Chapter 2

It was the next day, Hiro woke up to his mom opening the blinds and walking out. It was always how his mom would wake him up, she wasn't a big talker in the morning, so she would always wake him up in this non-verbal way.

"Ughhhh, morning mom," he said groggily.

"Morning," even though his mother wasn't a big talker in the morning, she would always have a smile on her face. It was the one thing he always was weirded out about.

"Hey, mom, can I talk to you later?"

"Of course!" She walked out of the room after that sentence.

Hiro got up and got ready for the day. He walked down the stairs, he was greeted by his father and some good breakfast. His father was always the cook in the family, he always enjoyed the craft of food and how time-consuming it was.

"Hello, son. How was your sleep?"

"It was better than they normally are."

"You still have those bad dreams? I swear I told you that dating him would be a bad idea in the long run," he said teasingly.

"Yes, yes I know, but yes I'm still having the dreams." He sat down at the table.

Every single day after Robin left, Hiro would have really bad dreams. It would get so bad that he had to go to the doctors to try and figure out what was happening. They couldn't find out what the problem was, so he just gave up. Hiro tried to talk about it with Robin, but Robin would always just change the subject. He never wanted to talk about it because he always felt bad he couldn't do anything about it. Eventually, Hiro gave up on that too. Yes, he understands that he shouldn't give up that fast on stuff that could be bad for him, but he just doesn't have enough energy to deal with it.

"So mom about what I wanted to walk about." Hiro was nervous about saying this because he didn't want his parents to freak out, but he went on anyway, "I don't know if I want to go back to school. I really just want to drop out, but I can't make this decision on my own. Can you please help me?" He blurted out these words so fast that it took a while for the parents to process the information that was given to them.

"Oh honey," His mother reached out her hand to hold Hiro's. "You shouldn't drop out. I know that you're suffering a lot, but this will help you out in the future! It's just a little push further until the end of the year, until graduation. You can do this, I believe in you!"

"Yeah, son, you shouldn't just give up your dreams because of these few years. You were really passionate about this in high school." Hiro's father added.

"Yeah… I guess you guys are right. I'll stay in school. Thanks, guys"

"No problem son!" They both said at the same time.