AN: Hello! Sorry I couldn't upload this earlier, I had exams and stuff.
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Tadashi looked outside, tired. The things Hiro said stuck to him like Velcro, the scene constantly replaying in his mind.
-Flashback-
Tadashi froze, not knowing how to respond. He had never seen Hiro cry like that- not even when his parents died.
Tadashi walked towards him to comfort him, but Hiro held out his hand.
'Don't touch me! You gave up on me, remember?'
Tadashi backed off, not knowing how to respond.
'You- you said you didn't want me...so why are you here?'
Tadashi was taken back. That wasn't what he had said, what he had meant. Hiro interrupted him before Tadashi could say anything.
'Do you even know how hard it is for me?'
With that Tadashi had closed his mouth and remained silent until Hiro fell asleep.
-End Flashback-
Tadashi sighed. Nurses visited every 30 or so minutes to check on Hiro's vitals, giving Tadashi a pitiful look each time.
'You gave up on me remember?'
He hadn't meant it that way… He never thought his words would have affected him that much.
'You- you said you didn't want me…'
Tadashi never said that. But the more he thought about what he had said, the more it had began to make sense.
He had said he didn't want a brother.
Tadashi felt awful. He had hurt Hiro without meaning to, blinded by his anger and stress, when he had promised his dying parents to care and protect him.
But the last line stuck to him the most.
'Do you even know how hard it is for me?'
'To what?' That was the first thought that had came up in Tadashi's mind.
Tadashi slumped in his chair and buried his face in his palms.
Gosh, he was tired.
He heard the door quietly open and close. Aunt Cass entered quietly, holding onto a paper bag. She seemed surprised to see Hiro asleep.
She nodded towards the door, so Tadashi followed her out. She promptly thrusted the paper bag into his arms.
"Here's dinner. Go home and get some sleep, I'll stay with Hiro. He won't be alone."
Tadashi opened his mouth. "But don't you have to-"
"Open the cafe tomorrow? Don't worry about it, my staff can handle it for a day. Get some proper sleep in your own proper bed, 'kay? I don't want two sick nephews on me."
Tadashi got back to their home quickly and collapsed on the bed. He sighed, tired. It had been a long two days. He slowly drifted off to sleep.
BZZZZ!
Tadashi groaned as he got up. He turned to the source of the noise: Hiro's phone.
He turned it on to mute it, when huge bold letters blared at his eyes.
'F**K OFF'
'Omg, he's such a showoff. No wonder no-one likes him.'
'Did you see his brother though? OMG he's so hot. Hiro doesn't deserve him. His brother probs doesnt want him anyways.'
'Freak. I mean did u see his hair? WHat a weeb.'
'Go kill yourself.'
Tadashi almost dropped the phone.
Oh.
So this was what Hiro was talking about.
Tadashi was wide awake now. His younger brother, the only direct family he had was being bullied. And Tadashi didn't even notice.
In fact, it seemed Tadashi had made it worse for Hiro.
Hiro had tried to comfort a stressed Tadashi when he himself was being verbally abused. And what had Tadashi tried to do?
He snapped at him and made him feel unwanted.
Tadashi felt like he didn't deserve Hiro as a brother. 'How long had this been going on? Why hadn't Hiro told anyone?'
Rubbing his forehead, Tadashi collapsed on the bed once more.
'I have to fix this. Somehow…'
'I need to right this wrong.'
AN: And that's another chapter done! I just had to put the last line in there. I know, nobody probably says that.
Thank you for reading this to the end and I'm sorry that it wasn't that long. Life got in the way and I still wanted to post something.
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Thanks and until next time!
