A/N: the story of going to get happier, so please don't die xD thank you all for your support and a special shout out to Steefwaterbutter for letting me know I messed up some stuff. I don't have an editor, as my sister hates my writing, my mom would not approve of this story, and my dad hates to read. Plus, my kindle fire has crappy autocorrect... okay here's the updated version, hope you enjoy!
Tadashi was so tired he slept through everything "exciting". He didn't get to see Aunt Cass get dragged back to their temporary room, or Hiro roll out of bed and alert basically everyone on that floor of the hospital.
In fact, Tadashi slept for two straight days, which was exactly the amount of time they had been at the hospital. When he finally woke up, it was the middle of the day. Aunt Cass looked at him, amused.
"The dead lives." She smiled.
"I didn't die," Tadashi said, feeling slightly guilty at falling asleep and not being there for his brother. Hiro had always been there through thick and thin for Tadashi, and now when his brother needed him, he slept. "Is Hiro okay?"
"Define okay." Aunt Cass said, sitting down. She rested her head on Tadashi's shoulder. "I'm so worried for him. He could end up with some long term problems."
"Like what?"
"A guy hit him on the head with a metal chair."
"Holy carp."
"He also is literally covered in bruises," Aunt Cass said, sounding a bit like Tadashi's friend Fred. He said literally a lot.
"How do they know- Never mind, I don't want to know."
Aunt Cass blushed, laughing, embarrassed at her nephew's words.
Tadashi shuddered, bringing back the other subject. "So, he might have a concussion. I don't see any long term problems." Tadashi was still tired from just waking up and did not see the severity in his brother's plight. "He'll be fine."
"It's serious!" Aunt Cass jumped up. She had tears in her eyes, probably from stress and Tadashi's incomprehension. "Tadashi, he could've gone into a coma. You never take anything seriously!" Cass stormed out of the room, leaving Tadashi alone to bury his face in his hands and try not to cry.
"Oh mom, dad, I need you." Tadashi whispered. "Hiro needs you."
My baby brother.
Hiro was restless. He was bored, hungry, tired, and wanted to get up and run around in circles. This bed was cramped and boring. Tadashi walked in the door, his eyes dark from the weeks before he had spent not sleeping. His extremely long cat nap had benefited him immensely.
"Dashi!" Hiro tried to jump up but only succeeded in shaking the bed.
"Hiro, oh my gosh." Tadashi said, pulling his little brother into his arms. Hiro's hair was washed and slightly damp. His arm was wrapped tightly in a bunch of gauze, while the opposite leg was in a hard cast. Hiro was extremely bruised, and whenever he breathed, the boy would flinch.
Probably a broken rib, Tadashi thought. His anger towards those thugs multiplied. Hiro just sat there, enfolded in Tadashi's arms, leaning up against his brother's warm chest, just being- forgetting everything.
Reality jarred him as he took in a shaky breath, his rib moving, his side exploding in unnatural pain. A single tear rolled down his face. Tadashi sat down on the bed. Hiro sat and poured his soul out into the front of Tadashi's sweater. He poured out last year, the bot fight, and now his return to the hospital.
"Ssh, it's all over, you're okay Hiro, look at me." Hiro raised his tear streaked face to look at his brother. " It's all over. You're safe."
"Safe." Hiro whispered, and smiled for the first time in three days.
That night, they let Tadashi sleep in the chair next to Hiro's bed. In the middle of the night, Hiro woke up, screaming from his nightmare. Tadashi woke up too, startled. Hiro then burst into tears.
"Hiro, calm down, it's just a dream..." Tadashi said. He got up and sat in the bed, lifting Hiro up into his lap. Hiro shrank into a ball, trying to disappear, be one with the atmosphere.
Tadashi lightly brushed the tears of Hiro's face. "Tadashi?" Hiro asked, looking like he was the again, lying in Aunt Cass' arms after their parents died.
"Yes, bonehead?"
Hiro smiled slightly at the nickname, but then dissolved back into misery. " Can you sing for me?"
Holy crap. Tadashi thought. His voice sounded like a cat getting hit by a truck, but he opened his mouth.
"I remember tears streamin' down your face
When I said I'd never let you go,
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said 'don't leave me here alone'
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight"
Those stupid bot-fighters... nearly killed my baby brother...
"Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound"
You're safe Hiro.
"Don't you dare look out your window
Darlin' everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby
Even when the music's gone
Gone-"
You'll be fine, you're recovering, right?
"Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound"
Don't leave me please
"Ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
Ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Just close your eyes
You'll be alright
Come morning light,
You and I'll be safe and sound
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Oohhh."
We're safe, our family bond. We are brothers.
A/N: "Safe and Sound" belongs to Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars. I thought this would be a good song for Tadashi to sing to Hiro =) hope the updates err okay!