I'm Not Giving Up On You Chapter 10

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There Tadashi laid with his younger brother on the bed; Hiro had fallen asleep about an hour ago. He was awake and he just stared at the young one as he slept while occasionally stroking his hair. He had learned a lot from Hiro today: he learned about his name, his family, his relationship to Hiro and some of their childhood moments. He let out a content smile.

"I'm slowly remembering who I was… who I am," he whispered to himself.

The moonlight was piercing through the broken windows that surrounded the warehouse and the stars were scattered throughout the sky. The day passed by quickly it seemed, all the brothers did was talk. Hiro soon grew tired and fell asleep on the bed with Tadashi joining him. He was kept awake by his new found memories.

"What other things am I going to remember?"

Memories played over and over in his head; he couldn't seem to stop them. Not that he was complaining, it wasn't long ago when he was walking around with no idea who he was. He didn't want these moments with his brother to end… it didn't have to though! They were brothers and they had a reason to stay together. But the thought of Callaghan changed his mood; he knew what the man was capable of. He understood what would happen if he didn't comply with his plan and if the man discovered that he was keeping a secret from him. Hiro would be in danger! He wouldn't allow that to happen, no one would take him away from his brother ever again!

Hiro stirred a little before moving closer to his brother, Tadashi held onto his tightly and let out a sigh. He began to close his eyes and waited for sleep to welcome him. The brothers slept together in the unlocked cell, not letting the world around them affect their happiness.

The younger brother's face was twisted into a look of distress, he was having a nightmare! This one was different from the others though. He was surrounded by darkness but his brother was standing in front of him. He tried to move to him only to discover that he was frozen, he wanted to scream for Tadashi but his voice was silent. Tadashi just stood there with a blank look on his face until the darkness started to shift its shape The darkness turned into a figure but Hiro couldn't see who it was but for some reason he felt like he had seen that darkness somewhere before. Once he saw the darkness curl around his older brother that's when he tried to scream again but nothing came out, he was helpless as he watched his brother being consumed by the darkness. Tears leaked out his eyes and he fought against his frozen body to move. It was too late though as Tadashi was complete devoured by the darkness, he was gone! That's when Hiro's voice started to work again; he let out a powerful scream.

"Tadashi!" Hiro screamed.

His eyes were still closed as Tadashi woke up, Hiro started to kick and hit the area around him. He didn't realize that his brother had wrapped him in a tight embrace, he continued to struggled. His breathing increased and sweat traveled down his face.

"Hiro! Hiro!" Tadashi exclaimed. "Wake up Hiro! You're dreaming, it's just a dream!"

Hiro heard his brother's voice calling out to him; he thought he was still dreaming. However, the embrace he was in felt so real.

"Hiro open your eyes it's me… Tadashi!"

Suddenly Hiro stopped struggling and his body became relaxed. Tadashi began to stroke Hiro's cheek a little as tears escaped his closed eyes. That's when his brown eyes opened to meet another pair of brown eyes that looked so much like his own.

"Ta-Tadashi!" Hiro gasped.

"Hiro are you okay?"

Tadashi's head started to hurt again but the pain was minor compared to the pain he felt when he looked into Hiro's tear filled eyes. A memory came flooding back to him, images of Hiro dressed in his pajamas standing at the foot of his bed appeared.

"Tadashi… I'm fine. It was just a dream!"

"You a nightmare."

"Stop worrying so much."

"Well sorry if I worry when my brother has a nightmare so bad that he starts to cry in his sleep."

"I didn't cry!"

"Then what are those streams of water running down your face from then?"

"Don't worry about it! I'm fine… I know what's real and what's not."

"I know but still… I want you to know that I'm here for you. Whenever you have a nightmare don't hesitate to come to me. Okay?"

"Geez Tadashi you can be so cheesy at times. You're such a mother hen!"

"As your older brother it's my job to embarrass you from time to time."

"I'd like to see that job contract; maybe it has your limitations listed on there too."

"Alright Hiro now you've asked for it!"

"Hahahahaha Tadashi hahahaha stop hahahahahaha you're being so hahahahaha immature right now!"

"All for you little brother!"

If it weren't for the current situation he was in front now Tadashi would have laughed at that memory. Instead he kept his focus on his terrified little brother.

"Hiro… I'm here, it's okay."

"Tadashi!" Hiro exclaimed as he wrapped his arms around his brother's neck. "Tadashi!"

That seemed to be the only thing Hiro was capable of saying at the moment. He knew he had a nightmare but after believing that his brother was dead a while back he wasn't taking any chances. He learned not to get his hopes up but to his relief what he held in his arms was real. His brother was real and this was not a dream. Tadashi was surprised at first from Hiro's sudden reaction but he quickly returned the sudden display of affection. Hiro didn't care if he looked weak at the moment, all that mattered was that his brother was alive and he was here with him. Tadashi began to pat his back in a comforting matter.

"Tadashi! You're… you're here!"

"Of course I am."

"You… were… in darkness… you disappeared!"

"It was just a dream Hiro, I'm not going anywhere. Now that you're here I have a reason to keep going."

Hiro started to calm down; his brother's soothing voice always had that effect on him. Tadashi continued to reassure his brother for a few more minutes until Hiro slowly let go of him.

"I'm sorry for waking you," Hiro suddenly said.

"There's nothing to be sorry for. You had a nightmare, that can't be helped."

"But still… I woke you up."

"Hiro if anyone should be apologizing at this point it should be me."

"You don't need to apologize-"

"Yes I do," Tadashi interrupted. "I'm the guilty one here. I forgot about you and about my previous life. I'm the one who's had to get his hands dirty. I'm the one who hurt your friends. I'm the one who hurt you too… I gave you a syringe to knock you out, I spanked you out of a misunderstanding and I… kidnapped you."

Hiro felt his heart break at the sound of sorrow in his brother's voice, it may surprise Tadashi but he didn't blame him for all of those things. He knew Tadashi! He placed his hands on Tadashi's face and stared straight into his eyes.

"None of those things is your fault Tadashi!" Hiro exclaimed. "You're trying to remember everything you can about your life. You're doing that because you want to know who you are, you want to remember. Just like how I want to stay beside you through it all. You never gave up on me, now it's my turn to never give up on you!"

Tadashi's eyes widen at the words Hiro used to him. He remembered those words.

"I got nothing! I'm never getting in now!"

"Hey! I'm not giving up on you."

Tadashi wrapped Hiro in another embrace and Hiro didn't struggle. Tadashi wanted to cry so much right now but he was afraid to. He was the older brother and it was his duty to be the strong one.

"You can cry too you know," Hiro said. "I know it's not easy right now but we can get through this together! I just know it."

The tears didn't stop after that, Hiro allowed Tadashi to cry over his shoulder. He knew Tadashi wouldn't want him to see him in such a state but he was glad to see that his older brother wasn't holding it in. He could feel his shoulder becoming damp from the endless rivers of tears but he ignored it and let out several tears of his own. The brother fell asleep again, they cried until they tired themselves out. This time there were no nightmares of any kind.

The night passed and soon sunlight pierced through the windows and shined right on the brother's faces, Hiro rubbed his eyes before waking up. Tadashi did the same thing, both of the brothers stretched before turning to the other.

"Good morning bonehead," Tadashi greeted.

"Good morning nerd," Hiro responded. "So what should we talk about today?"

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