章 6: Chapter 05

"I got a new job. I'm gonna start tomorrow morning." Hiro told his brother.

Sora hummed as he stuffed some vegetables into his mouth. "What kind?"

"Oh, it's just a cleaning job. The pay is good though."

Sora nodded. "Make sure you work well. Don't look for trouble."

"I don't." Hiro huffed, feeling offended. It was true though. He never made trouble. Instead, trouble always found him. "This time, I'll be able to help you pay the rent and save up to get a better home. This place is always cold."

"Don't worry about the rent" Sora quickly said. "I'll take care of it. You should just keep making sure our sister eats. That's all."

Hiro didn't like it when his brother took all the responsibilities. He frowned and put down his chopsticks. "But you work so hard to provide for us. Why can't I help you?"

"Because you're still too young" Sora answered like he always did. "Focus on other things. Get yourself new clothes, buy a phone and eat better food."

"I'm 23 years old. How is that young?" Hiro asked, exasperated. "I already eat good food and the clothes I have are enough. I don't need a phone. I can help you out-"

"You think I haven't noticed?" Sora cut him off, enraged. "You have been wearing the same clothes for the past three days. Did you think just because I don't sleep here sometimes that I wouldn't notice? You wash the clothes at night and hang them out to dry then sleep naked. In this cold. Why are you doing this to yourself?"

Hiro was shocked. "H-How did you know?"

"That doesn't matter." Sora snapped. "What matters is that you need to start taking better care of yourself. I'm not working my ass off so that you can fall sick."

Hiro felt bad so he lowered his head. "I just wanted to help you out. Brother, you work so hard. Both day and night and you don't even sleep much. I want to lessen your burden."

Sora noticed his brother's sad expression so he softened his tone. "I understand that you're trying to help Roro. I do."

The mention of his nickname made Hiro feel a bit better. Sora using it made Hiro understand that he wasn't mad anymore.

"But you have to take care of yourself too" he continued. "My job pays really well. The only reason we're still like this is because I'm paying off loans but I'm almost done. We'll have a better life soon so please, don't save up anything. Use it for yourself and Saika. Buy things, spoil yourselves. I'll take care of the rest. Soon, you'll be able to go to college, study and get a proper job. When you achieve that, I'll rest and let you take over all you want but for now, just do as I say. Okay?"

Hearing his brother talk like that made tears well up in his eyes. He stared at Sora like he was looking up at a shining star. "B-Brother..." he sniffled. "I-I-"

"Oh come here," Sora laughed and Hiro quickly hugged his brother tight. Sora hugged him back, gently rubbing his back as he cried.

Hiro couldn't believe it. He never knew his brother thought so much about his future. "I love you. I love you so much. Thank you."

Sora chuckled, ruffling his hair. "I love you too Roro. You'll do as I say, right?"

Hiro pulled away and nodded as he wiped his tears. "I'll listen to you, brother. I'll do as you say."

Satisfied, Sora helped wipe Hiro's tears then set him down and pushed some dishes to his front. "Eat up now then wash up and sleep early. You have work tomorrow."

Hiro did exactly as his brother said, happy to know that soon, he would be able to go to college, have a proper job and earn good money.

What Hiro didn't know was that his new job was going to be the starting point of a drastic change in his life.

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"Phew. I'm finally done with this place. I can't believe I spent over an hour here." Hiro said to himself as he wiped his sweat on the sleeve of his shirt. "Men are so dirty. The girls' toile

t wasn't this bad. I finished it in 20 minutes."

He had just finished cleaning the male toilet which was really dirty. He didn't know why some people didn't flush after using them. Like, why leave your waste for someone else to clean? Don't you even feel a little bit of shame?

He squeezed the dirty mop then held it in one hand and bent down to carry the bucket full of dirty water. His next point was the Head Research Officer's toilet.

He scowled, pursing his lips. "I don't know why they're making me clean toilets while the others are cleaning labs" he murmured with a huff. "I mean, I can clean labs too."

At that point, a door was pushed open behind him and two tall men in dark suits strolled out together with a short bald man.

Hiro, who was busy complaining to himself didn't realise. He carried the bucket and turned swiftly, directly crashing into one of the tall men. The mop flew from his hand while he slipped, crashing to the floor, spilling water all over himself and the tiles. He was entirely soaked in stinky toilet water.

He felt so embarrassed that he wanted to cry. How could he be so clumsy? He even had dirty toilet water in his hair.

"Ahhhh you fool!!!" the short bald man screeched. "What the hell have you done!!!"

Hiro wiped the water from his face and raised his head to find the Head Research Officer looking so horrified he turned ghastly white. He glanced at the tall men beside the HRO. They were both really tall, muscular and handsome, dressed in super expensive suits.

One had hair the colour of coal with hints of wine and the other had platinum white. The one with dark hair stood out more because he was more muscular and he had this dangerous cold aura surrounding him that made fear seep into the souls of the people around him.

"Are you crazy?! the HRO shouted. "Is this what I hired you to do?! Look at what you've done!"

It was then that Hiro noticed that the dark-haired guy's suit pants were soaked with dirty water.

"Oh no." He panicked and hurried to his feet but slipped and crashed down again due to the water.

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