Helpless (Solangelo fic)

Tell Them

"Morning Haze," Nico said the just as he woke up.
"Here we have a true miracle occurrence the Nico di Angelo is awake before 11am is this the real di Angelo or is it really a fake." Hazel said in a teasing voice, it was nice to be back with her.
"Very funny Hazel," Nico said petting her on the head. "Anyway how much longer do I have with you until you go to back to New Rome?"
"I'm leaving today at 10pm, after campfire." She responded hugging Nico. "I'm gonna go get breakfast, cya later bro." Walking out the door, right after that there's a knock on the door. Nico opens it reluctantly and saw Solace outside the door,
"Great you haven't left yet. Can you come back to the infirmary tonight at 5 and do that every Friday for the rest of the month? I was asking Reyna and Annabeth and they said you'd shadow traveled a lot recently which isn't good for you, also-"
"-No underworldly stuff, just because I'm out of the infirmary doesn't mean I'm okay and I have a bunch of deficiencies. Solace I know, you don't have to worry, I'm not too big a fan of passing out myself. Yeah I'll come down at five, I don't see any use coming till the end of the month but you're too stubborn and I do not have the energy to argue with you today." Nico finishes his sentence,
"Okay great, that was surprisingly easy. Bye Nico I'll see you this afternoon." He says smiling as he closes the door behind him, Nico realised that he was smiling and cursed under his breathe in Italian. There is no way he liked that annoying doctor but the only thing he could think about were his bright blue eyes and how they look like the ocean. How his hair was perfectly golden and he was almost glowing in the sunlight, fuck, no, he couldn't do this again. He couldn't like anyone again, that would mean he has to tell people, what if they abandoned him? These are the times he sadly requires advice from Jason Grace.
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Nico knocked on the door of his cabin hoping he hadn't left yet, he get lucky.
"Hey Grace, can I talk to you?" Nico asked stepping inside, Jason was (aside from Percy and Annabeth) the only one who knew.
"Yeah sure," Jason said calmly, Nico was thankful he still wanted to talk to him considering last time they tried to have this conversation Nico swore he would never talk to him again.
"Well, um.. I feel like I should tell the rest of the seven and Reyna. Percy and Annabeth already know-"  Nico starts but is interrupted by Jason pulling him into a hug.
"Oh sorry, I forgot you don't like being touched I'm just proud of you." Jason say's quickly.
"It's fine, I'm trying to get used to human contact. Just I also wanted to tell you, I like this guy...and he's so stubborn and annoying but at the same time I want him to be mine. It's....Will Solace and I just...yeah." Nico finishes, slightly blushing after and rushing the part about Will Solace.
"Nico I'm so proud of you for wanting to tell them, and if any of them react badly I will personally strike them with lightning while simultaneously getting Percy to drown them. But they won't be, these people love and care about you Nico they won't hurt you. As for Will Solace, well I know he's friends with Leo but not much else, I don't really see him much but he's a cool guy. Good luck mate." Jason says keeping his voice stable and calm as always,
"Thank you Jason, I guess I should go and talk to the other five now." Nico says hugging Jason, it was kind of shocking but Jason didn't show his surprise.
"Good luck Nico, I promise it'll go well."
"Wait, um, could you please come with me? I was going to ask Annabeth but-"
"Yeah of course I'll come with you."And with that the ghost king and Superman were off.
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"Guys umm... can I talk to you?" Nico said walking up to Reyna, Leo, Hazel, Frank and Piper, finding them sitting under a tree.
"Sure di Angelo, what's up?" Leo said hiding his shock that Nico di Angelo was willingly talking to someone who wasn't Hazel, much more with Jason standing beside him. He looked like he was barely breathing so Jason placed a hand on his shoulder, whispering something in his ear. Nico (much to Leo's surprise) smiled and continued, "Well....shit.., Jason I can't." Nico says shaking.
"Breathe di Angelo."
"I fucking can't, what if they-"
"-I promise they won't react badly."
"That's what I thought about- doesn't matter."
"I know it's hard, especially after living in the 1930s for most of your childhood. Nico, are you sure you want to tell everyone, you're shaking."
"I SAW PEOPLE GET KILLED FOR IT, what....what if they hate me?"
"You don't have to tell them if you don't want to."
"I want to I'm just, scared."
"They care about you di Angelo, I swear on the River of Styx they won't hate you." Nico took a deap breath and continued.
"I'm..I'm gay.." he tenses up, waiting for someone to call him a fag and yell that he was going to burn and potentially try to kill him. After no such reaction he continued,"Also I may or may not have fallen for that insufferable doctor, Solace. Percy and Annabeth already know," Nico turns around and hugs Jason,
"Good job Nico; damn three hugs in one day. You're progressing," Nico was tempted to yell 'shut up Grace' but decided against it. He broke the hug with Jason after he was able to keep his breathing under control, suddenly he was suffocated by a hug from Piper and Hazel
"Can't. Breathe." Nico muttered quietly and the girls let go,
"Thank you for telling us," Piper said "I'll look into Will for you." She grinned walking off giving the siblings some privacy,
"I proud of you for telling us." Hazel said hiding a grin,
"You don't hate me? You already knew didn't you?" Nico asks,
"Well I had some suspicions." Hazel said smiling,
"How? I didn't talk to anyone?" Nico says failing to suppress his laughter,
"Younger sister magic. Also Nico why would I hate you?"
"Bianca..."
"Nico, you're my brother, I couldn't hate you. I can't imagine what you've gone through but I'll always be here for you."
"Thank you Hazel, I love you."
"Love you to bro." Hazel smiled and kissed Nico on the cheek, by then Jason was talking to Leo.
"Nico, I'm proud of you. Hope Solace likes you back, maybe impress him with Jules-Albert. If anyone hurts you because of it then I will send the Roman Legions on them. " Reyna said, messing up his long black hair that went a couple of inches past his shoulders before leaving not giving Nico time to reply. Nico smiled, pathetic, I haven't smiled this much since I was ten year old he thought to himself.
"Di Angelo! I'm warning you about Will, his sense of humor is worse than mine and Percy's combined and do not and I mean do not ask him to sing unless you are prepared to listen to him for three hours. Also um.. good job on telling us," Leo said patting Nico on the back.
"Thanks for the advice Valdez, but I'm not sure it is possible for someone to have a worse sense of humor than you." Nico said bluntly yet still smirking,
"Good luck on Solace, Nico. Proud of you for telling us, if anyone ever gives you shit I'll turn into a poisonous snake and kill them. Everyone will think it was an accident." Frank says so seriously that Nico almost shakes, Nico has to look up to meet his eye. Frank was a foot taller than him,
"Thanks Frank, but let's try to avoid murder for now." Nico smiled, this was going much better than he expected.
"Thanks for coming with me Grace." Nico said,
"No problem Nico, I'll catch you later yeah?
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