"Are you sure you don't need any help?" Tadashi asked again, voice sounding oddly nervous.
Honey laughed brightly. "Yeah, I'm fine- I can walk by myself, Tadashi," she giggled. He'd been rather…protective? Yeah, protective. He'd been rather protective of her lately. Not that she minded, really. It was kind of…nice. Yeah, really nice and really sweet. "And I'm just going back to my apartment for my jacket. It's literally a minute around the corner from where I am now."
"Okay, well if you're sure. Hiro and I are just going for a walk before we go back to the cafe," Tadashi explain unnecessarily. It was as if he was stalling for time.
"Come on, Tadashi, just say it!" Hiro shouted encouragingly in the background.
"Was that Hiro?" Honey asked, having only heard part of the sentence.
"U-Uh, yeah, it was," Tadashi swallowed. "Uhm, before you hang up, I just, uh, need to say something real quick."
"Yes?" Honey trailed off as she arrived at her first floor apartment. She took out her key, trying to balance her cellphone between her ear and her shoulder as she fumbled with the lock.
Tadashi took in a deep breath. "I, um, I just wanted to tell you that I love you, and-"
The phone slipped out and crashed onto the ground just as Honey got the lock open. She picked up the now blank phone, frowning at it. She hadn't caught his last words. She shrugged. He'd understand, and he could say whatever it was when they met up at the cafe.
Twenty minutes later she got the call that he'd died.