A Life Changing Decision
By: HiroAngelLight
Summary: Tadashi feels like his life is going to get better when he receives an acceptance letter from SFIT, along with a full scholarship. But it doesn't last long when he must face a shocking fact from his ex girlfriend. With some options on his hands, what decision will he make? (Daddy 'Dashi AU!)
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 3
"Come on, Tadashi. You can do it!" he heard his mother encouraged him from behind him.
"But, mom, it's really hard to open!" the seven years old Tadashi whined with a jar of cookies in his hands.
His mom smiled at him, "I know, baby. But you're strong enough to open the jar by yourself."
Little Tadashi gritted his teeth, his hands were still trying to open the jar. He then put it down and panted from out of breath. His face was pouty.
"I can't open it, mom! Open it for me, please?" he pleaded to his mom with teary eyes.
"I'm sorry, Tadashi. But if you want the cookies, you have to try to open the jar by yourself."
"Why do you really want me to open it by myself?"
"Because you're old and strong enough to open it with your own hands. Besides, no good things happen without an effort, you know? Cookies are good, right? If you want to eat them, then you have to open the jar first before you can eat it. It's also the same with our life, dear."
At this, little Tadashi's head tilted, "Our life?"
His mother nodded, "Mhm! We want good things to happen in our life. But, in order to get what we want, we need to make efforts first. What you'll get in your life, whether it's good or bad, it depends on your effort. If you get what you want in your first effort, it's called lucky. But if you get a bad one, then you have to make another effort until you get it."
"Doesn't that mean I make a mistake if it turns out bad?"
"Yes. Mistakes can be made by everyone. It will be your own choice on how you're going to fix it if you make one in the future."
"What if I don't want to fix it and maybe… hide?'
'It's up to you, baby. You can fix it, or you can run and hide. But things will be different after that."
"Different?"
His mother still looked at him with a smile as her hand brushed his hair, "Yes. If you make a mistake then you run and hide, you will be haunted by guilt for a long time. You won't be able to live peacefully after that. And if you make a mistake and then you try to fix it, it may not be the same, it may give you hard times at first. But then someday, good things will happen to you. It may even give you a surprise that can make you feel happier."
Her hands were both on his chubby cheeks, "The point is, life is full of lessons. You can hope for good things. Only that you must know good things will happen if you make an effort. If you make a mistake on the way, it's fine. Mistake helps you to learn what or where you've done wrong. Once you learned your lesson and make a better choice in your effort, I'm sure good thing will happen. Just don't give up on something you think it's the right and best thing to do."
What his mother told him brought a smile to his face. Little Tadashi took the cookie jar and tried to open it again. His mother gave him another encouragement words like she did a while ago. "Plop!" the jar was opened. Tadashi was surprised and looked down. He did it.
"Mom, I can open it!"
"See? I know you can do it, Tadashi! My baby boy, I'm so proud of you!" His mother pulled him into a hug. He wrapped his small arms around her to hug her back. After a while, they broke the hug. "Your effort is not useless, right? Now as a reward, you can have those cookies!"
"Yeeaay! Thank you, mom!"
"You're welcome, baby. Just remember what you have learned today, okay?"
"Okay!"
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Tadashi's eyelids were fluttered before he finally opened his eyes. He saw the dark ceiling of his room. He took his phone from the desk beside his bed and looked at the time. It was still 3:43 in the morning. Still dark outside.
He sighed and put his phone back to his desk. He remembered his dream earlier. He dreamed about his mother. Her beautiful figure. Her encouragement words. He really missed her, and his dad, too.
But, why did he dream about her? And the lesson he learned when he was little. Why? Why did he suddenly dream about her and the lesson she taught to him? He thought about it until it hit him.
'Oh, right. Vivienne.'
He sat up and ruffled his hair. A week had passed since the night she told him she was pregnant with his baby. And he still didn't know what to do. He knew what he needed to do. But, he was also torn.
It was a life. A life that's still so tiny and growing inside Vivienne. They made a mistake that night. Having done something they knew it could wait. Even though in the end, they'd done it anyway.
Vivienne wasn't like any other girls in his school. She was known as the trouble maker. But he could see the kindness through her messy look. And when he finally had a good look at her, Vivienne was truly a beauty. He immediately fell in love with her.
After three months of spending time to get to know her, he confessed to her. And she said yes, telling him that she was also in love with him. She even told him she didn't even dare to hope someday he would like her, too. They became couple after that. That time, they were so happy and madly in love with each other.
Tadashi let out a breath and plopped back down to his bed. He might still have a feeling for her. He might still care for her. Maybe, he still loved her, too. But, he was still hurt from the betrayal she gave to him.
It was a mistake. And he needed to make a decision. Still, what kind of decision that wouldn't hurt all of them?
'Mom, I know you taught me about mistakes. But, what if I choose the wrong decision and make things worse? I really don't know what to do. Please, mom, dad, help me.'
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Author's Note: Heiyaaa, I'm back! Wow, I haven't updated this one for four months, huh? Well, here's a new chapter! It's short, I know. But you see, I reapplied to another college and changed my major. So, I'm an old student (sadly, also the oldest in my class and year T_T) who started anew! Yeah, I'm really busy with my study so it's hard for me to write these days *sighs*.
I'm not going to abandon my stories. Even if I do, I will put a notice. For now, most of my on-going stories are put under HIATUS mode. Don't worry, I will try to update at least one in a few months(?).
Anyway, if you ever read Adazula's fic 'The Neglected Garden', it's already adopted by me and I already posted seven chapters so far, with three chapters originally written by Adazula herself. And I only posted it on AO3, so if you want to read it, please go to that website. My pen name here and there are the same. But if a lot of people want me to post it too here, i might consider it. I'll try to update that one maybe after midterms.
Until next time~
