Will PoV:

Something wasn't right. I could hear something. I think I pushed him over his edge, made him eat more than he could handle. Now the real question though, did he force it, or did his body just reject everything?

I hear the toilet flush and try to keep my cool.

"Hey, Nico." I said as he walked out about a minute later. "Anything interesting happen?"

He looked shocked for sure, and maybe a little scared. I'm not sure, but either way, I'm pretty sure he knew what I was referring to.

"Will, I'm so sorry, I just, I tried, I really did, but I don't think my body could handle that much at one time. I'm sorry. I failed you."

"Hey. You didn't fail me or anyone else. It was my fault for making you eat so much. I should've known this would happen. I'm sorry."

Nico PoV:

Dammit. If only I could learn to do it quieter, I just hurts. At least he didn't seem to notice I was crying. Its more a reflex than anything, but I do cry everytime thar happens. I feel bad though, like I've disappointed him.

Long time no see, huh, Nico?

Shit. No. Not here. Not now. Not with Will. Nonononono.

I could feel myself slipping away, into it. No matter how hard I fought, it was getting tough to fight back. Until.

Will. He pulled me into a hug. Gently petting my hair and shushing me. I must've said something.

He turned my face to look at him and said, "Nico, I need you to do something for me." I nodded. "I need you to look around and name 5 things you can see."

I took a deep breath and looked around, searching. "The bathrooms, trees, uhhh, people," I tried to breathe, but it was getting hard. "I'm, uh, I see you, and uhhh" I needed one more thing, I can't fail him.

"If you can't find anything else, it's okay. I've got something else for you to do. Can you name 4 things you can hear?"

Again I nodded. "Uhh, people, you, the wind," it was starting to get easier to breathe. "And, uh, myself. "

He giggled a little. "Perfect. Next, can you name 3 things you can feel?"

"Your warm embrace," He smiled sweetly. "My clothes, and, um, I guess the breeze."

I could almost breathe normally again.

"Awesome. Now, can you name 2 things you can smell?"

"Uhh, I dunno, nature, I guess, and um," I took a quick snuff. "Your cologne."

He smiled. "Great, now one more. Can you name for me one thing you can taste?"

"The taste of regurgitated food."

He didn't seem happy, but he accepted the answer.

"Okay, are you feeling any better now?"

I looked into those beautiful blue eyes, swirling around and changing shades, like the sky, or the ocean. I could drown in those sparkling eyes.

"Yeah, actually. You really helped. How'd you even know what was happening?"

He gave me the saddest smile.

Will PoV:

How did I know what was happening? Well I didn't for sure, but I could definitely tell something was up. He was getting really shaky and his eyes were out of focus, he seemed almost unresponsive, as if he was trapped inside his own head.

"You just seemed like you were stuck in your thoughts, that's all."

"But how'd you know that trick? Or that it would work?" He asked.

"It was just a simple grounding exercise, I learned a couple back in the real world just from different people here and there. And as for how I knew it would work, well essentially you were all caught up in your own head and needed to get out. That's what grounding exercises are used for; keeping you grounded and focused on the world around you. And before you ask, the physical touch with the hugging and everything was mainly just to shock you back just enough for you to focus on what I was saying to you."

Silence.

Did I confuse him? Did I talk too much? Did it just not work and he's back in his thoughts?

"Wow. I-i don't really know what to say." Oh thank the gods he's still there.  "That was amazing. You're amazing, Will."

I didn't really take him for the type to initiate affection, but he pulled me into the tightest hug.

"I love you, Will." He whispered in my ear, before pulling away. "What do you say we go hang out in my cabin for a bit?" He said, a smirk playing at his lips.

"I don't know what you're thinking in that mind of yours," I started. "But I like it."

Grabbing each other's hand, we starting running towards cabin 13 and we didn't stop until we were there.

Hey, sorry it's been so long. But here ya go. I hope you enjoyed the little bit of fluff at the end there. I'm not sure I like how dark this story has gotten, so I'm gonna try to liven it up a little bit.

But thank you all for the constant support. It really is helpful. You guys are amazing.

Thanks.

Reggie/Phoenix