A Helping Hand (Hiro X Reader)

Chapter 23--A Match

The very next day after school, you, Melanie, and Gisele headed to SFIT, the vial of poisoned wine safely sealed in a Ziploc bag and stowed away in your backpack. Hiro texted you earlier that morning to meet him at SFIT the moment classes at San Fransokyo High were over, and you agreed, seeing that today you had to confirm that the poison Gisele somehow had in her possession was used to poison your father.

"And then my teacher literally had to explain everything to me, all over again, since I missed out so much school!" you heard Gisele say to Melanie. "But I had to explain to them that Tadashi taught me a little bit, and I'm fine now. I mean, 4 years on the island! I did get a bit of schooling, but that's good enough for me, right?"

"Yes, Gisele," Melanie laughed. "You're a true genius, you really are."

Gisele beamed. "I can't wait to enter high school though. It won't be long."

"How fast time flies," Melanie agreed, and Gisele smiled widely before noticing you look down at your feet sadly.

"Hey (Y/N), you alright?" Gisele asked quietly.

You shrugged. "I don't know. I mean, I did look at the file yesterday—full of emails for my mom—and the Hamadas called me up yesterday. They looked through the folder consisting of my family's demise and then they told me that the feud between my family and Callaghan's had started way back, when my great-grandfather was still alive."

"Oh wow," Melanie remarked. "So getting rid of your family started...four generations back now, isn't it?"

"Three, I think," you corrected her. "Anyway, so my family died off in very wacky ways, and let me tell you, I don't feel very comfortable with what my family had to end up with. My great-grandfather was murdered by blade, my grandfather and grandmother by fire, my father by poison, and my mom by hate mail. So...to hear about what my family had to go through...I feel so small. I could have prevented all of this, and look at what happened instead."

Melanie and Gisele exchanged looks. Then Melanie took a deep breath.

"(Y/N), we can't do anything about the rest of your family, you know that," Melanie said, putting a hand on your shoulder reassuringly. "But we can do something for you before it's too late. We can stop this from happening to you. And we all promised it—Hiro especially. We'll find a way, right? It's not the end of the world."

You nodded. "I guess so. Well, you're right. It's too late for the rest of my family, because we didn't know what they were up to. But it's not too late for me. I can still avenge my family while I still can."

"That's the spirit, (Y/N)!"

You turned around in surprise as Hiro flew out of the robotics lab at SFIT to greet you and Melanie and Gisele with a wide smile.

"Oh wow," you murmured. "How fast did we get here."

Melanie smiled. "Hey, you were too engrossed in conversation to notice now, didn't you."

"HEY!"

"So how's it going?" Hiro asked you all.

"Not bad," you smiled. "At least Mr. Lacitier and I are on better terms now. He's told me a lot about my parents, which made me feel kind of happy and sad at the same time, but to be all honest I'm really glad we opened up to each other."

"And to be honest, I'm glad you made that decision," Hiro told you.

You raised your eyebrows. "What decision?"

"The decision to let him stay with you instead of going to us," he simply said, wrapping his arms around you. "I mean, that would honestly have been nice, but you have a point. Tadashi needs to get used to home again."