"Hey, how're you holdin' things up?" Honey Lemon asked you with a worried tone.
"Fine. I'm fine. Thanks for being here, guys. I really appreciate it." You end your sentence with a smile. She smiled back.
There was a long pause and you thought of asking about your brother. As you were about to open your mouth, Fred dashes in and shouted, "Hey! Sorry I'm late!" Everyone else in the room put their finger on their lips and shushed him.
"You think we're in a party or something, Fred? You just ran into here and yelling." Wasabi scolded him but it just made him shrugged. "Yo, how's things? You look terrible." You chuckled as you saw Wasabi nudged him with his shoulder.
"I'm fine, Fred. Yeah, I haven't been taking a real long bath for a while."
You took a deep breath and finally got our chance to ask. "Hey, guys. Um, where's Tadashi? Is he busy doing one of his projects again?" You laughed at the end but it fades as your friends looked down at their feet. "Is everything okay? Did I say something wrong? He's fine, right?"
"Look... Uh..." Fred stopped his sentence as GoGo pulled him by the collar and whispered something to him. Fred then nodded.
"Hey, [Y/N]. We better get going. We have... a really big project coming on." GoGo quickly ushered her friends to the door.
"Wait! I deserve an answer." You begged but none of them have to courage to look at your face. "He's fine, right?" There was only silence. "Tell me he's fine. Please."
"I'm sorry, [Y/N]." Then everyone walked out of the room. You sat on your bed and stared at the door for a moment. "Please..." you cried and bit you lower lip. "Please, please be okay..."
It was always Aunt Cass keeps you company every night when you were at the hospital. You sometimes try to find some answers about your missing brother slowly so she wouldn't notice. But Aunt Cass had been being cautious when she was talking to you. She would not talk about sensitive things to you because you haven't fully recovered from the accident a few days ago.
But when you were talking to Hiro, sometimes some clues slipped from his mouth. And sometimes, he wouldn't notice. You took your chance by asking him to keep you company for the night. Just him. When he asked why, you said you just want to bond with him. Yes, he will give you that annoying look but he agrees anyway when you brought Tadashi's name into the conversation.
"You're happy now, 'sis'?"
"Don't say it like that Hiro. It made me want to punch you in the face, you know."
"Hah, you said it's for bonding. How's this bonding?"
"Actually... I lied."
"Of course you did. Why won't you. But... lie for what?"
You paused for a while to think whether it's the right time to ask him. I won't let this chance slip away, you thought.
"I-I want to ask you about... if you don't mind."
"Just get to the point okay? I'm starving."
"I told you to have dinner at home before you came here, geez. Why wouldn't you listen?"
"Okay, okay, whatever. What is it you want to ask me?"
"It's about... you know." You looked at him and he was giving you that annoying look. You grunted and ran your fingers through your hair. "Could you please stop gimme that look?!"
"I won't if you just tell me. Ugh, God. I hate guessing games, you know."
"Fine. I just want you to tell me everything you know about... what happened to him."
"Who? Seriously who? Your crush? Don't worry he's still single."
"Hiro! I have no crushes okay? And stop joking around. I'm serious here." You palmed your face and let a loud sigh. "Please, okay? Just tell me. No one wants to talk about him to me. I don't understand why. I should know right? I mean, he's my brother. Our brother. Why won't they just tell me? I sometimes have trouble sleeping because I think about it too much. I didn't have enough sleep every night, Hiro. Every night. And I kept on dreaming about that night. The fire."
You stopped at your tracks when you saw tears streaming down Hiro's face.
"He is fine, right?" You started to feel dizzy and you held your head.
A/N : It's been a while. I'm so sorry for not updating for a really long time. I'm really busy lately due to this year's big exam. I dunno when I'll start updating again. My big exam ends early in December. I can't make you wait that long. If I do, I'm really sorry - again. Hope you enjoy this!
Again, I'm sorry! And do tell me if there's any errors! :)