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

[zerotohiro]

'Busy, leave a message!
...oh, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Whatever. Still busy!'

Hamada art by D-Joel, found on tumblr

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[bropane]

[ he just sighs as he takes a seat on his couchbed. ]

Worst kind of date ever. You wouldn't believe who's here, though-- [ no. hiro probably already knows considering he has his app, too. ]

[zerotohiro]

Like you know anything about dates. [It's a subtle jab as he moves to settle on the arm of the couch, feet digging into the blankets (sorry bro.) Judging by the look on his face he sure does know who he means.]

You saw her? That was part of the reason I went into the game.

[bropane]

[ HIRO, YOU ARE THE RUDEST PUNK-- ] Like you would know anything about good dates.

[ ha. take that. ]

Honey Lemon? Yeah. [ and unexpectedly, they kind of ended up on a weird kind of date. or, well, what people do in dates, anyway. hugging, walking, holding hands, the stuff. he's never done that with honey lemon before, save for the hugging, and it was nice to see her again, but lol, date... ]

So, she's back.

[zerotohiro]

[He's just taking a sock-clad foot and pushing at Tadashi's arm. TAKE THAT!!

But right, Honey Lemon. He's cupping his chin in his hand to think that over. He doesn't know what Honey talked to Tadashi about or even that they saw each other prior to Tadashi telling him, but he knows what they did. Fighting monsters. Nerd jokes. Just treating everything as normal as possible.]

Seems like it. Or at least they're trying to bring her online again to bring her back. What do you think that really means?

[bropane]

[ UGH nasty. tadashi has to cover his nose and flap a hand at hiro's direction as if saying his foot is smelly. (hopefully not, though.) ]

Wish I could tell you, bro. [ he looks away and entwines his fingers with his other hand's. then he looks away, at the ground where mochi is. that's the last thing on his mind right now. he's more... concerned with how honey reacted, truth be told. ]

She cried when she saw me, you know. She was so happy— I. [ it's so weird. ] I didn't think she would be.

[zerotohiro]

[How rude his feet aren't smelly. But he's staring at the top of Tadashi's head knowing where this is going, sort of. Mochi's busy nudging his pudgy head against Tadashi's ankle, but Hiro's not too interested in what the cat's doing.]

...why wouldn't she be happy to see you again? [It's a very quiet question, but he's absolutely concerned with what Tadashi's thinking now. That sort of reaction doesn't really surprise him too much, but he won't elaborate just yet.]

[bropane]

Because wouldn't she be shocked? [ shocked and in disbelief, just like how hiro was when the two of them got reunited. just like how wasabi reacted when the two of them met in vivid for a short period of time. ]

I don't know. [ he shrugs his shoulders and then just surrenders himself to the couch, slumping and sinking further into it. ] I'm thinking too much, aren't I?

[zerotohiro]

She probably was shocked to see you, but you know how Honey Lemon is. She's just…better at recovering than most people we know. [Much, much better than Hiro who'd yelled that Tadashi wasn't real, at least.]

Maybe you're thinking too much but it's not like it doesn't make sense. [It's a lot to process, he thinks. He's still not entirely sure how to feel about the whole thing either.] What else did she say to you?

[bropane]

[ a hand moves to rub the back of his neck, and he looks away again. he doesn't feel stressed talking about this, but it does make him think of his death, which was why the motion happened. ]

We actually didn't talk much. Just. . . spent time with each other. I told her about Cerealia, though, and she told me about your group. [ the big hero 6, obviously. ] And she asked about the professor.

[zerotohiro]

[It's the mention of Callaghan that causes Hiro to draw in a sharp breath. It's still a very heavy and uncomfortable subject for the two of them, and it's for that reason he doesn't say anything. He keeps his eyes on Tadashi and shrinks back into the couch, though he motions with a hand for Tadashi to continue. "Why did she ask about Callaghan? What did she tell you about us?"]

[bropane]

There wasn't much talk, [ he shrugs, having to say it again. ] I told her I now know about the professor, and about you guys.

Just- that.

[ he's been trying to put behind the memory of hiro and tadashi in that hall of mirrors, mostly because it was such a painful thing for him. his mentor, his hero — practically somebody whom he wanted to be's image shattered in seconds.

not to mention, he almost hurt his brother. inside his head, he's shaking it at himself for even thinking of something so stupid.

tadashi hamada, you need to reevaluate your life. ]

[zerotohiro]

[They both need to reevaluate their lives to be honest, seeing how Hiro's been stressing himself out about ruining Tadashi's thanks to those stupid mirrors. He knew he had to tell Tadashi the truth one day, but did it have to be like that? He bites on his lip, staring at his brother for a moment before he sighs slowly.]

That. I'm not going to tell her about that, but...you gotta know that Honey was the one who stopped me from making the first big mistake. Baymax was the one who stopped me from trying again. And...I'm sorry. For everything.

[But let's focus on Honey instead.] She was in the Nexus this whole time. It's pretty weird that we came back almost right away but it took her a couple of months.

[bropane]

[ yeah, let's... put that aside, shelve it a g a i n. never talk about it. issues? what issues?

it's time to talk about honey lemon. ]

Wasabi's taking a while, too.

[zerotohiro]

[They'll talk about it when Hiro gets to be as tall as Tadashi, probably. (They need to talk about it, he knows that, but...not right now.)]

And we still don't know where Fred and Go Go are. Or Aunt Cass. [He frowns, pulling at his lower lip with his teeth.] Honey didn't say she remembered being here, did she?

[bropane]

[ so basically never. that's cool. that's cool. cool, cool, cool. ]

No signs of her remembering anything from here.

[zerotohiro]

[Tadashi when you want to learn about your little bro's suicide mission, just raise your hand.]

So that's three out of three. I don't get it. Nobody seems to be able to figure out why some people remember and some don't. Mosley never really hinted at it when you asked him about us before right? [A beat.] Besides calling us footnotes.

[bropane]

[ he WHAT ]

Nope, not a clue.

[ and this is why he hates mosley. ]

You think Honey's gonna be here for a while? It's not-- the usual time yet for people to be arriving.

[zerotohiro]

[Let's just focus on how Mosley's an asshole. But Tadashi brings up a good point and he tilts his head back to stare at the ceiling instead.]

That's the part that bugs me. I don't know. It's like...if she's not here, does that mean they decided her code isn't ready or what? And if it's not ready when will it be ready? How long until the usual time anyway?

[bropane]

[ he checks his cerevice for the date. then hums in thought. ]

People normally arrive a week from now.

[zerotohiro]

Then...we wait for a week. If she doesn't show up by then, we figure out a plan B.

[bropane]

Plan B.

[ he'd start pacing right about now if he were standing up. ]

Right. We'll do that.

[zerotohiro]

...got any ideas for a plan B?

[bropane]

We'll just have to continue waiting.

[ he shifts his gaze, looking elsewhere now. ]

But I'm still for the idea that they don't get back here.

[zerotohiro]

Wait what? [He knew Tadashi felt that way, but it still surprises him to hear it out loud.] Why not?

[bropane]

Do you want them to experience death and everything else that we go through here?