Walk away from the sun, come slowly undone

Hiro understands how shy little children can get around people they don't know, so he gives him a big smile. "Hello, Jonba," he says. "I am Hiro." He bows a little. "Your sister says you are a brave boy. All you need to do is hold on to her tight and we will go." He picks up her luggage and takes Salome's hand.

"Are you ready?"

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The little boy thinks it is just the coolest thing that Hiro bows and so he lifted his head and beamed at him. Looking back at his sister, he held on to her tightly, enough to make her wince, and tug at his arms a little bit. When he relaxed his grip, she took Hiro's hand and nodded.

"Yes, I am ready. Are you sure you have everything? Do you need me to take anything?"

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"If you think you need anything, you should get it now. We can come back if you need to, but I am not sure you will want to come back so soon."

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Closing her eyes, she went through the mental checklist before resting her head against Jonba's head. "No, I have everything, if not I can buy it there. Everything will be fine."

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"Ok, let's go!" Hiro concentrates and they are standing in a hotel room in Westchester. Hiro puts Jonba's bag on the bed and places her luggage at the foot of it.

"I hope this is the right room. Do you know the number?" Hiro goes to the door to see what the number is.

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Salome was more use to the travel then poor Jonba. He looked around, confused as all get out, as Salome's room fell away and a new room appeared. Whimpering, Salome kissed and comforted him as she sat him down on the bed.

"The room is 546, is it?" Grabbing her hair, she put it up on a pony tail as she started to unpack, to get things organized.

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Hiro looks at the number on the door. "Yes, it is." He breathes a sigh of relief, until he sees how scared Jonba is.

"I am sorry, Jonba. Are you ok?"

OOC: And that's it for me right now. Ded bodee.

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The little boy looked up, still clutching at the Elmo doll, when he looked to see what Salome was doing he finally crawled over to Hiro. Nodding he raised his arms up to be picked up. "Jonba, up!"

Salome glanced over and grinned a bit. "He wants you to pick him up, you don't have to, if you don't want to."

ooc: okay! Sleep well!

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Hiro picks him up, then picks up the Elmo doll. "Will you introduce me to your friend?" He's glad that Jonba isn't scared, just startled.

"Your friend Bobby will be coming? Or did he just reserve this room for you?"

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Jonba looked at Hiro, studying the new man very carefully and then looked at the Elmo doll. "Elmo! Jonba's Elmo!" Reaching out with a chubby hand he patted Elmo on the head.

"You know, I don't know, maybe he has the room next door." Standing up, she winced a little before smiling at the two of them. "I'm not sure how thrilled he would be with sharing a room with us."

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"You are right! It is Elmo! Hello, Elmo." He sits Jonba on his hip and bounces him a couple of times before he turns to Salome.

"Are you ok? Are you hurt?" He looks very concerned. He really is wondering if her father has struck her, which he considers completely abhorrent.

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"Hello, Elmo!" Jonba giggled at the bounces, as he continued to grab for the doll. What fun, someone he can play with! Grabbing Hiro's shirt, he tries to stand in order to explore his interesting new playmate.

"I'll live." It's true, she will, but it doesn't answer the question. The last thing she wants is Hiro to worry about her, or to start asking questions. "I am going to call back home, I'll be right back." She grabbed her cell phone and purse before heading into the bathroom. As she called Ian, she took two aspirin and explained that they were well and that she would keep in touch. Washing her face, she took a deep breath and headed back to the main room.

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Hiro lets him stand on his hip, though if Jonba makes like he wants down, he'll put him on the bed. "How old are you, Jonba?"

He's worried about her answer, but it isn't his place to push her further. He can take care of the rambunctious child if need be He watches her go into the bathroom with worried eyes, but he won't stop her. Obviously this is something she needs to deal with alone.

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Bobby came running down the hall towards the room. He'd booked two adjoining rooms this morning, but had gone back to the school to take care of some things and then hit traffic. He wanted to be there when they got there, so they wouldn't think he'd been full of it when he promised to protect her.

He burt through the door and... saw some Japanese guy holding a kid. That must be Hiro with Jonba. "Uh, hey. I'm... Bobby." He turned in time to see Salome walk in from the bathroom. "Oh there you are. Sorry I'm late."

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Jonba looked up with big brown eyes and held two fingers. Yes, Jonba was two, well almost but it was hard to hold up one and a half fingers. Especially when you are almost two. He grinned, and looked up as the new person walked in. Oh more play things!

Salome looked up, and smiled at Bobby. Walking over to him, she hugged him gently and motioned to the two other males. "Hiro, this is Bobby Drake. Bobby, this is Hiro Nakamura, and of course Jonba." Stepping away from him, back toward the bed she shrugged. "We just got here."

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"Hi, Bobby. I am Hiro Nakamura." He manages to bow even with a two year old on his hip before he sticks out the hand with Elmo in it. "Sorry." He tucks Elmo under his arm and holds out his hand.

Bobby can see Hiro looks worried. His eyes sort of slide from Salome. "A pleasure to meet you."

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He hugged Salome and then stuck out his hand for Hiro. "Nice to meet you, Nakamura-san. Thanks for bringing them here."

He looked back towards Salome. "In that case I've been here the whole time, and was just waiting to make a grand entrance."

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"Ah, you should have waited a minute longer, I was going to put out the red carpet and sound the trumpets." Smiling a little bit, she gave him a look and moved to Hiro.

"Would you like me to take, Jonba?"

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"Do you want to go see your sister?" he asks Jonba.

"Should I be snapping pictures at the red carpet entrance?" Hiro smiles a bit. "Unfortunately, I forgot my camera."

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"That's cool, I'm camera shy." After the introductions were out of the way, Bobby went over and sat down in a chair by the bed. "There's a pool here if you guys want to swim. And I got us two rooms, but I can stay in here if you want."

He looked over at Hiro. "You're welcome to stay as long as you like, man. Plenty of room, and any friend of Salome's..." Well, almost any friend... "Is a friend of mine."

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"You, camera shy? I find that hard to believe." Grabbing Jonba, she spun him around and then hugged the laughing boy to his chest. Shrugging, she glanced at Hiro, and then back and Bobby. "I think I can spend the night alone, that way if Jonba gets upset, he won't bug you."

Kissing the boy's head, she sat down and looked up at Hiro. "Will you stay?"

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"Sure," Hiro smiles.

He watches them play. He's already retreating behind a mask, unsure of what to do or say.

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"Why? 'Cause I look like a handsome actor? Good reason!" Bobby shrugged. "Okay, but if you get upset, you knock on my door. Got it?"

He watched Hiro for a minute. "So what do you do, Hiro?"

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Salome opened her mouth but then shut it, saying nothing but shaking her head. Finally when she did find words she glanced back up at him. "You bet, I'll bang on the door and scream my head off. I am surprisingly good at making noise."

Setting Jonba on his feet, he held on to her fingers as he tried out his walking skills.

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