AN: ok, i'ma write the next chapter!
Chapter 10:
(three weeks later)
hiro had awoken from his coma and aunt cass decided she would let her employees run the café for a while, while she watched hiro.
hiro was in his room and aunt cass was making dinner.
he sat up against the wall-gun aimed at his temple-ready to shoot.
"Wait... should i really do this? if i shoot myself, there's no going back."
"That's kinda the point. unless you die instantly, someone's gonna save you."
"I don't want to be saved."
"Then pull the damn trigger."
"I'm sorry."
hiro squeezed his eyes shut and was about to end it when he heard his aunt from downstairs.
"Hiro! dinner's ready!"
"Shit!" he whisper-screamed.
"I'll be down in a minute!" hiro yelled back.
hiro hid the gun and went downstairs.
"Hey! how are you?"
"Hiro looked down at the floor and blinked back tears."
"Hiro?"
"i'm fine." he answered way too quickly.
aunt cass pushed his bangs out of his face and looked into his eyes.
"Hiro, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." he said as he pulled away from her.
Hiro, i know how you get when something's wrong. i can see it in your eyes. you look like you're gonna burst into tears. you shut the world out nd refuse t talk about it. let me guess: you're not hungry either?"
"I'm fine. can i just go back to my room?"
"No. i know something's wrong and until you tell me, you're staying here with me."
"Aunt cass! i'm just tired!"
"You're also a terrible liar. come on. just eat dinner with me. that's all i ask for now."
hiro sighed in defeat, "Fine."
hiro sat through dinner barely touching his food.
"Hiro, are you gonna eat that?"
"Are you gonna force me if i say no?"
"No. how about we watch a movie on the couch?"
"Ok, fine."
"you can pick the movie."
"Alright."
by the end of the movie, hiro ant aunt cass were both laying on the couch with hiro in front and aunt cass behind him. as the movie ended she asked hiro, "Are you awake?"
"Barely..."
"Hiro, you know i love you right?"
"Ya."
"Do you love me?"
"Of course i do. what are you talking about?"
"It's just... it's just really hard knowing that one of my only family members is thinking about suicide on a daily basis and there's nothing i can do about it."
"Would you like it better if i wasn't here and you didn't have to deal with me?" hiro asked tying his best not to cry.
"Of course not. hiro, i just want you to be okay. i want everything to go back to the way it was."
"I do too, but that's never gonna happen. i'm too broken." hiro couldn't hold back the tears any longer, "I can't be fixed."
aunt cass flipped hiro over so he was facing her and hugged him.
"Hiro. you are not broken."
"Aunt cass, my life is falling apart. i'm falling apart."
"You know, i like to believe that your life isn't falling apart. it's falling into place."
"If tis is what my life's gonna be like, then i'm done."
"Hiro, give it some time. lie's not done working itself out yet. giving up now, i like giving up in a robot before it's even built. you need to give it a chance to work out. i promise it will." hiro sniffled, "Hiro, i can't lose you. you're all i have left."
"Ok."