Hiro's Age: 5
Tadashi's Age: 11 and a 1/2
Have you ever had a horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach? The type of feeling that will nag at you all night long?
Well, Hiro had felt it for the last few hours. He would try all different sleeping positions, and nothing would work. The kid even tried sleeping with no pants on, but quickly changed his mind. He had stared a hole into the ceiling for roughly an hour before he decided to take action.
His head throbbed from the lack of sleep, but he somehow managed to find the will power to tip-toe across the room. After shuffling carefully in front of the bookcase near Tadashi's bed, he was finally able to relax.
The moon shone brilliantly, perfectly illuminating Tadashi's serene face. Careful not to wake him, Hiro as quietly as he could, wiggled himself beneath the covers. He had a pattern that consisted of wiggling cautiously, and then stopping dead in his tracks. Hiro didn't have any plans on waking up his brother, so it was best not to accidentally bump into him.
Finally, all the effort he had put into following the little pattern paid off as his head resurfaced, and plopped on an extra pillow.
Just as he was about to shut his eyes, his knee began to itch. It was an itch he simply couldn't ignore. So without much thought he quickly shot his arm down to his kneecap, hitting something on the way down.
A groan emitted from Tadashi as he sat up in bed. In a dazed state, he rubbed at his rib cage and looked around. Hiro tried to dig himself deeper into the bed, trying to avoid his brother's roaming eyes.
Feeling a certain warmth coming from his left, he looked down and noticed a sheepish looking boy. The blanket was pulled all the way up to his little nose as he nervously laughed.
Tadashi sighed,"This is like the fifth time this month. I promise you Hiro there's no monsters under your bed. I checked for them already."
"It's not that 'Dashi. I...I just got a weird tickly feeling in my stomach. I can't even fall asleep."
The older one wearily regarded him, and then the red glaring numbers from the bookcase in front of his bed.
3:37 A.M.
"Great..." Tadashi thought to himself, plopping his body back down.
As soon as his head made contact with the pillow, Hiro took the chance to bury his face into the crook of 'Dashi's neck. For the course of maybe twenty minutes, Hiro laid with his eyes closed, and a small hand over Tadashi's chest. The sound of his older brother's heartbeat was enough to put him to sleep.
When Tadashi was positive that Hiro was no longer awake, he lightly wrapped an arm around the boy. His eyes watered as he gazed up into the ceiling.
"I hope you guys are proud of us..." He whispered with a few tears sliding down his face.
Peaceful dreams didn't come as easily for Tadashi as they did for most people. In fact, most of the time his dreams were just nightmares. He would keep reliving the moment that he became responsible for another life. A little boy covered in black ashes would always be at his side screaming his lungs out.
Nobody would dare go into the burning house to rescue their parents. It was just a tattered up pajama wearing boy with his three-year old sibling in nearly charred off clothes standing alone on the street.
Sometimes Tadashi just didn't even want to sleep. Sometimes he just thought,"I don't deserve sleep. I couldn't even call anyone to help my parents. I'm horrible. I don't want to dream that again tonight. I can't take it." And that's just how it would be. Sleep or no sleep he was going to be there for his Hiro.
With a start, the older Hamada awoke. His eyes were glazed and he felt as if he couldn't breathe. On the edge of panicking, he flashed his eyes down his body.
Laying sprawled out across his chest was a slightly drooling black-haired boy. Tadashi couldn't even move due to Hiro's legs being tangled in his own. His body instantly unwinds, and he put his head back down.
Lazily, he stole a glance at the clock, wondering why the sun was so bright at the moment.
He gasped and as carefully as he could, pushed Hiro off. Unfortunately his legs hadn't untangled themselves from Tadashi's. He cringed as he soon realized the push may have been a bit too forceful...
A thump resounded throughout the room as Hiro's head hit the floor, while his legs stayed on the bed.
"'Dashi, what was that for?!" Came the slightly muffled reply.
Tadashi only shouted back,"I'm so sorry! But we're gonna be late! I've never missed the bus before!"
Hiro crawled back on the bed and watched with his head slightly tilted as 'Dashi sprang around trying to get into his jeans.
"Dude! Go get dressed! Don't forget to brush your teeth either!"
This time Hiro was pretty dang confused. He awkwardly scratched his head and raised a brow at his older brother.
"I'm not going to tell you again, Hiro Hamada!"
The small child shyly climbed off the bed, and got dressed on his own. He felt pretty proud of himself for putting his Thor shirt on correctly. Usually, Tadashi has to pull it off and adjust the shirt because it was always inside-out.
Emerging from the bathroom with a minty taste in his mouth he scooted over so that Tadashi could run in there.
"You ready to get going?" He asked Hiro practically sprinting down the stairs.
Hiro wasn't sure where they were heading to this early in the morning, but he didn't care.
Just as the boy was nearing the front door with his brother, Aunt Cass excitedly bounced out of the kitchen with an old Polaroid camera.
Startled by her sudden appearance, and the blindingly bright flash that followed, the brothers stood there in a daze.
Aunt Cass eagerly flapped around the single photo that came out.
"Hiro! Why didn't you have your backpack on that would've looked so cute!"
"Aunt Cass we really gotta get going. We can take another awkward family photo when we get out of school."
Hiro looked up at Tadashi in pure shock as the small red backpack was shoved into his arms.
So that's why he had a bad feeling last night...
"Are you positive you don't want me to walk to the bus stop with you both?" She questioned a bit distractedly while she examined the small photo.
"Positive. C'mon Hiro. It's your first day of school!"
"Wait...'Dashi will I be in your class? Can I sit next to you?!"
Tadashi smiled sheepishly, as he rubbed his head saying,"About that Hiro...you'll be with kids your own age-" Upon noticing Hiro's scrunched up nose, he quickly continued,"But! I'll see you right after school at 3. It's going to be great I swear."
Once they saw the time, Tadashi nearly bolted out of the front door dragging a whining Hiro with him.
Aunt Cass watched them fly out with a small smile. She posted up the photograph of her boys on the fridge that was already flooded with many pictures.
Hiro had his eyes closed tightly and a pout. His hair was poking up in various directions. Tadashi looked like he had just woken up, and didn't even bother to brush his hair. It was all shoved under a baseball cap.
With a steady hand, Aunt Cass wrote onto the white part of the photo,"My Babies Aren't Babies Anymore."
A/N: Im gonna cry because this thing is catching on and its legit all i can think about while in my classes. Like i should be doing my senior project but then this pops into my head and im like /whoa lemme just start a rough draft of the next chapter/
ALSO! Dont mind the ages at the start of chapters thats just so that theres no confusion. I plan to do a certain number of stories with the boys at certain ages. Once im done with an age group i dont plan on coming back to it.
Anywayssss thank you for all the favorites and follows and reviews you guys make me smile too much. Also so glad i could make someone's day with this!
Instead of ignoring my mistakes tell me about them if you wanna and when i have time ill go and fix them instead. Totally not the best with writing and yknow everything i do is on wordpad lol. Im hella cheap. Although i should buy Microsoft Word...
So please Review just so i can get pumped up and make it through school tomorrow. Also a fair warning i will be putting this story and my other story on hold for a while. Aside from school im taking my family to go watch Big Hero 6 on Friday. (Really excited.) And all of next week im working except for thursday. Dont worry ill try and squeeze a chapter in along the way? I hope. Anyways sorry this is long. BYE! -Kelly