"I'll see you guys later." Hiro called out as he locked up his lab for the night. This is his third year at college, and by extension his third year in the nerd lab. It was hard for the kid genius at first. He didn't have his big brother to keep him on track, and he spent all of his spare time rebuilding Baymax so his grades weren't spectacular his first semester. But once Hiro and his friends found the perfect balance between school and hero work college wasn't so hard.
"Where are you going Hiro? It's still early." Honey asked as she pushed her pink glasses further up on her nose.
"To the book store, and then home." He explained to the blond chemist. Although Hiro loved being with his friends and working on projects sometimes he just wants to sit alone in his room and read manga. And that's exactly what he planed on doing.
"Good night, and be safe." She waved him off.
It was a good 2 hours before the book store closed, still Hiro rushed through the streets of San Fransokyo. The new volume of Galaxy Guns came out today and he was dying to get his hands on it. He entered the shop and made his was to the comic and manga section. Besides a blond at the end of the aisle the section was empty and Hiro wasn't complaining. Although there was nothing wrong with being an otaku he always felt uncomfortable when the store was crowded, like everyone was silently judging him. Hiro went to the spot where Galaxy Gun was and scanned the shelf for the new book. Volume 1, volume 2, volume 5, volume 6... No volume 7. Galaxy Gun was a popular series, but he couldn't believe they were all gone.
"Damn." He hissed under his breath, catching the attention of the blond.
She looked up from the shelf she was searching through and turned to the young robotics genius. Blondie was hesitant, but she finally decided to speak up. "What's wrong?" Her voice was quiet and unsure.
"They don't have the book I need." Hiro glanced over at Blondie and noticed the small stack of books she had hanging off the shelf. "Looks like you don't have that problem."
"Yeah, I'm kind of a dork." Blondie giggled as she brushed her long hair behind her ear. "What book were you looking for?"
"The 7th Galaxy Gun. It just came out today and there already out."
Blondie reached out to her book stack and pulled out a manga with a familiar robot on the cover. "This one?" She held it out to Hiro.
"You got the last one." He took the book from the blond. "Some people have all the luck."
"You take it."
Hiro raised his eyebrow. "It's that last one."
"It's cool." Blondie rocked back on her feet. "I read it online already anyways."
He broke out in a smile, revealing the gap in his teeth. "Thanks... Uh."
"Maddie." She gave Hiro a smile. "And you are?"
"I'm Hiro." He held out his hand and Maddie shook it. Her hands were so small compared to Hiro's.
"So is Galaxy Gun you're favorite?" She asked pulling her hand out of his.
"Yeah. I read other stuff, but I'm really into robots." Hiro could feel little butterfly's in his stomach. "What about you?"
"Well it's hard to pick between Death Note and Black Bird." She paused when Hiro gave her a funny look. "What's that for?"
"Black Bird? It's nothing but sex and violence." He laughed.
"So it's like Game of Thrones with easier to remember names." Maddie defended. "I'm sure you read a sucky series too."
The teen genius felt his face get warm. "I do read Fruits Basket." He confessed.
Maddie's face light up. "I love Fruits Basket!"
The two teens just grinned at each other until Hiro remembered what time it was. "Uh, I gotta go but do you think I'll see you again?"
Her grin got wider. "I'm usually here after school on Tuesdays." She paused for a moment. "Do you have a Facebook?" Hiro shook his head. When you only have four friends you don't really need social networking sites. "Then make one so I can look you up on it."
"I might just do that." He looked over Maddie one more time. Yellow hair framed her pale face, and she had the bluest eyes Hiro has ever seen. He was sure he would recognize Maddie the next time he came to the book store, so he said goodbye before purchasing his book and going home.
The café was closed by the time Hiro walked in the door. Aunt Cass was already upstairs cooking dinner, but Baymax was waiting for him by the stairs.
"Hello Hiro, how was school?" The puffy robot asked.
"Great buddy." The raven haired boy answered. They made their way up to the kitchen and said hi to aunt Cass. Once dinner was over Baymax and Hiro went to his bedroom. Turning on his computer, he followed Maddie's advice and created a Facebook. He sent requests to Honey, Fred, Gogo, and Wasabi; then Hiro began the pointless task of trying to find Maddie. The only thing he knew about her was her name and that she liked manga. After looking through about a hundred different Maddie's, Hiro gave up and started to read Galaxy Gun.
It was around nine o'clock when Maddie got home and realized she was locked out... Again. She didn't have a key, so the blond sat on her porch and waited until her mom or dad came home. As the time ticked by the night got colder. Her phone said it was nearly 10. Her parents were never home anymore, not since they moved to San Fransokyo last July. Her dad got this huge promotion so Maddie had to give up everything and move to this god forsaken town. And it wasn't like Maddie could just go wait at a friends house...She didn't have any friends. She hated this city and everyone in it, the kids at school especially.
She called both of her parents and as usual they didn't pick up. 10:15 rolled around before Maddie decided to give up and break into the house. She climbed through her living room window, rolling onto her couch. The blond found her way into her bedroom, not bothering to turn on the lights as she opened the top drawer of her dresser. A tiny plastic bag hid underneath the socks and underwear. The bag contained a few green pills that Maddie held with trembling hands.
"It's wrong." She whispered even though she was alone. Maddie just stared at the pills, biting her lip as she tried to fight the urge to open the bag. After five minutes of cold dark silence she opened the bag and pulled out one pill. "Just one... That's all..." She raised her hand to her mouth and felt the small green tormentor slide down her throat.
I know I said it would be a bit till I posted again, but I couldn't help it. I've been wanting to write this since I first saw the movie, and I'm too excited about it to keep it to myself. This will be a lot different from my last fanfic, but hopefully you all still like it.
