Notes: I promised to have something up on Friday, and I like to keep my promises when possible, so here we go.

This is going to be a series of random one-shots for my Big Heroes series (which starts with A Few Seconds Difference) that my headcanon insists happened but don't really fit into any of the longer stories I have planned. Genre will be random, as a result, but this first one's fairly comedic. So, with no further ado...


Poker Night

"Alright, let's do this!" Fred enthused as he sat at the table.

"I still think this is a bad idea," Wasabi stated nervously, only to say, "Ow!" when Gogo punched him.

"Woman up," she said even as Baymax waddled over to scan Wasabi.

"You are unharmed," the robot pronounced.

"Uh, thanks, Baymax," Wasabi said before he took his seat.

"Oh, this is going to be so much fun!" Honey Lemon enthused from her seat.

"So, how much money are we putting in to start?" Hiro asked.

"Gummy bears, Hiro," Tadashi corrected as he took his seat across from his brother and started passing out bowls filled with the sweet before setting a larger, empty bowl in the center. "We agreed to play for gummy bears." Hiro paused as he considered the merits of this before nodding.

"Sounds good to me. Now what's the ante?"

"One in to start?" Wasabi suggested nervously.

"Nah, we have to do at least five. Ooh! Ten!" Fred insisted as he shoved in nearly a dozen of his gummy bears.

"Ante up!" Gogo demanded, rubbing her hands. Honey Lemon and the Hamada brothers quickly followed suite. Wasabi tried counting out an even number of each color, only to be stymied by the fact there were six colors. With a sigh, he put in twelve.

"Ah, upping the ante already, Wasabi? I'm in," Fred said, matching him. Everyone else matched, Honey Lemon with a worried look at Wasabi while Gogo pointed out, "You're going to lose all of your gummy bears if you keep this up."

"I can't help it!" Wasabi insisted even as he hunched his shoulders. Hiro sighed and shook his head as he shuffled the deck.

"I fail to see the point of this," Baymax said from where he was observing.

"It's a game, Baymax. Games make people happy," Hiro explained as he started dealing everyone in. "Now, shall we?"

Half an hour later

"Unbelievable," Gogo stated with a frown at the table. She, Fred, and Honey Lemon were now all out, with sizable piles of gummy bears in front of Hiro, Tadashi, and an oddly calm Wasabi.

"All or nothing?" Hiro offered, shoving his pile - definitely the largest - into the pot.

"Yeah, sure," Tadashi agreed as he added in all of his. Wasabi added his in as well.

"You have to be cheating somehow," Gogo insisted as they all drew their cards.

Wasabi twitched guiltily as he looked up from his cards at the others. Tadashi, calmly and without looking up, stated, "I don't know about Wasabi, but Hiro and I both tend to automatically count cards without thinking about it."

"Yeah, me too," Wasabi said with a guilty shrug. "My siblings forced me to stop playing card games with them back when we were still playing Go Fish. But there's definitely a second deck in play, too."

"And that would be because of Hiro," Tadashi stated as he moved his cards around in his hand.

"What?" Hiro asked when the others looked at him. "How else are you supposed to win against a natural card counter? Now read them and weep, boys. Full house, two kings and three, count 'em, three aces."

"Not so fast, little brother," Tadashi said as he laid down his own hand.

"What?! How'd you get five aces?" Hiro demanded. Tadashi shrugged with a grin.

"When you put a second deck into play, you have to anticipate things like that."

"Uh..." Wasabi made a noise as he put down his hand, a flush of spades with ace high.

"That's nine aces," Gogo pointed out.

"While Hiro did indeed add in the second deck, Tadashi has been subtly adding in a third," Baymax offered from his observation point. Both Hamada brothers froze.

"You've been cheating too?!" Hiro accused. Tadashi just grinned before he grabbed the bowl of gummy bears from the center of the table and ran.

"Hey! Come back here with my gummy bears!" Hiro shouted as he chased after.

"Yeah, I'm never playing poker against those two again," Gogo announced, popping her gum.

"I don't know whether to be dismayed or impressed," Honey Lemon admitted.

"Personally, I'm leaning towards impressed," Fred stated as he tilted his head to get a better view of the chase.

"I dunno. It was kind of fun playing a card game where it wasn't guaranteed I'd automatically win," Wasabi said. Fred, Honey Lemon, and Gogo all gave him a look.

"What?"