Nico and Aria Di Angelo. Children of Hades. Their relationship was rare for demigods. Not many demigods siblings were fullt related. But then again, not many demigods were reancarnations of their brother’s older sister.Â
Aria was born with a split soul. Two souls in one body, both fighting to take over. One soul of the past, a life she had dreams about, and one soul of the present. She didn’t understand it then, but meeting Nico made it easier for her to live with. He helped her learn that both souls made up who she was. She was both Aria, and Bianca.Â
Meeting Aria felt like a curse to Nico at first. He was sent to save her from Hades, and was almost shocked speechless by what he saw. There she was, a little girl, who looked so much like his big sister, Bianca. Who somehow knew who he was without even having to say a word. He felt like the Gods were laughing at his pain and misery. He didn’t understand at the time, that Aria was a gift. A way for them to apologize for what they put him through.
It took awhile for Nico to get used to it. He’d look at her and be surrounded by memories of her. It pained him, sometimes it was too much, he had to get away to breath. But he always came back. No matter how sad he felt, being reminded of who he lost, she was his new sister. Bianca would be ashamed of him if he left her to face the world alone, like she did to him.Â
Nico didn’t exactly remember the moment it happened, maybe he always did accept her but he was too deep in denial. But after ignoring an irrangant demigod badmouthing him, calling him out for being a creep, he didn’t espect Aria to go after him in defense of her big brother.Â
Nico acted on reflex, getting in between the two. Only to be greeted by a punch in the face. And Aria running around him to tackle the guy. Nobody hits her brother and gets away with it.
“You’re sister is crazy!” The guy yelled after Nico got back up to seperate the two once again.Â
“Excuse me?!” Nico turned to glare at him, the area around them getting darker the more angry he got. “She is not crazy! She is my sister, my resonsibility. And if you ever touch her, you’ll have to deal with me! Now take your spoiled butt far away from us!”
The darkness around them didn’t leave till the demigod was out of sight. Nico’s anger slowly disappeared, and he was greeted by a tight hug with a head tucked underneath his chin.Â
“Thank you, Neeks, for letting us in. For being a great big brother,” A voice was muffled in into his chest as Nico slowly hugged his sister back. He froze at the words before letting out a small smile. It was her voice, but it was Aria’s as well. It was both. He finally understood. He never lost Bianca, she was just reborn. Into Aria.
“I won’t let anything happen to you,” Nico whispered into the girl’s hair, sighing a bit. “I will not lose you this time, Aria. I promise.”