4:39
That was what the clock on his nightstand read.
He wanted to sleep. He wanted to sleep so bad.
But he couldn't.
Tadashi Hamada was many things (a brother, best friend, nephew, college student) but he wasn't perfect (though others would disagree).
He rolled onto his back and sighed. How can anyone sleep through this? He asked himself as a bright flash of light illuminated his dark room which caused the elder Hamada brother to jump slightly.
Tadashi's eyes wandered over to his brothers side of the room.
Hiro never had this problem.
Hiro could literally sleep through anything (he could probably sleep outside, right now, and only be slightly irritated).
The thunder that followed the lightning caused Tadashi to jump out of bed (bad idea) and land on the floor with a whump.
Well, since I'm already up... Tadashi thought as he groggily pushed himself onto his feet. He started to make his way to the bathroom, thinking he'd get started on his day, when a particularly terrifying crash resounded in the room and he fell to the floor, clutching his chest.
A few minutes later, he realized he was on his brother's side of their room. Tadashi could make out the small form of Hiro steadily rising and falling with each breath.
Tadashi stood and tentatively made his way over to his otouto.
"Hiro...?"
No answer.
"... C-can I...?" A flash of lighting killed the question that had only semi-formed in the young mans throat as he fell onto his brothers bed, pulling the covers over him and snuggling as close as he could to him, wrapping his arms intently around the smallish figure (who didn't stir at all).
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Hiro woke up thinking something was wrong. He tried to sit up to figure out what it was, but something seemed to be stopping him. What the heck...? he thought as he tried to look around, his eyes finally landing on the arms around him. Hiro followed the length of one of the arms until his gaze rested upon the face of his nii-san.
Confused, Hiro tried to get up, only to have his brother pull him in closer. Hiro sighed. Tadashi could literally sleep through anything.
A/N: I've been reading a bunch of these types of stories about Hiro not being able to sleep for whatever reason, and I think those are cute, but I thought, "What if Tadashi couldn't sleep?" and then this appeared out of nowhere so (naturally) I had to post it.
Also, I have a bunch of mini-stories I want to try out, but I think I'll see how this goes over before I post any of them.
Review with what you would want your superpower to be (if you could have one)! (Mine would be the ability to have my head fall off at will)