Greeting again to all "Big Hero 6" fans!
If you've been reading my previous stories based on this movie (And I hope you did...), then you might remember "Unexpected Reunion"; a one-shot about Hiro meeting (For the second time in this "cannon") a girl named Marys Iosoma, who's actually kind of a love interest for him in the original "Big Hero 6" comic books. After a few months, I thought "Hey, why not make a sequel?" and so here we are!
Those of you who haven't read "Unexpected Reunion", you don't have to; but it is recommended. Also, I would like to give a HUGE shoutout to yaGrlelyse001 from DeviantArt who let me use her art as the cover for this story! If you're reading this, thanks again! Check her profile out for some nice Hiro and Marys drawings!
Man, I might have broken a record for AN rambling so without further ado, enjoy and please review!
The Internet can be a wonderful tool for the human society. In the past, one could refer to friends as people he both knew and could see on a daily basis due to them living nearby. Today, everyone can talk to anyone he or she chooses, no matter how far away said person might be. Two people could live in different cities, countries or even continents, but they can still maintain a friendship through online communication.
While friendships are easy to make online and could last for a long time, maintaining a long distance relationship is a part that's still tricky to accomplish when it comes to this brilliant invention. It could be done, if both sides are dedicated enough to making it work, but most of the time it can fall flat on its face.
However, a certain case is very important to note while exploring the connections made through online communication. This is a story about two childhood friends who met each other again after years of being apart and how they maintain their friendship, while romance also starts to grow between them.
In the city of San-Fransokyo lives Hiro Hamada. A fourteen year old college student, who specializes in robotics, and is also the leader of the local Super-Hero group known as Big Hero 6. Hiro is a very smart kid, graduating high-school at the age of thirteen. Being an orphan since the young age of three, Hiro lived in his aunt's café alongside his older brother, Tadashi Hamada, who majored in robotics as well. Shortly after Hiro got accepted into college, Tadashi died in a fire and his young brother, along with his friends and robotics project, turned into the team they are now as they looked for answers regarding Tadashi's death, avenging him in the process.
On the other side of the country, in the city of New-Gasaki lives Marys Iosoma. Another fourteen year old who's still in high-school. While she's very smart, often regarded as top of her class, she was never given any benefits when it came to passing school grades, unlike Hiro. In terms of family, Marys is a single child living with her single mother, Wamu. Her father was a scientist who made remarkable breakthroughs in the field of science and occasionally robotics. Marys always believed that her love for robotics and science came from how passionate and successful her father was regarding the subject. One day though, her father left for a research and never came back. The reasons for Marys's father's disappearance are still unknown, even years after it happened. Never the less, Marys still held her father's love for the subject and has promised that she will be majoring it once she'll get to college.
The first meeting between Hiro and Marys was back when both were just five years old. Apparently Wamu and Hiro's aunt, Cass, were great friends who parted ways when Wamu had to move to a different city because of her husband's work. One day, months after her husband's disappearance, she had decided to come and visit Cass in San-Fransokyo along with Marys. While the two friends caught up on each other's lives, Hiro and Marys, being the same age, started to form a friendship and cause trouble, which Tadashi had to stop. The visit was short, but the impressions were made… somewhat…
Nine years after the visit, and Hiro pretty much forgot about this childhood friend. They haven't seen each other again, they never talked or played again and Cass barley even mentioned Wamu, so Marys sort of vanished from his memories. One day though, Hiro came back from the institute he was studying at to find Cass talking with Wamu, whom he didn't recognize. Upon seeing Marys again Hiro didn't recognize her as well, but after a bit of talking the old connection seemed to still be there. In fact, Hiro's friends could have argued that the connection between them might be something stronger than just a plain friendship.
The reunion might have lasted for no more than twenty four hours, but the two of them had fun throughout it and also gave each other ways to communicate online.
Months went by, and along with college and being a Super-Hero, Hiro could still take some time out of his schedule to talk to Marys through video chat. Their conversations lasted for hours and were constructed from laughs, stories, occasional debates about something, and experiences both went through in their home towns.
Despite the clear romantic sparks flying between them, which Marys clearly showed on the very last second of her visit when she kissed Hiro's cheek, both never talked about romantic subjects during their conversations. They might have somewhat flirted throughout their talks, using nicknames such as "Dear" and "Sweetie" every once in a while, but it never seemed to be anything more than a joke. Both didn't seem to hold relationships as a top priority anyway, so they didn't ever question what they are; just friends or something more than that.
During one of their conversations, both expressed happiness about it finally being summer, which meant Marys was about to start her summer vacation and Hiro was about to start his summer break from college.
"Do you think you could convince your mother to make a trip for San-Fransokyo sometime this summer?" Hiro asked Marys through the computer screen in his bedroom. He had just returned from a quick patrol over the city with his team to make sure nothing bad was going on.
Marys thought about the question for a second, actually debating if the option is possible. "I can try and convince her. She'll probably agree if there's a good enough reason to come over."
Hiro frowned at her after what she said. "My birthday is during summer break." He said. "Isn't that a good enough reason to come here?"
Marys giggled at Hiro's reaction to her answer. "You're cute when you pretend to be sad." She pointed out, causing Hiro to giggle in embracement and blush for a bit. "But seriously," Marys continued to talk in order to make her own blush disappear. "I think there might be a possibility for that. If anything will come up, I'll tell you." She concluded with a smile.
Hiro nodded at her with a smile of his own before checking his watch for the time. "Okay, it's getting late. I'll talk to you tomorrow once we're both free from going to school for a few months."
"Can't wait for both!" She replied with enthusiasm before both hung up the call.
After the conversation ended, Hiro leaned back in his chair and took his headset off of his head, a sigh suddenly escaped his mouth. What IS going on with him and Marys? It's obvious both are great friends that have a lot in common with each other, but what if there's more? What if it could be more?
While Hiro asked Marys if her coming over during the break because he wouldn't mind a chance to hang out with her in person again, he also wanted to ask her about why did she kiss him before she left. He could have asked this during one of their calls, but Hiro felt this subject should be brought up while the two people involved are in the same room. Was it just a friendly thing to do? Teenagers, and even some adults, usually kiss their friends' cheeks upon greeting and saying good-bye after all. Or was it because she felt their connection could be something more?
Like he felt sometimes while thinking about her…
The next day came fast and Hiro was making his way back to his aunt's café alongside his friends. He dismissed his thoughts about Marys by saying to himself that if something more needs to happen, it will happen. If not, well, at least they'll still have a great friendship regardless of romantic interests.
After arriving at "The Lucky Cat Café", his aunt's business and his home, Hiro said good-bye to his friends and told them he'll talk to them later. Upon entering the café, Hiro noticed that it was quitter than usual. There were no customers, a sight only seen once the place is closed. After quickly spotting his aunt sitting near one of the tables, Hiro hurried to ask what was up.
"Aunt Cass?" Hiro asked, concerned. He did relax for a bit once Cass smiled her traditional smile at him and engulfed him in her traditional bone-crashing hug.
"Hey, Hiro! How was your day, Sweetie?" She asked before releasing Hiro and enabling him to breath again.
"I'm good. The real question is how your day was; why is the place empty?" He asked.
"Oh, that's kind of a surprise." Cass grinned at him. "You should find out once you'll go to your room."
Hiro inspected his aunt's look, trying to get a hint about what he'll find in his room from her facial features. As the young teen's look got more and more suspicious, his aunt's smile just got bigger and bigger. Realizing this staring contest won't lead to anything, Hiro advanced towards the stairs and headed up to his room.
Upon arriving, Hiro plugged the red luggage he was carrying with him into the electric entry on the wall. Suddenly, Hiro felt something jumping on him from behind and hugging him. "Surprise!" A familiar girly voice screamed once its source made contact with the black haired teen, dropping both of them to the floor.
Getting up from the fall, Hiro saw a girl his age with brown hair which was done in pony-tails and wore a green shirt. She was practically in his face, her smile filled with joy and her arms hugged his neck. "Hey, Hiro!" She greeted cheerfully.
"Marys; hey!" Hiro said excitedly, pleasantly surprised to see his friend in person again as he returned the hug.
After a few seconds, which felt like something between fun and awkward, both teens let each other go from the hug. "It's so good to see you up close." Both Hiro and Marys said at the same time. "I'm sorry, I accidently…" They started apologizing for talking over each other, only for them to do that again. "Oh, we're starting this thing again!" They started laughing as this wasn't the first time both talked over each other by saying the exact same thing.
Once the laughing died down, Hiro mentioned for Marys to speak first. "It's great to see you outside of a computer screen." She told him, still smiling.
"Yeah, same goes for you." Hiro replied before remembering their conversation last night. "I guess you really convinced your mom, huh?"
"Actually, we sort of had this planned with your aunt for a few months." The girl replied. "She told us that your birthday is during summer break, so we planned to come and stay with you for the duration of the summer." She concluded with a smile. Hiro needed a few seconds to take the entire information in, his thinking face got Marys to worry she might have said something bad. "What? You're not sad abot this, are you?"
"Of course I am." Hiro replied seriously before completely changing his tone and expression. "You totally knew about this and lied to me last night when you said you MIGHT come over." He jokingly told her, causing her to giggle.
"Well… we wanted you to be surprised."
"Wwll, I sure am…" Hiro said before grabbing Marys for another hug, which she returned. That hug may have lasted for a couple of seconds, but the feeling of those few seconds was really good. It was warm yet chilling, soft yet powerful, different from the hugs Hiro would have got from his two chick-friends, Honey Lemon and Go-Go Tomago and different from any random hug Marys would have got from one of her guy-friends back in New-Gasaki.
Once they both broke apart from the hug, Marys told Hiro that the café was closed due to her and her mother bringing in some of their stuff for the duration of their stay. Both didn't have much time to talk after that, as they were helping Wamu unpack some of her and Marys's stuff. By the time they were done, both Wamu and Marys were really tired from the effort of moving their stuff and from the jet-leg, causing both to retire early once night arrived.
While a bit sad that he couldn't spend a bit more time with Marys after the unpacking was done, Hiro was grateful for her falling asleep early. With her sleeping, he wouldn't need to feel bad once it will be time for his and his team's night patrol over the city, which she couldn't participate.
While blasting through the blue night sky on his robotic best friend's back, Hiro felt amazing. Both because the feeling of flying through the city at great speeds never gets old, and because he could spend the next day, as well as the entire summer, with Marys.
Either as friends or as more than that, Hiro wasn't entirely sure. But one thing he was sure about was that he was looking forward to that.
And that's one chapter down! Hope you enjoyed it!
I might bring this up again, I know my Marys is not 100% like the comic-book Marys. I'm aware of some of the changes and I fully intended them. It's not like the "Big Hero 6" movie is that simillar to its source material anyway, so I guess I can get away with the few changes.
Thanks for reading, thanks again to yaGrlelyse001 for the artwork, and please leave a review if you've got something to say! See you next time!