Just wanted to remind you that these one-shots are not linked. Just a bunch of slight AU's, nothing related. I wanted to say that.

Nico was shaking unintentionally. His hands were sweating, and if he wasn't on the floor crying or screaming, it was because of his so little determination left. But anyways, he blinked to run away from the feeling. He wasn't sure if this was the right thing to do, but it was now or never. He had to tell Hazel, she was his only left relative.

Gods, was it always this hard to tell?

Actually, Nico was nervous because he was not sure how she would react. It had been only a month since he confessed to Percy and Annabeth, and he hasn't told anyone afterwards that encounter. Now there he was, on his way to Camp Jupiter, to meet Reyna, Frank and Hazel. He knew the way to there. They were pretty close.

Next to him, there was a sweaty, sleeping Will Solace, the head councillor of Apollo Cabin, who had just put his head on Nico's shoulder, and have him a small heart attack. Heck, Nico shouldn't have agreed to sit near him, the kid gave Nico butterflies.

Just like Percy once gave to him.

Nico shook off the thoughts. He could not spend even one minute thinking about Will Solace. Millions of dialogues ran from his mind, about how he could tell Hazel. He would have to be alone with her, he didn't want a Frank Zhang to get into the picture. The air was heavy, and Nico tried to take a deep breath. It was hot. Millions, billions of thoughts swam in his mind. Nico frowned. He didn't like the thought of losing another sister, so he panicked. He was drowning.

No, he thought. Will not happen again. Besides, Hazel loved him, right? But Bianca did, too… maybe she didn't that much. She left him, after all. But Nico didn't care. He loved her late sister, and that was all mattered.

The bus stopped with a loud noise, which made Will wake up suddenly and hit his head to the ceiling of the bus. "Ow!" he said. Nico chuckled. After all, it wasn't his fault that Will was this tall.

The doors cracked open, and Nico took a deep breath. This was it. There was no going back. He got out of the bus and embraced the campers coming towards him.

"Nico!" Hazel hugged her. Nico smiled as he felt the love. He missed his sister, after all, it had been a month. "Missed you, sister," he murmured as he hugged him tighter.

They broke apart, and then he saw Frank. "Hey," he said. Frank smiled and said it back. Hazel let out a happy cry. "Let's go to the gardens!" she said. They raced to the gardens.

oOo

"How could you win? The last time I checked, you were basically built up from skeletons!" Hazel giggled. Frank sat on the ground. He was sweating. "It is hot," he stated. Nico couldn't agree more, it was like the sun was welcoming them. Then he realized that it actually was, because of the guy who sat next to him for that nearly three days. Nico growled. Stupid, stupid son of Apollo. "It is just fine," Hazel said. "The sun is welcoming Nico!" Nico smiled, he loved her sister's charm. She was radiating happiness, just like Nico radiated death.

"How is it going Nico?" Hazel asked after landing on the grass. Nico sat too. "Fine," he said. "But I still have some problems, some aching ones." Hazel's golden eyes grew with worry, but she smiled anyway. "How long are you staying?" she asked. "I know that I wouldn't be usually like this, but the war is over and since I have nothing else left, I have plenty of time to spend and I miss you!" Nico smiled, then he kissed her sister's cheek.

"I missed you too," he whispered. Then he saw Reyna coming towards them.

"Hey, Nico!" she said. "We missed you!" Then her smile fell, she turned to Frank. "I would love not to interrupt, but I need Praetor Zhang." Frank stood up and they went away.

Hazel sighed. "I am proud of him, but I kind of miss him being with me too." She started playing with the flowers on the ground. She picked a daisy and played with it. Nico cleared his throat. He had to say it, ready or not. He couldn't admit it to anyone before he did to her.

"I actually have to talk to you about something," he started. Hazel raised her eyebrows. "Sure, what is it? Are you okay?"

Nico felt good to hear his sister's concern, but it wasn't helping. "I am just fine," he said. "But I have to say something, I don't want to move on and do something before I tell you." Hazel gave him a I-think-I-know smile.

"Do you like someone?" she asked suddenly. "Do you want me to?" He replied. Hazel blushed.

"Well, I want you to be happy, after all you've been through… And also I would love to hang out as couples, you know, I don't want to see you alone and desperate anymore!" Nico blushed back. Why was this too hard? They should be knowing each other well, since both of them had come from the same time period and both of them had been discriminated. Nico sighed.

"The thing is… I am a little bit different than the others," Nico admitted. He immediately regretted what he'd said, but there was no going back from now on. He was not going to run away.

"What do you mean? We're the children of the Underworld, from another time period… How can you be more different?" Nico wanted to yell and snap, but he couldn't. He loved his sister too much for that. Instead, he just held his breath and bit his lips.

"You know that I wasn't… loved in our time too, I've told you. I just never told you why. You know, I was a abomination back then. The neighbors threatened to turn me in when the Nazis came to Italy. That was the real reason why we moved to the US. I was a burden that mom and Bianca had to live with, and I kind of want to tell you why I was like that before I do something…anything. But, can you promise me that you'll never leave? Can you promise me that you won't act like I'm a burden?" Hazel frowned and put her small hand on his cheek. It was a warm and a fuzzy feeling, which kind of made him feel like he was home.

"Why would I ever think of you as a burden, brother?" she asked. Her voice was soft. "You do know that I will never, ever leave you, right? No. You can't run away from me that fast." She smiled and held his hand. "Look, if you don't want to tell me, then don't. You don't have to. But if you do, I'll try to accept it and will respect you no matter what, and I will continue loving you. You're my brother. There is nothin in the world that will make me think otherwise. What is it?" Nico tried to breathe, but it was like there were no air to fill his lungs.

"I… I am…" his voice trailed off. He felt tears coming to his eyes, but he blinked them away. "I am not okay…" he whispered as Hazel hugged him. He buried his face to her chest. "I am not okay!" he told her. "I haven't been okay for a long time!" Hazel ran her fingers in his dark, feathery hair. "You will be," she said. "You just need to break your shell, open up to someone. I know what you've been through. You need to feel normal again."

Normal. Something Nico would never be.

"I will never be normal," he said. "I will never feel normal!" Hazel shushed. "Then you will accept abnormality," she said. "Either ways, you'll be happy- that's all that matters to me."

That's all that matters to me. Was Hazel saying that she would accept him whoever he was? Whatever he was? Nico had to say it. That was the first reason of him coming here anyways. He backed off, sat back on the grass.

"You were right. There is someone whom I like, but that person is someone who is different than someone whom other guys would like." Hazel raised an eyebrow.

"Like what?" Nico sighed. This was it.

"Well, that person is different than other guys' crushes because… he's a guy himself." Nico dropped his gaze on the floor.

"Oh… Oh,oh. Okay." Hazel's expression became hard, like she was trying to digest the news. She looked up. Then she took a deep breath, closed her eyes and opened them back. She looked back to Nico.

"That is all right," she said. "You are my brother. I told you that I will love you no matter what." Nico looked at her like he was wounded.

"Please don't try to ignore it," he pleaded. "This is a part of me. And please never leave me." He hugged her. He felt Hazel hugging him back.

"I love you. No matter what. I will support you until everyone accepts you. This is not something to ignore, but rather something to accept. I accept you. It's hard for me now, but I will get used to it. I haven't been in this century for long, but I can see things have changed…" She hugged him tighter. "Gods, I can't imagine how you lived with hiding it then!" Nico chuckled a little.

"It was hard," he admitted. "But it's okay. You're here now. Everyone deserves another chance, remember?" Hazel broke the hug off.

"I know how it feels to be discriminated, Nico," she said. "I won't let that happen to anyone."

"I was in Italy, the head of Christianity," Nico said. He didn't know why he was talking, but it felt good. "Back then, they thought that I was an extra. The odd, the devil himself. I didn't know what to do, with myself, with my secret that is impossible to keep… Then the war started, which made things worse. They were about to turn me in, you know, to burn me, or kill me somehow. We moved. Mama died. Bianca told me to move on. I never knew that she was planning to get away too! Then Percy Jackson came in and… Gods!" He broke. He had been holding in for long. He had been holding to tell, to cry out loud. He sobbed. He hugged Hazel. And Hazel hugged him back, because it was okay.

"Come on," Hazel said. "Let's go find others." And hand to hand, they went to other demigods.

oOo

"Are you sure you can't stay? I'll miss you," Hazel said. "Sadly, I can't. They need me in the camp, too," Nico replied. "But I'll miss you too." They hugged, and then he shook hands with Frank. He waved them goodbye, then he got into the bus.

"Are you okay?" Will Solace asked right after they sat. Nico fought the urge to blush. "Yeah. Why?"

"First day. You were crying on the garden. Don't know why, but I'd like to learn. I'm your doctor. If there is something wrong…-"

"There is nothing wrong," Nico cut him. He blushed immediately. "I mean… I'm okay. But thanks for asking, Will. I appreciate it." Will smiled at him, and Nico couldn't help but let the sunshine in. After all, he was no longer afraid of it.

A little but crappy, but there you go!

By the way, I am planning to start another series which will be built up from your prompts. So prompt me, prompt me for dear life, my readers. Stay awesome!