Chapter 6

Akari listened to the first 5 minutes of Hiro's little speech. He said after seeing SFIT, he wanted to try and enter the showcase in a month. Of course, Akari was ecstatic, but the only thought in her mind was the conversation between Akari, Tadashi, and Baymax.

The thought of being told that she was Tadashi sister was kind of confusing. She didn't know how it was possible, she had lived with her parents since she was born…right?

She thought about if this whole thing was true, and who she thought was her family really wasn't, and it upset her. Not enough to make her burst into tears, but enough to make her breath shaky and her eyes watery. And Hiro noticed.

"Akari? What's wrong?" he asked.

"N-Nothing. I just thought of something really sad," she lied. Her brother wasn't completely convinced, but he took it.

When they got back home, she made the excuse she wasn't hungry, and walked up the stairs to hers and Hiro's room. She pulled out a photo album and looked through it, and thought of all of the memories that happened when these pictures were taken. But if her parents weren't really her parents, wouldn't this mean she'd be taking photos with strangers?

That night, she fell asleep with tear-stained cheeks, and her photo album open on her lap.

Hiro came up an hour or so later, and noticed the dried tear streaks on her cheeks. He knew something was wrong, but he wanted to know what. He put her photo album on her desk and put her blanket on top of her before sitting at his desk, trying to think of an idea for his showcase project.

He fell asleep at his desk.


When Akari awoke the next morning, she got dressed, washed her face, and woke up Hiro. He was drooling on a blank piece of notebook paper. She knew how to wake him up, and she might as well kill two birds with one stone. She grabbed a small plastic bag and yanked a few of his hairs out, causing him to stir and rub the back of his head. She put the bag in her backpack before yanking his head back, causing him to wake up.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What's going on?" he asked.

"Just waking you up so you can work on your showcase project," Akari laughed.

"Did you have to wake me up like that?" he asked.

"Nope. But I wanted to," she laughed and walked out the door with her backpack over her shoulder.

She and Gogo had breakfast, though she wasn't really hungry so she didn't eat anything. She noticed that Gogo noticed she wasn't acting like herself, but she didn't care. She waited for Gogo to finish her breakfast and they headed off to the university.

The first thing Akari did when she got there was rush off to Tadashi's lab. She wasn't surprised to see Tadashi already in his lab and closed the door behind her.

"Hi Tadashi," Akari greeted.

"Hey Akari," he replied.

"I got some hair from Hiro's head… and from mine too," Akari said as she pulled two bags out of her backpack.

"Thanks," Tadashi said and grabbed the bags from her hand.

"So… how does it work?" Akari asked.

"I have to mail in this stuff and some paperwork, and in a week or 2, we'll have the results," Tadashi explained.

"What are we going to do if it's positive?" she asked.

"I think the first thing you should do is get and explanation from your parents. You have a right to know the truth," he told her.

"I guess that's true. But what about after that?" Akari asked.

"I don't know. I guess we'll think about that when it happens," Tadashi said.

"Ok," Akari sighed, "I'm going to go to class now."

"Alright. See you later," Tadashi said and Akari left the room.


Throughout the entire day, Akari couldn't concentrate. She didn't pay attention in her classes, and thought all day wondering what she and Hiro would do if the test was positive. Would they still live with Gogo, or would they live with Tadashi and his Aunt? The entire thing confused her, but she tried her best to ask normal despite her confusion.

Nobody bought it though, and she could tell. But when someone would ask her if she was ok, she'd say she was fine and deny everything.

After class, Akari went to Tadashi's lab before she had to leave with Gogo.

"Tadashi?" she asked.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"I'm nervous," she admitted.

"About what?" Tadashi asked.

"About this whole test! It's all so confusing!" Akari shouted.

"I know, but the results will be coming soon," he agreed.

"Ok…" Akari sighed and her someone calling her name, "I gotta go."

"Alright. See you later," Tadashi said.

"Bye," Akari replied.

She walked out of the building with Gogo to the car.

"Hey. Are you ok?" she asked.

"I'm fine," Akari unintentionally snapped.

"Doesn't sound like it," Gogo retorted.

"I'm fine ok? Just let it go," Akari snapped, annoyed.

"Alright! Chill out," Gogo said, and she hopped in the driver's seat of the car, while Akari hopped in the back instead of her usual passenger seat.

She stared out the window the entire way home, even though the horns were honking everywhere, and cars were back up super far on the highway. She drowned out the world and became lost in her thoughts.

By the time they got home, it was 7:30, the sun was starting to set, and everyone was home. Akari walked in the house and skipped dinner once again, causing her parents to become concerned.

"What's wrong with Akari?" Hanako asked.

"I don't know. She's been acting weird since last night," Gogo explained.

"Takashi, something is wrong with Akari."

"I know Hanako, I wish she would tell us what's wrong," Takashi sighed.

"Me too," Gogo said, "how's Hiro doing?"

"He's been in his room all day working on his project. He's so committed to it," Hanako said proudly.

"I'm going to go check on them," Gogo said and walked up the stairs to the bedrooms.

She got to the door of Hiro and Akari's bedroom and heard snoring and…crying? She opened the door and saw Hiro drooling on the desk, and Akari crying in her sleep. She wished she knew why Akari was crying, but she wouldn't push it, because she knew who Akari would get mad if you tried to push her into doing something she didn't want to do.

She pulled Hiro off the desk and into his bed, and cleaned up the drool on his desk. She looked at the paper he was writing on, and read the design for his project.

"Hmm…Microbots," she said and walked out the door.


It was completely obvious what the showcase project was going to be, and even though Hiro wasn't too important in this chapter, he will be in a couple when the events at the showcase take place. Let's just say... I'm going to be describing the fire from the inside... (MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!) The next chapter I think will be the test results... (DUN DUN DUN!)

Next chapter comes tomorrow!

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~Krypie