Solangelo Oneshots

Secrets

Nico's POV
I take a deep breath. Almost all my friends are here. I can't believe I actually have friends, much less ones that care enough to come over. I invited everyone (Piper, Jason, Percy, Annabeth, Leo, Hazel, Reyna, Will, and Frank) over to my cabin. I have something important to tell them.

Reyna knows already, as do Percy, Annabeth, and Jason. But I'm mostly inviting them for support. Jason was there with the whole Eros thing, Reyna saw my thoughts when I destroyed that Bruce guy (I still feel kinda bad about that), I told Percy and Annabeth was standing next to him.

"So," I announce to the group, "I'm transgender and gay."

Will's POV
"So," I hear Nico say, "I'm transgender and gay." He pauses. "Most of you know about the trans thing, some of you already know I'm gay. But I just wanted to tell you." He looks mortified. I try to contain my excitement. Not that he seems uncomfortable, but that he's gay. The keyword there is try. I tried, and I failed. I stood up and yelled "Nice!" Everyone stares at me. "I love meeting other trans people?" I say, my voice raising considerably. The group seems to accept this answer, and stop staring at me.

As soon as I'm outside Nico's Cabin, I sigh with relief. No one knows I like him. Expect all my siblings, Chiron, and anyone in camp who isn't either super oblivious or a complete idiot. So...... most everyone, I guess. But not Nico, because he feels as if he's unworthy of love. Oh dang. Saying that aloud makes me realize that it's pretty sad. Nico deserves love. We all deserve love if we want it! Maybe I should tell him. He might like me back. But if he doesn't, he'll think that I only became close to him because I wanted to date him, which isn't true. I mean, it's kinda true. I do want to date him and hug him and hold his hand and kiss him and cuddle him when he's sad and.... Sorry. Got off track for a second there. But I also don't want to ruin our friendship. I worked so hard for this. Nico pushes everyone away, but I push back. I'm very stubborn. I'd much rather we remain friends than not see each other at all. But I really like him. No. Will, stop being so selfish.

I'm a good person. I just sometimes hide in bushes behind the Hades cabin. Honestly, it's not my fault. I was standing back here when Nico's friends started leaving. I didn't want anyone to confront me about what happened a moment ago. So, I did what anyone in my situation would do, and I jumped into a small hedge. I sat there for a few minutes to make sure the danger had passed. As I climbed out of the bush, I saw Nico standing above me. He looked at me with a look on his face that was either disgust or surprise. His facial expressions weren't always clear.
"Will? What the Hades are you doing here?"
"Doing where?" I ask, because I'm not sure what else to say. I'm sure as heck not going to give the real answer.
"In a bush." He raises an eyebrow. "Behind my cabin. Covered in leaves. And dirt."
"Oh, yeah. Right. I was, um, hiding a body."
"What?"
"Jared died."
"Jared died a long time ago. My friends in Valhalla say he's doing well."
"You have friends in Valhalla?"
"Stop changing the subject." He sighs. "Why are you hiding in a bush behind my cabin?"
"Am I? No, I'm pretty sure I wasn't just doing that."
"I'm going to give you one more chance before I hurt you. What are you doing?" Dang! He didn't believe my well thought out lie. How did he see through it? "Um," I said. "I was cleaning the ground. You deserve to walk on dust free grass!" He whips out his sword and pins me against the cabin. While I had imagined this happening, it was under very different circumstances. For example, no sword. "Why. Are. You. Doing this?" I swallow hard. "I was hiding from your friends." Nico doesn't seem to believe this, seeing as he just continues to stand there. "Really!" I say. "I was. When you said you were gay I got excited because I'm also gay and I thought maybe... yeah. And I didn't want your friends to talk to me about it." Nico accepts this answer, sheathing his sword and backing away slightly, enough for me to move without bumping into him. I quickly step away so I'm out of stabbing distance. I'm the best healer here, so if I get stabbed, Kayla will have to heal me, and that will be terrible for both of us. Fortunately, he doesn't stab me. He just nods and smiles awkwardly. "Sorry about that." He says, "I thought you were spying on me like Jason did that time." He stared into the distance for a moment, probably thinking about Jason. Jason's cute, expect when he gets more than eleven hours of sleep. Then he becomes a perv to rival Enrique.