Hi everyone, how are you doing today? Before we get to the actual chapter, I wanted to reply some people who left some questions on the reviews:

PastellePony: Yes, I received all your reviews, it is ok XD I don't really feel pressured to write fast when people ask for an update, don't worry. I just really want to get this done and since people ask me to update, I don't want to keep them waiting too much. I make sure to take my time not to rush, after all I don't want to disappoint the people reading this ^^

JayHawk134: Yes, Hiro does know and remember Aunt Cass by the age of five. The reason why he doesn't mention her at all is because I didn't think it was necessary, nor do I think there was a proper moment to bring it up. And more, Hiro is a genius. I'm sure he knows she's traveling since Tadashi mentioned it a few times when he was around :)

To everyone else, thank you a lot for all of your favorites, follows and reviews! I may not reply them all because I don't really like the messaging system on this website, but I make sure to read them all and it makes me happy that you guys are enjoying this! I hope you enjoy this chapter, have a nice reading! :D

Also, you might need Kleenex for this.

Before the whole "Hiro turned into a kid" thing happened, Tadashi never did realize how easy it was for him to fall asleep. Maybe it was the general routine of taking care of his little brother that was making him tired, maybe it was the fact his sleep schedule wasn't exactly regulated because of the fact that Hiro woke him up in the middle of the night and kept him awake until late hours; but during that week he took notice that he would fall asleep whenever he had silence and peace. It didn't matter if he was just sitting on a chair or in an uncomfortable position, he would fall asleep in the blink of an eye.

And watching a movie was no exception to the rule.

Tadashi had his back slumped against the couch, his eyes shut and his head hanging off to the side. Breathing softly, he stirred a little in his sleep and then put his hand to his head, rubbing his eyes. At first, all he could see was blurred shapes in shades of yellow and brown as his head felt dizzy and heavy. He tried to shake it off as he blinked and looked around, trying to focus his sight.

When Tadashi was able to think straight again after waking up, his head shot up when he remembered to look for Hiro. He knew the boy had his head on his lap before he fell asleep, but when Tadashi looked down his little brother wasn't there. As always, the thought of not knowing where Hiro was scared him as he jumped out of the couch in despair. However, when he was about to call for his brother he saw the very boy he was about to look for.

Hiro was sleeping on the floor, not far from Tadashi's feet. The upper part of his body rested on the carpet, while his legs were spread out on the wooden floor. His hands were tucked under his head and his jacket was being used as a blanket, covering his waist and part of his legs. A sunbeam that came from the window behind him shone on his chin and neck.

Tadashi raised an eyebrow, cocking his head in confusion. He was pretty sure that Hiro was on his lap before he had fallen asleep, which meant the little boy had left the couch and gone to the floor willingly. Still confused, Tadashi approached his little brother and softly poked Hiro's leg with his foot.

"Hey, Hiro." Tadashi called. Without even opening his eyes, the kid let out a slight groan in his sleep and reached out for Tadashi's foot, pushing it away from him and going back to using his hand as a pillow. The older one rolled his eyes and smiled, kneeling down to put his hand on Hiro's shoulder, proceeding to shake his brother softly. "Hiro, wake up. Wouldn't you prefer to sleep on the couch?"

Once more, Hiro didn't even open his eyes as he shook his head and took a deep breath, yawning in the process. Defeated, Tadashi turned to grab one of the pillows that lay on the couch. Then he slowly slid his hand under his brother's head, lifting it from the ground and putting the pillow under it. Hiro relaxed and tugged on it, sleeping deeply.

"If you wake up with a sore back from sleeping here, don't blame me." Tadashi chuckled as he stroked Hiro's hair, though he was sure his brother was sleeping way too heavily to even hear him. He stood up and walked up to the kitchen, filling Mochi's bowl with cat food before looking at the clock on the wall. It was half past four, meaning they had slept quite a lot.

Tadashi stretched, still feeling a little lazy from his nap when his phone rang. He turned around a few times looking for the source of the sound, until he looked down and realized it was in his pocket. He sat down on a chair before pulling it up from his pocket, answering the call without checking who it was.

"Hello, Tadashi Hamada here."

"FINALLY!" GoGo said in an eruption of fury on the other end. Tadashi dropped his phone in surprise, losing his balance and falling off the chair; hitting his head on the corner of the table before he fell on the floor. The thud he caused was loud enough to make Hiro open his eyes for a split second before going back to sleep.

"Ow!" He cried as he and rubbed his head.

Tadashi could hear GoGo's voice coming from the phone, calling his name. He sat up on the floor before looking for his phone, which he found under the chair he was previously sitting on. He picked it up with a sigh before taking it to his ear again.

"Tadashi? Hello?" GoGo called, her voice sounding both worried and angry. He could hear voices on the background that sounded worried as well, and he assumed they belonged to his other friends.

"Hey, I'm here." Tadashi answered as he climbed back to the chair. As he did so, he heard several relieved sighs on the other end of the phone, followed by an annoyed one that certainly belonged to GoGo. "I'm sorry for making you guys worried."

"Well, I'm sorry for startling you too, but come on. I've called and messaged you since morning today, and you didn't answer any of them! We were worried that anything could have happened to you or Hiro." GoGo sighed. "But are you guys ok?"

"I'm sorry. We fell asleep for a change." Tadashi smiled. "And yeah, Hiro is totally fine. I think I lost my hearing in my right ear and may have a concussion in my head, but other than that I'm fine as well." He said with a laugh.

GoGo giggled. "Like we cared for you, knucklehead." She said sarcastically. "How is your brother?"

"Oh, he's fine." Tadashi looked back and saw Hiro still slept on the floor. "He's sleeping at the moment. Believe me; nothing can wake that kid up."

"We've noticed." GoGo laughed. "So, have you seen the message I sent you this morning?"

"Message?" Tadashi thought for a while, his eyes widening when the memory appeared on his mind. He gulped and stayed in silence for a while, but before GoGo could call him he spoke up. "Yeah, I did. You guys... You guys are great. I... I really appreciate your help." He sounded distant, as if he didn't really mean his words; and spoke softly.

"Tadashi..." GoGo started to say, but after some noises it was Honey Lemon that was on the other end. "Hey, Tadashi?" She said with the sweetest voice she could make. "We just wanted to say we're ready to bring Hiro back to normal. Would it be ok if we met at your house today?"

"Yeah, it would. You guys can come over anytime you want. But Aunt Cass is coming back tomorrow, so the sooner, the better." His chest ached a little when he said that, so he took a deep breath. Perhaps he was getting sick?

Tadashi heard some intelligible whispers on the other end that seemed to come from Honey and Wasabi, but they quickly stopped when GoGo took the phone once more. "We'll be there in half an hour, ok?" She said with her voice unusually sweet for GoGo.

"Half an hour? Why don't you come here now?"

"Bye, Tadashi." GoGo said, never answering his question, and hung up the phone. Tadashi raised an eyebrow and looked at his phone with a confused expression, but just shrugged and left his phone on the table before standing up and walking to Hiro.

"Hey, Hiro. Come on, you'll get a sore back from sleeping here."

The infant took a deep breath and lazily rubbed his eyes, yawning. He finally opened his eyes and looked up at Tadashi, which knelt down by Hiro's side when the younger of them opened his eyes. Rather than waking up at once, Hiro put his head on Tadashi's lap and just closed his eyes again.

"You know, you were supposed to wake up." Tadashi giggled. Hiro responded by sticking his tongue out and making a mouth motion with his hand, not even bothering to open his eyes as he did so. Tadashi laughed and adjusted his position to get more comfortable, starting to stroke Hiro's hair.

"Why are you on the floor, by the way? You were on the couch with me when I fell asleep." Tadashi asked.

Hiro smiled and took a soft breath. "Because you snore when you sleep sitting."

"What?" Tadashi let out a gasp as he laughed and playfully rubbed his brother's head. "No, I don't!"

"Do too."

"Do not."

Hiro shook his head and sighed. "Hey, Dashi?"

"Yes, Hiro?"

"Can you..." He yawned, opening his eyes and looking up at Tadashi with a smile before closing his eyes again. "Can you sing me that lullaby again?"

Tadashi raised an eyebrow before widening his eyes when realization came to him and he had flashbacks of that stormy night. "Hiro, I don't sing that well and that's hardly a lullaby..."

"Please?"

Tadashi looked up innocently with a smile before he started singing, Hiro softly shaking his foot on the rhythm of the song. As soon as Tadashi got to the chorus, his little brother started to sing along, relaxing as Tadashi ran his fingers through his hair.

Tadashi would have fallen asleep again without a doubt had his friends not knocked on the door while calling out his name. He looked down and saw that Hiro was still asleep on his lap, so he moved aside as slowly as he could, making sure to put a pillow under Hiro's head. The kid was so sleepy that he didn't even seem to notice the change.

The older Hamada quickly walked to the door, pulling it open. All of his friends were outside and greeted him with smiles.

"Hey, guys." Tadashi glanced at the clock on the wall before stepping aside and motioning for his friends to enter. "I didn't even realize half an hour had passed already!"

"Oh, please don't tell me you fell asleep again after I called you." GoGo said as she was the first one to enter the house. Only then Tadashi noticed she was carrying the gun.

"No, I didn't." He smiled and held the door as Wasabi, Fred and Honey Lemon entered the house as well. "Although I think I would have if you guys hadn't arrived right now."

"Well, good thing we came then." GoGo smiled. She carefully put the gun on the table, always avoiding the trigger as she held it by the grip with all of her strength. "Seriously, how tiring is it to take care of a young Hiro?" She turned around and saw the boy she was talking about on the floor. "He looks so peaceful."

Tadashi's jaw dropped as he folded his arms. "Peaceful? He got lost at out university, found a way to have an allergic reaction when I turned my back on him for no longer than 20 seconds, he wakes up every couple of hours in the middle of the night, got a panic attack when it rained…" He held up a finger with every example, looking at GoGo in the eye.

"Ok, ok, we get it." Honey Lemon chuckled. "Not as peaceful as he looks, uh?"

"No, not at all." Tadashi nodded.

"Huh, why is he sleeping on the floor? That's not healthy for his back." Wasabi asked.

"Because I snore." Tadashi folded his arms as all of his friends raised an eyebrow and looked at him. He waved his hand to dismiss the topic. "Long story."

"Ah, but at least he's still the cutest…" Honey Lemon said as she turned around to look at the living room behind her, but when she did so all she saw was a pillow and a jacket that lay forgotten on the spot Hiro was supposed to be. "Uh, not to make anyone worried, but…"

Fred looked to the direction Honey was looking as well. "Hey, where's Hiro?"

That was enough to make Tadashi, GoGo and Wasabi turn around as well, the three pair of eyes widened as soon as they fell upon the empty living room.

"But he was there a minute ago!" Wasabi exclaimed.

"Now you see what I've been going through ever since he became a kid! It's almost like he could teleport!" Tadashi said, sighing in annoyance and feeling worry growing inside of him as he looked to all the directions possible, looking for his brother.

All of his friends started to do the same, but just when they were about to leave the kitchen and were getting apprehensive, a noise made them stop.

"What's that?" Honey Lemon questioned as the noise got louder and louder.

They heard several beats, as if something light was being thrown to the floor over and over again. Suddenly, the beats sped up and they were not as loud as before, until they eventually stopped.

"Wow, what was that?" Fred scratched his head.

"I'm guessing it's either Hiro or Mochi." Tadashi said. The five friends looked down when they heard a meow, their eyes meeting those of the fat cat who was lying on the floor and tried to take a nap. Tadashi looked back at his friends.

"Hiro?" GoGo asked.

"Hiro." Tadashi nodded.

Everyone was about to leave the kitchen and go look for Hiro, but they stopped again when a basketball entered the room bouncing, and didn't stop until Tadashi's legs got in its way. Before they had the time to question it, Hiro entered the room running, following the ball's path and picking it up. It wasn't until he was holding it that he looked up and saw he and Tadashi weren't alone.

"Oh, hi Uncle Fred, Uncle Wasabi, Aunt GoGo and Aunt Honey Lemon." He said with a smile and then looked up at his brother. "Hi, Dashi."

"He does know we're not really his uncles and aunts, right?" Fred whispered to Wasabi, who rolled his eyes in return.

"There you are, Hiro." Tadashi said as he smiled and sighed in relief, picking Hiro up. The infant never let the ball go as he wrapped his right arm around Tadashi's neck. "Seriously, you need to warn me when you wake up, I was worried! We didn't even hear when you got up and… Wait, where did you find that ball?"

Hiro held it in front of Tadashi's eyes and smiled. "Oh, I-I found it in our room. Can we play? Please?"

Tadashi's mouth was about to open as he was going to say yes, but then his eyes fell upon the gun that was on the table.

He felt tightness in his chest again and he gagged a little. Tadashi couldn't exactly explain why, but he didn't feel alright. Instinctively, he tightened the grip he was giving on Hiro and the boy let out a soft shriek.

"Sorry, Hiro." Tadashi said as he looked to his friends and then back at Hiro, taking the ball off his hands. Hiro reached out and tried to grab it back, but Tadashi dropped it before he could. Hiro watched as the ball fell before turning his attention back to his older brother and frowning. "Sorry, buddy. But we have to…" Tadashi stopped his sentence to sigh and caress his brother's hair. "Bring you back to normal."

Hiro raised an eyebrow and tilted his head in confusion as Tadashi seemed to lose himself as he looked into Hiro's eyes with a sad expression. GoGo took notice and then looked at her friends; they all nodding as if they were sharing the same thought.

GoGo looked down at the ball and took it in her hands, bouncing it. "So, Tadashi…" She asked with an innocent voice. "Your aunt Cass is not coming home until tomorrow, right?"

"Uh, that's what she told me." He answered, snapping out of his thoughts and turning around to look at his friends. "Why?"

"Well, it's not even that late yet. Why don't we give little Hiro a little of fun before we bring him back to normal?" GoGo asked as she twisted the ball on the tip of one of her fingers and smiled.

Hiro smiled with hope and then looked at his older brother with pleading eyes, and so did his friends. Tadashi looked at the clock and then at Hiro's big brown eyes.

"I… I suppose a game wouldn't hurt anyone." He smiled and shrugged. Everyone else in the room, including Hiro, cheered and smiled as they all leaded to the back door.

The back door of the cafe leaded to an old yard that had seen better days. According to Aunt Cass, the old owner of the house used it as a deposit, and she never really gave it a thorough cleaning after she bought the house. However, when Tadashi and Hiro moved in with her, she had it fixed up so that the two children wouldn't get hurt when they went to play there.

The walls surrounding the garden were old, the faded paint failed to cover the various cracks caused by the passing of time; although some of them had been caused by the misadventures of the two Hamada brothers when they were both younger. Tadashi and Hiro used to spend their free time there, and the prior had managed to install a basketball net above the door by himself.

For almost two hours, the six friends ran around the yard, throwing the ball at each other and making their best to catch it and make it to the net. They hadn't set specific teams, although it was made clear as the game went on that Fred was trying to help Wasabi to score, who was worried about the amount of germs that ball could have; the girls were also paired up and Tadashi was definitely on Hiro's side.

The yard was dimly lit as the sun went down, the lights coming from inside the house and from the posts outside being all the light they had. Hiro was the one who had the ball in his hands, and his little size made it easy for him to run through under the legs of his friends, dodging them. They all watched him with smiles on their faces and cheered as he ran toward the net. However, he stopped running when he was right under it.

Hiro looked up, feeling unsure. Tadashi and his friends looked at each other in confusion, shrugging as in to tell they were just as clueless as Tadashi. He cocked his head and approached Hiro, kneeling down by his side.

"What's wrong, buddy?" He asked as he laid a hand on Hiro's shoulder and shook him softly.

"It's too high." Hiro said softly, his eyes never leaving the net above. "I don't think I can make it, Dashi." Right after he said that, he looked down and kneeled down, carefully putting the ball on the ground and giving a step back.

"Hey, buddy." Fred said from behind, approaching Hiro. When he started to walk, all of them did the same. "You may not make it on the first try, but you're certainly never going to make it if you never even try." He softly punched Hiro's shoulder.

"Yeah, Hiro." Honey Lemon said as she trying to organize her hair that had gone messy with all of her running. "Just try it."

Hiro looked up at his friends and then at Tadashi and smiled, but it quickly faded when he looked back up. Somehow, it scared him. He didn't want to fail, but he wanted to try. Tadashi looked up as well and it bit his lip as he nodded when an idea hit him.

"Hey, Hiro." He called. When Hiro looked at him, Tadashi leaned closer and put his mouth to Hiro's ear, whispering something. The kid seemed a little thoughtful, and once Tadashi pulled away he nodded with a smile.

"What are you guys talking about?" GoGo asked as she folded her arms.

"Well, I just thought that this situation could use a little of…" Tadashi kneeled down again and Hiro climbed up his back, wrapping his legs around Tadashi's waist and holding his shoulders. Tadashi stood up and used one of his hands to hold Hiro's legs and the other one to pick up the ball. "Teamwork." He smiled.

All of his friends exchanged looks and smiles when they realized what Tadashi was planning. They nodded and stepped aside, making room for Tadashi and Hiro. The prior gave a few steps back to increase the distance there was between them and the net, handing the ball to Hiro when he thought he had space enough. He tightened the grip he was giving on Hiro's legs since Hiro was using both of his hands to hold the ball and couldn't hold Tadashi's shoulders anymore.

"Ready?" Tadashi asked, looking aside so that his eyes met Hiro's.

"Ready." Hiro said, nodding and sticking his tongue out in concentration as he looked up ahead to face the net.

Tadashi made sure to be holding Hiro as tight as he could before he started running toward the net, yet not too fast. Hiro took a deep breath as his brother approached the net. He positioned his arms when Tadashi stopped running and flexed his knees right before jumping up.

Hiro threw the ball at the net right before Tadashi's feet touched the ground again. Everyone looked up – Hiro held his breath as well – as they watched the ball bounce around the net in a delicate balance, as if it was trying to decide on whether to fall in or out the net.

After minutes that felt like hours, Hiro slowly started to breathe again and the corners of his mouth went up in a smile when the ball finally gave in and fell in the net, exactly like it was meant to be.

GoGo, Honey Lemon, Wasabi and Fred all cheered, throwing their fists in the air as they smiled and cheered for Hiro. Tadashi held Hiro's legs and jumped around with him on his back as Hiro hugged Tadashi's neck and smiled when he saw his friends cheering for him.

Among all of the cheering, Hiro leaned forward and put his mouth near Tadashi's ear, surprising his brother with a kiss on the cheek. Tadashi turned his attention to Hiro and smiled in surprise when the younger one rested his head on Tadashi's shoulder.

"Thank you, Nii-san."

Tadashi softly rubbed his head on Hiro's with a sigh and a smile. "No problem, Hiro."

When they were all back inside the house, Tadashi closed the back door and turned on the lights. Hiro was still blushing and looking down because of all the compliments he had been receiving when he sat down on a chair and swung his legs back and forth.

Tadashi smiled at his friends and brother, adjusting his cap and sighing. However, his heart sank when his eyes fell upon the gun that was on the table. For a few seconds, flashbacks of that week flashed on his mind; from Hiro getting lost in his college, reading the classing version of A Christmas Carol, being helped by Baymax and even when Tadashi accidentally hurt him.

However, it weren't just the big events that went through Tadashi's mind. Little things like waking up in the middle of the night, going to college together, carrying Hiro on his back… Even the bad things, like the way Hiro kept disappearing and giving Tadashi heart attacks, seemed to come back with such intensity in his mind that it was almost like they were happening in the present rather than being just memories.

"Tadashi?" GoGo called. He snapped out of it and came back to the present time, walking up to his friends. He shook his head and smiled as he approached them, Hiro looked up at him with an innocent look.

However, as soon as Tadashi approached them, their smiles faded. He had his eyes on his brother, so he didn't notice their worried faces until Fred cleaned his throat and changed the focus of Tadashi's attention. He seemed confused as to why his friends seemed to be nervous, but when GoGo nodded toward the table, Tadashi mouthed "Oh" and his smile faded as well.

Hiro noticed the worried look on his brother's face, but before he had time to question anything Tadashi handed his lucky cap to Hiro. "Hey, Hiro, could you please go upstairs and put this somewhere safe for me?" He asked as he forced a smile.

Hiro stared at it for a few seconds and seemed unsure, for he was too smart not to notice his brother didn't seem as happy as he was a few seconds before. He slowly reached out for the cap and held it, looking at it in his hands before looking up at his friends with a worried face. "Did I do anything wrong?"

The adults looked at each other, confused. "No, Hiro. Absolutely not. Why are you asking that?" Tadashi said, kneeling down and looking at Hiro in the eye.

"Because you seem mad. And it looks like you're trying to distract me or anything like that."

"No, Hiro, we're not mad at you. We have no reason to." Honey Lemon said with a smile that was accompanied by a sad sigh.

"We are not mad." Tadashi assured him. "But can you go upstairs now, please? And be careful, you know this is my lucky cap." He said with a smile. Hiro raised an eyebrow at him but gave a smile soon after before leaving the chair he was on and going toward the hallway. As soon as he was out of sight, Tadashi's smile vanished as he placed his hands on the table.

There was an unsettling quiet before GoGo rolled her eyes and approached Tadashi, folding her arms. "Tadashi, it's time. We have to do this."

"I know." He said with the volume just above that of a whisper. He was looking at the gun's general direction; however his eyes refused to directly meet said object. "I just… Wow. I think I was expecting that would never happen; you know?"

GoGo looked at her other friends and her sad eyes widened in an obvious plea for help. Nobody seemed to know what to do, but Honey Lemon approached Tadashi when the boy sniffed and sighed. "Come on, Tadashi. It's not like we didn't know this was all temporary, right? What about all the effort we had to fix that gun?"

"I know… Look, guys, I know." He straightened himself up and forced a smile with a shrug. "Come on, I know. So we're bringing Hiro back to normal, big deal. That's all I've wanted to do since the beginning of the week." His voice started to crack as his eyes watered, yet his forced smile remained on his face. "It's alright."

Once more, there was silence on the room.

"I'll miss him too." GoGo said.

Everyone looked at her with wide eyes in surprise. GoGo never showed any kind of emotion, however, she was visibly emotional. She was looking at her feet and had her arms folded over her chest; but she slowly raised to look at her friends.

"Let's cut the drama here, ok? We're all going to miss young Hiro. I mean, come on, he's… He's adorable, ok? And I'm sad we have to bring him back to normal. Also, ever since this thing started, we've been more united than ever before. Sure, it was one crazy week and honestly it's still hard to believe that kid was supposed to be a teenager; but that's what happened. And now…" She stopped and sighed, letting her arms fall to the side. "Now everything will be back to normal."

Honey Lemon sighed as well, stepping aside to wrap her arm around GoGo's shoulder. "We really are going to miss young Hiro. But come on, guys. It's not like we were never going to see him again or something like that."

Wasabi smiled. "Maybe you can take him to our school even after he's back to normal, Tadashi. You know, it would be fun if he wanted to study with us."

"Yeah, it would." Fred said. "I promise I won't show him any other of my inventions. But yeah, that kid is pretty fun."

"But it doesn't matter what happens, Tadashi, he'll always be your little brother."

Tadashi wiped the tears he had on the corners of his eyes and smiled, still feeling like his heartbeat was aching. "Thank you, guys."

They exchanged smiles, but turned their heads to the hallway when they heard the sound of steps. A few seconds later, Hiro was back at the living room and approached his friends. He had a smile in his face, but once again it faded away when he noticed how the people around him seemed to be sad.

"What's wrong?"

"Hiro, can you come here?" Tadashi said with a sigh as he knelt down and invited Hiro to approach him. The little boy shrugged and did as he was told. When he was in front of Tadashi, his older brother held his hands and looked at him in the eye.

"Hiro, I just need to tell you something."

"Uh, ok." Hiro said, confused, as his eyes moved from his hands to Tadashi's eyes, meeting his gaze.

"Hiro, you see… When this week started, you could barely say a sentence without stuttering. In fact, you could barely stand by yourself without feeling nervous, or afraid."

Hiro looked down, embarrassed. "S-Sorry…"

"But now," Tadashi continued, "you might just be the smartest kid I know. And I know it must have been hard for you to improve that much, but believe me, I'm proud of you. Even if you think your achievements are small or not worth it, I'm proud of you. For everything you've done."

Hiro smiled, his head shooting up in surprise.

"And I know we've been through some bad stuff. But I hope you know, no, I need you to know that I never, ever meant to do bad things to you; or to say those bad things I may have said. If there's anything I did that scared you or made you sad, I ask for your forgiveness."

Hiro's smile became a straight line as he looked down at his hurt leg, although his wound was almost gone. Tadashi looked down as well, and prepared himself to apologize when Hiro looked back at him and smiled. "There's nothing to be mad about." He shrugged.

Tadashi's eyes widened in surprise. "Well, either way, I'm sorry for your leg; and any other pain I may have caused you. I never meant to do anything of that sort, because I love you. Ok?"

Hiro unexpectedly wrapped his arms around Tadashi, whose hands fluttered around his brother as he wrapped his brain around what was happening. A few seconds later, he returned the hug and closed his eyes.

"I love you too, Dashi."

That was when all the tears Tadashi had been holding in started to go down against his will and he sighed.

"Come on, Tadashi. Woman up." GoGo demanded, however she was almost crying herself; and so was everyone else. "Can… Can we just do this, please?"

Tadashi pulled away from Hiro and looked at his friends before looking back at his brother, who had a smile on his face. "Sure, GoGo. I just need to say one more thing. Hiro, I want you to know that it doesn't matter what you do, or where you are; I'll be there for you. And remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Also, you're much more loved than you imagine. Much, much more." Tadashi placed a kiss on Hiro's forehead. "Can you keep that in mind?"

"Sure." Hiro nodded. "I will. And you too, Dashi."

Tadashi nodded and stood up, Hiro's hands slowly sliding from Tadashi's as he did so. He looked at his friends and then at the gun, walking up to the table and grabbing it. He shivered when his hands touched the cold object.

The idea of pointing a gun to Hiro and shooting, even if it wasn't anything dangerous, made Tadashi sick. He hissed and turned around, handing the gun to GoGo.

"You have a strong stomach. Can you do it?" He asked with pleading eyes.

"Sure." GoGo nodded.

"Dashi?" Hiro asked, looking at his brother as he gave a step back.

"Hiro… You need to close your eyes now."

"W-Why?" He said, apprehensively looking around.

"Do… Do you remember that one time when you went to the doctor and he said it was going to hurt a little, so I told you to close your eyes? It's similar to that time." Tadashi sighed. "Come on, Hiro; just do as I say."

"Fine…" Hiro looked around. "Can you hold my hand, like you did back then?"

Tadashi's mouth dropped open as he looked to his friends, as in asking it that was ok. However, they all shook their heads. "We programmed this to turn Hiro older. I don't know if it could affect you somehow. Better safe than sorry." GoGo said.

"Sorry, Hiro. I can't. But you'll be fine, and you don't need to be afraid. You trust me, don't you?" Tadashi asked.

"Yes, I do." Hiro smiled. "I love you, Dashi."

"I love you too." Tadashi watched as Hiro closed his eyes and clenched his teeth, taking a deep breath. GoGo, Honey Lemon, Wasabi and Fred looked at Tadashi as he looked at GoGo and nodded. When he saw she was aiming Hiro, Tadashi closed his eyes as well, unable to watch that scene.

I'm sorry.

Well, now you see why this took a while. I considered having Tadashi to shoot Hiro, but it just didn't feel right to me.

Anyway, I hope you liked this. Sorry for the waiting, and thank you very much for reading! I won't say anything else not to spoil the next chapters :D

See yah!