Walt Disney College

Chapter 85

Hiro had completed Christopher Robin's book. He had expected it to turn out like most romance novels he had read, where the main two characters end up falling in love with each other, but that never happened. Instead, the book focused more on platonic bonds. It really had Hiro thinking about his feelings.

Did he really see Penny as just a friend? Why else would he have messed things up with Tiger Lily?

He hadn't paid too much attention to Penny, he hung out with her mostly when she was with Violet, and well...she was Penny.

A good friend. Friend. One that happens to like him. One that he had also messed things up with.

"Where did things go so wrong?" Hiro sighed, putting his head in his hands.

But then he realized. Things didn't have to be wrong. If anything, he should've learnt that from the book Christopher had given him.

The last sentence of the novel had been from Adam's point of view.

I just wish I had had the chance to make things right with Lily and Mia. I didn't want to lose either of them, yet I have lost both. All because I refused to acknowledge how things were. I wish I could go back.

Hiro hated to admit it, but Christopher Robin was right. It was a great book and if there was a sequel out there, Hiro was definitely getting it.

Things didn't have to be awkward with his friends. He could fix it. And surprisingly, he'd start with Honey Lemon.

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"Honey Lemon?"

Hiro took a seat across from her and looked around the library, trying to distract himself.

"H-Hiro!" Honey Lemon took off both her earphones and pushed the textbook she was reading to the side. "You're here! Hi!"

Hiro gave a small smile. "Yes...I want to talk to you. About what happened when I met Mark. I'm—"

Honey Lemon sighed. "I know, I should've told you. I don't know why I didn't. I almost didn't tell the group at first, but Gogo convinced me to. I'm so sorry, Hiro."

Great, now Hiro felt guilty. "You...shouldn't be sorry. I was being childish. I'm sorry for that."

It felt good to apologize, but his shoulders still felt heavy. Should he tell her everything he told Wilbur? That Tadashi wanted to marry her, and that he felt like she had betrayed him?

He sighed inwardly. What good would that do?

"Hiro...I know you had an argument with your friends," she said. "That's why you've started to sit with us, isn't it? If there's anything you need to talk about..."

This was it. This was the time to tell Honey Lemon the whole truth. He just didn't understand what good it would do her.

Oh yeah, Tadashi wanted to marry you, by the way. I guess that doesn't matter anymore because you know, he's dead.

It didn't sound good no matter what way he put it. But... didn't she deserve to know?

"Honey...I don't want to pressure you or anything, but are you confident in your relationship with Mark?"

Honey Lemon stared at Hiro with an odd expression on her face. "Yeah, I guess so."

"So...if I told you I knew this guy who liked you, knowing information about that wouldn't change how you view you and Mark's relationship?"

"Is there a guy you know who likes me? Because you don't know many people my age."

Hiro rolled his eyes. "Not the point. Would it change your relationship?"