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Tadashi Hamada winced watching his younger brother cling to her aunt, sobbing. Hiro was not doing well as of late. He had been having problems so tests were being done. He had been poked, prodded, asked the same questions and now his back was covered in marks from an allergy test being done.
"Shh… Shh…" Their aunt, Cass murmured rocking the three year old gently. "It's okay Hiro… It's okay…"
"I want momma! I WANT MY MOMMA!" Hiro wailed burying his face in her shirt.
Tadashi lowered his head. Their not coming back…. He thought feeling guilt go through him. Tadashi was Hiro's older brother, he should've been protecting him, but this wasn't something he could protect him from.
"Shh…."
Tadashi looked up briefly seeing Hiro looking to his brother with tears in his eyes. He reached for Tadashi. "Dashi-nii!"
Tadashi took Hiro's hand holding it gently. "I'm here… I'm here Hiro… You're okay… It's okay…"
Hiro squeezed his hand sobbing a little. "I want Dashi-nii!"
"Shh… Just hold on for a little while longer…" Cass tried to soothe her youngest stroking his hair.
Tadashi stood up kissing his brother's forehead. "Nii-san's here… Don't worry…"
Hiro sniffled kissing Tadashi's chin. "Pwomise?"
"Promise." Tadashi tried to smile, it hurt to see Hiro like this.
I promise… There will be another way some day… No more allergy tests to find out what could make you sick…
ooooooo
"Hiro?" Tadashi called quietly trying not to disturb anyone. They were now back at the hospital once more for different reasons and Hiro had decided to hide.
And of course he won't come out for Aunt Cass or anyone else. Only me… Poor kid's terrified…
At seven years old, Hiro had a new problem. Frequent illness one right after another. It was determined he would need his tonsils out and Hiro was having none of it. He took his chance to sneak off after he was left alone to change out of his street clothes. Now Tadashi was looking for his brother hoping that Hiro wasn't getting into more trouble.
Ugh… Why do doctors always freak him out? He's fine whenever I'm patching him up, but actual doctors? Forget it…
Well… Come to think of it… They don't exactly look like the nicest people at first…. "Hiro? C'mon buddy…"
The boy sighed kneeling on the floor looking behind the nurse's station.
Hiro took notice of his brother and quietly shuffled by before running off.
WHY DOES EVERYONE WANNA POKE AND PROD ME UNTIL I CRY OR BLEED OR SOMETHING!? It's my body! I don't wanna get cut open. I'm fine… I'm not sick!
Hiro tripped yelping a bit. Tadashi looked up and hurried over to him. "Hiro?"
Hiro backed up against the wall. "Noooo!"
Tadashi sighed kneeling to his brother's level. "Hey… Don't get like that… You know how you've been getting sick a lot?"
"Yeah…" Hiro mumbled lowering his head a little.
"And do you like it when your sick? With your ear hurting and not being able to go outside and play?"
"No…" Hiro sniffled a little. Tadashi's gaze softened as he opened his arms. Hiro hugged him, hiding his face. "I'm scared… I don't like it here… It's cold… They act like I'm too dumb to know anything…"
"Well then I'll give 'em what for…" Tadashi said quietly, rocking his brother a little. "No one's gonna hurt you long as I'm around…"
"Why can't doctors be not scary?" Hiro asked giving his brother a kicked puppy look. Tadashi sighed.
"I wish I knew little bro… I wish I knew… C'mon…"
"But I don't wanna get cut open…"
"But you'll feel so much better… And I'll be right there when you wake up…"
Hiro gave Tadashi an unsure look. "Promise?"
"Promise on my very soul… And you know what?" Tadashi said as he let Hiro climb onto his back as he started carrying him to the elevator.
"What?" Hiro asked tilting his head.
"I had my tonsils out when I was your age too."
"Really!?"
"Yep." Tadashi craned his neck to give Hiro a smile. "And you know what I got to have after I woke up?"
"What?" Hiro asked curious now.
"All the ice cream I could eat!"
Hiro's eyes grew wide as he gasped. "Really? Could I have some too?"
"Yep, long as it doesn't have peanuts." Tadashi grinned pushing the button for the pediatric ward, impressed at how far his brother had gotten. Several floors up and no one had noticed.
Hiro smiled hugging Tadashi. "I wuv you Tada-nii… I wish you were the one doing the operation…"
Tadashi nuzzled Hiro. "And why's that?"
"Cause you know me better then anyone... I love you… You'd never hurt me."
Tadashi was touched, he looked down a little feeling some tears sting his eyes. Oh Hiro… "I love you too Hiro… So, so much… I wish I could make you feel better but I'm not a doctor yet… But I will one day…"
"And you'll make me all better then?"
"I will! I promise!"
"Yay!"
Tadashi smiled as he carried Hiro out of the elevator.
One day, there's not gonna be any more doctors that make Hiro feel scared…
ooooooooooooooo
"What the heck happened to you!?" Hiro yelled watching his brother walk through the door.
It had been a long night for Tadashi. Between getting advice and tips from an actual doctor who let him tour his hospital, he also nearly got strangled by his own project due to a servo malfunction.
Tadashi absently rubbed his neck. "I got beat up by my robotics project." He said. "That's what happened."
Hiro stared at his brother before falling back on the floor laughing his head off. "Y-YOU MISTER MARTIAL ARTS MASTER GOT BEATEN UP BY A BOT!? BAHAHAHAHA!"
"WHY YOU LITTLE-" Tadashi lunged as Hiro jumped up bolting for it.
"AHHHH!"
"C'MERE YOU!"
"NO!"
"I just wanna hug you!"
"Hug your violent robot!"
Tadashi lunged grabbing Hiro as he hauled him over his shoulder carrying him upstairs.
"Gah! TADA-SHIIII!" Hiro yelled struggling. "Put me down!"
"Hmm, nope!" Tadashi smirked but tossed Hiro onto his bed as the teen let out a protest.
"OW!"
"Oh come on that did not hurt!"
"Ahuh." Hiro rolled his eyes. "You just don't know how delicate I am." He stuck his nose in the air.
"More like I know how full of it you are." Tadashi countered before flopping beside his brother. "So what's new in your world?"
"Darkest Minds trilogy, read it."
"When I have a magical thing called "free time" again Otouto."
Hiro sighed sitting up. "You NEVER do stuff like that with me anymore!"
"That's not true, I went with you to the bookstore-"
"Two months ago."
"... Then how'd you get those-"
"I walked there."
Tadashi sighed. "I'm sorry, I've just been really busy Hiro… You know that.."
"Yeah right… Busy hanging out with your nerd friends and ignoring me…" Hiro grumbled crossing his arms. "You know how many books I read this week?"
"How many? And I'm not ignoring you!"
"Fifteen! And yes you are!"
Tadashi ran a hand down his face. "No I'm not Hiro… I just really need to get this project done… I promise I'll make some time for us too…"
Hiro was quiet before looking at his brother with a hopeful look. "I got that new Medical Center game for the Wii…."
Tadashi jumped up. "What are we still sitting here for then!?"
Hiro grinned.
Heh… The irony considering what I'm working on….
ooooooo
Tadashi prayed silently as he held up his director board. "I am Tadashi Hamada and this is the…" He looked at the board with a tired look. "84th test of my robotics project…" He rubbed the back of his neck giving his project a smile. "So what do you say big guy?"
"I am Baymax your personal healthcare companion."
"It works… IT WORKS!"
Tadashi cheered and danced around a bit, calling out that he knew it, that he knew it would work.
Just you wait bro… Baymax is gonna help everyone… But this one here… He's all yours… Finally got my idea down… A doctor who's not gonna hurt you to find out what ails you, a doctor who won't scare you when he needs to treat you and one who can also be your friend too… He'll take care of you when I can't… Love you Hiro…..