The Neglected Garden

By: HiroAngelLight

Summary: Thirteen years ago, after the deaths of their parents, Tadashi blamed Hiro as the cause of their parents' deaths and left Hiro alone in the orphanage. Not only it broke Hiro's heart, but their relationship as well. But when Hiro needs to stay in Tadashi's house to avoid the juvenile prison, can they fix their broken relationship after years of losing contact to each other?

Adopted from Adazula.

Female!Hiro

Hiro is 16. Tadashi and Honey are 27.

Disclaimer: I don't own Big Hero 6.

Warning: Beware of typos and bad grammar. English is NOT my main language. I have this bad habit of not realizing my mistakes In my stories until days or even months after publishing the story.

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Chapter 5

The next morning, Hiro woke up around 8 am. The medicines she drank last night really did their job to calm down her nerves. But still, the memory of last night's event was still fresh in her mind. Unlike last night, now her anger had decreased even though she still felt annoyed with that so-called-Lisa. Guess her hatred toward that old lady would never change anyway.

Her stomach grumbled, telling Hiro how empty it was and demanded for food. She did really want to eat breakfast. But at the same time, she didn't want to see her brother and his adoptive mom. Hiro snorted at the thought of Tadashi calling Lisa mom. A bitch like her didn't deserve the title of mom at all. Tadashi should have just called her old hag instead.

A knock was heard from her door. "Hiro, are you awake?" Honey's voice came from the other side. "Yeah," Hiro answered her nonchalantly. "Your breakfast is ready. Come to dining room after you take a shower, okay? I'll be waiting for you there," Honey said.

After saying that, Honey walked away. Hiro sighed. She didn't have a choice. She needed food, even if she had to face her so-called big brother. Just thinking about him making her felt annoyed.

When she was done with her shower and walked to the dining room, she was a bit surprised. There was no sight of her annoying brother there. She sat down and started eating the only set of breakfast on the table.

"Good morning, Hiro," Honey walked in and greeted her.

"Morning," Hiro greeted her back, although unwillingly.

Honey sat down across her. "How was your sleep? I hope you didn't feel cold last night. It's kinda chilly here at night, even if it's summer."

"It was fine. Why am I the only one eating here?"

"Oh, Tadashi and I have eaten our breakfast two hours ago. He needs to go early for work if he doesn't want to be late."

Hiro snorted at her explanation, "That's what he gets for living far away from the city."

"He doesn't mind about that. He grew up liking this place and he said he doesn't want to leave this place. I'm sure you will like this place, too!" Honey said gleefully.

Hiro scowled again. How could she like a place in the middle of nowhere like that? Not only that. The old mega bitch she really hated was also there. If it wasn't because of Tadashi, she would have punch Lisa's face when she was insulting her last night.

Seeing the look on Hiro's face, Honey knew somehow their conversation made Hiro's mood gone bad. She bit her lower lips and wondering which part of her words that upset her sister-in-law. Just when she was thinking to create a new topic, Hiro stood up.

"Thanks for the food," Hiro said in a low voice and then walked away.

Honey looked at Hiro's back until she disappeared into the hallway. She let out a sigh. Indeed, she had promised Tadashi she would help him to fix things with his little sister. But oh boy, it was harder than she thought. She made a reminder to herself to more careful with her words when she talks to her.

On the other hand, Hiro closed the slide door and leaned her back on the wall. 'Honey must think that I'm a rude person now,' she thought. She couldn't help it. She never liked it when someone talked about her brother. For her, Tadashi was a constant reminder of her being abandoned and unwanted.

She was a little girl back then. An innocent and cheerful little girl. Without a worry about how cruel the world could be, until their parents' death. Everyone turned their backs against her, blaming her as the cause of their death. Even her own big brother, who should be protecting her and telling her that everything would be alright, also blamed her. Her dearest loving big brother turned to hate her and left her alone with his new family. Not even care how many times she had cried and tried to reach him.

Her hands clenched tightly and she gritted her teeth. But she wasn't that little girl anymore. "I'm not her. That little girl's already dead. She already died a long time ago," Hiro mumbled to herself.

Her eyes saw the window she hadn't opened. She walked toward the window and opened the window. She gasped at the scenery laid in front of her. Her eyes widened in awe. She slowly leaned forward.

Tadashi's house was on the hill and she already knew that. But she never knew she could see an amazing scenery like that. From her room, she had a clear view of a lake, surrounded by green trees and grass. The sky looked so clear, and so blue, with a lot of fluffy white clouds above. She could hear the birds chirping while flying here and there.

The wind blew, telling her how fresh and clean the air was. She liked it. She really liked it. Ah, when was the last time she saw this kind of beautiful scenery? All she remembered was the busy and crowded sight everywhere back in San Fransokyo. Even the air was not as fresh and clean as that place.

Now that place looked like it was trying to invite her to explore the area. And she couldn't resist. She grabbed her sleeveless hoodie and walked to the front door. When she was putting on her shoes, she heard Honey approaching her and asked, "Where are you going, Hiro?"

"Walk," she answered her shortly.

"Ah, that's right! The weather is really nice today to have a walk. I'm sure you-"

She was cut when Hiro stood up and slammed the door shut. Honey took another breath. She looked a bit sad. But she let it go, thinking Hiro wasn't a bad person and just needed time to be alone. And maybe, by having a walk would make Hiro felt a little better and liked the place.

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There was a small wood area when she just walked a few meters from the house. She saw a small wooden gate with a 'shortcut' word written on a wooden plank. 'Shortcut, huh?' she thought. She hesitated at first. But then she decided to walk through it.

The path was derivative, so she had to be careful enough with her steps. She jumped a little to pass a tree trunk that laid not too far from the shortcut's entrance. When she came out from the wood area, she saw a small road. She knew it leaded toward her brother's house. There was another 'shortcut' wooden plank in front of her, but the path was between tall grasses.

She walked through the tall grasses that reached her knees carefully. And when she was out of it, she was a bit relieved. She turned around and saw the house. The path before her was truly a shortcut. It would be further and take a long time if she hadn't taken the shortcut.

Hiro walked down the hill, following the path ahead of her. The cool breeze made her feel calm. Normally, if she walked around the city of San Fransokyo, she would get another headache. She didn't like the busy and crowded streets even though she had been living in there for years. But there, the place was so different.

No loud moving vehicles, no busy streets, no crowds, no pollution, and no stress. Just a peaceful feeling.

The only problem was Tadashi and his so-called mom's presences. Okay, maybe she could bear with her brother's presence. But it was another story with that Lisa. Hiro really hated that woman. Even just a mention of her name, Hiro still hated it.

In fact, she was actually glaring at the said person right now.

Hiro was on a crossroads when she saw Lisa walking from the left road. And Lisa noticed her presence, too. Not only Hiro, Lisa also hated her. It proved by her glaring daggers toward the teen. They glared daggers toward each other for God knew how long until Hiro snorted and looked away. She turned to her right and walked away from the old woman who was still glaring at her back.

Just a few moments ago, Hiro was starting to feel better and liked the place. And now, it was ruined by the sight of the person she really hated. She would love to punch Lisa's face. But of course, Tadashi would scold her later, and she didn't want that. Hiro just didn't want to have anything to do with him.

Even if Tadashi was her brother.

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"Honey, dear?"

Honey heard her mother in law called her. She looked up from the magazine she was reading and saw Lisa approaching her. She smiled at the old woman. Lisa sat beside her and looked at her with a worried face, "Dear, are you alright? Something bad didn't happen, right?"

"Yes, I'm alright. What do you mean about that?" Honey asked her in confusion.

Her mother in law sighed, "I'm worried about you and Tadashi."

"Worried? Worried about what?"

"I'm worried about your safety. And your baby, too. You have a criminal in this house. And I can't feel calm. I'm worried that criminal will harm you and Tadashi. With you two being parents soon, why would you housing a criminal here? She could bring danger that might harm all of you," Lisa explained to Honey.

Honey gasped in shock when she heard Lisa called Hiro a criminal. Not only once, but few times already. She knew Lisa hated Hiro from Tadashi's story last night. But she didn't know Lisa hated Hiro that much to the point of calling the teen a criminal. Even accusing that Hiro would bring danger and harm them.

"Mom, Hiro is not a bad person. And she's not a criminal. There's no way she would even have the slightest mind to harm us."

"She's here because she was arrested, right? It's just the same. She's a criminal and I don't want that criminal in this place. Especially in your house. I don't want my son, my daughter in law, and my future grandchild to be in danger because of that criminal!" Lisa said to her with a higher voice than before.

Even though Honey knew Lisa was worried about them, she still didn't like it when she said bad things about Hiro. She was really sure that her sister in law was a good person. Hiro might be arrested back in San Fransokyo, but that didn't mean she was a criminal.

"Listen, mom," Honey said gently, "I know you don't like her. But that doesn't mean you can judge her bad like that. She's here because it's a part of conditions with the parole board. And Tadashi wants to help her. She's Tadashi's little sister, mom, and you know they have been separated for years. He really missed her. Besides, she's only staying here for a while. Just like Tadashi said, you can just not coming here while she's here if you don't like to see her here. I'm not trying to be mean toward you, but I hope you can understand that it's his decision and you can never change his mind. You know that he will never change his mind once he makes a decision, right?"

Lisa just stared at her and said nothing. After a while, she let out a loud sigh. From the look on her face, Honey knew Lisa still didn't like the idea of Hiro staying there. "I won't change my mind about that criminal. And I still hate the idea about letting her stay here. I better go home now before I meet that criminal again. You two better be careful when she's around, okay?"

Honey watched Lisa as she stood up and walked out from the living room. She sighed after she heard the front door shut. She bit her lip, remembering the bad words Lisa said about Hiro. She didn't want Tadashi to know how Lisa badmouthing Hiro. But she had promised him this morning to tell him anything if something happened, especially if it was about his little sister. She let out another sigh.

'Tadashi is so not gonna like this.'

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Author's Note: It took me a while to finish this chapter. A lot of things happened. I hope the next chapter won't be that long to finish.

Oh yeah, about the shortcut part. I followed Adazula's suggestion to watch the movie she got inspiration from and it was actually from there. Just the shortcut. The rest would be from my own experiences from living in suburb area.

Also, thank you for the review, favs, and follows I got for this story! They are a motivation for me! Until next time~