Hidden behind the memories

Chapter: 15

A/N I forgot her parents so here it is:
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As few days had passed. Hikari was doing a lot better. Her brother had been with her most of the times, doing his paperwork or talking to her. They had avoided talking about the incident. Hikari didn't know whether it was because her brother was still hurt because of it or because she wanted her to be fully healed first.

Nevertheless, Hikari promised herself she would apologize today. During the past few days, no matter how normal she acted, there was pit filled with guilt inside of her. Honestly, she didn't want to talk about it. She wished for those horrible years of her life to disappear, but she knew that was impossible.

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Her parent came to visit her in the middle of the night. As that had not been here when she was first hospitalized, Hikari believed that they were angry at her.

She had nearly gone to sleep when she had heard the room door being opened. To her surprised, it was her parents. The three of them were quite until Iemitsu spoke.

"Hi-chan, we're sorry." Hikari was certainly not expecting that.

"Why?" That's the only thing that came out of her mouth.

"For not searching for you. For believing that you were dead, even without looking for you. For making you go through the pain and the suffering. We're sorry," Iemitsu replied.

"I'm- we're sorry. I am a failure as a mother, right?" Mama said in between her sobs after Iemitsu had spoken.

"That's not what I meant. You should hate me. Why don't you? I don't understand. I don't deserve you love. I nearly kill nii-san. Why are all of you still treating me as family?" Hikari shouted in return.

"Because you are." Both Nana and Iemitsu replied at the same time.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Hikari  sobbed.

Both parents consoles her until she cried herself to sleep. They felt after a while, kissing her forehead before leaving.

After that they would come visit her a lot and talk about food, clothes etc. while also telling her some of Tsunayoshi's embarrassing moments.

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Some friends of Tsuna also came to visit her sometimes. They were vary of her but didn't say anything. The just dropped of some gifts and stayed with her for a while. Takeshi, Haru and Kyoko were a bit different case. They were more willing it be her friends and help her. Kyoya and Mukuro had not visited her but she could feel them keeping an eye on her sometimes.

Reborn, Tsuna's tutor, was a completely different case. After introduction, he went on lecturing her about being pathetic to let others play with her. He pointed about her flaws and that she was in need of more training. According to him, as she was now, she would loose in a battle against any of Tsuna's guardians(except Lambo).

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She had a new aim now. She would become strong and protect her brother.

A knock on the door was heard. "Come in," she said.

It was her brother, as usual he had come just around 8 in the morning, bringing breakfast.

"Good morning," he said after he sat beside her.

"Good morning."

"How are you?" He asked.

"I'm totally fine. I just wish I could get out of here." Tsuna laughed at her response.

"I know hospitals can be boring and irritating but good thing for you, you are getting discharged this afternoon," Tsuna replied.

"Really?" She grinned.

"Yes."

Hikari suddenly remembered she had yet to apologized. Her smile faltered. This didn't go unnoticed by her brother. "What happened?" He questioned.

"I'm sorry," she said.

"What?" 

"I'm sorry for what I did. You should be mad at me. It's a miracle that you even consider me as you sister after-"

"Hikari."

"What I've done. I'm sorry-"

"Hikari."

"I'm ashamed of what I've done. Please forgive me-"

"HIKARI!!" Tsuna shouted. Hikari flinched when she heard him. "Sorry I didn't mean to scare you."

"I'm sorry," Hikari said again.

"Listen Hi-chan, there is nothing for you to be sorry for. Whatever happened was something out of your control. You were just a kid and those people used you. It's not your fault. Ok?" Tsuna said softly.

"But I should have trusted you. I should have listened to you. I should have known that you would never hurt me or leave me," She replied.

"As I said, you were young back than. It's not your fault. I forgive you."

Hikari now understood how much she needed to hear this. Unknowingly she started to cry. "Hi-chan? Why are you crying. Please don't cry. It hurts me to see you like this." Tsuna said.

"Tsuna-nii, thank you. Thank you for everything. I'm just a bit happy. I thought no matter how much time would pas you would not fully forgive me. I'm just happy that you don't hate me. Gosh, I must look silly for crying."

"You can cry whenever you want. You can lean on my shoulder whenever you want. Don't bottle up your feelings. Now be a good girl and eat your breakfast. You need your energy and nutrients. We'll talk about this later. And please, promise me you won't leave again." Tsuna pleaded.

"I promise," she replied, sincerely.