Muted Love [Solanglo FanFic AU]

Chapter 1

NICO hated waking up. He hate school. He hated people. He just hated it all. He has his reasons, but he doesn't like to tell people. Why? Because he doesn't talk. Ever since he was ten, the only person to hear his voice is his half-sister Hazel. Only he, Hazel, and his dad know why he doesn't talk. He would tell people, but it pains him to think about it.

When he was ten, he, his mom, and his sister Bianca were going to the store. His mom got distracted and swerved into oncoming traffic. He was the only one that survived.

You may think 'how does this connect to him not talking?' But you don't know the whole story yet. For you see, Nico was the one who distracted his mom. He was talking to her from the back seat, trying to show her something. When she turned to look at it, that's when she crashed the car.

Thanks to that accident, Nico blamed himself for their deaths. They died because he talked, so he stopped talking all together. His dad took him to a therapist once, to see if that would help him, but it did nothing. He only talks to Hazel, but it's only ever a word or two.

Because he never talks, he is always bullied at school. That's why he hates everything. His life was a routine; wake up, go to school, get bullied, go home, have dinner, go to bed. It's always the same old cycle, never changing, and if one thing were to change, the cycle would be out of balance. But he was fine with this. He was fine with the constant nature of his life. It was simple. Six years since the accident, and he is ok with the way things are. Simple.

But that was when a curtain blond went and messed everything up.

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A/N
Sorry if this chapters short, it was mostly exposition. Hope you liked it.