[oh god this is so hard. the smile on his face just... fades. and he swallows, because he's nervous and he doesn't like that tadashi is legitimately bothered by anything about him. he wants him to be proud of who he is and what he does in life. this isn't... that.]
[ but he is proud. and he understands, or thinks he does, as much as he can. hiro's life is his own, and maybe it scares the socks off of tadashi, but if he had to trust the city with anyone? it'd be with hiro and their friends.
he had always known his little brother would do amazing, world-changing things -- he had just never imagined that even that scope would be far too small for him.
so, yes. tadashi is proud. terrified and a little nauseated and vaguely sad that he won't be there for any of it, but all of that is absolutely dwarfed by the pride. ]
[surprise tadashi, he hugs back. because he kind of needed it too. you are going to have to realize eventually that you are both idiots who need physical reassurance.]
[ there's nothing dismissive about tadashi's tone. he isn't even pretending, now - instead, he's just sitting down on the bed so he can make the hug a little less awkward. ]
[and when he does that, hiro just presses his face into his shoulder because he's not sure if the waterworks are gonna stop. he's keeping them under wraps pretty well, though.]
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[ and the next part is said with the kind of helpless laugh of a guy who has finally accepted it: ]
I'm dead. Nothing about this is a good idea.
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Oh no, big brother. You can't start using being dead as an excuse not to live.
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How long have you been waiting to use that one?
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[he's starting to laugh, and he sets the food aside so he can sit on the bed on his knees and grab his brother's shoulders.]
Tadashi. Ino is the best at like. Everything. And she might actually like you. You are the lamest nerd ever. Please don't pass that opportunity up.
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[ he gently shakes hiro off, standing up and intentionally making a mess of the younger boy's hair again as he does. ]
Eat. I'm heading to the lab.
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The opportunity is for love, big brother!
[he says it as obnoxiously enthusiastically as possible, and he's kind of cracking up about it.]
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[ tadashi takes a step back, clearing his throat a little uncomfortably. ]
I'll be around if you need anything. Just - be careful, yeah?
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[ haha tadashi is showing his hand a little. :( ]
Promise me you'll be safe.
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I promise. I'll be safe.
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he had always known his little brother would do amazing, world-changing things -- he had just never imagined that even that scope would be far too small for him.
so, yes. tadashi is proud. terrified and a little nauseated and vaguely sad that he won't be there for any of it, but all of that is absolutely dwarfed by the pride. ]
Good. Don't let me down, runt.
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I won't.
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There's no way you could.
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... I know. [he doesn't sound like he knows.]
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I mean it, Hiro. Maybe you drive me a little crazy sometimes, but I wouldn't change anything about you. You get that? Nothing.
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Not even the cheese pillow?
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Nothing, Hiro.
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... I'm sorry I wasted all that time back home.
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You didn't waste time. You're allowed to be a kid, Hiro.
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[he's trying to laugh because maybe he won't cry if he does. it's only half-working.]
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[ yeah it's okay hiro. tadashi will just kind of hold you until you're ok again. :( ]
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[this laugh is a little more genuine. he's trying to rush and pull himself together as fast as he can here.]
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[ and tadashi will just kind of fall quiet then, because this is the first time that it's really occurred to him: he's never going to see her again. ]
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... You know, she and I started cooking together. She let me use the knives and everything.
[he's probably not going to be the first one to pull away here, either, for the record.]
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[ tadashi had been ready to let go, but, uh, he's going to need another second here. ]
No one likes a liar, Hiro.
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