Chapter 1: Real or fake

Jojo wakes up one morning as he sits up and looks towards Mana's bed who is cuddling with a pillow, Jojo simply smiles as he gets up rubbing his eyes and walks over towards Mana's bed before slowly shaking him.

"Mana get up…come on bro we gotta get ready for school"

"Jojo its Saturday, I am tired not stupid"

Jojo just sighs as he walks towards his door but stops before smiling as he says out loud, "HMM IS THAT GRILLED CHEESE I SMELL?" Mana then jumps up rubbing his eyes a bit before talking.

"Did I hear grilled cheese? Is Mom making grilled cheese for breakfast?"

Jojo laughs before punching his brother in the arm, Mana frowns before saying.

"I can't believe you did that Jo, That wasn't nice you know how much I love grilled cheese"

"Ah don't worry Mana, come I will make you a grilled cheese"

"With Bacon and Ham"

"Yes fatty with bacon and ham"

Mana jumps on the little who before messing up his hair even more. Jojo trying not to fall flips Mana over him who simply lands on his two feet before looking at Jojo.

"You're the best Jojo"

"And you're heavy Mana"

Jojo and Mana then make their way towards the kitchen as Hedy comes to the kitchen rubbing her eyes before looking up at Mana and Jojo. Hedy yawns showing her one tooth as Mana looks down at her.

"Morning Hedy"

"Morning big brother"

"Hey what about me?" Jojo asks frowning at Hedy

"Hey best brother" Hedy says walking up and hugging Jojo's leg. Jojo looks at Mana and sticks his tongue out at Mana, Mana just raises his hand and gives Jojo the finger. Jojo mutters something to Mana moving his eyes down towards Hedy as Mana jumps a little before lowering his hand before muttering something back.

"What big brothers doing?" Hedy says looking back and forth between Mana and Jojo.

"Well Mr. Piggy over there is hungry so I am making him a grilled cheese sandwich"

"Big brother make Hedy oatmeal to…pleesh" Hedy says looking up at Jojo. Jojo nods and looks at Mana while making his way to the fridge. Grabbing some butter, cheese, and milk, Jojo puts all the stuff on the table .

"Hey Mana you make Hedy oatmeal while I make your grilled cheese"

"Rajah" Mana says before grabbing Hedy's favorite bowl and filling it a quarter full of water, before putting it into the microwave.

"That not really how brother is" Hedy says pointing at Mana, Mana looks at her with a confused look on his face as well as Jojo. They look at each other before back at Hedy as Jojo asks, "What do you mean Hedy? That is how big brother is."

"No big brother is really sad, he just make believe he happy to try and hide his boo boo," Jojo then picks up Hedy as he brings her towards Mana. "Can you show me where his boo boo is Hedy?" Hedy then points towards his heart before saying, "That is where he has big owie, can big brother bring me closer to other big brother?"

"Of course Hedy but how come?"

"So I can give brother's owie a kiss and make it all better"

Jojo smiles as he walks towards Mana who is standing there with his black and silver fur all messed up. As Hedy brings her face closer to Mana's chest she kisses where his heart is and rubs her small hand on it before digging into her pajama pocket and pulling out a small pink pony band-aid.

"This is one of my favorite bandie thingie, but I give it to big brother so his owie can go away"

Hedy then places it on his fur, and kisses the band-aid again before rubbing it once more.

"Big brother feel better now?"

As the microwave dings and the grilled cheese along with the oatmeal is done Mana smiles and nods before replying. "Yes Hedy big brother feels much better now…Thank you for caring"

"We eat breakfast now?"

"Yes Hedy we can eat breakfast now."

As Jojo just makes himself a bowl of cereal, while Mana and Hedy eat their breakfast they begin to talk story among each other, after they were done Jojo looks at Hedy as he says picking her up and placing her on the floor.

"Hey Hedy, can you be a big girl and get ready so that me and Mana can take you to the park? But don't rush because I need to have a talk with big brother privately ok"

"Otay" Hedy says waddling herself to her bathroom as she closes the door Jojo looks at Mana.

"Mana is there something you want to talk about bro?"

"No" Mana says looking down at his feet. Jojo walks up and places his hand on Mana's shoulder.

"Bro look at me and then tell me that nothing is wrong, other than that you best tell me because I want to help you but how am I suppose to if you won't talk to me? What did Hedy mean that you have pain on your heart?"

Mana simply whispers the word family, as Jojo closes his eyes as he takes a deep breath.

"What about family Mana?"

"This isn't my family, my family was Koa and my Mom. This is your family Jojo"

Jojo raises his hand slapping his brother across the face. The impact causes Mana to look left not moving after that he just begins to take deep breaths.

"Mana how much times do I have to tell you? We adopted you, you are part of our family, you are my brother"

"It's not the same Jojo," Mana says looking back at Jojo, "I didn't ask for this"

Hearing this makes Jojo slap Mana in the face again but this time Mana falls back knocking the pan of hot melted butter onto his chest. Mana screams in pain as he gets up and runs towards their room tears streaming down his face.

"OH shit…What have I done?" Jojo says running towards the room as he slowly opens it he can hear crying as he looks around his room he notices Mana's bed isn't up against the corner as it was when they woke up. Jojo makes his way towards the crying as he looks over the bed and sees Mana in the corner curled up into a ball crying.

Mana looks up at Jojo and begins to cry again trying to back up against the wall.

"No stop…please get away from me!" Mana shouts, As Jojo turns and runs to close the door, he then walks back and pushes Mana's bed out of the way kneeling to look at his brother. Reaching out his hand to touch Mana's shoulder Mana yells again.

"No dad…I am sorry I didn't mean to get a B in math….Just please stop hitting me" Mana becoming short of breath as Jojo's heart just sinks.

"He thinks I'm…his dad?" Jojo then looks at Mana and lunges at him embracing him in a hug. As soon as Jojo wrapped his arms around Mana, Mana began to calm down.

"Mana your dad is dead, I won't hurt you bro, I am sorry for hitting you I didn't mean to please forgive me," Jojo begins to cry on Mana's shoulder as Mana cries on Jojo's.

"I am sorry for being fake Jojo"

"Mana you are not fake, you are as real as they get. I am glad to call you my brother. I swear Mana I will never hit you in the face again…please forgive me Mana"

"I love you bro" Mana whispers

"I love you to" Jojo whispers back as he releases his hug. After cleaning themselves up and getting ready they go out into the living room to see Hedy with her favorite doll.

"Are big brothers ready to go to the fun place?"

"Yes we are Hedy" as They each take Hedy by the hand and walk her out the door. Five minutes later they get to the park as all three of them enjoy a bonding moment with each other.

Disclaimer: End of chapter one…I hope you guys like this story…please R&R