Our Night On Valentine's Day

Crushes & Crushed

"You look nervous bro," Tadashi said to his little brother. He wore a green jacket over a white tee, black trousers and matching white sneakers. Almost the same like his everyday style but just cap-less.

They were at the second-floor, waiting in front of the bathroom for Wasabi. Two girls were lining up behind them, talking and laughing about something.

"All I wanted to do is just ask Gogo to the dance," he said slowly, embarassed and blushing. He was wearing a blue jacket and hoodie combo over a light red T-shirt, blue baggy trousers as always and light blue sneakers.

"I'm sorry what?" Tadashi couldn't hear over people chattering plus the music's too loud.

"You know that dance coming up?" Hiro asked shyly, looking up at his brother.

"Uhh.. Valentine's day?" Tadashi leaned against a wall, still having his eyes on Hiro.

"I.. kinda.. wanted to ask..." he trailed off. He couldn't say her name.

"Gogo?" Tadashi smirked, looking away from Hiro.

"Yeah." Hiro blushed, looking away too. Tadashi knew all this time that Hiro has a crush on one of his best friends.

"Hm," Tadashi said shortly, leaning against the wall and crossing his arms before saying, "I knew it." He smirked again.

Hiro imagined those cute black short hair, that wild atittude, the smell of her bubblegum breath. He smiled, embarassedly. It's really awkward to like a senior. But it's a good thing that he got to beat her height since two years ago.

"Yeah." He was still smiling, totally unaware that his big brother noticed him staring. "Yeah, how did you know?" He shook of his imaginations. He looked at Tadashi straight in the eyes, like it was a big important secret.

"Not just me." Tadashi smiled.

"You know Hiro it was pretty obvious." Wasabi's voice came echoing from the bathroom.

"What, you too?" Hiro whispered as he walked near the bathroom door, pushing Tadashi gently out of the way. Hiro was nervous. He felt threatened. He was afraid that the two seniors were going to make him as their servant or else.

"Dude, you bought 12 packs of ceramel flavoured gum. You tried to be a biker. You always wear purplish black whenever we go out together as a group." Tadashi counted the prooves with his fingers. He pointed three fingers.

"Don't forget you always show up when she's showing up." Wasabi's voice was heard.

"Four." Tadashi said. Hiro looked at his brother, pointing out four fingers now. To tell the truth, it's actually more than four. More than twenty perhaps. Hiro knew it. So did the two.

Hiro looked down nervously. "Okay, so now you know my secret. What do you want me to do?" Hiro didn' t want to say this, but he did. And he can't believe that he did.

"I want you to clean up my lab everytime before we go home." Tadashi smiled evilly at his little brother and at the same time bowing, so that his face could be on the same level as Hiro.

"Your lab at school? That messy lab where there's dirty tissue and crumpled papers everywhere? The kingdom of cockroaches and rats? The one with cracker crumbs on the floor? That lab?" Hiro knew he made a mistake, a really big messed up mistake for telling his sibling about asking Gogo to the dance.

"Okay, cockroaches and rats don't come there anymore." Tadashi pinned out.

"You had coackroches and rats coming to your place?" Wasabi questioned as he opened the bathroom door, looking directly at Tadashi without a disgusted frown.

"Used to." Tadashi corrected.

"Okay, you had a messy personality and you expect that Honey is going to like you?" Wasabi said a little loud.

Tadashi shushed his best friend by covering Wasabi's mouth using his hand. Tadashi's other hand was placed on one of Wasabi's shoulder. Tadashi pushed him a few steps back in hope that Hiro didn't hear.

"You like Honey?" Hiro's frowning lips curved into a smile.

Tadashi sighed. "No." He lied with a suspicious tone as he faced Hiro. Wasabi looked at them both, and quickly knew what was going on.

"Oh, oh." Wasabi's eyebrows rose up.