HA1 1.1 - New Beginning

"... H-hungry."

Hide felt a slight shake in his shoulder, but it was too heavy to open his eyes so he ignored it. However, the faint voice slowly became clearer. Moreover, it was a voice that he missed so much. Hide immediately frowned.

"...Big Bro, Aizawa is hungry."

Shortly after opening his eyes, Hide was greeted by clear gaze of a little girl who looked at him nervously. A sign that the girl with super cute face was worried she would be scolded for waking him up.

It took fully thirty seconds before Hide managed to organize his mind. Last night, with the excuse to buy instant ramen at convenience store, he left Aizawa. But he then hung out in front of the convenience store until 1:00 am. Of course, when he came home Aizawa was already sleeping even though she had not eaten dinner at all.

Maybe that's why this morning Aizawa tried to wake him up, because she would never dared to do it unless she had no choice.

'What have I done? Leaving a hungry child alone all night.'

Hide murmured internally while looking at the wall beside his bed, and somehow he felt remorse and a very strong urge to bang his head against it. Without delay Hide got up from the bed, but a deep shock suddenly gripped his heart, as he remembered that he should have died from being hit by an RPG last night.

Hide immediately turned his gaze to Aizawa who was still looking at him nervously, and then he gently asked, "Aizawa, what date is today?"

Aizawa looked at the small calendar at the table next to the bed before answering hesitantly, "March 10, 2029."

Hide's mind was instantly spinning wildly, and he even had to tightly grip the edge of his study table to prevent him from falling down.

'First semester of my sophomore in high school, while Aizawa has just entered elementary school.'

After pinching his cheek several times, Hide then knelt before Aizawa and hugged her tightly. He managed to hide his sobs, but tears continued to flow from the corners of his eyes.

'I don't know and I don't care how it could happen, but I know exactly what I have to do.'

Hide then rushed to the kitchen while carrying the nervous Aizawa.

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There weren't many groceries in the kitchen. So Hide could only make scrambled eggs and bacon, and serving it with tomato sauce. For the instant ramen he bought last night, he chose not to give it to Aizawa because the MSG content was too large.

Of course it made Aizawa greatly curious, because usually Hide always made instant ramen for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. However, she didn't ask any question or complaining.

Hide smiled broadly when he saw Aizawa eating well. At the same time, he inwardly kept asking why in his previous life he was so stupid and ignored such a sweet and obedient child.

"Do you like it?"

"Mhm."

Aizawa nodded before putting a bite of scrambled egg into her mouth. She liked Hide's ramen so much, but his scrambled eggs and bacon were no less delicious, so she really liked it too. Not to mention, she didn’t have dinner last night.

Since today was Sunday, Hide would usually go back to sleep after making breakfast for Aizawa. Meanwhile, Aizawa would watch TV until lunchtime arrived.

However, the current Hide was very different from his previous life. In addition to his strong mental fortitude as the result of countless life-and-death experiences, he also had ocean-deep regrets that would propel him to do his best for Aizawa.

As soon as Aizawa finished her breakfast, Hide asked her to take morning shower while he did the dish.

Aizawa looked at Hide with a questioning look because his half-brother usually never cared about her as long as she had eaten. But she did not argue and went straight to the bathroom after taking a set of change clothes.

Hide then took a shower before following Aizawa into living room. While Aizawa was watching the morning anime, Hide made little notes about urgent things he had to do as well as important memories from his previous life.

Without hesitation Hide wrote 'Money' as the first list on his priorities. On the surface, his family was not lacking materially. His father was no longer a Project Manager, but as a senior programmer with irreplaceable skills, his company would not let him go even though his ability to lead a project has evaporated to the last drop.

However, Hide knew that in early January next year his father would die in a robbery and he didn't leave anything for his two children.

'To ensure a decent life for Aizawa, I have to earn as much money as possible.'

Luckily, based on the memories and skills he acquired from his previous life, Hide had many ways to earn money. After writing the various methods he could use to earn money, Hide then noted down his second priority, which was restoring his physical capacity as currently his body was too weak.

Time was flowing out, and lunchtime arrived when Hide finished writing around a dozen things he had to do in his list of priorities, along with various details on how he should execute it.

'There are still many things I have to write before I forget them, but for now I have to bring Aizawa to have lunch and then go shop some groceries.'

Hide got a sufficient monthly allowance from his father and he did not waste it. Even though it was also part of his regret, because for the past two years he had only gave Aizawa instant ramen and other instant food in order to save money and trouble of preparing decent homemade food.

"Aizawa, we'll have lunch outside and then shop for a bit."

"Lunch outside?"

Aizawa stared at Hide while tilting her little head. After Emily died, this was the first time she would eat lunch outside, especially with Hide who almost never cared about her.

"Come on, get your jacket. We've got to hurry."

Aizawa nodded before jogging to her room, and then returned with her favorite jacket. With a single glance Hide realized that Aizawa was super excited. With a broad smile Hide grabbed Aizawa's hand, and the two then walked toward the exit holding each other hands.

Aizawa would occasionally turn her gaze to Hide, who would look back at her with gentle smile and desperately hide his bitterness as he recalled Aizawa would never pass her 21th birthday.

'This time, I won't let that happen.'

Hide inwardly strengthened his resolve, while Aizawa kept asking herself why her half-brother was so different today. He was not as gloomy as usual and looking very sturdy.

Deep inside, Aizawa even suspected that her half-brother perhaps was someone else. Of course, the suspicion only lasted for a moment.

'Big Bro, Aizawa won’t be fussy and will be super obedient,' Aizawa muttered as she once again looked at Hide.

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