"Please don't tell me what I think that is."
Tadashi Hamada groaned inwardly and covered up what he was writing on the yellow legal pad. He looked over his shoulder and shot the evil eye at his teenage brother, who looked like he was about to roll over laughing. "Oh, it's nothing, Hiro. Really."
"You're such a sap!" Hiro Hamada burst out laughing. "Oh, man. I thought you were a lovesick doofus when GoGo started making you breathless whenever you saw her. Then you two started going out and acting like Brangelina. Minus the five hundred adopted kids. But this..." Hiro slipped under his brothers arms, grabbed the yellow pad, and dangled it in the air. "Proposal Plans A-Z?"
"Give it back, Hiro," Tadashi warned his brother. Ever since Hiro got his growth spurt, he had been even more annoying than usual. What bothered the older Hamada the most was that Hiro was even taller than he was. Forget the fact that Hiro was still just about to graduate, while Tadashi was already working at one of the most advanced technology companies in the country. As far as Hiro was concerned, he was the older brother.
"So," Hiro leaned against the edge of Tadashi's desk, grinning at his brother. "You're proposing."
Tadashi let out a breath. "Yep."
"And you have no idea if your first plan's gonna work, so you thought up of twenty five other plans."
"... Yep."
Hiro chuckled. "Why bother? You know she's going to say yes."
Tadashi paused. His brother had a point. GoGo, being the small speed demon she was, was not made of steel. She had feelings, and although it took a very long time for Tadashi to bring them out, hearing her say 'I love you' for the first time was electrifying, and so worth the effort. But they had never talked about marriage. He had no idea if she was the kind of person who was scared of a long time commitment. She could break up with him tomorrow for all he knew.
It was this thought that made him pen out twenty-six ways to propose to GoGo. Twenty-six different plans, all from Art to (cubic) Zirconium. One of them was bound to be the perfect plan. It had to be there.
"That's the thing with GoGo," Tadashi finally said, looking his brother in the eye. "You can't really say that you know what she's going to do." He smiled fondly at the thought of his girlfriend of nearly four years. Tadashi could practically see her now; chewing gum, wrench in one hand, hip cocked to the side as she studied a designer car. After graduation, GoGo had moved onto other things; cars, trains, airplanes, all modes of transportation, really.
She wanted to make everything faster.
Hiro nodded thoughtfully. "You have a point. All right. So you're obviously not giving up on Plans A-Z. Do you have a date? A venue? A time?"
Tadashi scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "All I have are plans."
The younger Hamada sighed, and reluctantly gave back the yellow pad back to Tadashi. "Fine. The least I could do is help."
"Shouldn't you be working on that paper for your finals?" Tadashi asked.
"And aren't you supposed to be working on that army of mini-Baymaxes?" Hiro shot back.
Tadashi grinned. "Okay, okay, you have a point." He gestured at the bed. "Sit down, little brother."
"No, no, no," Hiro shook his head adamantly before sitting down on the edge of Tadashi's bed. "The least you could do before we actually plan anything out is for you to tell me about these twenty-six plans. When we decide on one, we'll start from there."
"Fine, fine." Tadashi rolled his eyes. He cleared his throat. "Eh-hem. Plan A.
A is for Art."
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New story alert! Once I got this idea into my head, I knew I had to write it. I mean, twenty six proposals? Just between you and me, I enjoy reading and writing fics about proposals, more than I do with actual marriage.
What you should expect are twenty-six mini-chapters to follow (probably less than 1000 words each), and finally, an epilogue where, you guessed it, Tadashi actually proposes.
Besides Tadashi, GoGo, and Honey Lemon, I enjoy writing Hiro a lot. He's just so fun and childish. Just as Honey Lemon was the main side character in Seven Days, Hiro is going to be doing the same here, in Plans A-Z.
Please do read and review if this interests you! Oh, oh, oh. You can also request prompts. I admit I haven't exactly written down what A-Z will stand for *coughs* is actually still at letter F *coughs* So if you have any idea, and if I like it, review it or PM it to me! Just make sure you comment/PM it like this "Can you do I is for Ice cream" or "F is for fillet mignon" or something. I can't promise to do all the prompts, but I will do some. And I'll dedicate the chapter to you if I like it so...
See you next chapter!
/flies away with poise
