zerotohiro | Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

only if they're efficient
i mean this LOOKs really cool but
i doubt it's aerodynamically sound
if that is something people say
lol

so
i didnt see you after the whole magical healing thing
what happened? how are you?
i'm glad you're safe if that's any consolation. you already have one thing going for you

promise not to tell tadashi ! lol

[ SCREAM ]

Oh come on, do you really think I'd do and make anything that ISN'T efficient? It's like you don't even know me at all. But you're right they wouldn't even be effective if I left them like that. I

["Am fine? Almost got murdered? Am a giant disappointment to my brother?"]

really do have that going, haha. It's fine, everything's fine, we're all fine, and do you mean don't tell Tadashi about your hair thing? Because that's not really my secret to tell people.

[ Great, it's genetic. Here we fucking go. ]

come on hiro
dont lie to me

:( :( :( :(

Whoa whoa whoa! Who said I was lying? That's a pretty big accusation there.

people here jsut
have a habit of not telling the truth when something is wrong
they like to hide things and take on all the burden themselves
your brother did that

it's stupid
i dont want you doing it to me
okay?

if you say youre telling the truth ill believe you
but otherwise

*just

[A very long stretch of silence from his end.]

...Tadashi lies about stuff like that a lot. Especially here.

[He sure is turning this around to focus on Tadashi instead of himself.]

It's always been that way, you know? He doesn't like people knowing if he's hurt or if something's wrong because he's used to taking on stuff himself and having to protect and support me and Aunt Cass. You call him out on it, too?

[Another pause.]

Anyway. Things WILL be fine, okay? That's the truth. [Even if they aren't right now.]

thats what i thought

[ And it is. Even before confirmation in the form of a maske'd up Tadashi ranting at her, she gets that feeling every time they talk. Like he's holding back. ]

i called him on it. yea
just like im gonna call you out too

[ And a moment or two later, Hiro should get this block of text, totally free of emoticons. ]

i know things will be ok eventually. its good to hear,and i know that but
but
im your friend

friends tell friends if something is wrong when it's wrong
even if it will go away
just in case there's something they can do ! and just
because sometimes that's what you need
you dont even have to talk to me!! i know we just met so
if you dont need that from me right now i understand,, ill respect your choice hiro be cause
you have that right
thats ok
but what i wont respect is you pushing people away

[ Which... leads to this, after another five minutes or so: ]

tadashi told me everything hiro
your parents
the fire
he has scars and he hides them

hiro i know youre afraid of losing people
but you knwo wht
you're going ot lose them anyway so you might as well love them really hard and be honest while you can

[ Which is just about the most appallingly hypocritical thing she's ever said. Seriously. I The author is pretty sure that last line of text is the most hypocritical thing she's written since she started writing Rapunzel again! ]

[It takes him time to process all of that, so Rapunzel gets to sit in silence for about five minutes while he reads and reads and thinks and thinks.

She's not wrong, really. It's been his goal, not losing people. And he's afraid of it, afraid of going home without solving mysteries here first, afraid of not finding a way to bring Tadashi home and rewrite history because he's so utterly selfish that he would change the world for that reason if he could.

But it's not something he's comfortable saying to just anyone. Still, the answer doesn't come in the form of a text but a call a short time after that.]

...what do you mean he told you everything? [It's a very uncertain kind of question, hesitance very obvious in his tone.] And I'm not pushing anybody away.

[Except for the part where he is, and he knows it.] Let me ask you something, Rapunzel. How easy is it for you to tell people what you're really thinking about things from home and how things are lining up here?

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[ Her ear just about goes numb for as long as she holds the device there without speaking. ]

I-I... [ And when she does, her voice is a mere shadow of the melodic lilt it usually is. ] ...I don't know what you mean. Things are wonderful here. I've –

[ She swallows. Forces a laugh that blessedly comes out pretty convincingly. ]

I've never been happier, Hiro.

...Rapunzel. What about what you told me? About wanting to use CERES's tech for yourself. Do you still want that?

You never did tell me why.

No, I didn't.

I haven't told anyone. Well– I've told someone. One someone. But that's...

[ a sigh ]

That's different. Why did you bring this up again?

Aren't you the one who just said that we should be honest with people while we can? You're the one who brought up the fire. And...I don't know what all Tadashi told you. I don't want to know. But what I want to know is...why don't those rules apply to you, too?

Because I don't have anyone, least of all an older brother, who would die if they knew I was torturing myself the way you are.

You deserve better than what the adults in your life give themselves, Hiro. Don't... don't make the same stupid mistakes I've made? Don't make a martyr of yourself just yet. Live your life a little more before you push it all away. Okay?

After all. You may be tallish but... Heh. You've still got loads of growing to do.

[Heh. It's sort of funny that she's telling him this. Would she say the same things if she really knew the things he's done back home in the wake of Tadashi's death? But even Tadashi doesn't know all of the details of what happened back there so all he can do is huff a little under his breath in response to Rapunzel's words.]

Which is exactly the reason I don't tell Tadashi everything. And I wouldn't call this torturing myself anyway. [Regardless, he's curious what she means.] And what stupid mistakes have you made that could even count as stupid mistake? That's pretty hard to imagine.

Maybe you have a poor imagination.

[ But no, it's... largely that she's a decent actress for someone who spent all her time around one other person. ]

Or maybe you're just flattering me. Trust me. I'm– I've... been pretty stubborn recently towards the people I care about.

...Rapunzel, if this is about the mask that really wasn't your fault. Those things made a couple of people act really crazy. And one of the good things about you is that you are stubborn. You don't give up on stuff. Not everybody can say that.

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