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by Mother Mae-Eye

He calls the button-eyed Hamada imposters "Mom" and "Dad". They baked cookies- it's normal and sweet and Tadashi can very clearly smell sugar in his brother's messy hair and see the smudge of chocolate on his left sleeve. It terrifies him. So when no one is looking, Tadashi locks the little door in the little blue family room, and hides the button key. (Coraline AU)

14. Chapter 14

Chapter 14

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"So... you like dolls now?" Tadashi asks skeptically when he finds the smallest Hamada in the small blue family room by the small door in the house. When Tadashi had walked in, the youngest was doing nothing but staring at the toy.

Blue was once her favorite color.

Hiro gives him a scowl, and turns his back on him. Tadashi is startled by the apparent frown he could make out on the doll's face.

Late that night when almost everyone should be tucked into the safety of their beds, Tadashi hears the shuffle of his brother's feet down the stairs in the middle of the night, and thinks nothing of it.

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Happy Holidays, everyone!