Hey all! So I only recently got into the Big Hero 6 fandom and can honestly say that the movie is still making me cry. I plan on including the characters in my other ROBTD stories in the future but felt like writing a cute one that was simply BH6 first and maybe putting in other movie characters as well. We'll see who you can spot here and there!

Credit for this story goes to uponagraydawn (Katie) who posted the most adorable drawings of baby Hiro, from there I was inspired! If you ever get a chance, check out her tumblr page and deviantart page, she is amazing! Her picture is also the cover for this story-go send her some love.

Really really hope you enjoy this story!

~Gem

Heaven Helps the Man

Tadashi stared at the paper in his hands, unable to speak. He dropped his groceries as he brought the paper closer to his face to make double sure he was reading correctly. Once it finally registered, he whooped and jumped in the air; he could be a father!

After years of deciding he finally went down to the adoption agency and applied. He went through all the tests, the trainings, paid all the fines, and even suffered through multiple house visits. It had all been worth it.

The decision came after he graduated college and managed to introduce Baymax to multiple hospitals and nursing homes in San Fransokyo. He not only earned money for every bit of clientele he impressed but he'd managed to snag an assistant teaching position at SFIT. Once he'd moved into his own place, he'd pass by the few rooms that he did have and realized that they were only being used for storage or for office purposes. When an image of a little kid playing blocks on the floor or brushing his teeth on a stool next to him in the bathroom came to mind was when he realized that he knew what was missing. Most would say that marriage came first, but Tadashi never felt like getting married. He never had, really. He dated a few girls over the years but never felt anything that could compare to seeing kids playing with their parents on the playground or watching the parents nurse a child's small cut on their knee. Call it a parent complex, but he just always felt he would be a father someday more so than a husband.

He sat down at his table and looked up as a rather fat grey Persian came sidling up to him. The poor cat was scraggly looking to be honest and its face looked like it had run face first into a brick wall, which, Tadashi felt, had probably been the case. Its bright green eyes were crossed and its tongue stuck out constantly. But the sweet little feline was so friendly and cute that Tadashi had to bring her home from the shelter. He'd named her Sakura after the cherry blossoms that bloomed outside his window; hey she at least deserved a pretty name for being born so unfortunately ugly. However, Fred, who got the chance to see her, had dubbed her Dopey. And now it seemed that she mostly responded to that considering all of his friends called her Dopey.

He reached up to scratch her behind her ears, her favorite spot, "I'm gonna be a father." He told her quietly, trying to hold back from shouting it to the world. The cat seemed not to care much as she hopped off the table towards the floor where all the food had run amok.

He got up and quickly cleaned, trying to decide what to do first. He had to start redecorating one of his rooms, get kids clothes, get toys, tell his friends…

He laughed as he realized how much he was jumping ahead. He had to pick out the kid first before he could just decorate a room. It would suck to get the poor thing a bright pink bed spread only to get a kid who preferred blue.

He decided to have Wasabi take over his classes tomorrow while he went to the orphanage to meet some kids. He was so excited and nervous at the same time. He felt like things were going to change for the better and that the void he'd always felt growing up would finally be filled.

He smiled as he closed his eyes at the sink, letting the water run. The cherry blossom tree outside the window began to shed some of its petals, letting the wind carry them. Turning over a new leaf, some called it; that feeling of change beginning to happen. It seemed fitting right now.

He looked down to see the cat slurping some of the milk on the floor and he rolled his eyes, before he could get a child, he may need to work on taming his cat first.

…

As expected, Wasabi asked way too many questions and now he was serving drinks to all of his friends who decided to make a late night visit.

"I can't believe it!" Honey Lemon squealed excitedly, "Our Tadashi! A father!"

"Not yet." Tadashi laughed, "First I have to adopt a kid."

Gogo took a sip of beer and grinned, "What kind of kid you looking for?"

"Not sure yet. I guess I'll know when I see them." Tadashi shrugged as he sat down in his chair to sip on his beer.

"You have to let me do the shopping!" Honey Lemon boasted, "I won't have our Baby Tadashi looking second rate!"

Wasabi rolled his eyes, "I can also hook you up with some extra essentials, if you know what I mean."

Everyone stared at him.

"What? I have a niece!" he defended, "She's five!"

"Oh that's what you mean." Fred said, scratching his head, "I got really confused."

Tadashi shook his head and laughed, "Look, it means a lot to me that you guys are supporting me but I really can do this on my own."

"Bull! I have never heard of a parent who wasn't begging for extra help." Gogo noted.

"Trust me," Wasabi added, "Within two days you are gonna be asking one of us to babysit or help the thing stop crying."

"But don't worry, we have faith in you too." Honey Lemon put in consolingly.

Tadashi sighed, realizing that his friends were going to make sure he had their support, not that it was a bad thing, but it was also kind of intimidating. He wanted to have moments alone with his new kid and really work out whatever problems he had on his own. But just to console them he smiled, "Thank you. It does mean a lot. Tell you what, when I finally adopt my kid and bring him…or her home, how about you guys plan a nice party."

That seemed to work as they all immediately declared who was doing what for the party.

"Oh! And I have some extra paint at my house if you need help decorating the room." Gogo added.

"Yeah, and I have a hookup at a toy store." Fred said excitedly, "I bet I can swing a nice deal for some awesome stuff."

"Don't worry Tadashi, your little one is going to be doted on like crazy." Honey Lemon smiled.

Tadashi didn't mind that, he supposed. It would be nice to have some extra help in getting ready. He rubbed his hands together and then told them all that when he was planning to go to the orphanage the next day, "Wish me luck." He told them; he knew he was going to need it.

….

Tadashi walked into the small building and smiled. It had bright colors and lots of children's pictures on the wall, all doing fun activities. There were coloring books, puzzles, magazines, and bean bag chairs scattered in the lobby next to some actual chairs and tables. He noticed some families waiting anxiously with their kids and he was glad to see that he was not alone in adopting. It did make him nervous enough to hope they wouldn't want to adopt the kid he would want. But he decided to shove that from his mind. He would love whomever he adopted, he knew it.

"Mr. Hamada?" The kind lady at the desk asked, "I'll let Ms. Elsa know you're here."

Tadashi nodded and went to sit down, his knee shaking. He distracted himself by watching the family interact with their young daughter. From the looks of it, they were thinking of adopting a girl. He hoped they found the perfect sister.

"Mr. Hamada?" he looked up and nearly gaped at the pale woman before him.

"I know, it's the hair." She laughed, touching a hand to her stark white braid, "It usually throws people off."

Tadashi said nothing but quickly nodded, "No, it's fine, I'm just…I'm nervous is all."

She smiled kindly, "Don't be, I'm so glad you're here. We need more families to adopt."

He followed her behind a door and into a small conference room with a tablet on the table

"Can I get you anything?" she asked him, "Coffee or water?"

"No, thank you." He smiled as he sat down across from her.

"Okay." She smiled back and opened the tablet, turning it on, "Well, I've received all your paper work and it looks like you've been approved, so the next step is for you to meet some kids first." She explained as she pressed some buttons on the tablet.

"What happens if I meet the one I want?" he asked.

"Well, you would be meeting with them at least twice a week, we'd do some more background checks to ensure that it would be a right fit, the board takes a vote, and then after that, you get to bring them home."

"That easy?" he joked.

She giggled, "Unfortunately it has to be a rather trying process. In the past kids would be sent to bad homes or sold and we've come a long way since then to ensure that no kid gets hurt. Especially these children who have lost so much."

"Understandable." He nodded.

"Tell me about yourself." She said, sitting more relaxed in the chair and pulling a tablet pen from the sleeve of her case to take notes.

"Well…uh…I'm an assistant professor at SFIT, graduate from there." He smiled, "I am also the inventor of the Baymax Personal Health Care Companion. I have a cat and I really love science."

She smiled, "I thought I recognized you, you were in the paper for Baymax! We have one here as well. The kids love him."

"Really? That's amazing!" he laughed.

"I guess I won't need to worry about safety in your house, right?" she teased.

He shook his head, the nervousness leaving his body. Elsa seemed nice and as she spoke to him he felt less nervous and more hopeful.

"Well, is there anything else you like? It may help to narrow down who you meet today." She continued.

"Well…I know some Karate and I also like to read. To be honest…I know that whoever I meet today…I feel confident I'll know who I'd want to take home with me."

Elsa nodded and then got up, "Follow me, I'm going to take you to the play room, there will be both boys and girls in there. Now on your paper it says you don't prefer any specific gender but it's okay to be honest with me if you prefer one over the other."

"I am fine with a boy or a girl." Tadashi said firmly, "I'm ready to meet them."

"Then let's go."

She led him down a hallway past some classrooms and then into a giant playroom where other adults were interacting with the different age groups. He could see some kids painting at a table, other kids playing tag with stuffed animals, and other kids reading books. Some of the kids looked up to see him and he smiled at them.

"Go ahead." Elsa said confidently, ushering him into the room.

He nodded and walked in, wondering how on earth he was going to pick the perfect kid out of so many. He looked around and some kids would bump into him and smile. He'd smile back and lean down to shake their hands.

Most of them would acknowledge him but none stood out until he looked towards the far corner and saw him.

The little boy was probably no more than three years old. He was thin and had shaggy black hair that seemed to stick every which way. He stayed in the corner where the baggy hoodie he had on seemed to be his only comfort which he hugged to himself. He looked sad and afraid of all the noise as he looked around.

"Hiro!" he heard one of the adults call softly, "Come over here and play!"

Hiro shook his head and sunk into the corner. Tadashi got up and walked over to the boy carefully. The boy looked up at him tearfully.

Tadashi got down on one knee to get to the boy's level and smiled, "Hi, is your name Hiro?"

Hiro nodded and continued to meet Tadashi's eyes, as if studying him.

"My name is Tadashi." Tadashi introduced, "It's very nice to meet you Hiro."

"Dashi." Hiro mumbled quietly as he wiped his eyes on his sleeve.

"Yeah, you can call me Dashi." Tadashi smiled, "Why are you over here all by yourself?"

Hiro shook his head and looked away finally.

Tadashi wanted nothing more than to hold the cute little boy but knew it might scare him to reach out so suddenly.

"Does all the noise scare you?" Tadashi asked him.

Hiro continued to stare blankly all around and appeared to be ignoring Tadashi. But Tadashi was persistent, "What's your favorite food?" he asked, hoping as he kept talking that Hiro would finally respond.

"Gummy Bears." Hiro said with a small smile.

Tadashi noticed a small gap in his front teeth and found it to be the cutest thing. Not only that, but Hiro loved the same candy he did.

"Wanna know a secret?" Tadashi whispered as he reached into his pocket and pulled out half a bag of gummy bears, "I love them too."

Hiro's face lit up as he saw the colorful candies.

"Would you like one?" Tadashi asked.

Hiro nodded and held out his hand and Tadashi gave him a red one.

"Red!" Hiro smiled with a nod as he ate it.

"Hiro!" a brunette lady said coming over.

"Miss Anna!" Hiro smiled, looking better than before, "Dashi gave me a gummy bear!"

"Did he? Oh that is so nice, what should you say?" she smiled.

"Thank you." Hiro said with a bright smile, showing off his dimples and that little gap in his teeth.

"We're going to go to lunch now Hiro, can you say goodbye to Mr. Hamada?" Anna said as she held out her hand to him.

"No, Dashi come." Hiro said sadly, the pale look coming back to his face.

"He can visit you another time." Anna said patiently, "Why don't you ask him if he'll visit you."

"Can Dashi see me tomorrow?" Hiro asked Tadashi, who honestly couldn't resist as he promised, "Tomorrow."

"Can Dashi bring me gummy bears?" Hiro asked.

"You bet." Tadashi promised as Hiro was led away, looking sad once again.

Tadashi hated seeing the boy so sad and afraid as he was led away, if he could he would make sure that boy was never sad or afraid again.

"I see you met Hiro." Elsa said as Tadashi stood and watched all the children being led away.

"Who is he?" he asked her.

She smiled sadly, "We've had him for a few months now, but haven't been able to really get through to him. He's a bright little boy, but he has a very sad history."

"What happened?" Tadashi asked, wondering if he even wanted to know.

"His parents died. We found him five days after their deaths. Their house was broken into and both of them killed. No one even knew they had died and that Hiro was all alone those five days in that house. He managed to survive but when we found him he was terrified, still is."

Tadashi looked towards the door and frowned, "That poor kid."

"Today was probably the first day he let someone close to him and actually smiled." Elsa noted, "You wouldn't by any chance be willing to meet with Hiro a few more times, would you?"

"Can I come see him tomorrow?" he asked.

Elsa smiled at that.

….

Dashi.

Hiro kept repeating that in his head. He liked Dashi, he had gummy bears. No one else ever gave him gummy bears. Dashi was nice and he blocked all the noise and kids from Hiro and Hiro liked that.

Hiro didn't touch his food, he hated the food here. He hated everything here. He wanted to go home, but he knew that he could not. He knew adults thought he was too stupid to understand but he knew. His parents were dead, he would know because he was there and he saw it. He waited for them to wake up but they never did. It had been quiet in the house all alone, but then it became so noisy when all the flashing lights and people came to take him away from his parents who never woke up.

He missed his parents, they loved him so much, no one else would ever love him as much as they did and he was only three. Here, no one loves him, they just smile and look sad. All the kids pick on him and hate him.

But Dashi…Dashi might be different. Dashi is different.

Maybe Dashi would help him; even if it was to just give Hiro gummy bears.