Day 6, Wearing each other's clothes
Oops, today the theme of the day only appears almost as an afterthought in this story. Oh, well… xD
It’s just… His stomach has been hurting for some time and he felt more sensitive to smells, lights… to everything. He really didn’t like heats, especially when he didn’t have anybody to help him. Not with sex – just being there with him, offering protection, helping him eating and drinking.
During the last few heats, Nico was near to him, he did everything to make Percy’s five painful days more bearable. Now, that the other omega was away, he felt awful, even more terrible, than it was normal for him. He missed Nico. It was hard that he was nearing to his heat, but he had to survive it without surrounded by Nico. They weren’t together, or anything, but Percy always felt safer when the other omega was near to him, it made his heats, his bad days, even his happy days better. But now the son of Hades had to do something for his father and left the sore son of Poseidon all alone.
Nico didn’t want him that way: Percy was not his type, and anyway, both of them were omegas, of course, Nico would want a protective, strong alpha for himself. Besides, it was really unconventional. Loving another omega, wanting to mate with him. Omegas belonged with alphas, everybody knew it. While alpha-alpha and omega-omega pairings were allowed, they were really uncommon, so Percy often felt he was damaged to think he would be perfectly content with another omega. Well, if the other omega was Nico because both of them were stronger than most alphas, they lived through worse things than anybody else.
It’s just… everything was more bearable with Nico, surrounded by his smell, between his arms. His smell wasn’t like other omegas’. His was wilder and stronger, deadlier. Percy thought it was the best scent he’d ever smelled. Nothing felt, nothing smelled right without him. He placed Nico’s second favorite hoodie under his head, close to his nose, and he pulled on the other omega’s favorite black hoodie to snuggle into it and help him feel close to Nico.
It still hasn't felt right. He growled with frustration as tears swelled up in his eyes and let out a pitiful whine. Nothing felt right without Nico, without the other omega's soothing presence. While he was occupied being whiney, a soft whimper sounded from the other side of his cabin door. He was confused because everybody knew when he was like this, he hated strange, foreign scents, so usually nobody bothered him. But when the noise sounded again, he recognized it: Nico.
He gave out an excited mewl, giving the other permission – more like he ordered him – to enter. The door slowly opened and Nico’s black-haired head popped in to make sure he really was allowed to enter. Percy motioned him to move, so the other demigod crawled next to him, where he noticed two of is hoodies and his fluffy pillow. He made a curious sound, which made Percy blush.
“I needed to smell your scent and you weren’t here”, mumbled Percy into the neck of his nest-partner. He started rubbing his nose against Nico’s scent gland and let out a satisfied purr.
“I’m sorry I wasn’t with you. I thought it would be better to let you find an alpha”, said Nico while soothingly petted the green-eyed boy’s hair. Percy let out a hurt little sound and slid further away from Nico.
“What do you mean about that?! I don’t want an alpha, I only need you! I know you don’t like me like that, I’m not your type, but I’m satisfied with being near to you. I’d be delighted if you’d be my boyfriend, my omega, but I’m happy that at least you are my friend”, confessed Percy. When he said ‘my omega’, his voice was full of possessiveness, Nico couldn’t hold back an excited whine, especially when he managed to understand Percy’s words. Percy? The prettiest hero ever – loved him? The omega of his dreams, the only person who he ever loved, wanted him back? It was like a dream came true for the usually gloomy demigod.
Nico pulled Percy closer to him, gently holding Percy’s head with one hand, the other curled around Percy’s scent gland.
“I lied. I wanted to be able to forget you, but I’m in love with you. I have been always in love with you”, said Nico and slowly leaned down to kiss Percy, but giving him enough time to pull away if he wanted to.
Percy gladly leaned up to meet Nico’s lips. They kissed, slowly, gently, lovingly. When they couldn’t breathe anymore, they pulled apart, but only for a few centimeters, foreheads touching, feeling the other’s breath. Percy smiled, purred contently, and dragged Nico closer to him to scent him more and more.
Finally, he was more than fine. He was absolutely satisfied.
