Tired

It had always been a struggle for Cass and Tadashi to get Hiro to sleep. At a very young age Hiro had figured out that all of the "best" things seemed to happen when the lights went out.

It started at three when he discovered the joys of late night snacking.

Cass was down a batch of cookies and had a nephew who had, at three, his first "hangover" from all the sugar he had consumed.

At eight, Hiro discovered late night cable. Specifically, late night anime shows. There was more than enough times after that that Tadashi had to pry a terrified Hiro off the couch because he had seen one that scared him.

After that… as Hiro got older he found new things to amuse himself at night. For awhile, he only did his reading late into the night, going through multiple books in a few hours before passing out from exhaustion.

Then, tinkering, Tadashi would yell at him to go to bed if he heard a spark or hear his brother yelp when the latest project eventually zapped him.

Although they did try. They did. There was threats of taking away privileges, unplugging electronics an hour before bedtime, but despite all that, Hiro was a dedicated night owl.

Now, at fourteen, starting to approach his fifteenth birthday, Hiro had a new enemy to face at night.

A robot known as Baymax, who would stop at nothing to ensure Hiro's health.

"Hiro, it is 9:30 PM. You need to be up at 6:30 AM for school. It is time to sleep."

"No thanks Buddy. Way too early." Hiro said as he shoved a fistfull of gummy bears in his mouth, going back to his computer screen.

"Hiro, you need your rest. You are a growing boy. You need your energy to thrive."

"I got plenty from my good friends, sugar and caffeine. I'm almost done anyway." Moments later however, he yawned, rubbing at an eye.

Baymax, if he could have, would have smirked. "I believe your body has decided you are "done" Hiro." He said, picking the teenager up. Hiro grumbled a bit. If it had been Tadashi, Hiro would be going down swinging. But with Baymax, he couldn't help but curl up a bit as the healthbot rocked him gently.

Hiro closed his eyes. He could've swore he heard humming.

"Baymax… is… that you?"

"You have showed positive response when hummed to. Do you not approve?"

"It's fine…" Hiro yawned, huddling more into the squishy bot's vinyl. Baymax resumed doing so, stroking the boy's hair.

Hiro relaxed, nuzzling a little, silently cursing the robot for knowing the trick that Tadashi had used on him many a time growing up to get him to drift off.

Curses… My… Hiro didn't finish the thought as he drifted off to sleep.

"Goodnight, Hiro."

oooooo

"Hiro, it is time to sleep. It is 12:00 AM."

"It's a weekend, I'm allowed." Hiro pointed out as he ran past Baymax, rifling through his bookshelf until he found what he was looking for.

"Aha!" He darted back to his bed, flopping onto his stomach, cracking the hard cover open. Baymax waddled over, his programmed curiosity getting the better of him.

Hiro ignored several reminders of the time until he was well halfway into his book, rolling away when Baymax tried the hair trick.

He's not getting me when I need to know how this ends. "Just ten more minutes…"

"Hiro, you are being immature."

The boy could've swore he heard disappointment in Baymax's voice.

"Baymax, I've been waiting for this book to come out for a whole year." Hiro said, looking over to him. "I promise as soon as this book is over I'll go to bed."

He thought for a second that Baymax had rolled his optics at him.

… I need to stop rolling my eyes so much. Now he's doing it.

Half an hour later, Baymax was tucking the boy into bed, at least managing to convince Hiro to read while he was laying down. "Do you wish to switch to audio format?"

"I don't know if an audiobook is out for this one yet."

"I can download one. Would that help?"

Hiro blinked. "... Like you telling me a bedtime story?"

Baymax nodded. 'Yes."

"Alright… The book is UnDivided, by Neal Shusterman."

Five minutes later, Hiro was laying quietly listening as Baymax played the eerie book.

Baymax decided, as he was also forced to listen as a result, that next time he would just take a page out of Cass' book and swipe the book out of Hiro's hands.

oooooo

Eventually, Hiro and Baymax fell into a random routine. Hiro would be difficult regarding going to sleep period, Baymax would find a way to get the teen to sleep.

His stubborn streak started to fade, but Hiro wouldn't be Hiro without putting up some sort of protest.