**I DONT OWN BIG HERO 6 OR TOUCHY FEELY BROTHERS**

****RATED M****

Ch. 4 - Silence -

"What's the matter with you guys lately", Cass Hamada questioned. "You two haven't said a word, or even looked at each other all week!"

Tadashi and Hiro knew that their Aunt was one hundred percent right. It had been a week to the day that the 'incident' had occured. And from the moment Tadashi closed the door on his watery-eyed brother not one word had been spoken between them. Inside Hiro felt like he wanted to scream any minute. His mouth would open to speak but nothing ever came out. What could he say to his onii-san to make everything go back to normal? How could he possibly fix this? Now standing in the cafe, holding buckets of dirty water and wearing yellow gloves, they were finally being called out. The inevidable had finally come. Tadashi was the first to speak, trying his best to be as convincing as he could. Lying was not something he did very often nor was he fond of it.

"It's a little wager between us, who can not speak to the other for the longest", he smiled slowly. Nerviously scratching the back of his head he glanced back forth between his Aunt and frozen brother. "Hiro is lasting a lot longer then I expected!" Aunt Cass turned to Hiro to get his response, which was only a nod of the head.

"And the prize for the winner of this so called game", Aunt Cass questioned.

Hiro was the first to speak up this time. His words hurried and broken as a bead of sweat ran down the back of his neck.

"The winner has to clean Mochi's litterbox for the next year!" Hiro paused to gage their reactions. From the look on her face Aunt Cass took the bait hook, line, and sinker. Looking over at his brother he saw no reaction. Tadashi hadn't even looked up at him, his eyes remained on the floor. "Yah, had to make it really worth it", he laughed dryly.

Shaking her head and letting out a big sigh she put her hand on her hip.

"You boys are gonna drive me right to the loony bin, you know that right?" "Just please don't keep this up too long, I don't like you two being so distant." "You've both been attached at the hip from day one, two halves of the same whole your mom would always say."

She smiled warmly, grabbing the last case of soda pop she then made her way in to the back room, leaving the brothers alone.

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The sun began to set, the warm golden rays flowed through Tadashis window landing on his shoulder. He had been doing some research for his next project all afternoon. Afraid to look at the clock he covered his eyes, only peeking through cracked fingers. The clock on his nightstand read 5:43p.m. Cursing to himself he shut the lid to his computer. There simply weren't enough hours in the day to get everything done that he needed to. His feet on the floor now he stretched his legs and stood quietly, listening for sounds from Hiro. He was met with silence until his stomach began to growl, alerting him to its present emptiness. Tadashi slipped into his slippers and walked to the stairs, noticing that Hiros bed was empty. Hiros side of the room was dark as well, reminding him of the darkness shrouding his heart.

'I'm sorry I'm in love with you Hiro and I'm sorry I've hurt you'.'I fear we may never be the same again'.

Tadashi could feel his chest getting heavier, like his heart was full of stones. His stomach growled louder, gaining his attention once more. Forcing his tearied eyes away from Hiros bed Tadashi hurried down the stairs. On the last stair his slipper caught on the worn wood and he found himself falling forward. Unable to stop it Tadashi fell right into his younger brother. Both sets of chocolate eyes widened after the dust settled. Hiro was his back on the floor, Tadashi was on all fours on top of him. Their faces were unbearably close, able to feel each others heated breaths. Both brothers were frozen in shock, after avoiding each other as much as possible they were forced back to each other.

"Hiro..", Tadashi cleared his throat. "Hiro are you alright?"

"Yah, Tadashi, I'm fine. It's not like you really care."

Hiro sat up, pushing his brother back.

"What's that supposed to mean Hiro? Of course I care about you! I-", Tadashi silenced himself before he could say more. His eyes looked to the floor.

"See, that's exactly what I mean Tadashi. You can't even talk about what happened. I'm hurting so bad and you don't care! It's not just gonna go away!"

At this point Hiro was shouting at the top of his lungs. Tadashi began to worry if Aunt Cass would be able to hear him over the cafe. He hoped not.

"Please Hiro, don't be so loud", Tadashi pleaded.

"I'll be as loud as I want dammit! Can't you see how much I love you Tadashi", Hiros eyes began so water over. He couldn't believe he was spilling his guts out to his brother. And all Tadashi could do was blankly stare back at him.

"But fine, if you want silence that bad, I'm gone", Hiro pushed past Tadashi, hurring out the door, he slammed it behind him.

Tadashi was completely dumb founded. It was never one sided, Hiro had always felt the same. Why had he never realized it? Maybe he just didn't to to protect his precious baby brothers heart. But now that Tadashi knew the truth he wouldn't hold back, he couldn't. Hiro needed him and he'd be damned if he was going to let him down again.

**Really really really sorry this took so long! All of your guys support has been so amazing. Just been dealing with family issues lately. Will be updating more often so please review and lemme know you think!**