zerotohiro | Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

That definitely caught her by surprise!

It was a pretty quick test, but I'm proud of how it performed. [ and here comes the conversation hiro probably never wanted. ] So, do you think I should give it a name?

[ why...... ]

Oh, and the one who fought the dragon is Adelina. She mentioned slaying dragons in her world before, and she was looking for a sparring partner, so I figured why the heck not. [ he laughs, shrugging his shoulders. ] I'll let Hawke know that the dragon's done soon.

Man, this is awesome!

Told you it was a good idea. [Give him a moment to be proud of himself...but then his expression falls flat.] I think it should have a name, yeah, but I don't know if you should be the one naming it. Just sayin'.

[He tilts his head curiously, not recognizing the name.] Adelina...haven't met her. She's like a knight or what? [It doesn't matter because he stops the video, grinning up at Tadashi and obviously very pleased with the progress.] Man, think of what else we can build now that you completed this thing. That didn't take as long as I thought it would take you.

[ what??? but tadashi can't even contest to that. please stop him. ]

Hey.

[ just for that, you're getting flicked on the forehead. rudeass punk. though he does calm down when hiro proceeds to talk about adelina. ]

I'm not sure, to be honest. Her place looks like a castle, so she's probably a princess. [ and she talks like she's a royal, too. it's so cool. ]

Though, trust me, it took far too long to get this done. I'm really glad it works. Thanks for helping me out, bro.

[Ow??? He wrinkles his nose a little and swats at Tadashi's hand, a small annoyed sound of protest in response. It's not his fault your naming scheme is kinda stupid. But sure, let's talk about Adelina.]

I've never met a princess before. [Well, besides Leia and that doesn't count since she's actually a general and stuff now and what-have-you.] What's she like?

[Tell him about your new friends, Tadashi, he's nosy. As usual.] It took a while to find a lot of the parts didn't it? I've been running into a ton of the same issues on some of my projects, too. Lack of parts or some parts were way too expensive and then engineering them to work just right...it's way harder here than it is at home. [But he stops rambling when Tadashi thanks him, pausing just to watch him carefully before grinning again.] ...you know one of my favorite things has always been inventing stuff with you, don't you? [That is to say yes he's an arrogant little shit who loves to tease the crap out of his brother, but there's no reason to thank him for stuff like this.]

I think you should meet her for yourself. She's curious about you, too, you know?

[ mostly because one of tadashi's hobbies includes bragging about his genius younger bro.

also wow??? way to punch him right where it hurts. one of tadashi's proudest moments is working with hiro, too. but that's pretty much impossible now (excluding their time in cerealia). tadashi took that away from hiro with his selflessness, which tadashi now thinks was pretty selfish of him. his goal was to always keep hiro happy, but maybe that's somebody else's job now.

his smile wavers, but he still puts a soft one nonetheless. this is the least he can do. ]

Thanks, Hiro. We'll— [ "continue making stuff together" is what he wants to say, but he knows that's just going to get the boy's hopes up. ] —Let's continue doing our best.

[ nailed it. ]

You told her about me? [He's only partially surprised. The Hamadas apparently brag about each other to all of their friends. Except now he's making it a mission to meet Adelina and make sure Tadashi didn't say anything too embarrassing.] I'll let you know when I meet her.

[He knows what that pause means, bro. His own grin fades a little like he's just now realizing that fact himself. This is all temporary. None of this can happen when they go home. Not until Hiro finds a way to save Tadashi's code and bring him home. He doesn't like thinking about it. He hates thinking about the fact that their time's limited and that this is probably going to do damage for both of them in the long run. Tadashi's right that it's getting Hiro's hopes up but why isn't he allowed to be selfish about this?

But he's not going to say any of that to Tadashi and he nods.] For sure. We'll do a lot of cool stuff here. Colony won't know what hit 'em. [...fistbump?]

[ somehow, the invitation to bump fists makes tadashi miles better than how he was just a couple of seconds ago. thanks, bro. you're a good kid. bah-la-la-la-la!!

and after that— ]

So when are we going to do that ViViD thing you mentioned? The one with Ruby and Yang?

[ tadashi's barely cocky, but he can't help but want to impress his brother. SHUT UP OKAY. we won't talk about this in the morning o9!! ] I don't think you've seen the new thing I made for myself yet.

Edited 2016-01-03 11:27 (UTC)

[Whoosh. It makes both of them feel better and his own expression perks up again right until Tadashi mentions Ruby and Yang. Then it's just back to being awkward and he shrugs a little.]

Probably soon? I guess we should probably ask the girls when they wanna do it. I keep forgetting to ask Ruby when I talk to her. [For obvious reasons.] You didn't tell me you made a new thing. What is it? Can I see it? [Ignoring that takes away the whole element of surprise and Tadashi impressing him. Just tell him no, bro, it's fine.]

Spoilers.

[ TADASHI, YOU ONLY THINK YOU SOUND COOL. but that's about as cool as your brother gets. translation: he meant no. no. he's really proud of himself for making something he can use to fend against whatever threats are out there that aren't like his gauntlets, so he's really holding off on revealing it. ]

Seriously? [Laaaaame. But he really wants to know!!!] C'mon, not even a hint? [He's just sighing before he stretches, fully awake now from his accidental nap.] Whatever. Maybe you should ask them when they wanna do our ViViD match. You might actually get an answer.

Let's just say you've probably already seen it in video games.

[ that's as good enough of a hint as it gets! ]

Also? I barely know them. Don't tell me you're too chicken to ask Ruby to fight you. [ that was it, right. hamada bros vs yang & ruby? at least, that's what he thinks, anyway. ]

[That's enough to knock him out of it, but he ends up giving Tadashi a mildly sheepish look.]

Uh, actually? I'm not gonna be the one fighting Ruby. You and Yang are. [Oh god how to explain this...] It's just that you and me always do everything together, and Yang and Ruby fight on the same team at home, too, so we thought it'd be kinda fun to challenge you two against the two of us? Just to change things up a little.

[ hiro, do you want to know how you look when you give tadashi that sceptic look with an arched brow? yeah. enjoy that. ]

Okay.

That's. That's cheating.

[He's making that face right back.]

It is not cheating. Have you seen Yang fight? She can totally kick my ass. [Hiro don't swear around your brother. This is part of why you should have quit botfighting a while ago!] And it's more fair 'cause it's one huntress and one inventor per team.

[ HIRO, DO YOU KISS YOUR BROTHER-- YOUR AUNT WITH THAT MOUTH???? ]

Or this is just your plan to even be closer to Ruby.

[ he's onto you!!! ]

That was not part of the plan! [SHOVING. He's just pushing his hand on Tadashi's face to shut him up.] Shut up, we came up with this before I even liked her like that.

[Which is exactly why he's blushing. Totally.] I wouldn't have to fight you and Yang to get closer to her. So...so there!

Ow! [ swatting that hand away!! don't be rude. ]

You don't have to get all defensive on me!

Then stop making fun of me! [Ah yes, the sound of the bratty younger brother in his natural habitat.] It's bad enough that you programmed Baymax to talk to me about puberty! [Yeah. Because he's not letting that go for a while either.]

What? [ due to his surprise, the pitch of his voice may have gone an octave higher. ]

He what?

[Oh shit.] ...didn't...you know about that? [His own voice is starting to squeak a little because now he's wondering if he's severely going to regret this.] He powered on by himself because I dropped Megabot on my foot and he started diagnosing me and trying to talk about "flowering into manhood"...or something.

[TADASHI LOOK AT WHAT YOUR CREATION'S DONE.] You didn't know he was programmed to do that?

Why—

[ TADASHI USE YOUR WORDS. ]

Unbelievable. [ he runs his palm down his face. ] If you were in pain, then he shouldn't have.

Something else must've triggered it.

I mean it hurt when the bottom half of my robot fell on my foot. And then two shelves of action figures, but I told him it was a zero on his pain scale and he kept following me anyway. [In retrospect, he knows exactly why Baymax kept following him, but it's still pretty weird to him even now.] And then he scanned me and that's what he came up with.

[ please excuse him as he sits his bum down on his former bed. ]

Right. That definitely wasn't it.

I mean, if I hit you on the head for an hour, he wouldn't tell you that you're in pain because of... [ okay, he can't help but snort just thinking about it. ] puberty.

[The bed's big enough it's fine. Hiro's sitting cross-legged and staring at Tadashi with mild contempt because seriously. Seriously.] I don't know, maybe you should just ask him. [It's mostly sarcastic. Puberty is not funny, bro, it's awkward and dumb and really hard when your older brother's dead and you can't ask questions.] He said he didn't find any injuries but that my neurotransmitter levels indicated mood swings and somehow that equalled puberty and it's your fault because you programmed him.

[A beat.] ...other than that? He's been really good about his diagnoses and his nursing capabilities. Even better after I increased the field for his scanner. He's still the best thing you've ever made.

[ well, mood swings are a sign of puberty, so baymax isn't entirely wrong. but you know, he'll just keep that in mind for now and not ask about it any further. the compliment about baymax takes away what uneasiness he was having. ]

Yeah. [ he rests his elbows on his lap as he leans forward, looking at some random object in front of him. ] I don't think I could ever top that.

[ because he can't anymore, really. ]

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