"C'mon, c'mon, answer...," GoGo tapped her foot impatiently, her dark eyes narrowed at her phone screen. She had already called three times prior to this call and her patience was running out; not that she really had any. She let out a frustrated cry when the phone went to its video mail. She pushed the call one more time, running a gloved hand through her short hair.
It rang three times before the image of her mother, a Korean lady in her early forties that could pass for twenty or so, came up. She looked tired and flustered,"Leiko! I'm sorry, I was really caught up wi-"
"Save it, mom," She snapped. Normally, she wouldn't speak to her mother in such a way, but lately with being part of the Big Hero 6, going to college, and her mother not answering, she didn't care. "Look. I want to talk to you about Himi."
"Himi? Himi is okay, Lei," Her mother said, yelling back at someone behind her.
"No, Himi is not okay!" GoGo argued, "I've heard about the recent happenings back home. It really isn't safe."
"There is things happening, yes," Her mother replied absentmindedly, doing something off to the side of the screen, "But there isn't much I can do, you know? I'm broke and I'm having trouble with finding a job..."
"I want Himitsu to come live with me."
GoGo was giving her mother an irritated look as of now. She knew that finding a job wasn't her only trouble; she was trying to take care of Himi and if that wasn't enough, she knew that her mom was trying to find a suitable boyfriend to bum off of. She was flaky. Her mother paused, looking at her with surprise.
"I don't know," She began, her eyes showing concern. "Himi has never been to San Fransokyo without me or anywhere else. And you're just a college student..."
"I can take care of her." GoGo lifted her chin at the screen, "You should also ask Himi. See what she wants."
Her mother opened her mouth to speak, but before she could there was the sound of the door opening. "Ask Himi what? Hey, is that Leiko?"
"Oh, um..." Their mother said, as a young girl, no older than fifteen, scooted her away. She looked into the screen with reddish-brown eyes peering through her glasses that reflected GoGo's face from the screen. The girl smiled brightly, fidgeting with a piece of her short, turquoise hair.
"Himi, your hair!" GoGo blurted in front of Himi's 'hello'. Himi blushed, and shied away; she looked as if she had done something wrong and GoGo immediately softened. She wasn't mad, seeing as she had a section of her own hair dyed pink, but simply surprised that Himi would have to guts to dye all of her hair against their mothers will. "I like it, kid. Hey, so there's something I gotta ask you."
From the side, her mom looked down at the younger girl with a glare. GoGo didn't pay any attention and neither did Himi. "What is it?"
"Do you," GoGo started, trying to hide a smile, "want to come live with me in San Fransokyo?"
"Live with you?" Himi's eyes went wide, trying to take in. "In San Fransokyo?! What about mom?"
GoGo scoffed and rolled her eyes, "Mom's a big girl. She can take care of herself. This is about what you want, Himitsu."
Himi looked up at their mother, trying to contain her excitement. "Can I?"
It took her a moment to reply as she considered her daughter's safety. She knew San Fansokyo was calmer as of late. "Go for it."
Himitsu gasped in excitement, "I'll go get ready! Okay? Okay?"
In a heartbeat, she was off screen and scrambling in the dirty background towards her room. GoGo gave a satisfied smirk to her mother, who looked back her with a tired expression. "Are you trying to kill me, Lei?"
"This will give you less to worry about, won't it?" she asked, shaking her head. "Don't worry. I can take care of her. Anyway, I have to get to class. Love you, bye."
She hung up quickly, slouching against the wall of the girl's bathroom. Taking care of her sister would be a breeze; she had been considering it for several months after hearing the news of their hometown and seeing the crime-rate had gone up. She had already lost her best friend, Tadashi, and her father. Both of those had given her a taste of enough pain. The closest thing she had now were the rest of her friends and Himi.
It made her sad to admit, she hadn't kept in contact with her younger sister as much as she should have been. Especially after Tadashi's death, since he often spoke to her; ever since GoGo moved here with their father and met Tadashi, Himi had claimed him as her best friend her first visit. As she walked out of the bathroom she tried thinking of the last time Himi had actually come to visit.
"Not since middle school..." GoGo mumbled to herself, remembering. It came into her mind then that she had two very important things to explain to Himi. One, was Tadashi's death; she was actually kind of surprised that Himitsu hadn't asked the question, but then again the girl had just started high school. She had to be focused on other things.
Second... telling her that she was part of the Big Hero 6 and not getting her involved.
