A/N:

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile - I was working on my other fanfics. But I think this chapter isn't bad. It takes place right after Day wakes up from his coma.

June is mentioned and talked about in this chapter, because LegitParkourNinjaLion was mentioning how June needed to be seen in this story. I know she's not talked about much, and she probably won't make many appearances in person, if at all, because I'm trying to stick to canon, and Daniel isn't supposed to remember her for ten years yet. But I will try to mention her more, and let her play a bigger part in the chapters.

Thank you so much for the follows and favourites, and an especially big thanks to LegitParkourNinjaLion for reviewing - it means a lot to me.

Forgotten

Five months.

Daniel's been unconscious for five whole months, and Eden is getting worried that his big brother will never wake up. His big brother never moves, just lies there, like he's asleep, but no matter how much noise Eden makes, he never wakes up. Daniel's legs have practically became sticks, tiny and useless from going unused for so long.

Eden is worried about Daniel's reaction when he wakes up, because he knows that his big brother is full of life and energy, always running or laughing or moving, and knows that rehab will be a long, painful, frustrating process for Daniel.

Lucy dragged him from Daniel's side late last night, and now he stares at the ceiling, worrying and wondering if Daniel, if they will be alright.

Because if Daniel isn't alright, Eden won't be either.

The phone rings in the living room, and Eden hears Lucy's voice on the phone. His heart jumps when he hears Daniel's name, and he leaps out of bed, flinging back the sheets and bursting from the room, heart pounding and swirling from some odd mix of anticipation, worry, and nervousness.

Lucy is there, speaking on the phone and covering her mouth as tears pour down her cheeks, and Eden's pounding heart skips a beat until he notices that Lucy is smiling, and she's choked with emotion, but it's not in a bad way.

When he realises this, his heart races at double time, fluttering in his chest as he runs over to her.

"What is it?" He asks, tugging at her shirt, pulling at her arms, jumping up and down restlessly, full of nervous energy. "Is it Daniel? Is he alright? Has he woken up?" Lucy tries to shush him, but it's a poor effort, her voice cracking and wavering, and she just looks so happy. Eden just knows it is good news, he just knows it.

"Yes, yes, I'll bring him over now… Alright, thank you so much. Goodbye." Lucy puts down the phone, standing there for a moment before whirling around and scooping Eden up, swinging him up and around as she laughs, eyes sparkling, and Eden laughs too, full of life and joy, heart light in a way it hasn't been for months.

He does not bother to get out of his pyjamas, he just grabs Lucy's hand and the keys, and they run, they run and run until they reach the hospital, and even then he doesn't stop, charging through the doors and speeding down the halls he knows by heart. He leaves Lucy in the dust, but it doesn't matter anymore - he's gone down this path so many times he could walk it in his sleep. And when he comes to Daniel's room, he flings the door open with a resounding bang, as the door whams into the wall and rebounds, forcing Eden to dive out of the way with a yelp. He shudders when it slams shut behind him, narrowly missing his body, and imagines the damage it could have done if it had managed to hit him. He thinks it have ended with him being hospitalised and Daniel being displeased by having to stay in the hospital longer than strictly necessary.

Daniel.

There is a chiming laugh, and Eden grins widely, savouring the sound he has not heard for months. Even if Daniel is laughing at him…

His big brother is awake.

His purple eyes fly up, and they lock easily with Daniel's brilliant blue ones, his eyesight having improved drastically over the past few months and his big brother's eyes too bright to miss anyway. He launches himself towards the bed, slamming into Daniel and burying his face in his brother's chest as Daniel's breath leaves him in a whoosh.

Too late, he remembers that Daniel is not as strong as he was a year ago, and he panics a little, until Daniel rests a hand on Eden's head, and suddenly Eden is crying, warm tears pouring down his face and soaking Daniel's shirt.

It had been five whole months, dammit. He had missed his big brother, had been so scared, so worried, and so guilty, because maybe if Daniel hadn't been shot protecting him, he might have gotten through the operation better.

And he is so, so happy, so relieved now.

"I thought you were gone." He says, voice muffled by Daniel's shirt and cracking from the tears. "I thought you'd left us."

"I'm not going anywhere, kid. See? I'm just fine."

Eden finds that he can't speak - his whole body is shaking with tears, tears that he's held back for months. Every time he tries to open his mouth and speak, all that comes out are shuddering gasps. Daniel runs his hands through Eden's hair, patting his back, and finally, finally he's able to compose himself.

"Has June come in to see you?" He asks. June must be so happy that Daniel's awake - she'd been so worried. Now that everything's over, the two can settle into their girlfriend-boyfriend thing.

Eden's not sure what he thinks about getting a sister-in law, but he supposes he can get used to it if it'll make Daniel happy.

"June Iparis? The girl who came in earlier? What about her?" What?

"Daniel, what are you talking about? It's June!" Eden says, looking up at Daniel and grinning, sure that this is a joke. His smile slides off his face, his heart growing cold and heavy as a stone when he sees no recognition in Daniel's eyes. "Your Princeps-Elect?"

"She's a Princeps-Elect?" Daniel blinks, looking mildly surprised, and Eden's heart completes its transformation into a stone and stops beating.

He can't breathe.

"Daniel, you can't remember?" Daniel looks guilty, and Eden feels like somebody's taken a knife to the stone substituting for his heart and is pushing it down, cracking the rock.

"Should I?"

Eden thinks he's going to cry. It is not fair, he thinks, that Daniel and June and the rest of them have had to go through so much, and they get this instead of a happy ending. Daniel has forgotten the girl he likes, the girl he talks about with so much fondness, marred by a deep-set sorrow. June, who obviously like Daniel just as much, must be heartbroken.

How on earth did June handle it? If Daniel forgot him or Lucy, Eden thinks his heart would turn into stone and crumble into irreparable fragments, tiny pieces of dust and ash.

Eden is starting to realise that the world and universe are horribly, cruelly unfair, and that they seem to be focusing much of their attentions on Daniel, who Eden thinks is the least deserving of this suffering. Can the world not take this out on somebody who actually deserves it, like the bastard who shot his mother?

It's not fair.

His eyes are filling with tears again, and Daniel looks like he's panicking.

"What? What have I forgotten, kid? It's… important, isn't it?" Eden wants to slap himself for making Daniel worry, but at the same time, he wants to slap the memories of June back into Daniel.

Don't! He thinks to himself. Don't stress Daniel out like this when he's just woken up.

Give him time. Yes, maybe Daniel will remember with time.

And when that happens, Eden thinks that like it or not, he's gonna get a sister-in-law.

He decides that he doesn't mind. Not one bit.

A/N:

Is the ending too... abrupt? Sorry if it is - lemme know what you think, and I'll go over this and edit it. Please drop me a few reviews - they're really the fuel for the story.

Also, should I write about Daniel's rehab? 'Cos I know for a fact that since he wasn't moved for five months, his legs will be pretty thin and weak and useless, and he'll need therapy to regain his mobility. It seems fun and sorta angsty to write... What do you think?

God bless!