Through The Times We Spent Alone

By: HiroAngelLight

Summary: All these years, Tadashi always feels lonely. Wishing every night that he's not an only child. But what he finds in the attic one day makes him furious to his own parents. What does he find?

Disclaimer: I don't own Big Hero 6.

Warning: Beware of typos and bad grammar. English is NOT my main language. I have this bad habit of not realizing my mistakes on my stories until days or even months after publishing the story.

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Silence.

No response coming from Hiro. He just stared blankly at Tadashi. No word. No movement. Nothing.

It made Tadashi felt anxious. A lot of questions running inside his head. Why didn't Hiro respond when he said he was his big brother? Didn't he want to see and meet him? Aunt Cass said Hiro wanted to meet him, so, why didn't he say anything?

'Is it a mistake to tell him I'm his big brother like this? Or, did I say something wrong?'

"…..What..did you just..say..?" Hiro asked in whisper.

"I'm…your big brother..?" Tadashi answered in hesitance.

Hiro didn't say anything more. Tadashi felt a slight disappointment inside him. He thought Hiro would be happy to see him. But it seemed he was wrong. He averted his gaze away sadly, taking a step back away from Hiro.

A soft whimper was heard. Tadashi turned his eyes to Hiro again and he saw tears falling down on his cheeks. Seeing that, Tadashi's disappointment turned into a panic one, "Aah! Hiro, why are you crying?! Did I say something wrong?! Did I-" before he could finish his words, a pair of small arms wrapped around him.

The sudden movement made Tadashi stumbled and taken aback a bit. His eyes grew wide, looking down at the owner's arms. Hiro was crying. And he was also hugging him. Clinging desperately onto him.

He wrapped his arms around Hiro's small body. Unknown to him, he started crying, too. Along with his little brother in his arms. He didn't care about the dampness on his shirt. He didn't care about the bad thoughts he had in mind earlier. All he cared was his little brother.

Aunt Cass only stared at them from her seat. The gentle smile on her face showed a hint of happiness. She was happy about the fact that the brothers could reunite after being separated for years. If she didn't adopt Hiro as her son that time, maybe the brothers wouldn't be able to reunite like this. Or worse, not only they wouldn't meet each other, perhaps Hiro would never know he had a brother all along. She wiped a single tear from her eye, still watching the touching reunion.

They broke the hug. Hiro looked up to Tadashi and told him between his sobs, "Big..brother..I..I've always..wanted..to meet you.."

Tadashi tried to smile. But the tears wouldn't stop falling. He wiped Hiro's tears with his thumbs, "Oh, little brother. You didn't know how much I wished this time would come true."

Once again, they trapped each other in their arms. Embracing the feeling of having each other back. Trying to fill the gap that had separated them years before.

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"Wow. You're already this big. I never had the chance to hold the baby you," Tadashi pouted.

"You can hold Mochi if you want," Hiro said, pointing at the fat calico cat Aunt Cass was petting at the moment.

"Can't I just hold you?"

"No. I'm not a baby anymore."

While Tadashi pouted, Hiro rolled his eyes playfully. Aunt Cass chuckled at the brothers, "Alright, boys. Enough. Anyway, since you have nowhere to go, how about staying here for a while Tadashi?"

It caught Hiro's attention, "He's staying here? Wait, what do you mean he has nowhere to go?"

"Oh, well. That's the thing you need to ask him by yourself," Aunt Cass said to Hiro, then she turned her eyes to Tadashi. "So? Do you want to stay here, Tadashi? I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to go anywhere when you just found your brother again."

Tadashi's eyes beamed, "Yes, if you two don't mind. Besides, I think there are a lot of things for us to catch up."

Aunt Cass clapped her hands happily, "That's great, honey! I'm sure Hiro there is happy to know you're staying here for a while." The young boy looked down, trying to hide his shyness, "Ye-yeah."

His little brother was happy that he stayed. The thought brought a smile on his face. "I hope you don't mind if I use your couch to sleep while I'm staying here, though."

"What? No, no. You're sleeping on a bed. I won't let you sleep on the couch!"

"So, you have a guest room I can use here?"

"While I do have a guest room, but no. You're not sleeping there either."

Okay, Tadashi was really confused now. His aunt didn't let him sleep on the couch. And he wouldn't sleep in the guest room, either. So, where was he going to sleep? Aunt Cass noticed his confusion.

"Hiro, why don't you show Tadashi where he's going to sleep? You can talk to each other while I'm preparing our dinner. You requested a special dinner this morning, remember?"

"O-okay…?" Hiro sounded stammering. Tadashi tilted his head. He could see a hint of red on Hiro's cheeks. He was wondering if his little brother was being shy about something. "Come on, Tadashi. I'll show you your room," Hiro told him as he stood up and grabbed his backpack.

Tadashi grabbed his duffle bag and began to follow Hiro. They walked to another stairs that lead up to another floor. When he reached the end of the stairs, he noticed something, "Wait, isn't this the attic? And is this your room?"

"Yup. I wanted a bigger space for my room so I asked mom to let me claim this room. Sorry if it's a bit messy. I only clean up my room once a week."

Tadashi nodded understandingly. "So, where will I sleep? Are we going to share a bed?"

"Wh-what?! Of course not! You have your own bed you know."

There was another hint of red on Hiro's face. Maybe he was really shy. It was their first time meeting each other anyway. He was sure Hiro would ease up soon.

Hiro walked to another part of the room, Tadashi followed him behind. "That's where you're going to sleep," Hiro told him, showing the room behind the paper divider.

Tadashi looked around the small part of the room. There was a bed, a desk, a bookshelf, a wardrobe, even a trash bin. It's like the room was prepared for someone to occupy. But, prepared for who? They just met each other that day, so it was impossible if it was prepared for him. Unless…..

"Hiro.. is this my room?"

"Well, you're going to sleep there, so yeah, it's your room."

"No, no," Tadashi shook his head, "I meant, this room looks like it has been here for a long time. A well prepared room in fact. Did you prepare this room…, for me?"

Now, Tadashi could see his brother being nervous after he asked that question. Was it wrong to ask him that?"

"Yeah, this room's prepared for you. In case we meet someday, which we finally met today, and you want to stay here for the night, or on weekends," Hiro told him while fidgeting with his fingers.

That made his heart warmed. His little brother had wanted him long since before he even found out about him. Tadashi pulled Hiro into another hug, "Thank you, Hiro. You don't know how much this means to me." Hiro was a bit surprised. A smile appeared on his face and gave Tadashi a hug, too.

"Okay. Now, just put your clothes into that wardrobe. Do you bring any toiletries with you?"

"Eeerr, no." Tadashi smiled sheepishly, "I didn't think of bringing any toiletries with me. I thought about staying in a motel for a while before coming to the café."

Hiro shook his head, "Good thing you got into the right café. It saved you from spending a lot of money for staying in a motel. Unless you're rich enough to buy the motel."

"Well, we're not that rich. But I do always save some money from my monthly allowance for emergency."

"That's thoughtful. Anyway, just do what I said and get some rest. I'll go to the store nearby to get you some toiletries to use. See you in a bit!" Hiro said, walking down the stairs without waiting for Tadashi's response.

Tadashi could only stare until Hiro was out of his sight. He let out a breath. Seeing the room that had been prepared for him for years drew a smile on his face. He was wanted. Just as much as how he had always wanted Hiro in his life.

He couldn't wait to see him again and hear his stories. He bet Hiro had amazing things happened in his life that he could tell him.

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Author's Note: Took me long enough to finish this chapter. I have this one half written so I tried to finish it while I still have to mood to write. And as much as I like angsty fics, but I like happy and fluffy fics, too! Sorry for the delay, but here's the next chapter for this fic!

Until next time~