Breaking Point

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Soo, uhmmmm... *Clears throat*

A new chapter! This was actually supposed to be part of the previous chapter.. but I felt soooooo guilty that I hadn't updated in a while and I posted that day in a hurry (you might have noticed the abrupt end to the sparring match). So here is the continuation of the chapter!!  Hope you enjoy!!

This will be a relatively shorter chapter compared to the others, sorry about that!

Thank you awesome readers for reading this!

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Jason sits beside Percy, rubbing soothing circles on his back, while tears fall down his own face.

Cancer. Cancer. Cancer. Cancer.

The word bounced back and forth in his head, giving him a major headache. His best friend has cancer. The Hero of Olympus has cancer.

He had let Leo die. He had been right there with him, but hey, no. He had been too busy trying to save Piper and himself, that he had failed to notice his best friends strange behaviour, and had realised of Leo's plan just a second before he died.

The others didn't know this, but Jason secretly blamed a part of himself for Leo's death.

Now Percy. His other bestfriend had cancer.

He knew now. He was ready to accept the fact now. The Fates were cruel.

'Atleast this isn't too late' A part of his brain said.

Jason took a deep breath. He had to comfort Percy, not sit and cry and weep over their fates like a crybaby. The tears didn't stop, but atleast he was calm and was thinking straight without flipping out with panic.

"Hey, Percy. It's gonna be okay, just like Will said." He whispered soothingly, softly, his voice almost breaking with emotions.

"How can you be so sure?" Percy mumbled bitterly. "You don't know that."

Jason simply persued his lips and sat there, side hugging Percy while Percy rested his head on his hands.

Will reluctantly stood up. "I'll just give you guys some alone time." He turned towards Jason and said seriously. "You know where to find me if you need me." He stated. Jason nodded back seriously. Will turned and walked away sighing, feeling a heavy weight in his heart.

Percy felt like banging his head repeatedly on something till he passed out. He was cursing himself for letting his wall slip. He had been so composed, keeping all his feelings bottled up. He had wanted to tell someone. Anyone. He had almost blurted it out to Annabeth, but luckily had managed to restrain himself. But now, as Jason had asked for the truth, the bottle had burst with full energy.

He cried. He didn't know how long. He just cried into Jason's shoulders, desperately holding on to Jason. Jason simply let him, feeling his heart break.

After the two calmed down a bit, Jason started the conversation again. "You have cancer?" He asked numbly and immediately winced after the question left his mouth. Percy had just had a melt down about it and he had dumbly asked the question again? How stupid was he?

But to his surprise, Percy simply nodded, eyes determined chin held high again. If Jason hadn't witnessed the breakdown himself, he would have called bullshit on any person who claimed that.

"Technically, yes. But as you said, I'm going to be fine. Will is going to treat me and I'll be as good as new again." He said reassuringly.

'The roles must be reversed' Jason thought. 'I must be the one comforting him, not the other way round.'

But nonetheless, Jason nodded, feeling tears spring back to his eyes. He was trying his best to remain strong in front of Percy, for Percy, but he couldn't help it.

It was a lot to take in.

Percy felt his own eyes well up as he saw his best friend's reaction. He had caused Jason to cry.

"Jason, dude, please don't cry. I'm going to be just fine." He whispered.

"I'm sorry Percy, I'm trying to be strong, b-b-but this is a l-lot to take in." Jason said tearily.

"I know. I understand." Percy said softly. "I'm sorry."

"Don't you dare apologize, Percy." Jason said, incredulously. "It's just, Holy Hera, it's cancer, Percy!"

"It's just a word, Jason. It might not even be that serious." Percy told, knowing that he was lying.

"You don't know how serious it is?" Jason asked.

Percy shook his head no. "Will said he'd look over my MRIs tonight... We are going to discuss it tomorrow. And..." Percy trailed off.

"And?" Jason asked desperately. "And what, Percy?"

"He is going to have to do a biopsy." Percy told bluntly, not wanting to beat around the bush.

"What do you mean?" Jason asked breathily, feeling his breath getting knocked out of his lungs at his words.

Biopsy. Biopsy. Biopsy.

"He needs a sample," Percy explained, "He needs a sample of my bone marrow, so he can figure out what kind of cancer it is. All we know is that it's leukemia, but we don't know what type of leukemia or how progressed it is."

"Leukaemia." Jason echoed, still in shock.

"But we're demigods! You're a child of Poseidon! How can this be possible?" He asked, letting his irrational behaviour seep in.

He was desperate. He wanted this to be a bad dream, to wake up and find Percy joking around. He didn't want any of this to be real.

But unfortunately, it was.

"We don't know, Jason. We're trying to figure it out." Percy told gently.

Jason suddenly hugged Percy fiercely. "Percy" he choked out. Percy hugged him back.

I'm going to be fine, Jason. Will knows what he's doing. I'm going in for my biopsy at ten tomorrow. He... He wanted someone to come with me." Percy told.

Jason had never been more greatful to Will than at this moment.

'Thank you, Will.' he thought.

"Ofcourse, Percy. I'll come with you!" He reassured him.

"Thanks, dude." Percy breathed.

As hard as it was to tell Jason, Percy felt slightly better, having him know. It strangely helped take some of the weight of it off him. It made the news a little easier to bear. Percy hadn't expected that. He had expected it all to seem so much worse, having Jason know about it, but it didn't. It actually felt good to have someone else there to support him.

Someone to be there for support.

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This chapter isn't so great, it wasn't what I was expecting for. But I really do hope that you guys enjoyed it!

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