Zhang," I said. "Get me one of her siblings."
Frank fidgeted uncomfortably. "It's kinda hard to believe the whole thing with Apollo-" he started, but a glare from me sent him running. It had surprised me when I found out her dad(s?) were gay. No wonder it was in her instinct to not judge me.
"So... you heard... about my dads?" she mumbled weakly, surprising me. She was barely conscious, and obviously in a fair amount of pain. Her eyes, barely open, were on me.
"Yeah," I said, trying to figure out where the dam demigods kept their nectar in this place.
"I- almost forgot to tell you," she said. "When Percy found out about my dads-" I almost froze, waiting for her next words, but I forced myself to keep working. "I asked if he was a homophobe... and guess what he said?"
"I have no idea," I said, trying to keep her awake. I could feel her life force starting to drip. She could be saved- but I would have to do it. An Apollo kid wouldn't get to her in time.
"He said... he said..." she struggled.
"C'mon Hannah, keep your eyes open. What did Persassy say?" I used his nickname on purpose to hopefully spark some liveliness in her.
"He said... and I quote... no, not at all... gay people are fab." I couldn't help but laugh. That is just like Percy. "Wait- there's more..." she said. "He also said... that they're like... rainbows and schist. Thought... you'd want to know," she struggled. If these fucking demigods hid their nectar any better, it'd be in fucking Tartarus. When I finally found it, I rushed to get it to Hannah. She could hardly drink it. However, she still could. And luckily, the sense of death that had been approaching her, faded. I sighed in relief.
"W-what is this?" she asked, the wound on her head closing, her hair still matted with blood. I gave her a quick explanation of nectar as she finished the glass. When Frank came back with one of Hannah's siblings, I yelled at him for being so slow and sent him away. Just to piss me off, he turned into a turtle on the way out.
"Fuck you, Zhang," I mumbled when the door finally swung shut. Hannah chuckled.
"Nico," she called, and I turned around. She'd set the glass down, and she stared at me, her gray eyes full of thoughts although her face betrayed none of them. Even though her hair was covered in blood, she didn't look half bad. "Nico... I'm sorry for not helping you yesterday." She hesitated, then took off a glove and outstretched a hand to me.
"I'm ready to see now."
