It was the day before his funeral, and I was up in my room. The light spilling through the shades of the window was dim, barely illuminating the dark space which was heavy with the scent of grief and loss. I heard a light tapping on my door.

"Go away, Aunt Cass." I hissed, not wanting to interact with anyone.

"Hiro..." she replied, opening the door. She held a plate of food in her hand. "You really need to eat."

"I'm not hungry." I spoke, with a hardened tone.

"Hiro, I'm-"

"I'm. Not. Hungry." I said, before hearing Aunt Cass leave and close the door. When she left, I turned around and studied the plate that had been placed nearby. There was a burger, complete with cheese, onions, and ketchup.

Almost just like Tadashi would have consumed.

There were a pile a fries at the other end of the plate. I hesitantly reached for one of the fries, before picking it up and chewing on it slowly, tasting the saltiness of this particular piece. It left my mouth feeling quite dry, but it wasn't nearly enough to get me out of our- my bedroom to get something to drink.

I looked at the plate, studying the food on it. What I said earlier was true - I wasn't really hungry, but yet I felt so.

Turning away, I faced my computer's screen, which was turned off. My hand reached under the monitor to turn it on, making me blink a little because of how bright the screen was. I looked all over the screen for anything new, before going over to the web browser to open the window I was looking at earlier.

There was a botfight about a quarter hour's walk away from the Lucky Cat Cafe, and it seemed like an easy win. I checked the calendar on my wall, and made sure nothing else was scheduled for tonight. Other than Aunt Cass's poetry night, the schedule was clear until tomorrow.

That's it, I'm going to the fight tonight.

Tadashi's words etched the back of my mind, but I quickly shoved them aside before grabbing my controller. I searched around for the bot, before finding it underneath the bed that has gone cold with no one sleeping in it for days.

I grabbed the metal bot, before wiggling out of the small space. Before returning to my side of the room, I took a glance at the black hat sitting on the edge of the bed.

Small tears began to form in my eyes, before I blunk them away. I looked at Megabot in my hand, before looking back at the hat. I knew that with going to the botfight tonight, I would be going against almost all that Tadashi had taught me.

But, what's the point of listening to his words, now that he's gone?

I forced myself to go back to the other side of the room, before shutting the divider that hid the bed from sight. Sighing slightly, I sat down on my computer chair, placed the robot on the ground, and turned on my controller.

"Alright, Megabot, let's get some training in for the fight tonight." I whispered, before moving the joystick around a little. The black, shiny bot wiggled in place as I pressed some buttons, before the three sections seperated themselves.

I messed around with the robot for a little while, maybe for an hour, before I heard a figure walking up the stairs. I quickly put the robot back together, before hiding the controller and the bot behind the computer monitor. Not soon after, there was a knocking on the door.

"Hiro?" I heard Aunt Cass call out.

"What do you need?" I responded, bitterly.

"Are you done with your food?"

I looked at the plate, which was empty of the fries that occupied it before. The burger was untouched.

"Yeah."

Aunt Cass walked into the room, and picked up the plate.

"You didn't eat your burger." she spoke, with a questioning tone.

"Not hungry." I said, frowning slightly.

"Alright..." Aunt Cass said, trailing off. She walked out of the room, but stopped at the doorway.

"You gotta go to sleep soon, Hiro. You got a long day ahead of you."

"I..." I started to say, before stopping myself, knowing I would choke on my words. "I know." I said, with a hollow tone. Getting up to close the door, I sighed loudly.

"Now to get ready for tonight..." I whispered to myself, before putting on the navy blue hoodie that laid on the top of my bed. I wiggled in it, making sure there were no parts rolled up. There wasn't, so I went to go place the robot and its controller into my pocket. I also placed the key to the front door into the opposite pocket, along with the small handful of cash piled next to the keyboard.

Sitting down onto the computer chair, I turn on the monitor and checked the time of when participants needed to arrive for the fight.

6:30, sharp and on the point. The fight lasted until 8, which left me enough time to get home by 8:30.

I looked down at the time, and saw that it was 5:42. I had to leave in 18 minutes! I quickly decided I would leave early, and came up with an excuse to go out: to go on a walk. I turned off my monitor, before opening my door to head downstairs.

Apparently Aunt Cass was suprised that I was out of my room, since she stopped me on my way out. "Hiro, where are you going?" she asked, curiously.

"I'm just gonna go on a walk to clear my mind, okay?" I replied, offering a small fake smile as I walked outside and onto the streets. As I walked out of sight of the cafe, I grabbed the smartphone out of my pocket that resided in there, unused for days, and set my GPS to the fight across town.