The Neglected Garden

By: HiroAngelLight

Summary: Thirteen years ago, after the death 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 9

The sound of the front door being slammed shut startled Honey who was typing her research on her laptop in the living room. She got up from her seat to check. And she saw Hiro walking toward her. She looked angry. "Oh, hey, Hiro. You're-" she was cut by Hiro.

"Tell Tadashi that I want to have a word with him tonight!" Hiro told Honey with harsh tone.

"O-okay. But Hiro, what happened?"

"Just.. tell him that. And leave me alone for the time being..," Hiro said as she let out a shaky breath, trying to lowered her voice. She was pressing down her anger with her hands clenched into tight fists. Without waiting for Honey's reply, Hiro walked away to her room. Honey could only watch her back until she disappeared from her sight.

As soon as Hiro reached her room, she opened the sliding door and closed it hard. She dropped to floor and sat with her face buried in her hands. She did nothing wrong since day one. So, why the hell did that bitch start a bad rumour about her?! Did she really want to get to the bad side of her?!

Hiro cried out her restrained anger. She grabbed her pill bottle and took out two pills from it. She gulped down the pills with a bottle of water she had and decided to get another nap until it was time for dinner. Remembering those women's words stung and hurt her a lot. Hiro just wished she wouldn't have to hear those hurtful words. Especially when she hadn't given Tadashi or Honey troubles since she started staying there.

Soon, Hiro drifted to sleep.

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To be honest, Honey didn't really know what to do. She could call Tadashi and tell him what Hiro told her. Then again, it had a big possibility that could make him lose focus on his work because of his worry for Hiro's well-being. It might happen, knowing how much he cared for Hiro. Knowing how much he would try to do anything to make things right again.

But, would it be okay if she just told him later after he came home? She bit her thumb. Honey didn't think it would be best to call Tadashi and tell him right away at the moment. A few minutes later, Honey then decided to tell him after he came home. She needed to make sure to tell him before Hiro came out for dinner.

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"I'm home!" Tadashi exclaimed as he closed the door behind him. He just finished taking off his shoes and socks when Honey approached him. "Welcome back, Tadashi," Honey said.

Something was off. He could tell it from her face.

"Honey, is something wrong?" Tadashi asked, concerned.

Honey bit her lips, "Well…, yeah."

Tadashi raised his eyebrow, "What is it?"

There was a slight pause before Honey finally told him, "This afternoon, Hiro came back from wherever she was looking so angry. I don't know what happened, but, she told me she wants to have a talk with you tonight."

This got his attention, "If she looked angry, something bad must had happened. Did she tell you anything?"

Honey shook her head, "No. She just told me to tell you that. I don't know what happened, but promise me that the talk is only after dinner. We can't risk having her eating her meal so little."

"I will. But I have a bad feeling about this." Tadashi looked down. He was worried about Hiro.

What could possibly make her angry? They didn't limit her outside activities as long as she didn't do anything that could harm herself like the three of them had agreed. For all he knew, her outside activities, whatever they were, they made her looked calmer to say the least. He felt a little bit relieved, knowing she was at least starting to like the place. He wanted her to feel comfortable. Tadashi wanted her to trust him again, even though little by little. And even though it would take a long time.

Whatever it was she wanted to say, he was willing to listen. And if she needed help, he would help her.

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"Tadashi, we need to talk!" Hiro said in a high voice right after Tadashi sat on his place. Tadashi sighed, "I know. I heard about it from Honey." He looked up and saw her in the eyes, "But, after dinner."

"What?! I want to talk now!"

"I said after dinner, Hiro. I promise you I will listen to whatever you want to say later. But right now, I want us to have dinner first. I don't want you to get sick from malnourishment. Now, please sit down."

Hiro clenched her fists and clucked her tongue. She angrily plopped down and started eating her dinner. Tadashi looked at her with a pleased smile. And so did Honey who joined them a few moments after that. They ate their dinner in silence. Neither of the couple wanted to say anything in worry it would ruin Hiro's mood.

"Okay. So, what do you want to talk to me about?" Tadashi asked after they had finished their dinner.

That question brought a dark look on Hiro's face. She took a deep breath first before she started, "Tadashi, did I ever do something wrong since the first day I start staying here?" She sounded like she was holding her anger there.

He was really confused on why she suddenly asked like that, "No. Why did you think you ever done something wrong? Even Honey said good things about you."

Hiro snapped at him, "Then why the hell did that bitch spread bad rumour about me?! I've been nothing but behave since day one, but what did she do to me?! Instead of leaving me alone, she spread bad rumour about me! You said you want me to enjoy my stay here but now how can I enjoy it when I know people would see me like I'm sort of… like.. like I'm going to murder them?!"

"Hiro, language! And what are you.. wait.. what rumour?" Tadashi felt like something churned his stomach.

"So you haven't heard about them yet?! Then why don't you ask that stupid mega bitch of yours?! I know she hates me a lot! But I haven't done anything wrong to her, I even avoided to meet her, and yet she still thinks she can do anything to me?!" Hiro yelled at him loudly.

Hiro stood up and looked down on Tadashi, "Let me tell you this, Tadashi. The only reason I agreed to stay here with you is because Aunt Cass asked me to! And I promise you, the next time I see that old bitch, I'm going to punch her face! I don't care if I do it right in front of your face! I don't care what you'll think of me after that! And I don't care if it will cost me my entire life in jail! She has been nothing but a bitch to me since the very first time she saw me years ago when she came to adopt you!"

She narrowed her eyes to him and added, "Besides, even if I have to rot in jail for the rest of my life, you wouldn't care about me anyway. For you, I am nothing but the cause of mom and dad's death and nothing else."

Then, Hiro stormed away, leaving Tadashi who was frozen on his seat. Honey, who was watching the whole scene silently behind the kitchen counter, approached Tadashi and sat beside him. Putting her hand on his shoulder while looking at his face worriedly.

"Tadashi..," Honey called softly.

Tadashi slowly turned his head toward her. "Did you know about this? About the rumour?" he asked in a low voice. His face showed disbelief, heartbroken, and worry.

Honey shook her head, "No. I just heard about it when Hiro mentioned it."

"I.. I don't know, Honey. If it's all true, why did mom do that? E-even though Hiro's been all moody and hard to approach, she never did something bad, or wrong." Tadashi ran a hand down on his face and leaned his head onto it. "Just.. I know she never likes Hiro. But, what kind of rumour did she spread that made Hiro exploded like that?"

"Whatever it is, I'm sure it's a really bad one. If not, Hiro wouldn't be so angry like that. We both know Hiro is a good person."

Tadashi took a deep breath and let it all out. "I need to find out what kind of rumour that mom spread about her. I need to do this so I can show her how much I care for her."

Honey didn't say anything. But she smiled and gripped his shoulder to let him know that she supported his decision.

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Author's Note: It's right on Valentine's day at 8 pm when I finally finished this chapter. I did say this chapter would be up around mid February in Ffn after all. I guess that's sort of a little motivation to me? Well, I don't know. Not sure when I'll be able to post it though. I had an argument with my mom earlier this morning and it didn't end well. So, this chapter is like my way to get away from my depression. Depression is a bitch!

Anyway, I don't know when I can finish the next chapter. My target is around April or May, depending on when I will have some free time to write. But no promises this time because assignments will make me look like a wandering zombie until finals go away and I get my college break again. One thing for sure, expect the next two chapters to be "dark".

Ah, one last thing, can somebody suggest me a western last name for Tadashi? American last name? Because I don't think the one I have in mind is an American last name, even if it is a western last name.

Until next time~