Brothers
34
Ages
Hiro: 4
Tadashi: 15
So this is another request by Creativity Major (Who had a lot of ideas btw (Not that I mind) where one of Tadashi's inventions hurt Hiro and that's why he only builds things that can't cause harm. You recommended it involving lasers and I tried my best to use that and I did, but I added a little twist. The lasers lead up to the "harm". Hope you like it.
Normal POV
"Hiro! Want to see what I made?!" Tadashi asked eagerly. Hiro looked up from his coloring book with a mildly bored expression.
"Not weally. Do you think SpongeBob would look cooler if I colored him blue with red holes?" He asked, lifting up the coloring book.
"Why are you wearing so many band aids?" Tadashi asked, ignoring the comment about SpongeBob and observing Hiro's band aid clad body.
Hiro rolled his eyes which didn't go unnoticed by Tadashi, but he chose to ignore it. "It's fun and they're cool looking." The toddler said in an obvious tone.
Tadashi practically shoved the robot he made to Hiro, waiting for the younger boy to get excited, ignoring his odd band aid fetish. Hiro toyed around with it in his fingers and handed it back to Tadashi almost too quickly.
"Well?" Tadashi asked anxiously.
"Yeah, it's alright." Hiro said with a shrug, grabbing the blue marker and proceeding to color SpongeBob.
Tadashi eyed his robot himself before finally losing his smile. If his invention couldn't even entertain his four year old brother, who would it impress?
"What's wrong with it?" The older boy asked, needing to know why it failed to interest him.
"It's not that cool." Hiro said, focusing on his marker strokes more than the conversation he was having with Tadashi.
"What would make it cool then?" Tadashi asked curiously. 'I'm losing to band aids and a SpongeBob coloring book.' He thought pathetically.
Hiro instantly looked up from his coloring and dropped the marker. A bright light made its way into his eyes. For the first time since Tadashi entered the room, he looked interested in him. Tadashi could imagine little gears turning around in his head.
"Like if it could flip or do some tricks! Maybe it could fight with karate moves! Or, maybe it could freeze things! OHHH! What if it shot LASERS from its eyes or something?!" Hiro gushed, lost in his own world.
'Flips and karate moves huh?' Tadashi thought, retreating to the garage for supplies.
Hiro was still thinking about lasers and such when he noticed Tadashi was gone. "Huh, I guess I'll just paint SpongeBob's holes red anyways." He said noncommittally, finishing his coloring. 'What if SpongeBob could shoot lasers?' he thought offhandedly as he colored.
*Page Break*
"Ready to see my robot now?!" Tadashi asked eagerly.
"Sure I guess." Hiro said, closing his coloring book.
"You're still coloring that?" Tadashi questioned off topic.
"Nope. Just making adjustments to the page." Hiro said with a wave of his hand.
"Now show me your lame robot." Hiro said childishly.
"Feast your eyes on this." Tadashi bragged, showing his robot to Hiro.
"What's it do?" Hiro asked.
"This." Tadashi said, placing it on the floor. The older brother grabbed a piece of wood from his desk drawer and held out a remote control. When he pressed the red button, the robot preformed a hammer fist and split the wood in half.
Hiro looked mildly interested.
"Not bad." He said.
"Not bad?! Okay Mr. Unimpressed, check this out." Tadashi said, pressing the blue button. The robot side kicked the two pieces of wood into four in mere seconds. Hiro nodded in approval.
"Not bad." He repeated. To Tadashi's dismay, Hiro still looked pretty bored with his robot.
"What's wrong? It's still not good enough?" Tadashi asked, exasperated.
Hiro gave Tadashi a semi lazy smirk. "You're robot isn't bad." He started. "But you know what would make it wicked?" Hiro asked.
"What?" Tadashi asked.
"Weally wanna know?" He asked.
"Yes yes! Tell me already!" Tadashi cried, getting frustrated.
Hiro opened his coloring book and showed him the picture of SpongeBob. The toddler had drawn in lasers coming from the sponge's eyes that were slicing through a building. Hiro himself was smiling smugly, awaiting Tadashi's reaction.
"That's certainly something, but it's not really safe now is it?" Tadashi asked.
"Well I don't care. It's cool. What if there was a robot that shot lasers?!" Hiro cried out, his eyes lighting up in wonder again.
Tadashi had a thoughtful expression on his face. 'Alright little bro. if it's lasers you want, it's lasers you'll get.' He thought, tinkering away at his karate bot.
*Page Break*
"Are you ready for this Hiro?" Tadashi asked.
Hiro finished applying another band aid on already band aid clad arm, looked up at Tadashi, and shrugged. "I guess so." He said unenthusiastically.
Tadashi swung out his robot and placed it in front of Hiro. "Hold this." The older brother said, handing Hiro a scrap of metal. Tadashi pressed a green button on his remote control and the robot shot out a bright red beam of light, slicing the metal clean in half. It was so close to hitting Hiro, but Tadashi didn't notice.
"What did you think?!" Tadashi asked. Hiro was wide eyed.
"That's so sick! Oh my gosh! How did you even DO that?!" The boy asked excitedly, toying with the robot in his hands. Tadashi looked pleased that Hiro was finally interested in something he made for once.
The older boy gladly explained the science behind his robot and Hiro listened, soaking in every word.
"So what do you think I should make next?" Tadashi asked.
"Hmm. A robot that can shoot little sparks of fire!" Hiro cried out in excitement.
"I'm on it!" Tadashi said in determination, heading to the garage.
*page Break*
That night, Hiro had the urge to see what his brother made. Curiosity got the better of him and he snuck out of his and Tadashi's shared room to the garage.
Opening the door quietly, the toddler slowly tiptoed inside and tried to make something (anything) out of the pitch black darkness he was receiving.
Hiro thought he saw the outline of a robot and reached over to grab it, however his aim was off and he accidently knocked it over. Unbeknownst to the toddler, the robot was not done and he had accidently set it off. A sharp pain erupted in his leg and he screeched in pain.
"What happened?! Hiro, are you okay?!" Aunt Cass yelled, bursting in the garage. The boy was too occupied in his sobbing to reply and his aunt hurriedly reached for the light switch.
She was not pleased to see her youngest nephew sprawled on the floor, covered in band aids.
"Hiro honey, shh, calm down. You're okay. Just tell me what happened." Aunt Cass cooed. It didn't work though. The only person who could calm him down when he was in pain was Tadashi.
Speaking of the older boy, he had just groggily walked down the stairs and noticed Hiro crying. Rushing to his little brother's side, Tadashi laid a comforting hand on his shoulder. He observed Hiro until his eyes settled on a reddening portion on Hiro's leg.
"Oh Hiro. You didn't touch my unfinished robot did you?" He groaned. Hiro sniffled. "I'm s-sowwy D-Dashi. I w-won't d-do it a-again." He managed between his crying.
"Hey now, it's okay. No crying. C'mon Hiro, be strong." Tadashi whispered to him, cradling the boy close.
Hiro just clutched onto Tadashi's shirt and cried harder, muffling his sobs by crashing his face into his older brother.
"How bad, one through ten?" Tadashi asked.
"s-s-six?" Hiro hiccupped uncertainly.
"That's pretty bad. C'mon, let's get you fixed up." Tadashi said, picking up his baby brother. Hiro obliged, too much in pain to complain about being babied.
"I'm gonna put some cold water on it." He whispered to Aunt Cass who nodded and went back to bed with a loud yawn.
"D-Dashi? Am I g-g-gonna d-die n-now?" Hiro asked, sucking on his thumb in fright.
"Not on my watch you're not. Where'd you get an idea like that from?" Tadashi asked with a huge frown.
"Mommy and daddy looked afraid before they died. I just thought…" Hiro trailed off.
Tadashi instantly felt horrible. Something his own hands created had frightened Hiro. From then and there, he vowed to only make things that would help Hiro, no matter how uninteresting his brother thought they were. His baby bro's safety was what he prioritized over all.
Tadashi wetted a cloth and pressed it to the burn that formed on Hiro's leg. The toddler winced at first, but after a tear or two, he held it together nicely.
"Better?" Tadashi asked.
"A bit." Hiro sniffled, wiping at his eyes with his sleeves. Tadashi knew exactly what would make Hiro feel better and he ran to his room to grab it. Holding up what he brought, Hiro gave a wide, gap toothed grin.
Tadashi applied the dark purple band aid on the burn after putting Vaseline on it so it wouldn't burn when Hiro wanted to peel it off.
"Much better Dashi. You should be a doctor." Hiro mused. Tadashi gave a thoughtful look.
"Maybe not a doctor. But I could build a robot doctor. It could help people!" Tadashi mused.
"So a robotic…nurse?" Hiro asked, cocking his head to the side.
"Sure, I guess." Tadashi said, already slightly disappointed that it didn't interest Hiro.
"That's so cool Dashi!" Hiro exclaimed. Tadashi was taken aback.
"Really?" he asked with a raised eyebrow, bracing himself for a snarky response.
"Yeah! It can ask people how they feel on a scale of one to ten like you do Dashi! And maybe even have defibrillators as arms! OOHHH! And give band aids and gummy bears to people!" Hiro exclaimed, waving his hands excitedly in the air.
Tadashi chuckled. "You mean lollipops?" he asked.
"Well, that works too." Hiro said with a shrug.
"What if he could give band aids with gummy bears on them?" Tadashi asked.
"Aw! That's be super sick Dashi!" Hiro said excitedly.
"You really think so?" Tadashi asked, perking up. He was beyond glad that Hiro liked the idea.
"Totally! Way cooler than lasers! That'd be the most amazing thing ever!" Hiro said, applying the band aid on his leg.
"Alright. I guess that's my next project." Tadashi said, picking up Hiro.
"You know what'd be cooler than the robot though?" Hiro asked.
"What?" Tadashi asked with a yawn.
"You always being here to take care me." Hiro admitted.
"Thanks bro. that actually means a lot." Tadashi said with a smile. He tucked Hiro in bed and then headed to his own, yawning on his way there.
"Night Dashi." Hiro said sleepily, all pain of his leg forgotten.
"Good night Hiro." Tadashi returned, falling asleep right after.