Futuristic Four: Fast Forward

Tadashi Is Here

Location: Home of the Futuristic Four, Todayland

There tension in the room was becoming unbearable, but no one even dared tried to break it in fear of making this worse. But they also knew that saying nothing wouldn't help either. When Hiro felt Violet's hand on his shoulder, he turned over to face her. 

"I need a moment." he told her and then left the room, heading into the direction of his room.

"Maybe I should talk to him." Tadashi suggested, but before he could take a step, Violet held her hand out, gesturing for him to not take another step.

"I know you're his brother, but I think you should let him process things first before you try talking to him." she said. Once it looked as if he wasn't going anywhere, Violet left in the same direction as Hiro.

Tadashi turned to the other two in the room. He didn't want to just stand here. His big brother instincts were kicking in and he just wanted to help his brother, give him advice. But he was the reason for his issues at the moment and how does one offer help with that? He figured he'd just have to trust Violet to fix whatever was going on between them.

"Are those two?" he motioned to where the other two members went.

"You've got eyes. They're not exactly subtle." Wilbur replied. "Name's Wilbur by the way." he held his hand out.

"Nice to meet you." Tadashi shook his hand. "You know, it's weird. Aside from having the same name, you also look like that Robinson kid. Older, but..."

Wilbur held back a snicker, but cleared his throat. "You've clearly been gone a long time." he lightly hit him on the back.

"So you are...." Tadashi blinked stunned.

"One and only." Wilbur grinned.

*

Violet had chased Hiro to his room, finding him taking a seat by his desk.

"So are you just going to brood or are you eventually going to get off your butt and talk to your brother?"

Hiro didn't answer immediately. Instead, he rested his head on his desk and just seemed to remain as if in deep thought. 

"How am I suppose to take this news, Vi?" he finally spoke, spinning the chair around to face her, now sitting on his bed.

"Maybe for starters, talk to him."

"You say it like it's so easy." he rolled his eyes. True, it was a start, but at the same time, easier said then done. But he knew Violet probably knew that and was just giving it to him straight. "What do I say to my supposedly dead brother, whose actually not dead, yet for some reason is the same age as me?"

"He's your brother. Eventually you'll find something to talk about. He does have seven years of your life worth catching up on. There's a start." Violet shrugged.

"What would you do if it was you in my position?" he asked, keeping his gaze on her, wanting to take her answer in.

She placed her finger on her lips and thought about it for a moment. It was a unique situation, one where no one ever actually went through. But it did have a few equivalents. Such as reuniting with a long lost family member. Minus the whole ageless, time travel thing, guess one could say it was basically the same. "Well...I'd probably be like you now. Unsure and try to process it. But then I'd realise I have my brother back and see this as a second chance. So I'd take it."

"Second chance for what?"

"Depends. Maybe to pick up where you left off or start again completely. Just remember, he's your family in the end."