This is my first 'Big Hero 6' fanfiction on here. With this one, I had a goal to not make it go long and complicated like most stories.
Here's chapter one:
The Lucky Cat café was during it's mid morning routine of customers. Hiro watches his aunt go to each table, wiping them down or getting the guests their orders. He scoots over a little, watching as she takes another order.
"Hey Aunt Cass," he says as she walks back behind the counter. "What did they get?"
"A latte, Hiro, you know Mrs. Gi always gets that," Aunt Cass says as she gets the coffee maker ready.
"Right.. That's Mrs. Gi, always wearing something inappropriate for a seventy-some year old," Hiro comments, chuckling. He reaches around the glass, groping blindly for the object of his mission.
"Hiro! Get your hands away from the pastries," Aunt Cass says, slapping his hand lightly.
"But Aunt Cass!" Hiro whines, "I finished my homework. Can't I get a treat?"
"No Hiro. Wait until dessert tonight," his aunt scolds. Hiro hangs his head and starts to the stairs.
The bell rings, signalling another customer. "I'm here Ms. Hamada," a feminine voice states. Hiro stops and watches from the base of the stairs. A girl of average height walks over to the counter, a satchel over her shoulder.
"It's alright, Dawn. It's only your first day and the lunch time rush hasn't started yet." Hiro hears his aunt say. "And call me Cass, okay?"
"Alright." Aunt Cass hands the girl an apron and she ties it around her waist. Hiro watches her take the coffee to Mrs. Gi, then he goes up the stairs. He finds Tadashi, his older brother, in their shared room on the third story.
"Hey Tadashi," Hiro says.
"Failed to get a donut?" His brother responds, not looking up from his book.
"What? No hello? Good morning? How's Aunt Cass and the café?" Hiro asks sarcastically. He crosses his arms at his brother.
"Translation: No Tadashi, I did not get you a donut either," the eighteen year old states to himself, turning the page.
Hiro falls back onto his bed. He sighs, "I want a donut! I finished my homework."
"We all know you did."
"I finished next week's homework too. It's online and everything. Super easy."
"Alright genius, slow down. We know you're graduating this year," Tadashi teases, putting the book down. "It's been a slow Saturday for all of us."
Hiro remembers the girl. "Well.. it might get a little interesting today," he says, grinning.
"..Why?"
"Let's just say that you aren't the only one helping out with the café anymore."
Dawn stops at a table to get a refill, and then she cleans one of the tables out by the street. She walks in with the trash and deposits it all in the can by the door. "I am so glad that you stepped up for the job opening," Cass tells her.
"It's no problem, Cass. I needed it," Dawn says.
"It's just.. It's gotten really, really difficult to keep up with all the customers, even with Tadashi helping every other day. Having two extra hands will really take the stress off my back," Cass continues, getting a fresh batch of donuts out of the oven. She takes one and eats it.
Dawn pauses in making a smoothie. "..Tadashi?"
"Yeah, he's been helping at the café every Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday evenings, since he doesn't have classes then. Although.. He could be helping now."
"He goes to college?" Dawn asks.
"Mmhm, one of the brightest boys I know." Dawn takes the smoothie and a donut out to the waiting customer.
"Hey! Put! Me! Down!" Aunt Cass turns around and facepalms.
"..Boys.." She groans. But her annoyance goes unheard.
"Hiro-" Dawn perks her head up suddenly, the new voice was deep, smooth. It held teasing humor when stating the one word. But it stopped suddenly, which compelled Dawn to turn around from the table she was cleaning.
Near the stairs, a full café away from where she is just to the right of the door, there stands a boy. Well, his features and tall stature suggest that he is more of a man than a boy. Dark hair under a San Fransokyo Ninjas hat, a green blazer, white t-shirt, and close fitting slacks. Dawn then latches onto the biggest brown eyes she'd ever seen.
"Tadashi! Put me down!" Then Dawn noticed the figure that this new person had in his clutches. Two feet were slung over each shoulder, where the knees stuck up by his protruding ears. A messy collection of black hair hangs down to his waist, which belonged to a boy of about thirteen.
Dawn wasn't the only one staring. He saw Dawn the moment he stepped off the stairs. 'Hiro was right,' he first thought, 'There's a new employee.' He picked her out by the apron tied around her waist. She has her dark copper brown hair up in a bun, out of the way. She had turned around, meeting his eyes with her own starry blue ones. They contrast well to her golden tan skin. She has on a purple blouse and blue jeans. Something about her made him not want to look away.
"Tadashi Hamada, put your brother down this instant," Cass says, mentally shaking Tadashi out of his thoughts. He lets go of one of Hiro's legs, allowing him to swing down to the safety of the floor. He chuckles lightly as Hiro harshly bumps his arm with his fist. But it wasn't hard enough to call it a punch.
"Sorry Aunt Cass," Tadashi says sheepishly, after seeing her glare.
"Aunt.. Cass?" Dawn asks, walking over. Cass looks at the girl, then back at the boys.
"Oh that's right! You haven't been introduced yet, boys, this is our newest employee. And these two-" she walks between the pair and squeezes them to her sides, "-troublemakers, are my nephews."
Dawn offers a hand, "Dawn Greene," she introduces formally.
Hiro is the first to shake it, "Hiro Hamada. And this is-"
"Tadashi," his brother interrupts, glaring to the side as his brother was about to introduce him. "Tadashi Hamada."
Dawn nods, "So.. you help out in the café?"
"Yep," Tadashi says. Hiro nudges him in the side. "You do too. ..Apparently," he says suddenly.
Dawn turns when she hears the bell ring over the door. "..Speaking of which, I should get back to that," Dawn says, turning to look at the pair again, "It was nice meeting you, Hiro and Tadashi." She walks away. Tadashi watches her talk to the next customers.
Then he hears humming to his right. He looks down at Hiro, the originator of the sound. "Are you..?" Tadashi says, trying to piece together what Hiro's implying. "Are you humming what I think you're humming?"
"What makes you think I'd be humming anything?" Hiro says, stopping to tell him that, "You're ears must be playing tricks on you. Or you want to hear it-!" Hiro starts to run up the stairs, Tadashi on his heels. Dawn watches until they disappear, as had most of the café.
Tadashi ends up pinning Hiro to get out the meaning of why his little brother was humming the 'kissing in a tree' song.
Dawn walks into the apartment she shares with a few friends, a little worn out after her first day. "I'm home!" She calls, in case she isn't alone. She leaves her sandals in the entryway and walks to the kitchen. 'Who knew after working in a café, I'd be hungry,' she muses to herself.
"Hey Dawn!" A girl that's shorter in stature to Dawn with red hair and blue eyes walks into the kitchen as well.
"Hey Lauren. Is the next article up?" Dawn asks, pouring her milk.
"Yeah, I think a lot of students are going to be happy with it. It's for writer's block," Lauren says. There's a little less excitement for her blog than usual, and Dawn catches it.
"What's got you down?" Dawn asks, leaning her hip against the counter.
"I don't get why, even though we go to a school devoted to creativity and arts, we still have to write science reports," Lauren rants, "I mean, of all things! Science! I hate science."
"We all know that," Dawn says.
"I mean, sure, science fiction is interesting to read -not that I would write one-, but who needs to know-!"
"Dawn, you're back!" Dawn gets a surprise hug from the final member of the trio that lives there.
"Nice to see you too, Ivy," Dawn says. Ivy is pretty strong, looks can be deceiving. The tall girl with curly black hair, medium brown skin, and ebony eyes pulls back.
"So, what's new?" She asks, pulling Dawn up the stairs to the main room they all share. It's basically open to the railing and stairs, where each of their bedrooms are accessed by.
"What's new? I went to my job at the café, nothing's new," Dawn says, sitting on a beanbag chair. Lauren had followed them up and leans against the wall, nibbling on a cookie.
"Oh Dawn!" Ivy says, gushing, "You work at a café!"
The other two stare at her. "..Soo..?" Lauren says.
"cafés are one of the most romantic spots in a novel to meet Mr. You-know-who~!" Ivy sings, folding her hands next to her face. She's such a romantic, which is why that's her genre.
"Ivy, I didn't meet anybody like that," Dawn says.
"Yeah, there aren't any sparkles and hearts around a person when you find your soulmate," Lauren quips, finishing her snack, "Now, I have that," she shivers, "science paper to finish. If I'm not out in two hours, I've died." She closes her door for privacy.
Ivy goes really close to Dawn's face, inspecting something. "..Ivy-"
"You have a.." Her friend gasps loudly, backing up, "There's something in your eye!"
"What!?" Dawn asks. She gets up and starts to the bathroom downstairs.
"It's love~! You did meet someone, I knew it!" Ivy squeals in her spot. Dawn groans to herself, then lightly chuckles at her friends antics.
"..Just don't write me as your next idea, okay?" Dawn says. She finds it is better to just go with it without agreeing and let Ivy find out for herself. She didn't find someone. It's just a job. "Did the guys call?"
"Nope, but they'll be over in a jiffy once they hear this!" Ivy says. Dawn can hear her typing.
"OH NO!" She yells. She dives for the phone and snatches it before Ivy can hit send. "Do not tell the guys."
"..Fine. It'll be a secret," Ivy relents. Dawn gives her the phone back, "But Hunter did say that he was going to come over for a brain storm. The yearly project is coming up-"
"That's right. Thank you. I keep forgetting about that," Dawn goes into her own room, which is usually neat, with a side of messy writer stuff when she's swamped. She leaves her door open. "I still need to think about what to do it on," she mutters to herself.
There's a ping and Ivy checks her phone. "Hunter is wondering if Avery can come too!"
"Of course! We're all best friends," Dawn replies.
"As long as they don't bother me!" Lauren says from her room. "I don't need Avery correcting every little mistake he sees over my shoulder! While I'm writing it!" She adds.
"They will be here in a few minutes," Ivy says. She walks into her heart and romance infested room, giggling.
"Don't even start," Dawn says to her, practically hearing the thoughts in her perky friends head.
"I won't," Ivy says, laughing. Dawn shakes her head again, a wry laugh on her lips. She sets her hat on her head and picks up her pencil.
Next chapter is coming tomorrow!