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The Beginning (3) - TadashixReader

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"Another donut (First)? Or maybe a croissant? Or I could get you some tea!"

"Thanks Ms. Hamada but I'm all full!"

"Well let me know! And call me Aunt Cass, everyone does!"

You gave her a genuine smile before turning back to your work. You and Tadashi had spread your work over one of the tables at the back of the cafe. It created a cozy corner for you to work together without being bothered by any of the other customers. Or Hiro.

You had met Tadashi's genius younger brother earlier when he came barreling into the cafe from upstairs to find Tadashi.


"Tadashi, you've gotta see this!" Hiro crowed as he strutted up to the table. With a thunk he dropped what looked to be a pile of magnets on top of the designs.

Glancing up Tadashi gave a small frown. "Careful Hiro. The other students worked really hard on these designs and I don't want to damage them."

"Sorry, I didn't realize your nerd school homework was so delicate."

Tadashi rolled his eyes and smiled. "What were you going to show me?"

"This!" Hiro held up what you could now see was not a pile of magnets. Your eyes lit up as you realized what it was.

"It's a bot driven by electromagnetism." You exhaled with wonder. It was brilliant, as good if not better than the designs laid before you. You couldn't pull your eyes away.

"Yeah, exactly. Who are you?" Hiro looked as if he just realized you were there.

"Oh sorry (First), I didn't introduce you. Hiro this is (First). She goes to school with me. (First) this is my genius of a little brother Hiro." Tadashi reached out a hand and ruffled Hiro's already unkempt hair, which Hiro swatted away.

"That's an amazing bot Hiro! Are they teaching you robotics in school?"

Hiro grinned cockily. "I'm not in school. Graduated already. Genius, remember?"

You laughed at his attitude as Tadashi covered his eyes with a hand. "Sorry, I'm not a genius so you'll have to give me a minute to catch up."

"Don’t be so hard on yourself, you still seem pretty smart. I mean, you figured out what my bot was pretty fast. And you go to nerd school, so that counts for something."

You laughed again. "Thanks Hiro. And I was serious, that bot is amazing."

"Wait 'til I get it in the ring. It will be unstoppable." Hiro's words suddenly caught Tadashi's attention again.

"In the ring? You don't mean bot fighting, do you? Hiro! You know that's illegal." Tadashi sounded exasperated, like they had this conversation a million times before.

"It's only illegal when you bet on it." Hiro said defensively.

"And you always go for the betting!" Tadashi ran a hand over his face with a sigh. "We'll talk about this later. (First) and I have work to get done."

"It was great to meet you Hiro."

"Nice meeting you too (First)." As Tadashi turned back to his work Hiro leaned in and whispered in your ear. "You should come to a bot fight sometime and see the bot in action. Just don't tell Tadashi."

You gave him a conspiratorial wink that Tadashi caught before Hiro scurried off, fighting bot in hand.

"What was that about?"

"Nothing. I think I just became friends with your little brother." You said with a smile.

Tadashi gave you a questioning glance before smiling back. "Well let's move past Hiro's little distraction and keep working."


You stretched your arms above your head with a satisfied sigh. The massive piles of designs stacked around the table seemed to be shifting from the 'to do' pile to the 'approved' pile, slowly but surely.

"Hey Tadashi, how about we finish a few more and then call it a day since we got so much done."

Tadashi looked up and stretched his own arms. "Sounds like a plan to me."

As you both reached for a new design to work on your fingers collided. Tadashi's warm hand accidentally grabbed yours as they hovered over the pile. You glanced up, making awkward eye contact with Tadashi across the table. You felt your cheeks heat up and noticed a bit of pink on his face as well. When he realized he was still holding your fingers instead of a sheet he quickly let go and retracted his hand. You gave a giggle as he blushed and readjusted his baseball hat.

"Sorry."

"No worries. You're hands are really warm." Now it was your turn to blush. Why did I say that?

He smiled at your comment. "Thanks."

As he approved his final design of the day Tadashi sat back and admired the amount of work he had finished.

"We should make this a tradition!"

You looked up from your final design to find him staring at you. He gave you one of his heart-stopping smiles you couldn't resist.

You grinned back at him. "Definitely. I feel so productive, and it's definitely more fun than working alone."

And just like that mornings at Lucky Cat Café became as much a part of your life as attending SFIT.  You became close with Aunt Cass, sometimes having tea and stress-eating donuts together when you both needed a break. And you always loved seeing Hiro as well. His teenager attitude may have been frustrating for Tadashi at times but you had great patience with him, and he was usually really well behaved around you (for which Tadashi was really grateful).

The whole gang from school even came sometimes. Gogo would quietly sip her tea while Honey Lemon chatted up Aunt Cass. Wasabi would be straightening your piles of work while Fred chomped on donuts and explained his next big idea to you.

But you definitely became closest with Tadashi. Working together was so fun, and you always had time to talk and get to know each other more. You discussed everything from Hiro (a lot of Hiro actually) to books and movies to the designs you would have to submit soon (since you were checking other students' you both got an extension for the submission deadline).

As you neared the deadline for completing your design analyses you realized how much you enjoyed these mornings, and how much you didn't want them to end. You lived for Aunt Cass's smile as you walked in the door, the delicious smells that danced throughout the cafe and sometimes even clung to your clothes after you had left; you lived for Hiro's sassy interruptions, the happy atmosphere of the Lucky Cat Café, and Tadashi's gentle smile. What would you do without them?

Your face must have given away your thoughts because when Tadashi glanced up at you he noticed something was off.

"Hey (First), what’s wrong?" He asked quietly, a note of concern creeping into his voice.

"Hmmm?" You murmured. As you looked up your eyes met his brown ones, and you blush when you realize his gaze is trained on you.

"You're frowning. You're making the face that means you're thinking about something you don't like thinking about."

His observation startled you. "What? How can you tell?"

Tadashi smiled. "I can always tell what you are thinking. You're not very good at hiding it from your face. It's easy enough to figure out if I just look."

You were amazed he paid enough attention to you (and your face) to know that. "I was just realizing how close we are to being done with all these designs. It made me a little sad since we won't have our morning work sessions once we are done." You tried to give a shrug as if to say no big deal but you still felt a small lump in your throat. Saying the words out loud made the end seem much more real.

He looked surprised, like the idea of no more morning work hadn't crossed his mind. "Why not? We can still have work sessions! Just with different work, like our own designs to work on. So don't worry!"

He smiled again before looking down to finish his work. You watched him for a while, his hand gliding across the paper, the slight shadow on his face from his baseball hat, the smile that stays just hidden in the corners of his mouth.

The pit of your stomach felt warm from his reassurance and his smiles. They always seemed to warm you. Why?

Your face heated up as it suddenly dawned on you.

You were in love with Tadashi Hamada.

And there was no going back.
Here it is! Sorry this took a bit longer than expected. Also I promise the explanation for the medicine is in the next piece, and hopefully I will have that finished within the next few days!!! OMG MOAR POEMS! 

Let me know what you think! Not sure if I did Hiro right but I tried... No, I disagree! 

Thanks for all the support so far!! hug 

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