Holidays
9. Halloween, October 31st, 2014
Tadashi was sitting at the computer in his and Hiro's room, attempting to work on an assignment before he, Hiro, and the gang went out to a Halloween party. Just then, Hiro came into the room, Nox perched on the boy's shoulder like a bird. The month old kitten had gotten used to sitting on Hiro's shoulder until he got into the room then jumping on top of the screen that divided Hiro's half of the room from Tadashi's. Nox immediately jumped on top of the screen and laid down to sleep. Hiro rolled his eyes.
"Hey Tadashi, what are you going to be for Halloween?"
"I'm not sure," the older Hamada answered. "I'm just trying finish this work before we go out tonight."
"Always working your ass off." Hiro muttered to himself, flopping onto his bed.
Tadashi clicked a few more times with the mouse.
"Done," Tadashi sighed, swiveling the chair around. "So, what are you going to be for Halloween?"
Hiro flipped around so he was facing to ceiling. "I don't know, I was thinking about being a vampire.
"You're sure to have people fainting over you." Tadashi said with a roll of his eyes.
The sarcasm was dripping from his voice. The other raven-haired boy smiled.
"I'm counting on it." Hiro replied, the sarcasm also evident in his voice.
Tadashi rolled his eyes once again as Hiro went back downstairs. What Tadashi didn't count on was being one of the people fainting over Hiro.
Night had fallen and the gang was almost ready to go. Honey Lemon was putting the finishing touches on Hiro's costume. Tadashi glanced at his watch. Tadashi was dressed as L from Death Note, Fred was dressed as Batman, Wasabi was dressed as the Black Panther, and GoGo was just wearing her yellow and black super suit.
"Who's hosting the party again?" Tadashi asked Fred.
"Alex and Marty." (A/N: Marty is the name of the zebra from Madagascar, right?)
"Cool, Skipper and the guys are going to be there too, right?"
Fred gave Tadashi a wide smile. "Yep, gonna be lots of entertainment at this party."
"Honey Lemon, are you and Hiro done yet?" Tadashi called up.
"Yep, just finished!" Honey Lemon replied.
The two superheroes walked downstairs to the group. Honey Lemon was dressed up as Terra from Teen Titans. But Tadashi couldn't help but notice Hiro's costume.
Hiro did dress up as a vampire, but not as any vampire Tadashi's ever seen.
Hiro was wearing a black dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up and all the buttons undone, exposing his chest and abs. His skin was paler than usual, the work of make-up, which was probably why they took so long. There were two trails of fake blood tripping from his mouth and he had fake fangs in. His unruly hair had finally been tamed with some gel and was swept over his right eye. Speaking of his eyes, Tadashi guessed Honey Lemon put colored contacts in Hiro's eyes, because they were a deep scarlet instead of a chocolate brown.
Next thing Tadashi knew, Wasabi was standing right behind him, his hand holding Tadashi up.
"No need to start fainting when you don't have a drop of liquor in you." Wasabi whispered.
Tadashi steadied himself without anyone else noticing.
Hiro smiled, the fangs in his mouth fully visible.
"Well, let's go."
The party was in full swing by the time the gang got there. They walked inside and the first person they saw was dressed as Sally from The Nightmare before Christmas. Hiro instantly knew who it was.
"Elsa!" Hiro called out with a wave.
The platinum blonde turned toward the group.
"Hey guys."
"Where's your sister and your boyfriend?" Hiro asked.
"Anna's probably with Kristoff," Elsa replied. "And Jack is drunk out of his mind, probably giving Bunny and North a hard time. I should probably go find him. I'll see you guys later."
"See you, Elsa."
Hiro turned back to the group.
"Let's go have some fun."
A few hours later, Hiro was sitting on a stool, trying to ignore a girl who was hitting him, obviously drunk beyond her mind.
"Come on Hiro," she said. "I'll make it worth your while."
"I doubt it." Hiro muttered.
"Someone told me that you were a virgin. Is that why? Are you nervous?"
The anger from that statement hit Hiro like a tidal wave. He turned to the girl, whose name still eluded him.
"One, I'm very proud that I still have my virginity when most people my age have been lost to it for years," Hiro growled, standing up. "Two, even if I didn't give two fucks about my purity, I wouldn't be giving it to some drunk girl at a party. And three, I'm gay and in love with someone else, so I'm not interested in you anyway."
Hiro walked away from girl, who was left flabbergasted by Hiro's sudden anger.
Tadashi eventually ran into Hiro, instantly noticing the anger in Hiro's, currently, red eyes.
"Hey, what's up?"
"Can we just go home?"
Tadashi looked at Hiro. The younger Hamada was steaming with anger.
"I'll tell GoGo that we're leaving."
Minutes later, Hiro and Tadashi were walking back to Lucky Cat.
"Hiro, what happened in there?"
"A girl asked me if I was nervous because I was a virgin," Hiro replied. "Long story short, I told her to piss off."
Tadashi left it at that and the two brothers walked home in silence.
(A/N: Sorry I haven't been posting every day like I had been. I've been really sick, just have not been feeling well at all. I don't know if I'll get all of the last three chapters uploaded by midnight. But I'm going to try, even though I feel like crap. If not, the last chapter(s) will be uploaded tomorrow, the first day of 2015. Happy New Year!)
NEXT TIME:
"Aunt Cass is asleep right now. I want to get all of this done and surprise her, so she won't have to be doing work all day. You know, as a way of saying thanks."
"Well, I'll help you as a way to say thank you, as well."
"I'm sure Aunt Cass will appreciate that."
"I'm saying thank you to you, too."
Tadashi looked over at Hiro, obviously confused.
"For what?"
Hiro looked up at Tadashi.
"For being there for me."
