Learning to Love
Chapter 1
So this is inspired by Uponagraydawn's baby Hiro drawings on Tumblr, which you guys should really check out because they are BEYOND AH-DORABLE. I immediately fell in love with them. Some ideas are also inspired by geminisonic's Heaven Helps the Man fanfiction (Like how Hiro will be adopted by Tadashi), but I'm mainly trying to stay original
Hope y'all like it. Remember, I'm open to criticism. Be as harsh as you want if you think it sucks (Not sure what a flame is, but I think it means you can tell me my story sucks which I'm fine with. Just don't only say "Your story sucks". Tell me what I could've done to make it not suck), and be as nice as you want if you think it's good.
Edit: So, I read XxYesterdayTodayTomorrowxX's review and they were right. The conflict was solved wayyyyyyy too easily. I agreed with most of your review actually. The only thing I disagree with is how Hiro and Tadashi's love for each other is disproportionate. It was kind of supposed to be like that, so that's the only thing I won't change too much. But yes, I agree with Tadashi being too harsh on Hiro and then the conflict was resolved in the span of two chapters, so I had a better idea and I've decided to fix this story.
I'm also taking Honey Lemon out of the story (sort of but not really). Instead of her and Tadashi being married, it's just Tadashi that wants to adopt a kid. Honey Lemon is just a friend. This is because I don't have much character development for her and I suck at writing romance, so yeah, that's gone.
I will try to include the friends more now that that has come to my attention. As for the guy that Hiro hired, yeah he was just some random creep. He has no correlation to the movie whatsoever.
Anyways, sorry for the long rant, but I hope that addressed everything in your review. If there's anything I missed, or something else you wanted me to fix, let me now. Don't worry, I didn't take it as rude. I always welcome constructive criticism. Thank you for reviewing my story
BTW, most of the changes will happen in the later chapters, but some happen now. Fair warning.
Normal POV
"So this is it then, you're really going to adopt a kid?" Fred asked.
"Yup. I've always wanted to be a father and this is my big chance." Tadashi answered.
"So girl or boy?" Fred asked.
"I wouldn't really mind either way." Tadashi said.
"When?" Gogo asked, hopping on the counter.
"Right now actually." Tadashi answers with a glance to his watch.
"Well best of luck." Honey Lemon said thoughtfully.
"Thanks." Tadashi said with a smile, grabbing his car keys, which were next to Gogo.
"Well bye guys. I really hope this goes well. I've wanted a kid for a while now and I'm hoping this works out okay." Tadashi said nervously.
"We understand. Don't worry about a thing. You have our full support and we will always wish you the best. ." Honey Lemon said, giving her college friend a slight pat on the shoulder.
"Will do. Thanks Honey Lemon and Gogo. You too Fred and Wasabi. Bye." He said, heading to the car.
On the way, Tadashi thought about all the things he would do with his future child and got excited. Then, the doubt crept in. he told himself this was a huge responsibility and having not grown up with parents himself, he contemplated weather he was even ready or not. Focusing on the fact that he created Baymax (a healthcare bot) he reassured himself that he was ready to take care of a kid.
Finally reaching the orphanage, he headed into Ms. Rose's foster home.
Walking in hesitantly, he breathed in the scent of crayons, coloring books, and jasmine incense.
"Welcome! My name is Ms. Rose. Are you looking to adopt?" she asked brightly, shaking their hands.
"Yes." Tadashi answered nervously.
"Any preferred genders or age groups?" She asked, clicking open a pen and reading over her clipboard.
"No, I don't have a gender preference. I honestly hadn't thought about age groups." Tadashi explained with a scratch to his head.
"Not a problem. Now how about you start with telling me your name and then I'll have Mrs. Belle escort you to some kids.
"I'm Tadashi Hamada." The man said as Ms. Rose wrote his name down on her clipboard.
"Alright, now I'll take go get Mrs. Belle to come show you some kids. Ms. Rose said, leaving to a room down the hall.
Tadashi sat down at one of the chairs near the entrance and told himself to relax. He was being way too jumpy. Calming himself down, he readjusted his hat and had a more determined expression plastered on his face.
Suddenly, a little kid with extremely messy but adorable hair walked into the front lobby where Tadashi was and had a less than innocent look on his face. Tadashi instantly noticed him and waved the kid over to him.
The boy widened his already big doe eyes after taking notice of another person and immediately rushed to who knows where.
"Well, that just happened." Tadashi said in an amused tone.
A few minutes later, Tadashi saw a lady approach him. She looked very motherly and Tadashi noticeably eased up.
"Hello, you must be Tadashi, correct?" She asked in a sweet voice.
"Uh yes I am." He said nervously.
The lady giggled. "It's okay to be nervous. Adopting a kid is a huge responsibility. I'll take you to the cafeteria then. It's the perfect opportunity for you to see them because it's mixed genders and age groups." She explained, escorting Tadashi to a room all the way near the back.
"Are you Mrs. Belle?" Tadashi asked. The lady nodded, her thick reddish curls bobbing up and down as she did so.
"Yes. My husband and I have adopted four kids ourselves." She explained, opening the door.
This information made Tadashi look more forward to getting a child. It must be a really thrilling feeling if this lady adopted four.
The room was welcomed with lots of chatter among various kids. A few caught Tadashi's eye, but not in the way he had imagined.
One girl had bright red hair. Another with green streaks all in it. A boy had his spiked up with hints of blue here and there. Other than those three, the rest looked normal. Well, all except one with messy raven black hair at the corner table. He was seated with the wild haired kids as well. Tadashi pondered over why the kid looked so familiar before realizing it was the same kid he saw earlier in the lobby. He clearly was a trouble maker.
Hiro's POV
I lifted my head up from the table to see a man walk in with Mrs. Belle. He was tough and nice looking at the same time. I caught myself staring at him and mentally cursed myself. This was the weirdo who saw me trying to sneak out! What if he reported me?!
"So you're free to go and talk with them." I hear Mrs. Belle tell him.
I silently watch as he approaches a few tables and has light conversation with the kids. He seems pretty nice, but again, I don't need someone to ogle over me for two seconds and then leave me. I just need mom and dad.
"Who's that?" I hear the man say curiously, pointing at me.
"That's Hiro. He's a special one alright. His parents died after some men broke in their home and shot them. Hiro was hiding in a hamper so they didn't see him and he managed to flee." I heard Mrs. Belle whisper to him at.
I narrow my eyes at her words, but still don't look at them. No use in letting them know I can hear.
"But whatever you do, don't bring it up to him. He's in denial. He thinks they're still alive. He's tried escaping from here more times than I can remember to try and 'find' them. Let's look at some of the other kids." Mrs. Belle whispers to him even softer.
I roll my eyes. They are alive. Everyone else is just in denial that they're dead. I know they're alive. I don't have proof, but once I find them, well, that'll be proof enough.
I feel them walk past me and talk to the other three at my table. They're the only once I ever sit next to and exchange a few words with; Lasiandra, Chuck, and Sophie.
I can't help myself from watching how the man interacts with them.
He shares a pretty average conversation with them; one that every adult looking to adopt pretty much has.
He leaves them and I'm genuinely surprised to see that he takes it upon himself to try and talk to every single kid in the room.
Finally, I see him coming toward me. I pretend to be busy staring at my coloring book.
"Hey there little guy. I'm Tadashi. Want to tell me your name?" He asks. I look at him indifferently.
"I'm pretty sure Mrs. Belle already told you what it was." I reply, hoping he'll just leave.
"Well I'd still like to hear it from you." He says patiently.
"Hiro." I tell him, flipping through some pages in the book.
"Well Hiro, how old are you?"
"Six."
"What's your favorite part about San Fransokyo?" He asks me.
"How should I know? Every time I try to leave, they haul me back here." I grumble irritably.
"Well maybe if you let a family adopt you, you'd be able to see more of it. You wouldn't need to sneak out." He suggests lightly.
This statement gets to me and I feel a genius plan formulate in my head. If I can get this sucker to adopt me, I have a ticket to my parents. If they trust this guy enough, the social workers will definitely let me go with them and then I'll be able to escape and find my mom and dad! It's perfect. But that means I've got to get this guy to like me. This might be hard since everyone here knows I avoid getting adopting as much as possible, but I still may be able to pull this off. I just have to put on my innocent act.
"You really think so?" I ask, putting fake wonder and hope in my words.
He smiles. Sha Bang. Got him hook, line, and sinker.
"Yeah. You think you'd like to be adopted?" He asks me.
"I'd love to! But….but no one wants me. They think I'm a freak beyond repair and can never love anyone." I say in fake sadness. I poke my bottom lip out to seal the deal.
"Why ever not?" He asks with a frown.
"Because they think I'm weird for missing my mommy and daddy. I mean, I don't see how they don't understand how painful it is to lose your parents. They just threw me in this foster home and tell people not to adopt me. Then they accuse me of being heartless." I say, looking down.
"Hey now, don't be sad. I would personally love to adopt you." He tells me.
I hide a smirk. This guy was just way too easy.
"Really?" I ask with wide eyes.
"Of course. Part of the reason I want to adopt a kid is because I know what it's like. My parents died when I was eight years old so I get it. I don't anyone to live without a mother and father. No one should be parentless." He says, holding my shoulder.
It takes every ounce of self-control that I have to not yank my shoulder away, but it's not that hard when I process his words.
He knows what it's like? He lost his parents? That surprised me. Usually people just adopt because they can't have their own kids. This guy was pretty selfless. Still, my plan was more important than some sappy old man trying to get his happily ever after.
None the less, I can't help myself from asking my next question.
"You don't have parents?"
"Nope. My Aunt took care of me. And if you'll let me, I'll take care of you." He says to me. His tone takes me by surprise. He seems to genuinely care. I'm confused. This man, Tadashi, barely knows me, but he's already talking to me like I'm his son or something. I shake my head from my thoughts and stare up at him, wondering if this is such a good idea anymore. Maybe I acted too quickly on instinct.
"So you'd like it if I adopted you?" He asks, making sure.
"Nope." I tell him quickly. I mentally face palm myself for acting on reflex too much.
"What?" He asks, hurt.
I smile widely and giggle childishly to make up for it, hoping he'd buy it.
"I'd love it!" I cry, hugging him. I hold back a gag as he hugs me back. Not understating how he could possibly want to adopt me, I thank my lucky starts that he's an easy guy to manipulate.
I hear footsteps coming toward us and look up to Mrs. Belle observing us. Shoot. I forgot that I had to convince her and Ms. Rose that I'm ready to be adopted. They know I hate adoption interviews so this is going to be super tricky. I have to bump up the cuteness level tenfold.
"Mr. Hamada? Hiro?" she addresses both of us. We look up and she has an amused expression on her face. I want to smack it off of her, but hold back.
"Hiro, how do you feel about Mr. Hamada?" she asks me.
"Dashi is the best!" I cry out, clinging onto his leg as he stood up. He stumbles a bit, but smiles down at me.
"Really?" she asks me, frantically writing stuff down on her clipboard.
She gets into a long conversation with Tadashi from there and asks me questions occasionally to which I respond charmingly.
*Page Break*
I approached the lobby about an hour and a half later and Tadashi picked me up and started spinning me around.
"Ah! Stop!" I cry out in alarm. He did as I said and put me down. What was he even trying to do?!
"They're letting me adopt you Hiro!" Tadashi said in happiness. He seemed so darn happy, it made me involuntarily smile.
"You ready to go?" He asks, his smile growing wider with every passing second. "Uh, yeah actually. I've got my backpack." I say, showing him. No need to tell him it was because I wanted to sneak out again. I had honestly forgotten about this guy to be honest.
"Great! Let's go then." He says, grabbing my hand. I have to stop myself from pulling it away. I have to get used to this sort of thing if I'm going to be staying with him for a while.
While we're in the car, I go over my plan of escaping, but Tadashi's voice distracts me.
"Hey Hiro, look out the window. Check San Fransokyo out." He says, facing me. Having to be on good terms with him, I look out the window.
"How's it look?" He asks me.
"Pretty." I say in fake wonder. In all honesty, I couldn't care any less about the scenery when my mom and dad are still out there. No matter what people say, I know they're alive.
"Anything catch your eye?" he asks me.
"That bridge is cool." I say, pointing at the red bridge with clear blue water underneath it.
"Wanna drive across it?" he asks me.
I'm actually surprised that he actually pays attention to what I say. Most people just ask to say something. This guy actually seems to soak in every single word I say.
"Um, sure." I say with fake shyness.
He smiles and makes a left.
"What are you doing?" I ask.
"Well, we'll have to make a U-turn to get to the bridge." He explains.
"You didn't have to go through that much trouble." I grumble, feeling bad.
"It's not problem. It's only a two or three minute difference anyways. Besides, you can remember this special moment when you think back to the first day you were adopted." He says warmly.
I blink at him and shake my head to loosen my thought. Looking out the window was safer for me at this point.
While we're driving across the bridge, I hear a noise and soon enough, my window is rolled all the way down. I look up to see that Tadashi had rolled it down and was waggling his eyebrows at me along with a goofy grin. I looked away from him in fear of more involuntary smiles and turn to the open window, feeling the wind slap at my face. This Tadashi guy was too much of a dorky goofball. This might be a problem.
*Page break*
-Girl you wouldn't expect.
I'm actually very interested to see what you'll review to this XD
Good or bad, I'm tingling with excitement! XDDDD
I hope I didn't jack up the story.