Nico closed his eyes "mm… that feels incredible" he mentions and Aphrodite girl's including Piper laughed.

"We figured you were way too stressed and tired so manicure and pedicure was a great to help you relax" Ally, one of the girls explained.

"Your feet are really swollen, Nico, look at your ankles" Piper mentioned, she was giving him a foot message, there was a girl on every limb and one giving him a much needed back message.

"I would if I could see them" he answered bitterly and they all laughed and giggled.

"I'm so glad you opened up, Nico, I remember thinking you were scary because of how quiet you were but you're actually sweet" Brit added and the others girls except Piper nodded.

"I'm a son of Hades, I'm not ever going to be all daisies and dandelions" he replied then paused "I take that back, I was turned into a dandelion once" he replied. Piper raised an eyebrow and he told the story of how he'd angered his step mother and the repercussions of it.

"That sucks" Piper replied wrinkling her nose as the idea.

"Not the first time I've been turned into a plant, it would be just my luck if I die and get reincarnated into a tree or something and get peed on by a dog" he grumbled and Piper laughed at the idea.

"I kind of doubt your dad would let that happen if you chose rebirth, let's talk about the living now shall we?" Piper added. "So, how was the checkup this month?" she asked.

"Boys" he replied and suddenly there a squeal fest and then they settled again to hear him talk. "But Apollo keeps saying I'm not heavy enough" he explained.

"Not enough? Maybe try eating more meat" Ally suggested.

"Okay, I'll try that" Nico replied arching his back, his stomach was now the size of an average ballon. He doubled over suddenly "oomph" he let out.

"Are you alright?" Piper asked frantically.

Nico put his arms around his stomach "fine, just a really big kick that's all, they move around a lot; keeps me up at night" he sighed.

"Can I-" Brit hesitated and he nodded and let her touch his stomach, immediately, one of them moved and Brit smiled "I felt that" she said.

The girls took turns feeling them kick and roll around "isn't it weird, though, to have them move all the time?" Piper asked.

"Yeah, it's always strange but I got used to it" he responded.

"Mind if I take over for you?" Nico perked when he heard Auto's voice, he relaxed again as he felt Auto's fingers knead into his shoulders. "So how're they doing?" Auto asked, massaging Nico's lower back then on the sides of Nico's stomach making him blush.

"Fine, moving a lot" Nico replied, turning to look at Auto over his shoulder and his lips were caught. The girls went 'awww' and Nico blushed.

"Great" Auto replied "is your back still killing you? Did you gain 10 pounds like you were supposed to?" he murmured into his neck creating a deep blush.

"Only 8" Nico sighed, rubbing his stomach to settle the commotion "Apollo's worried how my weight is gonna affect the babies, he said if I don't gain enough it'll affect their health" he explained, he noticed that the girls left to give them privacy but didn't say anything.

"And yours" Auto added, Nico was silent and Auto sighed and bent to his height in the chair. "You'll gain it, it's just a little harder for you since you're skinnier than most, I know… let's go visit the salon soon and me and mom will make you the fattiest, most calories potato soup complete with sausage, bacon, and as a side, a great big steak" Auto said grinning and Nico smiled.

"Okay" he agreed.

Nico rubbed his eyes as he went to breakfast one morning, Auto left for a couple weeks to finish up his online college degree and talk to his mom about fully taking responsibility of the Salon. He sighed, he missed Auto and he missed Auto keeping him company in his bed and staying up with him when he couldn't sleep.

Chiron wanted him to stay at camp since one child of the Big Three was a powerful scent but one with hormones and 3 powerful baby demi-gods on the way with no guards, it was dangerous.

He slumped into a seat at his table and closed his eyes as he laid his head on the table. "Nico" he opened his eyes when he heard the familiar voice.

"Thalia?" he perked to find her in full hunter gear.

"Hey" she greeted smiling "you look big" she mentioned, sitting gingerly then looking around then seem satisfied that his dad wouldn't kill her for taking a seat at his table, she hugged him. It was slightly awkward his rotund stomach but they managed. "Are those curves?" she teased.

He blushed, he had gained hips and Auto loved commenting on it too, loving how Nico couldn't help but sway. "So twins, huh? It's so weird, a couple years ago you wouldn't be able to handle this and now twins and you like it" she explained.

"I feel like I'm not handling it, though, it's more Auto; I'm just trying to do what I'm supposed to and pray that I'm doing it right" he replied.

She smiled "I think you're doing fine, Nico, just look at you; I saw you what, a few months ago and now you look much heavier and you look fine" she assured.

"Thanks… at least I gained the weight I was supposed to, by eating a ton. I've never ate so much food in my life and I have to keep doing that at every meal. As if I didn't feel like a great big volleyball already" he explained moodily, bitterly biting into a cookie that he'd conjured to his place.

"Believe me, other than your stomach, you've retained your skinny self. Have you been using any kind of stuff for the stretch marks?" she asked looking at his stomach, it was just inches shy of being the size of a basketball. Making it very hard to believe he was only at 6 months and the babies would be growing and then by the last month they'd just be gaining weight. She hoped painfully skinny Nico could handle it.

"No… should I?" Nico asked, groaning as he got up from his seat, Thalia was tempted to grab his arm to make sure he wouldn't fall but knew how Nico didn't take well to people suddenly grabbing him. She almost felt sorry for poor Auto who probably had nightmares about him falling downstairs or something with Nico's massively top heavy self.

A chill ran up her spine at the thought and she regretted even thinking about it "do you care about the lines?" she asked, Nico looked at her and hesitated.

"Actually, no, I don't; one of my memories of my mother, the ones I can remember was me and Bianca taking a bath together with her. I pointed out her stretch marks and she said… she said it was proof of all her hard work that went into bringing us into the world and that she proud of them because she had earned the marks" he explained with misty eyes.

Thalia stared at Nico and smiled and nodded "right, you should be proud" she agreed and he smiled genuinely and she wondered why didn't do it more often.

This last part of it was inspired by a post my friend saw on Tumblr to be proud of the stretch marks that spoke congradulations so I felt that I'd show Nico being proud as a mother should be that she bore it for near a whole year and dealt with pain. So be proud :)

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