"We're here." Alex turned the key in the front door. It made a clicking sound before opening.
Alex almost gagged, as she covered her nose from the overpowering smell of alcohol. There was something mixed in along with the alcohol, but Alex couldn't quite put her finger on it. It sort of smelled metallic.
Stepping inside the summer home Alex gasped. The floor, the tables, everywhere was covered with different kinds of bottles of alcohol.
"Hiro?" Alex called out.
"He's not here." Tadashi said. He could feel it, Hiro wasn't here; More of that cop intuition.
Moving into the kitchen to survey even more of the mess Alex absentmindedly placed her hand on the countertop, only to pull away when she felt a sticky substance. Looking at her hand, she saw it, along with the countertop was covered in blood.
"T-tadashi!" She screamed frantically. Tadashi was there in an instant. She showed him, her hand. Tadashi felt his stomach do a back flip. This wasn't good.
"Ta-t." Alex couldn't speak as she began to break down. Tadashi put his hands on her shoulders trying to calm her down.
As much as he was panicking on inside, he held a cool collective outside. Freaking out now wouldn't help them find Hiro.
"Look I know you scared but I need you to call down. Is there anywhere else here that Hiro would go?"
...
Tadashi didn't think he ever ran faster in his life.
Alex had told him about a spot further back into the forest behind the house that had a waterfall and by taking the path you would end up on the top. It was apparently a really long drop and right now the only thing running through his mind was that Hiro had jumped and was now dead.
Even with the unpleasant thoughts attacking his emotions, he ran as fast as he could. His legs felt like jello and his clothes clung to his body from the rain pouring down.
It wasn't suppose to end up like this. He shouldn't of over reacted. He shouldn't of let Hiro go. Without him it felt like a hole. A deep never ending space of darkness. It didn't matter anymore who Hiro was or how old he was, he wanted Hiro to be with him in his life. Fuck his job, fuck the law, fuck the past, fuck the rain that got into his eyes and blurred his vision, fuck what people would think of him, fuck it all!
He would give it all up.
For Hiro.
The ground was overly mushy making it difficult for traction and Tadashi cursed under his breath as his feet slipped and sinked in mud.
In the not to far distance the sound of running water made Tadashi run even faster. He had to get there. In his mind the phrase 'please don't too late, please don't be too late.' Repeated over and over like a broken record.
Coming around a bend he saw a blurry outline of a person standing near the edge of where the big waterfall went over.
"Hiro!" Tadashi yelled.
Hiro startled by the sudden noise, whipped his head around, but during the process lost his footing on the slippery ground making him fall backwards.
"No." Tadashi huffed out, sprinting to the edge just as the adolescent toppled completely over, grabbing his shirt and pulling forward with all his being so the two fell to the muddy ground.
Tadashi held Hiro in his arms tightly. "You're alright." He said. But when his sentence was left unanswered he turned the teen around in his arms to see that Hiro had passed out.
Tadashi put his hand to Hiro's forehead. He was burning hot even though he was drenched in water. Inhaling Tadashi could smell the potent smell of alcohol coming off of Hiro. Tadashi arms reached a hand to stroke the Hair stuck to Hiro's face, when he noticed cuts all along across Hiro's cheek.
"Hiro I'm so sorry."
Picking Hiro up, Tadashi started the trek back to the house.
Tadashi ran his eyes over Hiro's sleeping form. He looked terrible. He had dark circles around his eyes, his skin was pale, and he winced at when his eyes roamed over the tiny cuts littering his beautiful face.
He then made a promise. A promise saying that he would never let anything else like this happen to Hiro ever again. He would fight the law if he had to, but he would never let Hiro be hurt ever again.
He promised.
Tadashi had been so lost in his own mind that he didn't notice the house until he practically walked into it. Entering through the back door, he startled Alex who was cleaning up beer cans off the furniture.
She dropped the bottle she was holding running over to her friend.
"He's okay for now." Tadashi said.
Alex nodded touching Hiro's face; giving a vexed expression at the cuts on it. She turned her attention to Tadashi. He was dripping wet and tracked in water, leaving the floor she had just cleaned muddy. She sighed rubbing her face with her hands. "You look terrible." She stated to Tadashi.
Tadashi gave out a half hearted laugh. "Thanks I try."
Alex rolled her eyes, going to the kitchen cabinet to obtain a med kit. "There's a guest room up stairs to the far left. You two can stay there and rest."
"You're going to let me stay with him?" Tadashi said, surprised that Alex trusted him enough after what happened to be with Hiro.
"Well I need to go out and get something's. I'm assuming we're going to be here for a while." She said setting the Med kit on the kitchen island.
"Shouldn't we take him to a hospital?" Tadashi asked referring to Hiro.
Alex leaned against the countertop looking very unimpressed. "You're joking right."
"Oh. Right." Tadashi had almost forgotten that Hiro was a criminal. Taking him to a hospital would be a bad idea. The hospital would ask for private information and that is something he knew Hiro would not want to give up.
Alex shook her head. "Your lucky he loves you." She said before walking out the front door to go to the store.
Tadashi trudged up the stairs, careful not to slip on the hardwood floors. He made his way to the far left guest room, pushing the door open with his foot. Inside he gently placed Hiro down on the bed.
"I'll make this up to you." He said leaning down to kiss Hiro's forehead.
"I promise."