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From the Ashes Chapter 7

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Chapter 7:

Hiro and Tadashi were sitting nearby when their aunt began to stir.

“Think she’s gonna be ticked I didn’t tell her?” Hiro whispered.

“Compare that to me running into a fire and now her being in the right to scream in my ear.” Tadashi whispered back.

“... Yep. We’re screwed.”

“Hmm….?” She slowly opened her eyes. “What… Just…” She looked over to the boys eyes wide before tears filled them. She sat up hugging Tadashi tightly.

Tadashi was surprised at how fast she moved, bringing his arms around her. He hugged her tightly, nuzzling a little.

“Tadashi… Oh my gosh… Let me look at you…” She pulled back cupping his cheek in her hand. He smiled some tears of his own escaping.

“I’m okay….” He murmured hugging her once more. “I’m alright Aunt Cass…”

“Goodness… What the heck happened!? I-I thought… I thought….” She choked up looking away. “I thought we lost you…”

“We think we have an idea what happened…” Hiro said as Tadashi gestured to his missing limb.

Cass gasped a little looking at it. “Oh my word…”

“I lost it in the fire, it was already gone when they pulled me out… There wasn’t a body but there was ashes right?” Tadashi asked.

She nodded pain in her eyes as she remembered. “Yes…”

“We think those ashes we did bury were just his leg.” Hiro cut in. “He didn’t have his ID anymore and he’s never been to this hospital so there was no records of him.”

“They were treating me under the radar so… Yeah… In a nutshell that’s what we think happened.” Tadashi said giving a sheepish look. “I’m really sorry about all of the trouble I caused.”

Cass ruffled his hair lightly. “Don’t apologize… But I swear on my sister’s grave you EVER do that again I am going to put you in a glass house FOREVER!” She exclaimed wagging her finger at Tadashi.

Tadashi cringed. “Yes ma’am…”

“Good…” She sighed. “A-are you in any pain?”



“Nope.”

“We’re okay. Really.”

“Good… Good... “ She sighed rubbing her temples. “This… Is a lot to take in. I’m happy, I’m stunned, I feel like smacking someone for not telling me there was someone pulled out of the fire…”

“Lots of issues…” Hiro cringed. “It was like a twisted comedy of errors.”

“Yeah….” Tadashi cringed. “Never doing that again.” He vowed.

Hiro frowned hugging his brother. Cass smiled softly, it was a relief. Hiro was so relaxed, the most he seemed to have been in months. “Look at you two…”

“Heh… The Hamada nerds…” Tadashi hugged Hiro close. “King of the Nerd Lab.”

“Ah, ah, ah. That’s MY title now.” Hiro corrected nudging him lightly.

“Hey!” Tadashi got a mock offended look. “Little brat!”

“You know you love me.” Hiro smirked.

Tadashi ruffled his hair. “Yeah I do ya knucklehead.”

Cass couldn’t help herself as she laughed. “Nothing’s changed you two just picked up where you left off!”

“Yep… So… Aunt Cass…” Hiro started as he and Tadashi gave her identical puppy eyed looks.

“ACK! NOT THE POUT!” She yelled trying to look away.

“Can you please pick us some some of our stuff from home?” Tadashi finished.

“Please? These hospital gowns are really flimsy!”
Tadashi nodded quickly. “And could really use my laptop.”

“And my laptop! I have assignments!”

“And maybe some real food?”



“Alright, alright!” She grabbed the notepad off the nightstand grabbing a pen and handing it to her eldest. “Make me a list, I’m gonna go poke your doctors about what’s going on and I’ll see what I can do.”

“Kay!” They both called waiting until she was gone before laughing as they high fived.

Hiro resumed his spot on his own bed sighing. “Feels weird that I actually feel at home here… Is that weird?”

“Bro I’ve been living here for six months and only recently have I even been aware.” Tadashi pointed out ruffling the boy’s hair, smirking a bit at the protest he let out. “So not weird… Besides home’s where the family is right?”



“Yeah but I hate the food they serve here.” Hiro cringed. “It’s not Aunt Cass’s… Or yours… Or Baymax’s-”

“Wait, wait what?”

“It’s not Aunt Cass’s, or yours-”



“That last part.”

Hiro blinked. “Baymax’s?”

Tadashi was mildly disturbed. What had they been doing to his nurse bot!? “What else have you guys done to him?”

“Aunt Cass did it!” Hiro quickly defended. Tadashi facepalmed but remembered something as he jotted down “Charging Station for Baymax” on the list he was writing along with what else they needed.

“So what else do we need to survive here?”

“Gummy bears!”

“Hmm…. Some iced tea would be nice…. Chock full of sugar…” Tadashi felt his mouth water at the thought.  

“I advise against consuming large amounts of sugar in such a short time Tadashi.” Baymax spoke up. “... And yes what he said was true…”

“I feel for ya big guy don’t worry I’ll make it up to ya.” Tadashi promised. “And I’m still chugging that tea.”

He is more like his brother then he lets on.  Baymax noted on Tadashi’s file.

Hiro sighed looking up at his brother. He was worried about everything. How they’re going to have to get Tadashi reinstated as being alive, on EVERY document, get him a new phone, did they even HAVE his tennis shoes anymore? He’ll need a lot of help at the house. Would they send him home on crutches? He had seen some people with amputations in passing in the streets using crutches. Or would he get a prosthetic leg that probably wouldn’t bend right even if they claimed it would?

He had to find a way to help his brother walk normal again. He just had to.

Tadashi smiled gently coaxing him to lie down covering him up with his blanket. Hiro had barely spent any time actually in bed. When he was feeling up for walking he just tuned out everything else. He barely stayed in one place except for hanging out on Tadashi’s side of the room. “I’ gotcha… Why don’t you get some rest? I’ll finish up the list…”

“Can we talk til I fall asleep?” Hiro asked softly yawning a little. He didn’t realize how tired he was and how exhausted he looked.

“Of course… Anything in particular?”

You need help.

Hiro just shrugged. “What else do we need?”

“Lessee…” Tadashi hummed in thought. “We need pajama’s… Real clothes because we both know we’ll go crazy if we’re in our pajama’s all day long.”

“Speak for yourself.”

“Shoes…. Erm… Make that shoes for you and… One shoe for me…” Tadashi cringed a bit but tried to smile. “Well I guess I’ll be buying half off deals from now on.” He tried to joke to lighten the mood.

Hiro didn’t smile and just reached for his sibling’s hand. “You’ll be okay…. They do a lot of advanced stuff… Maybe we can get ya a transplant.”

The thought of having a dead person’s leg attached to him until who knows when made Tadashi a little sick. “I’d rather stick with crutches or something else…” He said quickly.

“Hey your choice… I just want you better…” Hiro mumbled.

Tadashi stroked the back of his hand, with this thumb. “I’m getting better now that I’m awake.... Now c’mon help me think here if your not gonna sleep.”

Hiro nodded as a thought jumped to him. He couldn’t help the smirk that came across his features. “Well… Add underwear unless you wanna take a page out of Fred’s book…”

Tadashi cringed. “While what he does is both disgusting and awesome, pretty sure we don’t wanna do that…”

He jotted down “UNDERWEAR” in capital and underlines it six times. Even though he was sure his aunt knew anyway, due to Hiro bringing this up, he added in smaller letters: “Enough to last the week PLEASE?” and putting a smiley face.

“Did you know Fred’s rich?”

“.... You didn’t?” Tadashi raised an eyebrow.

“Dude he’s the school mascot and he hasn’t done laundry in six months.” Hiro cringed. “What’s he do just buy undies in bulk so they’ll last?”

“Hiro you're questioning the habits of our school mascot and one of our friends. Who wanted a legit invisible sandwich.” Tadashi pointed out. “So yeah… I wouldn’t question too much. It’d hurt your brain.”



“Nothing can hurt my brain.” Hiro stuck his tongue out childishly.

“Incorrect, many things can cause-”

“Expression.” Both brothers said in unison.

Tadashi nodded to himself as he finished the list.

When Cass returned she found Hiro and Tadashi talking quietly as he gave her the list. “Thanks…” He murmured giving her a grateful look. “Sorry we’re so much trouble.”

“Don’t worry about it… Your my kids… I love you… I’ll take care of this alright?” She promised ruffling her eldest nephew’s hair. She bid farewell as she started reading it over, chuckling a bit at the extra note’s Tadashi placed.

Clothes, day and night. Get Hiro a sweater please, the nurses are wondering if he’s hoarding blankets out of the warmer in the hall.  

Food, we don’t care what kind. (But preferably anything with bacon. Like a burger. Or two. Or five.)

Underwear (Enough to last us the week please. )

Shoes. Real shoes, not slippers. We have enough slippers here and we’re sick of them.

Laptops and chargers.

Our tool boxes please? PLEASE?
(She cringed reading this, recalling many a times where it ended horribly when they were given their tools and boredom.)

Baymax’s charger.

Chocolate comets please!

Sweet tea. Copious amounts. Enough to just fill the IV bags.

Books. Hiro wants these off his shelf:

The Percy Jackson series.

The Darkest Minds trilogy

His Unwind boxset…. And his kindle.

Ipods and headphones for both. (Double headphone jack too so we can listen to each other’s stuff.)

Rice candy

(Don’t get rice candy it’s gross. -HH)

Gummy bears!

(Ignore him. I like rice candy... -TH)

Some pastries to bribe the night nurses with so they won’t enforce curfew. -HH

Thanks Aunt Cass! We love you!

PS: Can you get my ninja’s hat please? I’ll love you forever! -TH




She shook her head sighing happily. It was nice to be able to say she had two nephews again.

But boy can they fill up a list…

Their going to be eating me out of house and home again….


I can’t wait!




ooooo

“Do you think we asked for too much?” Hiro questioned mid yawn.

“I don’t think so… I mean it’s necessary… Rule 59 Hiro needs his gummy bears or someone’s gonna get hurt.” Tadashi ruffled his sibling’s hair.

Hiro chuckled. “Darn right… And Rule 60 Tadashi goes nuts without his rice candy.”

“Darn right!”

“Please do not, eat TOOoooo Muuuuuuch.” Baymax’s voice slurred as he bent over at an awkward angle. Hiro sat up with a mildly horrified look.

“What… Is wrong?” Tadashi questioned.

Baymax staggered. “Loooow battery….”

“Oh…. CRAP!!!” Hiro yelled diving across the room to lock the door. “You’ve never seen this!?”

“No!”

“I am, your personal Baymax, he-health care.” Baymax did his signature wave looking out of it as he blinked letting out a little laugh.

Tadashi raised an eyebrow. “He… Sounds drunk.”

“Yeah I told you to give him supercapacitors but ya didn’t listen!” Hiro exclaimed.

“I didn’t know-OOF!” Tadashi blinked as Baymax hugged him, lifting him out of his chair. “Uh…. Hi?”

Baymax plopped down on the floor with Tadashi petting his head. “Hairy baby! Hairy baby…”

Hiro grabbed his phone unlocking it.

“Hiro, no, no, no-”

CLICK!



Only that got the attention of the robot as he got up staggering Hiro’s way. Hiro yelped and ran a lap around the room.

“CALL HIM OFF!”



“I will scan you now, scan complete! P-personal Baymax… Healthcare!”

Tadashi laughed watching the teen trying to outrun the robot as Baymax started to deflate a little. “This… Is weird… And funny at the same time!”

“No it’s-OOF!”

Hiro tripped hitting the floor as Baymax pulled him into an embrace petting his head.

Tadashi grabbed Hiro’s discarded phone and realizing it was still unlocked smirked. “Say “Baymax” Otouto~”



“TADASHI NO-”

CLICK!
Oh Hiro... Tadashi... You two adorkable nerds... Look at this bonding...

And Baymax charge more. 8T
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cin-Dsins's avatar
Hahaha x) I like the ending