A New Day
Needless to say, Heidi had not gotten much sleep. It was because when she had come back home (oh so late) last night she had to find her key and let herself in, no iMarcus to do so for her. No iMarcus to announce her return home and her brother, sitting in the living room, had fallen asleep waiting for her to come home.
She had considered waking him up, but instead had gotten him his pillows and blankets, made him comfortable, and then had fallen asleep on the couch in the same room as him. Eventually. After a long time of just lying there and watching Vash and whispering apologies in every single language he had taught her.
When he had woken up (at 6:00 as always) his very quiet movements still roused her out of her lucid sleep into sitting up and rubbing at her eyes.
"Heidi! I am sorry... I did not mean... I did not mean to wake you."
"No, I... Wait, Vash! Please stay for a moment!" she called out as loudly as she could to keep him from retreating into another room. The call stopped him and he returned to standing in front of the couch. It had been a very long time since she had seen him so hesitant. "I'm so sorry for running away! And I'm sorry for blaming you... I know you didn't want this to happen."
A small "ah" escaped Vash as he nodded. Sniffling slightly, Heidi continued through what she had been thinking about only about six hours ago.
"I... I hear that Mr. Vargas is in town! If he would not mind, maybe we could..." she ran out of breath trying to say it so quickly. Kiku could have the computer do the same thing, take his personality. They would have iMarcus back. Everything could be like it should be. Before she could regain herself to continue talking, Vash shook his head.
"It would not be the same."
A part of her had known that would be the answer, not that it stopped her from hoping otherwise. "Isn't there a way... I mean, not everything is gone, is it?" she asked, voice even more quieter than before. Vash shut his eyes for a moment as he thought about it, only opening them when he spoke.
"The... the house computer started out the same person as Marcus Vargas was back when... it first stole his personality. Since this point though... both have changed. Experiences have changed both Marcus and iMarcus. It would not be the same." There was something odd about the way he said that. She tried to see exactly what it was, but...
Heidi's eyes widened.
"...it would not be the same," Vash continued, despite the tears now rolling down his cheeks.
When was the last time she had seen him cry? "Oh, brother..."
She stood up and hugged him, hoping she was not being silly in wishing for a miracle.
Notes:
Vash always wakes up at 6:00 am. If he does not, he does not wake up at all. If he misses his 6:00 wake up call, he is worse than Maddox. Thankfully only Heidi and Roderich know of this or he could be in some serious trouble from the resident pranksters.
