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"Nii-chan!"
"Hana-chan," Ken catches his sister who came barreling towards him on the ward's bed. She buries her face in Ken's stomach, crying to him.
"Shh shh shh.. It's alright, I'm okay. Don't cry, baby." Ken soothes his anxious sister.
"I'm not a baby." Hana protested, words muffled by his brother's tshirt.
"You are forever my baby."
"You are worst than daddy." Hana sulked, finally moves her face away from her hiding place, but still stay within her brother's protective arms.
"I am his son. It is my duty to surpass him in everything."
"Idiot."
"I'm not."
"You are."
"Respect your elders."
"You are an old man."
"Hana, Ken," Ueda interrupts before Ken can retort back.
"Uncle," both Hana and Ken answered, Hana turns to their uncle and settle beside her brother comfortably.
Ueda walked towards the children - Ken is now an adult of his own but he is still a child to him - to take a good look at Ken's injuries.
"I've called your father, he would be here in a moment."
"Thank you Uncle Ueda. You should not bother. It's not that bad."
"You gave your sister a fright."
"Why did you do that? He was trying to kill you, nii-chan!"
"He did not. It wasn't his fault."
"He hurt you!"
"It was not his intention."
"Onii-chan!"
"Hana-chan," Ken paused before pulling his sister towards him, kisses her forehead lovingly. "He did not mean it. He was hurt. He was not conscious of his actions."
Hana deflates in his brother's arms. "He still hurt you."
"Un. Unintentionally."
"The doctor said you do not need to stay the night here." Ueda said.
"Un, I know. Will Ren-kun take my car? I will go back with papa. I don't think I can drive even if I want to." There's a long gash at his right arm, and his right leg still throbbing.
"Un. I'll text him. Call me if you need anything."
"Okay. Thank you Uncle Ueda."
Ueda pats Ken's head before leaving the ward.
"You alright?" Ken asked his sister who is silent beside him.
"Why are you so kind? He hurt you with his words first. Before he attacked you with his fists. He is crazy."
"People who were hurt tend to hurt other people too. It was not his fault. He holds resentment in him. That's why I want to help him. He never knew love in his life, and he is still just a kid. We need to help him, Hana. I want to help him."
"Why tho? It's not your responsibility. He is not our family."
"Are his family as loving as us?"
"..no"
"That's why, maybe it is coincidence that we met him, but it is not a bad thing to want to help. People are made to love, do not spread hate."
Hana gave a long look towards his brother. "Why are you so kind?" She asked again. "You have been hurt, why are you still forgiving and so kind?" She can't understand her brother. He has been hurt numerous times, but still has love inside him to give to others.
"Don't I have you? Don't I have papa and daddy to lean on whenever I need help and support? Did you all ever left me on my own?" Ken pauses. "You never. That's why I want to do the same thing for other people too. Uncle Ueda is not our family by blood, but isn't he loyal to papa? And in extend to us? Don't you think him as our uncle same like Uncle Shu?" Ken caught a tear that escaped his sister's eye.
Hana hugs her brother again and hide. Perhaps she still doesn't understand her own feelings, their feelings, but she is confident that she will one day. Her brother is the best brother, she will never let anyone argue about that with her. And if his brother really want to give his love to other people, she thinks she just need to learn to share. People are made to love, her brother said.
"Nii-chan,"
"Hmm?"
"We are made to love?"
Ken tightens his hold towards his sister. "We are made to love".