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"Percy!" Nico yelled from the kitchen. Said boy shuffled into the kitchen with his head low and collapsed onto the counter. He had a pair of plain light-gray jogging pants that hung loosely on his waist and was void of his normal blue shirt.
"Another one?" Is all Nico asked. Percy nodded and groaned.
"She's still in the bed. I'll kick her out after she wakes up."
Nico sighed. It hurt seeing the boy he loved like this. Percy's girlfriend, Annabeth, left him the day of their two year anniversary. Ever since then, Percy has been in a rut. That was maybe, at least, half a year ago.
Nico can still remember that day. Percy had shown up, drunk, with a text from Annabeth (to his phone no less) about the break up and the possible condition Percy would be in - she was correct.
Nico shook his head and dropped the pancakes in front of Percy.
"Aw, no blue?"
Nico scoffed and handed the blueberry syrup to Percy.
"I'm surprised you haven't turned blue yet."
There was a snort from Percy as he drizzled the syrup on his breakfast. Then, as if to interrupt their domestic moment, their was a girly whine from the opening to the kitchen.
The blue shirt Percy would have worn was draped over the girl. It was too big so it hung off her shoulders as she strutted over to the sitting Percy.
After a few hours and a few things thrown (this bitch was really clingy, she really didn't want to leave), the whore left with her clothes, breakfast, and a shower.
Nico walked over to Percy's room with air freshener and a basket of clothes balancing on his hip.
"Anything that need cleaning?"
Percy glanced up and got up from his spot on his bed to go pick up a pile of his clothes he left in the corner. In exchange, Nico handed Percy the air freshener and said to "open a window before you spray."
Several moments later, Nico heard the shower running as he started with the laundry.
He guessed that Percy didn't know how he knew to do these things, and he rather not let Percy find out. However, his tips and tricks of cleaning certain stains and making certain smells disappear quite often came in handy. Kind of like when Percy would burn the popcorn -- and it happened quite often. That boy would never learn to properly set the time for the microwave.
Before getting to really cleaning, Nico checked his phone. He saw a message from Percy's heartbreaker, Annabeth.
From: Smart (?) Person
How's he doing?
Nico sighed and rolled his eyes.
To: Smart (?) Person
Another whore this morning. She was a clingy bitch but we managed to get her out.
From: Smart (?) Person
I'm sorry Nico. I know how you feel about him and it's hard but, he'll come around.
Another sigh from Nico.
To: Smart (?) Person
We can only hope he gets out of this rut. I'll just be here as a friend. Even if it hurts, I'll make sure he's alright. Look on the bright side, at first it'd be a whore a night. Now, after five months, he brings them in once a week. (Twice if it was a real crappy week)
Nico put down his phone and sighed. After no reply for two minutes, he began setting up the dishes to be washed. He had no work today -- his boss forced him to take a break. Oh, yes, because Percy didn't work, Nico worked triple the amount, but he hid it successfully from Percy. Nowadays, seeing as Percy began getting better, Nico has begun to suspect Percy wanted to move out. It continued to break Nico even more when he realized that there would be no happy ending for them.
A few hours later, with the chores done and both men clean, Percy glanced at Nico, who was (very slightly) struggling to read the paper. After noticing a small stare, Nico glanced at Percy.
"What? Do I got something on my face?"
Nico's delicate hand lightly padded the side of his face when he stopped at a chuckle from Percy.
"Nah, but can you pass me the section with the jobs?"
Nico looked at him surprised; then, in his eyes, it flashed to, fear? But it was pushed back so quickly by a small smirk that it was hard to notice.
"Perce gonna get a job and leave me all alone?"
Nico made a sarcastic, yet dramatical, pose "feigning" hurt.
"Poor, poor me. I knew that eventually everyone would fly the coup. Boo hoo hoo..."
Percy laughed at this and lightly punched Nico playfully in the arm.
"Come on, hand it over."
Nico rolled his eyes and then the paper when he got up. He lightly tapped Percy on the head with the paper and said, "I'm gonna nap for a bit. The job section is on page twelve. If you need anything, you know where to find me."
Percy grabbed the paper and watched Nico's back till it disappeared pass the door to his room.
This was by good for Nico. He began crying near the middle of the hallway. But, he had to keep going to make sure Percy didn't suspect a thing. So, when Nico's head hit the pillow, the tears fully cascaded down his face until they met the pillow. He buried his head into it just to muffle any sobs he couldn't hold back.
Nico knew it would come to this. He never had doubts. Hell, he was thinking about it a few hours ago. Why was he so stupid to believe Percy would stay with him? Percy didn't love him -- he thought of Nico as a friend, a best friend at that. But, it didn't hurt any less when it began.