Tadashi sat at Hiro's bedside. A look of concern etched on his face. He'd been watching Hiro for a few hours now and he still hadn't woken up. He looked so small laying in the hospital bed. The oxygen mask they had on hiro's face was much to large for him as well. The doctors said that Hiro had severe bronchitis as a result excess water in and irritation to the lungs. Knowing this bothered Tadashi greatly. If he'd noticed Hiro was nervous sooner and been a better older brother, then none of this would have happened. Hiro was sick because of the incident at the pool. Everything that had happened to Hiro since they'd checked in a few days ago could have been prevented if he'd just paid better attention.

When Hiro fell he'd hit his head. On top of being sick he had a concussion now. Tadashi bit his lip trying to fight the lump he felt forming in his throat. He felt so guilty. Hiro wasn't feeling well at all when he woke up that morning. It was a bad idea to push him to present.

"Hiro please be ok." Tadashi ran a hand through his younger brother's messy hair and Hiro's eyes fluttered open in response.

"Tadashi?" Hiro asked softly. His voice was scratchy and only slightly above a whisper.

Tadashi stood, knocking his chair over by accident in the process. Hiro grimaced at the sound. "Hiro! Uhm, wait here a second, oh what am I saying where would you go? Just stay awake I'll be right back! DOCTOR!"

Hiro watched with half lidded eyes as his brother rushed from the room. What had him so flustered? Man did he feel terrible. Was he sick? Hiro glanced at his arm and saw an IV. That was probably it. It would certainly explain why Tadashi was all worked up.

"Ah Hiro Hamada!"

Hiro peered over to the door for a moment. His vision was all funny but at least it was clear enough to make out the doctor.

"Its good to see you awake. Stay with me now. We need to perform a few tests very quickly. Nurse please get me his charts." The doctor said. Looking the man over a little better from the closer distance, Hiro saw he was a younger doctor.

Hiro looked up and saw Tadashi come back into the room with Aunt Cass who looked her nephew over anxiously.

"Tadashi?"

The doctor turned from Hiro's chart and looked at Tadashi and Cass. "Would you like to sit next to him?"

Tadashi nodded and pulled a couple chairs towards Hiro's bed before taking a seat himself.

The doctor took out a small flashlight and helped Hiro sit up in the bed. He shined the light into Hiro's eyes with a frown and wrote down something on Hiro's chart.

"We're going to take a throat swab just to make sure we were correct in our diagnosis. Can you open your mouth Hiro?"

Hiro did as he was told and tried not to gag when the doctor touched the back of his throat with the tool. The doctor deposited the sample he collected into a small container and handed it to his nurse.

"Alright Hiro, would you be willing to answer a few questions for me?"

Hiro nodded. "Can I have some water first though?"

The doctor smiled. "Of course, Tadashi would you mind?"

Tadashi stood and got Hiro a drink before sitting back down.

"Now how do you feel?"

Hiro coughed a little before looking up at the doctor. "Tired, can I go back to sleep?"

The doctor frowned writing something on his chart. "I need you to stay awake for a little while Hiro. You suffered a concussion. Do you remember how that happened?"

Hiro moaned quietly. "No, I just want to sleep."

"Tadashi could you turn the TV on to something your brother likes?"

Tadashi nodded again glancing worriedly at his younger brother, he wasn't often like this.

"Hiro the doctor just needs you awake for a little bit longer. Hang on buddy." Tadashi handed Hiro the TV remote and ruffled his hair. Hiro would have been annoyed but he couldn't work up the energy to care.

"What's the last thing you do remember?"

Hiro glanced up at the doctor. "I was watching Tadashi present his robot."

The doctor frowned again noting something else on his chart. "Do you feel nauseous or have a headache?"

Hiro nodded. "Can I go to sleep now? I don't feel good."

The doctor sighed. "Yes Hiro you can. If I could I'd like to speak privately with Ms. Hamada."

Aunt Cass stood and left the room glancing briefly at her nephew. Hiro waved tiredly as she headed out.

"Tadashi? What happened?"

Tadashi sighed. "You fell buddy. You were sick and you fell during your presentation."

"Oh…" It was quiet for a moment.

"Did you win?" Hiro glanced over at his brother.

Tadashi sighed. "I don't know. I left before they announced so I could make sure you were ok."

Hiro frowned. "It's ok to do things for yourself sometimes you know that don't you Tadashi?"

Tadashi gave a sad smile. "I was doing this for myself. You're more important to me than any prize in the world. We only have each other you know."

Hiro nodded and stifled a cough with his hand.

Tadashi laid a hand on the side of Hiro's bed. "Get some rest knucklehead. I want you to be well enough to come see my acceptance speech."

As Hiro fell asleep once more just on the edge of his consciousness he thought he heard the words.

"I won't lose you too."

Hey, um no I'm not dead. Sorry it took me forever. Semester change absolutely killed me. I was about down to my most basic functions for like 3 weeks due to homework and stress. Thanks for reading reviews make me smile. Tell me what you thought. To fluffy? Needs more fluff? Thinking about adding some Dashi whump... IDK I cant write Aunt Cass at all. XD