4 months had passed since the day you and Nico found yourselves in the underworld, there wasn't a problem with that, you knew why you were there. one thing plagued you though; hunger , thirst . you weren't from the underworld, you couldn't eat nor drink anything and that was a problem since the supplies had ran low. Nico on the other hand had no problem eating since he was the son of Hades and that made him feel bad despite knowing that he isnt at fault

there you both were, resting by the river of lamentation. Nico had an expressionless and stoic look on his face like he always did, his eyes cold and unfeeling but deep down he felt terrible for what he was watching you go through from the starvation- there you were; cold, exhausted, too tired to go on from your body lacking vitamins and chemicals it needed to keep you working properly. it had been like that for the past 2 weeks.

Nico stared at a Pomegranate tree, eyeing one of the pomegranates...it would be a curse but he couldn't watch you starve to death. He got up, picked the fruit of the underworld and sat down next to you again, carefully opening it and peeling it with a knife. no leaking juices, no crushed seeds, no stains of the juice on his hands. he looked at you for a split moment before he handed you 6 seeds exactly while the rest of the fruit laid next to him. "Eat, just eat them. Its better than dying from starvation, I promise" Nico spoke in a calm and soft tone which was unusual for him. both of you knew it was dangerous yet it felt like a matter of time before starvation started eating you alive.