A/N: I'm so sorry for the late update! This chapter just did not like me at all and I could not figure out what to write! I'll work extra hard to update my other stories too!
But I really want to remind you guys- I have a life. Both my uncle's and my little sister's birthdays happened since my late update, and I can't spend all my time doing this. I still have homework to do and friends to hang out with. And I really work hard to update on time. So please be patient with me if I have trouble updating more than once a month.
[Chapter 7- The Hospital]
"LIAR!"
At least his vocal cords and lungs are okay...
"LIAR! WHO ARE YOU?!" Hiro screamed, though his voice sounded hoarse and cracked slightly at the end of his holler. "YOU'RE NOT HIM! YOU'RE NOT HIM!"
Tadashi winced at the sheer volume of his younger brother's voice. He heard the rapid beeping of the heart monitor, and he rushed forward to calm his the teen before he could make himself worse. Anxiously, he grasped Hiro's hand and laid his palm against the pale forehead of the dark haired boy.
"Hiro, it's me, Tadashi. I'm Tadashi. I... I don't understand. What do you mean?" He coaxed gently. His voice wavered with nervousness.
"You're not him! You aren't! You can't be!" Hiro shouted, still displeased with something. "Tadashi is dead."
Tadashi gaped.
How could his otouto believe he was dead? What had happened under the science hall that he didn't know about? Was this some kind of joke?
So, Tadashi voiced his concerns.
"YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S PULLING THE JOKE!" Hiro shrieked angrily. A doctor appeared outside the room, but Tadashi waved him off.
"Hiro! Hiro, it's me! I really am Tadashi! I'm alive!"
"Then-Then why didn't you come for me?" The younger boy asked, sounding miserable.
"It... It was hard, Hiro. You have to understand, there were mountains of concrete-"
"Then how are you alive!"
"Because I was on the outside!"
The brown eyed boy suddenly stilled and went silent, his face ashen. After a beat, he slowly began to shake his head.
"No. No, that's not true. I saw you go in. The paramedics and the firemen told me you were dead. Why-Why would they lie to me? You... I went to your funeral. You can't... Aren't... I-I can't-" Hiro's breaths came in short, panicked gasps. "Y-you... No, I want-want Baymax. I want Baymax!"
"Hiro, you're not making any sense," Tadashi frowned and ouch, if it didn't hurt that his otouto wanted his robot more than him. A soft, hopeless sound escaped the younger boy's mouth and tears dripped from his eyes.
"W-where is the team? I want Bay-m-max, Honey L-Lemon, Gogo, Wasabi, and F-Fred! W-why haven't they c-come to see me? Who are you? Tadashi's dead! Wh-hy do you have to h-hurt me like this?! J-just beat me or s-something-" Hiro began to sob in earnest now. Terrified, Tadashi backed away; tears fell from his eyes like drops of sparkling crystal.
"Otouto-" he whispered. His brother was so broken inside! What made him think Tadashi was dead? Why did he want the company of Tadashi's friends but not the older brother himself? "What-" he gulped thickly. "What happened to you?"
"Everybody I care about dies."
It wasn't a threat, just a terrified, certain whisper as Hiro curled into himself and stared at the sheets with dead eyes. Those blank brown eyes slowly raised to meet his, and the thirteen year old added, "If you really are Tadashi, you should go somewhere safe."
Tadashi gulped again. He really didn't know what to do. Hiro... Hiro believed in some world where he was dead and his friends were on some kind of team and Baymax took his place. But his little brother needed him more than ever, whether he realized it or not.
"No, otouto. I'm not going to leave you."
Hiro nodded. Tadashi settled in a nearby chair to wait.
Quietly, he pulled out his phone and began to work on the next upgrades for Baymax. He had noticed a few glitches while they were searching for Hiro. Especially if Baymax got low battery. It affected his programming somehow and his voice box, making him act like a drunk.
He only kinda noticed Hiro leaning over the bed to see what he was doing.
"Are you gonna fix the thing where Baymax gets all loopy with low battery?" His voice was quiet and curious. He still wasn't sure if Tadashi was who he said he was, but he wanted to know about Baymax anyway. But still...
"How do you know about that?" Tadashi blinked and looked up. "He was fully charged the last two times you met him?" Hiro blinked and frowned.
"Fake-Tadashi, Baymax and I live together."
"You WHAT?!"
A/N: Sorry for the shortened. I promise the next chapter will be better!
Question of the update! If you could take a vacation anywhere, where would you go for a week?
